The Strain Every Entrepreneur’s Spouse Feels
Next Level Pros
Chris Lee
4.7 • 165 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Next Level Pros Podcast, Daryl sits down with his wife Joanna to share the real side of building a marriage and raising a family while growing businesses. Together they open up about the highs and lows of nearly 20 years of marriage, raising four daughters, and navigating seasons where entrepreneurship pulled them in opposite directions. You’ll hear how they built trust, created family culture, and learned to renegotiate their relationship through different phases of life. If you’ve ever wondered how to keep your spouse connected and your kids grounded while you scale a business, this conversation will give you practical tools and honest insight from both sides of the journey.🔥
Highlights:
✅ The hidden struggles of being married to an entrepreneur
✅ How to stay connected as a couple when life gets busy
✅ Building family culture with mission, values, and vision
✅ Why opposites in marriage can actually be a strength
✅ Simple practices to protect your relationship while scaling a business
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| 0:00.0 | I really thought, like, as a kid, once you got married, like, you don't have problems anymore. |
| 0:03.9 | There's moments where everything's great, and you're like, wow, we have the greatest life ever. |
| 0:08.7 | And I think there's moments where you're like, this, I, we're taking on too much. |
| 0:13.4 | Two years ago, we were in completely different roles at the time. |
| 0:16.8 | He was at Harvard having the time of his life. |
| 0:19.6 | And, you know, I'm at home with kids going through some pretty intense high school struggles. I just thought, how could we be in the same relationship and having completely different experiences? This was the discussion. It was Daryl. I don't get why we're together because we are so good. |
| 0:36.1 | Entrepreneurship doesn't pause at the front door. |
| 0:38.3 | The people you love carry it with you. |
| 0:40.8 | Today I'm going to sit down with my wife, Joanna. |
| 0:42.9 | If you run a small business, you know the grind follows you home. |
| 0:46.4 | Watch this and you'll learn how to strengthen your marriage and stay connected to your kids while you scale. |
| 0:51.3 | But not from my perspective, from the perspective of my wife. |
| 0:54.7 | Let's jump in. |
| 1:00.4 | We've got an extremely special guest with us today on the Next Level Pro's podcast, |
| 1:06.6 | and it's not Daryl. |
| 1:07.8 | Nope. |
| 1:08.9 | It is sweet, sweet Joanna. Thanks, us. Joanna, thank you for joining us. |
| 1:15.0 | And for those who don't know, this is my wife. Yes. Hello. Daryl's looking a little nervous. |
| 1:21.1 | How long have you guys been married? 19 years. 19 years. Dang. Yeah. Long time. And you guys have four beautiful children. Thank you. Yes, four girls. And each one of them is in a different school. We have one in college, one in high school, one in middle school, and one in elementary school. And you guys are still happily married? Yes. Okay that was the episode got no I'm just kidding |
| 1:45.8 | Jenna we brought you in for a specific reason we wanted to talk about all things that you've |
| 1:52.2 | had to experience being married to a chronic entrepreneur we often talk about what it's like |
| 1:57.7 | being an entrepreneur and the identity that comes with us as |
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