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.
Episodes
56 episodes
The Joy Formula for Living Light
The world feels heavy right now. Anxiety is loud, joy is scarce, and most of us are carrying burdens we were never meant to hold.But what if living lightly — with deep, contagious, bone-level joy — isn't as far away as it feels?In...
Building a Culture That Wins at Work and at Home
What if the same principles that build a thriving organization could also transform your home? In this episode of Higher Leading, we take a deep dive into what it truly means to build a great culture—at work and around your kitchen tab...
When Fear Knocks, Let Faith Answer
In this episode of the Higher Leading Podcast, host Jay Meyer delivers a powerful Chalk Talk on one of the most persistent obstacles in life and leadership: fear.Drawing from his 2026 Lenten writing series on Eag...
Mental Toughness: Becoming a Peaceful Warrior
Mental toughness isn’t about being hard—it’s about being faithful. In this Chalk Talk, Jay unpacks mental toughness through the lens of faith, leadership, parenting, and life’s hardest seasons. Drawing from sports, sobriety, caregiving, and rea...
Live by the CODE: The Four Keys to Leading Yourself Well
Before you can lead anyone else, you have to lead yourself. In this episode, Jay unpacks a simple but powerful framework for personal leadership: CODE — Clarity, Ownership, Discipline, and Emotional Maturity.You’ll learn wh...
The Power of Gratitude
🎙️ NEW EPISODE: The Power of Gratitude In a world that pulls our attention toward chaos and comparison, gratitude brings us back to what truly matters. In this episode, I share practical ways to build your “gratitude muscle,” real-li...
Stop Living in a Fog: The 5G Network for Clarity and Purpose
If your life has been drifting in the fog—unfocused, unmotivated, or weighed down—this episode will light a fire inside you. Jay Meyer breaks down the 5G Clarity & Purpose Framework, a practical roadmap to realign your li...
Taking a Walk and Solidifying Your Path
Sometimes the best way to hear God’s voice is to lace up your shoes and start walking. Recently, I set out on a 6-hour Via Nova walk—Via Nova meaning “new path” or “new way.” Each hour, I walked and paused to jo...
Why We Stay Stuck: The Fear Behind Necessary Change.
We all have something we know we need to change—So why do we resist it?In this powerful episode of the Higher Leading podcast, Jay Meyer breaks down: The psychology behind fear Faith-based t...
FOCUS: Five Keys to Finishing the Year Strong
It's halftime in the year--and the perfect moment for a reset. In this "Chalk Talk" episode of the Higher Leading podcast, Jay Meyer dives deep into the power of FOCUS with a timely and transformative message built around his ac...
GRIT: The Grind Behind the Glory
"Grit is staying in the game when your body wants to quit and your soul whispers, ‘Not yet.’” Jay MeyerIn this month's podcast, we are leaning into the kind of strength that doesn’t shout, but shows up. We’re talking about GRIT...
Rightsize Your Thinking in an Unbalanced World
In today’s world, social media and mainstream media have an uncanny ability to shape our thoughts, often in ways we don’t even realize. The constant stream of information, opinions, and curated content can subtly distort our perception of reali...
Scott McGohan and One Morning - Where Deep Gladness and the World's Hunger Meet
Frederick Buechner once said, "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's hunger meet."Scott McGohan’s passion for helping others in recovery has led him to create One Morning, a business de...
Winning is an Inside Job
Happy 2025! I hope it has started well for you. I'm kicking off the New Year with a chalk talk discussing the importance of building your life from the inside out.About four decades ago, I was living from the outside in and darn...
"For Such a Time as This"
I am blessed to have my friend Chris Sexton, the Executive Director of The Dayton Dream Center, with me today. Chris is a living example of what it means to be a servant leader.If you are interested in knowing more about or helping The ...
Wolverines Know Things Too
I’m honored to have my cousin, Dr. Ashley Gearhardt, on the podcast today. Ashley is a professor at the University of Michigan (as a Buckeye, I try not to hold that against her), and she is also one of the world’s leading experts on food addict...
Jay-Pa, Juce and Mich
It’s a special Father’s Day edition of Higher Leading! I’m joined today by my oldest (Jason) and youngest (Michelle) children, and we’re talking about all-the-things… what participating in college athletics taught them, how their lives and care...
Start Somewhere
This is the second episode of Higher Leading dedicated to bringing attention to and reducing the stigma around mental health. My guest today is John Jung, a licensed clinical counselor with over 50 years of professional experience. John’s wisdo...
Moving Forward
According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 out of every 5 adults in America experiences some sort of mental health illness every year. During this Mental Health Awareness month, I’m dedicating two episodes of Higher Leading to brin...
Called to Do (Pink Ribbon) Good
If you ever needed proof that blind faith paired with passionate action can change the world, then I have it in spades for you today! Heather Salazar, CEO and President of Pink Ribbon Good (PRG), joins me on this episode to share her incredible...
T.R.U.S.T.
Leadership seems to be considered and discussed most often in the context of one’s work or occupation. But being a Higher Leader doesn’t just mean that we lead our employees or our organizations well -- it also requires that we lead ourselves w...
Brotherly Love
Jim Meyer is one of the first Higher Leaders I followed and learned from. He is my mentor and friend and one of my biggest supporters; he is also my big brother! I sat down with Jim on his birthday to talk about family, leadership, service, and...
Great Morning!
Mary Tyler is a force, and God certainly blessed me when he caused our paths to cross. As principal of her own consulting firm, Mary is influencing the greater Dayton region in the areas of diversity, inclusion and equity in a big, big way.&nbs...