🔎 Show Notes: Welcome to Day 4 of our Humanizing the Workplace series on The Integrated Leader Podcast. Today, we’re talking about something leaders often carry silently: emotional labor. This is the work of absorbing stress, smoothing tension, remembering birthdays, managing tone, reading the room—all while trying to deliver results. It’s real, it’s exhausting, and it’s rarely acknowledged. In this episode, we explore: • What emotional labor actually is (and how it shows up in leadership) • The toll it takes when it goes unspoken or unshared • Why “being strong” doesn’t mean holding it all alone You’ll also hear why high-empathy leaders often burn out, and how we can start redistributing emotional responsibility across the team—without losing connection or culture. ⸻ 💬 Today’s Reflection Prompt: “What invisible labor am I carrying—and who actually benefits from me staying silent about it?” ⸻ 🧠 Key Quote: “If your leadership depends on you absorbing everything without help, it’s not sustainable. Strength isn’t silence—it’s shared weight.” ⸻ 🔗 Stay Connected: If this episode hit close to home, you’re not alone. Forward it to another leader who’s quietly holding a lot. And join us tomorrow as we close the week with a conversation about human pace—and what it means to lead with breath, not burnout.