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Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter

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Leadership begins within.


 In Meditations on Leadership with Don Carpenter, author, youth development pioneer, and relational leadership coach Don Carpenter invites you into a weekly practice of deeper reflection, personal clarity, and meaningful connection.


Each episode begins with a short meditation from Don’s soon to be released book, The Inner Work of Leadership: 52 Meditations for a Life of Meaning, Courage, and Growth. From there, Don offers personal commentary and lived insights before welcoming a guest, leaders from all walks of life, to explore how that week’s theme plays out in their own professional journey. The episode closes with two powerful questions to help you pause, reflect, and grow as a leader from the inside out.


Whether you’re leading a team, a classroom, a nonprofit, or your own life, this podcast is a companion for those committed to doing the inner work that sustains courageous outer change.

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The Ripple of Influence

The Ripple of Influence

2025-09-1601:09:14

Episode 3: Ripple of Influence Every leader carries an energy that ripples outward — shaping culture, relationships, and the sustainability of the work long after they leave the room. In this episode, Don reads his meditation Ripple of Influence, reflecting on the unseen ways our presence becomes the real ROI of leadership. Joining Don is longtime friend and colleague Joseph Hufnagel, Director of The Landing Place at Homeworthy. Their conversation explores how leaders feed the energies that m...
Let Them See You

Let Them See You

2025-09-0901:03:06

Episode #2 – Let Them See You In this episode, Don reflects on the courage it takes to let others truly see us, not just as leaders who have answers, but as people still learning, growing, and wrestling with our own doubts. He shares how authenticity deepens trust and creates space for real connection. Joining Don for this conversation is Professor Dean Borgman - mentor, theologian, and longtime leader in youth work. Together, they explore how transparency shapes leadership, teaching, a...
In today’s episode, “The Stillness That Leads,” Don reflects on the power of contemplation and silence as essential foundations for grounded, authentic leadership. Joining him is Jack Carpenter — a lifelong mentor, spiritual guide, and Don’s uncle. Jack served with Young Life from 1961 to 2015, including over 20 years as a regional director. He and his wife Judith raised four children, spent twelve years living and working on the campus of Dana Hall School, and later moved to Maine, where the...
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