120 | Stony Heart: Why Inner Healing Comes Before Sustainable Business Success

Hey Friend,

Welcome to the Start That Business podcast, where we help Jesus-led career moms turn their expertise into their first coaching or consulting business without quitting their 9 to 5 yet.

Are you carrying church hurt, burnout, or emotional baggage while trying to launch your business? Do you find yourself showing up strong on the outside but feeling blocked, stuck, or numb on the inside? This episode is for you.

We're wrapping up our Business Book Review series with Stony Heart by Denise Boggs, and while this isn't a "business book" per se, it deeply impacted how I show up as a business owner, wife, mom, and daughter of God. Sometimes, the most important business work happens in your heart first.

If you've been trying to build a business over unhealed areas, wondering why you feel stuck despite doing "all the right things," this conversation will help you understand how inner healing creates space for sustainable entrepreneurship and kingdom leadership.

What You'll Learn:

• Why the heart you lead with becomes the culture you create in your business
• How unresolved trauma disguises itself as control, perfectionism, and people-pleasing in entrepreneurship
• The connection between soul breakthroughs and business breakthroughs
• A simple prayer to invite God to soften the stones in your heart

Scripture Focus: "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you..." - Ezekiel 36:26

Remember:

• Broken people break people
• Hurt people hurt people
• Wounded people wound people
• But healed people heal people

You can't pour from an empty cup, and you can't build a healthy business with a wounded soul. Let's talk about why healing your heart might be the most important business strategy you haven't considered.

Ready to let God soften what's been hardened? Press play and listen now.

I pray this brings a breakthrough to both your heart and your calling.

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Mentioned On The Podcast

• Stony Heart Book
• Healed To Heal Sermon
• Soul Healing Resource List

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