427: Becoming the Editor of Your Life with Caroline Lacaille-Gaudy
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
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🗓️ 5 February 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
From Burnout to Empowerment: How One Woman Took Control of Her Story
In the journey of personal growth, particularly when grappling with feelings of isolation and burnout, the significance of surrounding oneself with supportive individuals cannot be overstated. Caroline Lacaille-Gaudy's experience, as shared in the podcast episode, underscores the importance of having a network that fosters growth and provides a sense of belonging.
In this episode of the School of Self-Image, host Tonya Leigh welcomes Caroline, who shares her transformative journey after leaving a successful corporate career in late 2021. Caroline discusses how she learned to become the editor in chief of her own life, empowering herself to create meaningful changes. Since embracing this mindset, she has launched two purpose-driven businesses, published a book on Amazon, and enhanced her relationships as a mother and wife. Caroline’s inspiring story highlights the importance of living intentionally and provides insights on how to stop reacting to life’s twists and instead, start creating your own narrative.
Join Tonya andd Caroline as they explore the tools and mindset shifts that can help you stop living life by default and start creating it intentionally. Plus, learn more about the upcoming Live Like an Editor workshop.
Talking Points:
00:22 - Caroline's Achievements Post-Corporate Career
01:21 -Â Corporatte Burnout
02:57 - Feeling Unfulfilled Despite Success
04:06 - Realization of Misalignment with Motherhood
06:22 - Living Life by Default
08:45 - Shifting Perspectives and Addressing Objections
11:44 - Becoming a Coach and Finding Purpose
15:02 - Being the Editor-in-Chief of Your Life
18:15 - Caroline's Word for the Year: Expansive
21:07 - Learning Through Stories
24:06 - Unpacking Past Experiences
27:43 - Realization of Isolation
30:07 - Managing Spousal Stress
34:00 - Impact of Learning Tools on Parenting
37:56 - Belief in Possibility and Daily Habits
43:30 - Teaching Gratitude to Daughter
46:11 - Advice for Burnt Out Women
Quotes:
"I had been following this path of success, ticking the boxes, having the wonderful office with the view and the title and the car... and yet it felt like there was always something missing."
"Knowing that I'm in control of my emotional state of being is the most liberating news ever."
"How would bold me, how would worthy me, how would discipline me... behave right now?"
"It's OK to have certain standards. It's OK to ask for certain things. It's OK to behave such a way."
"It's the books on your bookshelf. It's the music you listen to. It's the clutter or not clutter, depending on how you keep your home, all of it is sending a message to you about who you think you are."
"I switched from fixing to, I get to create, I get to create myself. It's a very different energy."
"A well-lived life is nothing more than a collection of well-lived days."
"There is no hurry. My favorite mantra."
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever felt like you were living someone else's story? Like you were stuck reacting to |
| 0:07.7 | life's plot twist instead of writing them for yourself. Well, today's guest knows that feeling |
| 0:13.1 | all too well. After walking away from a successful corporate career in late 2021, |
| 0:19.7 | she discovered something powerful, the art of becoming the editor-in-chief |
| 0:24.0 | of her own life. Since then, she has launched two purpose-driven businesses, published a book on |
| 0:30.9 | Amazon, strengthened her marriage, and has become a calmer, more present mother. Her secret? Learning to live like an editor. |
| 0:39.7 | If you are ready to stop living life by default and start creating it instead, I invite you to |
| 0:46.1 | join us for our upcoming Live Like an Editor Workshop. Five days where you are going to learn |
| 0:52.1 | the exact tools and mindset shifts that help today's |
| 0:55.3 | guest transform her life. You can secure your spot at school of self-image.com forward slash |
| 1:01.7 | editor. And without further ado, let's dive into the before and after story of Caroline LaCowowowdy. |
| 1:11.8 | Welcome to the School of Self-Image, where personal development meets style. |
| 1:17.0 | Here's your hostess, Master Life Coach, Tanya Lee. |
| 1:21.1 | You discovered my work through Live Like an Editor, and it had such a big impact on your |
| 1:27.0 | life. |
| 1:27.4 | So Caroline, |
| 1:28.3 | thank you so much for being a guest on the podcast and for sharing your story. Welcome. |
| 1:35.3 | Thank you so much for having me. I'm very honored and I hope I can inspire more women to go |
| 1:41.1 | through the journey I've been through thanks to your wonderful community and |
| 1:44.7 | your teaching. Thank you so much. So I'd love for you to take us back to, I think it was |
| 1:50.2 | 2021. And I'm sure on paper, your life looked really successful, but something didn't feel right |
| 1:59.0 | inside. And I think this is something that we hear often with women when they come to the membership. |
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