Welcome to the Culture Focused Practice podcast. In this Owner’s Room episode, I’m joined by my very first guest — Dr. Jeremy Sharp — for a beautifully messy conversation about what happens after you slow down. You know that moment when the chaos stops and you should be feeling calm, but instead your brain starts spiraling with “Why am I not doing more?” Yep, that one.

Jeremy and I dive into what it really feels like to pause after a season of intensity, how our identities get tangled in achievement, and why stillness can feel more like a threat than a relief. We get honest about inbox avoidance, people-pleasing patterns, right-sizing big practices, and the weird cocktail of grief, restlessness, and relief that shows up in the quiet.

If you’ve ever found yourself fixing things that aren’t broken, rewriting to-do lists just to feel productive, or sprinting headfirst into the next big thing because being still is just... too much? This one’s for you.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction
01:52 Discussing the Owner's Room Concept
02:05 Emotional Whiplash of Slowing Down
02:47 Agenda and First Question
03:17 Falling Behind: Personal Reflections
06:21 Inbox Management and Delegation
07:35 Right-Sizing the Practice
12:39 Struggles with Stillness and Productivity
15:31 Personality Traits and Family Influence
20:45 Expectations and Identity
31:35 The Fun of Enneagram
31:54 Achievement and Identity
34:57 The Struggle with Rest and Balance
36:08 The Concept of Time and ADHD
41:24 Visionary and Integrator Roles
42:47 Addressing Agitation in Stillness
53:09 The Beauty of Grief and Loss
57:33 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper wraps up the two-part deep dive into rest, integration, and the quiet (but hard) work of leadership.

This episode challenges the assumption that rest is passive, arguing instead that integration is one of the most demanding—and crucial—skills in leadership. It’s not a gap between doing. It’s a strategy for making your systems, your team, and your brain actually catch up with your vision.

Tara walks through how to operationalize integration inside a group practice using tools like rock reviews, quarterly rhythms, clarity breaks, and leadership debriefs. She unpacks the psychology behind leaders who struggle with stillness, offers mindset reframes to stop conflating motion with relevance, and shares tangible practices that support sustainable leadership.

This isn’t the flashy stuff, and no one’s giving out gold stars for a hold month—but it’s the kind of quiet recalibration that keeps your practice from spiraling.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview
01:37 Understanding Integration
05:01 Operationalizing Integration in Practice
11:56 Embedding Integration into Leadership
17:25 Making Integration Safe for Your Team
23:57 Mindset Pairings for Leaders
26:57 Anchor Practices for Integration
29:56 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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In this episode of the Culture Focused Practice Podcast, Dr. Tara Vossenkemper unpacks the gut-punch of realizing that rest doesn’t mean you’ve stopped growing.

It just means you’re in integration mode — and, spoiler alert, integration might be the hardest damn thing you do as a leader. We dive into why rest feels so itchy, what cultural narratives are feeding your resistance, and the sneaky emotional labor no one talks about when the hustle stops.

You’ll get tangible signs that you’re resisting rest (even when you think you’re just “strategizing”), and Tara ends with three prompts to help you unravel your weird-ass relationship with rest.

Timestamps
00:00 Introduction and Episode Overview
01:32 Cultural Narratives Around Rest
05:39 Why Integration Feels Uncomfortable
11:16 The Hidden Emotional Labor of Integration
16:23 Signs You Are Resisting Rest
21:48 Reflection Prompts and Conclusion

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