An Imperfectly Perfect Life - Life Unscripted: Navigating Divorce, Dating, Friendships, Careers, Family - and the 50s

About An Imperfectly Perfect Life - Life Unscripted: Navigating Divorce, Dating, Friendships, Careers, Family - and the 50s

Flip the Box® with Shari Leid is for leaders and entrepreneurs who've built a life that looks right from the outside, and are ready to build one that feels right on the inside. Each week, Keynote Speaker, 4x author, Nationally Featured Media Contributor, and Connection Expert Shari Leid helps you connect to yourself, your career, and your community,  because connection isn't a soft skill. It's the strategy that changes everything. To work with Shari visit ⁠www.sharileid.com⁠ For media inquiries contact Kourtney Jason at Kourtney@pacificandcourt.com For speaking engagements: info@sharileid.com

Publisher

Shari Leid

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Dec 2023

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 105 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   Energy-Rich Leadership: Michelle Villalobos' Approach

   Is your business aligned with who you're becoming? Michelle Villalobos, a speaker, coach, and author, shares her journey of aligning business goals with personal growth. Her discussion with Shari Leid reveals how self-connection fuels energy-rich leadership and the importance of internal alignment in achieving true success. KEY TAKEAWAYS Aligning personal growth with business strategy leads to authentic success. Self-connection provides clarity in choosing effective strategies. Energy-rich leadership emerges from internal alignment. GUEST BIO Michelle Villalobos, MBA, CSP, is a speaker, coach, and author of But I Want to Fly! For nearly two decades, Michelle has worked with high-achieving business leaders to align what they DO with who they (really) are, so they can lead, create, and contribute – without burning out. Michelle has delivered inspiring programs for organizations like American Express, Bacardi, Burger King, Gibraltar Bank, Lloyd’s of London, and Audi, and has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, CNN en Español, Lifetime TV, Forbes, Fortune, and more. She is a longtime member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), currently serves on the national board, and is a past Chair of the Million Dollar Speakers Group. Website URL: superstaractivator.com (https://superstaractivator.com) LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellevillalobos/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellevillalobos/) Facebook URL: https://www.facebook.com/thesuperstaractivator/ (https://www.facebook.com/thesuperstaractivator/) YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MichelleVillalobosTheSuperstarActivator/videos (https://www.youtube.com/c/MichelleVillalobosTheSuperstarActivator/videos) LINKS & RESOURCES Flip the Box® with Shari Leid is for leaders and entrepreneurs who've built something impressive — and still feel disconnected underneath it all. Each week, TEDx speaker, 4x author, and connection coach Shari Leid helps you connect to yourself, your career, and your community using the Flip the Box® framework,  a four-step method for building real connection in any room, in sixty seconds or less. CONNECT WITH SHARI Website (https://sharileid.com/) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/sharileid) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/an_imperfectly_perfect_life/reels/) To work with Shari visit ⁠⁠www.sharileid.com⁠⁠ (https://animperfectlyperfectlife.com/) The Flip 50: https://sharileid.com/flip-50/ (https://sharileid.com/flip-50/) For media inquiries contact Kourtney Jason at ⁠Kourtney@pacificandcourt.com⁠ (http://docs.google.com/Kourtney@pacificandcourt.com) For speaking engagements contact AAE Speaker's Bureau or email ⁠info@sharileid.com⁠ (http://docs.google.com/info@sharileid.com) Download the free Connection Audit App, (https://sharileid.com/flip/) a practical tool for evaluating and strengthening the quality of your personal and professional relationships. Music by Viacheslav Starostin (https://pixabay.com/users/viacheslavstarostin-50153119/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=338194) from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=338194)

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   6 Oct 2026

   Divorce, Dallas, and Starting Over in My 50s

   I've been talking to you on this podcast for almost three years, and I realized I never actually told you what happened. You know pieces. The divorce. The move to Dallas. The book, the speaking, Flip the Box. But I've never sat down and told you how I got from the woman who started this podcast in December 2023, scared out of her mind, to the woman sitting here today. A woman who actually likes her life, and likes herself in it. This isn't an episode on how to get divorced or how to reinvent yourself in five steps. God knows it took me way more than five steps. It's the story of the space between there and here. IN THIS EPISODE Why familiarity has a way of disguising itself as security The invisible cords nobody can cut for you Keeping the peace vs. actually being at peace Dating after a 26-year marriage (and the fish. I still don't understand the fish.) Moving to Dallas and walking into rooms alone in my 50s Building a business when the results don't show up on Amazon Prime time How I realized I'd been living Flip the Box all along KEY TAKEAWAYS You can know something needs to end and still be terrified. Both can be true. Keeping the peace and being at peace are two very different things. My life isn't sitting in a waiting room. I'm not waiting to be happy. I'm living. It wasn't one big decision. It was hundreds of really ordinary ones. The labels aren't the problem. It's the "so..." we put after them. You don't need to know how it ends. You need to know your next move. THE FLIP 50 50 leaders. Five cities: Seattle, Chicago, New York, Nashville, and Dallas. 10 leaders at each dinner, then 50 days of putting the Flip the Box method into practice. Request a seat at the table or nominate a leader at sharileid.com/flip-50. BOOK ME TO SPEAK Planning a leadership conference, company meeting, or association event? My keynote, Flip the Box: A Blueprint for Human-Centered Leadership, gives leaders the FLIP method (focus, listen, ignite, play) to build trust and keep good people. Visit sharileid.com and click Speaking. COMING FEBRUARY 2027 My fifth book. More soon, and you'll hear it here first. LINKS & RESOURCES Flip the Box® with Shari Leid is for leaders and entrepreneurs who've built something impressive and still feel disconnected underneath it all. Each week, TEDx speaker, 4x author, and connection coach Shari Leid helps you connect to yourself, your career, and your community using the Flip the Box® framework, a four-step method for building real connection in any room, in sixty seconds or less. CONNECT WITH SHARI Website (https://sharileid.com/) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/sharileid) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/an_imperfectly_perfect_life/reels/) To work with Shari, visit www.sharileid.com (https://sharileid.com/) The Flip 50: https://sharileid.com/flip-50/ (https://sharileid.com/flip-50/) For media inquiries, contact Kourtney Jason at Kourtney@pacificandcourt.com (mailto:Kourtney@pacificandcourt.com) For speaking engagements, contact AAE Speakers Bureau or email info@sharileid.com (mailto:info@sharileid.com) Download the free Connection Audit App (https://sharileid.com/flip/), a practical tool for evaluating and strengthening the quality of your personal and professional relationships. Music by Viacheslav Starostin (https://pixabay.com/users/viacheslavstarostin-50153119/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=338194) from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=338194)

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   29 Sept 2026

   Why Some People Get Under Your Skin (and How to Stop It) with Sam Osborne

   You know that person who can walk into a room and irritate you before they've said a word? A two-word text, and you've already written a six-paragraph response in your head. We've all got one. So here's my question: What if that person isn't actually the problem? Or at least not the whole problem? My guest, Sam Osborne, has spent decades studying exactly that. Connection is easy to talk about when we like each other. The real test is what happens when we don't. IN THIS EPISODE Why Sam's business card has a photo of his injured eye, and what it taught him: the brain fills the gaps The hidden cost of losing your composure (you can't unring that bell) Why you actually want an equal amount of support and challenge in your life The first step of the Demartini Method: name the trigger in three or four specific words. No story, no drama, no labels. How a lawyer used Sam's method before walking into court with the one guy who knows how to push his buttons What appreciation actually means (it's not what you think) My challenge for you: What have you decided is true about the person who gets under your skin? KEY TAKEAWAYS Your brain fills in the gaps. You're not always seeing exactly what's in front of you. Get specific. "They're cruel" keeps you triggered. "Tuesday at 4 p.m., they interrupted me" calms you down. You're not erasing the costs. You're finding the benefits that balance them. Sometimes the box that needs flipping is the one we've put somebody else in. THE FLIP 50 50 leaders. Five cities: Seattle, Chicago, New York, Nashville, and Dallas. 10 leaders at each dinner, then 50 days of putting the Flip the Box method into practice. Request a seat or nominate a leader at sharileid.com/flip-50. COMING FEBRUARY 2027 My fifth book. You'll hear it here first. ABOUT SAM Sam Osborne is a speaker, author of about seven books, former high school teacher, and trained facilitator of the Demartini Method, developed by Dr. John Demartini, with whom Sam trains twice a year. He works with attorneys, advisors, executives, and sales teams on conflict, triggers, and composure, and delivers his program The Conflict Advantage as a keynote, breakout, half-day workshop, sales kickoff, and small-group or individual leadership advisory. His most recent book is How to Beat Imposter Syndrome and Be Confident. Coming next: The Conflict Advantage: Own the Trigger, Own the Room. CONNECT WITH SAM samosborne.net (https://samosborne.net) Instagram and TikTok: @sam.osborne.speaker LINKS & RESOURCES Flip the Box® with Shari Leid is for leaders and entrepreneurs who've built something impressive and still feel disconnected underneath it all. Each week, TEDx speaker, 4x author, and connection coach Shari Leid helps you connect to yourself, your career, and your community using the Flip the Box® framework, a four-step method for building real connection in any room, in sixty seconds or less. CONNECT WITH SHARI Website (https://sharileid.com/) YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/sharileid) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/an_imperfectly_perfect_life/reels/) To work with Shari, visit www.sharileid.com (https://sharileid.com/) The Flip 50: https://sharileid.com/flip-50/ (https://sharileid.com/flip-50/) For media inquiries, contact Kourtney Jason at Kourtney@pacificandcourt.com (mailto:Kourtney@pacificandcourt.com) For speaking engagements, contact AAE Speakers Bureau or email info@sharileid.com (mailto:info@sharileid.com) Download the free Connection Audit App (https://sharileid.com/flip/), a practical tool for evaluating and strengthening the quality of your personal and professional relationships. Music by Viacheslav Starostin (https://pixabay.com/users/viacheslavstarostin-50153119/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=338194) from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=music&utm_content=338194)

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Been There. Got Out. When Leaving Isn’t the End Ft. Lisa Johnson

Published 5 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Can you tell us a little bit about that? Yeah. So first, like before I get into that, just know that one of my specialties, Chris and I really specialize in legal abuse, and that was my experience for all those years. And that's when you're basically in the legal system with someone who's using it to wear you down and bleed you dry financially. So the extreme case is and it's like, I'm stuck in this system, I'm spending all this money for attorneys or if I'm representing myself, I'm, you know, spending my life doing it, it becomes all consuming. So in the process as we started, we started coaching and strategizing and finding clients, we found that baked right into legal abuse is, it's a little bit of a controversial term, a parental alienation or abuse by proxy, also known as like poisoning the well where essentially one parent, usually an abusive parent who has some kind of mental issue, is using the children to punish the ex. […]

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