When you dare to show up and lead,
doubt, failure, and vulnerability are a given — not signs of weakness.
Instead of powering-over and powering-through, let’s power-with the difficulty of the human experience…
So you can accomplish greatly without
burning out, stressing out, or compromising your values.
There’s a different way to lead.
It’s not you. Conventional approaches to leadership & productivity are a burn-out-formula for most high-performing folks.
The future needs leadership to be MORE, not less, HUMAN.
I want you to be well enough to contribute your best work, make your impact, and enjoy being you — even when the demands on your time are great.
meet the founder
I’m Rebecca Ching, LMFT.
I help change-making leaders get to the root of recurring struggles and get confidently back on track with your values, your vision, and your bottom line.
I combine psychotherapeutic principles, future-forward coaching, and healthy business practices to meet the unique needs and challenges of highly-committed leaders in a high-stakes world.
This is unburdened leadership
Why “UNBURDENED” Leadership?
All humans carry past and present burdens:
Times they’ve been hurt and betrayed.
Exposure to heart-wrenching news on repeat.
Systemic influences over what they believe about themselves and others.
A leader can do all the life-hacks in the world to mentally rise above and just keep going…
But the human nervous system doesn’t miss a beat.
It gathers the emotional toll like the filter in a clothes-dryer.
And over time, the things that used to help a successful leader perform and manage, don’t work anymore.
This is why:
We can’t positive-think & white-knuckle our way out of the hot mess of the human experience.
We have to learn to feel our way forward.
I believe in and choose:
Curiosity over Certainty
Dignity over Dehumanization
Discomfort as data over Demonizing emotions
Connection + Consent over Control + Power Over
Kindness over Nice
Permission instead of Power-Over
Systemic Perspective over Individualistic Lens
Resourced over Reactive
Slow + Steady over Urgency + Efficiency
Enough over Exhaustion
Boundaries over Barriers
Leadership Values + Practices
Let’s back-up the future-focused strategy with the internal practices to build your capacity:
This work strengthens your inner bandwidth so you can show up for the change you envision. In your life. Your company. And your communities.
For navigating controversy and crises. Having hard conversations. Breaking comfortable patterns. Resolving threats to your bottom line. And being the one responsible for the roofs over peoples’ heads.
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST
How do we manage the heavy demands of being a committed & caring leader in a high-stakes world?
Changemakers open up about the inner work behind their success.
Dive into over 100 in-depth interviews with folks who are clearing the way or a new kind of leadership on the Unburdened Leader Podcast.
I make this show for us to feel less alone in our struggles—more capable of making bold change
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- Release the stifling expectations that keep strong leaders stuck
- Make healthy space for emotions while maintaining momentum
- Develop skills to lead without losing yourself or your values
