Unlocking Leadership Mental Health: Insights from Melissa Doman
Win Make Give with Ben Kinney
Ben Kinney Training
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Chad Hyams and Bob Stewart host Mel Doman, author of "Cornered Office," to explore leadership mental health. Mel challenges societal norms by focusing on the well-being of leaders, emphasizing their need for support. The conversation covers the importance of community, personal well-being non-negotiables, and workplace communication. Mel shares insights on leadership dynamics, offers practical mental health strategies, and concludes with a unique Chewbacca impression. This episode provides valuable perspectives on maintaining mental health within leadership roles.
Connect with Melissa at https://www.melissadoman.com/
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Part of the Win Make Give Podcast Network
00:08 - Parenting, Language, and Baseball Cards as Consequences
03:52 - Real Conversations on Mental Health and Workplace Dynamics
08:50 - Reevaluating Leadership Mental Health and Societal Expectations
14:12 - Embracing Neurodiversity as a Leadership Asset
19:30 - Leaders' Mental Health: Balancing Vulnerability and Professionalism
28:38 - Finding Personal Joy Beyond the Wellness Industry
33:19 - Mental Health Support
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Win May Give podcast. |
| 0:10.2 | Chad Heim's here. |
| 0:11.3 | Bob Stewart over there somewhere. |
| 0:13.1 | Bob, how are you doing today? |
| 0:15.2 | Chad, we have a guest. |
| 0:17.2 | We're going to bring her on just a little bit. |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm surprised you're actually not on vacation while I have a guest. Yeah, I try to show up every once in a while because I get paid highly to do this. Yes, highly. We still don't get paid for this. I was going to say, I think you get twice what I get. Yeah, we're doing math with my kids right now. Two times zero. Yes. We, yeah. Our guest asked a question, |
| 0:40.6 | which I appreciate. She asked about like language and audience and, chat, have we talked about |
| 0:46.9 | what we do at our house with our kids? No, do you have a swear jar going over there, Bob? |
| 0:52.1 | No, we don't have a swear jar. So. |
| 0:55.5 | Because I think our guest needs one. |
| 1:00.7 | So my wife decided that our kids, well, I'm not my wife. |
| 1:01.7 | We agreed to this. You have told us this. |
| 1:03.0 | They're allowed to swear in the house. |
| 1:04.9 | They're allowed to swear, but only in their bedroom right now. |
| 1:08.4 | And what we're trying to teach our children is that language has |
| 1:12.2 | context for the environment that you're in. I have no idea if this is a good idea. I don't know |
| 1:18.8 | if this is a bad idea. I do know that one time we got called by the principal because somebody |
| 1:25.2 | was bullying my buddy or my oldest son chase's friend |
| 1:28.9 | and chase stood up to the bully and may have used the f word in standing up to the bully and so |
| 1:36.0 | but in my head i'm like that was the perfect context of when to use that word to to stand up to a bully, right? So in our house, Mel, if we heard something like that, |
| 1:51.6 | right, my kids would be interested in what the context of the conversation was. And as Chad |
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