In this powerful episode, Leah welcomes her first guest and private client, Jess Prudhomme, host of The Great Detour podcast. Jess shares her courageous journey of leaving a 10-year corporate career at a Fortune 500 company, ending her 17-year marriage, and navigating the uncomfortable space between who she thought she should be and who she truly is.

This conversation dives deep into what it really takes to live authentically—including the grief, loss, and loneliness that can come with choosing yourself. Jess reveals her biggest breakthrough: realizing that life doesn't have to be so hard when you're in alignment with your soul's purpose. From Type A overachiever to soul-led living, this episode is for anyone who's ever felt successful on paper but empty inside.

✨Key Takeaways From This Episode:

- Living free means living in deep authenticity, even when it costs you relationships and identity

- Alignment doesn't always last forever—what once served you may no longer fit

- Your soul's whispers start soft but get louder until you can't ignore them anymore

- There's often grief and loss on the path to authentic living, but it creates space for what's truly aligned

- Overachieving and hustling are often compensatory behaviors for feeling unworthy - When you're in alignment, there's ease and flow—life doesn't have to be so hard

- You can't figure out your purpose while clinging to what no longer serves you

- Building a sense of home within yourself is the most important foundation

- Following nudges and trusting your intuition will lead you exactly where you need to be

- Catastrophic thinking can shift to hopeful curiosity when you reconnect with your truth

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