Divorce, Dallas, and Starting Over in My 50s

<p>I&#39;ve been talking to you on this podcast for almost three years, and I realized I never actually told you what happened.</p><p>You know pieces. The divorce. The move to Dallas. The book, the speaking, Flip the Box. But I&#39;ve never sat down and told you how I got from the woman who started this podcast in December 2023, scared out of her mind, to the woman sitting here today. A woman who actually likes her life, and likes herself in it.</p><p>This isn&#39;t an episode on how to get divorced or how to reinvent yourself in five steps. God knows it took me way more than five steps. It&#39;s the story of the space between there and here.</p><p>IN THIS EPISODE</p><ul><li><p>Why familiarity has a way of disguising itself as security</p></li><li><p>The invisible cords nobody can cut for you</p></li><li><p>Keeping the peace vs. actually being at peace</p></li><li><p>Dating after a 26-year marriage (and the fish. I still don&#39;t understand the fish.)</p></li><li><p>Moving to Dallas and walking into rooms alone in my 50s</p></li><li><p>Building a business when the results don&#39;t show up on Amazon Prime time</p></li><li><p>How I realized I&#39;d been living Flip the Box all along</p></li></ul><p>KEY TAKEAWAYS</p><ul><li><p>You can know something needs to end and still be terrified. Both can be true.</p></li><li><p>Keeping the peace and being at peace are two very different things.</p></li><li><p>My life isn&#39;t sitting in a waiting room. I&#39;m not waiting to be happy. I&#39;m living.</p></li><li><p>It wasn&#39;t one big decision. It was hundreds of really ordinary ones.</p></li><li><p>The labels aren&#39;t the problem. It&#39;s the &quot;so...&quot; we put after them.</p></li><li><p>You don&#39;t need to know how it ends. You need to know your next move.</p></li></ul><p>THE FLIP 50</p><p>50 leaders. Five cities: Seattle, Chicago, New York, Nashville, and Dallas. 10 leaders at each dinner, then 50 days of putting the Flip the Box method into practice. Request a seat at the table or nominate a leader at sharileid.com/flip-50.</p><p>BOOK ME TO SPEAK</p><p>Planning a leadership conference, company meeting, or association event? My keynote, Flip the Box: A Blueprint for Human-Centered Leadership, gives leaders the FLIP method (focus, listen, ignite, play) to build trust and keep good people. Visit sharileid.com and click Speaking.</p><p>COMING FEBRUARY 2027</p><p>My fifth book. More soon, and you&#39;ll hear it here first.</p><p><strong>LINKS &amp; RESOU