Lead Boldly While Living Fully with Management Consultant Darla Bonk | 6

podcast Sep 08, 2025

Starting a business with your spouse wouldn’t be everyone’s first choice of how to run a company, but for today’s guest, Darla Bonk, with the right tactics and techniques in place, they didn’t just work together, but thrived together. From Freedom Fridays to non-negotiable date nights, she shares what helped them not only grow a multi-million dollar manufacturing business but also how they intentionally planned and achieved work-life harmony throughout.

On top of running a very successful business with her husband, Darla has also launched Darla Bonk Consulting ~ an Executive Coaching & Management Consulting Business that she truly loves. 

As Darla reminds us in this episode ~ ‘No one is living your life but you, so how do you want to live it’? 

She is working to help leaders align their values, unlock their full potential, and design a life and business that they too love. How does she do this - through setting intentions, boundaries, standards, helping her clients develop their top 3 priorities in business & in life and by learning to practice gratitude for it all - the good, the challenging and the learnings. 

She wants no ‘what ifs’ or ‘regrets’ when all is said and done ~ she’s a beacon of what it means to be truly self-responsible and as she shares - ‘you are not responsible for the hurt that may have been inflicted on you in your life - but you are responsible for your own healing so what do you want to do about that?’.  An inspiration to anyone wanting to Lead Boldly & Live Fully!!

 

In this episode, Darla and I talk about:

  • How Darla went from Corporate America to starting a Manufacturing Business with her husband
  • What led her to then take the leap to starting her own Management Consulting/Executive Coaching Business
  • How she and her husband handled working together and found harmony (not work-life balance!)
  • What her tagline “Lead Boldly, Live Fully” really means
  • Why Darla believes that transformation is possible for anybody

 

Listen to the episode here!

 

Jump ahead:

[01:23] Introducing Darla Bonk

[05:29] Darla’s corporate story

[11:11] Getting into business with her husband

[17:44] Maintaining harmony when working with your spouse

[24:35] Starting her own consulting business

[31:34] Lead Boldy, Live Fully

[43:21] Transformation with the right mindset

[50:10] The book about Darla’s life

[52:32] Connect with Darla

 

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