In this episode of North of Normal, Amanda McKeen sits down with Laurie Butson of Cleared to Flourish for a deeply human conversation about career pivots, positive psychology, and what happens when your body forces you to listen.
Laurie shares her journey from a 25-year corporate leadership role focused on culture, learning, and employee well-being to building her own practice rooted in the science of human flourishing. Along the way, she opens up about burnout, chronic illness, the impact of stress, and how a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis ultimately reshaped her definition of success. Grounded, thoughtful, and refreshingly honest, this episode explores what it really means to move “north of neutral” in work, health, and community—and why thriving requires more than just pushing through.
