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She quit the 9-5 to build a business around alignment

She quit the 9-5 to build a business around alignment

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Milly Tamati
September 12, 2025

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Ishita is a light worker, Reiki master, and founder of The Cosmic Touch community. Previously, she worked in marketing roles with organizations including the UNDP and Global Health Strategies before transitioning to entrepreneurship. Her work spans energy healing and business consulting, ranging from Reiki sessions for generalists and HSPs to marketing strategy through her agency Creative Vibes Media to community building for personal transformation. Ishita was also the founder of Product Panda on the Run podcast and currently leads has her base in Spain.

What you'll learn:

How to identify misalignment through body awareness and journaling techniques
The framework for transitioning from traditional employment to entrepreneurship without rigid planning
Methods for balancing masculine and feminine energy cycles in business decision-making
Strategies for "batch cooking" work sessions to optimize productivity and rest
Techniques for maintaining technology-life balance through intentional nature time
How to use cycle tracking for strategic business and project planning
The importance of community containers for sustainable professional growth
Practical approaches for following intuitive guidance in career transitions

Some takeaways:

Body-based alignment assessment: Use creative activities like journaling or nature time to connect with your body's signals about career misalignment. Ask directly "where in my body am I feeling tension or pain?" and follow the counterintuitive answers, even when they challenge conventional career paths like stable employment.

Vision-over-process entrepreneurship: Focus on the "what" rather than the "how" when transitioning to self-employment. Develop deep faith in your highest calling and allow the practical steps to emerge organically, rather than getting trapped in detailed planning that may limit possibilities.

Cyclical work optimization: Integrate awareness of natural energy cycles (both daily and monthly) into business operations. Check in with your body before scheduling intensive work, batch similar tasks during high-energy periods, and honor rest cycles as essential to sustainable productivity.

Strategic technology boundaries: Establish clear on/off protocols where you're either fully engaged with work or completely disconnected. Use nature time without devices as a diagnostic tool - if you struggle to spend an hour outside without your phone, it signals an unhealthy dopamine dependency.

Community as competitive advantage: Leverage supportive communities not just for networking but as containers that make challenging professional transitions feel "more fun, light, and playful." The experience of growth changes dramatically when you have structured support rather than attempting solo navigation.

Intuitive business timing: Apply cycle awareness to project management and client communications. Track which phases of your natural rhythms align with different types of work (creative versus administrative) and schedule accordingly for optimal output quality.

Publishing-over-producing strategy: Differentiate between doing more work versus sharing more of your existing work. Strategic publishing and content amplification can create the impression of higher output without actually increasing workload or burnout risk.

Grounding mechanisms for digital entrepreneurs: Establish accountability systems through people (like partners from different industries), places (remote locations with limited connectivity), and practices (daily nature time) that keep you connected to non-digital reality and prevent unhealthy work obsession.

Transition courage framework: Recognize that authentic career pivots often require disappointing others' expectations and images of who you "should" be. The willingness to stop people-pleasing becomes a necessary skill for accessing your actual gifts and creating work that energizes rather than drains you.

Milly Tamati

Founder, Generalist World

📍I live, work and build from the Scottish highlands

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