Divorce, Dallas, and Starting Over in My 50s

I've been talking to you on this podcast for almost three years, and I realized I never actually told you what happened. You know pieces. The divorce. The move to Dallas. The book, the speaking, Flip the Box. But I'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. This isn'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's the story of the space between there and here. IN THIS EPISODE Why familiarity has a way of disguising itself as security The invisible cords nobody can cut for you Keeping the peace vs. actually being at peace Dating after a 26-year marriage (and the fish. I still don't understand the fish.) Moving to Dallas and walking into rooms alone in my 50s Building a business when the results don't show up on Amazon Prime time How I realized I'd been living Flip the Box all along KEY TAKEAWAYS You can know something needs to end and still be terrified. Both can be true. Keeping the peace and being at peace are two very different things. My life isn't sitting in a waiting room. I'm not waiting to be happy. I'm living. It wasn't one big decision. It was hundreds of really ordinary ones. The labels aren't the problem. It's the "so..." we put after them. You don't need to know how it ends. You need to know your next move. THE FLIP 50 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. BOOK ME TO SPEAK 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. COMING FEBRUARY 2027 My fifth book. More soon, and you'll hear it here first. LINKS & RESOURCES Flip the Box® with Shari Leid is for leaders and entrepreneurs who've built something impressive and still feel disconnected underneath it all. Each week, TEDx speaker, 4x author, and connection coach Shari Leid helps you connect to yourself, your career, and your community using the Flip the Box® framework, a four-step method for building real connection in any room, in sixty seconds or less. CONNECT WITH SHARI Website YouTube Instagram To work with Shari, visit www.sharileid.com The Flip 50: https://sharileid.com/flip-50/ For media inquiries, contact Kourtney Jason at [email protected] For speaking engagements, contact AAE Speakers Bureau or email [email protected] Download the free Connection Audit App, a practical tool for evaluating and strengthening the quality of your personal and professional relationships. Music by Viacheslav Starostin from Pixabay