How do you know when you’ve hit rock bottom? How do you change a life-long habit overnight? What happens when your blog becomes a movement and your personal rebuild helps thousands of others? This week, Anna Vogt talks to Lucy Rocca, Founder of Soberistas. A community of people supporting each other on their journey to being happy without booze. Lucy is so candid and generous in sharing her very personal journey of rebuilding life without alcohol. Whether you’ve struggled from substance abuse or have other destructive habits, this is a must listen for anyone wanting to break free and embrace a happier and healthier life.

How do you bring a company back to its best? Where do you begin and what makes the critical difference? How can you create momentum and what happens when set-backs inevitably occur? How does a company survive and thrive within the troubled cultural landscape of 2020? Nancy Reyes, President of TBWA\Chiat\ Day, New York, talks to Sara Tate and provides a wonderfully human perspective on what it takes to get a company back on track.

Where do you start when you have to put your life back together again? What is a telos? Why do you go back and re-open your old school? Co-host Anna Vogt talks to tech whizz and creative educator Marc Lewis about the importance of having a purpose, how personal rebuilds lead to a professional ones, and becoming the Dean of the School of Communication Arts 2.0

How do you know when a team isn’t working? What are the warning signs and what can you do to resolve them? What is radical candour and why is it important? Sophie Devonshire shares what she has learned through many years of advising top level companies of all shapes and sizes.

How did a passionate advocate of the truth end up in prison for tax evasion? What did stepping away from society teach him about re-entering it? And how did a humble post-it note help to rebuild his life? Chris Atkins and co-host Anna Vogt discuss regaining perspective, quitting parties and reclaiming the power dynamic at work.

Why doesn’t career success always lead to happiness? What happens when you walk away from the big job with the corner office? How can you rebuild a career where you are your own boss? Is it possible to build your work around your life, rather than your life around your work? Faris Yakob and Sara Tate cover all this, plus take a guess at the meaning of life, in episode 3 of The Rebuilders.

Why would a super successful broadcaster, campaigner, and athlete need to rebuild? Why did it take a bike ride from London to Rio to find out? What happens when the voices in your head are at odds with how the world sees you? How can vulnerability become your superpower? Charlie Webster and co-host Anna Vogt discuss this and much more in the second episode of The Rebuilders.

How was the iconic Face magazine rebuilt and relaunched in 2019? What do you do when your former boss tells you it is a bad idea? What role doesn't culture play in a recession? What is there to learn from getting divorced? Jason Gonsalves and co-host Sara Tate cover all this and more in this first ever episode of The Rebuilders.

We are Sara Tate and Anna Vogt and we are on a mission to discover what it takes to rebuild something you love in life or work. And in order to do that, we have talked to some amazing people who have done just that. We call them The Rebuilders.

While our society likes to hero the start-up culture, glorify budding romance and offer congratulations on new jobs, nobody is talking about rebuilding their old company, their failing relationship, or damaged reputation with quite the same enthusiasm and reverence. Given the events of 2020, we think the lessons to be learned in rebuilding are all the more relevant and inspiring. And that’s what this podcast is all about.

With upcoming guests including Jason Gonsalves, Charlie Webster, Faris Yacob, Chris Atkins, Sophie Devonshire, Lucy Rocca, Marc Webster, and Lydia Amoah, now’s the perfect time to press ‘subscribe’.

Our background is in media and marketing and we have been working together for three years as part of the C Suite of one of London's leading creative agencies. We joined as part of a turnaround team and it was on this journey that we became fascinated by stories of rebuilding in all areas of life.