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The Discerning Leader Podcast

by Steve Macchia | Leadership Transformations, Inc.

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Self-Care That's Not Selfish | Season 41, Episode 8

October 22, 2026 · 37 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "Rhythms of rest and prayer and play and presence take you to a deeper place and form and shape you into the truest you that God would have for you." — Steve Macchia In this episode of The…
Returning Home | Season 41, Episode 7

October 15, 2026 · 44 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "God loves to take broken things and bring them to greater wholeness." — Steve Macchia What does it look like to come home to the person God created us to be? In this episode of The Discerning…
Surrendering Self-Referencing | Season 41, Episode 6

October 8, 2026 · 39 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "All of these self-centered preoccupations keep us from a healthy self-awareness." — Steve Macchia How often do we make ourselves the center of the conversation—sharing our stories, offering our…
The Mirror Of The Soul | Season 41, Episode 5

October 1, 2026 · 39 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "What are we holding on to that God may be asking us to release?" — Steve Macchia When does self care become selfish care? In this episode of The Discerning Leader Podcast, Steve Macchia and Matt…
The Seduction of Significance | Season 41, Episode 04

September 23, 2026 · 41 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "The lie that we've bought into [is] that we need to be pushing and shoving ourselves into a being-seen place." — Steve Macchia What happens when our desire to be seen, known, and significant…

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Meeting The False Self | Season 41, Episode 3

September 17, 2026 · 41 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "The truth of Jesus will set you free. But also, the truth of your story will set you free." — Steve Macchia In this episode, Steve Macchia and Matt Scott explore the false self and the layers of…
Coming Home To Your True Self | Season 41, Episode 2

September 10, 2026 · 38 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "We have to keep coming home and pursuing God and godliness rather than self and selfishness." — Steve Macchia In this episode of The Discerning Leader Podcast, Steve Macchia and Matt Scott explore…
Mark Buchanan | September 2026 Special Edition, Episode 01

September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Mark Buchanan "All of my books begin as self-therapy. They begin as sort of addressing an ache in me, a wonderment, a puzzle, a hurt, whatever it happens to be, where I have to figure something out." - Mark…
The Gift of (Being Your) Self | Season 41, Episode 1

September 3, 2026 · 37 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Matt Scott "Our life would be so different—and our churches and marriages and families and communities would be so different—if we remembered our Creator and delighted in everything that he has created."…
Abigail Carroll | Summer 2026: Rewind, Episode 09

August 27, 2026 · 50 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Abigail Carroll This episode originally aired on May 4, 2023 as Episode 4 of Season 26. "Poetry is the premise and the tool for submitting myself to beauty." - Abigail Carroll In this concluding conversation…
Mark Buchanan | Summer 2026: Rewind, Episode 8

August 20, 2026 · 40 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Mark Buchanan This episode originally aired on June 17, 2021 as Episode 3 of Season 11. "The premier physical activity for spiritual formation is walking." — Mark Buchanan In this REWIND episode, Steve…
Amy Murgatroyd | Summer 2026: Rewind, Episode 7

August 13, 2026 · 49 min

Host: Steve Macchia, Guest: Amy Murgatroyd This episode originally aired on October 14, 2021 as Episode 4 of Season 14. "I'm not creating these moments. I'm bearing witness to them." – Amy Murgatroyd What would change if we slowed…

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About the show

The Discerning Leader podcast is for Christian leaders who are interested in discovering the joy of "practicing a preference for God" in all aspects of their personal lives and relationships, their leadership and service to others. Each episode our host, Steve Macchia, founder and president of Leadership Transformations, Inc. (LTI), with friends from the LTI community, will explore one aspect of spiritual discernment as a way of life. Join us on this refreshingly transformational journey and add your voice to this leadership conversation.