Mini-Season 1.5, Episode 3: Finding Your Values on the Calendar, with Jill Cain

Rachel sits down with Jill Cain, founder of Arch Empathy, a strategic consulting practice that helps unconventional businesses, artists, and creative teams build strategy that honors both people and profit. Jill shares how a laundry day and a metal band t-shirt led to the name Arch Empathy, why she finally gave herself permission to leave a stable career for an uncertain one, and how her five core values (delight, self-love, autonomy, embodiment, and creativity) show up in her actual calendar, not just on a sticky note above her monitor. In This Episode How Jill's background in social science research and design, plus 20-plus years as a "tour wife" for a touring musician, shaped her approach to business strategy The story behind the name Arch Empathy (it involves a laundry pile and a metal band t-shirt) The permission Jill had to give herself to leave a steady paycheck and build something of her own A walk through Jill's five values: delight, self-love, autonomy, embodiment, and creativity, and what each one actually looks like in daily life Her practice of keeping a "shitty things I'm grateful for" list as an act of self-love The exercise Rachel and Jill both use: would someone be able to spot your values just by looking at your calendar or your bank account? What's bringing Jill joy right now, from family to bouldering to the clients she gets to work with Details on Jill's in-person Solo Circuit Retreat for solopreneurs, happening Friday, December 11th in the Twin Cities Jill Cain is the founder of Arch Empathy, a strategic consulting service for unconventional businesses. She works at the intersection of emotion and operations, helping business owners and their teams strategize toward the future they want for both their people and their profit. Jill works with artist management and creative project teams, service, retail, and community spaces, and emerging entrepreneurs. She's based in Minnesota. Website: archempathy.com Instagram: @archempathy LinkedIn: Jill Cain Memorable Quote "When you feel joy and delight, don't question it. Just feel it. And no matter how short it is or long, it doesn't matter. You felt it, and that is awesome. Just honor that. Don't judge it. Don't question it. Give yourself permission." — Jill Cain Connect with Rachel Rachel Bents is the host of Joy Unfiltered and founder of The Joy Collective. Follow the show and share it with someone who could use a little more joy today. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com (https://pcm.adswizz.com) for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.