304. How to Grow Business Without Losing Your Soul (or family)
Protect your soul, marriage, and mission: Learn emotional intelligence for kingdom business leaders.
Welcome to the Heaven in Business Podcast, where we help you navigate the messy intersection of faith, family, and business. In this powerful episode, Andy Mason sits down with life and executive coaches Dave Charlson and Blair Reynolds to expose the hidden dangers of emotional neglect in entrepreneurship. With years of business experience and hard-earned wisdom, they unveil the root causes of burnout, hiding, and leadership failure, and how to avoid them by rediscovering your authentic self.
If you're building something that matters but feeling disconnected, depleted, or overwhelmed… this conversation is your lifeline.
Three Practical Takeaways:
Create psychological safety. You need emotionally safe spaces to show up as your true self.
Stop managing symptoms. Transformation starts at the root of identity, not performance.
Don't do this alone. Community and coaching unlock your next level of personal and business health.
Find out more: EntrepreneurEmotionalHealth.com
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Comment below: What’s one symptom you recognize in yourself, and what’s your next step toward health?
Timestamps
00:00 Welcome & why emotional health matters
01:12 Leadership failures and why they keep happening
02:16 Meet Dave & Blair
03:13 How trauma shapes identity
08:08 What’s really driving your performance?
10:07 Top symptoms you’re headed for burnout
13:57 Why “help” often doesn’t help
16:38 The solution: identity-first transformation
20:12 True self vs adapted self
25:04 What qualifies these guys to coach?
27:58 Client stories that show what’s possible
36:11 Where to go if you’re ready for help
38:10 Final thoughts & blessing
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