Higher Leading with Jay Meyer

About Higher Leading with Jay Meyer

Jay has spent his life studying and practicing leadership. After leading a successful business for twenty-five years, Jay has spent the past couple of decades coaching leaders across nonprofits, businesses, and faith-driven organizations. Through all those experiences, one truth became undeniable: leadership is at its best when it’s anchored to a higher calling. That conviction fuels his Higher Leading podcast, where he helps leaders grow in character, courage, and purpose—so they can serve with impact that reaches far beyond themselves.

Publisher

Jay Meyer

Category

business · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Aug 2022

Latest episode

29 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

8 of 101 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Give Up. Clean Up. Grow Up. Live Up.

   Jay Meyer shares four decades of recovery wisdom, detailing how surrendering, cleaning up, growing, and living up fuels personal transformation.

2. 

   12 Aug 2026

   Living Ready: What It Really Means to Optimize Your God-Given Gifts

   What does it actually mean to live ready? In this episode, we unpack a simple but life-changing acrostic — R.E.A.D.Y. — that captures what it looks like to walk in daily faithfulness: Relinquish your self-will, Embrace obedience, Attend to others, Dwell on eternity, and Yield your gifts to purpose. Drawing on Scripture and voices like C.S. Lewis, Oswald Chambers, Mother Teresa, and John Piper, we explore why dying to self comes first, why obedience flows from relationship rather than obligati...

3. 

   12 Jul 2026

   Resilience and Keeping Your Nose on the Ball

   Every once in a while, you sit down with someone who reminds you what resilience really looks like. That's exactly what happened when I had the privilege of talking with my former Ohio Northern University teammate, Mark Ouwerkerk. Kerk's story is extraordinary. He served our country in the Navy, survived a helicopter crash near the Strait of Hormuz, has lived with lymphoma for more than a decade, underwent open-heart surgery to repair a life-threatening aortic aneurysm, and is once again cour...

Inside a recent episode

The Joy Formula for Living Light

Published 12 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] The science, some facts behind this. There's a sleep researcher by the name of Matthew Walker, and he has called insufficient sleep the greatest public health challenge we face in the 21st century. I don't know how many people stay up all night looking at their cell phone, responding to things on social media. That just interrupts sleep. And this gentleman says it's the biggest health challenge we face in the 21st century. People just don't know how to put down their life. And here's what he said. Chronic sleep deprivation is linked to increased risk of Alzheimer's, heart disease, obesity, anxiety, and depression. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

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