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| #173 From fashion to soil: Live podcast at Earthfest with Arizona Muse | 16 sept. 2025 | 00:53:57 | |
Arizona Muse is one of fashion’s most respected sustainability advocates. A model for over 14 years, she has worked with Prada, YSL, and Chanel and appeared on more than 40 Vogue covers. Passionate about a regenerative future, she is increasingly focused on decentralized finance as a tool for positive change. Alongside collaborations with Greenpeace, The Sustainable Angle, and UN agencies, she founded DIRT Charity in 2021, which she continues to lead. DIRT’s mission is to transform fashion into a climate solution by regenerating the soil where raw materials are grown, with a strong emphasis on biodynamic farming.
Nikki Trott is an ambassador for DIRT.
In this special episode Arizona and Nikki are live in conversation at sustainability summit Earthfest in London. The conversation spans soil health and regeneration, sustainable fashion, and the weaving of our personal paths.
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| #172 From soil to skin: Entrepreneurship as part of nature with Ed Pycraft and Emilie Jaspers | 06 août 2025 | 00:42:47 | |
Cofounders of Starseed, Ed & Emilie met in 2017 and fell in love. Both coming from high pressure city jobs, they face their own health issues including skin hives, premature ageing and rosacea breakouts. Their journey led to Kenya where they established an ethical value chain, combining their passion for skincare, regeneration and artisan circular design. A Star Seed was born.
We discuss the pros and cons of entrepreneurship together as a couple, not being a stranger to small failures, the connection between soil and skin, working with indigenous communities in Kenya and human rights, and new holistic definitions of success.
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| #171 Sacred Business Book Launch by Nikki Trott | 05 juin 2025 | 00:42:02 | |
In this special episode to mark the launch of Nikki’s debut book today, Sacred Business, Nikki talks about the journey, how the book came to her and asked her to write it, how the book has changed her, what writing taught her, the magical journey of serendipity around getting her book deal, how she views success, where the book is taking her, and reflections from early readers and conversations.
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| #170 Sacred Business Book Intuition Meditation by Nikki Trott | 02 juin 2025 | 00:10:31 | |
How deeply are you connected to your intuition? Where do you feel it in your body? How clearly does it guide you?
In this special episode, delve into your intuition and find deeper connection and guidance with the Intuition Connection Deepening meditation featured in Nikki’s book, Sacred Business. Enjoy this audio again and again as you deepen your practice.
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| #169 Reading from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer | 27 mai 2025 | 00:11:32 | |
‘An extraordinary book, showing how the factual, objective approach of science can be enriched by the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people. It is the way she captures beauty that I love the most - the images will stay with you long after you read the last page.’ Jane Goodall.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
In this episode I read a short passage on the Honourable Harvest and discuss its application to business and investment. I hope you will enjoy the wisdom and feel called to read the whole book if you haven’t already.
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| #168 In case you missed it: Regenerative agriculture on Going Conscious | 21 mai 2025 | 00:54:56 | |
In episode #151, you will hear a discussion between me and regenerative farming pioneer Anne van Leeuwen. In this episode we talk about combining art and nature in culture, how to move beyond the dichotomy of ‘nature’ and humanity, how to find radical clarity with your statement of purpose (in 3 steps), the benefits of reconnecting with the seasons and cycles of life, and how to become native again as the deeply interconnected beings that we are.
Next, in episode #165 you will hear my discussion with Jeroen Klompe, regenerative and quantum farming pioneer, entrepreneur and investor. We discuss his cutting-edge work and experiments in ‘Quantum Farming’ - an approach that goes beyond regeneration and embodies a holistic approach to pro-life - which he talks about publicly for the first time right here. We discuss why we need a quantum approach to accelerate the transition to healthy humanity and environments, how to increase the flow of energy from the universe into land (a free resource we all have access to), why female energy needs to be reconnected to fields (and my involvement in a ceremony to do this!), and why he sees farmers as the pharmacies of the future.
Finally, in episode #158 you’ll hear my conversation with George Lamb - TV presenter turned regenerative agriculture co-founder of Wildfarmed. In this episode we talk about how to trust your intuition as your superpower, why the biggest gift George was given was unconditional love, the moment George realised he was complicit in selling distraction, how Ibiza seemed to change his life (!), why some farmers only have 20-30 harvests left, how to sense the miniscule expression from your solar plexus, and how regenerative agriculture is transforming our food systems.
All three of these incredible visionaries are mentioned in my upcoming book Sacred Business too. I hope you enjoy this recap, and you can explore the full episodes of the ones that call your attention.
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| #167 From comedy to funded: Rolling to become who you choose to be with Lani Cooper | 23 avr. 2025 | 00:43:26 | |
Lani is the founder of LA cult wellness brand MOBOT, the world’s first foam roller water bottle - a tool for hydration, recovery and somatic release. A wellness innovator and advocate for self-reclamation, she’s redefining movement, recovery and sustainability. Through conscious business and no-BS insights, she helps people move, heal, and rethink what’s possible.
In this episode we discuss Lani’s personal journey to finding key modalities to help her heal, getting in touch with her breath, the incredible story of how she became an accidental standup comedian, how comedy helped her fundraise successfully, why healing means choosing who you want to become (not going back to who you were), and rolling to release trauma.
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| #166 From banking to empowerment: Conscious collaboration and sisterhood with Remi Olajoyegbe | 09 avr. 2025 | 00:44:55 | |
A former Goldman Sachs banker, recognised as one of the Financial News rising stars in 2008, turned strategic coach to c-suite and senior leaders, Remi helps women unlock their fullest potential through deep inner work. She now leads the Isumataq Collective, a modern day mystery school blending coaching, ancient and esoteric practices to cultivate self-discovery and purpose-driven success alongside a powerful community of women. Remi is also a co-founder of Medicine Festival in the UK.
In this episode we explore her remarkable journey and discuss the void of success, grief as a companion, how she came to launch Isumataq Collective, mixing the esoteric with top business leadership, giving deep permission to others by stepping into our full selves, and being able to redefine success on our own terms.
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| #165 From material to energy: Introducing ‘Quantum Farming’ with Jeroen Klompe | 04 avr. 2025 | 00:50:30 | |
Jeroen is a pioneering Dutch regenerative farmer with over 11 years experience of hands-on regeneration at scale on his family farm. He funded research and developed innovative farming practices before discovering breakthroughs with quantum methods, which led him to found Soul to Soil. He also has a deep background in farmland investments, real estate and food sector entrepreneurship.
In this episode we discuss his cutting-edge work and experiments in ‘Quantum Farming’ - an approach that goes beyond regeneration and embodies a holistic approach to pro-life - which he talks about publicly for the first time right here. We discuss why we need a quantum approach to accelerate the transition to healthy humanity and environments, how to increase the flow of energy from the universe into land (a free resource we all have access to), why female energy needs to be reconnected to fields (and my involvement in a ceremony to do this!), and why he sees farmers as the pharmacies of the future.
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| #164 Special episode announcing Sacred Business book with Nikki Trott | 26 févr. 2025 | 00:25:57 | |
In this special episode, Nikki shares the story of her first book, Sacred Business, and invites you to join the movement - Going Conscious listeners hear it here first!
PRE-ORDER OPEN NOW: www.nikkitrott.com/sacredbusiness
Are you ready to redefine success and build a business that thrives in harmony with life?
Whether you want to create a thriving business with purpose, attract aligned opportunities, flourish financially and ethically or create lasting impact while staying true to yourself, Sacred Business will show you exactly how to get there – transforming yourself and your business in the process.
In this groundbreaking book, renowned strategist and CEO adviser Nikki Trott weaves personal evolution with pioneering business strategies in her essential nine-step framework:
PART ONE: MIND 1. From Busy to Present 2. From Fear to Love 3. From Pushing to Purpose PART TWO: BEING 4. From Overthinking to Intuition 5. From Control to Trust 6. From Patriarchy to Unity PART THREE: ECOSYSTEM 7. From Competition to Symbiosis 8. From Linear to Cycles 9. From Short-Term to Evergreen
By shifting mindsets, attracting conscious consumers, adapting to Earth’s cycles, fostering symbiotic relationships and building trust through transparency, a Sacred Business thrives beyond traditional models.
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| #163 From comms to impact investing: Steering money to affirm life with Lisette Schuitemaker | 12 févr. 2025 | 00:23:15 | |
Lisette is a young 70-year-old who pours her engagement and experience into writing books (The Eldest Daughter Effect, Childless Living), boards (Pymwymic) and life-enhancing start-ups (Sumthing, CrowdBuilding, Impact Shakers). She is intrigued by money and how those of us who have extra can make it serve a positive evolution for all.
In this episode we talk about how the vast majority of money is enslaved to make more of itself, the steering power of money to life affirming purposes, why Lisette had to sell her company and get new friends, and how money wants to do the best it can in the world, just like we do.
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| #162 From law to fashion: High-end circularity with Eugenie Mulier | 29 janv. 2025 | 00:39:39 | |
Eugenie is a circular fashion entrepreneur based in Amsterdam. She is one of the co-founders of MARTAN, a ready-to-wear brand focussing on upcycling bed and table linen from the luxury hotel industry into high-end clothing. She has started multiple companies and has a background in law and worked at Zalando in marketing, sales and buying. Nikki is an angel investor in MARTAN, Board Member and a big fan of the brand herself.
In this episode we talk about what usually happens to luxury hotel bedlinen and tablecloths when not becoming fabulous MARTAN fashion, how to solve founding team communication, how to face imposter syndrome with deep inner work, and fundraising both traditionally and with sharefunding.
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| #161 From corporate to change: How courageous global leaders shift purpose into practice with Isabelle Grosmaitre | 15 janv. 2025 | 00:44:07 | |
Isabelle is the founder & CEO of Goodness & Co, a new kind of change management consultancy to serve CEOs, leaders and organisations of purpose. She’s the Author of "Business as a Force for Good – How courageous leaders shift purpose into practice”. As Catalyst of Change, Isabelle is at the heart of leadership movements including co-founder of the “Board Member Program” of CHANGE NOW and member of the 100 Davos Women, the global community of impactful women leaders of the World Economic Forum.
In this episode we discuss how conscious leaders are a movement not a niche, transforming large corporations on a global level, why people want to engage in something bigger than them, believing in business for positive impact, why we need to get boards on side and how finance can save the world.
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| #160 Bonus: Grounding breathing 13 minute meditation with Nikki Trott | 01 janv. 2025 | 00:14:58 | |
In this special episode, we bring you a guided breathing meditation to help you connect deeply with yourself, the Earth and the unique contribution you are here to create. Ground yourself in the steady energy of the Earth, align with your contribution and feel the flow of connection between yourself and the web of life.
This 13 minute meditation was inspired by a breathing meditation I recently wrote to help a cousin who was in a coma and has thankfully now recovered. The meditation invites you to embrace your role as a creator and nurturer, offering your gifts to humanity and the planet. You will reconnect with yourself and the planet, dissolve fears and cultivate alignment and flow.
Listen to this meditation as often as you like to stay grounded, connected and inspired as you create and thrive in harmony with the world around you.
This meditation is set to music using Alpha waves to help you enter a deeper meditative state, bringing you calm, mind-body integration and learning.
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| #159 From fashion to wellbeing fragrance: The olfactory path to your higher self with Hande Sadic | 18 déc. 2024 | 00:53:21 | |
Hande, with 23 years in the product value chain for global luxury brands, is the Founder of Within 51/49, the world’s first wellbeing fragrance brand. They create transformative, sensory experiences with cutting-edge science for self-discovery. She is also the CEO of a Product Development Studio in KSA. Some of the brands she’s worked with previously include Alexander McQueen, Victoria Beckham, Clive Christian and, as a founding member, Pangia.
In this episode we talk about divine alignment in business, finding a path of both professional and spiritual fulfilment, how people can connect to the wisdom they already have in themselves, why scent is believed to be the fastest way to access your higher self, the importance of intention, the love economy and the future of a new kind of luxury.
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| #158 From TV to field: Following your intuition with George Lamb | 04 déc. 2024 | 00:50:43 | |
George spent the first half of his professional career working in the entertainment industry, including as a TV presenter. Following a revelatory breakthrough in 2012, he has been figuring out how best to use his position and influence to make a positive, meaningful and lasting impact on society. In 2018 he founded GROW - a life skills and education programme that works in schools and communities to promote mental wellbeing, physical health and a more hands-on relationship with nature. In 2019 he helped establish regenerative agriculture and food company Wildfarmed, alongside Edd Lees and Andy Cato.
In this episode we talk about how to trust your intuition as your superpower, why the biggest gift George was given was unconditional love, the moment George realised he was complicit in selling distraction, how Ibiza seemed to change his life (!), why some farmers only have 20-30 harvests left, how to sense the minuscule expression from your solar plexus, and how regenerative agriculture is transforming our food systems.
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| #157 From exit to investor: Creating community for female entrepreneurs to thrive with Emmie Faust | 20 nov. 2024 | 00:39:08 | |
Emmie is the founder of Female Founders Rise, a free community supporting 7,000 female founders in the UK. She is an exited entrepreneur, micro angel investor in over 30 female-led businesses and a Dragons' Den winner. Female Founders Rise exists to enable financial freedom for women through entrepreneurship.
In this episode we talk about why we need an abundance mindset where collaboration overshadows competition for female entrepreneurs to thrive, what Emmie learned from winning Dragon’s Den (and then the business failing), how to build organically for longevity, and the highs and lows of creating a community with purpose.
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| #156 From law to environment: Advocating for legal rights for nature with Jessica den Outer | 07 nov. 2024 | 00:44:39 | |
Jessica has a background in environmental law and has been involved in the international movement for Rights of Nature since 2017. In the Netherlands, she advocates for the recognition of the Rights of Nature. In her acclaimed book she tells the stories behind global examples and in 2024, her foundation for the Rights of Nature was launched, further supporting and broadening the national Dutch citizen movement for Rights of Nature. She has won several awards for her commitment and in 2019, Jessica was appointed by the United Nations as one of the youngest experts in this field.
In this episode we discuss the relatively new field of legal rights for nature, how Jessica put her love for nature and environmental law together, the U.N. harmony with nature program, why we need to shift to an eco-centric approach, and we discuss holes in our language around nature which does not express our world-views.
Jessica recommends The Bees, a novel, which I thoroughly enjoyed and recommend too!
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| #155 From corporate to regenerative leadership: The alchemical process of reconnecting ourselves with Giles Hutchins | 24 juil. 2024 | 00:53:31 | |
Giles is leadership coach and author of five books on Regenerative Leadership, and Business Inspired by Nature. His latest book and podcast series Leading by Nature can be found on https://gileshutchins.com/leadingbynature.
In this episode we talk about how to lead from deeper connection, sensing organisations and living ecosystems, how to find flow, how to trust your intuition and tune into nature’s wisdom, the alchemical process of reconnecting ourselves, why the greatest challenge to regeneration is its greatest gift - consciousness, how to work with where the energy is, and why our greatest breakthroughs come from understanding what it means to be human more deeply.
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| #154 From hierarchy to freedom: Pioneering regenerative leadership culture with Ashley Pollock | 17 juil. 2024 | 00:36:24 | |
Ashely is a global African trying to create positive ripples in the world. She currently leads Strategy & Culture at Vivobarefoot (160 people, 86 million GBP turnover). Cape Town living, London frequenting.
In this episode we talk about how barefoot shoes can help to reconnect people to the natural world (I’m a big fan!), how she replaced a disempowering hierarchical structure with one more free and aligned with life itself, creating a developmental coaching culture where leadership replaces management, the benefits of giving teams ‘adult freedom’, why working in circles based in the divine feminine changed their business and product offerings, and how they are proving that a regenerative approach to business can drive growth and profit (they’ve never done better).
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| #153 From self-leadership to psychedelics: Finding your fertile place for change with Natasja Pelgrom | 26 juin 2024 | 00:42:51 | |
Natasja is a thought leader and executive who has made significant contributions to the fields of personal transformation and psychedelics-assisted care. As a sacred medicine woman, mentor, and consultant, Natasja facilitates profound spiritual alchemy journeys, creating a compassionate space for self-leadership and driving behavioural and systemic change. She has played instrumental roles in over 1000 psychedelic ceremonies, and is the founder of AWAKEN THE MEDICINE WITHIN Retreats and Education since 2017, and the Stewards of the Sacred summit.
In this episode we talk about the nuance of psychedelic safety and the importance of safe space holding and the shadow work involved, how a holistic blend of science and spirituality can work for you, finding your fertile place for change, why divinity always brings unity, the wounded healer archetype and understanding how it plays out, and how to use dreams to explore your psyche.
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| #152 In case you missed it: Revolutionising investment for good on Going Conscious | 29 mai 2024 | 00:56:50 | |
This episode is a recap of four conversations I’ve had with incredible pioneers of finance for people and planet. Impact investing, but not just done the same old way. Each is creating something completely different and truly new. And each is also a person I consider to be very special and am blessed to have as a friend.
You’ll just hear a snippet of each conversation, so you can then go and listen to the whole episodes you feel drawn to. Now that we have over 150 episodes, we occasionally make a summary episode to help you navigate the library which still remains highly informative and relevant.
In episode #148, Patrick Somerhausen, co-founder and -CEO of Funds for Good, talks about honour loans where they give entrepreneurs in need loans that they only pay back if they can. 92% come back, to go round again to another entrepreneur in need. He also talks about “funds for love” which is a beautiful concept and words you don’t typically hear together in finance!
You’ll hear from Jacqueline van den Ende who, in episode #143, shares how she built Carbon Equity so far, the innovative platform enabling private individuals to invest in breakthrough climate tech. We talk about how to build something that outlives you, a new perspective on money greater than money itself, shared ownership structures, and legacy thinking, as well as getting personal and vulnerable at the end of the episode.
Episode #135 with Brenden Keon is close to my heart as Brenden is my partner at our fund Barefoot Ventures, and he shares how his journey from finance to permaculture brought him to designing a new model for finance that can be truly regenerative - that’s when we met a couple of years ago. We discuss some of the core principles and thinking underpinning our fund.
Finally in episode #129, Monika Vollmer shares how you can develop personally through investing, the challenges of changing rapidly, and how to feel into a company you believe in when investing, with this less tangible side being key to investing as well as the rational and analytical.
I loved having all of these conversations, and together they make a rich tapestry of a future of finance that looks very different to the system today. Enjoy!
Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and always feel free to reach out to me on instagram or linkedin with any questions.
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#148 From investing to society: Loans of honour with Patrick Somerhausen #143 From investor to founder: A new perspective on capital with Jacqueline van den Ende #135 From finance to impact investing: Stewarding regenerative business with Brenden Keon #129 From business to investing: The personal side of positive impact with Monika Vollmer
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| #151 From city hopping to native: Pioneering regenerative agriculture with Anne van Leeuwen | 15 mai 2024 | 00:52:20 | |
Anne is a pioneer of the regenerative movement in the Netherlands. In March 2024 she moved to the 45 hectare Lenteland regenerative community farm in Lochem, having started Bodemzicht farm and foundation with her partner in Malden in 2019. She’s a founding farmer of the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) and previously worked on the relationship between humans and the rest of life at Artis Royal zoo and co-founded the Embassy of the North Sea in Amsterdam.
In this episode we talk about combining art and nature in culture, how to move beyond the dichotomy of ‘nature’ and humanity, how to find radical clarity with your statement of purpose (in 3 steps), the benefits of reconnecting with the seasons and cycles of life, and how to become native again as the deeply interconnected beings that we are.
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| #150 Celebrating 150 episodes: Solocast with Nikki Trott | 01 mai 2024 | 00:16:47 | |
In this special episode, Nikki shares her insights on the main five themes she’s learned from over a hundred interviews for Going Conscious. What a milestone! She couldn’t have done it without all of you listeners, and extends her gratitude to each and every one of you.
Listen carefully as she tells a secret!
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| #149 Bonus: Radical authenticity 10 minute meditation | 27 mars 2024 | 00:16:27 | |
In this special episode we bring you a guided meditation to help you to connect with your true self and create your most fully expressed life.Connect with and embody your radical authenticity, enabling you to live as the most genuine version of yourself.
This is a profound journey of alignment. Embracing your authenticity means you can align with the most fulfilled version of yourself, as well as with your highest skills and gifts. Being truly authentic, firstly with yourself, can feel like a brave leap into the unknown or away from a pack. And it is for the brave. But it is a journey that promises freedom, happiness, and connection will fill your life.
I invite you to listen to this meditation every day and notice how your life starts to change.
This meditation is set to music using Alpha waves to help you enter a deeper meditative state, bringing you calm, mind-body integration and learning.
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| #148 From investing to society: Loans of honour with Patrick Somerhausen | 13 mars 2024 | 00:49:31 | |
Patrick is Co-founder and Co-CEO of Funds For Good which has €600 million under management and donates half of its profits and at least 10% of its income to societal impact, helping people in precarious employment to create their own jobs and supporting entrepreneurs whose primary aim is to help solve society's problems. As you’ll hear, I’m a real fan of their innovative and highly impactful model.
In this episode we talk about how to approach wanting to do something more useful, where entrepreneurship and finance meet, funnelling money towards people in precarious situations, loans of honour, why size matters, micro finance as a tool to fight poverty, funding the agriculture transition, radical collaboration and business with love.
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| #147 From luxury to social enterprise: Use your growth for good with Caterina Occhio | 28 févr. 2024 | 00:47:39 | |
Caterina is an ESG and Sustainability advisor with focus on the luxury and fashion industries. Her clients include Maison Alaïa, Chloé and Aspesi, and she supported Chloé’s journey to become the first luxury brand certified as a B-corp. She also advises several United Nations initiatives and is a social entrepreneur herself as the Founder of SeeMe, a pioneer ethical jewellery brand whose heart shaped jewellery is handcrafted by women survivors of violence. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of World Fair Trade Organisation, a seasoned speaker and a Guest Lecturer at SDA Bocconi on the MA Luxury Business Management course.
In this episode we talk about the moment of collective awareness in Paris that spurred her into social enterprise, why the human aspect of fashion’s responsibility is undermined, how we can bring our infinite growth economy to positive impact, what social procurement is and why it’s the new attitude that can really change lives, and how to understand the waves of every decision you make.
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| #146 From startups to government: Growing with the feminine approach with Hanae Bezad | 14 févr. 2024 | 00:34:17 | |
Hanae is an entrepreneur who has forged a career in tech startups and nonprofits. As a young Muslim Moroccan, she has had to create her own rules for success. She has worked as a consultant in 32 countries across Africa and spends half her time on the continent, engaging with senior African policy makers and leading companies. Various global companies helped finance her new book Being Other, for all ambitious creative young women.
In this episode we talk about our experiences together at Davos (World Economic Forum), what it means to fully express yourself in this lifetime, how grief led to being of service, the agency technology can provide, shifting to the growing influence of the feminine approach, entrepreneurship and government advisory in Africa, when serendipity takes over, the divine right to express creativity, the calling for women to redefine how they thrive for themselves, society and nature, and her exciting upcoming book tour.
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| #145 From startups to climate: Act now, change tomorrow with Simon Bail | 31 janv. 2024 | 00:40:01 | |
Simon is the Founder and Managing Director of One Climate - the app redefining how people engage with climate action. He has a background in design thinking and startup building. He likes to consider himself a metamodernist, aiming to cocreate what comes after postmodernism by understanding societal patterns and actively positioning the future we need.
In this episode we talk about why Simon wanted to build something for the climate that puts the power in the hands of every person, how self-work underpins his entrepreneurial approach, how to apply design principles to your own life, and how to understand the models we are involved with that contribute to the problem - processing this into solutions.
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| #144 From growth to natural capital: transforming the world food system with Erik Bruun Bindslev | 17 janv. 2024 | 00:50:15 | |
For more than two decades, Erik has been part of creating some of the most visionary privately-owned businesses and organisations driving impact and transformation. Special advisory clients have included King Charles II, Sir Paul McCartney and the Danish Sovereign Investment Fund. He is also a non-executive director of Savory Foundation. His work is dedicated to transforming the world food-system through the deployment of natural capital.
In this episode we discuss how the world food system can be transformed, how being a global citizen has shaped us both, how Erik is working to change the food we put into our bodies, how to include nature in every decision you make in business, how to contribute to the next generation not just short term financial results, why a system that only values growth is bound to break and how to deploy private equity capital to farms.
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| #143 From investor to founder: A new perspective on capital with Jacqueline van den Ende | 10 janv. 2024 | 00:49:22 | |
Jacqueline van den Ende is co-founder of Amsterdam-based climate fintech company Carbon Equity - a VC and PE fund investing platform. Carbon Equity was founded with the mission to unlock retail capital at scale to power breakthrough climate technologies whilst enabling more equitable ownership. She is a founder turned investor turned founder, twice over obsessed with how we can leverage capital most effectively to mitigate climate change.
In this episode we talk about how Jacqueline is building an innovative platform to enable private individuals to invest in breakthrough climate tech, how to build something that outlives you, a new perspective on money greater than money itself, shared ownership structures, creating bigger value by solving bigger world problems, legacy thinking, why entrepreneurs need presence.
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| #142 From corporate to experimental: Empowering people to live their quest with Jasper Mutsaerts | 07 sept. 2023 | 00:55:18 | |
Jasper is an entrepreneur, adventurer, coach and wisdom seeker. He has co-founded 4 ventures that are united by a single purpose: To empower people to live their quests. When he was 1 year old he lost his mother in a car accident. This experience taught him lessons about the preciousness of life and made him want to experience life to the fullest.
In this episode we have a shared, personal conversation and talk about how we both work on integrating the loss of our mothers, how to find focus amongst so many interests and opportunities, experimenting with only telling radical truths, our experiences of removing alcohol from our lives and other life experiments, as well as Jasper’s business SoulKitchen and his “recipes for life”.
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| #141 From music to mental health: Why artists are natural healers Ariana Alexander-Sefre | 09 août 2023 | 00:56:14 | |
Ariana is a mental health activist and Founder of SPOKE, the UK's leading music-led mental wellness app. She believes that vast improvements can be made to society's mental health if the culture and interpretation of wellbeing tools are connected better with those who need it most - especially men. Through working with their community of notable artists, producers, and creatives, SPOKE makes taking care of the mind as easy and enjoyable as listening to your favourite music.
In this episode we talk about how purpose might not be what we think it is, the serious implications of the music we listen to (especially when our brains are still developing), why artists are the world’s natural healers and how Ariana is overturning the toxic music industry.
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| #140 From awards to awareness: The unfolding of a new version of Dan Kirby | 06 juil. 2023 | 00:48:21 | |
Dan is the CEO of The Tech Dept and host of the podcast Honey, I Blew Up The Business (top 2.5% of all global podcasts). In the last 5 years he starred in a movie pilot, launched a 24-hour festival in London and completed The Marathon Des Sables - 6 marathons in 7 days in the Sahara, raising £14,000 for charity KidsOut.
In this episode we talk about how he blew up his business after 13 years of success and awards, the painful lesson from the universe which cracked him open, how he let go of his identity, why journaling is core to his success how, how to be a dad your daughters want to go to a festival with and his 5 elements that make up his “groove” across all areas of life.
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| #139 From fashion to social change: The degrowth imperative and brands with Willa Stoutenbeek | 21 juin 2023 | 00:43:55 | |
Willa is the Founder & Creative Director of W.Green, a branding and communication agency focusing on fashion, food and lifestyle. Having seen the failures of the fashion industry up close, she was drawn to modern brands spreading their message in a more sustainable and conscious way. W.Green’s motto is ‘Ethics + Aesthetics.’ She is often featured in numerous leading Dutch magazines including Vogue, Glamour, ELLE, Marie Claire and Grazia.
In this episode we talk about how Willa merged her passions for fashion and social change, taking time to reconcile how to do things differently, the degrowth imperative, why we need more feminine leadership and how to take care of our direct local ecosystems.
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| #138 Bonus: Channelled singing meditation to rebalance the divine feminine with Nikki Trott | 15 juin 2023 | 00:12:06 | |
In this special episode we bring you the second short channelled singing meditation to help you raise and empower the divine feminine in yourself and the world.
Here, Nikki shares another singing meditation with you (after episode #123). Since the first song came as she gave birth to her daughter Lolotte, she has been singing channelled shamanic songs, and is now also giving shamanic sessions to people who organically come to her open to exploring the possibilities. These sessions have been leading to intriguing transformations and shifts, and Nikki wanted to bring more songs to the community here on Going Conscious after receiving multiple requests after episode #123.
We invite you to give yourself these minutes to ground and align yourself as often as you feel called to. Do whatever feels good to you as you listen - lie down and close your eyes, sit still, dance, sing, or scream. Whatever feels right, go for it wholeheartedly! Just as Nikki has done here to create this channelling for you.
Please come back and listen again and again. Let’s raise and rebalance the divine feminine together.
And please do give this little gift to anyone you know who could benefit from it by sharing this episode with your friends.
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| #137 From science to diversity: Changing how brands change lives with Phillippa Diedrichs | 07 juin 2023 | 00:47:46 | |
Phillippa is a Professor of Psychology and body image and a mental health expert. She is the Founder of EVERYBODY Consulting, a global consulting group of thought leaders and social scientist experts in body image, appearance diversity and mental health. They consult with powerhouse brands like Dove, Nike and Instagram to disrupt beauty and gender norms, and create more equitable societies. What unites all the strands of Phillippa's work is a strong sense of social justice, a passion for science, and drive to help others do well in business by doing good in society.
In this episode we talk about how Phillippa is working to change the images we see which impact how we feel, broader systems of body image, inclusive aspiration, how we use intuition in business, the intersection of academia and business, and the goal of everybody being able to express themselves freely.
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| #136 Reading from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle: Exploring psychological time | 01 juin 2023 | 00:14:10 | |
In this episode I read from the international bestseller which has just celebrated its 20th anniversary, the book which Oprah Winfrey keeps on her bedside table. You’ve probably read it, and if not, I imagine it’s on your reading list. Here I revisit the book which help spur the early days of my spiritual transformation to explore psychological time, and how we are guided by the past and future, the consequences this mindset can lead to, and a strong reminder of why living with presence is the only path.
In the book, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle, we learn that we each have the agency to take ourselves out of psychological pain and to return to the present moment where there are no problems. In the now, we discover we are already complete and perfect.
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| #135 From finance to impact investing: Stewarding regenerative business with Brenden Keon | 24 mai 2023 | 00:46:43 | |
Brenden is the Founder of Barefoot Ventures, the regenerative investment firm which we run together as I am the Founding Partner. In this episode we share the story of how we came to partner up on this mission to reimagine finance for good, and the core concepts that Barefoot Ventures is built upon.
Brenden is passionate about business as a force for good and the world of opportunities it is creating for investors and all stakeholders. He believes the regenerative potential before us will far exceed that of our extractive past.
We talk about how permaculture can lead to “permacapital” and the idea of a 1000 year fund, how to apply the realisation that we are connected to everything to the world of business, what the true role of capital is, long term value creation instead of short term extraction, why the soil should be our most valued asset and how we help businesses thrive and become regenerative.
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| #134 From international law to luxury lingerie: Bespoke ways to love yourself with Fanny Karaman | 18 mai 2023 | 00:48:32 | |
Fanny is the founder of Rue du Paradis, a bespoke, inclusive and eco-conscious lingerie brand. As well as being a multilingual entrepreneur, she is an international tax lawyer admitted to practice in New York. A dual citizen of France and Turkey, she was born in Germany.
In this episode we talk about why Fanny decided, from fashion school, to become her own “rich man” and start making her own capital. How she realised for the first time there was nothing wrong with her body, finding freedom, creating a brand to help people love themselves, how to structure an accessible bespoke brand, and why brands need to listen to what people need not tell people what they need.
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| #133 From brands to impacts: Delivering the triple bottom line with James Hurst | 11 mai 2023 | 00:46:40 | |
James builds brands that have a positive impact. The core of his thinking builds on the triple bottom line: people; planet; profit which he uses to define what a brand should do (rather than audit what it has done). He is committed to helping as many people benefit from this powerful thinking with access to all his workshops at Rogue School and his agency Punk Works shaping brands that go further.
In this episode we talk about life cycle assessment for impact brands, why doing good doesn’t harm profit, what it means to be an ally to your employees and why success means delivering meaningful interactions so brands can make the big changes.
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| #132 In case you missed it: Motherhood transformations on Going Conscious | 03 mai 2023 | 01:13:34 | |
In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that feature inspiring experts on motherhood - from my personal conception and birth stories, to how motherhood has inspired entrepreneurship and Jungian theory. And I include a guided meditation for you at the end too.
In episodes #53 and #81 you will hear two conversations I have with my friend Marion. The first when we were both pregnant with our first child, discussing the role of plant medicine in our conceptions, and the life lessons pregnancy taught us. In the second episode, #81, we talk about the new paradigm of motherhood, our very different birth experiences, and how we have both shifted into motherhood.
You’ll hear from Lisa Marchiano from episode #102 who is a well-known writer and Jungian analyst where we talk about the places parenthood can take you that you wouldn’t have otherwise gone to and how to tap into your creative confidence.
You’ll hear from Sophie Baron from episode #91 who is the Founder of the parent/baby digital startup Mamamade. We talk about her journey from Vogue New York to running her parenting business with her partner in London, how she found her drive again after becoming a mother, and how she raised over a million dollars as a woman.
Finally, you’ll hear the 10 minute pregnancy, birth and beyond meditation I have created for you, which is episode #54 of the show.
Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and always feel free to reach out to me on instagram or linkedin with any questions.
To listen to the full episodes, search for: #53 Marion Bott (pregnancy) #81 Marion Bott (birth) #102 Lisa Marchiano #91 Sophie Baron #54 Pregnancy, birth and beyond meditation
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| #131 In case you missed it: Mindset mastery on Going Conscious | 27 avr. 2023 | 01:01:42 | |
In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that feature inspiring experts on mindset who show us how to hone our mindsets for greater consciousness and business success all at once.
You’ll hear from Sebastian, a branding and performance marketing entrepreneur with a passion for conscious capitalism. We talked about how to build consciousness into your business and create a financially free life.
From Cyia, an original pussycat doll and Hollywood actor turned spiritual teacher and mindset mentor. We talk about why we have many purposes, the importance of fantasies and how to write your own story
Fom Poppy, known as the woman taking over tapping who is a creative businesswoman and coach focussed on a special kind of transformation. We talk about how to use rapid tapping to achieve results, the superconscious and how to integrate quantum physics into your life.
And from Patrick, a 23 year old entrepreneur on a mission to globalise positive habits. We talk about how tiny habit changes can make a massive impact on your life, why personal growth fuels business growth, and what really matters to gen Z.
Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I’ll be reading some out as listener shout-outs soon.
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#52 Seb Naum #60 Cyia Batten #64 Patrick Mazurek #82 Poppy Delbridge
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| #130 From action to balance: Leading from your head and heart with Niki Schilling | 20 avr. 2023 | 00:54:11 | |
Niki is Rituals’ Impact Director and has 16 years of experience in international marketing. As well as her clear vision and strategic mindset, she is a yoga teacher and spirituality is an important part of her everyday life. Rituals becoming a B Corp is an important milestone to her - she’s truly honored to join a global movement of responsible organizations that want to accelerate progress on the shared challenges we face.
In this episode we talk about the healthy tension between profit and wellbeing, creating a culture where you can make mistakes and lead with balance, the holistic B Corp process, why people are out of balance if they think they are stronger than nature, the doors that open from being in flow and how to combine your head and heart in everything you do.
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| #129 From business to investing: The personal side of positive impact with Monika Vollmer | 23 mars 2023 | 00:28:41 | |
After having worked in the family business for almost 20 years, Monika joined a company focusing on impact investments and impact consultancy. As an economist, she believes in business as a force for good and is involved in various sustainability projects and impact investing.
In this episode we talk about the challenge of changing more rapidly or in a different direction to your close family and friends, how you can develop personally through investing, how to feel into a company you believe in, and why going conscious means thinking twice.
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| #128 Reading from Strangers: Essays on the Human and Nonhuman by Rebecca Tamás | 10 mars 2023 | 00:20:57 | |
In this episode I read the essay from the book on panpsychism. In Strangers, Rebecca explores where the human and nonhuman meet, and why this delicate connection just might be the most important relationship of our times.
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| #127 In case you missed it: Impact CEOs on Going Conscious | 25 févr. 2023 | 00:55:05 | |
In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that feature incredible CEOs who are inspiring us all with how they use business for good at scale.
We will hear from Jayn is the CEO of Weleda UK and has made it her mission to clean up the beauty industry, eliminate greenwashing and to encourage more social responsibility for what goes on the shelf. You will hear from Caireen who is the business partner of Mary Portas and the CEO of their business consultancy & creative agency, Portas, which specialises in luxury, fashion, design & placemaking. You will hear from Joe, President and CEO of Greyston (they make the brownies in your Ben & Jerry’s - 12 million a year!). And you will hear from Lauren, the CEO/Co-Founder of By Sarah London, the natural B corp skincare brand with an inspiring story.
Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I’ll be reading some out as listener shout-outs soon.
To listen to the full episodes, search for: #120 Jayn, #119 Caireen, #109 Joe, #115 Lauren
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| #126 From manipulation to conservation: Data for community-led conservation with Dimitri Syrris | 08 févr. 2023 | 00:47:38 | |
Dimitri is the Founder and CEO of Baotree. Software as a service that provides data collection, verification and management software to prove impact. Dimitri is an impact-driven technologist and a biodiversity ranger at heart. After a ten-year career in London’s technology ecosystem, Dimitri decided to infuse his love for technology, biodiversity & community by creating Baotree.
In this episode we talk about how to automate the relationships between organisations, communities and nature, how technology can be a friend, incentivising communities to preserve nature, how to stamp out greenwashing and diversity-washing, how your heart can help you achieve your dreams (not your mind).
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| #125 From journalism to conscious PR: How to reach millions for entrepreneurs with Maria Eilersen | 01 févr. 2023 | 00:43:35 | |
Maria is a PR coach, visibility mentor and the founder of Be Conscious PR, helping conscious entrepreneurs reach millions of people with their mission so they can make a bigger impact. With a journalism degree from NYU, global PR experience in the startup space and over 300+ hours of yoga teacher training under her belt, Maria has a 360 degree understanding of the media landscape and is passionate about making the world a better place—and so are the people she works with. Her clients have been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, Cosmo, GMA and more, while she's been featured in CNBC, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, Popsugar and more.
In this episode we talk about how where you live impacts your business, the power of conscious community, what conscious PR really means, how to hone your PR intuition and why business is the spiritual journey you didn’t realise you signed up for.
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| #124 From corporate to curiosity: The whole world view of unified reality with Dr Jude Currivan | 27 janv. 2023 | 00:47:32 | |
Dr Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist and internationally award-winning author, latterly of The Cosmic Hologram (2017) and The Story of Gaia (2022). Previously a senior international business woman, co-founder of WholeWorld-View and member of the Evolutionary Leaders circle, she integrates leading-edge science and wisdom teachings to serve humanity’s awareness of unitive consciousness.
In this episode we talk about the lifelong journey of curiosity, supernormal experiences, where science and ancient wisdom are interwoven, and how our realities are changing.
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