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8th Dec 2025

Peace Over Profit: How to Build a Business That Sustains Your Mind and Your Success

In this episode of the Book of Balance podcast, Patricia Oholeguy explores what it really takes to create a business that thrives without sacrificing your peace of mind. Her guest, an entrepreneur who turned $50 into $300 selling candy as a kid, learned early lessons in growth, but a life-changing car accident in 2010 reshaped his perspective. Today, he champions a business philosophy where peace is the new profit.

This conversation dives into the real challenges business owners face 87.7% report stress, burnout, anxiety, or depression, and uncovers practical strategies for building systems, delegating tasks, and strengthening both customer and employee relationships. Together, they reveal how business growth and work-life balance can coexist when peace becomes the foundation of success.

Because true entrepreneurship isn’t about hustling harder, it’s about building a business that supports your life, not consumes it.

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About the Podcast

The Book of Balance: Startup Stories, Business Growth & Entrepreneur Insights
How to start your business, leave the 9–5 grind, and thrive with balance.
The Book of Balance is an entrepreneurship podcast where real small business stories come to life. Each episode dives into the business owner journey, the wins, the losses, and the lessons that shape today’s entrepreneurs.
Whether you’re dreaming of quitting your 9–5 or you’ve already taken the leap, you’ll hear honest conversations about what it really takes to start a business, stay grounded, and thrive with balance. From startup success stories to the raw challenges of building a business, this show is here to inspire, educate, and remind you that you’re not alone on the path.
Hosted by Patricia Oholeguy, a bookkeeping Strategist, financial coach, and lifelong entrepreneur, this podcast blends practical insights with the entrepreneurship mindset needed to sustain the long game.
If you’re looking for a place where business wins and losses are celebrated as part of the process, and where life as a small business owner is explored without sugar-coating, you’ve found your home.
Welcome to The Book of Balance, your guide to building a business you love without losing yourself in the process.
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Patricia Oholeguy

Patricia Oholeguy is a bookkeeping strategist, financial coach, and founder of Oholeguy Precision Books. She brings more than 17 years of hands-on entrepreneurial experience from running a six-figure childcare business to supporting consultants, real estate investors, and service-based CEOs in creating financial clarity.

As the host of The Book of Balance Podcast, Patricia blends mindset, money, and practical strategy to help business owners build sustainable, profitable companies without sacrificing their peace. She created the Clarity Compass™ Method to guide entrepreneurs through a simple, intuitive financial system that supports smarter decisions, less overwhelm, and stronger long-term growth.

Patricia’s style is warm, honest, and deeply rooted in her belief that clarity is self-care and every business deserves books that tell the truth, not a story of stress.