Reinvent Yourself

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#224 When Healing from Your Childhood Trauma Leads to Radical Self-Awareness (Poonam Bhuchar) Nov 03, 2023

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"As corny as it sounds, it really is about doing the inner work and knowing who you are," observes lawyer, author, and emotional well-being expert Poonam Bhuchar. "We put energy into going to the gym, we put effort into our relationships, why do we not honeymoon ourselves…why don't we spend the time to get to know who we are and what we want?" A powerhouse reinventor and master of resilience, Bhuchar overcame assault, bullying, and attempted suicide before dedicating her professional life to supporting others on their journey to better emotional health. She is the creator of the SAFE Retreat: Transforming Relationships Through Communication and Understanding, which utilizes holistic practices such as yoga and somatic therapy to help couples work through emotional pain and communicate so they can transform their relationships. Listen in to this rich conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour to learn how Bhuchar took the steps to leave an abusive marriage and empower herself towards her best life.

The SAFE Retreat will take place in December in the Hudson Valley, New York. For more information, visit EmotionallySafe.com. Bhuchar’s book, SAFE from the Pain: Out of the Darkness Into a Life That’s Free, Happy, and Good is available now. Connect with Poonam Bhuchar on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Timestamps:

2:47 - Her personal childhood trauma and healing story

9:00 - Leaving her arranged marriage, pursuing therapy, and improving her communication

16:00 - How therapy and other practices helped her heal her relationships

20:00 - Financial awareness in a marriage (why we culturally assign finances to men)

25:00 - Learn more about the SAFE Retreat

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#223 How to Reinvent Yourself as a Writer – and Actually Make Money! (Rebecca Weber) Oct 27, 2023

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Is it possible to reinvent yourself as a writer in your second act and also make a sustainable living? Journalist and writing coach Rebecca Weber is proof that you can. Her reinvention took her from Washington, DC to Cape Town, South Africa where she covers social justice, travel, the environment and the arts. Listen in to her conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour as she shares her hard-won insights, expert hacks, and the exact steps you can take to finally make your passion for writing into a fulfilling career.

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#222 When Your Reinvention Takes You From Entrepreneurship to the Corporate World (Barbara Viteri) Oct 20, 2023

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As an entrepreneur, Barbara Viteri was wildly successful: she was regularly featured on magazine covers and television, and yet she didn’t feel fulfilled. “I noticed that the passion we tell everyone to have…was not really a passion,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour in this candid conversation. “It was a bit scary.” Listen in as she shares the personal reinvention that took her on a career whirlwind, how she chose to leave the world of celebrity interior design on a high note and developed the confidence to embark on a new career as a corporate recruiter. Now CNA International’s fastest-growing senior executive recruiter and building a million dollar portfolio in her first year of business, Viterari shares all her tips and tricks that helped her make her reinvention a reality.

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Time Stamps:

2:57: Creating Designerlebrity and becoming a social media star
7:52: When her marriage began to fail and her career didn't feel like enough
12:45: Reinventing after heartbreak
18:00: How to pivot into a new business
22:53: How self-awareness can help your career reinvention

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#221: World Menopause Day: A Special Conversation with Michelle Jacobs (Co-Founder, Womanness) Oct 18, 2023

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"If you look at [menopause] in a positive way, you could do anything," says Michelle Jacobs, co-founder of Womanness, a wellness brand dedicated to supporting women going through menopause and perimenopause. "The women I have found are happiest at this time look at it as an opportunity and not the end of something. And that's really what Womanness is all about." When her longtime friend Sally Mueller started to struggle with the unexpected symptoms of menopause, Jacobs and Mueller decided to team up to create real solutions. They reinvented themselves as startup entrepreneurs to create Womanness and grow it into a powerful brand. Listen in to this conversation between Jacobs and CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour to learn how Jacobs reinvented herself, her top product recommendations during menopause, and the surprising insights she found in her research.

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#220 Reinventing After Reaching the Top of the Mountain (Shelley Paxton) Oct 13, 2023

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“I am everything without the job. I am everything without the title…I’m a badass. I’m a trailblazer. I’m a lighthouse.” This was the manifesto that led Shelley Paxton to leave her job as Chief Marketing Officer of Harley-Davidson in search of what set her soul on fire. “I didn’t believe it for a while,” she tells me, “I had to keep rereading it and saying it out loud.” Now she's on a mission to lead a reinvention REBELution through her coaching and bestselling book, Soulbattical: A Corporate Rebel's Guide to Finding Your Best Life. Listen in as she tells me all the details that supported her journey and shares the exercises from her book that can take you from unfulfilled to utterly empowered.

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#219 90% of Entrepreneurs Fail: Why You Should Reinvent Through a Franchise (Kim Daly) Sep 29, 2023

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“I can make money and live a good life rather than trying to figure out how to make money,” says Kim Daly, creator of the Millionaire Mindset program, “because it's in that trying time that most startup businesses fail.” Before becoming one of America’s top franchise consultants, Daly had a successful career as a sought-after entrepreneur in the health and fitness industry. Having experienced life at both ends of the career spectrum, she shares her observations in this insightful conversation with CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. Listen in to discover the ways franchise business ownership can revolutionize your life and why it’s not just about flipping hamburgers anymore. Plus, gain all of Daly’s tips and tricks to find out if franchise ownership is right for you: she’ll give you everything you need to get started.

Time Stamps:

4:10 - How her personal reinvention led to entrepreneurship

6:00 - Franchising as a career option

11:00 - Finding the right franchise for you

17:00 - Franchise opportunities for older women

22:00 - What you need to know before you start

31:00 - Achieving entrepreneurship, franchsing, and business success

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#217 Reinventing from a Stable Career to Fill a Need Gap (Sharon Linder) Sep 22, 2023

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When Sharon Linder saw a need gap, she left a 32-year career at IBM to jump into the world of entrepreneurship and fill it. After her mother and sisters survived breast cancer, Linder became more diligent about her own exams. It was in the waiting room where she saw the need gap. “The skinny girls were freezing in their little gowns and the big girls were basically falling out of their bigger gowns,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. “I thought, ‘there has to be a better way.’” As a result, she created Get Janes, a collection of dignified and comfortable hospital gowns designed for women and men in inclusive sizes and styles. In this detailed conversation Linder shares the exact process she went through, from exploring the manufacturing necessities of hospital gowns to getting funding for her business. Listen in to get Linder’s best advice for taking action on your own entrepreneurial journey.

Time Stamps:

2:50 - How she saw the need gap during a breast exam

7:56 - Improving patient experience in hospitals

14:46 - The research she did to understand what needed to be changed

20:15 - Becoming an entrepreneur and developing her product

26:46 - Creating Get Janes and selling to hospitals before going public

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#216 From Stay-at-Home Mom to Addiction Recovery Maven (Felicia Montiforte Kleinpeter) Sep 08, 2023

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“I was a stay-at-home mom, became addicted to drugs, lost custody of my children, got into long term recovery, and started a New Orleans recovery community.” So begins this revealing and vulnerable conversation with Felicia Montiforte Kleinpeter, co-founder and CEO of Imagine Recovery, one of the foremost recovery communities in New Orleans. After a car accident, Kleinpeter developed an addiction to painkillers that led to a years-long spiral. Her greatest reinvention came when she sought treatment at an all-female recovery center. "It's such a great opportunity to learn about ourselves and dig deep and create a whole new life," she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. Learn how Kleinpeter turned her greatest struggle into her life’s work. If you are struggling with addiction, Kleinpeter invites you to reach out to her directly via cell phone at (225) 937-1132 or email at felicia@imaginerecovery.com.

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#215 Her Health Crisis Led her to Start a Nonprofit at 27 (Donna Cryer) Aug 25, 2023

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While in law school at the age of 27, Donna Cryer found herself with colon cancer and in need of a liver transplant, all the result of a rare autoimmune disease born of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). “It is really an honor to use my lived experience, especially the painful part of my journey, to help solve problems in the the healthcare system,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour in this vital conversation. Cryer founded the Global Liver Institute, the only patient-driven liver health nonprofit operating in the U.S. and Europe. Discover how Cryer (and women like her worldwide) are developing advocacy nonprofits to help other patients cut through the fear and confusion of various health issues. Learn how to priortize your liver health, the unexpected colon cancer symptoms you should look out for, and how to advocate for yourself in any doctor’s office.

Timestamps:

2:50 - Discovering she had colon cancer in her 20s

8:31 - Understanding the importance of liver health

14:50 - How many people suffer from liver disease?

21:30 - How to transition from patient to patient advocate

27:22 - Learning how to talk to your doctor and take care of yourself first

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#214 When Covid Forces You to Pivot – and You Thrive (Sarah LaFleur) Aug 18, 2023

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Imagine carrying a women’s fashion label dedicated to reinventing workwear through a global pandemic that shuts down offices worldwide and makes “work from home” the new normal! “The only way through was forward,” remembers Sarah LaFleur, who founded the MM LaFleur clothing brand in 2013. By relying on the purpose of their pieces (still easy dressing for work) but reframing their presentation (instead, say, of dresses-that-travel, tops that look professional on video), MM LaFleur was able to thrive through the hardest of times. Listen to my wonderful conversation with LaFleur to learn her best advice for identifying your own post-pandemic priorities. Better yet: she shares here personal packing solutions for chic travel out of a carry-on.

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