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What if the business you’ve worked so hard to build is quietly costing you your health?
I recently joined Shauna Lynn Simon on The Real Women Real Business Podcast for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, burnout, midlife health, and redefining what success really means.
After years of building tech and media businesses, I reached a point where my health forced me to reconsider everything. Early perimenopause, burnout, and a serious health crisis became the wake-up call I needed to make a change.
That journey led to losing more than 80 pounds, rebuilding my health, and eventually creating THOR: The House of Rose—a purpose-driven wellness brand helping women over 40 reclaim their strength and wellbeing.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How entrepreneurial ambition can come at the expense of your health.
- Recognizing the warning signs of burnout before they take over.
- My journey through early perimenopause, health challenges, and losing over 80 pounds.
- Why passion alone isn’t enough to sustain a successful business.
- Making sleep, movement, and recovery non-negotiable priorities.
- Why rest and personal capacity should be part of every entrepreneur’s strategy.
- Challenging the belief that there’s never enough time to take care of yourself.
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is that success shouldn’t require sacrificing your health. You can build a meaningful business and pursue ambitious goals without running yourself into the ground.
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Host: Shauna Lynn Simon from The Real Women Real Business Podcast
Terry Tateossian is a Menopause Lifestyle Medicine Coach, Certified Personal Trainer & Nutritionist and the Founder of THOR: The House of Rose, a wellness brand serving women over 40 through retreats, coaching, macro-nutrition and community. As 25-year founder and entrepreneur, Terry spent two and a half decades building and running successful start-up businesses, an experience that put her on the front line of founder burnout long before she could name it. After facing serious health challenges, early onset menopause, and emotional eating while running her agency and raising two children, Terry rebuilt her health in her 40s and lost more than 80 pounds through evidence-based nutrition, training, and mindset work. Today, she helps women get strong, improve confidence, support hormone health, and create a stronger second half of life. Terry has been featured in major media outlets and is available for podcasts, expert commentary, brand collaborations, and speaking engagements on midlife health, reinvention, emotional eating, menopause wellness, and strength training for longevity. Get her free macro calculator (her cookbook companion) to start your journey to back to health.
