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Episode 296: How to Build a Business That Doesn’t Cost You Your Life

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October 13, 2025

How to Align Your God-Led Business with the Calling on Your Life

If you’ve ever felt like your business is thriving – but your peace is quietly slipping – I’ve been there.

At the time of this recording, I was 38 weeks pregnant. Contractions rolling in. Ribcage under siege. Breathless, but convicted. Because before stepping away to meet this baby, I had to share what’s coming and why.

This isn’t just a business update. It’s a calling.

It’s the book that’s been on my heart for years. It’s the movement I believe will reshape how we lead our families, run our businesses, and respond to what God is calling us to. It’s about aligning with your God-led business so your life and work reflect your faith-driven entrepreneurship.

🎧 Want to hear the full, unfiltered story behind the book — the moment I almost didn’t make it, the breakthrough in the hospital room, and the messy middle of rebuilding? Come listen to the full story – the moment that cracked me open, and what happened next.

If your business looks successful but feels misaligned – this is your moment.

The waitlist is open now at yourbignextbook.com

You’ll be the first to get your hands on the book and the exact tools we’ve used with top-tier founders to finally align their business with what matters most.

When Success Isn’t What It Seems

I can still picture it.

We had just wrapped what should’ve been the pinnacle of my career – a sold-out retreat on Lake Winnipesaukee. Clients thrilled. Revenue up. Every metric said, “You’ve made it.”

But in the debrief room, my mentor looked me square in the eye and said the words that would shake everything loose:

“Liz, you’re drastically underperforming your potential.”

My first instinct? Defensiveness. I wanted to recite my wins. Prove my worth. Cling to what looked like success.

But deep down, I knew the truth: I was climbing the ladder fast… I had just leaned it against the wrong wall.

The Real Threat Isn’t Failure – It’s the Wrong Success

Somewhere along the way, I’d bought into the lie that “more” was the answer. More launches. More scaling. More striving.

But more only works when it’s aligned with your calling in business. That moment revealed how easy it is for even the most seasoned purpose-driven entrepreneur to drift from the mission.

Your Big Next is the story of what happens when you realize it’s not about squeezing more out of yourself – it’s about reclaiming your life’s work from all the busy work.

You don’t need another plan to push harder. You need the clarity to align deeper.

And you’re not alone in that.

Early readers of Your Big Next have already told me:

“This gave me courage to walk away from what was draining me.”
“I finally see how my business can serve my family — not the other way around.”

That’s why this is not just my Big Next. It’s ours.

From Force to Overflow

You’ve never been afraid of hard work. You’ve carried a business, a team, a vision. You’ve launched. Led. Scaled.

But deep down, you’re craving something else.

Not another hustle season. Not a new funnel. Not a 10x plan.

You want overflow.

The kind that comes when you stop forcing growth and start leading from who you’re actually called to be – a faith-driven entrepreneur who is just as devoted to your business and family balance as you are to making an impact.

The kind that doesn’t burn you out, because it was never about what you could do – it was about what God planned to do through you.

This Isn’t a Business Book – It’s a Reset

If you’re looking for another lead gen hack, this isn’t that.

This is for the founder who’s grown something real and still feels the nudge for more. Not more output. More alignment. More conviction. More impact that actually matters.

Inside Your Big Next, I share the behind-the-scenes journey of going from burned out operator to aligned Visionary CEO and how you can do the same.

You’ll get frameworks, clarity prompts, and implementation tools to help you uncover what God is calling you to build next and how to do it without losing yourself (or your family) in the process.

This book offers more than strategy – it gives you permission to pursue work-life alignment that honors your mission and protects your peace.

Join the waitlist now at yourbignextbook.com

You’ll get early access, exclusive bonuses, and the chance to step into this next chapter fully equipped.

Because you didn’t come this far just to build something that drains you.

Your legacy? It’s live. It’s happening now.

And Your Big Next is the invitation to stop settling for a business that looks good on paper but costs you the moments that matter most.

This isn’t just my Big Next – it’s ours. For the founders done sacrificing peace for performance and ready to follow the call.

Your business doesn’t have to cost you your life.

Join the waitlist → yourbignextbook.com

 

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