5to9

In this episode of 5to9, I had a chat with Nikita Walia, founder & CEO of BLANK - a strategy-first creative company, internet culture aficionado, obsessed with her Spanish greyhound, and an advocate for logging out. With an educational background in media theory, Nikita started her career as a social strategist in the agency world, she then realized that she did not quite love the environments tha...

In this episode of 5to9, I had a chat with Nicole Cruz, a corporate manager turned life coach, a digital nomad, a mango lover, a 90s hip hop die-hard, and most recently a TEDx speaker. After climbing the corporate ladder in the insurance industry for a decade, in 2016, Nicole quit her 6-figure corporate job, downsized her belongings, and traveled the world with her husband for 10 months. During th...

In this episode of 5to9, I had a chat with Alice Katter, Culture & Community strategist, digital nomad, lover of working at cafes, and founder of Out of Office , a life-centered research and design lab committed to scaling a culture of well-being. Originally from Austria, she moved to New York and has been fascinated by America’s relationship with work. With a community-centered approach, she desi...

In this episode of 5to9, I had a chat with Allison Fillice, an illustrator, mom to two young children, Creator of The Journey oracle deck (aka my favorite oracle deck), host of the Friendly Unknown podcast, and an avid explorer of creativity, spiritually and psychology. Allison used to be a design director at a market research company in San Francisco. One day she realized that she did not want to...

5to9 is a podcast for people seeking inspiration and aspiring to work on their own terms. In this intro episode, I will be talking a little bit about my work and life journey so far and why I’m creating this podcast.  In upcoming episodes, we’ll have conversations with freelancers, multi-hyphenates, creators, side hustlers, full-timers, coaches and all sorts of folks who made pivots and challenged...