From Banking To SoulHub: Building A Community For Belonging And Healing with Carmen Rendell
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What if the smartest decision you ever make begins with your body quietly refusing to board the train? That was Carmen’s turning point—a full-body no that unravelled a polished corporate life and opened a door to travel, therapy, and a community designed for belonging without armour.
We talk through the cost of conforming and the relief of naming misalignment, from ending a marriage to stepping away from a safe career. Travel becomes a lab for identity: anonymity in foreign streets, serendipity on a ferry, trust built one uncertain mile at a time. Out of that soil, SoulHub takes shape—not as a brand with a rigid roadmap, but as a sangha for like-hearted people. We dig into what it means to build a lighthouse of safety, prune back bloated systems, and let the right work emerge instead of forcing outcomes.
Love sits at the centre as practice, not plot twist. We explore the gap between Hollywood romance and deep companionship, the mirror of an honest partner, and the daily work of integrating the parts we hide. Guilt shows up—Catholic-flavoured, people-pleasing, relentless—and we examine how choosing alignment isn’t selfish but necessary. Adversity threads through the story without spectacle: plans that didn’t happen, identities shed, faith redefined. The reframe is powerful—challenge as teacher, not sentence—and it leads to service that feels human, grounded, and alive.
If you’re weighing a safe path against a true one, this conversation offers a map drawn in pencil: permission, pruning, presence. Subscribe, share with a friend who’s at a crossroads, and leave a review with one insight you’re taking into your week.
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Chapters
1. From Banking To SoulHub: Building A Community For Belonging And Healing with Carmen Rendell (00:00:00)
2. Welcome And Carmen’s Background (00:01:32)
3. The Moment She Left Corporate (00:02:06)
4. Marriage, Misalignment, And Permission (00:04:24)
5. Travel As Reinvention And Freedom (00:05:38)
6. Founding SoulHub And Letting It Unfold (00:07:03)
7. Sangha, Belonging, And Safe Spaces (00:09:29)
8. Rebuilding The Community And Systems (00:11:15)
9. Faith, Trust, And Life On The Road (00:13:30)
10. Adversity As Teacher And Catalyst (00:15:58)
11. Guilt, People-Pleasing, And Self-Priority (00:19:30)
12. Love, Companionship, And Doing The Work (00:22:06)
13. Closing Reflections On Self-Acceptance (00:28:19)
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