Have you ever noticed that the higher your influence rises, the smaller your circle seems to get?
You’re surrounded by people, yet somehow… you feel unseen. Unheard. Unknown. Today we’re talking about isolation—one of the quietest and most dangerous realities in leadership.

What’s Happening

• As influence expands, genuine connection often contracts. Leaders are rarely alone—but they’re often lonely.
• The paradox of leadership: you can have calendar full of appointments with people and at the same time feel alone.

What Isolation Sounds Like

• “I have a lot of meetings, but not many friendships.”
• “I can’t afford to be fully honest with my team.”

What’s Underneath

• Who can I trust?
• Who can I be vulnerable with?
• How do I navigate a ministry culture that celebrates results but undervalues authenticity?

Moving Toward Connection

• Cultivate safe, peer-level relationships.
• Define appropriate transparency – Being vulnerable doesn’t mean oversharing.
• Embrace the gift of being known, not just needed.
  Ministry often trains us to meet everyone else’s needs. But you’re a person, not a product. You need spaces where you can rest, laugh, confess, and be seen.
  That’s not weakness—it’s great stewardship!

Isolation will whisper that it’s safer in the shadows—but your soul knows better. Let someone safe in.