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The Journey Back to You: Finding Yourself Again in Midlife with Lisa Pulliam

• Julie DeLucca-Collins - Business Strategist for Women in Midlife • Episode 353

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What happens when the life that looks successful from the outside no longer feels like yours?

For Lisa Pulliam, that realization came while standing on a beach in South Texas.

She had built a successful business, led a team of more than 2,000 consultants and customers, spoken on major stages, and checked many of the boxes we're told represent success.

But behind the accomplishments, Lisa was burned out.

Her health was suffering. Her marriage was strained. One of her children was struggling. And somewhere in the relentless striving, performing, achieving, and showing up for everyone else, Lisa realized she had lost touch with herself.

In this deeply personal episode of Casa De Confidence, Julie DeLucca-Collins sits down with Lisa for a conversation about burnout, people pleasing, midlife reinvention, motherhood, grief, social media, finding purpose, and what Lisa calls "the journey back to me."

Lisa shares why she believes peace is an essential measure of success, how she began separating her worth from her accomplishments, and why sometimes the most courageous thing we can do is become quiet enough to hear ourselves again.

They also explore Lisa's 30-day social media experiment, her practice of "Soul Time," morning pages, learning to surrender what we cannot control, and why the second half of life may actually become our most meaningful chapter.

In This Episode

  • The moment Lisa realized her successful life wasn't working anymore
  • What burnout can look like when everything appears fine from the outside
  • Why achievement and accomplishment don't necessarily create peace
  • How people pleasing contributes to burnout
  • Separating your identity from what you accomplish
  • Why Lisa deleted social media from her phone for 30 days
  • What happened when she stopped reaching for her phone every morning
  • Lisa's "Soul Time" practice for reconnecting with yourself
  • The power of silence, mindfulness, nature, and morning pages
  • Carrying emotional "bricks" that were never yours to carry
  • Motherhood, grief, surrender, and letting go without losing yourself
  • Why feeling your emotions is part of healing
  • Rediscovering purpose in the second half of life
  • Why small moments can create enormous meaning
  • What Lisa wishes she could tell her 40-year-old self

Memorable Quotes

"If in the middle of that there is no peace, then I say there is no success."

"You are enough just as you are."

"Feeling our feelings is the beginning of healing."

"Surrendering is an act of trust."

"Until you breathe your last breath on this planet, there is a purpose for you."


🔗 Connect with Lisa Pulliam

Website:http://www.lisacarolpulliam.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisa.b.pulliam


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