478. From Global CEO to Higher Pay & a Dahlia Farm: Lisa's Mission Impossible Journey
UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone
Kara Loewentheil
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🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Have you ever felt stuck in your career or questioned whether you're on the right path? In this episode, I’m joined by my mastermind student Lisa who made the bold decision to transition from being a global CEO to pursuing her passion for running a dahlia farm. Her journey is a testament to the power of reinvention, and we dive into how she navigated that shift.
Lisa shares how she was able to tackle the fears and self-doubt that came with stepping away from the corporate world and how she’s now embracing a different version of success. We talk about the importance of setting big goals, overcoming fear, and the emotional challenges of letting go of a well-established career to follow your passion.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to unfuck your brain. I'm your host Kara Lowentile, master certified coach, and founder of the |
| 0:08.4 | School of New Feminist Thought. I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence, |
| 0:15.0 | and create a life on your own terms, one that you're truly excited to live. Let's go. |
| 0:23.2 | Hello, my friends. |
| 0:24.7 | So I am really excited to be here today with an incredible woman who's also been one of my |
| 0:30.8 | students and clients. |
| 0:32.0 | And I'm just obsessed with her career trajectory and story. |
| 0:35.7 | And I think you guys are going to be too. |
| 0:38.8 | Because like mine, hard left story. And I think you guys are going to be too, because like mine, |
| 0:45.1 | hard left turn. And so I am just excited for you all to hear this story and hear about how thought thought work has helped her in her journey. I know I'm being very vague and mysterious because I'm |
| 0:48.4 | to let her introduce herself and explain what she's up to. So welcome to the podcast, Lisa. |
| 0:53.1 | Thank you so much for having me, delighted to be here. |
| 0:56.1 | So tell us a little bit about kind of your career trajectory and the point at which you came to |
| 1:01.8 | coaching during it. Sure. So I have been a global women's rights activist for the last many decades. |
| 1:10.4 | And I came to coaching and to the mastermind as CEO of a |
| 1:16.6 | global women's rights nonprofit that has been working for 13 years on a global treaty on violence |
| 1:23.4 | against women and girls. And, you know, I don't know how quickly we want to get into some of my |
| 1:28.5 | mental noise around that. Just give us the overview now and then we'll dig into it. |
| 1:35.8 | So global diplomacy working to effectively get every nation on earth to commit to legally binding |
| 1:43.8 | standards to end violence against women and |
| 1:45.9 | girls. So basically dismantle the patriarchy in every country on earth, you know. A small goal. |
| 1:51.6 | And never mind the fact that I wouldn't have been satisfied until it had been fully implemented |
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