Chelsea Baugh: On Spiritual Nudges, Business School, and Leading With Purpose

Chelsea Baugh returns for her third conversation on Case Studies, this time as a recent BYU MBA graduate, mother of five, and the one running the Baugh Family Foundation and family office. In this episode of Case Studies, Chelsea traces the winding path that led her back to school at forty, from a spiritual nudge to write scripture study posts, to a rejected application, to an unexpected pivot into business.

She talks candidly about imposter syndrome, rewriting her own story, and why motherhood may be the best leadership training there is. The conversation turns to marriage, twenty-one years of it, and the quiet discipline of staying close through disruption.

Chelsea also shares the vision behind Sandlot Impact, the new philanthropic arm she's building inside Sandlot Partners. A conversation about growth, identity, and the courage to jump into the unknown.

[00:00] Three Years of Case Studies

[00:42] Coming Out of the MBA Fog

[03:24] The Spiritual Nudge Toward Growth

[06:20] Nicole's Nudge and a Dissertation

[08:32] Rejected, Then a New Challenge

[11:31] Calling Chad, Chasing Near Eastern Studies

[13:33] Pivoting to the MBA

[15:22] Rewriting Her Own Story

[19:06] BYU, Mike Drake, and a Changed Brain