The TrustBuilt Podcast
The TrustBuilt Podcast
Podcast Description
The TrustBuilt Podcast is for business owners ready to break free from the daily grind, scale with confidence, and create lasting value.Hosted by Alan Bennett, a Certified Exit Planning Advisor and business strategist, this podcast tackles the biggest challenge entrepreneurs face—building a business that thrives without their constant oversight.What You’ll Get from Each Episode:🎙 Expert Conversations – Insights from top business leaders, exit strategists, and entrepreneurs who’ve built self-sustaining businesses.📈 Real-World Case Studies – Stories of business owners who optimized operations and positioned for long-term success.💡 Actionable Takeaways – Strategies you can apply immediately to step back, scale up, and build a business that works for you.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers themes related to entrepreneurial growth, operational optimization, and strategic exit planning. Episodes delve into real-world case studies such as building self-sustaining businesses, enhancing company culture, and adapting to market challenges, with specific episodes like the entrepreneurial journey of Scott Bowen and the impact of healthcare staffing with Michael Marsh.
The TrustBuilt Podcast is for business owners ready to break free from the daily grind, scale with confidence, and create lasting value.
Hosted by Alan Bennett, a Certified Exit Planning Advisor and business strategist, this podcast tackles the biggest challenge entrepreneurs face—building a business that thrives without their constant oversight.
What You’ll Get from Each Episode:
🎙 Expert Conversations – Insights from top business leaders, exit strategists, and entrepreneurs who’ve built self-sustaining businesses.
📈 Real-World Case Studies – Stories of business owners who optimized operations and positioned for long-term success.
💡 Actionable Takeaways – Strategies you can apply immediately to step back, scale up, and build a business that works for you.
Stress doesn't just wear you down. It silently erodes trust, engagement, and team performance.
In this episode of The TrustBuilt Podcast, Alan sits down with Eliz Greene, stress researcher, author, and resilience expert, to unpack why so many small business owners feel constant pressure and what that stress is really doing to their teams.
Together, Alan and Eliz break down the science behind stress, why your brain shuts down under pressure, and simple, practical steps to regain control, reduce cortisol, and make better decisions.
If you’re a business owner drowning in responsibility, struggling with turnover, or trying to build a team that truly steps up, this conversation offers a roadmap to relief.
👉 Want a team that runs the business with you — not one that drains you? Learn more at https://www.trustbuiltsolutions.com/
⏱️ Chapters
01:10 – Eliz Greene’s Backstory: A Life-Changing Heart Attack
02:52 – Parenting Twins & Early Lessons in Stress
06:05 – What Stress Really Is (and Why It Builds Up)
07:40 – The Physical Side of Stress: Cortisol & Health Risks
08:58 – Recognizing Your Body’s Stress Signals
11:04 – Why We Crave Control (and Why It Backfires)
12:52 – A Simple System: What Can I Control? What’s Possible?
15:30 – How to Physically Reduce Stress in the Moment
17:49 – Making the Unpredictable More Predictable
19:48 – Leaders Letting Go: Discipline vs. Rigidity
24:02 – The Power of Feeling Seen and Valued at Work
29:27 – Stress, Turnover, and Why People Really Quit
42:34 – Eliz’s One Message to Every Leader
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Connect with Eliz
🌐https://elizgreene.com/
💻https://www.linkedin.com/in/theelizgreene/
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