Episode 551 | The Problem With Following Your Passion

The Jennifer Allwood Show

Jennifer Allwood: Christian Business Coach

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🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Passion is powerful, but it doesn't always lead to profit. In today’s episode, we’re diving into a topic that many entrepreneurs and creatives struggle with—why simply following your passion might not be the best strategy for building a sustainable business.

Yes, passion can be the spark that ignites your journey. It can fuel your hustle during the early stages, keeping you motivated and energized. But here's the reality: passion alone won’t always pay the bills or put food on the table for you and your family. Relying solely on what you love to do—without a plan, market validation, or a monetization strategy—can leave you burnt out and broke.

Today, I’m introducing a fresh perspective on how to pursue your passion with purpose that will have you rethinking the 'follow your passion' advice—and replace it with something that works in the real world. You won’t want to miss this one.

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0:00.0	Well, hey, friends, this is Jennifer. And this is the Jennifer Allwood Show, the podcast for women who want to find freedom in both their life and in their business.
0:07.7	I own a multi-seven figure a year coaching business. I'm also a certified life coach. So I have the honor of helping thousands of women every single month, make money in the online space and help them to get unstuck from whatever is holding the back, all without sacrificing their faith or their family.
0:22.3	In this show, you're going to get the very best life and business advice,
0:26.0	always with a healthy dose of Jesus.
0:28.4	So buckle in, my friend.
0:29.4	I'm so excited that you are here.
0:32.7	All right, friends.
0:33.6	Welcome back to the podcast.
0:37.0	Hi.
0:39.7	We had the weirdest weather there in Kansas City today with like this flash like hailstorm, which was bizarre. And I've been, I've had the notes for this podcast up
0:46.8	for like the last two hours on my screen and I had to do a coaching call or I got to do a coaching
0:52.4	call inside of my inner circle group and I'm
0:55.0	sitting here finishing lunch and so sorry I'm literally eating the last bite and I'm talking to you
0:59.4	um thanks to a little lunch of a tiny bit of white rice couple of grilled chicken breast that my husband
1:06.6	made that we called DAC which is stands for-ass chicken. I love dried chicken breast.
1:14.4	It's like a little bit burn on the outside. So I had some D-A. dry-ass chicken with white rice
1:19.2	and avocado because we're in full wedding effect because Easton Allwood is getting married in
1:23.0	just a couple weeks. So this is kind of sort of a little bit of a part two, but not really, but kind of
1:29.6	for an episode that I did the other day. I want to talk about like finding your passion and
1:35.8	starting a business based on like your passion or your calling. And so I did a podcast the other day,
1:41.9	which was really more about like why people, some people just stayed where they're always dreaming and some people are able to go from just dreaming to actually doing.
1:51.6	And so one thing that I mentioned on that podcast that prompted me to do kind of sort of, again, this is kind of a part two.
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