What if the secret to earning more wasn't working more, but living better?
In Episode 173 of the Naked Sunday Podcast, Caleb Nelson sits down with Dr. Terri Levine, business coach, consultant, author, and entrepreneur, for a conversation about building a successful business without sacrificing the life you're supposedly building it for.
After losing her mother and then a close friend just seven days later, Terri received a wake-up call that changed the direction of her life:
"Don't spend your whole life working. Spend your life living."
Terri stopped making work the center of her life. She prioritized her marriage, health, relationships, spiritual practices, hobbies, and the things that made life worth living.
And something unexpected happened.
Her business became more successful.
Caleb and Terri explore why sustainable success starts with knowing yourself, how trust creates the safety to take risks, why relationships matter more than tactics, and how the internal work we avoid often becomes the foundation for everything we want to build externally.
They also unpack Terri's 47-year marriage, the lesson her husband has taught her about patience, why copying someone else's business strategy rarely works, and the danger of chasing "overnight success" without becoming the person capable of sustaining it.
In this episode:
- Why living well can actually help you earn well
- Terri's wake-up call after losing her mother and close friend
- Leaving a successful CEO position to build her own business
- How Terri found 30 clients in her first month
- Why relationships come before business strategy
- The role trust plays in marriage, business, coaching, and risk
- What 47 years of marriage taught Terri about relationships
- Why you don't have to agree with someone to love them
- Building a business around who you actually are
- Why copying someone else's strategy often doesn't work
- The truth behind "overnight success"
- Self-love, forgiveness, boundaries, and authenticity
- Why the hardest personal growth often creates the most freedom
- The difference between procrastination and patience
- Being patient enough to become yourself
- Terri's daily GID practice: Gratitude, Intention, and Delegation
Success doesn't have to require sacrificing your health, marriage, relationships, or peace.
You can build a business you love while building a life you actually want to live.
And sometimes the best business strategy starts with becoming more of yourself.
Connect with Dr. Terri Levine and her Heartrepreneurs community at heartrepreneurs.com.
For more episodes of Naked Sunday, visit iamcalebnelson.com/nakedsundaypodcast.
Until next time…
Love. Every. Body.
