Lean Out Podcast: Peace with Betsy Leonidas

You’re checking all the boxes and obeying “all the rules”…

But do you feel at peace?

Maybe the rules you’re living by are someone else’s, and not those you’ve written for yourself.

I talk a lot about questioning rules in my book Lean Out, and now I’ve met someone who podcasts about it, too.

Betsy Leonidas is my guest on the most recent show. Betsy is a storyteller, researcher, strategist, and mom of four. She hosts the Write Your Own Story Podcast, dedicated to encouraging women to live the life they dream about.

Betsy spent almost 20 years in the corporate advertising world hustling, working all the hours, and doing all the travel. At one point, she was consulting for Deloitte, on the road all the time, and had 4 kinds under the age of four – including twins. Then, divorce came… and that’s when she decided she was going to stop doing what everyone expected and write her own rules. She’s now building her media platform with the goal of only working 20 hours a week.

In this episode, we talk about what led Betsy to step away from the ultra busy life she was living – by other people’s rules – so she could write her own. We discuss the epidemic of loneliness among high achieving women and how she’s combating that with her podcast, all with the goal of working only 20 hours per week.

Where in your life are you using the word should right now? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment below!