Going Conscious

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 building an innovative platform to enable private individuals to invest in breakthrough climate tech, how to build something that outlives you, a new perspective on money greater than money itself, shared ownership structures, creating bigger value by solving bigger world problems, legacy thinking, why entrepreneurs need presence.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Jacqueline: LinkedIn Jacqueline van den Ende www.carbonequity.com   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrottwww.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 focus amongst so many interests and opportunities, experimenting with only telling radical truths, our experiences of removing alcohol from our lives and other life experiments, as well as Jasper's business SoulKitchen and his “recipes for life”.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Jasper: LinkedIn Jasper Muller   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 episode we talk about how purpose might not be what we think it is, the serious implications of the music we listen to (especially when our brains are still developing), why artists are the world's natural healers and how Ariana is overturning the toxic music industry.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Ariana: Download SPOKE on the app store LinkedIn Ariana Alexander-Sefre   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 of his identity, why journaling is core to his success how, how to be a dad your daughters want to go to a festival with and his 5 elements that make up his “groove” across all areas of life.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Dan: www.thetechdept.com/ LinkedIn Dan Kirby   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 her passions for fashion and social change, taking time to reconcile how to do things differently, the degrowth imperative, why we need more feminine leadership and how to take care of our direct local ecosystems.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Willa: wgreen.org Instagram @w.green_agency   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 been leading to intriguing transformations and shifts, and Nikki wanted to bring more songs to the community here on Going Conscious after receiving multiple requests after episode #123.   We invite you to give yourself these minutes to ground and align yourself as often as you feel called to. Do whatever feels good to you as you listen - lie down and close your eyes, sit still, dance, sing, or scream. Whatever feels right, go for it wholeheartedly! Just as Nikki has done here to create this channelling for you.   Please come back and listen again and again. Let's raise and rebalance the divine feminine together.   And please do give this little gift to anyone you know who could benefit from it by sharing this episode with your friends.   Discover podcast notes, all episodes from Going Conscious, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram @nikkitrott LinkedIn Nikki Trott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 science, and drive to help others do well in business by doing good in society.   In this episode we talk about how Phillippa is working to change the images we see which impact how we feel, broader systems of body image, inclusive aspiration, how we use intuition in business, the intersection of academia and business, and the goal of everybody being able to express themselves freely.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Phillippa: everybodyconsulting.com Instagram @phillipa.diedrichs   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 the only path.    In the book, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle, we learn that we each have the agency to take ourselves out of psychological pain and to return to the present moment where there are no problems. In the now, we discover we are already complete and perfect.   Discover show notes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 far exceed that of our extractive past.    We talk about how permaculture can lead to “permacapital” and the idea of a 1000 year fund, how to apply the realisation that we are connected to everything to the world of business, what the true role of capital is, long term value creation instead of short term extraction, why the soil should be our most valued asset and how we help businesses thrive and become regenerative.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Brenden: www.barefoot.ventures LinkedIn: Brenden Keon   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 freedom, creating a brand to help people love themselves, how to structure an accessible bespoke brand, and why brands need to listen to what people need not tell people what they need.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Fanny: rueduparadislingerie.com Instagram & Pinterest @rueduparadis   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 doesn't harm profit, what it means to be an ally to your employees and why success means delivering meaningful interactions so brands can make the big changes.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with James: LinkedIn: James Hurst www.punk.works   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 our conceptions, and the life lessons pregnancy taught us. In the second episode, #81, we talk about the new paradigm of motherhood, our very different birth experiences, and how we have both shifted into motherhood.    You'll hear from Lisa Marchiano from episode #102 who is a well-known writer and Jungian analyst where we talk about the places parenthood can take you that you wouldn't have otherwise gone to and how to tap into your creative confidence.   You'll hear from Sophie Baron from episode #91 who is the Founder of the parent/baby digital startup Mamamade. We talk about her journey from Vogue New York to running her parenting business with her partner in London, how she found her drive again after becoming a mother, and how she raised over a million dollars as a woman.   Finally, you'll hear the 10 minute pregnancy, birth and beyond meditation I have created for you, which is episode #54 of the show.   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: #53 Marion Bott (pregnancy) #81 Marion Bott (birth) #102 Lisa Marchiano #91 Sophie Baron #54 Pregnancy, birth and beyond meditation   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 Hollywood actor turned spiritual teacher and mindset mentor. We talk about why we have many purposes, the importance of fantasies and how to write your own story   Fom Poppy, known as the woman taking over tapping who is a creative businesswoman and coach focussed on a special kind of transformation. We talk about how to use rapid tapping to achieve results, the superconscious and how to integrate quantum physics into your life.   And from Patrick, a 23 year old entrepreneur on a mission to globalise positive habits. We talk about how tiny habit changes can make a massive impact on your life, why personal growth fuels business growth, and what really matters to gen Z.   Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I'll be reading some out as listener shout-outs soon.   To listen to the full episodes, search for:   #52 Seb Naum #60 Cyia Batten #64 Patrick Mazurek #82 Poppy Delbridge   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 and wellbeing, creating a culture where you can make mistakes and lead with balance, the holistic B Corp process, why people are out of balance if they think they are stronger than nature, the doors that open from being in flow and how to combine your head and heart in everything you do.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Niki: LinkedIn: Niki Schilling www.rituals.com   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

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 believe in, and why going conscious means thinking twice.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Monika: LinkedIn: Monika Vollmer Michel Connect with Nikki:                                                                      Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

In this episode I read the essay from the book on panpsychism. In Strangers, Rebecca explores where the human and nonhuman meet, and why this delicate connection just might be the most important relationship of our times.   Discover show notes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that feature incredible CEOs who are inspiring us all with how they use business for good at scale.   We will hear from Jayn is the CEO of Weleda UK and has made it her mission to clean up the beauty industry, eliminate greenwashing and to encourage more social responsibility for what goes on the shelf. You will hear from Caireen who is the business partner of Mary Portas and the CEO of their business consultancy & creative agency, Portas, which specialises in luxury, fashion, design & placemaking. You will hear from Joe, President and CEO of Greyston (they make the brownies in your Ben & Jerry's - 12 million a year!). And you will hear from Lauren, the CEO/Co-Founder of By Sarah London, the natural B corp skincare brand with an inspiring story.   Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I'll be reading some out as listener shout-outs soon.   To listen to the full episodes, search for: #120 Jayn, #119 Caireen, #109 Joe, #115 Lauren   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

Dimitri is the Founder and CEO of Baotree. Software as a service that provides data collection, verification and management software to prove impact. Dimitri is an impact-driven technologist and a biodiversity ranger at heart. After a ten-year career in London's technology ecosystem, Dimitri decided to infuse his love for technology, biodiversity & community by creating Baotree.   In this episode we talk about how to automate the relationships between organisations, communities and nature, how technology can be a friend, incentivising communities to preserve nature, how to stamp out greenwashing and diversity-washing, how your heart can help you achieve your dreams (not your mind).   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Dimitri: Instagram @baotree www.baotree.io   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com  

Maria is a PR coach, visibility mentor and the founder of Be Conscious PR, helping conscious entrepreneurs reach millions of people with their mission so they can make a bigger impact. With a journalism degree from NYU, global PR experience in the startup space and over 300+ hours of yoga teacher training under her belt, Maria has a 360 degree understanding of the media landscape and is passionate about making the world a better place—and so are the people she works with. Her clients have been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, Cosmo, GMA and more, while she's been featured in CNBC, Business Insider, Yahoo! News, Popsugar and more.   In this episode we talk about how where you live impacts your business, the power of conscious community, what conscious PR really means, how to hone your PR intuition and why business is the spiritual journey you didn't realise you signed up for.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Maria:Instagram @beconsciouspr   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Dr Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist and internationally award-winning author, latterly of The Cosmic Hologram (2017) and The Story of Gaia (2022). Previously a senior international business woman, co-founder of WholeWorld-View and member of the Evolutionary Leaders circle, she integrates leading-edge science and wisdom teachings to serve humanity's awareness of unitive consciousness.   In this episode we talk about the lifelong journey of curiosity, supernormal experiences, where science and ancient wisdom are interwoven, and how our realities are changing.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Jude:www.wholeworld-view.orgOrder the book: The Story of Gaia (2022)   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrottwww.consciousaccelerator.com

In this special episode we bring you a short channelled singing meditation to help you reconnect with yourself and your channel of consciousness, and to help you release what may be blocking you.   Here, Nikki goes out of her comfort zone and shares her first singing meditation with you. Since she was in the process of childbirth, she has been singing channelled songs, and sometimes feels called to share them with others, which have been having intriguing impacts. She wanted to bring this to the community here on Going Conscious for this year's meditation episode.   We invite you to give yourself these short minutes to ground and align yourself whenever you feel called to. Do whatever feels good to you as you listen - lie down and close your eyes, sit still, dance, sing, or scream. Whatever feels right, go for it wholeheartedly! Just as Nikki has done here to create this improvisation for you.   And please do give this little gift to anyone you know who could benefit from it by sharing this episode with your friends..   Please come back and listen again and again.   Discover podcast notes, all episodes from Going Conscious, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki: Instagram @nikkitrottLinkedIn Nikki Trottwww.consciousaccelerator.com

Welcome to this special episode to talk about the unexpected, the growth, and the inspiring moments of 2022! I also share my end of year personal review structure with you for you to use.   This year we surpassed 100 episodes, discovered we are rated in the top 2.5% of all podcast shows globally, as measured by listen notes. We are in the top 15% most shared business shows in 2022 on Spotify, and this year was number 15 in the goodpods entrepreneurship podcast top 100. We were shortlisted for an international women's podcast award. And most importantly, we received feedback that we are helping to transform lives and businesses around the world with the stories we share here every week.   Thank you for being part of our community! It's so special to have you with us.   The nature of the conversations we have on Going Conscious means that they are never out of date and the episodes keep on giving - we love seeing that many of you listeners go back and discover episodes from the past again and again.   Discover further episodes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram @nikkitrottLinkedIn Nikki Trott Newsletter and free resources at www.consciousaccelerator.com

In this episode I invite my sister Emma, who has her PhD in contemporary eco-poetry and is a published academic teaching English Literature at Leeds University, to read the opening of The Overstory by Richard Powers. It's one of our favourite novels and has an incredibly powerful start.   In his twelfth novel, National Book Award winner Richard Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of―and paean to―the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond, exploring the essential conflict on this planet: the one taking place between humans and nonhumans. There is a world alongside ours―vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.   The Overstory is a book for all readers who despair of humanity's self-imposed separation from the rest of creation and who hope for the transformative, regenerating possibility of a homecoming. If the trees of this earth could speak, what would they tell us? "Listen. There's something you need to hear."   Discover show notes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Jayn is the CEO of Weleda UK and the Chairperson of the Sustainable Beauty Coalition. She received No.1 in 2022's ‘Who's Who of Natural Beauty', the tenth year that Jayn appeared in the top 25, and her sixth time at No.1, and the Outstanding Achievement Award at the Natural and Organic Products Europe (NOPEX) 2022 Beauty Awards. Jayn has made it her mission to clean up the beauty industry, eliminate greenwashing and to encourage more social responsibility for what goes on the shelf.   In this episode we talk about living and creating business in harmony with nature, why sustainability is still paternalistic, how to reframe partnerships, how to build a deep listening culture in business, the return to the peer to peer selling model, and the interconnection of wellbeing.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Jayn:LinkedIn: Jayn Sterlandwww.weleda.com   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Caireen is the business partner of Mary Portas and the CEO of their business consultancy & creative agency, Portas, which specialises in luxury, fashion, design & placemaking. Together they have advised the government, created Mary's No 1 rated business podcast, published five books, and set up twenty-six Mary's Living & Giving charity shops.   In this episode we talk about how to free up your mentality around being a mother and a CEO, how to work like a woman, how to find your people, beyond the alpha codes and why more businesses are awakening. And, we reflect on the end of the year.   Discover all episodes and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Caireen:@PortasAgencywww.weareportas.com“We Are Portas” newsletter   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes with brilliant, world-changing authors. Each has their own topic to inspire us with.    You will hear from Jon Alexander, the entrepreneur and acclaimed author who is currently on a global tour discussing the ideas of his book CITIZENS, where he tells us about the collapse of the Consumer Story and the rise of the Citizen Story - the deepest truth of humanity. You will hear from a podcast star, writer and Jungian analyst Lisa Marchiano and we talk about the places parenthood can take you that you wouldn't otherwise have gone to. From Pavita Singh who is Executive Director of Girls Health Ed and an award-winning international bestselling author on a new perspective on negative emotions and the powerful role that they, along with positive emotions, play in our lives. And from Lyn Yap, who shares stories of leaders who have used business as a force for good and her experience of doing meaningful work with global brands.   Check the episode description for the numbers of each episode so you can find them easily to continue listening to the full episodes that catch your attention today.   If you enjoy the show, please give back by rating and reviewing!   Listen to the full episodes: #107 From advertising to advocacy: The rise of the Citizen Story with Jon Alexander   #102 From motherhood to finding yourself: Connecting with your instincts with Lisa Marchiano   #110 From avoiding to integrating emotions: Letters to the many shades of magic in you with Pavita Singh   #116 From investment banking to altruistic capitalism: Leaving a legacy with Lynn Yap   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

In this episode I read from the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. She tells us about the 'wild woman', the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. For centuries, the 'wild woman' has been repressed by a male-orientated value system which trivialises women's emotions. Using a combination of time-honoured stories and contemporary casework, Estes reveals that the 'wild woman' in us is innately healthy, passionate and wise.   I first discovered this book a couple of years ago when Bandana Tewari recommended it on the show. Recently I came back to it, and I want to share the afterword with you in this episode, where we explore the concept - story is medicine.   Discover show notes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Lynn Yap is the author of The Altruistic Capitalist: How to Lead for Purpose and Profit. She shares stories of leaders who have used business as a force for good and her experience of doing meaningful work with global brands, including adidas and Estee Lauder.   In this episode we talk about how death can spark consciousness, why the flow of money into sustainable companies has more than doubled in the last few years, and how to leave an impactful legacy behind.   Discover show notes, Lyn's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Lyn:Alturitsticcapitalist.com Insta: @alturisticcapitalist   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Lauren is the CEO/Co-Founder of By Sarah London, the natural B corp skincare brand with an inspiring story.   In this episode we talk about how Lauren's journey through leukaemia, led to her sister Sarah saving her life and then her skin. Together they create By Sarah London. We talk about how health is not a fix, this exciting time in beauty for awareness, the power of approachable Founder faces for a brand, and how to live as if everything is rigged in your favour.   Discover show notes, Lauren's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Lauren:@bysarahlondon   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Catherine is a serial entrepreneur, business leader and bestselling business author. She focuses on awakening the fire within as Founder of The Awakened Company. Catherine founded BluEra, a Profit 500 executive search firm, top 200 growing company in Canada and best workplace which was then successfully sold. She now helps organisations develop culture strategies.   In this episode we talk about how to create your container for saying yes and no, body energy, partnerships with other leaders, finding your centering practice and integrating meaning into work so that work can be love made visible. Plus Catherine shares one of her beautiful poems.   Discover show notes, Catherine's book and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Catherine:LinkedIn Catherine BellAwakened.app   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrottwww.consciousaccelerator.com

One of my clients, Sonia, is currently listening to one Going Conscious episode a day and has been doing so since the beginning of the show, now on episode 41! She has been finding it very powerful and is enjoying seeing themes emerge. She's inspired me to start doing the same.   In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that centre around plant-based living, removing animals from the food chain and the incredible unknown powers of plants. This time they are coming from very varied perspectives, from advocacy to science.   We will hear from Elaine who is spearheading the post-animal economy and working with startups and investors in growing a next-gen materials industry to replace animal-based materials. We will hear from Monica the Research Associate Professor who pioneered the brand-new research field of plant bioacoustics, demonstrating that plants emit their own ‘voices' and detect and respond to the sounds of their environments. We will hear from Joey who is Founder & Co-Owner of Veshin Factory in China, where he and his partners are on a mission to move the fashion accessories industry to conscious, sustainable, vegan production. And we will hear from Stephanie who is Founder and Managing Director of Vegan Mainstream - a trailblazer in the vegan business world since 2009.   Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I'll be reading some out as listener shout-outs soon.   To listen to the full episodes, search for: #77 Elaine Sui #16 Monica Gagliano #41 Joey Pringle #59 Stephanie Redcross West   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

In this special episode we bring you a short guided meditation for forgiveness - to help you forgive another person, or yourself, for something that has happened so that you can release it and move forwards with freedom.   Give yourself these 10 minutes whenever you feel you have something to release.    And to give this little gift to anyone you know who could benefit too.   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.   This episode was first posted as episode #71 and is reposted here today for newer listeners and to remind all listeners to check in with their forgiveness, if you need to today or in the future.   Discover podcast notes, all episodes from Going Conscious, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:   Instagram @nikkitrottLinkedIn Nikki Trott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Anieke is a former Venture Capital investor turned startup Founder on a mission to make every child in the world feel special and connected to roots and loved ones. With her company, Peekabond, she helps global families build bonds with young children at a distance.   In this episode we talk about the huge transformation from investor to entrepreneur, wanting to make an uncomfortable move, how to create direct impact, secure attachments, forging your own adventure and how to not forget your inner child. Discover show notes, Anieke's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Anieke:LinkedIn Anieke Lamersinfo@peekabond.comApp store: Peekabond   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Pavita is a polymath whose mission is to spread light, love, learning, and laughter. She is the Executive Director of Girls Health Ed and award-winning international bestselling author of To All the Magic in Me.   People often go through life avoiding negative emotions, forgetting that they are an integral part of the human experience. An authentic depiction of the human spirit informed by the author's own mental health struggles and life experiences, To All the Magic in Me: A Collection of Love Letters to All of Life's Emotions offers a new perspective on negative emotions and the powerful role that they, along with positive emotions, play in our lives. From boredom to bliss, perfectionism to passion, anxiety to relief, and everything in between and beyond, the states of being covered in this poetry collection remind readers of the complexity, lessons, and beauty to be found in all emotions.   In this episode we talk about the “edit” in “meditate”, how to say “no” to misaligned business opportunities, the many shades of emotions, imposter syndrome, feminist grassroots and Pavita reads us a beautiful poem on Surrender.   Discover show notes, Pavita's book and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Pavita:Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram @magicwithpavita   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Joe began his career as an underwriter for Chubb & Son, Inc. and then moved into insurance risk management as an analyst for Lehman Brothers, Inc. He subsequently worked with PepsiCo for nine years. In 2010, Joe fulfilled his desire to have an impact on public policy affecting the country's Department of Social Services, which had an operating budget of $600 million. The first African American elected as a village trustee in his community of Port Chester, New York, he also served as deputy mayor from 2011 to 2012. Joe was appointed President and CEO of Greyston in April 2020 after serving two years as vice president.   In this episode we talk about how Joe, together with his team, bakes 12 million brownies a year, and you've probably eaten one in your Ben & Jerry's. But the real product of Greyston is the people, many of whom are traditionally excluded from the workforce and have been given the opportunity to thrive through Greyton's paradigm-shifting opening hiring concept.   We talk about the new leadership playbook, how product needs to connect with broader society, and how to discover your gift to make the impact you are called to make.   Discover show notes, Joe's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Joe:info@greyston.orgGreyston.orgLinkedin & Instagram: Greyston and Joe Kenner   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Written by Jon Alexander with Ariane Conrad, Citizens opens up a new way of understanding ourselves and shows us what we must do to survive and thrive as individuals, organisations, and nations.   I spoke with Jon in last week's episode and today read some short sections for you. Discover how when our institutions treat people as creative, empowered creatures rather than consumers, everything changes.   Unleashing the power of everyone equips us to face the challenges of economic insecurity, climate crisis, public health threats, and polarisation.   Discover show notes, Jon's book and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Jon: Twitter & LinkedIn @JonAlexander Buy the book from Cambria Press   Connect with Nikki: Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Jon Alexander is the author of CITIZENS: Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us, and co-founder of the New Citizenship Project. He spent the first decade of his career winning awards in the advertising industry, then changed direction to use his skills to involve people in the world as Citizens, instead of just selling stuff to Consumers…   Only recently published, his book is already receiving huge acclaim and his work is being covered in major publications. I'm thrilled for him and so encouraged that this important work is being spread and read by many, as it needs to be.   In this episode we talk about why things are up for grabs in society in ways they haven't been before, the collapse of the Consumer Story and the rise of the Citizen Story - the deepest truth of humanity. We talk about the huge opportunity for the world that is business, not to minimise harm but to do more good, how to celebrate the connection between humans and nature, and Jon asks us what you would do today if you truly believed in those around you and yourself.   Discover show notes, Jon's book and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Jon:Twitter & LinkedIn @JonAlexanderBuy the book from Cambria Press   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Celebrating two years of Going Conscious! I've interviewed over 100 guests from all over the world, ages 20s up to 70s, discussing topics from where spirituality intersects with business to finding aligned investors, healing from within and nurturing conscious relationships.   These conversations have led me to spot patterns of how people change their lives and create conscious business success. Without realising it when I started the podcast, I've done an enormous amount of research, which I am currently summarising for my upcoming book, Going Conscious! I'm excited to announce here for the first time that it will be published in May 2023.   I can't wait to share it with you!! You will be able to learn how to transform yourself so you can transform the world using business for good. The 9 key transformations that will revolutionise you, your business and your life. How to finally bring your inner transformation together with your business output, as they have been separated for too long, and your conscious business is ultimately an expression of your inner world.   In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that centre around healing yourself from within. I spoke with these four amazing women to discover their journeys and how they discovered how to heal themselves. It is incredibly powerful to unleash our inner abilities if only we give ourselves the chance and space.   We will hear from Emma who discovered how dance is medicine and healed herself from not being able to walk and having tried all the western medicine drugs she could, to being free and fit, moving her body and helping others to do the same. We will hear from Shayoon who, together with her husband Alexander, runs the LightForce centre in Bali and online, and she tells us about her incredible journey from fashion stylist in LA to helping people heal their traumas, and how motherhood was her rebirth. Giap shares her courageous path from banking in London to discovering healing and her Buddhist roots, as well as open vulnerability about conscious relationships. And we hear from Rita who found healing in raw vegan eating and discovered holistic approaches to surrender and discover her inner power.   Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I'll be reading some out as listener shout-outs soon.   To listen to the full episodes, search for: #86 Emma Marshall #78 Shayoon Mendeluk #37 Giap Tongsayor #24 Rita Pira   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Harriet is an activist, working at the intersection of advertising, AI and misinformation. Her role at Media Bounty focuses on insight gathering and climate misinformation across a range of groundbreaking clients and projects from electric vehicles to green finance.   She co-founded The Conscious Advertising Network with Jake Dubbins of Media Bounty in 2018 and has since seen it gain international recognition, work with the UN, and grow to over 150 members from Virgin Media O2 to Accenture Interactive.   In this episode we talk about corporate sustainability, how advertising funds the internet and the responsibility that creates, the lucrative disinformation economy, pillars for conscious advertising, how we can use our collective power for good and why no one knows what the facebook algorithm does anymore.   Discover show notes, Harriet's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Harriet:LinkedIn Harriet KingabyAdvertisers - consciousadnetwork.orgClimate disinformation - atclimatelabs.org   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Shaun is the Founder of Skandinavisk, with a vision to inspire the world to live more Scandinavian via fragrance stories designed to leave a lighter footprint. He is Chair of the B Corp Beauty Coalition, a collective action initiative of almost 50 B Corps committed to working together to change the beauty industry for good, and he is the receiver of Denmark's inaugural 'ESG Frontrunner' award.   In this episode we talk about why balance is the key to Scandinavian countries being so progressive on many measures and the liberation of shifting business to be based on ethics. We talk about the effects of nature dominating life, the pain of discovering the gap between how good you think you are and how good you actually are, about B Corp, the financial results of doing the right thing, the need for a more enlightened citizen, the drive of community, how to make personal impact and why we need to start small.   Discover show notes, Shaun's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Shaun:Linkedin:skandinavisk.com   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

In this episode I read the beginning of this inspiring book which my husband gave to me on my first Mothers' Day.   You will hear about why motherhood is ‘the ultimate confrontation with yourself' and how it is an opportunity for your own transformation. You will hear personal stories and an ancient tale of feminine initiation.   The book is a deep dive into the universal archetypes and themes of motherhood.   Discover show notes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Find out more about the author, Lisa Marchiano:lisamarchiano.com   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Lisa is a writer and Jungian analyst in private practice in Philadelphia. She is the cohost and creator of the popular podcast This Jungian Life, teaches at the C.G. Jung Institute of Philadelphia, and lectures widely on Jungian topics. She is the author of the book Motherhood: Facing and Finding Yourself and her writings have appeared in publications including Quillette, The Journal of Analytical Psychology, and Psychological Perspectives.   In this episode we go ‘there' and talk about the meaning of life! We talk about the places parenthood can take you that you wouldn't otherwise have gone to, how to let go of what no longer excites you, how to find what wants to manifest through you, the archetype of the creatrix and how to tap into your creative confidence.   Discover show notes, Lisa's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Lisa:Twitter @LisaMarchianoPodcast: This Jungian Life   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Emma works with creative, sustainably aware, soul-led entrepreneurs to build deep trust in their intuition and blend feminine and masculine energetics in order to manifest more time and build sacred strategy in alignment with their core values. She helps them hit income goals and position themselves as impactful New Earth Leaders.   In this episode we talk about how business can be a spiritual practice, why you need a money alter, re-framing motherhood, intuitive leadership, the sister wound and why success is collaboration.   Discover show notes, Emma's book recommendation and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Emma:www.emmashoesmith.comPodcast: New Earth Business   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Welcome to episode 100 of Going Conscious! That's a lot of powerful conversations and brilliant people I have been lucky enough to speak with. This milestone has got me reflecting and noticing how much I myself have evolved over this time. In this episode I share reflections on how I have personally grown over this journey of the first 100 episodes, and what I would like to see in the next 100 episodes.   In this recap episode you will hear the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that centre around channeling purpose. Purpose is core to everything that every Going Conscious guest does and a main foundation of their success. What is purpose, can you find it and what parts of conventional purpose discourse are irrelevant to you? You will hear different perspectives and insights from four angles and personal experiences of purpose. Enjoy discovering this inspiration and checking out some of the interviews you may have missed.   We will hear from serial entrepreneur, business leader and bestselling business author Catherine Bell on how purpose and profit can exist together, from author, consultancy founder and touring professional speaker Laura Gassner Otting on how to make sure you don't end up with other people's definitions of purpose, from award/winning barrister Abi Johnson on her threads of purpose and journey to activism, and another bestselling author of awardwinning book The Purpose Myth, Charlotte Cramer, on the purpose vacuum and how to get out of it. These four people all have profound stories and are widely recognised thoughtleaders.   Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I'll be reading some out as listener shout-outs soon.   To listen to the full episodes, search for: #73 Catherine Bell #40 Laura Gassner Otting #85 Abi Johnson #63 Charlotte Cramer   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

This is one of my favourite books and most talked about on Going Conscious, particularly in earlier episodes, and is a beautifully positive account of lessons we can integrate into our lives now to help transform how we live whilst we still have time.    Bronnie Ware shares the lessons she learned whilst working in palliative care and explains how you can take them on board now and live the life you're here to live.   I know that thousands of people now listen to Going Conscious each week, and I would love to hear from you about what you'd like to hear more of. Please let me know through Instagram DMs @nikkitrott or by leaving your comments or favourite take-aways as a review wherever you're listening.   I'd love to hear from you!   Discover show notes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com   Find out more about the author, Bronnie Ware:www.bronnieware.comBook Title: The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

John is a serial founder and capitalist for good based in Wellington, New Zealand. His latest venture, All Things Considered, is a global platform for considerate consumers of fashion. His purpose is to actively engage the world, learn and grow from that, and share with others.   In this episode we talk about tall poppy syndrome, impact ventures, super-diversity, why Founders need to spend more time listening, and the great resignation driven by purpose.   Discover more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with John:www.alltc.cowww.territory3.communitywww.tainz.com   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Karina is a conscious changemaker who flipped her 15+ years of professional experience from serving brands to serving the planet. She's now an MA at Central Saint Martins on a mission to research, design and co-create innovative community solutions and funding for regenerative projects, combining emerging technologies with the awe-inspiring power of the arts.   In this episode we talk about how bringing more consciousness into our everyday lives is the start to solving the most important issues in the world, how to use the arts in the service of nature, how the feminine must be integrated into web 3.0 and what it means to be a conscious change-maker.   Discover more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Karina:Twitter @thekarina_aInstagram @emergenz.xyz @laspalmasdoradaswww.laspalmasdoradas.com www.emergenz.xyz   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

In this reading episode I read parts of the first chapter of this book which has been incredibly influential for me and has taught me methods to create an environment for a child's unique spirit to thrive and how to engage with parenting as a means of transformation for the parent.   In the book, Dr Shefali Tsabary challenges traditional family strategies and hierarchies, shows us how to let go of ideas of controlling our children, and explains how we can build authentic connections and relationships. First we must connect with ourselves.   I know that thousands of people now listen to Going Conscious each week, and I would love to hear from you about what you'd like to hear more of and what you think of our new reading format. Do you want to hear more readings? Please let me know through Instagram DMs @nikkitrott or by leaving your comments or favourite words as a review wherever you're listening.   I'd love to hear from you!   Discover show notes, our library and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

In this recap episode we bring you the first parts of four Going Conscious episodes that centre around impact entrepreneurship - different perspectives and insights from using business for good. Enjoy discovering some inspiration and checking out some of the interviews you may have missed.   We will hear from so-called denfluencer Rhona Eskander who shares her journey building her new and very quickly growing sustainable toothpaste business, Stuart Williams who is the founder of Impact Economics and a true pioneer, from Tamara Loehr who has proven that profit can thrive with purpose with her 10s of millions of revenue from positive impact business in beauty and wellness, and from Tommy Ricketts who is revolutionising the carbon market with his incredible business. These four people are all dear friends and people who have impacted my life, and I hope they will impact yours too in some way.   This is the time for us to come together and share new ways to use business not to sustain this earth, but to regenerate this earth. For ourselves, each other, and nature to once again thrive in balance.   Please let me know in a short review which episode, guest or takeaway grabs your attention, and I'll be reading some out as listener shout outs soon.   To listen to the full episodes, search for: #79 Rhona Eskander #29 Stuart Williams #56 Tamara Loehr #12 Tommy Ricketts   Discover show notes, book recommendations and more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrottwww.consciousaccelerator.com

Nicole Bosky is Regenerative culture designer and Founder of Primal Gathering - a regenerative gathering used to restore people, forests, and ecosystems all over the world. She is a seasoned entrepreneur who previously founded the innovation consultancy, Adpreneurs, creating hackathons that inspired co-creation and collaboration with clients such as Unilever and The United Nations.   In this episode we talk about how burnout can be a blessing, how to find a way to make a difference, aligning with the United Nations, Vipassana meditation retreats, experimental communities in harmony with nature, embodied change, the culture of care and how to practise being human.   Discover more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Nicole:@primalgatheringwww.primalgathering.co   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com

Josh Rivers is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Busy Being Black, which centres on the lives and experiences of queer Black people from across the world.   Josh and I had hardly spoken since we were at university together, and we had a lot to catch up on. I've been admiring the important platform he is building for queer black people to feel seen, heard and loved.   In this episode we talk about black queer theory and magical realism, intentional language, how to be complicated, battling the intellectual and the physical, the very difficult journey towards self awareness and how to access the people put on your path to help you.   Discover more on www.goingconscious.com.   Connect with Josh:@busybeingblackwww.busybeingblack.com   Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com