How to Show Up for Your Network After Major Life Transitions w/Leslie Levito

Listen to Episode 2 of Allergic to Small talk on Spotify or Apple.

Have you ever been through a life transition such as a divorce, bankruptcy, or done a complete 180 with your career?

After these life shifts happen, some people find it easier to just disappear for a while instead of continuing to show up for their network or audience. 

I know because I was one of those people.

Early on in my career I worked at a trash company for 8 years. I guess you can say I was a trashy lady?

During my time there, I got engaged, I became the president of a prominent non-profit, and I got my MBA. 

As my 8 years came to a close, I had broken off my engagement, my term as president came to an end, and I decided to finally ditch my corporate gig to…

Drive for Uber and Lyft 🙃 (← I’ll save this story for another time).

Instead of showing up for the beautiful network I built for myself throughout those 8 years, I decided it was easier to disappear for a while. Why?

I was afraid to face what people may have thought about me.

I was embarrassed about sharing the downfall of my engagement + trying to justify why I had just spent $120K on a private education to collect 5 Star reviews.  

I had it that who I was, was composed of all the things I had achieved and not achieved in life.

Have you ever been through something similar and struggled with this same mindset?

If so, you’re going to LOVE episode 2 of the Allergic to Small Podcast where I interviewed one of my best friend's and now business partner, Leslie Levito. 

She is an expert in re-inventing oneself, business and brand strategy, and making dumplings by hand 🥟.

Leslie talks about 3 takeaways that she picked up through not 1, not 2, but 3 major life transitions, and how she decided to show up 3 times harder.

She shares these powerful insights on life:

  • “When your WHY is big enough you’ll do anything”.

  • People are standing for your greatness and they want to contribute to you.

  • People know who you are sometimes more deeply than you know yourself. 

As she walks us through how she discovered these takeaways I couldn’t help myself from thinking:

“I really wish I had listened to this episode when I was going through my life transitions because I HID from my network”.

I hope you enjoy this episode and find it just as powerful as I did.

Here’s to showing up no matter what! 🥂

Your former trashy lady,

-Ro

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