Whose Life Are You Living? | Petro du Pisani
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Making conscious choices to reclaim your time, energy, and purpose.
In this episode of The Eminence Project, Briony Liber sits down with Petro du Pisani - executive coach, adventurer, and conscious pauser - for a powerful conversation about what it means to live a life of your own design. Together, they explore the journey from unconscious conformity to conscious agency, and the courage it takes to step off the corporate treadmill and into a life that truly aligns with your values.
Petro shares her story of leaving a successful career at the age of 51 to take a year-long sabbatical filled with experimentation, reflection, and rediscovery. From yoga teacher training in the Maldives to trekking the Himalayas, she reveals how she used this time to reconnect with her purpose and redefine success on her own terms.
This episode is a heartfelt invitation to pause, reflect, and ask yourself: whose life am I living? And if it’s not yours — what would it take to change that?
Key Takeaways:
- Why we often unconsciously follow life paths shaped by others’ expectations.
- How to recognise when your values and your lifestyle are out of alignment.
- The role of the inner critic — and how to balance it with self-compassion and courage.
- What it means to make yourself your own “Eminence Project.”
- How to experiment with new ways of living, even if you can’t take a full sabbatical.
- The power of doing a “time audit” to reclaim space for yourself in your own life.
In this episode of The Eminence Project, Briony Liber sits down with Petro du Pisani - executive coach, adventurer, and conscious pauser - for a powerful conversation about what it means to live a life of your own design. Together, they explore the journey from unconscious conformity to conscious agency, and the courage it takes to step off the corporate treadmill and into a life that truly aligns with your values.
Petro shares her story of leaving a successful career at the age of 51 to take a year-long sabbatical filled with experimentation, reflection, and rediscovery. From yoga teacher training in the Maldives to trekking the Himalayas, she reveals how she used this time to reconnect with her purpose and redefine success on her own terms.
This episode is a heartfelt invitation to pause, reflect, and ask yourself: whose life am I living? And if it’s not yours — what would it take to change that?
Key Takeaways:
- Why we often unconsciously follow life paths shaped by others’ expectations.
- How to recognise when your values and your lifestyle are out of alignment.
- The role of the inner critic — and how to balance it with self-compassion and courage.
- What it means to make yourself your own “Eminence Project.”
- How to experiment with new ways of living, even if you can’t take a full sabbatical.
- The power of doing a “time audit” to reclaim space for yourself in your own life.
Chapters
- 00:00 Introduction to Petro du Pisani
- 01:19 The Rat Race and Realisation
- 02:41 Societal Expectations and Agency
- 03:25 The Seeds of Doubt and the Corporate Climb
- 05:42 Questioning the Unconscious Life
- 06:50 Parental Expectations and Time
- 08:02 The Allure of Retirement and Living in the Present
- 08:59 The Intensifying Disconnect
- 11:25 The Inner Critic and Financial Stability
- 13:39 Managing the Inner Critic
- 14:50 Self-Compassion and Self-Doubt
- 17:11 Pivoting and Reinforcing Self-Belief
- 21:01 The Eminence Project and Experimentation
- 21:53 Planning and Experimenting
- 24:43 The Year of Experimentation
- 27:17 Dipping Your Toes and Knowing Yourself
- 28:34 Holistic Awareness and Cycles of Life
- 30:30 Prioritising Self-Reflection
- 31:51 Awareness and Asking for Time
- 32:46 Defining Self-Prioritisation
- 34:08 The Study and Data-Driven Approach
- 35:25 Saying Yes and Saying No
- 36:12 Whose Life Are You Living?
- 36:45 Conscious Appreciation
