Living While Leading with Sharon Ehrlich
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The Living While Leading Podcast is hosted by Sharon Ehrlich, an international leadership development expert who helps high-achieving professional women strategically build the careers they desire. She firmly believes that we all have more power than we think to design our futures.
This show offers practical guidance and inspiration to successful women who want to lead their lives with purpose and intention. Episodes cover topics such as overcoming imposter syndrome, strategies for career advancement, realistic approaches for setting boundaries, empowerment through saying 'no' to make time for what's important, asking for help, and more.
The episodes explore solutions to common challenges and feature inspiring women executives and thought leaders who experience life without compromise. They share their career journeys and mentor listeners on urgent leadership topics.
Sharon is a former IT executive with over 30 years of experience and an ICF-certified coach. Join the conversation and listen to episodes on all major podcast platforms or at https://livingwhileleading.com/podcast/.
Living While Leading with Sharon Ehrlich
77: It Didn’t Happen to You, It Happened for You: Reframing Setbacks as Turning Points
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What if the hardest moment in your career wasn’t a setback, but a setup for something greater? In this short episode, Sharon Ehrlich shares how burnout became the turning point that led her to realign her life and leadership. Learn how to reframe challenges from “Why is this happening to me?” to “What is this teaching me?” so you can lead with clarity, purpose, and peace.
Listen in for a 5-minute reframe that could change how you see every obstacle.
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Sharon Ehrlich is a leadership strategist and executive coach who helps overwhelmed leaders and stalled teams create real momentum. Her work focuses on clarity, communication, and impact so leaders stop spinning and start moving forward.
Through targeted workshops and 1:1 coaching, Sharon supports organizations and individuals facing misaligned priorities, breakdowns in communication, and disengagement. Her clients see fast, practical shifts. Teams collaborate more effectively, decisions land with confidence, and leaders show up with intention instead of urgency.
She also leads a community called SEEN. HEARD. PROMOTED, an online group aimed at empowering high-performing women to stop waiting for recognition and to become known for their impact.
This podcast delivers direct, practical insights for leaders who want to think clearly, lead strategically, and be recognized for the value they already bring.
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77: It Didn’t Happen to You, It Happened for You: Reframing Setbacks as Turning Points
There was a time in my career when I thought I had it all figured out.
The title. The team. The travel. I poured everything into my work, seven days a week, no boundaries, no pause.
I was proud of being the one who could handle it all… until I couldn’t.
One evening, on my commute home, I realized I was dreading the idea of anyone needing something from me—my attention, my presence, my love. I had nothing left to give.
That moment felt like a breakdown. But it was really a breakthrough.
Because what I learned was this: it didn’t happen to me. It happened for me.
If you can relate to this, then keep listening. You can find the full transcript and other resources for women leaders at Living While Leading.com/77.
The Breaking Point That Became My Turning Point
That single shift changed everything. It taught me that even the hardest moments can become invitations to realignment. Maybe you’re in that space now, exhausted, overlooked, questioning the choices that got you here.
I’ve been there. And I know how easy it is to replay every decision, wondering what you could’ve done differently. But what if this season is preparing you for something greater? What if it’s the lesson your future self will thank you for?
What If This Isn’t a Breakdown—But a Breakthrough?
When you start reframing what’s happened, you reclaim your power.
You stop asking, “Why me?” and start asking, “What is this teaching me?”
That’s where transformation begins.
Burnout, disappointment, or rejection aren’t signs that you’ve failed.
They’re signals! Signals that something in your life or work is asking to be reimagined. Ask yourself: what did this moment make possible?
For me, it made space to create Living While Leading, a company built to help women lead without losing themselves in the process. That wouldn’t have existed if I hadn’t first fallen apart.
So don’t wait until you break. Check in with yourself. Ask, “Does my version of success still feel like mine?” And when setbacks come, and they will, treat them as data, not definition.
You’re Not Broken, You’re Being Reshaped
Every experience holds insight if you’re willing to see it. You’re not broken. You’re being reshaped. The story isn’t over; it’s just shifting direction.
It didn’t happen to you. It happened FOR you.
And what’s waiting on the other side of that reframe—clarity, peace, purpose—is far greater than what you’re leaving behind.
If this message resonates, and you’re ready to step into your next season of leadership with intention and ease, visit livingwhileleading.com.
Your next chapter is waiting.
Remember, you’re the solution to claiming what’s important to you!