Way Out #5: From Corporate Art Director to Watercolor Artist with Ken Stanek
Ken Stanek doesn’t have a "career path" in the traditional sense. He has a series of experiments, pivots, and intuitive leaps that eventually landed him exactly where he belongs.
From shivering as a bike messenger in NYC winters to designing PowerPoints for pharmaceutical giants, Ken spent two decades trying to fit his creative square peg into a corporate round hole. Today, he is a full-time artist, muralist, and illustrator who has finally stopped pretending.
Way Out #4: She Had Tenure, a Marriage, and a Child: It Was Slowly Killing Her 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.
Way Out #3: From a 6,000 Sq Ft House to Worldschooling in Spain with Jane Hermstedt
After climbing the corporate ladder and buying the dream home, Jane realized she was spending her weekends managing a house instead of living a life. Tired of the guilt she felt sneaking out of the office at 5 PM just to see her son, Jane shares in this adventurous yet deeply practical conversation how she combined a concrete vision with math to trade the American Dream for a life of travel.
Way Out #2: From Praying to Get Fired to Quadrupling Her Income with Christine Bridger
After years of climbing the agency ladder, Christine Bridger found herself praying to get fired. In this grounded, deeply human conversation, she shares how small, intentional steps, mindset work, and trust helped her leave corporate life and build a more joyful, abundant one.
Way Out #1: Corporate Ladder to Costa Rican Freedom with Mike Messeroff
After quitting a successful corporate job and traveling the world, Mike Messeroff found himself more depressed than ever. In this deeply personal story, he shares how joy, mindfulness, and generational healing helped him reclaim his purpose, and how you can too.