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The Kelly Roach Show

1095. Faith, Focus, and Holistic Success: Lessons on Scaling Without Burnout with Maria Fontana

The Kelly Roach Show

Kelly Roach

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.9 • 965 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Kelly sits down with Maria Fontana, an integrative healing, mindset + lifestyle strategist and author who isdedicated to helping individuals elevate their lives, habits, and wellness. Maria has spent nearly four decades building businesses, reinventing herself, and helping others cultivate success while prioritizing faith, family, and personal fulfillment.

In this episode, Kelly and Maria discuss: 

  • How to stay grounded and aligned while scaling a business to 7-figures and beyond

  • Lessons learned in 2025 to set yourself up for a successful 2026

  • The pitfalls of chasing shortcuts in business and the power of consistency

  • The importance of faith, mindfulness, and soul-centered practices in leadership

  • The Mindset and Alignment Collective, and how it's different from typical personal development programs

This episode is for entrepreneurs, leaders, and high-achievers who want to grow their business without sacrificing purpose, wellness, or faith.

Timestamps

  • 01:09 – 02:40: Maria's faith-driven approach to entrepreneurship

  • 02:40 – 05:30: Lessons from 2025: flexibility, grace, wellness, and self-care

  • 05:30 – 08:13: Why longevity in business depends on mental, spiritual, and emotional health

  • 15:15 – 18:16: The launch of Maria's new offer & community approach

  • 18:16 – 21:46: Success with Virtual Business School & VBS Gold

  • 21:46 – 26:14: Minimalism, freedom, and keeping the main thing the main thing

  • 26:14 – 29:06: Maria's faith practices, connecting to God, and spiritual grounding

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to The Kelly Roach Show, the place for no fluff, easy to implement 20 minute or less business and leadership lessons to help you build a sustainable business that scales.

0:15.8

Lead with integrity and create a lasting legacy.

0:20.1

I'm Kelly Roach, former NFL cheerleader and Fortune 500 executive turned eight-figure entrepreneur.

0:25.6

Let's get started.

0:27.6

Today I have one of my most special and prize clients and colleagues and friends.

0:35.6

Maria Fontana is here on the show today. Hey,

0:38.2

Maria, how are you? Hi, Kelly. Thank you so much for having me. I am so excited to be here.

0:43.3

You have no idea. Oh, well, I'm so excited to have you here, Maria. I have been talking so much on

0:48.2

the podcast and so much just with the brand overall about my desire to really cultivate this new era of leadership,

0:56.6

where we lead with our faith and our families and we build and live rich lives. And we can

1:03.3

create that congruence between having a seven and eight figure company, but also designing our

1:08.2

life and having faith at the forefront. And I know you and I connect on this so

1:12.7

deeply. And we share our love of faith and family. And you have built wildly successful

1:18.7

companies. You help people to reinvent their businesses, to grow their businesses. And now really are

1:23.4

expanding even further out in the world with what you're doing. So why don't we start by just

1:27.9

giving everybody a little bit of a, who is Maria Fontana, just so they know who we have on

1:32.5

the show here today. And then we'll get into it. So thank you so much for having me. So who is

1:37.5

Maria Fontana? I am a heart centered, basically a lifetime habitual entrepreneur since I'm 19. I am very faith-driven, family-driven,

1:49.6

soul-driven. I started my career 19 years old as a salon owner and hairstylist,

1:54.8

and because I wanted more out of life, I just kept starting businesses, growing businesses.

2:00.6

And then at one point in my life,

2:02.2

I realized there was more to the business. And people always wanted to know, well, how are you

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