From Corporate to Calling: A Practical Path to Purpose w/ Lisa Petrilli

If your “great job” feels increasingly empty, this one’s for you. Former corporate leader Lisa Petrilli (Medline/Baxter) shares a practical approach to discovering your Life Quest—the next chapter where purpose, agency, and freedom replace autopilot. We dig into choice vs. circumstance, how to reframe fear and uncertainty, and simple steps GenXers can take while still in corporate. No dogma required—just a better operating system for work and life. You’ll learn • What a “Life Quest” is and how to spot yours • How to move from reaction and fear to sovereignty and action • A 30–60 day Next-Chapter Script exercise to regain control • Why love-over-fear is a leadership OS (not a sermon) • First small steps for still-in-corporate escapees Timestamps 00:00 – Why this convo is different 01:20 – Lisa’s corporate path → calling 05:40 – Awakening without the woo 10:40 – Choice vs. reaction in corporate (and life) 12:40 – Reframing uncertainty & fear 16:10 – What corporate gives you—and when it plateaus 20:25 – Purpose, practically: defining mission without dogma 26:50 – Starter steps if you’re stuck (clarity, script, small bets) 30:10 – Why Lisa’s book is free + how to use it 35:10 – Frameworks beat retreats (avoid meandering) 36:45 – Wrap + where to connect Links & resources • Free book: Life Quest: Your Role in Saving the World: https://lisapetrilli.com/ • Connect with Lisa: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisapetrilli/ About Lisa Lisa Petrilli is the founder/CEO of Higher Conscious Leadership and a former corporate exec (Medline, Baxter). She helps leaders move from mind/body mastery to soul-level purpose and practical action. CTA (one small step) Download the free book, then spend 10 minutes today writing your 30-day script. Prompt: “If nothing at work changed, how would I live the next 30 days differently?”