325: How to Lead and Live With Less Stress and More Joy

About this episode

Kathy Caprino speaks with Amy Leneker about redefining our relationship with stress to achieve healthier leadership and more joy in work.

Stress has become a badge of honor in many workplaces and is often praised as a sign of drive and resilience, even when it leads to burnout. In this conversation, Kathy speaks with executive advisor and author Amy Leneker about why redefining our relationship with stress may be the key we need to healthier leadership and more sustainable and rewarding success. Amy Leneker is a former C-suite executive and leadership consultant who has helped more than 100,000 leaders and teams thrive at work. After experiencing burnout twice in her own career, she became determined to help others succeed without sacrificing their health, relationships, or happiness. She shares insights from her new book, Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy , and explains why joy is not a reward that comes after success but a powerful force that helps create it. In our conversation, Amy reflects on her personal journey through burnout and the deeper patterns that kept leading her back to overwhelming stress. She explains how the stories we carry about work, ambition, and gratitude can shape our behavior and keep us stuck in unhealthy cycles. By uncovering…

People in this episode

Host: Kathy Caprino

Guest: Amy Leneker

Topics covered

• stress management
• leadership
• burnout
• work-life balance
• personal development

Keywords

• stress
• leadership
• burnout
• joy
• workplace culture
• personal growth
• health

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Cheers to Monday: The Surprisingly Simple Method to Lead and Live with Less Stress and More Joy

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