Ep. 221 - The Power of Unification with Mark and Christine Jewell: How One Couple Restructured Their Finances, Business & Marriage for Greater Impact
Thriving in Tandem: The podcast for married entrepreneurs
Release Date: 08/19/2025
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info_outlineIn this powerful and transparent episode, we’re joined by leadership coaches Mark and Christine Jewell, a dynamic couple leading the Momentum Company and Warriors of the Heart. What started as a business-focused meetup evolved into a candid conversation about marriage, money, calling, and the cost of doing life in parallel instead of in partnership. They share the raw truth of how merging their businesses and finances wasn’t easy—but it was the key to unlocking a whole new level of peace, purpose, and profit in their home and company.
Christine and Mark get vulnerable about their journey from individual success to shared purpose. They reveal how a word from God—“supernatural unification”—set them on a course that exposed hidden money habits, relational misalignment, and the danger of running side-by-side without real connection. By aligning their financial systems and embracing their God-given roles in life and business, they not only paid off nearly $300K in debt in 18 months, but also experienced explosive growth and deeper family unity.
You’ll walk away from this conversation with practical frameworks, spiritual encouragement, and renewed hope that you can build a life and business that thrives—together.
Websites:
https://www.thechristinejewell.com/
https://www.themomentumcompany.com/
Free Resource: Grab the Communication Cheat Sheet for deeper connection → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet
For Christine's Book:
Get the Book: Drop the Armor! Order direct for $200+ in bonus resources → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor
Ready for breakthrough? Apply for coaching and learn more about working with Christine here: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/apply
Key Takeaways:
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Unification multiplies everything: When couples stop building separately and unite around a shared vision, momentum multiplies in marriage, business, and family.
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Money is a heart issue: Transparency, tithing, and structure helped them overcome shame and conflict, leading to financial breakthrough and joy in giving.
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Roles create freedom: Letting go of control and trusting each other's God-given strengths allowed them to operate in their genius without competition or burnout.
Mark Bio:
Mark Jewell is an internationally renowned leadership speaker and coach. As the co-founder and Chief Evangelist of The Momentum Company, an agribusiness focused leadership development company, Mark has worked with countless industry leaders around the globe. Over the past 20 years, Mark has partnered with major organizations like The Andersons, Verdesian Life Sciences, Purina, Cargill and more to facilitate training and help build high-performing teams.
In addition to his speaking and coaching work, Mark hosts "The Intentional Agribusiness Leader Podcast"" where he shares actionable leadership insights with his growing audience. His conversations with industry leaders like Mike Borel, Colin Steen, Kip Pendelton, Hollie Bunn, Stephanie Liska and more provide listeners with tools and strategies to lead with more intention. Mark's insightful style has resonated with professionals across various industries.
Mark is passionate about equipping the next generation of leaders. Through his keynote addresses, programs, and popular podcast, Mark is on a mission to impact ten million leaders. His goal is to spread his message of intentional leadership far and wide, helping both new and experienced professionals maximize their potential and achieve success on their own terms. Mark's expertise and experience have made him one of the most sought-after agribusiness leadership voices today.
Christine Bio:
Christine Jewell is an author, keynote speaker, and faith based executive coach with over 25 years of experience in the fields of Health + Peak Performance, Entrepreneurship + Human Behaviour . She is also the host of the Breaking Chains Podcast.
As the Founder of Warriors Of The Heart, she specializes in guiding highly successful CEO’s and Impact driven leaders to break out of the superficial “life” they’ve built, redefine success and step into a whole new playing field grounded in eternal, life giving principles.
Christine bridges the gap between the heart, fueled by faith & logic, fueled by practicality - to help people receive more than they could ever imagine and claim the rich life they were created for.
As a mother of 6, ages 9-23, through a blended family, a wife, high level athlete, multiple business owner and entrepreneur since her 20’s, she is intimately familiar with the overwhelm and burnout that can come when building a ‘dream’ life, as well as what’s possible on the other side.
Through years of trials, burning things down and rebuilding from the ashes of her past, she has ditched the rules of this world, following the calling on her heart to cultivate a life of total alignment - where there is more than enough time for her most meaningful work, extraordinary relationships, a legacy of impact - and plenty of rest!
Her vision is to create a community of Kingdom Minded Men and Women who are rising together as powerful co-creators rather than competitors - and are redefining the way we lead at work, in relationships, and every arena of life!
Want to live a better balanced life and win in marriage AND business at the same time? Purchase our (audio) book Tandem: The married entrepreneurs’ guide for greater work-life balance. https://www.thetandembook.com/
Download the 5 Daily Habits to Thrive in Tandem https://marriedentrepreneur.co/5-daily-habits-download
Need some insight into how to balance it all? Schedule a free discovery call. https://marriedentrepreneur.co/lets-talk