Meet Aja Schmeltz. She is a worker trustee at the Good Work Institute located in the Hudson Valley (NY).  Over the last 15 years, she’s held many titles including Art Director and Distillery Consultant. The title that gives her a ton of pride is: Agent of Change. Aja believes that a successful community is not made up of individuals working separately, but of individuals working collaboratively on all fronts. Through her work at Good Work Institute, she helps to unite individuals, enabling them to come together and work for the greater good.   Today we're going to talk about some of the things Good Work Institute (GWI) is doing like the creation of emerging models of organization. If that term is new to you, don’t worry we’ll get you up to speed. Also, Aja and I encourage you to explore this topic further if it piques your curiosity. We also talk about GWI’s mission towards just transition to help with a fair shift to an economy that is sustainable and equitable for all.  As usual, we turn to personal development topics, too. Because while it’s important to talk about the big topics, it is equally important to understand how and why guests, like Aja, got to where they are today.  Aja shares about her journey to establishing her own identity (becoming more than “mom”), how she learned to lean on others even though she is fiercely independent, and how she set out to stop limiting herself and her collaborations in the workplace (a.k.a. shedding her workplace armor).  We tackled so many topics in this episode! If you're curious, I encourage you to check out some of the work Aja and the team at GWI are doing.  If you think of someone that would really be down with today's guest, Aja, or some of the topics that we covered, please share it with one podcast fan you may know. By doing so, you can help grow Le vital corps Salon and help me amplify the work and influence of the women who have been guests on this podcast. Come meet Aja. Selected link love + resources from the episode can be found here:  https://www.vitalcorpswellness.com/blog/lvcs-0077-aja-schmeltz