Episode 179Sep 23, 2026· 1:05:05
🌅 The Grief of Sunsetting a Business & The Joy of Being Multipassionate — with Chereen Leong Schwarz
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Chereen Leong Schwarz is a founder, maker, outdoor adventurer, and rewilding guide. She’s a former chef who started a knitwear brand and then moved into creative retreats — after a period of prolonged grief.
In this conversation, we dive deep into what pivoting really feels like as we explore:
Chereen’s chef career from fine dining to farms
How moving to Colorado spurred her love of knitting
The realities of turning a hobby into a side hustle
Specific ways to center your values in your business
How multiple losses + a health crisis led Chereen through a transformative grief portal
Different methods of building community in and around your business
How to evolve when your work is wrapped up in your ego + identity
The grief the comes when your industry changes and it hurts your business
Why Chereen & Amelia both took sabbaticals before deciding to close their companies
How we grapple with public opinions + projection as we share our work online
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About this episode
Chereen Leong Schwarz is a founder, maker, outdoor adventurer, and rewilding guide. She’s a former chef who started a knitwear brand and then moved into creative retreats — after a period of prolonged grief.
In this conversation, we dive deep into what pivoting really feels like as we explore:
Chereen’s chef career from fine dining to farms
How moving to Colorado spurred her love of knitting
The realities of…
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