Higher Leading with Jay Meyer
Jay has spent his life studying and practicing leadership. After leading a successful business for twenty-five years, Jay has spent the past couple of decades coaching leaders across nonprofits, businesses, and faith-driven organizations.
Through all those experiences, one truth became undeniable: leadership is at its best when it’s anchored to a higher calling.
That conviction fuels his Higher Leading podcast, where he helps leaders grow in character, courage, and purpose—so they can serve with impact that reaches far beyond themselves.
Higher Leading with Jay Meyer
The Joy Formula for Living Light
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The world feels heavy right now. Anxiety is loud, joy is scarce, and most of us are carrying burdens we were never meant to hold.
But what if living lightly — with deep, contagious, bone-level joy — isn't as far away as it feels?
In this episode, host Jay Meyer records from the peaceful setting of Serenity Acres outside Covington, Ohio, and delivers his five-pillar Joy Formula: Pray a lot. Move a lot. Laugh a lot. Rest enough. Eat protein. Five habits. No fluff. Radical results.
Drawing from his own walk through recovery, faith, family life, and playing competitive sports, Jay blends science, Scripture, and soul into something you can actually use. You'll discover why prayer builds a posture of trust that no productivity hack can touch, why movement is literal medicine for your brain, why laughter is a hard-won spiritual discipline, why rest is obedience — not laziness, and why protein belongs right alongside prayer at the top of your daily routine.
Joy isn't something that happens to you. It's something you build — brick by brick, habit by habit, choice by choice. And you have everything you need to start today.