Healed To Lead

Kevin Overton-Hadnot
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Welcome to the Healed to Lead podcast—the space where we come to unlearn surviving life and embracing wholeness. This isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence.

  1. Apr 9

    Healing The Inner Critic//Ep20 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot

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    37 min

  2. Apr 9

    Boundaries Are Not Betrayal //Ep19 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot

    Are boundaries selfish… or are they the foundation of healthy leadership?In this episode of Healed to Lead with Kevin Overton-Hadnot, we explore a powerful truth: Boundaries are not betrayal — they are clarity. Many helpers, leaders, and high-responsibility individuals struggle to set limits because somewhere along the way they learned that love, respect, or belonging required overextending themselves.But what if the real issue isn’t selfishness… it’s codependency and nervous system conditioning?In this solo episode, we unpack the clinical side of boundaries and why so many leaders feel guilt when they try to set them. If you’ve ever felt responsible for everyone else’s emotions, struggled to say no, or found yourself burned out from constantly showing up for others, this conversation will help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface.You’ll also learn how boundaries actually strengthen trust, improve leadership, and reduce emotional burnout.In this episode we discuss:• Why helpers and high performers often struggle with boundaries• The clinical lens of codependency and how it shapes our behavior• Why guilt shows up when leaders set limits• What happens psychologically when leaders don’t establish boundaries• How survival-mode leadership leads to control, micromanaging, and burnout• How ideas like the “Let Them” approach shift us away from controlling others• Five practical ways leaders can model healthy boundaries without guiltWe also explore how resentment, over-functioning, and emotional reactivity are often signs that boundaries were never clearly communicated.Healthy leadership isn’t about doing more.It’s about leading with clarity, regulation, and integrity.Reflection questions from this episode:• Where am I over-functioning to feel valuable?• Who am I afraid of disappointing?• What boundary have I been postponing because it feels uncomfortable?• What resentment might actually be unspoken truth?• If boundaries were clarity instead of rejection, what would change?If this episode resonates with you, share it with someone who struggles with boundaries or leadership burnout.👍 Like this video📌 Subscribe to the channel🔔 Turn on notifications so you never miss an episode of Healed to LeadHealing doesn’t mean you stop caring.It means you learn how to care without disappearing.

    36 min

  3. Apr 9

    MOST MEN WERE NEVER TAUGHT HOW TO HEAL//Ep18 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot

    Are you leading… or are you just surviving?In this episode of Healed to Lead, we unpack how the very survival skills that helped you succeed — hypervigilance, overworking, people-pleasing, control — may now be limiting your growth as a man and as a leader.Many men were taught to provide, protect, and perform.But few were taught how to regulate their nervous system, set boundaries without guilt, or separate identity from achievement.From a clinical lens, we explore:How hypervigilance shows up as micromanagement and burnoutHow people-pleasing hides behind reliability and over-functioningThe difference between Survival Mode and Leadership ModeWhy high performers are often activated — not calmHow awareness creates the power to choose differentlyWe also respond to a listener struggling with comparison and feeling “behind” in life — a silent pressure many men carry.This episode isn’t about softening men.It’s about grounding them.If this resonates, share it with a man who leads from pressure but longs for peace.Like, subscribe, and join the conversation as we redefine strength, leadership, and healing — together.#HealedToLead #MensGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #TraumaInformedLeadership #MensMentalHealth

    49 min

  4. Mar 6

    You’re Not a Bad Leader. You’re Dysregulated//Ep17 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot

    What if the problem isn’t your leadership skills…What if it’s your nervous system?In this episode of Healed to Lead with Kevin Overton-Hadnot, we’re unpacking Trauma-Informed Leadership through a clinical lens — not as a trend, but as a truth. Because leadership is not just strategy and vision. It’s regulation.Trauma doesn’t just impact relationships — it impacts perception, decision-making, communication, and how safe people feel around you.When the nervous system is in survival:Perception narrowsUrgency replaces clarityReactivity replaces responsivenessControl feels safer than collaborationAnd most leaders don’t even realize it’s happening.We explore:✔️ What trauma actually is✔️ How trauma affects decision-making✔️ Why survival states prioritize speed over wisdom✔️ What a regulated leader actually looks like✔️ How safety changes everything — for you and the people you leadPlus, I answer a listener question about journaling — how often I do it, whether you can “do it wrong,” and where to start if you feel stuck.Because trauma-informed leadership doesn’t start in the boardroom.It starts in private self-awareness.If you’ve ever:Felt reactive but didn’t know whyStruggled with control or avoidanceConfused urgency with importanceWanted to lead differently but didn’t know howThis episode is for you.You are not broken.You may just be dysregulated.And regulation is a skill.

    32 min

  5. Mar 6

    ATTACHMENT WOUNDS ARE RUNNING LEADERSHIP//Ep16 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot

    Society has long called men to be leaders, providers, and protectors—but rarely has it taught them how to feel safely, face fear, sit with uncertainty, or know who they are apart from performance. In this episode of Healed to Lead, we explore what happens when leadership outpaces healing—and why awareness, not perfection, is what actually makes someone trustworthy in authority.Through a clinical lens on attachment wounds and self-concept, we unpack how unhealed patterns show up in leadership as control, defensiveness, reactivity, and shame. We talk honestly about why leadership often amplifies unresolved wounds, how nervous system regulation shapes culture, and why healing doesn’t have to be finished for leadership to begin.This episode is for anyone—especially men—who feels the weight of responsibility but never learned how to carry themselves with presence, clarity, and integrity. Healed to Lead exists to remind us that leadership is not a reward for being healed, but a practice of accountability while we grow.If this conversation resonates, please like, share, and subscribe to the channel so this work can reach more people who are learning how to lead without denial. Drop a comment below and let us know what part of this episode landed for you.

    37 min

  6. Mar 6

    MEN WERE NEVER TAUGHT TO CELEBRATE//Ep15 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot

    Men were never taught how to celebrate themselves—only how to endure, provide, and move on.In this birthday reflection episode, I explore why so many men feel uncomfortable slowing down, resting, or acknowledging their own growth. From a mental health and clinical perspective, celebration isn’t ego—it’s integration. It’s how the nervous system learns that survival is over and that it’s safe to pause.In this episode, we talk about:Why men minimize milestones, emotions, and winsHow staying in survival mode impacts mental health and identityFive clinically grounded ways men can celebrate themselvesA listener letter from a man quietly carrying grief he doesn’t know how to talk aboutHow faith, prayer, my twin, and watching church online helped me stay connected to God during seasons of distanceIf stopping feels unsafe… if rest feels undeserved… if joy feels unfamiliar—this conversation is for you.🎧 You don’t need permission to honor your life.You’re still here. That matters.

    49 min

  7. 11/13/2025

    THE IMPACT OF SPORTS//Ep14 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot feat. Trennis Jones

    In this episode of Healed To Lead, we sit down with Trennis Jones, Vice President of Community Impact at Austin FC, to talk about how sports shaped his identity, discipline, and leadership — but also what happens after the game ends.From his days playing basketball at the University of Colorado to leading major community initiatives in Austin, Trennis opens up about the mental health realities athletes face, the pressure to perform, and the work it takes to find peace beyond the scoreboard. We also unpack what it means to lead with purpose, build community impact that lasts, and speak life into the next generation of young Black men still searching for their identity and lane.If you’ve ever tied your worth to what you do, this conversation is a reminder that you’re more than your performance — your peace matters too.

    50 min

  8. 10/29/2025

    Called To Therapy // Ep7 Healed To Lead w/ Kevin Overton-Hadnot

    In this solo episode of the Healed To Lead Podcast, I’m pulling back the curtain on my personal journey—what led me into the world of mental health, the fears I had when starting out, and what I’ve learned about presence over performance in therapy, life, and leadership.From professors who shaped my path to moments when I doubted if I could “fix” anyone, I share how I realized healing isn't about having all the answers—it’s about walking with people as they find their own.Then, in our Mental Health & Culture segment, I reflect on Lizzo’s powerful story in Rolling Stone about how music saved her life while battling depression. Her journey into raw honesty, artistic freedom, and emotional resilience holds deep lessons for all of us trying to live authentically—even when it’s messy.

    27 min
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Welcome to the Healed to Lead podcast—the space where we come to unlearn surviving life and embracing wholeness. This isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence.

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  • Creator
    Kevin Overton-Hadnot
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Kevin Overton-Hadnot
  • Show Website
    Healed To Lead