Ep. 100 - Beyond the Quo Turns 100: Still Ambitious, Still Messy, Still Me with Stacey Luces

So obviously when I started this podcast, I Fuck, I'm emotional.

Every episode has been different, right? Some have been with amazing guests.

We've run the gamut.

We've talked about fun, amazing things like a launch or new babies.

We've talked about hard, shitty things like human trafficking and what it takes to lead a city.

I had a mayor on here.

We've talked about changing careers.

We've talked about grief, death, self-abandonment.

We've run the gamut, right? But through it all, I've tried to stay true to three consistent things.

And the three things were, how do we redefine success based on our own terms, nobody else's, like what we want in the world for the season of life that we're in? The second thing I always talk about is how do you live? How do I live more authentically? How do we do this together? And how do we do it in a way that stays true to who we're becoming and not just wearing these identities? And the third thing we always talk about is how do we lead courageously from a place of not just the boardroom, but from wherever we are in our life, whatever season that is.

And how do we push through in a way that doesn't abandon ourselves, but stays true to the other things, right? If you watch me on YouTube, you'll see today...

As an ode to my 100 episode, I'm literally kind of wearing the same outfit that's on my podcast cover and that I wore for the first recording.

Not the same, same.

I was in white jeans, I think.

But yeah, the shirt still freaking fits.

It's two years older.

I've worn it quite a bit.

This white blazer has been with me everywhere.

And, you know, when I started this, I wasn't trying to become Oprah.

Although, listen, I'm not opposed to an oversized audience, but I wanted to talk about these things that we don't always get to say out loud.

And some of that has to do with what happens when we don't follow the rules, when we've built the career, when we've raised the family, when we've cracked the code, right? And still we're wondering, is this it? Is this all there is? And the concept of that going beyond that status quo is, turned into this 100 episodes, right? So again, if you've been with me, we run the gamut around those three core pillars.

We talk about money, ambition, success, talk a lot about motherhood.

I'm sure Adam, who's now 16, Alyssa, who's now 20.

Wow.

I've been married now for 23 years and they've all been with me on this journey too.