MORE Magazine 287 Secrets of Reinventing Your Life

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The first-ever book from MORE magazine on its core subject—your second act and how to make it happen—packed with real women's stories and strategies to help you with your own reinvention

Are you ready to create more excitement and satisfaction in your life? This book can make it happen. Combining the stories of real women (and a few celebrities) with smart advice from its editors and experts, MORE has create a resource that's part dream machine, part handbook. Whether you want to switch careers, be your own boss, start doing good in the world, or simply get in better shape, you'll find the inspiration and practical guidance you need to choose a new path and give yourself a happier, more fulfilling future.

• Shares more than 50 dramatic personal stories of change from women of various ages who've successfully reinvented themselves
• Filled with hundreds of how-to ideas you can put to work right now
• Gives you the tips and tools to reassess, reimagine, renew, and reenergize every part of your life
• From MORE magazine, read by 1.3 million women looking for more inspiration and information on fashion, beauty, health, finance, and culture

Read this book and take your first step toward positive change. With MORE Magazine 287 Secrets of Reinventing Your Life, you can start building your best tomorrow today.

Introduction 1

1. Following Your Passion 7

Call of the Wild • Juliette Watt 7

From Executive Assistant to Master Chef • Debbie Frangipane 13

Not Too Late for a New Degree • Babette Gladstein 16

Homing In on a Hobby • Suzi Renehan 17

A Sea Change • Claudia Espenscheid 21

Skills from the Past Can Create a Future • Elinor Griffith 26

The Sheep Farmer • Rebecca Denhoff 29

From Wags to Riches • Mimi Darr 32

The Beekeeper • Marina Marchese 35

2. Tapping Your Creativity 38

Fashion Saved Her Life • Jane Pennewell 38

A Headhunter Rediscovers Painting • Linda Holt 41

From Entrepreneur to Best-Selling Novelist • Karen Quinn 44

How a Beading Class Set Her Free • Pam Older 47

Handbags Helped Her Heal • Jayne Dearborn 51

Giving Up Money for Music • Kim Cameron 54

She Ditched the Corner Office • Lalita Tademy 57

A Dream Built on China • Alexanne Albert 62

Her New Life Was in the Cards • Kathy Davis 65

Write What You Know • Alexandra Kathryn Mosca 69

3. Finding Your Place in the Limelight 73

A Suburban Mom’s Road to TV Stardom • Kathryn Joosten 73

The Cop Who Became a Comedian • Gina Scarda 76

She Discovered She Was a Leader • Grace Diaz 78

Mika’s Do-Over • Mika Brzezinski 81

Becoming Mrs. Oregon at Fifty • Debra Gilmour 88

Soul Survivor • Sharon Jones 92

4. Doing Good 97

Her Restaurant Breaks All of the Rules • Denise Cerreta 97

The Book Farmer of Botswana • Pam Shelton 103

Crisis Is Her Business • Elisabeth Schuler Russell 109

The Earthquake Avenger • Marla Petal 118

She Dreamed of Africa • Vivian Glyck 124

Her Artful Business Plan • Willa Shalit 131

She Saves Wild Cats • Kay McElroy 137

Shipping Help from America • Danielle Butin 142

5. Discovering Your Business Sense 152

She’s a Wrap Star • Jill Boehler 152

The Egg Banker • Diana Thomas 157

She De-stressed in a New Career • Mary Robbins 163

Furnishing Her Life with Meaning • Shelly Leer 166

Wife for Hire • Kay Morrison 168

From Flight Attendant to Fashionista • Sandy Stein 173

The Million-Dollar Coupon Clipper • Teri Gault 175

Cancer Wigged Her Out • Sheril Cohen 177

She Found Her Inner Publicist • Carrol Van Stone 182

Discovering the Art of Instruction • Patty Palmer 184

Miracle in the Ladies Room • Stefanie Ziev 187

Reinventing via Inventions • Holly Tucker 190

The DNA Detective • Colleen Fitzpatrick 193

The MBA Who Became a Matchmaker • Rachel Greenwald 201

A Chocolate-Coated Life Change • Shelly Mortensen 205

6. Seeking Adventure 209

Finding Fulfillment in a War Zone • Shelby Monroe 209

Sell Your House, Find a Life • Liz Ward 211

A Path in the Wilderness • Mary Emerick 215

7. Transforming Your Sense of Self 219

The World’s Unlikeliest Weight Lifter • Lisa Fisco 219

A Bike Brought Her Confidence • Diane McAleer 222

From Nonathlete to Triathlete • Dani Phillips 225

8. Reinvention Tips for You from the Trenches 228

Ten Steps to Jump-Starting Your Change 228

Five Tips from Masters of Change 232

How to Afford Your Next Chapter 233

Moonlighting Tips 236

How to Write a Great Business Plan 238

Mastering the New Job Hunt 242

The Ten Best Jobs for Women Now 251

Contributors 262

Acknowledgments 264

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Développement personnel
• développement personnel
• Self-help
• Personal Growth

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 13 septembre 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781118114636
• Langue: English

Extrait

Contents
Cover
Half Title page
Title page
Copyright page
Introduction
Chapter 1: Following Your Passion
Call of the Wild: Juliette Watt
From Executive Assistant to Master Chef: Debbie Frangipane
Not Too Late for a New Degree: Babette Gladstein
Homing In on a Hobby: Suzi Renehan
A Sea Change: Claudia Espenscheid
Skills from the Past Can Create a Future: Elinor Griffith
The Sheep Farmer: Rebecca Denhoff
From Wags to Riches: Mimi Darr
The Beekeeper: Marina Marchese
Chapter 2: Tapping Your Creativity
Fashion Saved Her Life: Jane Pennewell
A Headhunter Rediscovers Painting: Linda Holt
From Entrepreneur to Best-Selling Novelist: Karen Quinn
How a Beading Class Set Her Free: Pam Older
Handbags Helped Her Heal: Jayne Dearborn
Giving Up Money for Music: Kim Cameron
She Ditched the Corner Office: Lalita Tademy
A Dream Built on China: Alexanne Albert
Her New Life Was in the Cards: Kathy Davis
Write What You Know Alexandra: Kathryn Mosca
Chapter 3: Finding Your Place in the Limelight
A Suburban Mom’s Road to TV Stardom: Kathryn Joosten
The Cop Who Became a Comedian: Gina Scarda
She Discovered She Was a Leader: Grace Diaz
Mika’s Do-Over: Mika Brzezinski
Becoming Mrs. Oregon at Fifty: Debra Gilmour
Soul Survivor: Sharon Jones
Chapter 4: Doing Good
Her Restaurant Breaks All of the Rules: Denise Cerreta
The Book Farmer of Botswana: Pam Shelton
Crisis Is Her Business: Elisabeth Schuler Russell
The Earthquake Avenger: Marla Petal
She Dreamed of Africa: Vivian Glyck
Her Artful Business Plan: Willa Shalit
She Saves Wild Cats: Kay McElroy
Shipping Help from America: Danielle Butin
Chapter 5: Discovering Your Business Sense
She’s a Wrap Star: Jill Boehler
The Egg Banker: Diana Thomas
She De-stressed in a New Career: Mary Robbins
Furnishing Her Life with Meaning: Shelly Leer
Wife for Hire: Kay Morrison
From Flight Attendant to Fashionista: Sandy Stein
The Million-Dollar Coupon Clipper: Teri Gault
Cancer Wigged Her Out: Sheril Cohen
She Found Her Inner Publicist: Carrol Van Stone
Discovering the Art of Instruction: Patty Palmer
Miracle in the Ladies’ Room: Stefanie Ziev
Reinventing via Inventions: Holly Tucker
The DNA Detective: Colleen Fitzpatrick
The MBA Who Became a Matchmaker: Rachel Greenwald
A Chocolate-Coated Life Change: Shelly Mortensen
Chapter 6: Seeking Adventure
Finding Fulfillment in a War Zone: Shelby Monroe
Sell Your House, Find a Life: Liz Ward
A Path in the Wilderness: Mary Emerick
Chapter 7: Transforming Your Sense of Self
The World’s Unlikeliest Weight Lifter: Lisa Fisco
A Bike Brought Her Confidence: Diane McAleer
From Nonathlete to Triathlete: Dani Phillips
Chapter 8: Reinvention Tips for You from the Trenches
Ten Steps to Jump-Starting Your Change
Five Tips from Masters of Change
How to Afford Your Next Chapter
Moonlighting Tips
How to Write a Great Business Plan
Mastering the New Job Hunt: How to Stand Out Digitally in Today’s Tight Market
The Ten Best Jobs for Women Now
Contributors
Acknowledgments
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
MORE magazine 287 secrets of reinventing your life : big and small ways to embrace new possibilities / MORE Magazine. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-118-01262-8 (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-118-08794-7 (ebk.); ISBN 978-1-118-08795-4 (ebk.); ISBN 978-1-118-08796-1 (ebk.) 1. Women—Psychology. 2. Women—Conduct of life. 3. Self-realization in women. 4. Success. 5. Career changes. I. More (Meredith Publishing Group) HQ1206.M6534 2011 646.70082—dc23
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Introduction
Lesley Jane Seymour Editor in chief, MORE
When my job as the editor in chief of a major fashion magazine came to a crushing end several years ago, I retired. Even though I was still in my forties, I was emotionally bruised and battered, disillusioned by the politics of corporate life and by bosses who gave orders, then suffered amnesia when things didn’t exactly turn out as they’d hoped. Along the way, I also discovered a personal flaw: I was way too naive to successfully navigate the role of Monkey in the Middle between two business partners who distrusted each other. I was also physically exhausted. Spending sixty days a year on the road, traveling around the world, may sound glamorous in theory, but in practice it meant trying to pick winning covers for my magazine under the fluorescent lights of a hotel bathroom. Oh, and did I mention I had two young kids (JJ, now twenty, and Lake, fifteen) and a husband, Jeff, whose own working hours were insane?
Losing this frantic, dysfunctional, no-win job was emotionally painful and professionally terrifying—but also (secretly) a relief.
Because my husband and I are compulsive savers, we had put away a hefty nest egg, so I decided to reinvent myself as a fulltime mom. When I worked outside the home, my kids had always guilt-tripped me that I didn’t do the things other moms did—even though I was Class Mom two years in a row when they were in elementary school, attended every baseball and soccer game in middle school (plus the majority of practices), and was one of only three parents who actually showed up the day my daughter’s creative writing teacher invited us to attend an afternoon reading. But never mind. Children, I have learned, are even bigger amnesiacs than corporate bosses and only remember what you did for them maybe an hour ago. So staying home full time would give me a first-class chance to redeem myself, I thought.
During the first few weeks, I still rose at 6:30 AM, scrambled into my three-inch heels and makeup, and rushed to … the kitchen counter! The change of pace was so dramatic that I felt as if I’d been thrown off an airport conveyor belt and skinned my knees. Truth was, my type A (or maybe triple A) personality couldn’t let go of my old routine; for me, busyness itself offered a certain adrenaline rush. So I sifted my dry ingredients into a bowl the night before and turned out baskets of fresh blueberry muffins at 7:30 AM (Martha Stewart, step aside!) before driving the kids to school. I invited gaggles of their friends to dinner every night for casseroles of gourmet mac and cheese culled from that day’s New York Times (take that, Rachael Ray!), led Lake and her fellow tweens on shopping excursions, and finally managed to unpack the last cardboard box from our move into our house eleven years earlier.
It was crazy—but gradually, with the help of friends and family, I learned to decelerate. I started going to the gym every morning after school drop-off and came to think of the regulars there as my new officemates. I learned to hit the beach midweek
when most of the chairs were vacant. I hunted down a new wardrobe of casual pieces (good-bye, my beloved four-inch heels!) and became such a master of shopping the sales that I developed a personal philosophy of shoes (namely: the only thing standing between each of us and that perfect pair of wedges is time, not money).
Because I had no clue what my next act would be professionally—or if there would even be one—I explored the fantasies I’d never had time for. I took classes at a culinary school and learned to bake the perfect cake; I seriously considered opening a cupcake store near the local train station until my husban