In this episode, Meg and Jillian unpack the heart behind the podcast title: what it means to be rooted, how we’ve become disconnected from our humanity, and why rehumanizing our approach to work, leadership, and life is essential.

They explore the courage it takes to slow down, to come back to the body, and to remember that we are not machines… We are cyclical, sensitive, and sovereign beings.

This episode is both a grounding and a call forward.

• Coming back to your body as a sacred act
• Disconnection from self in high-performance cultures
• Living from cycles, not systems
• The difference between coping and healing
• Rehumanizing how we lead, serve, and relate
• Grounding as a tool for clarity and truth
• Creating space for pause, feeling, and integration

• “To be rooted is to know where you begin and end.”
• “The world tells us to go faster, but wisdom lives in the pause.”
• “Rehumanizing is remembering we are not machines… we are rhythmic, messy, and alive.”
• “You can’t rehumanize your business if you’re dissociated from your body.”
• “We’ve learned to perform our roles, but unlearning that performance is where the healing begins.”
• “If you're always productive but never present, are you actually living?”

Your reflections, questions, and ah-ha moments mean the world to us… If this episode resonates with you, please share it with a friend, leave us a review, or connect with us individually…

Connect with Jillian:

www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-pezet-trellis

Connect with Meg:

Website: profoundwellness.net

Facebook: facebook.com/megan.fikse

Instagram: instagram.com/m.laidlaw

In this episode, Meg shares her story and the winding path that led her to this moment. From nursing and navigating the healthcare system to entrepreneurship, motherhood, and deep personal transformation, Meg invites listeners into her journey of learning to trust the pivot, root into purpose, and rehumanize her work and life.

If you’ve ever felt like your story didn’t follow a linear path or that you were “too much” or “not enough” at the same time, this episode is for you.

Themes:

• Trusting the pivot
• The courage to evolve
• Integrating personal values into professional life
• Deconstructing systems that no longer serve us
• The messy, nonlinear path of becoming
• Motherhood, entrepreneurship, and healing
• Reclaiming intuition and inner truth

Quotes:

• “We were taught how to serve others but not how to serve ourselves.”
• “I had to unhook from a system that told me who I needed to be and start asking, who do I want to be?”
• “Sometimes healing looks like finally listening to your own voice.”

Your reflections, questions, and ah-ha moments mean the world to us… If this episode resonates with you, please share it with a friend, leave us a review, or connect with us individually.

Connection with Jillian:

www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-pezet-trellis

Connect with Meg:

Website: profoundwellness.net

Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/megan.fikse

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m.laidlaw/

In this premiere episode, Jillian shares her deeply personal journey, the unplanned pivots, inner callings, and quiet knowing that led her to co-create Rooted & Rehumanizing. She reflects on her experiences as a leader, wifehood, mother, and entrepreneur, and the awakening that came when she began trusting her inner voice over external expectations.

This episode sets the tone for the podcast, reminding us that the most powerful transformations begin within.

Themes:

• Trusting your intuition
• Redefining leadership on your own terms
• Pivoting with purpose
• The cost of living out of alignment
• Listening to the soul's quiet whisper
• Doing business and life differently
• Embracing your evolution

Quotes:

• “I didn’t need to burn it all down. I just needed to listen.”
• “You can be grateful and still know it’s not right.”
• “When you begin to live from your truth, everything changes.”
• “The unexamined life is not worth living.” – Socrates * FACT CHECK!
• "You trusted the pivot."
• "I built a life that looked great on paper, but it was costing me my health and my soul."
• This isn’t about self-improvement. It’s about self-return."
• "This isn’t about being better… it’s about being more human."

Your reflections, questions, and ah-ha moments mean the world to us… If this episode resonates with you, please share it with a friend, leave us a review, or connect with us individually…

Connect with Jillian:

• www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-pezet-trellis

Connect with Meg:

• Website: profoundwellness.net
• Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/megan.fikse
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m.laidlaw/