About this episode

Gabby Reece interviews Dominique Sachse about her journey of identity reconstruction after divorce and the importance of curiosity in midlife.

Reinvention is a word that gets thrown around a lot. Dominique Sachse would call it a misread. I sit down with Dominique, Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, YouTube creator, author of Life Makeover, and host of Over 50 & Flourishing, to talk about what it actually takes to rebuild your identity in midlife, why letting go of control is not weakness, and how curiosity might be the most underrated tool any of us have. After 28 years anchoring the news in Houston, Dominique walked away from a pension, a 401k, and a career identity she built from scratch, all while navigating a divorce and building an entrepreneurial brand from the ground up. This conversation goes deep on the psychological cost of high achievement, why driven women often end up lonely in their relationships, and what it looks like to build a life that holds up over time. What We Explore: - Why "reinvention" is the wrong frame, and how thinking of life as an unfolding rather than a reset changes everything about how you make hard decisions. - How the same traits that make you exceptional at work will slowly hollow out your relationships, and what it looks like to finally course-correct without losing your…

People in this episode

Host: Gabby Reece

Guest: Dominique Sachse

Topics covered

• divorce
• identity
• reinvention
• midlife
• relationships
• curiosity
• high achievement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Over 50 & Flourishing, Dear Media

Books & works: Life Makeover

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