The Reinvention Era
The Reinvention Era with Sarah Elizabeth, Reinvention Coach & Queen of Badass AF ComebacksTHIS ISN’T A PODCAST. IT’S A F*CKING RECKONING.It’s your permission slip to stop performing the life you’re supposed to want… and start building the one that actually f*cking fits.You’ve done “fine.”You’ve smiled through the ache.You’ve silenced the fire in your belly because you thought it made you ungrateful.But now?You’re done being digestible.You’re ready to be f*cking undeniable.WHAT YOU’LL HEARStories that land like flashbacks from your future selfBelief flips that don’t just refra...
EP164 Sophie Foote: From Buying a Beach to Building Million-Pound Businesses
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What kind of woman looks at a beach for sale in Indonesia and thinks, "Fuck it, let's buy it"?
My guest this week, Sophie Foote, apparently. And she was just 26 at the time 😂
Sophie is an entrepreneur, investor, business mentor and the woman behind Business by the Beach, The Beach Club and One to Many. She's built businesses from scratch, sold them, reinvented herself more than once and learned a hell of a lot about creating wealth, taking risks and building a life on her...
EP163 Why Success Never Feels Like Enough
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I’m ambitious as fuck. I want more. More impact, more experiences, more money, more rooms, more life.
And I’ve learned not to apologise for that.
But I’ve also noticed something else about achievement.
We can spend months or years climbing towards something that feels absolutely huge... only to reach it, barely take in the view and immediately start looking for the next fucking mountain.
The extraordinary becomes ordinary. The thing...
EP162 Do You Belong… Or Have You Just Got Really Good at Fitting In?
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I came home from Ibiza this week with thousands of thoughts, but one has followed me home way more loudly than the others:
Belonging.
And specifically, whether some of us have confused genuinely belonging with becoming really bloody good at reading the room, learning the rules and adjusting ourselves accordingly.
In this episode, I'm exploring the connection between identity, belonging and our relationship with ourselves. I talk about the tiny ways we...
EP161 The Confidence to Trust Yourself: What happens when the “right” strategy is wrong for you?
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I cancelled something this week that I had publicly declared I was going to do.
And it wasn’t because it failed or because nobody signed up (they did) or because I couldn't deliver it.
I cancelled a masterclass I'd already announced, built, promoted and had people registered for because I finally admitted something to myself:
I didn't actually want to bloody do it.
Which is really bloody annoying when you're the woman who bangs on ab...
EP160 Productive Avoidance: When Procrastination Looks Like Progress
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What if you don't need more clarity, another strategy or one more bloody opinion? What if you already know exactly what to do?
In this episode, I get called out on my own very convincing form of procrastination: productive avoidance. The courses, research, planning, tweaking and learning that all look incredibly bloody useful... whilst also conveniently keeping you away from the thing you actually need to do.
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EP159 Stop Waiting for Your Future Self. She’s Not Coming.
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What if the woman you're waiting to be isn't coming?
That isn’t because you're incapable of being her. Not at all.
But because you were never supposed to wait for her in the first place.
I'm recording this episode exhausted, emotional and still trying to process what happened last week at the very first Be You Now, my identity reinvention event for founders and business owners.
Six months ago, I...
EP158 You Are the Ceiling: Identity, Operations & Radical Alignment with Jodie Hayward
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What happens when the business you've built looks successful from the outside... but feels completely wrong to live inside?
In this episode of The Reinvention Era, I'm joined by the fabulous Jodie Hayward for a conversation that sits right at the intersection of two things we so often treat as completely separate:
Who we are and how we operate.
Jodie works where identity meets operations, helping ambitious founders and business owners create...
EP157: When Did Doing It Properly Become Doing It the Hard Way?
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What if the reason you keep making things harder than they need to be has absolutely f*ck all to do with having ‘high standards’?
What if somewhere along the way, you actually learned that things only really count if they're bloody difficult?
This week I'm sharing something very real and live from my own identity work.
A conversation with one of my mentors uncovered a pattern I just hadn't seen before: my lifelong need to "do things properly" might actu...
EP156 Are You Scared of Failure… or Being Seen Trying?
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What if you’re not actually scared of failing?
What if you’re scared of people seeing you try... and then watching it not work?
Because I think there’s actually quite a big difference.
Failing privately is one thing. Abso-f*cking-lutely.
But, saying out loud I want this, putting your hand up, launching the thing, changing career, starting the business, writing the book, going after the stage, dating again or adm...
EP155 The Identity Required to Play a Bigger Game
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We all love the idea of playing a bigger game don’t we?
The bigger business. The book. The stage. The visibility. The opportunities. The money. The impact.
We put it on the vision board, write down the goals and decide we're bloody well going for it.
And then the game actually starts.
Suddenly there are other people on the board. Decisions you weren't expecting. Rejection. Uncertainty. Things going wrong. Opportunities arriving at spectacularly inconvenient times. Bi...
EP154 Have We Forgotten How To Feel Alive? | With Sally Berg of Mature Eros
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What if the biggest thing missing from your life isn't confidence, motivation or another morning routine...
What if you've simply become disconnected from yourself?
In this powerful conversation, I'm joined by the brilliant Sally Berg, founder of Mature Eros, embodiment mentor and self-proclaimed Queen of Pleasure. Together we explore what happens when high-achieving women spend years leading everyone else while slowly losing connection with their own bodies, boundaries and joy.
This absolutely...
EP153 The Room You're In Is Creating Your Future
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This week on the Reinvention Era, we're talking about something that most people completely overlook...
The rooms you choose.
And I’m not just talking about the physical spaces, but also the conversations, the people, the energy and the standards you surround yourself with every day.
Because those things are never neutral.
They either reinforce the identity you've always had or they invite you into the woman you're capable of being.
In th...
EP152: You’re Brilliant at Leading Everyone… Except Yourself
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You lead your team.
Your house.
Your clients.
Your family.
Your children.
Sometimes, it feels like you’re leading every bloody person you come into contact with (even if you don't actually know them!)
But when was the last time you properly led yourself?
In this week’s episode, I’m talking about the subtle leadership crisis so many capable, high-a...
EP151: You Can't Build a Successful Business by Abandoning Yourself | with Nikola Howard
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Most women don't burn out because they're weak (even though that’s quite often how we end up feeling when we do).
It’s actually that most of us burn out because we've been taught that success means pushing harder, saying yes more often and putting ourselves last.
In this episode, I sit down with award-winning health-led business coach Nikola Howard to unpack why the very habits we've been applauded for are often the ones slowly dest...
EP150: The Hardest Year of My Life... And Why I'd Do It Again
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"This isn't the story of the year everything finally worked out. It's the story of the year I stopped waiting for it to"
A year ago, I thought I was redesigning my business.
I wasn't.
I was redesigning the woman leading it.
Over the last twelve months I've broken my arm, needed major surgery, battled a post-operative infection, left a job I'd spent years building, closed a community I absolutely loved, written my first book, published...
EP149: Why "I'm Becoming Her" Might Be the Most Comfortable Lie You Tell Yourself
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Why "I'm Becoming Her" Might Be the Most Comfortable Lie You Tell Yourself
On language, money scripts and the identity you're building every time you open your mouth
This week's episode came together from about four different places, and I'm not going to pretend it didn't. But it's also all kind of about the same thing: the words we use, the identities they're subtly building, and the very comfortable trap hiding inside one of the words we use most in this space.
EP148: Ready Isn't a Feeling. It's a Decision. Here's What That Actually Looks Like
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There's a version of you who already knows exactly what she wants to do next.
She's not waiting for the conditions to be perfect nor waiting for the fear to disappear. She's not waiting for a sign either.
She's just waiting for you to stop asking the wrong part of yourself for bloody permission.
This week I'm getting personal, because I think this is one of the most important things I'll say on this podcast. Readiness i...
EP147: Am I Too Old For This at 47? Let's Do the Maths
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A gorgeous human put her hand up at an event a couple of weekends ago, and asked if she was too old to change her career, start a business, and go after what she actually wanted.
She was 47 years old.
Forty-f*cking-seven.
And I watched her ask it with genuine uncertainty on her face, the years of conditioning sitting right there in the room with her, whispering in her ear that she'd already missed her window.
...
EP146 What Stops With You: The Legacy Nobody Talks About
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Right, so this one started as a thought I had while driving with the roof down, which, for the record, is when literally all my best ideas happen (well, that and the shower!)
I'd been thinking about legacy, and how we widely perceive it.
Because we talk about legacy like it's something you build and leave behind. Whether it’s the career, or the body of work (or even the thing people say at your funeral). And yeah, that stuff matters. Of course.
...EP145 The Tesla Code: Science, Spirit and the Identity Shift Nobody Told You Was Possible
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You know that feeling when you've done absolutely everything right... and yet it still doesn't feel right?
Yeah I see you.
Well, you're not someone who just "can't have nice things".... You are basically running on a frequency that was built a long time ago, in a version of your life that no longer fits you anymore. And until that changes, you can work harder, plan more carefully, do ALL the things and still end up...
EP144: You Broke the Glass Ceiling. Now Break the Identity That Built It
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You've done it, haven't you?
The career. The salary. The title. The financial independence that your grandmother couldn't even have dreamed of. You've built the life that ticks every box that society handed you, and you've done it f*cking brilliantly.
So why does it feel like you're living someone else's life?
This week's episode is for the Gen X woman who is financially free and psychologically still asking for permission. The one who is awake...
EP143 Becoming Her: How to Actually Use Identity Design to Change Your Life
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This episode is where the whole Reinvention Era identity series finally comes together.
And honestly? If you’ve spent the last few weeks listening thinking, ‘OK Sare… but how do I ACTUALLY use this in real life?’
THIS is the episode for you.
Because this is where we stop talking about identity theory… and start talking about what actually changes when you consciously redesign who you are.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve gone...
EP142: Be Her Now: Why You Don’t Find Yourself… You Design Her
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This episode is THE one. If you listen to nothing else this week, listen to this, because this is the one where everything clicks.
Over the last few weeks, here on the Reinvention Era, we’ve gone all in on….
Your Inherited Self; who you were taught to be before you even knew about it.
Your Survival Self; who you consequently became to operate and cope…. but also succeed.
Your Sovereign Self; who yo...
EP141 The Sovereign Self: Who You Were Before You Became Who You Had To Be
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You’ve built a life that works on paper, right?
You’ve handled all the responsibilities and all the shizzle. You’ve achieved the things. You’ve become the version of you that people respect, rely upon and basically admire.
So explain this.
Why does it sometimes feel like you’re slightly disconnected from your own life?
In this week’s episode, we go even deeper than the Inherited Sel...
EP140 The High-Functioning Trap: Why Success Still Feels Empty
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You’re the one who gets sh*t done aren’t you?
Whether it’s because you’re the capable one, or the reliable one, or just generally the one that everyone looks at and thinks…’ooooh, she’s got her life together.’
And to be fair… you do, right?
So explain this.
Why do you feel so f*cking exhausted all the time?
Why does it permanently feel like something is slightly off?<...
EP139 The Inherited Self: The Identity Running Your Life (Without You Knowing)
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Just as an FYI, you don’t have a motivation problem. Or a motivation problem either. And you definitely don’t need another podcast, book, or morning routine to “fix” yourself.
What you actually have…Is an identity that was handed to you…
…and you never questioned it.
You say, ‘this is just who I am’
But is it?
Is it really?
Or is it instead:<...
EP138 The Hidden Cost of Becoming Her
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There’s this part of reinvention that no one really tells you about OR prepares you for.
It’s not the breakdown itself that led to the reinvention…. Or even the rebuild that follows.
It’s what happens after…
When your life still looks the same on the outside. But inside, something has shifted so deeply, you can’t unfeel it.
You know the vibe right? You’re sitting in a conversation you used to en...
EP137 The Ultimate Queen Move: Nobody’s Coming to Save You
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This episode is about something that used to really piss me off when people said it to me.
'Take responsibility for your life'
Because when you're hurting like hell, when you've been through trauma, loss, betrayal, burnout or any other big life transitions, the absolute last thing you want to hear is someone telling you to "stop feeling sorry for yourself"
But what I’ve come to understand through my own reinvention jo...
EP136: Reinvention Starts When You Stop Trying to Fit In
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In this episode, I’m sharing something that really landed for me while I was forced to slow down after my arm surgery (which, if you know me, you’ll know doesn’t come naturally!)
When I stopped doing, I started seeing. And what I noticed was just how much we all follow the crowd… even when we say we want to stand out.
I talk about why our brains are wired for belo...
EP135: You’re Not Failing at Change. You’re Just Driving Your Life on Autopilot
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Most women think they’re completely failing at change, and f*cking it up altogether.
They’re not.
They’re just trying to build a new life with an old identity and, in doing so, living on autopilot.
In this episode I’m talking about why reinvention feels so bloody hard… especially when you’re a high-performing woman who’s used to being the one who just gets on with it.
Because the thing is, you can’t...
EP134: Why You Have Nothing to Wear (Even When Your Wardrobe Is Full)
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We’ve all been there.
You open your wardrobe.
It’s full.
Rails completely crammed with clothes.
Dresses you forgot you owned (maybe even with the label still on it).
Jeans in three different “goal weights.”
The blazer you bought for the promotion in your last job.
The hoodie from the heartbreak season you just wanted to disappear.
And yet the thought appears: I’ve got absof*ckinglutely NOTHING to...
EP133: Why Successful Women Stay Too Long in Jobs, Marriages and Identities
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You’ve built a life.
The career.
The marriage.
The house.
The reputation.
The identity that everyone recognises you by.
From the outside it looks solid AF. Successful. Impressive even.
But inside?
You’re secretly questioning….. Is this it?
In this episode, I’m going all in on one of the most powerful psychological traps that keeps high-performing women stuck way too long afte...
EP132: The Version of You That Built This Life Is Not the One Who Leads Next
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You did everything right, didn't you?
You worked hard.
You coped with all sorts of sh*t.
You carried people.
You survived things no one even knows about.
On paper? Your life looks solid. Respectable. Successful.
But inside?
It feels… flat AF.
Not unhappy exactly. Just not fully alive either.
And the loving truth is, you’re not actually stuck or failing or any other BS...
EP131: The Role You Outgrew Years Ago (And How to Finally Let It Go)
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In this episode, I’m talking about something most women never actually do.
We resign from jobs.
We leave relationships.
We move house, change careers, reinvent our wardrobes and our routines.
But we almost never resign from the identities we built to survive those eras.
So we leave the marriage but stay the fixer.
We change the job but stay the over-functioner.
We start a new chapter but carry the sa...
EP130 The Queen Balance: Why High-Achieving Women Struggle to Let Go of Control
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You know when you wake up already braced for the day before you even have time to press snooze?
Your brain is switched on before your feet hit the floor. You’re thinking about what needs doing. Who needs you. What might go wrong.
You call it strength.
But what if it’s actually control?
In this episode of The Reinvention Era, I’m breaking down the hidden cost of living in constant “masculine energy” (especially for high-ac...
EP129 Main Character Energy for Women Who Are Over Valentine’s Day
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Valentine’s Day isn’t actually the problem.
Friday the 13th isn’t actually unlucky.
And self-love isn’t meant to be outsourced either (whilst I’m on Sare’s Soapbox 🤣)
This week’s episode is for the high-achieving woman who’s done everything “right”.... but somehow still feels like she’s been living in the background of her own goddamn life.
If Valentine’s Day makes you roll your eyes…
If you’re sick to death of measu...
EP128 Winter Survival for Busy B*tches (Without Losing Yourself)
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Anyone else think that January felt about 467 days long… and February still has the freaking audacity to exist?!
If you’re a high-achieving, capable woman who’s still getting everything done (but subtly feels flatter, duller, or slightly disconnected from herself anyway) this episode is for YOU.
This isn’t a “light a candle and wait it out” conversation. And it’s definitely not a “push harder and ignore your body” one either.
In this episode...
EP127 Don’t Just Be Good: Be Known
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So many women are exceptional at what they do… and yet still feel invisible.
In this episode, I walk through the quiet, deeply ingrained pattern many high-capacity women live in; which is being competent, capable AF, relied upon… AND still unseen.
This isn’t a confidence conversation. It’s an identity conversation.
If you’ve ever felt like:
You’re respected, but overlookedYou’re brilliant, but still waiting...EP126 Why “Just Be Yourself” Doesn’t Work for High-Achieving Women
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Most high-achieving women don’t lack confidence. Not at all.
They purely lack the right version of themselves in charge. That’s it.
If you’ve ever found yourself thinking:
“I know I’m capable… so why the hell do I doubt myself?”“Why do I feel confident in some rooms but invisible in others?”“Why does ‘just be yourself’ suddenly feel like terrible advice?”This episode is for you.
In this conversation, I tal...
EP125 Why Imposter Syndrome Isn’t the Problem (And What Actually Needs to Shift)
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If you’ve ever said to yourself… “I know what to do… I’m just not f*cking doing it.”
This episode is for you.
And no, this isn’t about funnels, algorithms, job titles or another damn thing to fix. This is about the identity gap that keeps brilliant, amazing women playing way smaller than they were ever meant to.
Because the thing is… You don’t have a strategy problem.
You have a...
