{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Team of One","title":"SE01E20 Building a Business on My Own Terms After Losing Everything | Christy Meaux","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2371,"description":"Christy Meaux spent years building a mortgage career that never felt quite right. She was hitting numbers, following the playbook, and branding herself with someone else's values. Then in one devastating week, she lost her dog and two friends. When she asked her boss for grace, she was told people had been commenting on her negative attitude.That moment changed everything.In this conversation, Christy walks through the unraveling of her old life and the intentional rebuilding of a new one. After losing her mother, ending an eight-year relationship, and relocating twice in six months, she made a decision: she would stop fitting into other people's expectations and start building something that actually aligned with who she was.Christy founded Cohesive Confidence, a business and brand strategy practice focused on helping women entrepreneurs show up with clarity and conviction. She talks about the loneliness of starting over at almost 50, the power of giving yourself permission to pursue what fills you up, and why being selfish about your own path is not only okay but necessary.This episode is for anyone who's ever felt like they're living someone else's version of success, or anyone who's wondering if it's too late to start over. Christy's story is proof that it's never too late, and that sometimes the worst moments create the clearest path forward.Key things you'll hear in this episode:Why Christy calls herself Chief Empowerment Officer and what that title really means to herThe day she realized she was done branding herself with someone else's valuesHow losing her mother, her relationship, and her home in six months forced her to rebuild from scratchWhat it takes to launch a business while grieving and why she chose to do it anywayThe role of in-person connection in building trust when you don't have a big brand behind youWhy she walked away from renewing her mortgage license after holding onto it as a safety netHer goal of delivering 50 speaking engagements in...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xid0mUEtHAtKR5ly-i1pTM9h9Kct4J-pfgps0qX9Jso/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMjA0/YmMyMDk4NDMwOWUz/ZGY4OTVhN2VhNGI5/YzE0YS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}