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Welcome to the More In Common Podcast — where curiosity meets courage. Hosted by Keith Richardson and Gerren Taylor, this show explores the human side of connection, communication, and emotional intelligence. Every week, we dive deep into real conversations that challenge assumptions, build trust, and help us all navigate complex relationships — at work, at home, and in our communities. 🎙️ From mindful parenting to leadership, political division to self-awareness — we ask the hard questions and model the tools to stay in the conversation when it matters most.
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Jul 24, 2026
Jul 24, 2026
34 min
Who's holding space for you?
Gerren asks it about halfway through this week's episode — and Jonathan Pride, combat veteran, author, and founder of the Caterpillar Leadership Institute, has to sit with the question a second before answering. Because when you're the one everyone else leans on, the question itself lands a little differently.
Part two of a three-episode arc. This one is about the emotional cost of always being the rock — representational weight, the impossibility of redeeming everyone's wrongs, the line between real resilience and quiet suffering, and where a leader actually replenishes. Jonathan gets into a funeral that reframed his understanding of his father, the Obama Fellowship moment that birthed his brand, and a permission slip exercise you can try tomorrow morning.
Also — the SOAR framework broken down (Storytelling, Ownership, Abundance, Resilience) and which pillar Jonathan admits is hardest for him to live personally.
Neither of them settled it. Part 3 next week.
Key Topics:
Representational weight in predominantly white rooms, systems change vs. surface change, the SOAR framework as a leadership operating system, the Obama Fellowship, micro-communities as replenishment, the fringes of daily life where identity slips, the permission slip exercise, and a regret about a favor asked and never repaid.
Guest:
📚 Caterpillars Don't Fly by Jonathan Pride — Available on Amazon
🌐 Caterpillar Leadership Institute → caterpillarleadership.org
💼 LinkedIn → linkedin.com/in/jonathan-pride-831b3875
The Full Arc:
🎧 Part 1 — Who Are You Proving It To?
🎧 Part 2 — Who's Holding Space for You?
🎧 Part 3 — [coming next week]
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Thinking out loud about what gets in the way of connection.
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