What if every act in your business could be an act of love?
This gentle yet radical conversation with Mark Silver, Sufi teacher, healer, and founder of Heart of Business, invites us to reimagine business as a sacred practice, rather than a grind. We explore what it means to bring love to business, not as a buzzword, but as a living, breathing force of integrity, honesty, and kindness.
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Here’s some of what we explore:
– Why “ethical marketing” might not go far enough.
– How to sell without shaming or triggering trauma in your audience.
– What a Sufi healer in business can teach you about pricing, offers, and being real.
– The surprising spiritual gift inside business (and how to recognize it.)
The Business Revolution Begins and Ends with Love
“If people brought love to business, it would annihilate it.” – Mark Silver
Real love, the kind that honors humanity and cannot coexist with manipulation, extraction, or dehumanization. If we made that the heartbeat of our businesses, it would destroy business as we know it today and reinvent it as something sacred.
A step towards this possibility might be to pause and ask: What would love do here?
This invites a new lens on business, one that doesn’t require pushing pain points or seeing people as broken. Instead, we’re called to trust in wholeness, serve from the heart, and allow love to lead, even in emails, offers, and pricing decisions.
“Marketing is just communication. Sales is just relationship. These are not foreign skills—they’re deeply human.” – Mark Silver
It brought me back to my own vision of business: not just a way to earn a living, but a sacred vehicle of love and service. A space where I get to be fully myself and do what I came here to do, not in spite of my values, but because of them.
If you’ve ever felt uncomfortable with traditional marketing, or unsure how to name the real struggles your clients face without amplifying shame or trauma, this conversation will offer relief, clarity, and encouragement.
“Business doesn’t have to be an exception to your humanity.” – Mark Silver
And what a beautiful revelation that is.
Meet Mark Silver, Coach, Teacher & Healer
Since 1999, Mark Silver, M.Div., has worked with heart-centered entrepreneurs to help them realize that every act of business can be an act of love. Mark is one of the pioneers in integrating real spirituality with the nitty-gritty of small business, he founded Heart of Business, Inc in 2001. A designated Master Teacher within his Sufi lineage, he has received his Masters of Divinity.
As a coach, teacher and spiritual healer, he has facilitated thousands of individual sessions with entrepreneurs and has led hundreds of classes, seminars, groups and retreats. His weekly writings and teachings are followed by thousands of people around the globe.
A fourth generation entrepreneur, prior to Heart of Business Mark ran a distribution business, turned around a struggling non-profit magazine, and worked as a paramedic in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Connect with Mark
Heart of Business Website – https://www.heartofbusiness.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063768211071
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@MarkSilverHoB
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/heart_of_biz/
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/company/heart-of-business/
Heart-Centered Business: Healing from toxic business culture so your small business can thrive
Download a free chapter of the book: https://heartcenteredbusinessbook.com/
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