What if excellence didn’t require exhaustion? What if leadership wasn’t about having all the answers but about being honest enough to think in real time?
Restless Excellenceis a reflective leadership podcast for people who care deeply about impact, integrity, and sustainability. Hosted by Tonya Richards, this podcast is part leadership journal, part thinking-out-loud space; intentionally unpolished to reflect how leadership actually happens.
Some episodes are drawn directly from written reflections. Others unfold in real time, processing decisions, tensions, and lessons as they happen. This isn’t about polished soundbites or performative insight. It’s about naming what often goes unseen and slowing down long enough to lead with clarity.
Throughout the season, Restless Excellence explores the emotional and cognitive labor of leadership, including:
At its core, this podcast challenges the idea that excellence requires overextension. Instead, it offers a reframing: sustainable excellence is built through reflection, alignment, and care. Excellence here is operational and not performative. It shows up in how leaders make decisions, set boundaries, and protect what matters.
The word restless reflects an ongoing commitment to growth and discernment. It’s the tension between ambition and intention, and the willingness to question how leadership, when done well, should feel.
This trailer sets the tone for a season grounded in reflection rather than reaction. Episodes feel like conversations with a trusted voice exhibiting honesty, thoughtfulness, and rooted in lived experiences.
Restless Excellenceis for leaders, builders, and change-makers navigating growth, transition, or recalibration and looking for a way to lead without losing themselves in the process.
Welcome to Restless Excellence.
© 2025 Tonya Richards. All rights reserved.
Restless Excellence™ is a trademark pending.
All original content produced are the intellectual property of Tonya Richards and may not be reproduced or presented as original work without prior written permission.
