“Control is a coping mechanism,” says author (Wait, It Gets Worse https://amzn.to/34rUTPM), cancer survivor, and total life reinventor, Lydia Slaby. “It works until it fails.” And it failed when Slaby was 33, a freshly minted JD/MBA with a new job in Chicago and was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma that featured a tumor the size of a grapefruit on her sternum and heart. Two years of emergency care—including open-heart surgery—left her clear that her high-powered, uber-stressful life had to change. “The old path fell away; it was a gift,” she tells CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour. Now at age 40, the “process of dismantling and dismembering” has allowed Slaby to find her true voice and her ability to share her journey and story in writing. “Disease picks and chooses,” she says. “I think it does show up when there are lessons to be learned."
#48: When disruption forces you to reinvent (Bonnie Levison)
#47: Resetting to slow life down (Rachel Lightfoot)
#46: Reinventing through “subconscious surviving” (Tashyra Ayers)
#45: Moving out of stuck (Julien McRoberts)
#44: Reinventing to find your place in the world (Gretchen Rubin)
#43: The simple phrase that reinvented my life (Susan Hyatt)
#42: Finding time, money, freedom, happiness ("Downsizing Ninja" Rita Wilkins)
#41: Reinventing after taking down your boss (Gretchen Carlson)
#40: When the birth of a daughter forces you to reinvent (Mary Beth Ferrante)
#39: Reinventing with a weekend “side hustle" (Gillian Garrett)
#38: Reinventing after tragedy (Laura Dinsmore)
#37: Her dry cleaning bill made her do it (Sarah LaFleur)
#36: Reinventing against the odds (Louise Phillips Forbes)
#35: Reinventing to fill up her empty nest (Jeannie Ralston)
#34: “Fake it till you make it!” Reinventing with moxie! (Barbara Warren)
#33: Reinventing after cancer (Tamika Felder)
#32: Reinventing by teaching fearlessness (Randi Levin)
#31: When life forces you to reinvent - after an abusive relationship (Vani Murthy)
#30: Helping women achieve economic equality (Fran Pastore)
#29: When you decide to reinvent everything at once (Pamela Redmond Satran)
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