In the environmental sector, we often act as if the climate crisis is the only thing that’s urgent.

We treat our own energy like a natural resource to be endlessly extracted, assuming our compassion and motivation will always be there on demand. But as my guest Laura Hartley points out, burnout is a result of the way we work, not the work itself.

Since publishing, Laura has grown the Public Love Project Podcast ultimately in a distinct direction, launching Public Love Enterprises. This shift represents a move toward well-being economics, a vision for a world not based on scarcity, but on the abundance of human connection and regenerative systems.

As a practitioner who has worn many hats, I’m acting as your human filter to bring you the proof of work behind Laura’s mission to help change-makers level up their internal skillsets.

If you are feeling the "weight of this moment," Laura’s work is the curated guide you need to move from "saving the earth" to transforming your practice.

Her approach isn't about generic self-care like bubble baths; it’s about the hard, necessary work of setting boundaries, the "distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously".

To help Laura move this vision forward and to evolve your own craft, I highly recommend engaging with her latest offerings:

• • Internal Revolution: A deep dive into unlearning the internalized capitalism that equates your worth with your output, helping you heal from the burnout cycles that deplete our movements.

  
  

  • Cultural Wayfinding: A six-month inner leadership journey designed to help you claim your power and navigate the transition toward the world you want to see.

  
  

  • The Public Love Project: Her own podcast where she facilitates the "H2H" (Human-to-Human) conversations that genuinely matter in a world of AI-generated noise.

The secret sauce for 2026 is moving away from the "YouTube rabbit hole" of generic advice and toward specific authority.

By supporting Laura’s new direction at Public Love Enterprises, you aren't just learning, you are unlearning the conditioning that keeps us exhausted, and instead, you are planting the seeds of something beautiful.

Visit laurahartley.com to join her community and start your own inner revolution.

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