<p><strong>What do you do when you did everything right… and life blows up the plan anyway? </strong></p><p><br></p><p>This week, Wendy sits down with her friend <a href="https://stevekamb.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Steve Kamb</a>, founder of <strong>Nerd Fitness</strong><a href="https://stevekamb.com/howtotryagain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"> and author of the brand-new book <strong>How to Try Again</strong></a> — for a funny, tender, deeply human conversation about <strong>failing, flailing, and finding your way back</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p>While writing a book about navigating failure, Steve got hit with three life-altering blows at once: a skin cancer diagnosis, the collapse of his business’s traffic, and a heartbreaking divorce. What he learned became the heart of this episode — that <strong>failure is the first step</strong>, not the last; that there’s<strong> no “hierarchy of suck”</strong>; and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is <strong>tread water instead of pushing harder</strong>. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Steve walks us through his four-part PACT — Pause, Accept, Change, Try </strong>— and why you should give yourself permission to start ugly. If you’re in a hard season, consider this your <strong>permission slip to breathe</strong>. 💛</p><p><br></p><p><strong>✨ What You’ll Learn</strong></p><p>•     Why failure is the FIRST step in your story, not the last — and why “we’re not that special” is the best news ever</p><p>•     The art of “strategic half-assing”: how treading water beats burning out when life is heavy</p><p>•     Steve’s four-word PACT for starting over — Pause, Accept, Change, Try</p><p>•     How to beware the “back-to-normal fallacy” and accept that today IS the normal</p><p>•     Why you should treat change like an experiment — and give yourself permission to start ugly</p><p><br></p><p><strong>🎧 Tune in now</strong></p><p><u>https://TheMidlifeMakeoverShow.com</u></p><p><strong>✨ Watch the video replay</strong></p><p><u>https://midlifology.net</u></p><p><strong>👉 Connect with Steve Kamb</strong></p><p><a href="https://stevekamb.com/howtotryagain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">HowToTryAgain.com</a>  </p><p><strong>🌟 Explore All Things Midlife</strong></p><p><u>https://wendyvalentine.com</u></p><p><strong>📖 Order Your Copy of Women Waking Up</strong></p><p><u>https://womenwakingup.com</u></p><p><strong>📸 Follow the fun on IG</strong></p><p><u>https://www.instagram.com/hellowendyvalentine/</u></p>