What does it really mean to thrive? Is it the successful company? The impressive career?The money in the bank? The accomplishments everyone else can see? Or is there something deeper that tells us whether the life we're building actually fits the person living it? This week on Thriving Entrepreneur, Steve Kidd sits down with Teresa Reile, Athena Brownson, Deirdre Saleh, and Dr. Stephen Sanders for four very different conversations about health, adversity, faith, relationships, purpose, and what happens when life asks us to reconsider what success really means. Teresa Reile shares an entrepreneurial journey that has taken her through multiple industries before leading her toward work she believes can meaningfully improve people's lives. Her story explores the difference between simply making money and finding work that gives you a reason to get up excited about what you're building. Athena Brownson went from an 11-year career as a professional skier to becoming a successful real estate broker and developer—and then faced a debilitating battle with Lyme disease. Through that experience, she discovered a deeper appreciation for relationships, service, gratitude, and the reality that we rarely know what another person may be carrying behind what we see. Deirdre Saleh, author of The Field God Encounters: The Power of Perspective and the Healing That Awaits You, shares how her work with visually impaired people has taken her into homes, neighborhoods, and everyday encounters where faith and healing aren't abstract ideas—they show up in real life. Dr. Stephen Sanders, physician, entrepreneur, husband, father of four, and men's-health expert, tells a story many successful people may recognize: everything looked great on paper while internally he was falling apart. His experience led him toward a much more complete definition of thriving—one that includes health, marriage, family, faith, and the whole person rather than simply the size of the business. And Steve closes the episode by asking another question: When the voice in your head tells you that you're too much, that you shouldn't say what you really think, or that you need to become someone else to be accepted... are you sure that voice is actually yours? Maybe thriving isn't about creating a life that looks successful enough for everybody else. Maybe it's about recognizing what is genuinely yours—your health, your relationships, your faith, your voice, your purpose—and building a life where the real you can actually live. That's what we're exploring this week on Thriving Entrepreneur. Guests: Teresa Reile • Athena Brownson • Deirdre Saleh • Dr. Stephen Sanders • Steve Kidd Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thriving-entrepreneur--6467102/support.
