She Burned Down a Thriving Business to Build the Right One. From Corporate Burnout to Recalibrate.

She was being taken to the ER by ambulance and her first thought was whether she would make her 1pm meeting. That moment did not stop her. Not immediately. She went back to corporate. Crept back up to 80 hour weeks. Weekends. Vacations. Everything she said she would never do again. It took trekking to Everest base camp, sitting in an IVF transfer room realizing she did not want kids, and eventually walking away from a thriving company with 90 consultants worldwide before she finally asked herself the question she had never once asked. What do I actually want? Hema Crockett is the founder of Recalibrate, a coaching practice built around helping high achieving women get off autopilot and start building lives that are actually aligned with who they are. Not who they were told to be. In this conversation Ashley and Hema talk about what it looks like to achieve everything you were supposed to achieve and still feel completely disconnected. What it takes to walk away from a successful business. And what happens when you finally build something that is truly yours. In this conversation: 💭 Why high achieving women are most likely to end up living a life they never actually chose 💭 The ambulance moment that should have changed everything and why it did not right away 💭 How trekking to Everest base camp was the first time Hema truly slowed down 💭 Why she walked away from a company doing well and what that decision actually felt like 💭 The moment that became the foundation for her entire business 💭 Why being good at something does not mean you should build a business around it 💭 How to redefine success on your own terms instead of society's 💭 What Hema would tell herself on day one of entrepreneurship 💭 Why as a founder you are a different person every single day and what that means for how you build Whether you are a high achieving woman staring down burnout, considering the leap out of corporate, or a founder who built something successful and is not sure it is the right thing, this conversation was made for you. Connect with Hema and learn more about Recalibrate at www.hemacrockett.com Substack: www.hemacrockett.substack.com Email: hema@hemacrockett.com Intro Call: www.intro.co/hemacrockett Need help growing your vision? Visit www.ponderthisconsulting.com to learn more or book a session with Ashley. 💭 Subscribe for weekly Pondering Prompts, Pondering Lessons, and honest conversations with founders who are in the fight right now. #womeninbusiness #corporateburnout #highachievingwomen #womenentrepreneurs #founderstory