Way Out #16: From Corporate Publishing to Soul Blueprints with Alisa Messeroff
Alisa Messeroff was a Manhattan publishing associate who said “fuck you” to her director, walked out after a broken promotion promise, and moved to the Caribbean with $25,000 and no plan. What followed was a head-to-toe hives diagnosis that nearly killed her, a decade-long journey with plant medicine, a spirit guide named Iribella, and a multi-modality practice that now spans breathwork, Reiki, mindset coaching, and empowerment photography across Breckenridge and Tamarindo. This is her way out.
Way Out #14: Leaving a $200K Salary to Build an Indoor Dog Park with Devon Brown
“It didn’t start as ‘I want to be an entrepreneur.’ It started as ‘I don’t want to be here anymore.’”
Devon Brown spent 10 years in corporate America, made $200K, and still sat in a bathroom doing the math on how many more years she had until retirement.
The answer? 40 something. Her answer? Nope.
Meet the woman who’s building Chicago’s premier indoor dog park — and living proof that the way out sometimes starts with a medication shortage and a morning walk with your husband. 🐾
Way Out #4: From Professor to Tech Entrepreneur with Dr. Risa Stein
Most of us are taught to be strong. Push through. Don’t complain. Be grateful for the tenure, the house, the title.
Dr. Risa Stein did all of that. By her mid-30s, she had checked every box: PhD, marriage, child, tenure-track career. From the outside, it looked like success.
On the inside, it was slowly killing her.