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Christ-Centered Leaders

by Tanya Tenica

Activating the dually anointed for business and ministry to get out of the weeds and into what multiplies and is sustainable tanyatenica.substack.com

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Episodes

  1. The Rising of Men and special guest

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  2. Jesus Had a Brand. Here's What It Cost Him.

    Point 1: His brand was an identity declared before he did anything * Matthew 3:17. “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” Said before a single miracle, sermon, or follower. * Matthew 4:1-3. Right after, the enemy says “If you are the Son of God...” The first attack on a brand is...

  3. Embracing Transition Without Burnout

    Navigating transitions with courage and clarity in ministry and life. This was given at the School of Activation last month. In today’s clarity session, Tanya Tenica opens up about the challenges and growth that come with stepping into new phases of life and ministry. She emphasizes the…

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  4. Why Every Writer Needs to Hear This: LaVonne Grace on The Mind of a Scribe

    The Same 3 A.M. I want to talk to y’all about 3 a.m. Because I know some of you are up at 3 a.m. Right? Your mind is running the lesson you haven’t finished, the yes you shouldn’t have given, the text you forgot to answer. You’re lying there in the dark doing math on your whole life. My friend...

  5. Solo Work is Killing Your Growth

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  6. DiscipleNations: Dr. CJ & Dr. Tanya

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  7. Live with Remnant Prophetic Circle

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  8. TimCidy Pod will be live with Tanya and she will share her testimony and goal

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  9. What would happen if you stop performing

    I have been getting so much about those that need to rest and those that are struggling with sales. It’s interesting because a lot is being revealed, and even through this 40-day challenge that I am doing for the paid group, Rooted and Sent, there is a breakthrough because we’re uprooting a lot…

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  10. Why Peace Feels Like Danger

    Some people aren’t avoiding God’s peace on purpose. Their nervous system learned pain as home before their mind ever got a vote, so when real safety shows up, it reads as a threat instead of a gift. I’m breaking down why confirmation can’t land while someone is still in fight or flight, and what…

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  11. Validating Your Marketplace Commission w/ Tanya Tenica

    This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit tanyatenica.substack.com Ministry is not a building (Neither is the Church as we often think of it as). It is not a title on a church directory. A woman's ministry, a men's ministry, a youth ministry, a nonprofit, none of those are the...

  12. Positioned To Receive This New Era

    Everything that can be shaken is being shaken. And you’re probably misinterpreting what’s happening. Most of us think we’re in chaos. We’re actually in transition. There’s a difference. And it matters. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to...

  13. She Couldn’t Pick Up the Phone

    I asked the women in my group to write down three things they were resisting. Things they knew were God, and they still weren’t moving on them. One of them didn’t hesitate. She wrote down: make the calls. So I asked her why she wasn’t making them. And she said, “Because every morning I remind...

  14. You Are Not the Whole Body (And That’s Not a Failure)

    Babylon lied to you. Not in a dramatic, obvious way. In the slow, subtle way that gets under your skin and starts to feel like truth. It told you that your gift was enough. That if God called you, He gave you everything you’d need — alone — to fulfill it. So you became everything. Visionary and...

  15. One attack spiritually we miss often

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  16. Leading like you’re already who God said you are

    Nobody in the Bible was called to be small. Read that again. Joseph didn’t manage Potiphar’s house as a side hustle. Daniel didn’t show up to Babylon with a “just getting by” mentality. Nehemiah didn’t reply to the king’s question with “I don’t know, I haven’t figured out my brand yet.” These…

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  17. The Contemplative Shift: How to Build More by Doing Less

    1. Systems That Work While You Rest * One piece of content → Substack distributes to YouTube, podcast, LinkedIn natively * Metricool handles the rest (FB, IG) * You’re not creating 7 pieces of content — you’re creating ONE and letting systems multiply it * Science note: Decision fatigue is real —...

  18. Why you might feel God not speaking in this moment and some chaos

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  19. Nobody Built This Room Yet. So I Did.

    For the women and the men who support them There’s a woman I keep thinking about. She runs a team. Leads a ministry. Shows up for her family. Tithes. Prays. Reads the books. Does the work. And still — around day 21 of her cycle, something in her body quietly dissolves. Her confidence thins. Her...

  20. You're Not Losing Your Faith. You're In Religion. And It's Killing You.

    You’re Not Losing Your Faith. You’re In Religion. And It’s Killing You. Let me tell you something they won’t say from the pulpit. Your body is rebelling. Right now. And you’re ignoring it to please everyone around you and prove you’re strong enough, holy enough, faithful enough. But girl, you…

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  21. Moving Toward Your Calling Without Losing What You Built

    Point 1: The Linchpin Trap - Why Control Is Costing You Your Calling You can’t scale what you won’t release. The very thing that got you here (being indispensable) is keeping you stuck. Most women stay in fight-or-flight mode producing because they don’t know how to build the bridge from where…

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  22. The Neuroscience of Being Needed: Why Helper Codependency Is Destroying Your Brain, Body, and Business

    Last Tuesday, a woman told me she felt guilty taking a nap. Not guilty like “I should be working.” Guilty like she’d committed a crime against humanity by resting for twenty minutes. She runs a seven-figure coaching business. Mentors hundreds of women. Leads a thriving ministry. And her body is...

  23. When Building Becomes Breaking: The Crisis Nobody's Naming

    There’s this moment I keep having with women on coaching calls. Same moment, different faces, identical exhaustion. They tell me about their ministry. Growing, thriving, people getting healed. They tell me about their business. Scaling, profitable, making real impact. They tell me about their...

  24. The sanctuary in crisis

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  25. When Building Becomes Breaking

    Let’s talk about the thing nobody says out loud in the prayer circle. You want to build something. Not just serve in it—build it. You’ve got vision boards and business plans and dreams that keep you awake at 2 AM. You see the empire God whispered to you in quiet moments—the thing that would…

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  26. So Apparently, I Was Homeless While Making Other People Millionaires

    Okay, story time. And before you think this is going to be one of those heavy “let me inspire you with my rock bottom” posts, relax. We’re going to laugh. We’re going to cry. We’re going to have a moment. But mostly? We’re going to talk about why successful women stay broke while helping everyone...

  27. When The Echoes Get Too Loud to Ignore

    The Permission I’ve Been Waiting For Have you ever gotten to that point in life where you envy the elders? How honest and blunt they are. How they’re not afraid to simply tell it like it is and call you out on your own nonsense. They remind you that life is short. To embrace it with all that you...

  28. The Contemplative Woman's Dilemma

    I was sitting in the doctor's office when she said the words that stopped my world. Liver issues. Pre-diabetic. Autoimmune problems brewing. The list kept growing, and with each diagnosis, I felt smaller. Here I was, supposedly successful, checking all the boxes everyone said mattered, and my…

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  29. Your Burnout Is Sacred Information: The Awakening Accomplished Women Need

    Your body is shutting down for a reason. Not because you're weak. Not because you can't handle success. Not because you're doing something wrong. Your nervous system is staging a sacred rebellion against the masculine flows you've been using to build your empire. It's screaming: "This isn't how…

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  30. The Hidden Crisis: Why 88% of Successful Women Are Spiritually Bankrupt

    The Whisper No One Wants to Admit I sit with women every week whose resumes and accomplishments shine brighter than their spirits. They're CEOs, consultants, entrepreneurs, pastors' wives, and founders. On paper, they've "made it." Yet behind the polished photos and booked calendars, there's a...

  31. Why Rest Is the Ultimate Resistance

    The Sacred Whisper "If I rest… will everything fall apart?" That's the unspoken fear underlying the silence of many high-achieving women. We say we trust God, but we build like we're alone. We quote Sabbath scriptures while scheduling launches in our luteal phase. We tell other women to slow…

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  32. Faithful… But Fried: The Hidden Burnout Crisis Among Women of Faith

    If We Have God... Then Why Are We Still So Tired? For the woman whose business success feels like silent suffering. This week, I sat in my favorite corner—you know, the one with the window light that makes everything feel sacred—and this whisper kept circling: "If we have God... then why are we...

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Activating the dually anointed for business and ministry to get out of the weeds and into what multiplies and is sustainable

tanyatenica.substack.com

Hosted by

Tanya Tenica

Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Christ-Centered Leaders have?

Christ-Centered Leaders has 32 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 15, 2026.

What is Christ-Centered Leaders about?

Activating the dually anointed for business and ministry to get out of the weeds and into what multiplies and is sustainable tanyatenica.substack.com

How often does Christ-Centered Leaders release new episodes?

Christ-Centered Leaders publishes every two weeks, based on its 32 episodes since August 2025.

Who hosts Christ-Centered Leaders?

Christ-Centered Leaders is created and hosted by Tanya Tenica.
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