On this episode, 7 Things Young Need to Stop Doing In Order to Develop Mentally Strong Young Leaders , Benjamin teaches you what stop doing and what start doing to build leaders who are prepared for the challenges of the world. Mental strength isn't about acting tough or suppressing emotions. Instead, mentally strong leaders are resilient and they have the courage and confidence to reach their full potential for the service of others. This episode is a call to action for every mentor, parent, and educator determined to leave a legacy of strength and leadership. This episode discusses the often-overlooked aspects of validation and recognition, the courage to take smart risks, and the necessity of setting a strong example for the young leaders to emulate. Young leaders need you and you need this episode to expand your impact and influence on the next generation. Episode Quote: "If you were not willing to process your feelings and emotions and get in tune with those, you’ll have a difficult time raising up young leaders who can process emotions in a healthy way. You can’t take people where you are not will to go yourself." 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 Step to Becoming a Fully Present Leader, Benjamin teaches you how to maximize your moments for greater impact and how you can focus your attention better on the person in front of you, your team, your family, and the relationships that matter most. Most people underestimate how important it is to be fully present. Mastering this skill will change your life as a leader and the lives of those around you. No more blank stares, constant distractions, multitasking, or day dreaming, this is your time to step into the moments that matter, many of which you can’t get back once they’re gone. This isn't about fleeting attention—it's about the lasting power of truly being there for every moment. Being fully present, that’s what you need to do and what this episode is all about. Episode Quote: "You are missing moments with the people who matter most and you are missing opportunities because you are distracted and unable to shut out the noise and focus. Buying gifts for your family or your team, booking vacations, are not a replacement for your presence. Your presence is your present." 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! Seven Primal Questions Book Seven Primal Questions Free Assessment

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!

On this episode, Success is Faithfulness, Benjamin redefines success and talks about four areas of faithfulness in your life that matter. When it comes to success, most of us don’t feel successful and are carrying around the weight of feeling like we have not achieved enough, are not measuring up to the success of others, and are not reaching our fullest potential. According to a research study out of University of Scranton only 8% of people achieve their goals, which leaves 92% who don't believe they are successful. So many of us have bought into the lie of, “I am not good enough because I haven’t achieved enough." Success is not about achievement. Success is about faithfulness. This is the core message of this episode that will change the way the you view yourself and how you invest your time, energy, and resources. This is must-listen episode for everyone! Episode Quote: "You are already a success. Period. Focus on being faithful to the process and the product will take care of it's self." 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, Be Present, Not Perfect (Father Figures), Benjamin sits down for powerful conversation with Reggie George. Reggie is the founder of Father Figure Apparel, a husband, a father of twin daughters, an entrepreneur, a coach, and FATHER FIGURE to many. In 2019, one of his twins (Kam) was violently stabbed in the head with a pair of scissors by a young man at school, completely unprovoked. Together, they talk about his traumatic story and the great purpose that came out of great pain. This episode is a call for every man to step up and be a father figure to the next generation, which is at the heart of the father figure movement. Reggie's clothing brand was recently promoted by the head football coach of the University of Colorado, Deon Sanders, who also has a huge passion for investing in and developing young leaders. Episode Quote: "Every man needs to take full-ownership in seeking out mentors and father figures for themselves. You can't expect to be a father figure to the next generation without having father figures in your own life." 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, Your 5 Step Strategy for the New Year, Benjamin gives you a proven and straightforward personal growth strategy for 2023. There is nothing magical about the ending of one year and starting of another when it comes to taking full ownership of life, leading your yourself well first, and maximizing your influence for the service and empowerment of others. Great leaders are focused and dedicated to this all the time. That being said, the start of a new year is always an excellent time to refocus, assess, and set a trajectory. Rather than having to stress over creating a strategy, Benjamin gives you a simple one that actually works, one that can be fully customized to your needs. 2023 will be a breakthrough year for so many of you and this strategy will help you get your heart, mind, and habits focused where they need to be. You may need to listen to this episode twice. Episode Quote: "In those moments when you don’t want to do the work, you need to go back again and again to your worth. You have worth that’s why you are putting in the work, leading yourself well, developing your gifts, and leveraging your opportunities." 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, 3 Things You Should Be Doing When You Have No Idea About Your Life-Direction, Benjamin gives you a strategy to follow that will help you build momentum and gain a new and more hopeful perspective. Have you ever said out loud or to yourself, "What am I doing with my life, If I only knew what I was suppose to be doing, I would do it. " Benjamin has heard this said over a thousand times by different people and he's said it too. If that is you, you aren’t alone. Trust us, you need this episode to re-center yourself on what you can do when you don’t know what you are suppose to do. As you listen, there will be names of people who you know who need this episode, send it them. It’s highly practical and hopeful and will help you move from doing nothing to being a person of action. Episode Quote: "Stress less about your life direction and focus more on your health and who you are becoming as a person." 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 entitled, I'll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You Want to Quit , Benjamin sits down for a power-packed conversation with Dr. Heather Thompson Day and Seth Day. Dr. Heather Thompson Day is an interdenominational speaker and has been a contributor for Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Newsweek and the Barna Group. She is also a Professor of Communication at Andrews University. She is a friend of the Rise and Lead Podcast, make sure to checkout her previous episode: It's Not Your Turn: What to Do While You are Waiting for Your Breakthrough. Her husband Seth is pastor and dynamic ministry leader. Together, they talk about relational trends and approaches, self-doubt, self-talk, family toxicity, failure, breakthrough, and new beginnings. Seth also shares a detailed account of the challenging family dynamics of his childhood and the timeless lessons he has learned about life and leadership along the way. One power quote from their new Book: “Waiting for the ideal can prevent us from doing what is still possible” 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 entitled, Calling, Character, and Courage: David and Goliath, Benjamin shares a high-value teaching on life and leadership from one of the greatest stories of all time. Benjamin originally shared this message live with the players and coaching staff of the Colorado University Football Team and compressed that message into an episode. You may have heard this battle account before, but this episode will share it in a completely different way that will have you relating to so many aspects of this story. This is a foundational episode for anyone in leadership. 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 entitled, What is More Important Than How, Benjamin shares why so many hopes, dreams, and opportunities die because we focus on the "how" more than the "what". He talks about 4 common experiences when the "what" is right and he lays out a simple three step strategy for those who don't know what their "what" is, they're confused about their next step, and they feel stuck. Here is one powerful quote by Jim Rohn shared on this episode: “If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way, if not you’ll find an excuse” 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 entitled, How to Have a Healthier Relationship with Time, Benjamin share a three step approach to help you relate to time better, focus on what matters most, and maximize the time you do have to live your purpose and impact more people. Many people have a toxic relationship with time believing they they are too old, too late, or have missed their opportunity. It's time to declare a truce with time and start doing what you have been created and called to do. "Other than physical limitations, most everything else has no expiration date. Who says you can’t go back to college now and get a degree? Just because your classmates could be old enough to be your child doesn’t mean you can’t go back." 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 entitled, 5 Daily Hacks to Be More Confident , Benjamin shares 5 practical daily habits you can implement to step up your confidence and expand your impact. Remember, it’s not the things you do occasionally that will increase your confidence, but the things you do consistently. Research supports that almost every person wishes they were more confident in who they are and what they are capable of accomplishing and this teaching is guaranteed to move you in that direction. 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 Benjamin sits down for a powerful conversation with Dr. Aaron Rosales. Their conversation is all about the mental health crises among teenagers and young adults today, and how we as leaders can better engage, respond, and support the next generation. Aaron is the Director of Mental Health at Brio, a non-profit that partners with communities to design and launch well-being initiatives in low-resource contexts globally. He is passionate about promoting mental health for all people, Aaron has a wealth of experience applying psychological research and skills into real-world practice in churches, universities, police departments, and community organizations across the globe. He completed his Clinical Psychology PhD at Fuller Theological Seminary and his postdoctoral training at Stanford University. Most people know that teens and young adults are struggling, but don’t always know what to do in response. This episode will help give you the confidence and tools to do something. Which could mean the difference between life and death. Thanks for leaning in to this conversation. "When you speak into the life of a young people and truly listen to their story and experience they'll know you care, and that makes all the difference in the word. You might actually save a life." 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!