By Nikki Trott
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The podcast currently has 157 episodes available.
Giles is leadership coach and author of five books on Regenerative Leadership, and Business Inspired by Nature. His latest book and podcast series Leading by Nature can be found on https://gileshutchins.com/leadingbynature.
In this episode we talk about how to lead from deeper connection, sensing organisations and living ecosystems, how to find flow, how to trust your intuition and tune into nature’s wisdom, the alchemical process of reconnecting ourselves, why the greatest challenge to regeneration is its greatest gift - consciousness, how to work with where the energy is, and why our greatest breakthroughs come from understanding what it means to be human more deeply.
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Connect with Anne: LinkedIn Anne van Leeuwen
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Ashely is a global African trying to create positive ripples in the world. She currently leads Strategy & Culture at Vivobarefoot (160 people, 86 million GBP turnover). Cape Town living, London frequenting.
In this episode we talk about how barefoot shoes can help to reconnect people to the natural world (I’m a big fan!), how she replaced a disempowering hierarchical structure with one more free and aligned with life itself, creating a developmental coaching culture where leadership replaces management, the benefits of giving teams ‘adult freedom’, why working in circles based in the divine feminine changed their business and product offerings, and how they are proving that a regenerative approach to business can drive growth and profit (they’ve never done better).
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Connect with Ashley: LinkedIn Ashley Pollock www.vivobarefoot.com
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Natasja is a thought leader and executive who has made significant contributions to the fields of personal transformation and psychedelics-assisted care. As a sacred medicine woman, mentor, and consultant, Natasja facilitates profound spiritual alchemy journeys, creating a compassionate space for self-leadership and driving behavioural and systemic change. She has played instrumental roles in over 1000 psychedelic ceremonies, and is the founder of AWAKEN THE MEDICINE WITHIN Retreats and Education since 2017, and the Stewards of the Sacred summit.
In this episode we talk about the nuance of psychedelic safety and the importance of safe space holding and the shadow work involved, how a holistic blend of science and spirituality can work for you, finding your fertile place for change, why divinity always brings unity, the wounded healer archetype and understanding how it plays out, and how to use dreams to explore your psyche.
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Connect with Natasja: LinkedIn Natasja Pelgrom www.awakenthemedicinewithin.com
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This episode is a recap of four conversations I’ve had with incredible pioneers of finance for people and planet. Impact investing, but not just done the same old way. Each is creating something completely different and truly new. And each is also a person I consider to be very special and am blessed to have as a friend.
You’ll just hear a snippet of each conversation, so you can then go and listen to the whole episodes you feel drawn to. Now that we have over 150 episodes, we occasionally make a summary episode to help you navigate the library which still remains highly informative and relevant.
In episode #148, Patrick Somerhausen, co-founder and -CEO of Funds for Good, talks about honour loans where they give entrepreneurs in need loans that they only pay back if they can. 92% come back, to go round again to another entrepreneur in need. He also talks about “funds for love” which is a beautiful concept and words you don’t typically hear together in finance!
You’ll hear from Jacqueline van den Ende who, in episode #143, shares how she built Carbon Equity so far, the innovative platform enabling private individuals to invest in breakthrough climate tech. We talk about how to build something that outlives you, a new perspective on money greater than money itself, shared ownership structures, and legacy thinking, as well as getting personal and vulnerable at the end of the episode.
Episode #135 with Brenden Keon is close to my heart as Brenden is my partner at our fund Barefoot Ventures, and he shares how his journey from finance to permaculture brought him to designing a new model for finance that can be truly regenerative - that’s when we met a couple of years ago. We discuss some of the core principles and thinking underpinning our fund.
Finally in episode #129, Monika Vollmer shares how you can develop personally through investing, the challenges of changing rapidly, and how to feel into a company you believe in when investing, with this less tangible side being key to investing as well as the rational and analytical.
I loved having all of these conversations, and together they make a rich tapestry of a future of finance that looks very different to the system today. Enjoy!
Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and always feel free to reach out to me on instagram or linkedin with any questions.
To listen to the full episodes, search for:
#148 From investing to society: Loans of honour with Patrick Somerhausen
#143 From investor to founder: A new perspective on capital with Jacqueline van den Ende
#135 From finance to impact investing: Stewarding regenerative business with Brenden Keon
#129 From business to investing: The personal side of positive impact with Monika Vollmer
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Anne is a pioneer of the regenerative movement in the Netherlands. In March 2024 she moved to the 45 hectare Lenteland regenerative community farm in Lochem, having started Bodemzicht farm and foundation with her partner in Malden in 2019. She’s a founding farmer of the European Alliance for Regenerative Agriculture (EARA) and previously worked on the relationship between humans and the rest of life at Artis Royal zoo and co-founded the Embassy of the North Sea in Amsterdam.
In this episode we talk about combining art and nature in culture, how to move beyond the dichotomy of ‘nature’ and humanity, how to find radical clarity with your statement of purpose (in 3 steps), the benefits of reconnecting with the seasons and cycles of life, and how to become native again as the deeply interconnected beings that we are.
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Connect with Anne: LinkedIn Anne van Leeuwen
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In this special episode, Nikki shares her insights on the main five themes she’s learned from over a hundred interviews for Going Conscious. What a milestone! She couldn’t have done it without all of you listeners, and extends her gratitude to each and every one of you.
Listen carefully as she tells a secret!
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In this special episode we bring you a guided meditation to help you to connect with your true self and create your most fully expressed life.Connect with and embody your radical authenticity, enabling you to live as the most genuine version of yourself.
This is a profound journey of alignment. Embracing your authenticity means you can align with the most fulfilled version of yourself, as well as with your highest skills and gifts. Being truly authentic, firstly with yourself, can feel like a brave leap into the unknown or away from a pack. And it is for the brave. But it is a journey that promises freedom, happiness, and connection will fill your life.
I invite you to listen to this meditation every day and notice how your life starts to change.
This meditation is set to music using Alpha waves to help you enter a deeper meditative state, bringing you calm, mind-body integration and learning.
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Patrick is Co-founder and Co-CEO of Funds For Good which has €600 million under management and donates half of its profits and at least 10% of its income to societal impact, helping people in precarious employment to create their own jobs and supporting entrepreneurs whose primary aim is to help solve society's problems. As you’ll hear, I’m a real fan of their innovative and highly impactful model.
In this episode we talk about how to approach wanting to do something more useful, where entrepreneurship and finance meet, funnelling money towards people in precarious situations, loans of honour, why size matters, micro finance as a tool to fight poverty, funding the agriculture transition, radical collaboration and business with love.
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Connect with Patrick: LinkedIn Patrick Somerhausen
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Caterina is an ESG and Sustainability advisor with focus on the luxury and fashion industries. Her clients include Maison Alaïa, Chloé and Aspesi, and she supported Chloé’s journey to become the first luxury brand certified as a B-corp. She also advises several United Nations initiatives and is a social entrepreneur herself as the Founder of SeeMe, a pioneer ethical jewellery brand whose heart shaped jewellery is handcrafted by women survivors of violence. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of World Fair Trade Organisation, a seasoned speaker and a Guest Lecturer at SDA Bocconi on the MA Luxury Business Management course.
In this episode we talk about the moment of collective awareness in Paris that spurred her into social enterprise, why the human aspect of fashion’s responsibility is undermined, how we can bring our infinite growth economy to positive impact, what social procurement is and why it’s the new attitude that can really change lives, and how to understand the waves of every decision you make.
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Connect with Caterina: Instagram @caterina_occhio LinkedIn Caterina Occhio
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Hanae is an entrepreneur who has forged a career in tech startups and nonprofits. As a young Muslim Moroccan, she has had to create her own rules for success. She has worked as a consultant in 32 countries across Africa and spends half her time on the continent, engaging with senior African policy makers and leading companies. Various global companies helped finance her new book Being Other, for all ambitious creative young women.
In this episode we talk about our experiences together at Davos (World Economic Forum), what it means to fully express yourself in this lifetime, how grief led to being of service, the agency technology can provide, shifting to the growing influence of the feminine approach, entrepreneurship and government advisory in Africa, when serendipity takes over, the divine right to express creativity, the calling for women to redefine how they thrive for themselves, society and nature, and her exciting upcoming book tour.
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Connect with Hanae: LinkedIn Hanae Bezad Instagram @beehane
Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrottwww.consciousaccelerator.com
The podcast currently has 157 episodes available.