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Life Reimagined 121: Creating Space After Work- Valerie Lyons on Retirement, Inner Work, and Redesigning Life (opens the original)
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What does it look like to create your next chapter instead of waiting for it to happen?In this episode of Life Reimagined, I talk with Valerie about what she’s changing as she moves into this season of her life: setting better boundaries, prioritising herself, making space for travel and new experiences, and asking what she really wants next.We also talk about the inner work behind reinvention, why there’s more to life than work, and the wisdom that comes with getting older.Valerie’s message to
My Mango Lady Disappeared (opens the original)
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Me, A Stranger and a Van Full of Drugs (opens the original)
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Last week, I got into a strange man’s van in Senegal.I know.Not exactly something I would recommend. 😂But let me explain...I’m living in the countryside just outside a town in southern Senegal called Ziguinchor.Yes... Ziguinchor.It’s already a weird word, and somehow the fact that it starts with a Z makes it even weirder.Anyway...I’ve been here for almost three months now.It’s rainy season, and because I’m out near the rice fields, once you get off the main road, there are no paved roads.Just mu
A Month Ago, I Needed the Wall (opens the original)
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You Already Know What You Want. So Why Are You Still Waiting? (opens the original)
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