Growing up in image-conscious Miami, Laura, with her double chins, frizzy hair, and in the inability to squeeze into regular sized clothing, was an embarrassment to her beguiling, jet-setting mother and prominent, successful father.
This is our story..
This is her story.
In so doing she uncovered a richer, Different Kind of happy.
Laura had to delve into her past for clues on moving forward and finding contentment and purpose without that all-encompassing level of productivity and achievement.
In the same way a generation of women lacked role models on the way up the career ladder, they lack them on the way down.
She also had to come to terms with the telltale markers of aging, from the mundane--bunions and lubricants--to a life-altering, near-death experience, all the while searching for relevance and purpose.
She no longer possessed CEO status, her children fled the nest for lives of their own, and she had to cope with the decline and eventual deaths of her parents.
In stark contrast, when she chose to end her career, her descent was marked by loss and marginalization.
Yet, she climbed those rungs with quantifiable goals measured by market-share and profitability.
Her ascent up the ladder as a mother of three forced her to make often painful choices as she navigated the myth of having it all.
She climbed out of shame by focusing on brains rather than beauty, becoming a child entrepreneur, and rising all the way to the top ranks of business.
Growing up in image-conscious Miami, Laura, with her double chins, frizzy hair, and in the inability to squeeze into regular sized clothing, was an embarrassment to her beguiling, jet-setting mother and prominent, successful father
