In the wake of the pandemic—and now amid rapid change driven by AI—many people are rethinking who they are and how they want to work. Their priorities have shifted; sometimes, their whole world has changed.

As we forge new professional identities, self-worth becomes more important than ever. Who are you when you are “between roles”? At an interview or first meeting, is your intention to impress—or to explore? Are you seeking credibility, or considering the value you could bring?

Between 2015 and 2016, I received my own hard lesson in self-worth. A succession of personal losses—the end of a relationship, a failed project, Brexit and its consequences, and the death of my mother—left my identity suddenly in question. I may have understood intellectually the difference between conditional self-esteem and intrinsic self-worth, but I realised I was not living it.

The Self-Worth Safari grew from those struggles and from the discovery that I was far from alone. It has become the adventure of a lifetime: learning that, whatever is happening around us, we can remain a friend to ourselves.

This is the heart of identity regeneration: renewing how we see ourselves, how we show up, and the value we bring—grounded not in external approval, but in real self-worth and self-belief.