Rethink Your Life
Rethink Your Life is the podcast for people who built the life they thought they should want and realized they don't actually want it. My guests share how they're designing their own version, and what perfect means to them.
I'm Nathalie. I'm based in Lisbon. My publishing studio works worldwide. I host this show because I've been working on my own version of that question for 20 years.
Each episode is a genuine conversation with someone who left autopilot and chose to rebuild. Entrepreneurs, creatives, people who walked away from titles and learned to choose again. They tell me what stopped fitting, what they did about it, and what their life looks like now that it's aligned with what they do and who they are.
What you'll find here: real stories that might give you a different angle on yours.
No instagram hacks involved.
Topics we explore:
- Life transitions and identity shifts
- Rethinking work, pace, and priorities
- Mindset, values, and choosing again
- Burnout, recovery, and what comes after
About me: I'm Swiss Korean. I grew up between Switzerland, South Korea, and Los Angeles, and later worked in Berlin, Paris, New York, and Singapore. I run Rethink Publishing, a boutique studio that makes design-led magazines for clients who want something people actually keep. With The Rethink Hub, I share the conversations and tools I wish I'd had earlier. What I care about: oceans and kindness. 🌊🌱
Find me on LinkedIn, YouTube, and TikTok under @rethinkbynat
New episodes uploaded every 2-3 weeks
Rethink Your Life
Stephen Ski on the pressures men don’t talk about and building meaningful projects
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What happens when success, security, and achievement stop answering the deeper questions you’re asking about your life?
In this episode, Stephen Ski shares his journey from physiotherapy to high-performing software sales - and ultimately working alongside an indigenous community in Colombia called the Arhuaco to help build the first indigenous-owned stingless beekeeping school in the Sierra Nevada.
After years of suppressing his curiosity and intuition in favour of validation, money, and achievement, Stephen began to experience anxiety, physical illness, and a growing sense of disconnection. What followed was a series of experiences - silent retreats, darkness retreats, vision quests, and time in nature - that helped him step out of the system and reimagine what leadership, impact, and success could look like.
The conversation explores curiosity as a compass, the cost of ignoring your body’s signals, and how creating space - not answers - can radically change the direction of your life. Stephen reflects on identity, masculinity, vulnerability, and why reciprocity, not extraction, now sits at the centre of his work.
This is an honest, grounded discussion for anyone questioning the path they’re on - especially high achievers who sense there must be a way to build success without sacrificing meaning, health, or integrity.
In this episode, we explore:
- What it feels like to succeed on paper but feel disconnected inside
- Suppressing intuition - and how the body eventually pushes back
- From physiotherapy to software sales - and falling into “the system”
- Validation, achievement, and the hidden cost of high performance
- Creating space through silence, retreats, and time in nature
- Why curiosity matters more than having a ten-year plan
- Masculinity, vulnerability, and redefining strength
- Indigenous wisdom, reciprocity, and working with nature - not against it
- Building a regenerative education project with an indigenous community in Colombia
- How small, grounded choices can lead to unexpected life shifts
Who this episode is for:
- Professionals questioning whether their career still fits
- High achievers experiencing burnout, anxiety, or numbness
- People curious about alternative paths to leadership and impact
- Anyone feeling trapped by success they once wanted
- Listeners interested in purpose, nature, and regenerative models of work
About the guest:
Stephen Ski is a former physiotherapist and software sales leader turned impact-driven entrepreneur and facilitator. After nearly a decade in the corporate world, Stephen stepped away to explore leadership, psychology, and human connection through retreats, coaching, and work with indigenous communities.
He is currently working alongside the Arhuaco people in Colombia to help build the first indigenous-owned stingless beekeeping school in the Sierra Nevada - a project focused on education, ecological regeneration, and reciprocity between people and land. Donate to support Stephen's work here.
Connect with Stephen:
https://instagram.com/stephen_wayfinder
https://instagram.com/guardians_laangelita
https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresilienceproject
https://www.laangelita.org
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/guardians-of-la-angelita