Rise and Lead – Details, episodes & analysis

On this episode, You Are Closer Than You Think - Don't Quit Now,
Benjamin dives deep into how to re-frame your current chapter - through powerful case studies, proven research, and practical teaching. This is more than motivation. It’s about fueling your faith, strengthening your courage, and unlocking the grit you need to keep going. If you’re wrestling with fear, if the pressure feels heavy, if hope feels out of reach - this episode was made for you. I’m going to show you how resilient leaders are made, and how you can rise again —stronger, bolder, and more focused than ever. Don’t count yourself out. You’re closer than you think.

Episode Quote:

"Grit is what keeps you going when you're tired, unseen, and un-celebrated. Grit says, “God’s not finished with me, so I won’t quit now.” People who achieve great things aren’t always the most talented - but they are the ones who don’t quit. They show up. They stay committed. They push through resistance and hardship. You don’t need to be the smartest in the room. You just need to be the one who refuses to give up." 

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

On this episode, Overcoming Insecurity to Reach Your Fullest Potential, Benjamin wants to help you push past your insecurities so you can lead powerfully, make a greater impact, and fulfill the call God has placed on your life. Insecurity is a silent thief - it robs you of confidence, clouds your judgment, and convinces you that you're not enough, even when God says you are. It causes you to second-guess your gifts, shrink in rooms you were called to lead, and hesitate when you should be taking bold, faith-filled action. When you're focused on what you're not, you miss out on what you are: chosen, equipped, and destined for impact. Insecurity keeps you surviving, not thriving—but you were made for more. That is what this episode is all about. 

Episode Quote:

"Insecurity keeps your gifts locked inside, buried beneath fear, doubt, and comparison. When you question your worth, you withhold what the world desperately needs - your voice, your wisdom, your impact. You can’t release your value when you don’t believe you have any. You will sit at tables and not speak up. You will stand at the threshold of opportunities and not move forward. You will dream of what the future could be like and not take action. The antidote for insecurity is identity and action."

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

In this episode, Leading While Grieving with Hannah Wachter, Benjamin and Hannah start off exploring her transformation from a grieving daughter to an executive grief coach. She bravely shared how the loss of her mother influenced her leadership and prompted her to challenge the misconceptions of grief in Western society. Hannah stressed the importance of acknowledging and accepting grief, and she offered some invaluable advice on how leaders can honor their loved ones while also processing their grief. The conversation took a deeper turn as they began to discuss fear as a manifestation of grief, and how this often misunderstood emotion can greatly impact the grieving process.  This is an essential conversation for everyone who has lost someone. Hannah has a graduate degree in Christian Leadership and has worked as a mindset coach before focusing on coaching clients through grief recovery.

Episode Quote:

"Find a space where you can open up and express your grief , which is your own. You are not going to grieve like anyone else because your story is unique and your loss unique to you. Don't compare your grief to anyone else's grief. You don't get over the loss of someone you loved, but you can work through the pain and come out on the other side. Jesus grieved, it's human."

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

Want to reach out to Hannah Wachter? 
Email: heyhey@hannahwachter.com

Click here for grief support and recovery resources: Library of Lament 

On this episode, Manifesting by Faith,  Benjamin talks about  what manifesting is, he dives into weather or not manifesting really works, and reflects on the intersection of manifesting and faith. This teaching includes a step by step strategy to help your dreams become a reality, and concludes with a story of a young leader who took an idea and built a platform that is now impacting thousands of people. There is something in this episode for you, specially if you have dreams collecting dust on a shelf, dreams hat you once hoped would happen for you and your family.

Episode Quote:

"sometimes the vision God plants is small and seems insignificant at the time or doesn’t seem spiritual enough to be from God. If you are a person of faith, walking by faith, be faithful to the vision no matter how small it is our even if it doesn’t make sense in the moment. If the vision is help one person, help that person, if the vision is serve your family, then serve your family, if the vision is launch that non-profit , launch it, if the vision is to start that business, get if off the ground and grow it. Let God show you over time how it all connects together, your responsibility is to be faithful to the vision. "

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

On this episode, So What, Now What with Coach Mike Sanford, Benjamin and Mike talk about the reality of being a college football coach at the highest level, the weight and pressure that comes with this profession, and the immense responsibility of raising up the next generations of young leaders to win in all areas of life, on the field and beyond. Mike Sanford has submitted the apexes of college football coaching, most recently as the Interim Head Coach for the University of Colorado. He has coached numerous players who have earned All-American honors and have gone on to play for the National Football League, including Jordan Love who will be the starting quarterback for the Green Bay Packers as they begin their 2023 season. Along with the success, Mike has also experienced some of the greatest challenges professionally and personally. Through it all his family is strong, his faith is secure, and he continues to lead with excellence, finding joy and purpose in literally everything he does. This is not a sugar-coated conversation and is packed with timeless life and leadership lessons.

Episode Quote:

"Be authentically you. Do what you have been created to do, what you have been groomed to do, and be authentically yourself. At the end of the day, if the authentic leader is not successful in the eyes of the world, God will provide. You are never a failure when you are leading as the best version of who God created you to be."

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

On this episode, Break Every Chain, Benjamin will be teaching you how  to overcome the chains that are holding you back, the same chains that could potentially affect generations to come. THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT EPISODE. What ran in your family for generations can stop with you, with God’s help, you can usher in a new chapter and new future. You are listening to this episode by accident. You are here for a reason. You are a chain-breaker.

Episode Quote:

"A Chain breaker is the fork in the family tree. A person, just like you who says, I will not carry the toxic patterns and behaviors of my family or community forward anyone more. It’s a line in the sand that says,  I deserve better, my marriage deserves better, my family deserves better, my children deserve better, and future generations deserve better. You are choosing to be the person that sets a new precedence in your family and in your community."

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

On this episode, 7 Steps to a More Disciplined Life, Benjamin will be sharing a proven approach to help you achieve more of the life you want. There is one special quality that you can develop guaranteeing you greater success, accomplishment, and happiness in life. This quality is essential for reaching your fullest potential. It’s discipline and that’s what this teaching is all about. This episode is short, practical, and packed with value.

Episode Quote:

"Discipline is not a burden, it’s the key that unlocks freedom. The more disciplined you are the more freedom you have to invest in the areas of life that matter most."

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

On this episode, the 7 Primal Questions with Mike Foster, Mike and I talk about a simple and revolutionary new framework for living in emotional freedom and unlocking your relational superpower! Once you uncover your Primal Question, everything in your past, present and future will make perfect sense. Known as the Mr. Rogers of personal development, Mike Foster is a best-selling author, speaker, and executive coach empowering people to build strong lives by turning their setbacks into superpowers. His work has been featured on Good Morning America, FOXNews and the New York Times. This episode is packed with game-changer moments to help you take control of the hidden forces that drive you.

Episode Quote:

"Marriages don't fail because of finances or conflict. Marriages fail because people's primal question is not being answered with with a YES!"

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

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On this episode, You Are Burned Out Because You Are Doing Too Little, Benjamin will talking about one of the main causes of burnout and it may not be what you think. What if the root of burnout is not about you doing too much, but instead it's about doing too little of what actually fuels you and makes you come alive. For most, the solution to burnout is not rest, but realignment. This short practical teaching is a game-changer!

Episode Quote:

I believe we are created to give our all to causes that matter. And it’s in doing work that is significant to us that we avoid burnout and experience fulfillment.

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!

On this episode, 5 Strategies to Crush Self-Doubt, Benjamin will be sharing a strategic approach to help you believe in yourself, walk with more confidence, and accomplish the goals and aspiration you can't shake. How many of us are sitting on untapped potential held back by a lack a belief in what we are capable of achieving? You are listening right now because there is something you want to do, something you can’t shake off that you have never done before, this might even be something no one in your family has done before, or you need to deal with a limiting belief in a certain area of life that is holding you back. The tug-o-war is killing you, you are caught between goals and aspirations and doubt. This episode is for you, and in addition to proven strategies, also includes a case study. Benjamin grew up with loads of insecurity, he knows what that’s like, and by the grace of God he is not in that place anymore. This is must-listen episode for everyone!

Episode Quote:

"When you overcome self-doubt and pursue you purpose, you will bless that people around you. Overcoming self-doubt is so much bigger than you."

This episode, like all Rise and Lead Podcast episodes, is highly practical and motivating. Don't forget to subscribe to the Rise and Lead Podcast to ensure you get notified when new episodes release every month.  When you share about the podcast, make sure and tag @benjaminlundquist, and he'll always try and give you a re-post. Remember, the best time to rise and lead is now!