The Well with Dr. Wendi

The Well is a wellness-centered leadership podcast for leaders who are tired — not of the work, but from carrying it. Dr. Wendi Williams has spent two decades in the rooms where the hardest decisions get made. She has led institutions through turnaround and crisis as a senior leader in higher education, carried fiduciary weight as a board chair across the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, and trained as a counseling psychologist who reads what sits beneath the leadership — the part no one names aloud. She is the current President of the American Psychological Association. Her work is grounded in Black Women's Liberatory Leadership (BWLL) Praxis, a framework that transcends identity to offer a universal blueprint for leaders committed to impact, equity, and sustainable transformation. She knows what it costs to lead, because she has carried it. Some weeks, you'll sit with a leader whose story of being pushed out, worn down, and finding their way back illuminates where you are now. Other weeks, Dr. Wendi turns to the research and to your questions directly, translating what the evidence means for your leadership, this week, in your life. Either way, every episode opens the same: a moment to center, research woven in rather than lectured, and one real thing you can use — whether you lead a company, a classroom, an office, or a home. Seeking support is the beginning of the most important leadership work you will ever do. Welcome to The Well. You are welcome here, exactly as you are. Learn more at https://www.drwendiwilliams.com/