Soul Care for Pastors: Greg Woodard on Relational, Spiritual, Emotional & Physical Rhythms | Episode 352

Greg Woodard has been active in Christian leadership for many years. He is the author of Leadership from Within: Navigating the Path Toward Soul-Driven Success, a Spiritual director in training, a life and leadership coach, and an active lay member in a local church.He retired from twenty-two years of active-duty military service: fifteen years as a Navy Chaplain and seven years as a Marine and Army National Guardsman. He has also pastored in a Christian drug and alcohol recovery program and local church settings.Over his years as a military chaplain in deployed environments, Greg learned to live a holistically healthy life and take care of himself in difficult spiritual leadership experiences. His journey has helped him understand the complexities of the human person.Greg holds a Doctor of Ministry in Leadership Renewal and Coaching from Regent University.During his doctoral work, Greg was privileged to write his dissertation on developing a curriculum that connects deployed chaplains’ soul care with their emotional health, the genesis of his book. Greg has a continuing passion for the soul care of faith-driven leaders.He is a devoted Christian husband to Vicki for 27 years, father to two grown children, Liahna and David, and the proud papa of a grandchild. Greg enjoys walking with Vicki and their dog, dinners out, watching an occasional television show or movie, and traveling.Greg Woodard joins Dale and Joseph to discuss pastoral soul care, burnout prevention, and four life-giving rhythms that help ministry leaders stay healthy.Support the show