When your adult children have finally moved on to their own lives, some women find the only way to jumpstart their own bliss is by relocating. “I'd always imagined we’d live forever in our big, beautiful suburban home where I'd given birth to my daughter two days after moving in 24 years earlier,” says CoveyClub founder Lesley Jane Seymour in conversation with Covey Editor at Large, Deborah Marquardt. “But once she and my older son had vacated the nest, the house felt like a mausoleum to sadness; every inch reminded me of their childhood and reinforced how they were now finally gone. Plus the town is so kid-focused that I could walk down the street naked and if I didn’t have a child with me no one would notice.” Seymour and her husband downsized in New Orleans, a city they’d visited on vacation for 30 years. “We wanted warm weather, a university town—where we can teach or learn, interesting culture, diversity of age and economic backgrounds, beautiful housing, a lower cost of living, and people open to newbies. We got them all—and more. Plus we have a 31-year old marriage. Sometimes you just have to jump off the high dive in order to start learning and rediscovering yourself—and your spouse-- again.”
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#207 From Bartender to Social Media Maven (Stacey Birch)
#205 Reinvent Your Approach to Self Promotion In The Digital Age (Alice Draper)
#204 The Near-Death Experience That Forced My Reinvention (Geralyn Ritter)
#203 When a Health Crisis Becomes a Transformative Journey (Elena Sonnino)
#202 When Your Personal Reinvention Leads to Groundbreaking Change for Autism (Dr. Joan Fallon)
#201 Reinventing Your Mindset About Aging (Judy Katz)
#200 When Your Reinvention Leads You to Run for Political Office (But You Lose) (Claire Campos-O’Neal)
#199 Using Reinvention to Navigate Grief (Katty Douraghy)
#198 Reinventing Your Time Management Skills (Ashley Whillans)
#197 Reinventing Your Career Mindset After Decades in One Industry (Jackie MacDougall)
#196 Walking Away from the Golden Handcuffs that are Literally Killing You (Monica Froese)
#195 Reframing Your Career (After Burnout) to Make it New Again (Stephanie Smirnov)
#194 Reinventing Because You Can’t Walk Away from the Paycheck (Heather Frimmer)
#193 When You Don’t Fit Into the Corporate Box Because You Are Multi-Passionate (Sarabeth Berk)
#192 Ditching the Financial Security of the Legal World to Fight for Women’s Equality (Taina Bien-Aime)
#191 Reaching the Pinnacle of Corporate Success and Walking Away (Traci Schubert Barrett)
#190 How to Make Big, Bold Reinvention – Without Regrets (Diann Wingert)
#189 How to Cultivate Reinvention Support Systems – and Ditch the Nay-Sayers (Elizabeth Rosenberg)
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