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  • 1: Welcome Home, Leader: The Voice of Haven Introduction

    1: Welcome Home, Leader: The Voice of Haven Introduction
    Oct 27 2025
    Episode Title: Welcome Home, Leader
    Podcast: Voice of Haven with Dr. Omobolaji Ayobami Aiyedogbon

    Episode Note:
    In this opening episode of Voice of Haven, Dr. Omobolaji welcomes you to a sanctuary where leaders, CEOs, and visionaries come to breathe again.
    This is more than a podcast, it’s an awakening. A journey from burnout to balance, from pressure to peace, and from striving to wholeness.

    Here, we uncover what it truly means to lead with clarity, creativity, courage, and compassion. Because when the leader is whole, the organization thrives, and the world transforms.

    Welcome home, leader. Your healing starts here.
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    2 min
  • 2: Leadership Awareness & Self-Leadership — The Inner Work of Leading Well with Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo

    2: Leadership Awareness & Self-Leadership — The Inner Work of Leading Well with Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo
    Nov 14 2025
    Guest: Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo Host: Dr. Omobolaji Aiyedogbon Tagline: Where leaders breathe again. Overview In this reflective and soul-stirring episode, Dr Omobolaji sits down with international executive and transformation expert Ernesto Gómez Arzapalo to explore the true essence of leadership, not as a position, but as an inside-out journey. From leading billion-dollar corporations to designing frameworks for personal reinvention, Ernesto shares how his own transformations, eight in total, taught him that authentic leadership begins not in boardrooms, but in the soul. This conversation is a masterclass in “Leadership is not strength; it’s awareness, renewal, and return to the creative child within.” — Dr. Omobolaji “Speak to the soul, not to the role.” — Ernesto Gómez “Ego helps you survive, but humility helps you evolve.” “If we lose our humanity in pursuit of results, machines will lead better than we do.” “You cannot lead outward until you lean inward.” — Dr. Omobolaji
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    27 min
  • 3: Worthy, Enough & Powerful: Navigating Burnout, Reinvention, and the Courage to Begin Again — A Conversation with Bron Williams

    3: Worthy, Enough & Powerful: Navigating Burnout, Reinvention, and the Courage to Begin Again — A Conversation with Bron Williams
    Dec 11 2025
    In this deeply resonant and soul-anchoring episode of Voice of Haven ... the place where leaders breathe again, Dr. Omobolaji sits down with the extraordinary Bron Williams, whose life reads like a masterclass in courage, reinvention, and personal liberation.

    From navigating divorce at 50 to rediscovering purpose in her 60s, to stepping boldly into a new career, new love, new identity, and new power — Bron paints a raw, compelling, and deeply human picture of what it truly means to shift, heal, and rise again.

    This episode is a lyrical movement for CEOs, founders, executives, and leaders who silently carry exhaustion behind strong titles. It is an invitation to step out of burnout, break old boxes, trust your inner voice, and embrace the truth that you are worthy, enough, and powerful beyond measure.

    About Our Guest — Bron Williams

    Bron Williams is a seasoned speaker, researcher, and transformational voice who has lived three extraordinary “acts” of life, teacher, Salvation Army minister, and now global speaker and consultant. She is currently pursuing a PhD exploring the intersection of bias and shame. Bron’s work centers on helping individuals and communities dismantle limiting narratives and step into their authentic power. You can connect with Bron Williams below:

    Website: https://www.linkedin.com/safety/go?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbronwilliams.com%2F&trk=flagship-messaging-web&messageThreadUrn=urn%3Ali%3AmessagingThread%3A2-NGZlYTc4NjUtOGVjNi00ZDk1LWEzMmQtMWVkYzliMjc1MmE2XzEwMA%3D%3D&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_feed%3BCuf9Oi0xRVeYYqzXEtaQOw%3D%3D)


    For Leaders Who Need to Breathe Again

    Voice of Haven is a CEO wellness and leadership clarity movement curated by Dr. Omobolaji Aiyedogbon.
    We exist to give leaders a space to exhale, reconnect with their inner child, and rise into wholeness.

    Listen, Reflect, Share

    If this episode stirred something in you, share it with a leader who needs permission to pause, reflect, and rediscover their own power.



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    49 min
  • 4: Focused Leadership: Growing, Pruning & Leading With Clarity — A Conversation with Jones Loflin.

    4: Focused Leadership: Growing, Pruning & Leading With Clarity — A Conversation with Jones Loflin.
    Dec 19 2025
    “Where Leaders Learn to Breathe Again”

    Guest: Jones Loflin — Author, Leadership Coach & Focus Architect

    In this deeply insightful and refreshingly human conversation, Dr. Omobolaji Aiyedogbon sits with global leadership expert, author, trainer, and metaphor-master Jones Loflin for a strategic exploration of what it truly means to grow as a leader in today’s fast-paced world.

    Jones Loflin is a globally respected leadership coach, speaker, and author who helps leaders and organizations make better choices with their time, focus, and energy. Known for his practical wisdom and memorable metaphors—especially his “focused as a bee” and gardener mindset—Jones equips leaders to grow themselves, their teams, and their organizations with clarity and intention. His work centers on focus, self-leadership, and sustainable performance, empowering leaders to move from busyness to meaningful impact. Jones—celebrated for his powerful frameworks built around gardening, growth, and the inner workings of honeybees—brings a visionary yet relatable perspective to leadership development, time stewardship, and organizational thriving.
    Connect with Jones :
    www.JonesLoflin.com


    Redefining Leadership: From Mechanics to Gardeners

    Jones offers a powerful reframe:

    “When it comes to leadership, we keep bringing in mechanics when what we need are gardeners.”
    He challenges the old ‘fixing’ mindset and ushers leaders toward nurturing, cultivating, and creating growth-focused environments.

    Leadership Starts With Self-Growth

    Jones dismantles the illusion that leadership begins externally.
    Leadership = Growing yourself → Growing your team → Growing your organization.
    No shortcuts. No skipping steps.

    Focused as a Bee — Not Busy as One

    Drawing from his book Focused as a Bee, Jones explains the surprising leadership lessons found in the world of honeybees.
    Busy doesn’t equal productive.
    Activity ≠ Growth.
    Leaders thrive when they focus, not when they drown in noise.

    Overcoming Limiting Beliefs

    Jones challenges the biggest leadership myth:

    “You don’t have to have all the answers.”
    Inviting curiosity, shared discovery, and collaboration moves teams forward more powerfully than hero-leadership ever could.

    Navigating Self-Awareness & Wholeness

    Using practical, self-reflective frameworks, Jones shares how leaders can measure their growth, understand their patterns, and stay aligned with their authentic values—even when seasons change.

    The Power of Pruning

    One of the most profound metaphors in the episode:

    “Where do you need to cut back so you can grow forward?”
    Jones explains pruning not as a loss, but as strategic renewal—creating space for new strength, creativity, and impact.

    Burnout, Pace Management & Redefining Capacity

    Leaders often suffocate under the pressure to “get it all done.” Jones offers a liberating question:

    “In your drive to get it all done, what’s not getting done— or not getting done well?”
    This becomes the starting point for reclaiming energy, clarity, and personal rhythm.

    Practicing Self-Leadership

    Authenticity, values alignment, continuous reflection, and the willingness to grow slowly—like a gardener—form the backbone of sustainable leadership.
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    53 min
  • 5: Rewiring the Leader’s Brain: Healing Burnout, Culture, and the Inner Child

    5: Rewiring the Leader’s Brain: Healing Burnout, Culture, and the Inner Child
    Jan 20 2026

    In this deeply insightful episode of Voice of Haven, Omobolaji Ayobami Aiyedogbon sits down with Dominika Staniewicz, an elite brain coach, neuroencoding specialist, TEDx speaker, and bestselling author, for a powerful conversation on leadership burnout, brain health, culture, and emotional wholeness.

    This episode is more than a conversation, it is a safe landing space for leaders who have been strong for too long.

    Together, Omobolaji and Dominika explore the unseen pressures carried by CEOs, founders, and high-performing leaders, especially within culturally demanding environments. They unpack how unaddressed brain health challenges, suppressed emotions, and cultural conditioning quietly shape behavior, productivity, relationships, and self-worth.

    Dominika brings a neuroscience-backed perspective to leadership development, explaining how the brain–body connection influences decision-making, emotional regulation, self-sabotage patterns, and burnout. She introduces practical insights on rewiring the brain, dismantling automatic negative thoughts, and reclaiming clarity, calm, and creativity, without living in survival mode.

    At the heart of this episode is a simple but radical truth:
    Leaders are human first.

    This conversation invites you to breathe again, reconnect with the child within, and lead from a place of wholeness rather than exhaustion.

    Key Topics Covered

    • Why high-performing leaders experience burnout and emotional fatigue

    • The cultural pressures placed on men and leaders—and their silent impact

    • Brain health as the missing link in leadership effectiveness

    • Understanding automatic negative thoughts and how to rewire them

    • The neuroscience behind emotional regulation, decision-making, and behavior

    • Why reconnecting with your “inner child” restores resilience and creativity

    • Leading with humanity, not just titles, outcomes, or expectations

    About the Guest

    Dominika Staniewicz is an elite brain coach, neuroencoding specialist, mentor at Amen University, TEDx speaker, and author of the bestselling book The Magic of Dreaming Big, Acting Small, and Achieving Success for Those Who Get Overwhelmed.
    She works with clients across six continents, helping leaders use neuroscience to rewire their brains so their minds work for them—not against them.

    Listener Takeaway

    If you are a leader who feels drained, unseen, or pressured to always “hold it together”, this episode is your reminder:
    You are not alone.
    You are allowed to breathe.
    And healing your brain may be the most strategic leadership decision you make this year.

    🎧 Listen, reflect, and come home to yourself.
    This is Voice of Haven welcome home

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    1 h et 12 min