Today’s episode begins in a rain-soaked woodland, the first drops falling after weeks of dryness. It’s a moment of relief—for the land and for me. Just after finishing a wild coaching session with a client, I’m walking among the trees, reflecting on a question that’s been showing up for both of us:

What do you do when you’re doing all the right things in your business, but the results just aren’t showing up?

In this episode, I share a simple but powerful metaphor that helped us both: tending a vegetable garden. When we’re building something regenerative—whether it’s a business, a creative offering, or a career—we can plant, water, weed, and enrich the soil. But we cannot force the vegetables to grow on demand.

I explore:

• Why trying to force results in your business often leads us back to extractive, manipulative tactics

• How capitalism teaches us to equate effort with immediate outcomes—and why that mindset doesn’t hold up in regenerative work

• The importance of patience, faith, and trusting the invisible growth happening beneath the surface

• How to focus on what you can do: planting seeds (like offers and invitations), tending relationships, and nurturing your creative ecosystem
  

If you're in a season of slow or invisible growth, this episode is your invitation to step back, breathe, and trust in your garden. You are doing more than you know. And with time, the results will come.

Email me at alisa@regenerativeworklife.com to book your own wild coaching session, or check for availability updates on my Instagram.

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:

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

EP28: Five Reasons Why You Should INVEST in RADICAL Career Change

EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara)

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Finally the conditions were right for recording the podcast in the wild! Join me for an episode sat by a woodland stream, bathed in birdsong and providing a banquet for midges.

Today I explore my deepening relationship with nature in recent years, how it is led by a childlike wonder and has inspired me to re-center play in my work. I reflect on the ways in which ego - certainly my ego! - can hold us back from regenerative work that brings us joy and satisfaction. If internalised captialism, deep-rooted fears and unhelpful beliefs are blocking your regenerative path, listen in for a simple journaling exercise to listen to and release these blockers. The episode finishes with one of my favourite poems, a poignant reminder to do what we love, however we can.

00.24: Play with me
08.18: How ego holds us back from regenerative work

19.56: Your one wild and precious life

This is the last week to sign up as an early-supporter for my audio course, where I'll share a library of playful invitations to connect with nature and unleash the wild within. Message me by Friday 16th May if you would like to take part (all details in the episode).


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:

EP33: Immersing in Nature / Being Instead of Doing in Business / Creative, Energetic and Playful Offers

EP28: Five Reasons Why You Should INVEST in RADICAL Career Change

EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara)

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Natalia Sanyal works with humanity-first brands to create anti-oppressive copy that’s authentic, does less harm — and still sells. For many people stepping into regenerative entrepreneurship, that can feel like an impossible paradox, but this conversation shows you how it’s done.

I first connected with Natalia on LinkedIn while consciously rewilding my feed. Her content was a breath of fresh mountain air: alive, playful, and refreshingly unpolished. Natalia is explicit about her values, and honestly, it’s a joy to be sold to by her.

In this conversation, we dance through:

• How Natalia came to focus on anti-oppressive copy creation

• The ongoing work of de-corporatising and decolonising marketing

• Why looking after your nervous system is essential in this work

• The freeing power of doing ridiculous things
  

Natalia has been a guiding light in my own journey toward playful, authentic marketing and sales. I hope you enjoy this exploration as much as I did!

Connect with Natalia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliasanyal/

Learn more about Momentum: tinyurl.com/y3fzemh6

Join Natalia’s newsletter:

https://nataliasnewsletter.kit.com/optin

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:

EP28: Five Reasons Why You Should INVEST in RADICAL Career Change

EP23: Crafting a Resilient Ecosystem for Meaningful Work (Regenerative Sticking Point with Sara)

EP10: Three Easy Ways to Make Money While Pursuing Your Regenerative Career

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