The Futuring Lab

“Through Art, we are being less guided by our mental voices and more by our inner senses.” (Alix Wheeler)What if creativity could be more than an atrophied muscle for us? Instead it could be an amazing doorway to creating a different future!How can practicing a form of Art, in our daily lives, become a wonderful medium for seeing beyond the set structures we are trying to evolve? - now AND for our future?In this episode I am sharing an experience I had as a participant of a fabulous Art event hosted by SEED 2065:- Reflecting on the power of the artistic creative process (in comparison to a more coporate creative process) and the mindblowing results! - As well as, the unsuspected benefits that #Art can have for us, for our family, our community and the wider systems we are contributing to.I hope you will enjoy the prompts, the provocations and have fun with it!!Let’s get Arty 🙂 —--If you enjoyed it, don't forget to rate the show and subscribe to it. It helps more people find it!And also share it directly! Even to one person, it makes a difference 😊If you'd like to share your thoughts or questions with me, reach me ⁠here. ⁠Or on LinkedIn ⁠Alix Wheeler.⁠------Here are some of the links that I mentioned on the podcast:The event I have been to: SEED 2065 instagramThe amazing Art cure podcast with Dr Daisy Faincourt: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/art-cure-with-professor-daisy-fancourt-245/id1810454475?i=1000747656272

In this 21st episode of the Futuring Lab, I wanted to develop a bit more on the event I have recently been to: ChangeNOW in Paris.An event aimed at pulling together the people working on creating a better future for all. It’s the second year I have been to this event and I left again with such an expended perception of the world, a renewed energy and sense of community, that I wanted to share it with you!In this episode I share and explore with examples, the three major shifts that I have noticed in this conference:The shift in narrative: The emerging future is more fun, more sexy, more resilient than the current (extractive) world we live in.The shift in Power narrative: from Power over to Power With.The shift in more traditional sectors (like finance): Their evolution is real and well, well considered on leading the way. Too often these amazing people, solutions and shifts are too hard to find, and to acknowledge, so instead, I am bringing some of their wisdom to your ears.I hope you enjoy this episode and leave as energised and with a renewed will to act, as I have! And please let me know your questions, thoughts or perceptions on either the event or my take on it. I’d love to connect! [email protected] you enjoyed this episode please rate the show and save it, it enables more people to find it!-----And here are the links to the replay for ChangeNow and more particularly to some of the talks I am referring to in the episode:All replays from the event:https://www.changenow-summit.com/2026/replaySexy climate change: https://www.changenow-summit.com/2026/replay/detail/?id=609&title=How%20to%20Organize%20Collective%20ActionFaith and wisdom: https://www.changenow-summit.com/2026/replay/detail/?id=675&title=Faiths%20and%20Wisdom%20for%20the%20EarthThe path to European sovereignty:https://www.changenow-summit.com/2026/replay/detail/?id=680&title=The%20Path%20to%20European%20SovereigntyChanging financial structures:Not available at the time of publishing

For this 20th episode, I have a treat for you.My treat is called Jolana Amara!! Jolana is the CEO of The League of Intrapreneurs. A charity who helps employees, inside of an organisation, to harness organisational assets for the greater good! If you are working for an organisation and wish you could have a more positive impact, then listen to Jolana’s story! And if you belong to an organisation, trying to reciprocate further your benefits to the community, the people and planet, then you'll love our conversation too!Jolana holds a beautiful vision for businesses: like a village where everyone actively contribute to its health and to the communities it depends on. This vision is supported by really powerful and carefully crafted initiatives.From a supportive community of intrapreneurs, to fellowships creating the much needed cross-sectors collaboration to address major societal topics, to consulting helping business to leverage intrapreneurs efforts.The league of intrapreneurs is a one-of-its-kind initiative, that deserves to be spread widely, and even better to be a part of!I hope that this episode will leave you with a renewed sense of possibilities for a future filled with businesses as a force for good. For their employees, their communities and the planet.Let’s dare to dream and dare to question the status quo together!If you enjoyed it, don't forget to rate the show and subscribe to it. It helps more people find it!And also share it directly! Even to one person, it makes a difference 😊—-------In this episode Jolana offers the E-book version of their REALLY useful “Intrapreneur’s guide to pathfinding.” If you would like to get a headstart on your intrapreneurial journey, claim your free ebook, here.—-------If you'd like to share your thoughts or questions with me, reach me ⁠here. ⁠Or on LinkedIn ⁠Alix Wheeler.⁠If you would like to reach out to Jolana Amara on LinkedIn, Other useful links from this episode:The League of Intrapreneurs websiteThe Intrapreneur’s compassAction Fellowship! - Check it out and register your interest for the next one!Some of the League’s fellow mentioned by Jolana: Hamzah Sarwar and Saugata BanerjeeFinally, if you enjoyed this episode, why not join my weekly newsletter? It is more of this, in a compact, weekly format to help you start your new week with a fresh mind!

“What would our world look like if each one of us had a devotional practice? Something that doesn’t make sense to your logical mind… but that your heart and soul keep on taking you back there!!”This is the key question I explore in this episode.By sharing wholeheartedly my own devotional practice with you, we explore the world beyond performing,beyond controlling or conforming. And its highly underestimated benefits!I also give you some ideas for where you can start yourself to uncover your own devotional practice, and go do it!! I hope this episode inspires you to want to lean more into this amazing unrealised potential for your life.If you enjoyed it, don't forget to rate the show and subscribe to it. It helps more people find it! And also share it directly! Even to one person, it makes a difference 😊If you'd like to share your thoughts or questions with me, reach me here. Or on LinkedIn Alix Wheeler.

We hear about the stories that have been written but not often about the stories in becoming.In this 18th episode, Pete Russell (my special guest!!) and I will take you through many fascinating stories! Some that have been already written, - Like part of Pete’s journey as an entrepreneur, wavering through many storms to create incredible purpose-led organisations,And some that are in becoming,- Such as the story of our food, our food system and its relationship to technology. Past, present and possible Future!- As well as the stories of a man embracing uncertainty with humility, openness and resilience. Turning chaos into novel solutions, and disconnection into alliances!If you are someone curious about how to navigate (y)our current individual and societal challenges, you'll love this episode!And if you are someone who is human :) ,who needs to eat and wants to keep eating delicious food for a long long time, you will love it even more! The openness, authenticity and insights that Pete shares with us on this episode are rare and a real gift. - Like a great meal! So enjoy!! ✨We would love to hear your thoughts, questions and ideas that emerge from listening to this episode!Share them to Pete Russell or to me @alix wheeler. This is not a one-off discussion, this is a growing, and evolving co-creation!So thank you for being a part of it, with us 🙏If you enjoyed this episode, please share it widely! Our food system needs your help. And subscribe to the podcast. I need your support ☺️Here are some key links to follow up/get involve with Pete's great initiatives!Ooooby : for the sellers platformOoooby: for the buyers platformDecent: Decentralised Food AllianceLinked Farm in BelgiumPod in SpainPete Russel⁠l: to get in touch with Pete!@alix wheeler.⁠⁠ ⁠: to get in touch with me directly!or to follow my work on Linkedin: Alix Wheeler

What if this week we helped your Fire to burn brighter??This is my offer for you, and this is what this episode is about.Each of us have a beautiful Fire inside that is a source of aliveness, a source of adventure and a source of potential!Unfortunately, it often “doesn't make logical sense” to follow it. So we don’t. Becoming less alive, and more homogenised.But what if your Fire could get reignited and fired up!! What could your life feel like? What could our world feel like?Let’s explore that together in this episode. 🔥If you want to replay from the exercise I shared go to: 9.35If you enjoy this episode, please rate it and share it further. And you will probably enjoy my newsletter too: You can⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.Finally, if you want to connect, human to human ☺️, and ask any questions or share your reflections with me, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠And feel free to register for a⁠⁠ ⁠free mini coaching ⁠⁠ together.

What about making 2026, the year of Agency?!Over your life, your decisions, your values…what deeply matters to you. Not in a controlling and exhausting way, but in an open, and authentic way.This is not a one off new year’s resolution! This is a way of life. This is a path to choose. The path of giving yourself the best chances to live the life you actually deeply want to live.How can you do that? That’s what we explore in this episode!There is no magic wand in my experience, but there is a very pivotal element to it: Your brains! How it operates (very simply), what it gives attention to, how it affects the decisions you make and the life you create.I hope that this episode will give you some useful food for thoughts and actions!If you enjoyed listening to it, you can subscribe to the show! And visit my newsletter, as you will probably enjoy it too:You can⁠⁠⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Finally, if you want to connect, human to human ☺️, and ask any questions or share your reflections with me, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠⁠⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠ ⁠⁠[email protected] feel free to register for a⁠ ⁠free mini coaching ⁠ together.

Since I have recorded these wonderful Business Potential episodes with Ebru Kaya and André Stürmer, I have been thinking deeply about a core concept that shines through everything they talk about.Our Essence.Asking myself a lot of questions such as:What is an Essence? What is my Essence? What is the purpose of an Essence? Is it really important?And, after a few weeks, I got some answers. I found these answers on a deep and vulnerable journey I have been on with myself. Through this journey, I have uncovered some wonderful insights and gifts beyond my wildest hope.Now, I am sharing these insights and gifts with you, in the I hope that they will give you support and maybe a touch of courage (if you feel you need it), to go and uncover your own beautiful gifts.Have a great listen, my friends,I’d love to hear your reflections on this topic, either on socials or directly on the podcast platform.And if you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show !And visit my newsletter, as you will probably enjoy it too:You can⁠⁠⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠⁠⁠.Finally, if you want to connect, human to human ☺️, or get support on your own inner journey, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠⁠⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠⁠⁠email⁠⁠ ⁠⁠And feel free to register for a⁠ ⁠free mini coaching ⁠ together.

As we are living in an increasingly uncertain and volatile world, many of us are looking for more certainty than ever before.More control, more prediction, more overthinking…About ourselves, our work, climate change, global inequality, AI etc.A bit like an addiction really.But like with any addiction, it comes at a cost.A cost that is rarely talked about, looked at or consciously comes into our decision making, as we spend most of our time and life pursuing Certainty.And so we spend most of our time and life pursuing Certainty.- In this episode I explore the hidden costs of Certainty on our individual and collective lives and Future.- I also give us some prompts on other approaches that we could also nurture: like Curiosity, Care or Patience.In the hope that we slowly move away rebalance Certainty with Resilience. I hope you enjoy listening to it and I’d love to hear your reflections on this topic.If you do, subscribe to the show !And visit my newsletter, as you will probably enjoy it too:You can⁠⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠⁠.If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠⁠email⁠⁠ ⁠And feel free to register for a ⁠free mini coaching  together.

“If there was a path, that is not your path. That is somebody else’s path.” Ebru KayaWelcome to the second part of “Business Potential”, with Ebru Kaya and André Stürmer, the founders of Atreyu and RIA.In this second part we dive into the Personal Potential. In other words, the inner journey that was key to bringing forth the organisations they have created.We explored the (re)sources Ebru and André leaned on when they felt lost, as well as, when they felt truly on their path. Renewable (re)sources like:Deep care, Contemplation, Letting go of fears, Not seeking to see the path ahead, Connection and community.This episode is so full of treasures that I am not going to even try to list them all.Whether you are clear on the path you are walking or feeling totally lost, the authenticity and care emanating from Ebru and Andre will warm your soul, heal your heart and open your mind.Some references that we discussed during the podcast:01:04:00 short clip of David Whyte01:19:14 The TRP The Regenerative Practicioner01:19:25 Regenerative Leadership, by Laura Storm01:30:00 2days event RIA link01:32:00 add brochure to program Atreyu and Ria links

This week you are in for a treat!!I am so excited to be sharing this episode with all of you.I had the pleasure and privilege to have two special guests on this week's episode: Ebru Kaya and André Sturmer They are both what I would consider amazing humans as well as pioneers in their ways of thinking and of doing business.All in service for life.If you are curious about: - How business could be a vehicle to express one’s essence, - How business can nurture life instead of depleting life,- And how investing, in a regenerative way, is an essential element to a future where all lives can thrive. Then, you will love this episode!Ps: next week will come the next part of this episode, diving into their personal journey, so stay put!I hope you enjoy it!Some references that we discussed during the podcast:9:40 Buckminster Fuller quote: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller 12:10 Meaning Crisis 12:15 imagination Crisis or Rob Hopkins18:40 Fritjof Capra course21:10 Atreyu and Ria links24:35 John Fullerton course - Regenerative Economic24:37 Regenesis course53:55 Toomuch Wifi business

In this week’s episode, we touch on something that we are all trying to navigate everyday: Complexity.Although it sounds like navigating complexity should be complicated, it doesn’t have to be. It can be simple. The way Nature is.Unfortunately in our day to day life, many of us feel that we are battling with this complexity of dealing with so many things at the same time…and it comes at a cost.Let’s explore the spectrum of complexity, its link with our capacity to care, reciprocate and to evolve. Beyond merely coping with life. Through reflections and guidance, this episode is aimed at helping you navigate your own life complexity with more flow and clarity.I hope you enjoy it!!If you do, subscribe to the show and visit my newsletter, as you will probably enjoy it too!You can⁠⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠⁠.If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠⁠email⁠⁠ ⁠And feel free to register for a ⁠free mini coaching  together.

“Our complex problems don’t deserve fast food answers.”And I am not talking literally about fast food here.“Fast food answers are short term pleasure, short term benefits and long term problems.”In today’s episode, we are questioning a very important base of our daily life and western culture: Our insatiable search for answers. In a world overloaded with answers, do we really need more of them? What I call Fast Food answers. Or do we need to let go of this restless quest, for the benefit of the quality of the answers! Mindfully enjoying the process, and the more beautiful Future that will unfold when we ask more questions instead.I hope you will enjoy, question things and benefit from this episode!And I hope you will have questions for me ☺️Let’s future together!If you enjoyed this episode, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can⁠⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show, and to share it further!If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠⁠email⁠⁠ ⁠And feel free to register for a ⁠free mini coaching  together.

When we are trying to make a (big) change in our career, and try to follow our own unique path, Guilt can invite itself along.But when we start diving into the nature of our Guilt, we can see through it and beyond it. We can see that the problem might not be our actions but rather our conditioning.In this episode, I help you see through the Guilt, straight at your conditioning and guide you through a process of letting it go.So that guilt doesn't become something that stops you but something that you can spring from.I hope you will find it useful,Cheers to our Futuring Together!If you enjoyed this episode, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show, and to share it further!If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠email⁠⁠ or register for a free mini coaching

Do you often feel disempowered with what is happening in your life?Or that you keep bumping into the same patterns of behaviours or feelings?If so, then this episode will be for you!I share with you a foundational tool that I use everyday and share with all my clients.When it comes to wanting to live a better life, and making the changes that we truly want, there is a trap that we often fall into! We associate how we feel and how we act with the events in our lives.Instead of with how we perceive those events...Just a few different world but which will change how you experience your life.I hope you will enjoy listening to it! I'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or questions about! And if you enjoyed it, please share it along 😊.Let's Future Together!If you liked this episode, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show!If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠email⁠⁠ [email protected]

In this week's episode I thought I would touch on a topic that I see myself and many people around me struggle with. The current painful transition in our lives, in our world and in Nature.This pull from Nature to slow down, whilst society is pushing us to speed up again. This creates a deep dissonance inside of us which is very hard to manage.And generally that we don’t manage but feel at the effect of.In this episode I help you understand:- What is happening, why it’s hard, - How to manage the dissonance intentionally, compassionately and positively,- And I also share powerful tools, that I use for myself and my clients, to support you through the transition.I'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or questions about! And if you enjoyed it, please share it along 😊.Let's Future Together!If you enjoyed this episode, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show, and to share it further!If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠email⁠⁠

In this week’s short and intimate episode, we explore further letting go, dive into the link with our ego, our heart, and a little activity/challenge to practice this shift.And bonus! At the end of the episode, I overcome my own fears and share with you one my latest creation. Straight from my heart. No filtering, editing or shaming. Pure creation.I hope you enjoy this week’s episode and will join me again next week!Thank you for listening and for sharing with me any thoughts or questions you might have.And if you enjoyed it, please share it along 😊.Let's Future Together!If you enjoyed this episode, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can⁠ ⁠subscribe here⁠⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show.If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, or are curious about coaching together reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On⁠ ⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠Or directly ⁠via ⁠email⁠⁠: [email protected]

In this 5th episode, we turn to Nature to learn from her wisdom.Inspired by how she keeps her resilience and balance through Controlled Burns, so can we!Applied to our lives, Controlled Burns are a necessary process to let go of what is not serving us anymore, and to make space for what could be instead.In this episode, we:- Learn to recognise what you do that is actually not serving you, and why- Learn how to fuel what you love instead of what you fear- Learn about replacing external validation by internal validation, through my personal journey- and go through a step by step guide to practicing controlled burns in your own life.I hope this concept will prove as useful to you as it is to me.I'd love to hear your thoughts, comments or questions about! And if you enjoyed it, please share it along 😊.Let's Future Together!If you enjoyed this episode, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can ⁠subscribe here⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show, and to share it further!If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!! I'd love to meet you.On ⁠LinkedIn⁠Or directly ⁠via email⁠

As a recovering people-pleaser, and imposter-syndromist, setting boundaries has been something I have tried to avoid, like plague.But life is beautifully done and has put me through many opportunities to face into it. To grow from it and actually have an even more beautiful life thanks to it.In this episode I am sharing my boundary-recovery experiences - unfiltered. Ways to change your perspective and approach to setting boundaries,And tools to get started.I hope it will serve you well now, and to create the future that you truly long for.Let's future together!If you enjoyed this episode, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can ⁠subscribe here⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show, and share it further!If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!!On ⁠LinkedIn⁠Or directly ⁠via email⁠

In this week’s episode I talk about the most fundamental topic there is, in my opinion.For a beautiful future, and for a beautiful present.Trusting yourself. Loving yourself.Gently moving away from pleasing others and finding trust in others more than in yourself.I share with you some of my experience, my daughter’s beautiful view on it (the best part) and some questions that you can start asking yourself to revive that trust-muscle of yours.I hope you will enjoy it!If you did, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too.You can ⁠subscribe here⁠.And don't forget to subscribe to the show, and share it further!If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!!On ⁠LinkedIn⁠Or directly ⁠via email⁠

What is actually the Future, the life, that you long for?In this second episode, this is what we are unpicking together!A cornerstone of learning to future, is to figure out:What for? Towards what? Who for?Our longings are quietly waiting within each of us!But the problem is, they are often overshadowed by our loud "have to, must to, shoulds".So listen up to make more space for your longings, for actively creating your future everyday, whilst gradually turning down the volume of your 'to dos' . 🥳I hope you enjoy this episode! Let's future together! 🌱If you did, you will likely enjoy my newsletter too. You can subscribe here.And don't forget to subscribe to the show, and share it further! If you want to connect, human to human ☺️, reach out!!On LinkedInOr directly via email

Welcome to The Futuring Lab podcast!!In this first episode, I am laying the foundations for a beautiful journey ahead together!Sharing a bit about my own journey, the space and role I would like this podcast to take, and what you can expect from me as a host.It is my hope that you will join me on this new Futuring journey!One filled with Authenticity, Joy, Insights, Evolution, Change Stories, Community, and Possibilities.Our beautiful Future is awaiting... let's invite him in.I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas (for the podcast)!You can find me on LinkedIn: Alix Wheeleror via email: Alix Wheeler