I sit down with the initiator and founder of CREATE Regeneration, Cathérine Lehman and listen to her personal journey from sustainability consulting and academic frustration to a deep personal crisis, which became the turning point leading her toward regeneration and the founding of CREATE.

We both share how we experienced similar head-heavy beginnings in sustainability and later realised how essential emotional resilience, mental health, and inner grounding are to continue this work. Cathérine reflects on moving from pessimism and climate anxiety to discovering new communities, new language, and new tools that allowed her to reconnect with meaning.

We talk openly about burnout, why the first CREATE Convention was both powerful and overwhelming for her, and what she changed to make the next iteration more regenerative.

This episode holds important lessons for anyone leading projects, teams, or movements: sustainable impact requires sustainable processes, relationships, and self-leadership. It is also for people standing at the edge of big decisions — those who feel their “old life” no longer fits, but who don’t yet know the next step.

💡 HIGHLIGHTS of this Episode

✨ Regeneration as a Mindset Shift beyond Sustainability

✨ Community and social support are essential during personal and professional Crises

✨ How to design work and Events in regenerative, not exhausting, ways

✨ Inner work as the foundation for sustainable Outer Transformation

✨ Leadership as co-creation, connection, and growing at your own pace

👋 ABOUT Cathérine Lehmann (she/her)

Cathérine has been working in the fields of sustainability, environmental protection, and the socio-ecological transformation for several years. In a professional context and in her free time, she was active in project management, consulting, research, and entrepreneurship in various initiatives. In recent years, she has shifted to include more inner work in all aspects of her life. Since then, she has been committed to creating a regenerative society through inner and outer transformation.

Her focus is now on the dissemination of regenerative approaches and the strengthening and connecting of actors in the field. As initiator of CREATE Regeneration, she works on bringing people together and fostering co-creation amongst people and organisations.

🔗 CONNECT & follow Cathérine's work

👉 Website CREATE

👉 LinkedIn Cathérine

👉 LinkedIn CREATE

👉 Instagram CREATE

👉 Instagram Cathérine

📚 RESOURCES to dive deeper

➡ Reinveinting Society

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