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...

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...

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!   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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...

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...

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...

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...

Simon is the Founder and Managing Director of One Climate - the app redefining how people engage with climate action. He has a background in design thinking and startup building. He likes to consider himself a metamodernist, aiming to cocreate what comes after postmodernism by understanding societal patterns and actively positioning the future we need.    In this episode we talk about why Simon wanted to build something for the climate that puts the power in the hands of every person, how...

For more than two decades, Erik has been part of creating some of the most visionary privately-owned businesses and organisations driving impact and transformation. Special advisory clients have included King Charles II, Sir Paul McCartney and the Danish Sovereign Investment Fund. He is also a non-executive director of Savory Foundation. His work is dedicated to transforming the world food-system through the deployment of natural capital.   In this episode we discuss how the world food...

Jacqueline van den Ende is co-founder of Amsterdam-based climate fintech company Carbon Equity - a VC and PE fund investing platform. Carbon Equity was founded with the mission to unlock retail capital at scale to power breakthrough climate technologies whilst enabling more equitable ownership. She is a founder turned investor turned founder, twice over obsessed with how we can leverage capital most effectively to mitigate climate change.   In this episode we talk about how Jacqueline is...

Jasper is an entrepreneur, adventurer, coach and wisdom seeker. He has co-founded 4 ventures that are united by a single purpose: To empower people to live their quests. When he was 1 year old he lost his mother in a car accident. This experience taught him lessons about the preciousness of life and made him want to experience life to the fullest.   In this episode we have a shared, personal conversation and talk about how we both work on integrating the loss of our mothers, how to find...

Ariana is a mental health activist and Founder of SPOKE, the UK's leading music-led mental wellness app. She believes that vast improvements can be made to society's mental health if the culture and interpretation of wellbeing tools are connected better with those who need it most - especially men. Through working with their community of notable artists, producers, and creatives, SPOKE makes taking care of the mind as easy and enjoyable as listening to your favourite music.   In this...

Dan is the CEO of The Tech Dept and host of the podcast Honey, I Blew Up The Business (top 2.5% of all global podcasts). In the last 5 years he starred in a movie pilot, launched a 24-hour festival in London and completed The Marathon Des Sables - 6 marathons in 7 days in the Sahara, raising £14,000 for charity KidsOut.   In this episode we talk about how he blew up his business after 13 years of success and awards, the painful lesson from the universe which cracked him open, how he let go...

Willa is the Founder & Creative Director of W.Green, a branding and communication agency focusing on fashion, food and lifestyle. Having seen the failures of the fashion industry up close, she was drawn to modern brands spreading their message in a more sustainable and conscious way. W.Green’s motto is ‘Ethics + Aesthetics.’ She is often featured in numerous leading Dutch magazines including Vogue, Glamour, ELLE, Marie Claire and Grazia.   In this episode we talk about how Willa merged...

In this special episode we bring you the second short channelled singing meditation to help you raise and empower the divine feminine in yourself and the world.   Here, Nikki shares another singing meditation with you (after episode #123). Since the first song came as she gave birth to her daughter Lolotte, she has been singing channelled shamanic songs, and is now also giving shamanic sessions to people who organically come to her open to exploring the possibilities. These sessions have...

Phillippa is a Professor of Psychology and body image and a mental health expert. She is the Founder of EVERYBODY Consulting, a global consulting group of thought leaders and social scientist experts in body image, appearance diversity and mental health. They consult with powerhouse brands like Dove, Nike and Instagram to disrupt beauty and gender norms, and create more equitable societies. What unites all the strands of Phillippa's work is a strong sense of social justice, a passion for...

In this episode I read from the international bestseller which has just celebrated its 20th anniversary, the book which Oprah Winfrey keeps on her bedside table. You’ve probably read it, and if not, I imagine it’s on your reading list. Here I revisit the book which help spur the early days of my spiritual transformation to explore psychological time, and how we are guided by the past and future, the consequences this mindset can lead to, and a strong reminder of why living with presence is...

Brenden is the Founder of Barefoot Ventures, the regenerative investment firm which we run together as I am the Founding Partner. In this episode we share the story of how we came to partner up on this mission to reimagine finance for good, and the core concepts that Barefoot Ventures is built upon.   Brenden is passionate about business as a force for good and the world of opportunities it is creating for investors and all stakeholders. He believes the regenerative potential before us will...

Fanny is the founder of Rue du Paradis, a bespoke, inclusive and eco-conscious lingerie brand. As well as being a multilingual entrepreneur, she is an international tax lawyer admitted to practice in New York. A dual citizen of France and Turkey, she was born in Germany.   In this episode we talk about why Fanny decided, from fashion school, to become her own “rich man” and start making her own capital. How she realised for the first time there was nothing wrong with her body, finding...

James builds brands that have a positive impact. The core of his thinking builds on the triple bottom line: people; planet; profit which he uses to define what a brand should do (rather than audit what it has done). He is committed to helping as many people benefit from this powerful thinking with access to all his workshops at Rogue School and his agency Punk Works shaping brands that go further.   In this episode we talk about life cycle assessment for impact brands, why doing good...

In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that feature inspiring experts on motherhood - from my personal conception and birth stories, to how motherhood has inspired entrepreneurship and Jungian theory. And I include a guided meditation for you at the end too.   In episodes #53 and #81 you will hear two conversations I have with my friend Marion. The first when we were both pregnant with our first child, discussing the role of plant medicine in...

In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that feature inspiring experts on mindset who show us how to hone our mindsets for greater consciousness and business success all at once.   You’ll hear from Sebastian, a branding and performance marketing entrepreneur with a passion for conscious capitalism. We talked about how to build consciousness into your business and create a financially free life.   From Cyia, an original pussycat doll and...

Niki is Rituals’ Impact Director and has 16 years of experience in international marketing. As well as her clear vision and strategic mindset, she is a yoga teacher and spirituality is an important part of her everyday life. Rituals becoming a B Corp is an important milestone to her - she’s truly honored to join a global movement of responsible organizations that want to accelerate progress on the shared challenges we face.   In this episode we talk about the healthy tension between profit...

After having worked in the family business for almost 20 years, Monika joined a company focusing on impact investments and impact consultancy. As an economist, she believes in business as a force for good and is involved in various sustainability projects and impact investing.   In this episode we talk about the challenge of changing more rapidly or in a different direction to your close family and friends, how you can develop personally through investing, how to feel into a company you...