In this episode of Meditations on Leadership, Don reflects on The Road to Inner Light and the often overlooked cost of alignment. While meaningful work can light us up from the inside, it also asks something in return. This episode explores the tension between calling and sacrifice, and what it means to stay with work that matters when it is hard, lonely, or slow to take shape.

Don is joined by Patrisha McLean, a survivor of domestic abuse, women’s rights activist, and photojournalist, and the founder and CEO of Finding Our Voices. Together, they reflect on leadership as response rather than performance, the inner work required to sustain meaningful work, and how clarity is forged through lived experience.

This conversation invites listeners to slow down and consider not just what they are called toward, but what they are willing to carry in order to stay aligned.

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