What It Means To Reinvent Yourself, With Lesley Jane Seymour

Today’s guest is Lesley Jane Seymour, the founder, and CEO of Covey Club. She’s also an editor, author, and entrepreneur. Adrienne and Lesley discuss the power that women hold, and the amazing things we can do with our families, relationships, companies, and views in this world. Lesley was previously a senior editor of Vogue and editor-in-chief of many women's magazines, including YM, Marie Claire, Redbook, and More Magazine. She shares her views on the ‘Mean Girl’ syndrome that pervaded the fashion industry, and how she rejected that approach. After leaving More, Lesley launched Covey Club to help women to reinvent themselves in the second chapter of their career journey or life, where she shares wellness, love, and care with her community.

Show Notes

🙋‍♀️ Lesley was a speaker at the She Leads NYC conference and her story was an absolute hit! 1:19
⭐ On Covey Club’s ‘Positive Morning’ call, Lesley realized that she built another family for women in the second half of their lives. 2:13
📰 When she was a 10-year old, Lesley turned to magazines to remedy the isolation she experienced due to parent’s divorce. 5:05
💜 Covey Club was created after More Magazine folded and loyal readers approached Lesley’s social media channels, asking her to create something new for them. 7:39
🧚‍♀️ Everybody has a thread and it's not accidental, even if you get knocked off course, you will come back to the thread somehow. 11:35
🙌 The most important thing is to spend time finding the thing that highly motivates you.14:25
😲 The fashion industry told her ‘You're never going to make it here. You're too nice.’ 16:31
👄 Getting over a ‘Good girl’ complex. 19:55
💵 In your own business, you have to deal with everything, especially the money and charging for your services. 21:51
😇 Lesley is very open person who likes to welcome people around her as part of her family. 23:58
💃 When you are an entrepreneur you get to pick and choose your team and clients, and it is giving you such a relief. 26:36
🤸‍♀️ Reinvention is behind almost everything Covey Club does. 27:38
🎙️ Lesley is the host of the ‘Reinvent Yourself with Lesley Jane Seymour’ podcast where women talk about their amazing life stories and how they reinvented themselves. 29:13
🙏 There is so much to be grateful for in life even during the pandemic. 32:43
🚚 Lesley fell in love in New Orleans and moved away from New York after 40 years. 34:56
🦸‍♀️ In New Orleans you’re living very close to history and you either love it or not. 40:00
💣 Covey club has a book club, DIY articles, library of webinars, Positive Monday Mornings, B2B services, classes and events. 45:26
😆 Her Insta account is a meme account designed to make us all laugh in these crazy times. 
👱‍♀️  Don’t forget to register for She Leads 2020 LIVE ONLINE - December 8th - to hear from more incredible women just like Lesley:  https://hopin.com/events/she-leads-2020-online

Connect with Lesley:
https://www.coveyclub.com/
https://www.coveyclub.com/podcast/
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/lesleyjseymour/
Story everyone should read: https://www.coveyclub.com/blog_posts/my-daughter-my-enabler-linda-olson/

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