47 min

258: Chatting about how to Make Your Mess Your Message with Shari Leid Chats from the Blog Cabin

    • Society & Culture

Following the expected path of graduating from law school, getting married, and having kids, Shari and her husband soon made the joint decision to have one of them stay at home with their two children. Still a licensed attorney today, Shari stopped practicing in her late 30s. “It wasn’t something that I had planned for, and it was a difficult transition from lawyer to stay-at-home mom,” she recalls. “During the transition, I lost both the company of men as friends and colleagues as well as my identity because it was entirely wrapped up in my profession, and I had to find my self-worth as a stay-at-home mom – things I was ill-prepared to do. While I always knew I wanted kids, I never saw myself as a full-time stay-at-home mom. It was the hardest job I ever had to do.”

After a breast cancer diagnosis in her 40s, Shari immediately thought, this must be happening to me for a reason. “My cancer journey caused me to look at other events in my life and I realized that all the things that have ‘happened to me,’ I was able to get through because of the mindset I had, the perspective I approach life with – and realizing this made it painful for me to watch others struggle and feeling stuck by what life throws their way.”

Helpful Links:

Website : www.animperfectlyperfectlife.com

Make Your Mess Your Message: More Life Lessons From And For My Girlfriends https://amzn.to/3npp5qb {affiliate Link} 




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Following the expected path of graduating from law school, getting married, and having kids, Shari and her husband soon made the joint decision to have one of them stay at home with their two children. Still a licensed attorney today, Shari stopped practicing in her late 30s. “It wasn’t something that I had planned for, and it was a difficult transition from lawyer to stay-at-home mom,” she recalls. “During the transition, I lost both the company of men as friends and colleagues as well as my identity because it was entirely wrapped up in my profession, and I had to find my self-worth as a stay-at-home mom – things I was ill-prepared to do. While I always knew I wanted kids, I never saw myself as a full-time stay-at-home mom. It was the hardest job I ever had to do.”

After a breast cancer diagnosis in her 40s, Shari immediately thought, this must be happening to me for a reason. “My cancer journey caused me to look at other events in my life and I realized that all the things that have ‘happened to me,’ I was able to get through because of the mindset I had, the perspective I approach life with – and realizing this made it painful for me to watch others struggle and feeling stuck by what life throws their way.”

Helpful Links:

Website : www.animperfectlyperfectlife.com

Make Your Mess Your Message: More Life Lessons From And For My Girlfriends https://amzn.to/3npp5qb {affiliate Link} 




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47 min

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