Purpose, Profit, Healing
Welcome to Purpose, Profit, and Impact — the podcast for conscious leaders and entrepreneurs committed to living with purpose, creating lasting impact, and building intentional wealth. Each week, we explore the intersection of conscious leadership, performance science, ancient wisdom and purpose-driven wealth creation.
Hosted by Dr. Vanessa Calderón — a Harvard-trained Physician and Healer, Master Executive Coach, and Neuroplasticity Trainer with 20+ years of leadership experience and a decade of business development expertise. She’s advised and coached leaders at every level, from Fortune 500 executives to department heads, entrepreneurs, and teams — helping them drive results without sacrificing their values or well-being.
Dr. Calderón is also a first-generation Latina, mother of two, and comes from a lineage of ancestral healers. She blends neuroscience, ancestral wisdom, and proven strategy to help listeners create meaningful impact, experience fulfillment, and heal wounds blocking them from their next level of success.
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Purpose, Profit, Healing
14. Choosing Happiness: The Hidden Reason You’re Avoiding What Makes You Happy
In this episode, we’re diving into a big question that I see in so many of the leaders and entrepreneurs I work with: Why do smart, capable, purpose-driven professionals choose success, but avoid what actually makes them happy?
We’ll explore why this happens, from cultural conditioning to nervous system regulation, and how to begin making choices that are more aligned with your joy, without sacrificing your impact.
Because if you want to build a life that’s truly sustainable, happiness can’t be optional.
We talk about:
- The deeper reasons we avoid what brings us joy
- How nervous system patterns and inherited beliefs shape our choices
- Gentle ways to begin reconnecting with what truly feels good
This is an invitation to reflect, redefine, and take small steps toward more long-term fulfillment, happiness and success.