“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."
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#183 Turning a Personal Passion for Art Into Unique Travel Experiences for Women (Suzanne Randolph)
#182 From The Army to Arming Entrepreneurs for Success (Laura Noel)
#181 Is Your “Perfect” Daughter Hiding Something From You? (Caralena Peterson)
#180 How to Make a Leap in Your Career Reinvention (Dana Hilmer & Wendy Perrotti)
#179 Stop Letting Fear Guide You! (Jessica Joines)
#178 Reinventing Your Creativity as a Luxury Business (Jane Pollak)
#177 Teaching Others How to Deal with their Anger (Doug Noll)
#176 Reinventing Your Job Search in Your 40s, 50, and 60s (Gillian Williams)
#175 When Trauma Forces Your Reinvention (Carrington Smith)
#174 When Injury Leads to Innovation (Ivy Slater)
#173 Helping Women Scale Their Business to $1 Million (Eleanor Beaton)
#172 From Famous Family to Fashion Pioneer (Liz Lange)
#171 Reinventing Yourself All Over Again From Scratch (Kathleen Smith)
#170: Her Reinvention as a Writer Happened at 63 (Stephanie Raffelock)
#169: When an Economic Upheaval Forces You to Reinvent Your Career (Susan Schoenberger)
#168 From Nun to Fortune 500 Founder: How One Woman Overcame Her Fear of Reinvention (Ellen Snee)
#167: Reinventing After 50 to Recover Your Life’s Passion (Jennifer Lewis McKay)
#166: How to Reinvent Your Relationship to Your Children’s Education (Caitlin Meister)
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