The Heart-Led Business Show

Send us Fan Mail Most heart-led entrepreneurs don't fail because they lack passion. They fail because they give too much of themselves away. That's exactly why I wanted to have this conversation with Tim Thomas . A former Special Forces Commando turned founder of Breathwork In Bed , Tim has learned that building a meaningful business isn't about becoming a martyr. It's about cr...

Send us Fan Mail Why would someone walk away from a successful business? Not because it was failing, but because it no longer aligned with their purpose. In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Dr. Connor Ziegler, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and founder of Vitality Orthopedics and Biologics, who left a thriving medical practice to build one centered on exceptional...

Send us Fan Mail Can a yoga studio become more than a business and turn into a true community lifeline? In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Dawn Staudt , founder of Heart and Light Yoga, a Nashville-area yoga studio built around connection, accessibility, and heart-led service. Dawn’s journey is anything but ordinary. She opened her studio right before 2020 changed ever...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when alignment, sales, and heart-led leadership collide? You get a conversation that might just reframe how you see business forever. In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Melanie Benson, authority amplifier for expertpreneurs and creator of a top 1% podcast, Amplify Your Success. Melanie has spent decades helping coaches and service professi...

Send us Fan Mail What if the best medical care wasn’t about seeing more patients but being more present? In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Dr. Barbi Phelps-Sandall , founder of Renaissance Healthcare for Women, an OB-GYN redefining what modern medicine can look like. She shares why real healing doesn’t start with a prescription, but with deep listening that often reve...

Send us Fan Mail Your body is constantly giving you feedback, but most people are taught to ignore it. Headaches, fatigue, and stress often get normalized… until they quietly become the baseline for “feeling okay.” Katie Kirklin is a registered nurse and functional nutrition counselor who built her work around one core belief: symptoms are signals, not the problem. In this conversation, she shares...

Send us Fan Mail Most people don’t realize how much it costs to build something you actually care about—not financially, but emotionally, mentally, and personally. In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Dr. Aimee Duffy, the visionary behind Functional Medicine Collaborator, board-certified family physician, and founder of Carolina Integrative Medicine and Clemson IV Bar. A...

Send us Fan Mail What if the thing you think might hurt your business is actually the thing that makes it more profitable? In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I’m joined by Justin Ricklefs, Founder and CEO of Guild Collective, to explore one of the biggest tensions in leadership today: how to be a heart-led business owner while still building a profitable, sustainable company. We explo...

Send us Fan Mail What if music wasn’t just something you listen to… but something that could actually help you heal, focus, and even transform how you experience life? In this powerful conversation, music therapist Judith Pinkerton shares how she’s reshaping mental health care through music, heart-led business principles, and her innovative approach to “prescriptive playlists.” From building her H...

Send us Fan Mail What if quality isn’t really about what something is… but about how consciously it was made? In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Joy Musacchio, founder of Still Point Aromatics, to explore how intention, coherence, and integrity quietly shape everything from essential oils to entire businesses. Joy has built a company where alignment isn’t a slogan. It’...

Send us Fan Mail Undervaluing your work doesn’t make you “heart-led”—it just makes your business harder to sustain. In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, host Tom Jackobs sits down with Ryan Golec, owner of Movement Mechanx, to unpack one of the toughest challenges in service-based businesses: balancing pricing, loyalty, and self-worth. From long-term clients of 10–20+ years to the fear...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when the business you built can’t grow unless you step out of it? In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Amber Briggle, founder of Soma Massage Therapy, to explore the turning point where “doing it all” stops working, and what it takes to rebuild a business that can actually sustain you. From juggling clients, calls, payroll, and motherhood to...

Send us Fan Mail What if your hair loss wasn’t just about hair but your stress, your health, and your story? In today’s episode, I sit down with Mandy Wright, trichology expert and founder of Hair Oh Yeah in Bellevue, Washington. We dive into the real causes of hair loss, the emotional journey behind it, and how cutting-edge tools like AI tracking and ultrasound technology are transforming hair re...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I’m joined by Bron Watson, a nurse educator turned entrepreneur and founder of The Social Coach and The Serenity Project. Bron shares her powerful journey of building a successful business, facing two cancer diagnoses, and ultimately redefining what it truly means to live and work in alignment. We dive into what a heart-led business...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve always believed the best businesses aren’t just built on profit. They’re built on people. In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Nathanael “Tarzan” Rabbitt, founder of Conscious Body Recovery, to explore what it really looks like to lead with purpose, integrity, and heart. Nathanael shares his journey from personal training to building a thriving reco...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with Brynne Tillman, CEO of Social Sales Link and author of The LinkedIn Sales Playbook, to explore what it really means to build a heart-led business in today’s world of selling. Brynne has spent decades transforming traditional sales approaches into trust-based conversations, helping professionals move away from cold, transactional tactics toward mean...

Send us Fan Mail From Web Design to Warrior Fuel with Trevor Nolan Bower Trevor Nolan Bower, founder of Centurion Labz, has built a supplement brand that stands for honesty, transparency, and purpose. From running retail stores to creating a community-driven business, his journey is full of lessons on persistence, preparation, and heart-led leadership. In this episode, discover how Trevor balances...

Send us Fan Mail School Bus to Seven Figures with Phil Risher What if you could scale your business from $3M to $5M in just 24 months without losing your heart in the process? Phil Risher, the genius behind Phlash Consulting, shares how he builds heart-led businesses that win, for clients, employees, and profits, while keeping purpose at the center. From performance pay to building systems that ac...

Send us Fan Mail If you think lawyers can’t be heart-led… this episode might just change your mind. On The Heart-Led Business Show, I sit down with Jane Muir, a Miami business attorney who balances high-stakes litigation with compassion, candor, and courage. From a family legacy of lawyers to starting her firm during the subprime mortgage crisis, Jane proves you can win in court and lead with hear...

Send us Fan Mail Can you scale your business without sacrificing your marriage, health, and peace of mind? In this episode of The Heart-Led Business Show, Dr. Travis Parry, bestselling author of Achieving Balance and Marry and Grow Rich, shares how entrepreneurs can build profit, time freedom, and financial freedom without burning out or breaking their relationships. We talk about why money is the...

Send us Fan Mail What if putting people first was the smartest business move you could make? I sat down with Kris Austin, co-founder and CEO of Draft2Digital, to unpack how he turned a small tech idea into a global platform for 300,000+ authors, without losing sight of heart. From turning Word docs into eBooks to building a culture where employees actually want to show up, Kris proves that leading...

Send us Fan Mail From slap shots on the ice to strategy sessions in the boardroom, this week, I sit down with Dr. Dave Jones, founder of M is Good, a Christian advertising agency that has blessed over 1,000 ministries worldwide. Dave’s journey is as inspiring as it is unexpected—he went from a pro hockey career in Europe, enduring multiple concussions, to leading a business that blends faith, tran...

Send us Fan Mail Everything looked “successful” on paper: sales were up, clients were happy, growth was happening, but inside, something felt off. As a sales coach, I see this all the time: leaders pushing forward while ignoring that quiet inner voice that knows there’s a better way. In this episode, I sit down with Andrew Grinbaum, a 5x entrepreneur, MBA professor, ICF-certified coach, and  Found...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan Hunt-Glassman knows what it’s like when alcohol takes control of your life. That struggle became the seed of Oar Health, a company helping over 70,000 people drink less or quit entirely. Before founding Oar, Jonathan was transforming healthcare from the inside at Humana, Optum, and Bain. But it was his personal journey that taught him how to build a heart-led, mission-dri...

Send us Fan Mail Kyle Campbell, founder of Summit Total Wellness, joins the Heart Led Business Show to reveal how busy professionals and entrepreneurs can ditch burnout, regain energy, and take control of their health without slowing down their hustle. From medically supervised weight loss to high-performance coaching, Kyle shares real strategies that transform bodies, minds, and confidence. 🎧Lis...