This week I’m in conversation with one of my favourite humans, Stephanie McKinnon — certified life and liberatory leadership coach, community educator, and all-round balm for these late-stage capitalist times.

If you’ve ever wondered “Is it just me, or is this system WRONG?” this episode will feel like a long exhale. Steph brings a rare mix of grounded theory, lived experience, and big-hearted pragmatism. We explore what it means to navigate (and gently resist) capitalism as coaches, creatives, and humans who care about each other.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• Why so many of the struggles we face (lonlieness, isolation, buying shit we don't need, feeling separate) aren’t personal failings, they’re by design
• How overwhelm, perfectionism, and the myth of the “hero individual” keep us isolated
• What community, care, and creativity offer as quiet (and powerful) forms of resistance
• Why art and beauty matter deeply in absurd times
• Practical, hopeful ways to influence change in your tiny corner of the world
• How reconnecting with your values, neighbours, and imagination can disrupt capitalist conditioning

Steph’s perspectives are spacious, compassionate, and deeply human. This is the conversation to listen to when you need reminding that you’re not alone, you’re not doing it wrong, and there are so many more liberating ways to live and work.

Links & Resources

• Find Steph on Instagram: @stephmilomack
• Steph's Website: https://www.stephaniemackinnon.com/
• Books mentioned:
  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Adrienne maree brown, Emergent Strategy
  • Sarah Jaffe, Work Won’t Love You Back