Ep 85. The Courage to Reinvent Yourself at Any Age or Stage
[10 MIN LISTEN]
Why reinvention feels scary — and why it’s worth it
Change can be terrifying, but it’s also the heartbeat of growth. Reinvention is an act of courage, no matter your age or stage of life.
In this episode, I’ll share why reinvention matters, how to know when it’s time, and a simple framework for starting your own reinvention journey.
Notice → Decide → Act
Notice where you feel stuck.
Decide what needs to shift.
Act, even in small steps.
Reinvention is growth, not failure. You’re never too late to choose again.
Episode transcript:
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Welcome to The Life with Liz Podcast, the place to be if you wanna go from invisible to vibrant in your life, and embrace the power you didn't know you had inside of you. I'm your host, Liz Fleming, business owner, mom, military spouse, entrepreneur, founder, CEO, and life coach, who is passionate about helping ambitious women like you step into their power and their purpose on purpose so they can experience as much joy, success, satisfaction, and abundance as humanly possible.
Now without further ado, let's dive right into this episode.
1 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:16.470 Liz Fleming: Hello, friends, and welcome back! Today's episode is for anyone who's felt stuck or wondered if it's too late to change.
2 00:00:16.790 --> 00:00:25.060 Liz Fleming: Spoiler alert, it's never too late. Reinvention is not reserved for 20-somethings or people in midlife crises.
3 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:27.910 Liz Fleming: Reinvention is for anyone.
4 00:00:28.060 --> 00:00:32.479 Liz Fleming: At any stage, who's ready to align with who they really are.
5 00:00:32.950 --> 00:00:34.640 Liz Fleming: For me, it was like…
6 00:00:34.870 --> 00:00:48.779 Liz Fleming: this constant pull, this constant nudge, and I was always ignoring it. I was in a career that I truly did love at one point. I was very passionate about, but ultimately, there was something going on.
7 00:00:48.930 --> 00:00:56.060 Liz Fleming: deeper inside of me. It was that inner knowing. And if you're listening, and you're like, hmm, that's what that is?
8 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:59.039 Liz Fleming: Yeah, girl. I'm totally with you.
9 00:00:59.500 --> 00:01:01.869 Liz Fleming: So here's why reinvention feels scary.
10 00:01:02.110 --> 00:01:08.000 Liz Fleming: It's that fear of judgment Identity shifts…
11 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:13.449 Liz Fleming: leaving your comfort zones, those are, like, the 3 big ones that I can…
12 00:01:13.800 --> 00:01:15.920 Liz Fleming: If I were to put them into buckets.
13 00:01:16.210 --> 00:01:29.430 Liz Fleming: And I know, personally, it was that fear of judgment. I was in a career that, like I said, I loved, and was very called to, and I value deeply. I still use that knowledge every single day.
14 00:01:29.770 --> 00:01:36.530 Liz Fleming: But… time went on, and I evolved as a person, I became a mom, and I…
15 00:01:36.710 --> 00:01:44.530 Liz Fleming: Started creating new things, and being drawn to new areas of life and experiences that opened my eyes to…
16 00:01:44.950 --> 00:02:03.949 Liz Fleming: you know, who I am now. Me, Liz, now, in my 30s and not Liz in her 20s, who had seen a Lifetime movie with a woman who was a publicist, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 days, and was like, I'm gonna beat all of that. I wanna live in that world!
17 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:11.939 Liz Fleming: That was a line for me at one point in my life. It was my dream. But over time, my vision boards changed. My dreams changed. And…
18 00:02:12.230 --> 00:02:19.370 Liz Fleming: I just found myself naturally drawn to bringing women together in community, and
19 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:27.110 Liz Fleming: just… it really lit me up. And then that evolved after a few years into pivoting my whole career from
20 00:02:27.290 --> 00:02:35.640 Liz Fleming: being an award-winning marketer and publicist for 15 years to becoming a life coach. And I use a lot of that
21 00:02:36.100 --> 00:02:42.749 Liz Fleming: Knowledge, that experience, from being an expert in interpersonal communications.
22 00:02:43.210 --> 00:02:52.760 Liz Fleming: in my role as a life coach, on top of the training that I invested in for myself. But that pivot was so scary, and…
23 00:02:53.450 --> 00:03:09.749 Liz Fleming: I personally felt like, because I was so active on social media and with my subscribers and the podcast, that I had to announce it. I had to, like, proclaim it to the world. So, the day that I posted about my total career pivot.
24 00:03:10.290 --> 00:03:11.490 Liz Fleming: was…
25 00:03:12.110 --> 00:03:29.630 Liz Fleming: one of the scarier days that I've experienced in my professional career, because it is that fear of judgment. My whole identity is shifting, and I'm just putting it under a spotlight for the world to see, but I think that's where my passion stems from. It's using my stories
26 00:03:30.030 --> 00:03:31.819 Liz Fleming: To help others heal.
27 00:03:31.990 --> 00:03:40.800 Liz Fleming: And I don't have it all figured out, and I am absolutely not perfect, but there are women out there, there are people out there who are struggling.
28 00:03:41.340 --> 00:03:47.219 Liz Fleming: kind of in the same wheelhouse, and they feel so lost and untethered, like I once was.
29 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:53.949 Liz Fleming: But I share this knowledge with you now, because there is a way through.
30 00:03:54.050 --> 00:04:01.789 Liz Fleming: And it's through you. And if you feel like you're no longer called to what you're currently doing, you need to first admit that to yourself.
31 00:04:02.810 --> 00:04:09.570 Liz Fleming: And… everything else will kind of blossom from there. That doesn't mean it's gonna be easy.
32 00:04:10.220 --> 00:04:12.859 Liz Fleming: But it's gonna be worth it in the end.
33 00:04:13.290 --> 00:04:23.339 Liz Fleming: The truth about reinvention really is, my friends, it's not failure. It's the ultimate power move to be able to admit what you're passionate about to yourself.
34 00:04:23.470 --> 00:04:32.339 Liz Fleming: let alone to the others that you care about in your life, and to stand up for yourself in that way, and be your own best friend. It's truly that evidence of growth, and…
35 00:04:32.440 --> 00:04:35.469 Liz Fleming: It's self-trust in action.
36 00:04:35.580 --> 00:04:40.870 Liz Fleming: It's so, so beautiful. So yeah, while it feels really uncomfortable.
37 00:04:41.150 --> 00:04:50.830 Liz Fleming: That's because you are retraining your subconscious. You are throwing your whole… everything that you currently know… kind of…
38 00:04:50.970 --> 00:05:03.520 Liz Fleming: to the side while you figure out this new path, and your body, your ego, your subconscious mind is gonna do everything to protect you. Like, oh, this is new, this is scary, I can't handle this.
39 00:05:03.590 --> 00:05:17.389 Liz Fleming: But, you're gonna reach a point in life where you have to learn to turn down the volume on those inner voices, those inner bullies, and realize that you admitting to yourself and accepting that what you like is what you like.
40 00:05:18.020 --> 00:05:21.380 Liz Fleming: It's a power move. It is THE power move.
41 00:05:21.540 --> 00:05:22.830 Liz Fleming: So this week.
42 00:05:23.110 --> 00:05:28.839 Liz Fleming: I want you to notice where do you feel restless, misaligned, or stuck. I want you to journal on that.
43 00:05:29.640 --> 00:05:34.590 Liz Fleming: And then I want you to decide what shift is calling you.
44 00:05:34.610 --> 00:05:51.640 Liz Fleming: even it's the mo… like, the most simple thing, right? Maybe there's something inside of you… let's give an example. One of mine once was… I love to write. You guys know this, obviously. I'm putting a book out into the world, and it's gonna be one of many. I've always loved to dabble and journal and write.
45 00:05:51.810 --> 00:06:06.199 Liz Fleming: And so, I've kind of pushed that to the side for the thought of, like, oh, but it's not my job, you know, I don't know if this is important, but I decided, at one point in my life, a few years ago, when I started writing my book.
46 00:06:06.690 --> 00:06:07.610 Liz Fleming: that…
47 00:06:07.850 --> 00:06:23.170 Liz Fleming: that was the shift that was calling me. It was that… that desire of putting my words on paper, my thoughts on paper, and just letting it flow and letting it be, and I realized two things. Not only do I love to write.
48 00:06:23.320 --> 00:06:25.780 Liz Fleming: And share my stories, but it was…
49 00:06:25.990 --> 00:06:35.840 Liz Fleming: a new form of… of creativity for me. It reminded me, I love actually writing with a pen and paper, pencil and paper, and I love getting out my big notebooks and just, like.
50 00:06:36.300 --> 00:06:39.419 Liz Fleming: Mind mapping and brainstorming stories and…
51 00:06:39.760 --> 00:06:48.040 Liz Fleming: That, for me, is a beautiful form of creativity, so I decided… I decided that that was the shift that was calling me, and it was kind of my… my wake-up call.
52 00:06:48.550 --> 00:06:55.350 Liz Fleming: So I want you to do the same. Decide what shift is calling you, and then finally, Act.
53 00:06:56.800 --> 00:07:02.280 Liz Fleming: Take that inspired action, take one small step toward that reinvention.
54 00:07:02.630 --> 00:07:25.470 Liz Fleming: Because you're worth it. You are so, so worth it. The moment that I started writing again was the moment that writing opportunity started popping up into my life, and my friends, that is how I got my book deal. I just followed the nudges, and that whole story is inside of my book powerhouse. So when it comes out, I want you to go read it, because it's my favorite, favorite chapter, and it really paints the picture of
55 00:07:25.470 --> 00:07:27.370 Liz Fleming: This whole topic of reinvention.
56 00:07:28.070 --> 00:07:30.950 Liz Fleming: So here's the truth. Reinvention, it's…
57 00:07:31.340 --> 00:07:34.989 Liz Fleming: Totally an act of courage. It's not a sign of failure.
58 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:42.400 Liz Fleming: You're not failing, and you don't need fixing. Every time you choose to shift, You're saying yes to yourself.
59 00:07:43.100 --> 00:07:51.539 Liz Fleming: And that's exactly what Powerhouse, my new book, is about. The courage to reinvent, to choose again, to create a life aligned with who you really are.
60 00:07:52.150 --> 00:07:54.130 Liz Fleming: Because life is short, man.
61 00:07:54.960 --> 00:07:57.690 Liz Fleming: Life is short. Don't you want to spend it?
62 00:07:58.180 --> 00:08:02.020 Liz Fleming: Living your truth, doing what you love.
63 00:08:03.760 --> 00:08:09.090 Liz Fleming: So, if you haven't heard in a while, you're hearing it now from me, it's time to say yes to who you are.
64 00:08:09.630 --> 00:08:17.949 Liz Fleming: All of the info about my book and how you can connect with me is in the show notes. I want you to go link up with me and let me know.
65 00:08:18.190 --> 00:08:22.159 Liz Fleming: how you're reinventing yourself in this season. I can't wait to hear from you.
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