How to Start Over in Life Even If You Feel Behind

Podcast 279: How to Start Over in Life (Even If You Feel Behind)

Starting over in midlife isn’t just possible for you, it’s often necessary, and it shows you that you can start over in life at any stage. This season brings a level of clarity you couldn’t access before, answering the question of how to restart your life when what once fit no longer does. You know what you’ve outgrown, what you’re no longer willing to tolerate, and why starting over at any age is not a weakness but a strength. 

After my divorce, I had to learn how to rebuild my life both financially and personally. It felt like a true life reset, and at first, it was painful. I fumbled my way through the process. But as time passed and my choices became bolder, I began to reinvent myself, and my next chapter started to take shape. Along the way, I noticed clear patterns in what actually worked. I wrote those patterns down, and they eventually became the 7-step framework behind Design Your Fabulous Next Chapter

In this episode, I’ll show you how to change your life with a realistic 30-day plan, one filled with steps you can actually take and goals you can truly achieve. Because roles shift, identities evolve, and the life you once carefully built may no longer reflect who you’re becoming. Starting over isn’t a failure of your past; it’s an act of wisdom, self-respect, and courage. Midlife gives you the rare opportunity to design your life from experience rather than expectation—to choose alignment over approval, fulfillment over familiarity, and purpose over autopilot. And for you, starting over may be how you finally come home to yourself.

Extraordinary Women – Extraordinary Women is THE show to help extraordinary women like you design, create and live a fabulous next chapter!


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