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I'm back after missing an episode last week, and I owe you an explanation. I was away at Groundswell, a regenerative agriculture festival here in the UK with 10,000 people immersed in soil health, biodiversity, and healthy food systems. That, on top of a recent trip to visit new farmers in Cornwall, has brought a lot of acceleration to my new venture. It's time for some changes, and I wanted you to hear it from me directly.

I talk about what this festival stirred in me, the hope and tangibility I felt in this work, and the kneading dough metaphor that's been on my mind since (gluten free tortillas are not for the faint hearted). If you're in your own messy middle right now, not sure how the lumpy mess in front of you could ever become something smooth and workable, I want you to hear this one.

I'm also sharing some news. I'm taking a break from the podcast over the summer to give my new venture the attention it needs, and I'll check back in with you in September. If you've been listening for a while and have been thinking about working with me, I've kept the door open with one off sessions and a pack of three (link to book below).
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This one is for those who have made space for this podcast in their life, whether that's on a dog walk, doing the dishes, or watering the garden. Thank you for being part of this. I'll see you in September.

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You left corporate — or you're on your way out — and right now the path forward isn't clear. Maybe you're months in and nothing has clicked yet.

Maybe you're still in the job and exhausted by it. Maybe you've started building something and you keep wondering if it's working.

This week I want to tell you something I've had to remind myself of recently: the hardest part is often the part right before something shifts.

I came back from a trip to Cornwall last week feeling overwhelmed and depleted — not inspired, not clear, just spent. And it was in that exact moment, before I'd had chance to recover, that a business idea I'd been circling for months finally surfaced. I didn't see it coming. I couldn't have, from inside the exhaustion.

I've watched the same pattern with clients. The moment they're most tempted to walk away is almost always the moment something is about to move. Seth Godin called it the dip and my own experience keeps confirming it.

If you're in the middle of a career change, burnout recovery, or just trying to find work that means something to you, this episode is for you.

Wherever you are in that process, the difficulty isn't a signal to stop seeking. It might be just the opposite.

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You left corporate to find work that actually means something to you. And right now that process feels messy. Uncomfortable. Maybe even a bit lost.

Here's a reframe: what if that discomfort isn't a sign you're doing it wrong? What if it's actually the surest sign you're heading in the right direction?

It builds well before you ever hand in your notice, peaks once the structure of your old role disappears, and only eases as you build something real to stand on, then it shows up again the next time you're ready to grow.

This episode is about recalibrating what "good" is supposed to feel like once you've left the version of success that used to define you.

If you're in the messy middle of your career change and that discomfort keeps showing up as your try to move forward, this one's for you.

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In this episode you'll hear from Kevin Howard, to learn more about his work visit: https://ageofbalance.com.

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You left the corporate job. Changed your title. Stepped away from the sector. But the operating system that defined how you worked, what you produced, and who you had to be to survive... that came with you.

Most people trying to build something new after corporate are doing it while still running the old software. Then they wonder why it feels wrong and whether they'll ever find meaning and purpose in their work.

In this episode I share the story of a client who was well into building before they realised how much the previous role was still shaping what they thought was possible. That was the real turning point in their building journey.

If you've left corporate and something still feels off, or you're exhausted in a way that didn't resolve when you handed in your notice, this one's for you. There's a simple exercise at the end to help you start choosing what you carry forward and what you don't.

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There's a particular kind of discomfort that comes with standing in a room you used to belong to and realising it no longer feels like yours. Not because you're unwelcome, but because something in you has moved on. If you've ever found yourself on the outside of a career, a sector or a version of yourself that once defined you, you'll recognise this feeling.

This episode comes from a recent personal experience. Standing in a church in Prague at one of the biggest events in my old professional world and realising I was on the periphery of a room I once helped to build. This is my honest account of what that experience taught me about career transition and about finally making peace with the identity shift that comes with it.

Because the version of you that's navigating a career transition rarely gets to do it cleanly. There's grief in it. There's the LinkedIn scroll that brings up feelings you didn't expect. There's the dreaded networking question, so what are you doing next?, that you don't yet have a good answer to. These aren't signs that something has gone wrong. They're signs that something new is forming.

This episode is for you if you've stepped away from a career that once defined you and are sitting with the discomfort of not quite knowing who you are on the other side of that. Career transition isn't a tidy phase. It's identity-level work. And it's worth it.

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Most of us spend far too much time thinking about the work we want to do and not enough time actually experiencing it. We research, we read, we take course after course, we endlessly tweak the pitch deck. Some of it is necessary. Too much of it distances us from the meaningful work we actually want to do.

Recently I've been firmly stuck inside my own head — lost in the complexities and thorny questions of what I'm building. I needed a change. I needed to get my hands dirty and get closer to the people and places I actually want to serve.

Which is why you'll find me today in an organic orchard, among the chickens.

If you're navigating career change or building something meaningful of your own and you need to feel reinvigorated, this one's for you.

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This week I spent time with a flower farmer, making her a locally-sourced lunch, sitting in her field on a sunny day surrounded by brightly coloured flowers and buzzing bees. It was the perfect antidote to the fear of failure that I seem to be doing battle with every day.

Doubt is a natural part of career change or building a business. Loneliness can go hand in hand with doing things differently and forging your own path. But we're not helpless: the road ahead may be risky and unpredictable but the part we get to control is our day to day experience.

I know what it's like to face a continual inner battle with overwhelm. But I also know what it's like when building meaningful work becomes its own reward.

Today I'm looking back nearly 20 years to see what I can learn from the ridiculous amounts of fun I had building my first company and exploring what the "grown up" version of that can look like as I step into my next venture.

If your worst case scenario is looming large and your questioning whether it will be worth it, this episode will help you find the joy in the journey.

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This week I've been feeling the enormity of what I'm trying to build. I know I'm not alone.

Stepping outside of the dominant system and building meaningful work of your own is hard. Overwhelm is an understandable response.

But it doesn't help us. It's too easy to get stuck inside your head, wrapped up in story and believing all the internal chatter.

Today's episode is about shifting your focus so you can keep moving forward: one foot in front of the other.

This is how we climb mountains!

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This week I found myself in Dublin for a one-day seminar on conversational hypnosis. It was an idea that made sense months ago when I booked it but seemed completely unrelated to the work I'm now doing. Or so I thought.

Turns out the universe had sent me there for a very good reason — to remind me that I have incredible tools for this journey. That the spiral, the panic, the what the hell am I doing loop isn't just something to push through. It's a pattern. And patterns can be rewired.

I came home with a question I'm now asking myself every morning before I sit down to work: how do I want to feel about this today?

This episode is for anyone in the messy middle of building something audacious. A reminder that we get to choose whether to carry it like a burden or hold it lightly and find the joy.

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This week I'm recording from inside my own fork in the road. Two paths with the same values at the core, but asking very different things of me. On one side, glamour — the route I've trodden before, where people sit up and pay attention. On the other, grind — the path of real, tangible work with no attachment that makes it interesting to the ego.

What I'm learning, in real time, is that these moments are never really about the decision on the surface. Whenever we hit a fork like this in career or business building, it always comes down to identity. It's about who you're willing to become, and how much of yourself you're willing to commit, for how long. Most of us underestimate how deep that commitment runs.

For anyone trying to find your purpose in the middle of a messy career change: this one's an honest check-in from the threshold, not a tidy lesson from the other side.

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How does your to do list make you feel? Stressful, overwhelming? Or maybe it’s make you feel empowered and in control?

Right now, my to do list is reasonably small... proportional to the time I have available... and really, really scary.

Today I’m going to talk about why that is a really good thing and exactly where I need to be.

If you’re building meaningful work for yourself and your to do list doesn’t feel at least a little bit terrifying, this episode is an invitation to up the ante. 

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This week a trusted advisor (my sibling) asked me a powerful question: am I a main character, or a supporting artist?

This isn't about ego. It's not about ambition or status or who gets the credit. It's about finding the right energetic fit.

I've watched really capable, accomplished people build careers and businesses in the wrong register — doing good work, meaningful work, work they're proud of — and wonder why something feels slightly off even when everything looks right.

This week I had a version of that realisation myself. In this episode, I talk about what it feels like to finally stop performing the wrong role, even a good one.

If you're building something meaningful, trying to name what's not quite working, or somewhere in the middle of figuring out what work you're actually here to do — I think you'll find this framing helpful.


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Some weeks the journey toward meaningful work looks like momentum and clarity.
And some weeks it looks like stopping dead on the school run and saying out loud: what the **** am I doing?

This week was the second kind.

In this episode I share what happened when a wobbly week — the investment banker advice I didn't want to hear, the complexity that kept multiplying, the energy dispersing into backup plans and exit strategies — finally brought me to a single question: am I in or am I out?

And what shifted when I finally answered it.

If you're building something meaningful, trying to find your purpose, or somewhere in the middle of a leap you're not sure you can land — you're in the right place.

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The question most people making a career change are already asking themselves — just never out loud. It sits in the background, usually at 3am, shapeless and exhausting. This week I want to change that.

Because naming the fear isn't pessimism. It's the thing that makes meaningful work actually possible. When you look directly at the worst case, something shifts — it gets smaller, and it becomes something you can build a response to.

In this episode I share what happened when someone asked me this question about my own new venture this week, why I think it's the most useful question you can ask at any stage of your career change, and two real examples of what it looks like to answer it honestly — including one that completely reframed what was possible for someone who thought she was stuck.

If you're navigating burnout, trying to find your purpose, or somewhere in the middle of figuring out what comes next — this one's for you.

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→ Sick of the job market? Why now is the perfect time to build your own business with purpose
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose
→ The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)

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Have you ever had an idea you couldn't stop thinking about — one that kept coming back no matter how many times life got in the way? The gap between that feeling and actually building something real is where most people get stuck. Not because they lack the vision or the talent, but because they don't know how to begin.

In this episode I'm sharing five lessons for getting yourself into momentum when you're standing at the threshold of something new. From knowing where your energy comes from, to borrowing confidence when yours runs dry, to trusting joy as a genuine creative force. These are the tools that make the difference between an idea that stays in your head and one that starts to take shape in the world.

If you're sitting on something — a business, a career change, a bigger expression of your own meaningful work — and you don't know where to start, this episode is for you. The answers are already in you. You just have to find the courage to begin.

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What actually keeps you going when you're building something from scratch, before the evidence catches up?

In this episode I'm sharing the story of how I stayed the course through 15 years of building a meaningful business, even when self-belief was shaky. We talk about why clarity about your idea matters more than confidence in yourself, and I share the simple framework I use with every client to get there.

Whether you're navigating a career change, recovering from burnout, or trying to find your purpose after years in corporate, the thing that usually stops people isn't lack of ambition or ability. It's that the idea isn't clear enough yet to believe in.

I share what it really looked like to build my climate tech communications agency over 15 years, the doubt, the hard days, and what I kept returning to when self-belief wasn't enough.

If you're still in corporate and thinking about making a change, figuring out what comes next after leaving, or already building meaningful work but feeling the wobble, this one is for you.

Self-Directed Work That Works For You

This 90-minute workshop will help you build a clear, practical framework for work that fits your values, your strengths, and your life.

You've spent years being exceptionally good at work that was built around someone else's priorities. Now you're in a different moment — one where you have ideas, skills, and a growing sense that something new is possible. The problem isn't capability. It's clarity. This workshop is designed to give you that.

Book here.

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You left corporate consciously and with good reasons. But you still feel things "should" be different and you're scared you won't deliver the purposeful career pivot you want.

This episode is here to remind you that you did not float into the messy middle of career change, you chose it. This in-between stage is a stepping stone not a quagmire.

Listen in to learn how to reconcile emotions around your corporate exit, get clear on the career direction you are taking, feel empowered to share your story with others and lean in to the problems you were meant to solve.

Self-Directed Work That Works For You

This 90-minute workshop will help you build a clear, practical framework for work that fits your values, your strengths, and your life.

You've spent years being exceptionally good at work that was built around someone else's priorities. Now you're in a different moment — one where you have ideas, skills, and a growing sense that something new is possible. The problem isn't capability. It's clarity. This workshop is designed to give you that.

Book here.

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→ Leaving Corporate? Build Your Exit Ecosystem
→ When work stops making sense (early signs of burnout)
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose

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If you’re seriously thinking about a career change but you’re afraid that stepping out of corporate might mean becoming less serious, less competent, or less ambitious — this episode is for you.

You’ve probably said things like:

• “I’m good at what I do…but I don’t enjoy it anymore.”

• “It feels wrong in my body, even if it looks fine on paper.”

• “I don’t want another job like this — but what else could actually work?”
  

Many high-performers stay where they are not because they love the work — but because they’ve internalised the belief that ambition only happens inside a system that runs on pressure.

In this episode we unpack that belief structurally, not emotionally: why corporate environments condition us to equate stress with success, and why stepping away doesn’t automatically lower your standards.

On the contrary — it forces you to decide whether your ambition belongs to you or to the machine that trained it.

If you’re wrestling with burnout, craving purposeful work, or wondering whether meaningful, self-directed work is actually possible — you’re in the right place.

Self-Directed Work That Works For You

This 90-minute workshop will help you build a clear, practical framework for work that fits your values, your strengths, and your life.

You've spent years being exceptionally good at work that was built around someone else's priorities. Now you're in a different moment — one where you have ideas, skills, and a growing sense that something new is possible. The problem isn't capability. It's clarity. This workshop is designed to give you that.

Book here.

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→ Sick of the job market? Why now is the perfect time to build your own business with purpose
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose
→ The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)

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A layoff isn’t just an income shock. What often hits just as hard is the identity rupture — the future you assumed was unfolding, the loyalty you invested, the structure you relied on.

If all that matters right now is replacing income, do that. Stability matters. This episode isn’t here to compete with that.

But if you’re questioning whether you want to rebuild your career inside the same structure that just eliminated your role — this conversation is for you.

We break down three paths after redundancy: replacing stability, taking a structured pause, or beginning to build agency by leveraging the skills and experience you already have.

You’ll hear how to move deliberately rather than reactively — and why reclaiming control over how you earn can fundamentally change how you navigate career change.

If you suspect your next chapter may not sit entirely inside corporate, this episode will help you clarify your direction — and take the first practical step.

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→ Leaving Corporate? Build Your Exit Ecosystem
→ Sick of the job market? Why now is the perfect time to build your own business
→ Who Are You Without Your Job Title?

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When my son was four months old, he came with me to a notary’s office in Berlin.

I was setting up a company during Brexit uncertainty, travelling across Europe, growing fast. At the time, the structure of my life could hold that intensity and the work made sense inside it.

Nine years later, everything looks different.

In this episode, I explore what it really takes to build work that brings you back to life after burnout or career change. It all starts with a question that’s often skipped when people plan their next move:

How do you want your work to feel?
And how should it actually support your life?

We talk about why changing jobs often doesn’t stop burnout repeating, how this question becomes a decision point before job searches or business ideas, and why many forms of full-time employment are structurally incompatible with the lives people want to live.

Whether you stay employed, change roles, or decide to build your own work, this episode offers a calmer, more grounded place to start.

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→ You Don’t Need a New Job! How to Choose Purposeful Career Change Instead
→ The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose

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So many people want meaningful work that aligns with their values — especially when burnout sets in or a career change starts to feel inevitable. Yet truly values-first organisations remain hard to find.

In this episode, I share my experience of working closely with a genuinely values-first business, including time spent on retreat with the team in the Czech mountains.

We explore what’s really happening beneath the surface of work like this — the choices, trade-offs, and commitments that make it possible, and why waiting for the “right” opportunity often leads to frustration and self-doubt.

This conversation is for anyone questioning their career, searching for purpose, or wondering how to move toward more meaningful work without burning everything down.

If you’re questioning your career or feeling burned out, explore earlier episodes of From Corporate Into Calling for grounded reflections on career change and finding purpose.

If you’re still inside corporate but know something has to shift, take a look at Courage to Quit for practical support in building a responsible exit.

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This week’s episode is a replay of an interview I recorded with Courtney Holm for the Up Your Impact podcast.

We talk about what it really feels like when you’re stuck in corporate — especially when financial fear, responsibility, and the day-to-day reality of your work feel completely out of sync with what you want your life to look like.

In the conversation, I share an ecosystem approach to career transition: a resilient way to expand your options and start building meaningful work over time — without needing to take a dramatic leap or burn everything down overnight.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why the gap between “what you’re doing” and “what you want” can feel so heavy

• The role of financial fear in keeping you stuck

• What an “ecosystem approach” actually means (and why it works)

• How to build options and momentum in a grounded, realistic way

• The difference between craving clarity and needing a first step
  

Discover Courtney's work at https://theholmedit.com/

Ready to make an empowered exit from corporate?

Courage to Quit will give you clarity, direction, and a practical plan for what to do next — without spiralling, procrastinating, or trying to force certainty before you act.

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Quitting your corporate job can feel like you’re teetering on the edge of an impossibly high diving board. Everyone’s shouting advice from below. You can’t see how far the drop is. And the idea of leaping — without knowing what comes next — is enough to keep most people frozen exactly where they are. What if you don’t have to leap? What if you can build a bridge instead?

In this episode, I talk about why so many people stay stuck in work they’ve outgrown — not because they lack courage, but because the dominant story about career change makes quitting your job feel reckless or irresponsible. If you’re edging toward burnout, questioning your purpose, or longing for more meaningful work, that story will feel very familiar.

Today we look at how to take a bridging approach to career change: reducing hours, going freelance or fractional, creating a portfolio phase, or backing yourself for a defined period of time. These are powerful ways of leaving corporate that protect your income, your energy, and your ability to think clearly — especially if you don’t yet know exactly what comes next.

If you know it's time for an exit — and you want a way out that doesn’t require blind faith or superhuman bravery — this episode will help you see a different path. One that lets you move toward meaningful work without waiting for burnout to force the decision.

Book Courage to Quit here.

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What do you do when work stops having meaning for you? When the career you’ve poured years of energy into still looks fine from the outside, but no longer feels aligned? That moment can be hard to name — and even harder to act on — especially when nothing is obviously “wrong.”

In this episode, I talk about that early phase that often comes long before burnout. The sinking loss of belief. The nagging questions that won’t go away. The sense that you’re propping something up that no longer makes sense to you. I share reflections from my own experience of questioning work I’d invested in for years, alongside what I’ve seen happen when people ignore these signals for too long and end up paying a much higher price later.

This isn’t about dramatic exits or throwing everything away. It’s about learning to trust what you’re feeling before your body has to force the issue. Too often, we tell ourselves to push through, be grateful, or wait for certainty — and in doing so, we override important information about what’s no longer right.

If you’re at a point where something in your work has shifted, but you haven’t given yourself permission to listen yet, this episode is for you. It’s an invitation to take that feeling seriously — and to act in an empowered way, rather than waiting until burnout makes the decision for you.

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I’m starting 2026 by sharing the word I’ve chosen for the year, and why it matters more to me than any New Year’s resolution. This episode is a behind-the-scenes look at how I’m thinking about goals, commitment, and what it really takes to build a meaningful work life over time.

We talk about why career change and meaningful work aren’t just about clarity or finding your purpose, but about staying with the work when things feel slow, uncertain, or uncomfortable. I share parts of my own journey — from building and selling my previous business to focusing on health and strength — and how I’ve come to understand the power of compounding results.

This isn’t about hustle or pushing harder. It’s about showing up in a human way, even when life gets in the way, and trusting that small, consistent commitments add up. Especially if you’re recovering from burnout, questioning your direction, or trying to build work on your own terms.

If you’re tired of extractive goal-setting and wondering how to keep going without burning out, this episode is an invitation to think differently. You don’t need a perfect plan for your career change — but you do need commitment, and the willingness to keep believing in yourself and your work.


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As the year comes to a close, I continue the regenerative retelling of A Christmas Carol, turning our attention toward the future and what meaningful work might actually look like when it’s no longer shaped by exhaustion or extraction.

In Part Three, we meet the Ghost of Meaningful Christmas Future and glimpse a different way of working: one rooted in alignment, care, and contribution — not just for ourselves, but for the people, communities, and living systems our work touches.

This final chapter isn’t a blueprint or a promise. It’s an act of imagination. A reminder that the ways we work today are not inevitable — and that stepping away from dehumanising systems can open space for more honest, humane, and generative forms of contribution.

At its heart, this story is an expression of belief: that individuals are capable of far more than the corporate system asks of them, and that meaningful, regenerative work is not a fantasy, but something real and available to be shaped.

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In this short Christmas mini-episode, I’m sharing something a little different: a regenerative retelling of A Christmas Carol, reimagined for modern work life.

In Part Two, we meet The Ghost of Burnout Christmas Present and witness what burnout often looks like in the moment — staying half-present, constantly reachable, and unable to fully stop, even during times meant for rest and connection.

After the story, I share how I chose to do things differently when running my startup, and invite you to consider what might need to change in the way you work — especially if Christmas has become something you endure rather than enjoy.

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→ A Regenerative Christmas Carol – Part 1: The Ghost of Overworked Christmas Past
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose
→ The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)

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In this short Christmas mini-episode, I’m sharing something a little different: a regenerative retelling of A Christmas Carol, reimagined for modern work life.

In Part One, we meet The Ghost of Overworked Christmas Past and reflect on the Christmases shaped by deadlines, expectations, and the steady erosion of rest.

After the story, I share the real client experiences that inspired it and offer a gentle invitation to step back, rest, and question what truly matters this holiday season.

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→ Sick of the job market? Why now is the perfect time to build your own business with purpose
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose
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If you’re working toward meaningful work — whether through a career change, a new consultancy, or building a purpose-led business — you’ve probably already discovered that the path is not straightforward.

People often assume it’s a lack of clarity, confidence, or the “right idea” that holds them back. But in reality, most people are derailed by a small set of predictable stumbling blocks that show up again and again — especially when you’re trying to do this alone.

In this episode, I break down the seven patterns that quietly sabotage meaningful work long before the work itself even begins. These aren’t dramatic failures, and they’re not signs you’re doing anything wrong. They’re simply the natural friction points that arise when you’re stepping out of corporate norms and into a more aligned, intentional way of working.

Whether you’re navigating burnout, questioning your direction, or trying to find your purpose, understanding these seven patterns will help you:

• recognise why your motivation wobbles

• avoid slipping back into old habits

• make smarter, more strategic decisions for 2026

• build work that is not only meaningful, but sustainable
  

I also share the one thing I would do differently if I were starting my first business again — and why trying to do this work completely alone is one of the biggest hidden risks.

If you want 2026 to be the year you stop circling meaningful work and actually build it, this episode will give you the clarity and structure to start strong.

Next steps:

If you’re considering a meaningful business or consultancy next year, the Meaningful Business Incubator is designed to give you the structure, support, and strategic guidance to build work that lasts.

Explore whether it’s right for you:

• Connect with me on LinkedIn

• Book a discovery call
  

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→ Sick of the job market? Why now is the perfect time to build your own business with purpose
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose
→ The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)

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If you’re in the middle of a career change, feeling burned out, or trying to build meaningful work that actually sustains you, there are two foundations you cannot skip.

Most people focus on ideas, values, or purpose. But without defining how you want work to feel, and who urgently needs your work enough to pay for it, you end up recreating the same patterns that drove you to burnout in the first place.

This episode breaks down the two decisions that determine whether your business or consultancy will thrive or drain you.

You’ll learn how to design work that fits the rhythm and boundaries you need, and how to identify the specific people who feel the problem sharply, recognise your value immediately, and can invest in it.

If you want to find your purpose and generate real momentum in your next chapter, start here.

And if you want support applying this to your own meaningful business, I’m teaching it live on 9 December in a practical 90-minute workshop.

Details and sign up here: https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife

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→ EP11: How To Talk To Your Partner About Regenerative Career Change
→ EP7: Pause Is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta)
→ EP3: Tips to Avoid Corporate Greenwash in Your Sustainable Job Search

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If you’re in the middle of a career change, feeling trapped in a collapsing job market, or questioning whether your work still fits the life you want, this episode will speak directly to you.

Right now the job market is more unstable than ever. Burnout is rising. Meaningful work is getting harder to find inside corporate systems. And many purpose-led roles are being diluted or quietly dismantled. So what do you do with that reality?

In this episode, we walk through five reasons why you don’t need to wait for more stability, more clarity or more certainty to build a business rooted in purpose and meaningful contribution.

You’ll hear why relying on a traditional job may no longer offer the security you think it does, why the job market is unlikely to “normalise,” and why putting your energy into your own work might be the most life-giving decision you can make.

Whether you're exploring a career change, navigating burnout, searching for more meaningful work, or just beginning to find your purpose, this episode will help you see your next steps with much more clarity.

In this episode:

• The job market collapse and what it means for your career transition

• Why meaningful work is becoming harder to sustain inside corporate life

• The link between burnout, misalignment and purpose

• How to use your current job as a bridge to your next chapter

• Why waiting for “normal” is keeping you stuck

If you’re ready to build meaningful work on your own terms: The Meaningful Business Incubator is now open.

It’s a six-month programme where we design, test and build the foundations of your own purpose-led business or consultancy, with personalised support and a regenerative approach to work and life.

Read the MBI Programme Overview

Book a no-pressure call to discuss joining the January cohort

Follow the Meaningful Business Incubator page for updates and events

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→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose
→ You Don’t Need a New Job! How to Choose Purposeful Career Change Instead
→ What It Takes To Build Meaningful Work On Your Own Terms

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So many people reach a point in their career where the work looks meaningful from the outside but feels empty, exhausting or impossible on the inside. Not because they’re failing or burnt out beyond repair, but because corporate systems dilute their values and limit their ability to create the impact they came for.

If you’re craving a career change, questioning your purpose or wondering why the work you once believed in no longer feels aligned, this episode will give you a clearer way forward.

You’ll learn why meaningful work starts with what genuinely matters to you — not with a niche or a strategy. You’ll explore how the way you want work to feel becomes the foundation of your business design. And you’ll understand why commercial viability is not the enemy of purpose-driven or regenerative work, but the thing that keeps your contribution alive long term.

I also talk honestly about the parts no one prepares you for: the unlearning required after years in corporate, the confidence wobbles, the courage to choose yourself, and why community is the most stabilising force when you’re building work on your own terms.

If you’re standing at the edge of career change, feeling the early signs of burnout or hungry to find your purpose, this conversation will give you a grounded framework for what meaningful work truly requires — and why it's far more possible than you think.

If this is the season for you to deepen, refine or finally build the work you’ve been longing for, here are your next steps:

1. Read the MBI Programme Overview

2. Book a no-pressure callto discuss joining the January cohort

3. Follow the Meaningful Business Incubator pagefor updates and events
   
   Next steps:
   
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   ✦ Subscribe to my emails
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→ Is Corporate Burnout Blocking Your Career Change?
→ Don’t Just Quit Your Job — Pivot with Purpose

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When you quit your job, it’s easy to think the hard part is over. You’ve made the bold move, chosen freedom, and finally said no to something that didn’t fit. But as today’s episode explores, leaving is just the beginning.

The real work begins when you start to build something of your own — because without intention, your new worklife can start to look a lot like the system you just left.

In this episode, Alisa unpacks the two meanings of the word pivot:
the empowering kind that completely changes the foundation of how you work,
and the kind that keeps you spinning in circles around old habits, fears, and burnout patterns.

She shares a client story about taking voluntary redundancy, starting a holistic wellness business, and learning what it truly means to pivot with purpose — from clarity, not panic.

You’ll learn:

• Why quitting your job is just the first step in real career change

• The seven foundations of a sustainable, regenerative business

• How to reconnect with your why and build meaningful work that lasts

• What it takes to move from burnout and fear to confidence and clarity

• How to make bold changes without recreating corporate pressure in disguise

If you’re ready to stop spinning and start creating meaningful work on your own terms, this episode is for you.

If you’ve quit your job — or you’re ready to — but want to build something that lasts, the Meaningful Business Incubator is where that happens.

It’s a six-month journey to design, test, and launch your next chapter — with structure, clarity, and community every step of the way.

Book a call with me to learn more.

Next steps:

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
↗ Explore more and read transcripts on the website.

Related episodes:

→ EP55: Caught in the Corporate Layoffs? 6 Regenerative Approaches for What Comes Next
→ EP50: You Don’t Need a New Job! How to Choose Purposeful Career Change Instead
→ EP52: Finding Purpose - How Clare Left Corporate Agencies to Build Meaningful Work for Changemakers

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Just been laid off? Don’t rush to replace one problem with another. Consider a radically different approach to career change — even when it’s been thrust upon you.

After another wave of corporate layoffs, thousands of people are facing uncertainty, exhaustion, and burnout. The system that promised security has once again shown its cracks.

If you’ve just lost your job, or you’re questioning the stability of the one you’re in, this episode is your invitation to pause — and reimagine what comes next.

Rather than panic-applying or polishing your CV, I share 6 regenerative strategies to help you:

• Reframe what’s happening and release the shame

• Treat redundancy as seed funding for reinvention

• Rediscover your purpose and design work that truly fits

This isn’t about bouncing back — it’s about rebuilding differently.

If you’re ready to find meaningful work, purpose, and a path that brings life back to you (and the world around you), this episode is where it begins.

Next steps:

To learn more about the Meaningful Business Incubator, book a call here.

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
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Related episodes:

→ EP53: Who would you be without your job title?
→ EP50: You Don’t Need a New Job! How to Choose Purposeful Career Change Instead
→ EP49: The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)

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If you’re still in your corporate job — serving someone else’s agenda, showing up for work that doesn’t fit who you are or what you believe in — this episode is for you.

n this short, punchy episode, I’m breaking down four reasons it takes so much courage to quit corporate — and how to move through each of them so you can make a confident, grounded exit into more meaningful work of your own.

Because if you’ve been scheming, dreaming, and planning your career change for months (or years) but somehow still haven’t made your move, there’s a reason for that. You’re not lazy, incapable, or confused — you’re human. And your fears are doing their job: trying to keep you safe.

We’ll unpack what’s really keeping you stuck — and what to do about it.

In this episode you’ll learn how to:

• Recognise the real fears hiding beneath practical excuses

• Reframe burnout as a signal, not a failure

• Build a personalised, empowered exit plan

• Take grounded action toward meaningful, purpose-led work

If you’re ready to stop planning and start acting, I can help you map your next steps.

Book your Courage to Quit session at regenerativeworklife.com/courage

Next steps:

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
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Related episodes:

💰 Money — How corporate systems deliberately use money as leverage, and practical ways to loosen that control so financial fear doesn’t dictate your next move.
→ Listen next: EP17 – Regeneration and Money: A Financial Plan for Your Purpose-Led Career

🧠 Identity — Why your job title feels inseparable from your self-worth (and how to remember who you are beyond your work).
→ Listen next: EP53 – Who Are You Without Your Job Title?

😬 Self-Doubt — Why even the most capable professionals struggle to trust themselves outside of corporate systems — and how to “outsource your confidence” until it becomes your own.
→ Listen next: EP14 – Three Fears Holding You Back from Purposeful, Regenerative Work

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What happens when your job becomes your identity?

In this episode, we explore the deep emotional work behind career change — the moment when you realise that the title you’ve spent years building no longer fits who you are.

You’ll hear how one GP, completely burned out by a system she once loved, began to rediscover herself beyond her role. And I’ll share my own experience of letting go of “CEO and Founder Alisa” to find purpose and freedom on the other side of quitting.

This conversation is for anyone who feels stuck between loving their work but hating their job — anyone wondering who they might be without the label.

If you’re ready to rebuild your confidence, find meaningful work, and design a career that serves your life (not the other way around), this episode will help you take that first step.

Next steps:

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
↗ Explore more and read transcripts on the website.

Related episodes:

→ EP44: Making Space for Change,The Non-Negotiable of a Regenerative Career Transition
→ EP49: The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)
→ EP52: Finding Purpose - How Clare Left Corporate Agencies to Build Meaningful Work for Changemakers

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“I remember one Christmas Eve… instead of being with my husband and not-yet-two-year-old, I was finishing a project because that felt more important.” If your career looks great on paper but feels wrong in your bones, Clare’s story will resonate.

This is the first episode in my Finding Purpose series—monthly conversations with clients and other brave souls who’ve left corporate, done the inner and outer work, and built regenerative careers on their own terms. These episodes are about real transitions, not highlight reels: the fears, the false starts, and the choices that lead to meaningful work.

Clare spent years in London’s creative agencies, living the long-hours rhythm that corporate culture normalises. Then life forced a rethink—pregnancy, twins, a move out of London, and the dawning realisation that the “fun had stopped.” We talk about how burnout drains the imagination you need for career change, and how the fear of slipping back into burnout can keep you in limbo even after you’ve left. Together we reframe work from the ground up: start with how you want life to feel (family first, balance, a sense of craft) and only then design the work around it.

What’s powerful about Clare’s path is that nothing was wasted. She turned years of brand/communications experience and a master’s in sustainability into Story Labs—participatory, community-led sessions that surface lived experience and weave it into collective narratives for places, projects and changemakers.

Listen for:

• How corporate conditioning leads us to over-work—and why we double down on it ourselves.

• Why burnout doesn’t end when you quit, and how to move despite the fear of repeating old patterns.

• The mindset shifts that unlocked momentum: slowing down, committing, and building something to last.
  

If Clare’s journey resonates and you’re ready to reimagine your relationship with work, let’s talk. The Meaningful Business Incubator is my six-month intensive coaching program where we will design, test, and launch your regenerative business or offering.

Book a call with me and we’ll talk about what the Meaningful Business Incubator can unlock for you.

Related episodes:

→ EP51: Is Corporate Burnout Blocking Your Career Change?
→ EP50: You Don’t Need a New Job! How to Choose Purposeful Career Change Instead
→ EP49: The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)

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Corporate burnout can block your career change long before you even hand in your notice — and long after you’ve left. Before you quit, burnout drains the confidence and imagination you need to move. After you quit, fear of slipping back into overwhelm and exhaustion can stop you from building the meaningful work you really want.

We’ll dig into what’s actually behind burnout — not just overwork, but the deeper cost of squeezing yourself into an extractive system that values output over life.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

• Understand the hidden roots of corporate burnout and why it lingers

• Recognise how burnout holds you back from career change and meaningful work

• Quit consciously and rebuild your relationship with work in a regenerative way

• Find your purpose without repeating the same exhausting patterns
  

Ready to act? Courage to Quit is a confidential 90-minute session to take you from trapped and anxious to clear, grounded, and free — with a personalised exit plan you can act on with confidence.

Next steps:

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
↗ Explore more and read transcripts on the website.

Related episodes:

→ EP11: How To Talk To Your Partner About Regenerative Career Change
→ EP7: Pause Is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta)
→ EP3: Tips to Avoid Corporate Greenwash in Your Sustainable Job Search

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Most people think the answer to corporate stress or burnout is to get a new job. But here’s the truth: without rethinking your relationship to work itself, you’ll end up in the same cycle of dissatisfaction, stress, and burnout — just in a slightly shinier package.

In this episode of From Corporate to Calling, I share why career change means so much more than job-hopping. I’ll walk you through three powerful ways my clients have approached purposeful career change — balancing meaningful work with family life; immersing in a passion field like regenerative agriculture; and building a bold entrepreneurial vision from the ground up.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Why jumping to a “better” job often leaves you with the same problems

• The difference between incremental change and true career change with purpose

• Real client stories of leaving corporate systems to find meaningful work and build regenerative careers

• Three pathways to find your purpose and create life-giving work outside of burnout culture
  

If your current role looks great on paper but feels wrong in your bones, this episode will help you see why the answer isn’t just a new job — it’s a purposeful career change.

Remember: it takes courage to quit. Hold onto that courage, and use it to step into a path that brings you back to life.

Next steps:

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
↗ Explore more and read transcripts on the website.

Related episodes:

→ EP49: The 3 Types of People Who Need to Quit Corporate (and Find Meaningful Work)
→ EP44: Making Space for Change,The Non-Negotiable of a Regenerative Career Transition
→ EP28: Five Reasons Why You Should INVEST in RADICAL Career Change

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If your career looks great on paper but feels wrong in your bones, you’re not alone. In this first episode of the relaunched From Corporate to Calling, I share the 3 types of people who urgently need to quit corporate — and why finding meaningful work isn’t optional, it’s essential.

Whether you’re:

• stuck in a corporate job that drains your soul,

• working in a nonprofit, startup, or sustainability role that still feels like corporate in disguise, or

• carrying the mindset of corporate even after you’ve left…
  

…this episode is a wake-up call and a lifeline into meaningful work.

You’ll hear why staying in systems that demand we sacrifice our humanity leads to burnout, misalignment, and the loss of work–life balance — and why choosing a career change, especially in your 40s or beyond, can help you find your purpose, your calling, and a more fulfilling career.

It takes courage to quit your job and create a values-driven, purposeful career. But staying stuck isn’t neutral. Our inaction harms us and the world around us.

If you’re questioning your work life and wondering if it’s time to make a change, this episode will help you see yourself clearly — and remind you that meaningful, regenerative work is possible.

Next steps:

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
↗ Explore more and read transcripts on the website.

Related episodes:

→ EP28: Five Reasons Why You Should INVEST in RADICAL Career Change
→ EP26: The REAL reason you haven't made the career change you want
→ EP25: What Is Your Corporate Salary Costing You?

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I’m recording this bonus episode on location in Canary Wharf, one of London’s biggest business districts. I’m surrounded by glass towers that house the likes of Chase, JP Morgan, and Revolut—a far cry from the woods where I usually do my best thinking, coaching, and wandering.

For years, the woods have been my sanctuary. They’ve been my escape from a business world where I once felt I had to put on a mask, hide parts of myself, and succeed on someone else’s terms. But here’s the truth: while I’ve loved that season of retreat and reconnection with nature, staying in the woods has also meant expecting people to come and find me there.

The reality is, the people who most urgently need my support—the ones suffocating in corporate roles that look good on paper but feel wrong in their bones—are right here, inside these buildings. They don’t have time to wander out into the sunshine, let alone the forest. If I want to be a lifeline for them, I need to step out of my own comfort zone and meet them where they are.

That’s why I’m relaunching this podcast as From Corporate to Calling. I’ll still bring the same honesty and exploration, but with a sharper focus on helping you quit corporate and discover meaningful, regenerative work.

If you’ve been with me since the beginning, thank you for walking this path with me—and if you’re new, welcome. You’re in the right place if you’re ready to leave behind burnout and misalignment, and redirect your skills into work that brings life back to you and to the world around you.

The first episode of the relaunch is already waiting for you—let’s begin this new chapter together.

Next steps:

✦ Book Courage to Quit — a 90-minute session to create your personalised exit plan.
❖ Subscribe to my emails — your weekly lifeline out of corporate.
↗ Explore more and read transcripts on the website.

Related episodes:

→ EP45: Age and regenerative work — a joyful exploration!
→ EP44: Making Space for Change,The Non-Negotiable of a Regenerative Career Transition
→ EP34: The most JOYFUL conversation about marketing I've ever had! (Interview with Natalia Sanyal)

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In this episode, I explore the radical and often uncomfortable role of rest in finding meaningful work. Rest isn’t just recovery from burnout or a reward for productivity—it has intrinsic value, and choosing it can be an act of resistance against the corporatized, extractive ways we’ve been taught to approach work.

I share a personal story that surfaced the compulsion I still carry to maximise every moment, and reflect on why many of us associate rest with failure, laziness, or waste. Drawing on conversations, community, and the work of thinkers like Tricia Hersey, I consider what it means to:

• Recognise rest as foundational to regenerative careers and slow businesses

• See how capitalist and colonial conditioning fuels our addiction to work

• Understand rest as a practice of receiving, not just pursuing

• Value being as much as we value doing

• Explore the resistance, fear, and anxiety that rest often triggers

  
  

If you find yourself struggling to slow down, battling inner voices that say you’re wasting time, or wondering how rest fits into meaningful work, this episode is an invitation to pause—and to see rest itself as part of co-creating your career.

Next steps:

Subscribe to my email for weekly reflections on cultivating meaningful work.

Join me for a Wild Coaching session.

Visit my website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/

Listen to related episodes:

EP44: Making Space for Change,The Non-Negotiable of a Regenerative Career Transition

EP38: Three ways to care for yourself as you build your regenerative business

EP34: The most JOYFUL conversation about marketing I've ever had! (Interview with Natalia Sanyal)

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In this episode, I explore the parallels between Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way and the path of regenerative work. Both invite us to move beyond a corporatized, extractive mindset and into a more life-giving, co-creative relationship with our work.

I share my own experiences with Morning Pages and creative recovery, and reflect on why pursuing regenerative work often feels like being called to artistry: messy, mystical, non-linear, and deeply human. Together, we’ll look at what it means to:

• See creativity and regeneration as intertwined spiritual practices

• Recognise synchronicity as part of the process, not just chance

• Revisit buried dreams and grieve the “nice self” we’ve outgrown

• Embrace the spiral path, where old doubts resurface but with new possibility each time

If you’re feeling blocked, doubting whether it’s too late, or wondering if your dreams are “sensible,” this episode is an invitation to see your work as art—and to allow yourself to be a conduit for something larger than yourself.

Whether you’re just beginning to imagine what regenerative work could look like, or you’re in the messy middle of trying and failing, this episode offers encouragement, perspective, and a reminder that you are already an artist in the making.

Next steps:

Subscribe to my email for weekly reflections on pursuing a regenerative worklife.

Join me for a Wild Coaching session.

Visit my website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/

Listen to related episodes:

EP46: When it’s all falling apart…

EP43: Sitting With Waiting to Respond (My First Experience with Human Design)

EP29:Why Your “Messy” Career is Actually Your Biggest Strength - and How to Own It!

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What does it means when life, work, or even the wider world feels like it’s unraveling. Instead of rushing to fix, patch, or hold things together, what if we paused to ask: is this falling apart actually necessary?

On the macro level, we’re witnessing systems—colonialism, white supremacy, extractive capitalism—that need to come undone. On the micro level, the same can be true for our careers, businesses, or identities. Sometimes the unraveling is painful, disorienting, even ego-shattering. And sometimes, it’s the very thing that creates space for something new to grow.

I share stories from my clients who feel like their careers or businesses are crumbling, and how we’ve worked together to see that collapse not just as loss, but as the beginning of clarity. I also reflect on what it means to let go of the professional identities and systems we no longer want, even when doing so feels deeply uncomfortable.

Whether you’re navigating a difficult career transition, questioning your sense of security, or simply looking for meaning in this chaotic moment we’re all living through, this episode is an invitation to sit with the discomfort of falling apart—and to imagine how the ashes might be the ground for regeneration.

Next steps:

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Listen to related episodes:

EP44: Making Space for Change,The Non-Negotiable of a Regenerative Career Transition

EP38: Three ways to care for yourself as you build your regenerative business.

EP34: The most JOYFUL conversation about marketing I've ever had! (Interview with Natalia Sanyal)

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Today, I’m talking about age—and why the idea that we “age out” of value, usefulness, or the possibility of starting something new is a harmful corporate story that has no place in regenerative work. Whatever stage of life you’re in, it’s possible to consciously shape a regenerative career that’s aligned with your values, your lived experience, and the kind of meaningful work you want to be doing now.

I share the story of a client in midlife who was transitioning out of corporate after a long pause to raise children. She was ready to start a purpose-driven business, but struggling with the question: am I too late? Together, we explored how this chapter of life could become a source of creative power and clarity. I also share a personal story about my nan and the long-term impact of the choices we make in our 50s and beyond.

Whether you’re navigating midlife, recovering from burnout, or wondering how to find meaningful work after leaving corporate, this episode is an invitation to reimagine what’s possible—and to co-create a work life that supports regenerative living, purposeful income, and the freedom to make money doing what you love, well into the next chapter.

Next steps:

Subscribe to my email for weekly reflections on pursuing a regenerative worklife.

Join me for a Wild Coaching session.

Visit my website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/

Listen to related episodes:

EP44: Making Space for Change,The Non-Negotiable of a Regenerative Career Transition

EP38: Three ways to care for yourself as you build your regenerative business

EP29:Why Your “Messy” Career is Actually Your Biggest Strength - and How to Own It!

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This week, I’m sharing what I consider to be the most essential — and perhaps most overlooked — part of any regenerative career transition: making space for change.

This isn’t just about blocking out time or finding one free hour to think. It’s about creating the kind of space where real change can take root — the kind that allows something new to emerge, rather than squeezing transformation into the margins of an already full life. Space in time, space in your physical environment, space in your internal world. Space to listen, to receive, to be changed.

It’s not easy. I’ve spent 15 years as an entrepreneur — a problem-solver, an instigator, a creator. My instinct is always to do. But over the past few years (and especially in the last few months), I’ve been learning what it really means to stop pushing and start preparing. To stop striving and start co-creating. To wait without knowing exactly what’s coming next.

In this episode, I reflect on:

• The layered meaning of “make space for change”

• Why so many people struggle with this (myself included)

• How I’ve seen it play out in client journeys — and the difference it makes

• The role of nature, rest, and even internal quiet as essential components of career transition

• How over-consumption (even of learning) can crowd out your ability to hear your own guidance

Next steps:

Subscribe to my email for weekly reflections on pursuing a regenerative worklife.

Join me for a Wild Coaching session.

Visit my website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/

Listen to related episodes:

EP11: How To Talk To Your Partner About Regenerative Career Change

EP7: Pause is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta)

EP3: Tips to Avoid Corporate Greenwash in Your Sustainable Job Search

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This week, I’m sitting with the concept of waiting to respond — a strategy from Human Design that has challenged and changed me in unexpected ways.

I share the story of how I went from skeptical outsider to reluctant-but-curious explorer after a reading with a trusted friend cracked something wide open in me. This idea — that I’m not meant to initiate, but to respond — brought up a lot of resistance at first. But the more I sat with it, the more it began to feel like a much-needed invitation: to stop pushing, to stop striving, and to begin co-creating with something larger than myself.

This isn’t a how-to episode. It’s a reflection on the discomfort of waiting, the courage it takes to pause, and the possibility that opens when we stop trying to control the timing of our lives. I also share how this strategy is shaping my own regenerative path — not just in work, but in life.

Next steps:

Subscribe to my email for weekly reflections on pursuing a regenerative worklife.

Join me for a Wild Coaching session.

Visit my website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/

Listen to related episodes:

EP7: Pause is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta)

EP15: Rethinking What it Means to Thrive Through Truly Sustainable Careers (Interview with David Ko & Richard Busellato)

EP36: Tending, Not Tactics: A Regenerative Approach to Growing Your Business

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This episode is for anyone feeling stuck, scattered, or second-guessing themselves on their journey toward purposeful work. Alisa shares what she’s seeing come up most often as people work through the Purposeful Income Path—plus five powerful lessons that can help anyone stay grounded, focused, and moving forward (even when life is messy).

You’ll learn:

• Why your financial goal might be too big or abstract—and how to fix it

• How to clarify boundaries that actually support your transition

• What kinds of distractions can derail you—and how to stay on track

• Why trying to follow multiple ideas at once keeps you stuck

• The importance of making a meaningful promise to yourself (and keeping it)

  
  

If you’ve been bouncing between options or struggling to commit to one direction, this episode will help you refocus your energy and keep putting one foot in front of the other.

SPECIAL OFFER: Get Personal Feedback on Your Path (Ends July 31!)

Until the end of July, Alisa is offering personal feedback on your completed Purposeful Income Path. When you submit your path, she’ll review it with insights drawn from 15+ years as an entrepreneur and advisor to hundreds of impact-led startups.

• Spot misalignment

• Strengthen your boundaries

• Uncover joyful, realistic income options

Get the Purposeful Income Path now: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/purposeful-income-path

Read the Blog: Five things leading you astray and how to stay on your path

Listen to related episodes:

EP38: Three ways to care for yourself as you build your regenerative business

EP37: Why You Need a More Meaningful Financial Goal

EP34: The most JOYFUL conversation about marketing I've ever had! (Interview with Natalia Sanyal)

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In this episode, I’m sharing a behind-the-scenes look at what went right (and what didn’t) during the launch of my Purposeful Income Path.

The launch has been beautiful from the outside — people are working through the framework out in nature, and some have already sent in their completed workbooks.

But internally? I lost sight of a core principle I teach in both my 1:1 coaching and this mini-offer: Boundaries.

Even when you're building something regenerative and purpose-driven, it’s easy to fall into unsustainable habits — especially if you’re excited and creative. I share exactly what happened when I let my own boundaries slip, what I’ve learned, and how I’m resetting.

This is a vulnerable one — and I hope it helps you avoid trading one form of burnout for another.

Want to define your own regenerative income path — without the hustle?

Download the Purposeful Income Path and get my personal video feedback when you complete your workbook by July 31.

Get the framework + July bonus here: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/purposeful-income-path

Next steps:

Book a Discovery Call to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching

Subscribe to my email for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career.

Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/

Listen to related episodes:

EP40: This changed my business! Introducing the Purposeful Income Path.

EP37: Why You Need a More Meaningful Financial Goal.

EP34: The most JOYFUL conversation about marketing I've ever had! (Interview with Natalia Sanyal)

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This episode is an excerpt from a live Q&A I hosted to celebrate the launch of The Purposeful Income Path—and one of the most powerful questions I received:

“Not making money is something that can be frightening. It freezes my brain. I procrastinate a lot. Do you have any tips when panic arises to direct your mind back to action?”

If you’re stepping into regenerative work and find yourself second-guessing every move, wondering if you’ll ever make enough money doing something that truly matters—this is for you.

In this episode, I share:

• Why so many of us get stuck in fear, even if we’ve been successful in the past

• The real reason you might feel like you're procrastinating (and why that’s probably not true)

• The game-changing shift I made when I stopped chasing multiple income ideas and committed to one clear path

• The story of how I created the Purposeful Income Path framework—alone at a hotel breakfast table, asking myself seven questions that changed everything
  

If you’re frozen in indecision, overwhelmed by options, or doubting whether you can make money doing regenerative work, I hope this helps you come back to calm, clarity, and commitment.

Find your path: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/purposeful-income-path

Next steps:

Book a Discovery Call to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching

Subscribe to my email for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career.

Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/

Listen to related episodes:

EP40: This changed my business! Introducing the Purposeful Income Path.

EP37: Why You Need a More Meaningful Financial Goal.

EP34: The most JOYFUL conversation about marketing I've ever had! (Interview with Natalia Sanyal)

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