{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lonely at the Top","title":"Leading in Public Health Through COVID with Shivani Mehta Bhatia","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2392,"description":"Shivani Mehta Bhatia has spent her career helping leaders navigate conflict, power, and organizational change. A facilitator, advisor, and writer, she works with senior leaders, particularly women of color, queer leaders, and mission-driven organizations, to transform conflict into insight, strengthen relationships, and build healthier organizations. Drawing on her background in public health, crisis response, and health equity, Shivani brings a deeply human perspective to what it means to lead when the stakes are high.\nThis episode of Lonely at the Top is about the courage to stay human in positions of power, and why conflict, when approached with care, can become a pathway to deeper trust rather than division.\nShivani shares how leading through the COVID-19 pandemic shaped her understanding of leadership, moral injury, and the emotional weight carried by those responsible for difficult decisions. Together, Rachel and Shivani explore accountability, public criticism, the fear of causing harm, and the relational skills every leader needs to steward power with wisdom instead of simply wielding it.\nEpisode Highlights\nHow conflict resolution can become an invitation to deeper trust and stronger relationships\nThe difference between accountability, shame, and genuine repair\nNavigating leadership criticism while discerning what feedback to receive, and what to let go\nLessons from facilitating public health leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic\nWhat is moral injury and what to do about it\nWhy sustainable leadership requires protecting your own humanity\nConnect with Shivani Mehta Bhatia:\nWebsite: https://shivani.co\nNewsletter: Intimate Practice (available through her website)\n\nHave thoughts on this episode or the overall show?\nEmail podcast@rachelalexandria.com\n(No guest pitches please)\nWant your own breakthrough?\nDiscounted Magic Breakthrough session for listeners: https://rachelalexandria.as.me/magicbreakthrough100","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AWb6cTNX_EC5EtuSFgIW2n-AHJMBK7iGs2MbRUvK6EY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMzA3/MjU5NGYxMTFjOGU0/NWE2NDU5MjRkOGJk/YmExYi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}