Episode 052
I reinvented myself at age 52 to create a life I am fulfilled with and proud of
with Lana McAra
Welcome to EP 052 of the CVD Podcast!!
Many of us think about making drastic changes in our lives or "reinventing ourselves" in our twenties or thirties... but what about at 52!? We may think we'll have everything "figured out" by then, but the truth is that life can change at any moment. Lana McAra is the perfect example of that.
Lana is an award-winning, international best-selling author and ghostwriter of more than 40 titles with 1 million books sold (many under the name Rosey Dow). However, most of this has happened within the last 13 years, after reinventing herself due to years of trauma.
After being raised by narcissists, Lana was attracted to and eventually married one (because that's all she knew). She had no idea that while raising seven children she would feel so alone. And when he children were grown and she decided to leave because enough was enough, her husband made her out to be a the bad guy, influencing her children to cut all ties with her.
How did she have the strength, resilience, and will power to continue her writing career, reinvent herself, and push forward with life? You'll have to listen to find out.
In this episode, Lana talks about:
Growing up with narcissistic parents
What narcissistic actually means and how it showed up in her life
Her day-to-day life like and how this environment affected her mentally, emotionally, physically
Deciding that enough was enough and moving out
Being married to a narcissist for 30 years
Why she married a narcissist after experiencing it with her parents
What her life looked, sounded, and felt like during this time
When and how she started realizing things were very misaligned and that she had lost yourself
How she told her narcissistic husband she wanted a divorce
Discovering your true self through 13 years of deep recovery
The repercussions / result of her divorce
What she started / continued doing to discover her true self
An important identity shift that happened 5.5 years after the divorce
What her life like now and how she's living an authentic life that is fulfilling and worth all the struggle
Where you can find Lana and her work online:
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