Q and A with Dianna from Waukesha, Wisconsin

“…life is ALWAYS teaching us. Even in the hard times.”

Q: What are you passionate about? 

A: I’m passionate about helping women in midlife.

This [midlife] is a time of major transition that isn’t talked about enough.

I love helping women to work through it [midlife], coming out the other side, surpassing surviving it, instead thriving in it. Midlife crisis to midlife magic!

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Q: What were your younger years like?

A: My younger years were hard when I was little.

My dad was alcoholic, my mom was co-dependant. Both did their best, given their circumstances.

I repeated those paterns in my life.

And I was very successful with my work.

I started as a waitress, working my way up to restaurant management.

I switched careers into the mortgage business where I went from loan officer to Vice President. Then I owned my own mortgage-related company for 15 years, which I sold for $2.5 million.

The more important piece was finding my own joy in peace in the process.

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Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?

A: Something valuable I learned is that life is ALWAYS teaching us. Even in the hard times.

It’s all about perspective and how we view it.

Acceptance of what is happening is key.

Self awareness, really accepting that I had made decisions that brought me to where I was, was really impactful. Once you realize this, you also realize you have the power to change it.

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Q: What does feminism mean to you?

A: Feminism, to me, is the reclamation of a woman’s power without abandoning her softness.

It’s not about competing with men or hardening ourselves to success.

It’s about remembering that our intuition, emotional intelligence, sensuality, creativity, and nurturing spirit are not weaknesses; they are our strengths.

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MORE ABOUT DIANNA: I am a successful business woman. I understand firsthand what it feels like to “have it all” on the outside, yet feel numb and unfulfilled on the inside.

And I’m so excited to help other women do the same.

My sister died by suicide at age 51. She thought she had Alzheimers. If you’ve been there, you know, we feel like we are losing our minds.

This IS the process of transformation. Like a caterpillar turning into a butterfly. It’s a messy process!

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