The uncomfortable truth is that I started a podcast about regenerative work with expectations firmly rooted in extractive business strategy. Happily, things are about to change. This is a new format episode—but more importantly, it’s grounded in a far deeper, more authentic motivation. Listen in to discover the real “why” behind my podcast, and how I’m shifting my focus to a heartfelt exploration of what it means to be a regenerative entrepreneur. Not because I have all the answers, but because those of us who still believe in the soul of business are navigating dark times and stormy weather. By contrast, this week has brought me so much joy through a return to nature: wild swimming, mini medicine walks, and coaching in the wild. This episode is for you if you’re seeking a light in the dark. Topics for today: 00:00 – The Joy of Spring 01:50 – Finding Meaning in My Podcast 12:57 – Fears for the Soul of Business 18:18 – Returning to Nature To join the Medicine Walk WhatsApp group or book a Coaching in the Wild session, email me at alisa@regenerativeworklife.com (mailto:alisa@regenerativeworklife.com). Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) 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: EP11: How To Talk To Your Partner About Regenerative Career Change (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/how-to-talk-to-your-partner-about-regenerative-career-change) EP7: Pause is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/pausing-is-a-career-power-move) EP3: Tips to Avoid Corporate Greenwash in Your Sustainable Job Search (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/tips-to-avoid-corporate-greenwash-in-your-sustainable-job-search) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Capitalism has very clear ideas about what makes us valuable—to capitalism. When we consider doing our own thing or creating our own business, this is often where we start. It’s also where we get trapped, because when we focus our attention on those things, we continue to prop up the very system we want to step out of. Why are we so attached to the things capitalism values? Because we get more than just money in return. Our jobs are deeply tied to our identities and our sense of self-worth. Our jobs make us feel worthy, important, needed, successful, safe, secure. That’s why so many people stay stuck in jobs they hate and in companies that aren’t aligned with their values. We’re afraid of the emotional holes that will be left when we can no longer ask our jobs to give us those things. When I sold the business I built over the course of 15 years, I no longer knew who I was. I didn’t know where to find my sense of belonging, self-worth, or recognition. What I know for sure is that I cannot ask my new business to give me those things and still consider myself a regenerative entrepreneur. A regenerative relationship with our work and businesses requires us to find those things within ourselves and to know that we are—and always have been—enough, exactly as we are. That’s when we can build a business around who we really are and experience true joy, satisfaction, and purpose in our worklives. Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. View the video and read the full transcript here: Build a business around your true value (http://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/build-a-business-around-your-true-value-not-capitalisms-version) Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Listen to related episodes: EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/crafting-a-resilient-ecosystem-for-meaningful-work-regenerative-sticking-point-with-sara) EP14: Three Fears Holding You Back From Purposeful, Regenerative Work (and How To Overcome Them!) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/three-fears-holding-you-back-from-purposeful-regenerative-work-and-how-to-overcome-them) EP7: Pause is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/pausing-is-a-career-power-move) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Regeneration is restoring life and life is inconsistent. Life is cyclical. Life ebbs and flows. It has flourishing seasons of incredible, abundant growth and then it has long, long seasons where you can't see anything happening. Where everything looks dead, quiet and still. That is what I choose for myself and for my business... to change with the seasons... to change as the mood takes me. As I emerge from yet another period of illness (and the worst flu of my life), I am feeling into how I want to experience my business. This is a no script, no notes, “thinking outloud” episode.  ...creativity over consistency ...seasonality and cycles ...marketing without expectation ...being alive in business.  Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. Read the full transcript here: Changing with the seasons… changing as the mood takes me! (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/changing_with_the_seasons_changing_as_the_mood_takes_me) Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Listen to related episodes: 23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara) (https://smartlink.ausha.co/regenerativeworklife/23-crafting-a-resilient-ecosystem-for-meaningful-work-regenerative-sticking-point-with-sara) 20: Want to Work Sustainably? Shift Your Focus from WHAT to HOW (https://smartlink.ausha.co/regenerativeworklife/20-want-to-work-sustainably-shift-your-focus-from-what-to-how) 13: Why Corporate Sustainability Lights An Angry Fire In Me (https://smartlink.ausha.co/regenerativeworklife/13-why-corporate-sustainability-lights-an-angry-fire-in-me) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

“Regenerative” is an increasingly popular term, but what exactly does it mean in the context of work? We’re going back to basics today with a replay of my first (and most listened) episode. Discover foundational principles for a career rooted in nature. Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) 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: EP11: How To Talk To Your Partner About Regenerative Career Change (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/how-to-talk-to-your-partner-about-regenerative-career-change) EP7: Pause is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/pausing-is-a-career-power-move) EP3: Tips to Avoid Corporate Greenwash in Your Sustainable Job Search (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/tips-to-avoid-corporate-greenwash-in-your-sustainable-job-search) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

What if I told you that the very things you feel awkward or ashamed about in your career could actually be your biggest strengths? What if the aspects you worry will stop people from hiring you, investing in you, or buying from you are the very things that will attract them to you? In today’s episode, I’ll help you shift your perspective on career “messiness” and show you how to turn it into an advantage. I’ll share my daily struggle with real-life mess in my home—and how seeing it differently has revealed so many beautiful things about my family life. You can do the same with your career! I’ll walk you through a simple, practical exercise to uncover the potential behind the things you’ve perceived as imperfections or embarrassments in your worklife. Corporate life teaches us to value unnatural things like linearity and consistency. There’s no room for anything except the relentless climb up the career ladder—a constant push for efficiency, productivity, growth, and profit. But you, my dear listener, are so much more than that. Let me share a vision of work that supports your life instead of draining it. Whether you’ve taken time to raise children, stepped away from a career path that didn’t serve you, or simply want to create space for exploration and adventure in your work, today’s episode will help you embrace your choices—and turn them into strengths. ☕ Discover the Regenerative Worklife Café and sign up for our next gathering. (https://regenerative-worklife.squarespace.com/community) Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. Watch video and read full transcript here: Why Your “Messy” Career is Actually Your Biggest Strength - and How to Own It (http://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/why-your-messy-career-is-actually-your-biggest-strength-and-how-to-own-it) Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Listen to related episodes: EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/crafting-a-resilient-ecosystem-for-meaningful-work-regenerative-sticking-point-with-sara) EP14: Three Fears Holding You Back From Purposeful, Regenerative Work (and How To Overcome Them!) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/three-fears-holding-you-back-from-purposeful-regenerative-work-and-how-to-overcome-them) EP7: Pause is a Career Power Move (Regenerative Unsticking Point with Shweta) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/pausing-is-a-career-power-move) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

It’s time to make radical changes in your worklife. Corporations are reneging on their sustainability commitments, mass layoffs are becoming normalized, and YOU need to make empowered choices about who you are willing to work for. The goal of making change happen from inside these organizations is proving to be a fantasy. The illusion that a corporate job means security and safety is evaporating. But YOU have an opportunity to define your career on your own terms. In this slightly punchy episode, I’m giving you five hard truths about why you should be investing in radical career change TODAY. I’ll explain what it means to invest in a meaningful career (it’s not just about money!) and why radical change is the only kind of transformation we have time left for. Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) for coaching that takes you from empowered corporate exist to launching your regenerative business. Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. Read the Blog: 5 reasons why you should INVEST in RADICAL career change Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Listen to related episodes: EP1: What is Regenerative Work? First Principles for a Career Rooted in Nature (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/what-is-regenerative-work-first-principles-career-in-nature) EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/crafting-a-resilient-ecosystem-for-meaningful-work-regenerative-sticking-point-with-sara) EP20: Want to Work Sustainably? Shift Your Focus from WHAT to HOW. (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/want-to-work-sustainably-shift-your-focus-from-what-to-how) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

It is absolutely true that many people are not in a position to quit their corporate job and pursue purposeful, regenerative work. If you need your job to pay the bills and put food on the table, this podcast is not for you. However, if you recognize that you have reached a stage in your career with more options than most, it's time to understand what career privilege means—and decide how to use it. In this episode, I explore my understanding of career and financial privilege, the role it has played in my own career transition, and why I am so passionate about guiding people to use their advantages to create meaningful change. Learn about the opportunity those of us with career privilege have to help deconstruct capitalistic, corporatized systems, build better ways of working, and give back.  Discover how you can actively restore nature, create and serve communities, and play an active role in meeting the challenges of climate change. Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. Video and full transcript: Put your career privilege to work (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/put-your-career-privilege-to-work) Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Listen to related episodes: EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/crafting-a-resilient-ecosystem-for-meaningful-work-regenerative-sticking-point-with-sara) EP9: Conquer Fear with Daily Steps Towards Your Purposeful Career (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/conquer-fear-with-daily-steps-towards-your-purposeful-career) EP1: What is Regenerative Work? First Principles for a Career Rooted in Nature (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/what-is-regenerative-work-first-principles-career-in-nature) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to the first Q&A episode of Regenerative Worklife! This week, we’re diving into a powerful listener question: Why do we resist change, even when we know we want it? Why do we choose to stay in unfulfilling jobs instead of pursuing our dreams? Navigating out of the corporate world is complex! It takes courage to transition into regenerative work that brings life to you and those around you. We are forging new paths, challenging deep conditioning, and often doing deep personal work along the way. In this episode, you’ll learn the difference between the practical concerns you think are holding you back—like money worries and doubts about your skills—and the deeper resistance that lies underneath. Resistance rooted in deeply held, often unconscious beliefs about your worth and value. As always, this episode offers practical ways to start shifting that resistance and taking action toward the purposeful work you truly want. If you’re delaying meaningful career change, convincing yourself to wait just a little longer, or feeling trapped by self-doubt, this conversation is for you. Have a question you'd like me to tackle in a future episode? Leave me a quick voicemail here: https://www.speakpipe.com/RegenerativeWorklife Ready to move beyond resistance and into purposeful work, check out my Vision to Reality career mentorship: regenerativeworklife.com/vip-mentoring (http://regenerativeworklife.com/vip-mentoring) Listen to related episodes: EP8: How to Connect Your Skills and Experience to Regenerative Work (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/how-to-connect-your-skills-and-experience-to-regenerative-work) EP10: Three Easy Ways to Make Money While Pursuing Your Regenerative Career (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/three-easy-ways-to-make-money-while-pursuing-your-regenerative-career) Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. Read the Blog: The REAL reason you're not making the career change you want (http://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/%20the-real-reason-you-havent-made-the-career-change-you-want) Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Money is the biggest blocker to pursuing a regenerative career, but the reality is, you’re already paying a very high price for that corporate salary. Money makes the world go round they say. The truth is that money also controls us. It traps us into jobs that we probably never intended for ourselves. It holds us back from the dreams of our childhoods and the creative callings of our adult lives. In a corporate setting, money is particularly powerful. You are paid well for your work, your healthcare may be taken care of, you have a company car, you get bonuses or dividends and before you know it, leaving no longer feels like a possibility.  If that describes you, you’re probably very well aware of what you stand to lose financially if you were to finally step away from that corporate job. But have you really stopped to think about what that corporate paycheck is costing you?  In today’s episode, let’s take an honest look at the cost of that secure paycheck that’s keeping you stuck in a job that’s sucking the life out of you. The more you understand about the price you’re already paying, the less you may find that money is such a dominant factor in your future career choices.  Download my free guide "How to Progress Your Regenerative Career Without (Yet!) Quitting Corporate" (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/guide) Listen to related episodes: Episode 22, "Stop Letting Money Decide: Start Purposeful Work You Love Today (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/stop-letting-money-decide-start-purposeful-work-you-love-today)," will help you disentangle the concepts of work and money. Episode 10, "Three Easy Ways to Make Money While Pursuing Your Regenerative Career (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/three-easy-ways-to-make-money-while-pursuing-your-regenerative-career)," outlines practical pathways for continuing to pay the bills while exploring regenerative possibilities.  Episode 17, "Stop Stressing About Money: A Financial Plan For Your Purpose-Led Career (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/stop-stressing-about-money-a-financial-plan-for-your-purpose-led-career)," will walk you through how to build a financial plan for transitioning out of corporate and into regenerative work. Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. Full transcript here: What Is Your Corporate Salary Costing You? (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/what-is-your-corporate-salary-costing-you) Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

What if the missing piece in your work isn’t more strategy, effort, or even rest—but something deeper? Something that wakes you up, reminds you of who you are, and reconnects you to what matters? In this episode, I share a simple but powerful shift that has transformed my mornings—and, unexpectedly, my approach to business. It started with a pre-dawn walk, just me, my cocker spaniel, and the dark sky, and became what my sibling described as an Injection of God. I’ll explore what that means, how it relates to regenerative work, and how we can cultivate more thrill, discomfort, adventure, and connection in our careers. Because a regenerative business isn’t just about sustainability—it should make you feel alive. You’ll hear: Why stepping into the unknown (literally) shifted my energy and focus How we’re conditioned into comfort and distraction—and how to resist it Ways to bring this sense of aliveness into your business without burnout The importance of balancing stretch with restoration so you can sustain your purpose-driven work And if you’re navigating the transition from corporate work to something more meaningful, my Vision to Reality Career Transition Program can help you map out your path with clarity and confidence. Learn more athttps:// (https://regenerativeworklife.com)www.regenerativeworklife.com/vip-mentoring (http://www.regenerativeworklife.com/vip-mentoring). 🎧 Listen now and let’s explore what it means to truly wake up to your work. Next steps: Book a Discovery Call (https://calendly.com/regenerativeworklife/discovery) to learn more about Regenerative Career Coaching Subscribe to my email (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/subscribe) for weekly guidance to help you quit corporate and build a successful regenerative career. Read the show notes and full transcript: Seeking an Injection of God In Your Regenerative Business (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/Seeking-an-Injection-of-God-In-Your-Regenerative-Business) Visit the website: https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/ Listen to related episodes: EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/crafting-a-resilient-ecosystem-for-meaningful-work-regenerative-sticking-point-with-sara) EP20: Want to Work Sustainably? Shift Your Focus from WHAT to HOW. (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/want-to-work-sustainably-shift-your-focus-from-what-to-how) EP4: The Internal Work of a Regenerative Career Transition (Interview with Ryan James, Pt 1) (https://www.regenerativeworklife.com/podcast/the-internal-work-of-a-sustainable-career-transition) Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.