I'm a baker. There is nothing paleo about what I do. :)

Personal Trainer, Boxing Coach, Olympic lifting coach, Yoga/Tai Chi instructor, and health/wellness coach.

It's literally my job to teach people how to move and eat, so it's definitely a "paleo" profession!

i recently started an all natural skincare line from my kitchen. im carried in two stores so far and selling stuff through my website. its something ive been doing for about 20 years, and for some reason only now thought i could possibly make money at it. things are going really well so far. i work my butt off, but i get to do it at home with my kiddos, and have the flexibility to enjoy being outside on nice days, go to the gym on not so nice days and hang with my family. my products are all unrefined, simple, gluten free, and organic when possible (if i have to choose between organic or unrefined, ill go with the unrefined stuff). i use paleo principles to guide me in product development, and dont use any artificial fragrances. everything smells like exactly what it is. i love paleo beauty and self care!

im a social worker and psychotherapist by education. i specialize in the advanced treatment of psychological trauma, and i LOVE what i do but i took a break when i had my kids. i cant wait to go back to itonce my business is a little more stable. i would like to take on a few clients every week for individual therapy and do some consulting and education. trauma work is very emotionally taxing, and ive found that when i do too much, it has a profoundly negative effect on my health and family, so ive learned to limit it. i still also volunteer with the medical reserve corps and remain ready to be deployed to a large scale disaster if needed, and participate in local disaster relief and post disaster debriefings.

my husband is home with us now too studying to be a personal trainer, wanting tp specialize in rugby training since he played for 14 years.

I'm an adventure guide. During the summer and part of fall and spring, I spend 5 days a week living in wilderness. I am outside all day, sleep in a tent at night. I get 4 to 6 hours a day of moderate exercise. I'm paddling or hiking or climbing. My daily schedule is bound to the natural cycles around me; sunrise and sunset, tides, wind etc. This summer, I'll sleep on an empty beach four nights a week. It's pretty hard to eat paleo on expeditions, but I've managed to make 2 of my 3 meals per day paleo and all of my snack are. The food part is definitely the hardest. I miss bacon and steak and fresh veggies.

When I'm not working as an adventure guide I make handmade leather goods for my parents' leather shop. Its really rewarding being able to design an item in my head and then make it. I feel incredibly lucky to have inherited a trade from my parents. This gives me the ability to create my on schedule, cook all my meals at home and work out whenever I want.

I'm a massage therapist and wouldn't trade it for the world. My schedule is as flexible as flexible gets. Also I love helping people get in touch with their own bodies and understand the complexities of who they are as human beings.

I'm a stay at home mom too. We get to take long walks outside in the ergo, weather permitting, buy food from local farms, take naps when we want, breastfeed on demand, and I have plenty of time to make sure we always have good bone Broths and home made meals in the house and I even make my own liver pate. I love having the luxury to raise my family this way. I know we'd have more stuff an probably even better access to higher end food but the care I put in to our meals and the flexibility in raising my baby in a natural way would be lost.

My poor husband has a very Paleo-unfriendly job. He's a music composer/audio designer for a video game company so he works a lot of long hours and late nights in a windowless soundproof office. He walks to work and to lunch to help but this journey of ours has been far easier for me than him. Thank goodness for d supplements or I think he'd be sick all the time (and he was before.)

I just got hired as a lead bartender at the new NYC location of Beecher's Handmade Cheese. I'll be downstairs in the Cellar Lounge. I'm excited about this because Beecher's motto is "Changing the way America eats." Their "pure food" philosophy is very much in line with my personal food philosophies.

Beecher's Handmade Cheese

I consider this job to very Paleo-friendly. I'll be working nights mostly, so I have lots of free time to make music, go run around outdoors, etc. I'll be on my feet the whole day at work, rarely sitting, and rarely standing still. Bartending and serving/making delicious natural, minimally processed food is something that I'm very passionate about. The staff is very small and very friendly, and we're committed to being a close-knit team. I'm especially excited about the behind the scenes stuff. I'll get to make valuable connections in the farm/dairy world. And the cheese! (I know, I know, not "strictly" Paleo...but come on...it's handmade, RIGHT THERE in the restaurant!)

I'm super excited to start. We open June 24th! Come see me downstairs at Beecher's!

(No...this is not a shameless plug or an advertisement. I really do feel this way, and I'm excited to be doing a job that I can stand behind!)

Another stay-at-home mom here and I can't get over how lucky I am to be able to stay home with my extremely happy and mellow toddler (who is happy and mellow, I firmly believe, because he's never had white sugar and hasn't had grains in months since we went paleo). I get to spend hours in the kitchen preparing healthy meals, interrupted every few moments by a kid who wants me to wrestle with him (excellent exercise!). I started a local group for like-minded moms, so I do have a close social circle. We get together and ferment veggies, go for hikes, take our kids to the playground...it's awesome. Pretty much couldn't ask for a more paleo-friendly life.

nope, I'm in engineering, I am at a desk 90% of my day. most days I walk around out in the manufacturing plant for a little while just to go for a walk. I always have a handful of papers and a pen and stop and chat with a person or 2 so i look official and busy.

Ooh! Me! Me! Granted, I'm trapped inside all day, but I'm a teacher :) I love what I do, I love the students, and walking around the school on an average day gets me a few miles. I also direct the school play, so I do a lot of running around having fun with teens :) I'm literally on my feet every moment of rehearsal -- which can be up to 8 extra hours! (Then my job gets NON paleo as I wind up with 3-4 hours of sleep a night the week before a show!)

I leave my job as energized as I went in. I think that's awesome :)

At 24 I've decided to go into semi-retirement. Previously I was an office worker, and that messed up my posture and stressed me out.

I don't want to buy property or procreate so I have no need to save money, I can skip to retirement. I don't want to work full-time in an office. I'll work occasionally in jobs that interest me, so I have enough money to eat, somewhere to sleep and pocket money for travelling.

It may have something to do with how good I feel since going paleo. I'm calm all the time. Really, I don't want anything. I spend my days meditating, eating, swimming, walking, stretching and lifting weights.

It may also have something to do with meditation. I don't want things, you know, like clothes and cars.

It may also have something to do with being a punk, because I know that I can live virtually for free in my home country by squatting, dumpster diving, hunting and growing food.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I am lucky to be able to work from home which affords me time to Crossfit in the middle of the day, get outside when the weather is nice and spend time coming up with paleo/primal recipes. I couldn't ask for much more!

Jamie

Besides being a stay-at-home mom who gardens, I work as a waitress at my parents' Greek restaurant, a couple days a week. I get to interact with people, walk a good 8 miles total, and get to go outside in the sun, as we have patio seating. I'm obviously lifting and carrying plates of food. Also, I can bring my own grass-fed whatever and the chefs will cook it for me. People look down on the "waitress" thing but I LOVE IT. (I only do it two days a week, so I'm not at all jaded.) I love seeing people leave in a little bit of a better mood than when they came in - that's my goal. :)

(Hard not to chime in about what they're ordering, though. I just smile and tell them how very yum our pancakes are..)

I work from my home office, which has allowed me to be the primary caregiver for my two children. It also affords me more time in the day to grow my garden, tend to my chickens, explore, experiment, and continue in my endless quest for knowledge and self betterment.

I wouldn't call what I do paleo -- I'm a graphic designer -- but I've applied certain principles and ethical boundaries to my work that I've been fortunate enough to be able to live within.

When I was going to design school 12 years ago I was intrigued by an article I read in Adbusters called The First Things First Manifesto http://www.emigre.com/Editorial.php?sect=1&id=14. Basically the idea is not to sell out to the man, but to apply ones design expertise and problem solving skills towards worthy causes and sustainability. I signed the manifesto and built a career for myself working for local, independent organizations and non-profits within my community.

I work full time for a company that builds Tiny Houses. In my "spare" time I do freelance work for other local and sustainably minded companies, such as the local indy bookstore chain, the Peace and Justice Center, performing arts centers, and a number of independent publishers in my area.

Guess I should chime in and answer my own question. 

Over the years I've worked in various non-paleo fields as a graphic designer, corporate trainer, and high level tech support. Several years ago I got fed up with being desk bound and piled under paperwork and fired my bosses. 

I'm currently a wilderness instructor, a pretty successful (actually profitable!) nature/landscape artist and volunteer FS Ranger. 

After using some self experimentation techniques and discovering that I and my family are Celiac (backed up by tests) I'm currently working on a degree in clinical nutrition. 

I'll never give up the freedom of 'working' in the wilderness, but I'll be using the knowledge I learn to sift through the misinformation and help educate others as much as possible. 

Not to get too new-agey, but I think it's important to realize that often we are the source of the main obstacles preventing us from accomplishing our goals. 

If you know that living a more paleo lifestyle and shifting to a paleo friendly job will make you happier, you should probably take a good hard look at what's holding you back. 

I know that there are other legitimate obstacles, but It doesnt hurt to do a little self examination now and then. Just sayin'. 

This summer I have an internship at a nature preserve (I'm interested in a career in environmental science), so I help with kids' programs, take walks in the park, and learn as much as I can about stuff I'm passionate about! The staff at the preserve is 6 people- so we're pretty close. I get 8-9 hours of sleep a night and cook for myself for the first time which is awesome.

After 10 years as a "desk jockey" making millions for my bosses and billions for investors, I traded it in to become a college business instructor. I couldn't be happier! I can arrange my schedule around my life, versus the constant demands of a corporate gig. Plus I have to STAND and MOVE as part of my job.

{Yes, the pay is low, but the satisfaction is high.}

The only downsize is the corporate/concrete building where I work. I'm trying to figure out how to hold class on the "green" without disrupting the learning process. Students are sooo used to a sanitary and boring environment :(

AND, when the summer arrives, I only teach 2-3 days a week, which means even more flexibility and the ability to be outdoors. Yay!

I work for a wellness education co based on paleo principles (bonfirehealth.com) as well as a whole food supplement company that makes some pretty legit stuff (innate response). Aside from having to drive quite a bit, I couldn't be happier!

I'm a semi-retired, self-employed web designer. That lets me get up and move around when I want. All of the websites I'm currently working on are environmental, so that's Paleo. Not much tribe, although I like the people I work for.

Sure, it might be fun to have an outdoor job. But nothing like that would pay me as much as I am making. Paleo (Primal, actually) has improved my health, but I don't think I could do a strenuous job. Not everyone can work outside.

I enjoy my work. People probably think that being an environmental (including endangered species) webmaster is totally cool. Sometimes it is. Mostly, it is doing mundane things like fixing broken links.

I'm an actor which, I dare say, is one of the MOST paleo jobs! I absolutely love what I do. My training and daily warmups are based in the stripping down/understanding of the physical and emotional defenses created by society and culture (ie. Alexander technique, fitzmaurice tremoring, etc). Telling stories is one of the earliest forms of play- no coincidence that that's why the final product is called such! It is completely collaborative and requires a tribal bond. Physical vitality is essential. Combine that with an outdoor theatre and a post-show steak, and life is good.

I'm a full-time writer/novelist--a thoroughly paleo job because a) I worked my ass off to get to where I am today, b) I absolutely love it, c) I can set my own hours and take breaks whenever I feel the need, and d) storytelling is one of the original forms of entertainment. Before that I worked in a morgue, which is paleo in that I had the chance to see the stark reality of life and death, and before that I worked as a cop, which kept me active and also gave me several opportunities to be in true fight-for-your-life situations. In other words, I've had an awesome life in many ways. :-)

Spent the 4 years prior to this August sitting down, in a lab with no windows, running science experiments that stressed me out, for scientists that were constantly stressed out and had no idea what a 40 hour work week was. My only option for food if I didn't bring my own was Chic-fil-a, pizza and hospital food that no healthy person, let alone sick people should ever have to even look at.

Now I'm a first year grad student working towards a M.S. and RD certification because my old life literally would have killed me. Also pursuing certification as a personal trainer so I can make being healthy and helping others get healthy my career.

Sometimes you have to be backed into a corner to really look at your life and make the changes necessary to get where you want to be. My new career will be pretty damn paleo.

I stay at home with my kids (ages 5 and 2), which leaves plenty of time for getting sunshine, playing, going to some of the local farms, connecting, etc. It's extremely rewarding, and I'm so fortunate to be able to be at home with them. The only thing I don't get to do is sleep. (I'm hoping that'll come when they get a bit older!) It took me a while to get over the mindset of feeling like I had to use my education in the corporate or govt world, but now that I've done that this is the best job ever.

As a landscaper I spend a lot of time walking at a moderate pace, shoveling, occasionally lifting heavy objects, and working with one of my best friends. It's 8 to 5 but the workload varies day to day and we have the luxury of frequent breaks and "fun" when time permits.

I am a firefighter. Not paleo because we don't fight a whole lot of fire anymore due to construction advancement and education. Although when actually fighting a fire its "heavy lifts and sprints". My second job (most firefighters require this) is a Carpenter. This is definitely a "paleo" job with modern tools. Only thing is it doesn't allow for much play time. Still trying to figure out how to make a day longer than 24 hours. HA!

I'm an IT security consultant, working in banks mostly, currently for government deploying wireless networks.

I don't think any of those words and concepts is paleo. Maybe "working" but not in this sense.

My summer job (I'm a college student) is working as a camp counselor for first and second graders-- it allows me to be outside all day, walk around a lot, play with kids, and bond with my co-counselors.

SO much more Paleo than my years working at Dunkin Donuts...

Currently studying in college, but the career I want, I would think is in the Paleo range.

Working on a film set:

• Collaborate with people all the time
• Always on your feet and doing something!
• Lifting heavy equipment (sandbags, lights, etc)
• Being on a film set would be a dream job, never feel like going to work, just constantly being in a creative environment
• Film outdoors! I definitely have a farmer tan from long periods of time on student film sets outside. The bug bites suck though -_-

I stopped enjoying teaching so I now answer phones until I can figure out what I want a new degree in and what I want to do with the rest of my life.

However, I no longer take work home- I leave it at work, which leaves me lots of time to do what I want to afterwards. I'd consider that bit Paleo.

I get to enjoy the outdoors and get my lifting and stuff in since I don't take work home. I'm now exploring random things I've been wanting to do like learn to make wine and learn to butcher (that's the newest thing I really want to do).

And it leaves me more time for the performance aspect of music that I couldn't allot time for when I was teaching.