Heartwork Podcast
What if the key to a fulfilling life isn't about doing more, but about being more?
Welcome to the Heartwork Podcast, where Dr. Sara Nelson-Gray and Dr. Marisa Baumann invite you on a journey of self-discovery and authentic living.
Through raw conversations and real-life stories, two chiropractors and business owners discuss how embracing vulnerability and leading with heart can transform every aspect of your life and business. From personal growth to professional success, each episode offers practical insights to help you live with purpose and create meaningful impact.
Join us weekly as we navigate the beautiful mess of being human and learn to thrive from the inside out!
Episodes
71 episodes
Ep. 71: Sydney Kaye on Branding + Identity: Build a Business That Feels Like You
Sydney Kaye Hagel was sitting in her corporate cubicle, successful by every external measure, and her nervous system was screaming. She had a stable job, benefits, and a wedding to pay for. She'd already built The Wealthy Circle, a community fo...
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Ep. 70: From Hustle Culture to Heart-Led Entrepreneurship
What happens when everything you've built suddenly feels like it was created for someone else's definition of success? Sara found herself asking a question that felt completely foreign: what does my heart actually want? Not what the industry sa...
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Ep. 69: What Really Causes Burnout (It Starts Inside)
You know that moment when you finally collapse on Sunday night after saying yes to everything all week long? When you've skipped lunch to answer emails, scrolled Instagram instead of taking a real break, and promised yourself you'll start takin...
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Ep. 68: PTO, Maternity Leave, and the Benefits Everyone's Asking About
When you're building a team, one of the biggest questions is: what benefits do I actually offer? PTO, sure. But how does it accrue? Do part-time employees get the same as full-time? What about holidays that fall on days you're not even open? An...
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Ep. 67: The Well of Your Heart Is Deeper Than You Know | Real-Life Processing with Sara and Marisa
You think you know what you're feeling and why you're feeling it. You've identified the problem, you've made it make sense, you've got a logical explanation. But what if that's just the surface? What if there are deeper layers your heart is inv...
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Ep. 66: What 2025 Taught Us About Our Hearts vs Our Egos
This year taught us how to recognize when our ego was driving versus when our heart was leading. Sara spent the first half of the year wrapped up in performance, chasing money and success and notoriety, until she started asking herself "is this...
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Ep. 65: From Startup Survival to Scaling: How Your Leadership Has to Evolve
We talk a lot about scaling your business, but nobody talks about what it actually takes to scale yourself as a leader first. The truth is, if you're frustrated with your team, resentful of clients who don't show up, or exhausted from giving so...
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Ep. 64: Radical Ownership: How to Actually Become a Better Leader
We get asked all the time how to become a better leader. And here's the truth nobody wants to hear: it starts with you doing your own inner work first. You can't empower your team if you're not aware of your own stuff. You can't lead people thr...
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Ep. 63: The Patient Journey That Gets 85%+ of People to Wellness Care
We get asked all the time how we convert so many people from pain-based care into wellness and lifestyle adjustments. The answer isn't one magical conversation. It's a hundred small ones that happen from the moment someone sees your website to ...
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Ep. 62: End of Year Vision Casting That Feels Expansive Instead of Exhausting
We're getting ready to close out 2025 and step into 2026, which means vision casting season is here. But before you start setting a million goals that you'll feel like crap about not hitting, we need to talk about the difference between goals a...
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Ep. 61: Expanders Retreat Recap | Quantum Friendships and the Rooms That Change Your DNA
Custom cowgirl hats, fine line tattoos, cold plunges, and conversations that cracked people wide open. We just got back from Scottsdale for our second Expanders retreat with Stephanie Wigner and we are not the same. This is what happens when yo...
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Ep. 60: Money Mindset Training for Your Team
If you're noticing your team struggling to close care plans, if you're hearing resistance when you raise prices, if there's a heaviness around financial conversations in your practice, this episode is your invitation to go deeper. We're talking...
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Ep. 59: From Survival Mode to Presence with Dr. Jess Bohlke
Dr. Jess Bohlke was diagnosed with ovarian cancer at 20 years old. Doctors told her she had five years to live. That diagnosis became the catalyst for everything she's built since: a thriving chiropractic practice, a family, a life she genuinel...
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Ep. 58: Reframing Sales from Something Icky into Impact Work
The word "sales" makes most of us want to run in the opposite direction. We didn't become chiropractors, coaches, or service providers to be salespeople. We did it because we genuinely want to help people transform their lives. But here's the u...
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Ep. 57: The Coach Who Was The Catalyst For It All (Our Conversation with Pablo)
If you've been listening to this podcast, you've heard us talk about Pablo. Our mentor, our coach, the catalyst who nudged us to start this whole thing in the first place. He's the one who saw through the noise when we couldn't see ourselves cl...
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Ep. 56: WE DID IT! Celebrating One Year of HeartWork
ONE FULL YEAR. AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED.What started as a wild idea during a Marco Polo conversation has turned into a full blown movement. Dr. Sara and Dr. Marisa are popping champagne (metaphorically) and celebrating everything t...
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Ep. 55: Am I Worthy Just Because I Exist? (Achilles Tear Pt. 2)
Why do we feel guilty when we rest? What makes us believe that simply existing without producing is somehow taking our life for granted? In this continuation of Marisa's Achilles journey, Dr. Sara asks questions that cut straight to the heart. ...
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Ep. 54: When Your Body Forces You to Stop (Achilles Tear Pt. 1)
Four downloads. Four distinct moments where Dr. Marisa's intuition screamed "stop doing box jumps or you're going to tear your Achilles." And she kept going anyway. Until the pop. This raw conversation captures Marisa one week post surgery disc...
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Ep. 53: Your Story Is Your Signature Offer
Sometimes the most powerful business strategy is simply showing up as yourself. Fresh from the Living Brave conference in Denver, Dr. Sara and Dr. Marisa share the paradigm-shifting insight that your story isn't just content, it's your competit...
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Ep. 52: One Year of Heart Work: Our First Live Event Story
Here we are at episode 52, exactly one year since we launched The Heart Work Podcast!! From that first vulnerable conversation to hosting our first live event, this year has been proof that when you lead with heart, everything accelerates.<...
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Ep. 51: Living Brave Recap - Soul Sisters, Comfort Zones, and Divine Alignment
Sometimes the universe conspires to put you exactly where you need to be, even when it feels completely out of your comfort zone. What was supposed to be a simple weekend supporting their mentor Stephanie at the Living Brave conference in Denve...
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Ep. 50: Breaking Generational Cycles Without Breaking Yourself
What happens when you look back at your childhood through the lens of everything you've learned about healing? When you watch old family videos and suddenly see patterns that were invisible to your younger self? When you realize that the storie...
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Ep. 49: When Family Breaks Apart: Finding Your Way Back to Yourself Through Forgiveness
Picture this: You're four weeks old, breathing in flour dust at your family's pasta shop in South Jersey. Your Italian grandmother's stories of hiding Jewish families during World War II are woven into Sunday dinners. Your cousins are your best...
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Ep. 48: Identity, Partnership, and Decision Making with Dr. Andy and Dr. Kailey Armor
What happens when everyone tells you your dreams won't work, but that inner voice keeps getting louder? Dr. Andy and Dr. Kailey Armor moved to Montana with a month's notice, built Compass Chiropractic against all odds, and discovered that uncer...
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Ep. 47: Transform Together: Why Your Team Needs This September Experience
You've built the perfect systems, streamlined every process, and optimized every workflow. Your business should be humming like a well-oiled machine. But something's missing. Your team shows up, does the work, and goes home. They're following t...
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