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She's So Lucky

How to Pivot Without Losing Yourself with Jeannette Reyes and Mona Abdi

She's So Lucky

She's So Lucky

Business, Self-improvement, Education, Lesalfred, Balancedblackgirl, Entrepreneurship, Balancedles, #Shessolucky

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

#328: So you know it’s time to make a pivot, but you aren’t sure what comes next. Today’s conversation will help guide you through it.

In the next installment of the “Breaking the Rules” series, I’m talking all things pivots with Jeannette Reyes and Mona Abdi, co-hosts of the Awf the Record podcast, who both left stable news careers to bet on themselves. And spoiler: they're not looking back.

Jeannette and Mona get refreshingly honest about the unsexy parts of pivoting: the financial spreadsheets, the years-long planning timelines, the moments of wondering if they’re doing the right thing. They share why loving your job isn't always enough, how to know when your intuition is screaming louder than your fear, and why having a "board of advisors" can make or break your leap.


This episode is for you if:

  • You're on the cusp of making a major life pivot, and need help taking the next step
  • You're struggling with the pressure to balance expectations and joy
  • You want to build a community to support you during your pivot
  • You want to understand how to build a business from scratch
  • You're curious about what it really takes to launch a podcast (hint: it's not vibes alone)


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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:12.0

Welcome back to She's So Lucky. My name is Les. I am so happy to have you here.

0:16.6

If you're listening to this episode when it comes out, you know it's a brand new year. It's January. And here on She's So Lucky, we're talking about having 2026 be our luckiest year and doing

0:26.4

that by breaking the rules. So if you listen to my solo episode last week, I talked all about

0:31.6

what breaking the rules meant. I'm not telling y'all to do anything illegal. Don't slash that man's

0:35.2

tires. Don't go to jail. We're talking about pushing up against norms and limiting beliefs in order to have our luckiest year. And when I think

0:42.7

about a way to break the rules, I think about leaning into pivots. So naturally, if we're going

0:48.0

to talk about pivots, I had to invite the queens of the pivot to the podcast. Please join me in

0:53.6

welcoming Jeanette and Mona from off the record.

0:56.3

What an introduction. I know. It's good to be here. It's so good to have you. I've wanted to have

1:01.2

you all on the podcast forever. I'm so glad we're making it work. Yes. We also had you on our podcast.

1:06.6

And when I tell you, it is one of the most watched. Like you dropped so many gems that we're going to have you back. I'm so excited. I do feel like this is going to be a good, almost kind of like part three. I feel like it was almost like a trio of episodes. I know I did the rebrand episode and then I came on your show to talk about rebrand. And I feel like this is going to be

1:27.5

kind of the culmination of all of it. Talking more about pivots. But before we talk about pivots,

1:34.2

I would actually love to get more insights from y'all on breaking the rules. So as I mentioned,

1:38.7

that's the theme that we're going through this month. What is a rule that each of you is interested in

1:43.7

breaking this year?

1:45.9

Oh, man. I think at a time, Mona and I were actually just talking about this, at a time where

1:52.2

we're being pushed to optimize, to be more productive, to monetize, to monetize, to leverage, to

1:57.8

scale. I'm embracing doing things with no other goal than to just be joyful,

2:05.9

whether it's a hobby, whether it's, I mean, we were talking about dancing or, you know,

2:10.9

taking dance classes or sewing classes. I feel like I haven't done that in a really long time.

2:15.7

And it's really tempting when you get into a hobby to turn it into a side hustle.

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