{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#175: Closing the door on shame with Andrea McLean","description":""I ended up losing that business. And not only did we lose the business, but we had self-funded it. So we lost our home, all our savings, my pension, everything... So that was a door that closed that I was not anticipating." What do you do when multiple doors slam shut all at once, career, home, health, identity?  In this episode, Andrea McLean, broadcaster, author and former Loose Women host, shares her deeply honest story of losing her business, home, savings, health and sense of identity. She talks about the shame and upheaval that followed, selling her possessions and starting again in Spain and what she discovered when she had to let go of the life she thought she wanted. Andrea reflects on why we often limit our dreams to what we can imagine, and how sometimes life has a very different plan. Andrea also shares why we have to get over the shame that comes with doors closing, the theme from her book Shameless. This conversation is a good reminder that letting go can make space for something new and that resilience isn\u2019t about having all the answers, but finding the courage to take the next step. Highlights: 00:04 Losing the business and everything else along with it 02:32 Selling everything, packing up the car, and starting again in Spain 09:09 Letting go of things, expectations, and the myth of having it all 13:32 Life doesn\u2019t happen the way you vision board it 14:39 Trusting the process through hard days 18:07 Shame, status, and what we hide in the darkness 24:39 Resilience and the power to get back up again 38:05 Success redefined: safety, health, and a quiet life in the sun 48:20 Books that helped (and which to pack if you can only have a few)     Andrea\u2019s Change Toolkit Soundtrack: Fleetwood Mac\u2019s Greatest Hits Books: Another Door Opens by Eleanor Tweddell  and How to Face Big Change and Come Back Stronger by Helen Thorne     One piece of advice: \u201cIf someone shows you who they are, believe them. If they are consistently showing a type of behaviour that is making you feel uncomfortable\u2026believe them.\u201d   About Andrea Andrea McLean has experienced shame in almost every area of her life. She\u2019s been divorced twice, married three times, and faced a career pivot in her 50s that left her financially ruined and starting again. Like many women, she\u2019s been made to feel \u201cless than\u201d for getting things wrong but she refuses to let shame define her. A Sunday Times bestselling author and speaker, Andrea was the longest-serving host of ITV\u2019s Loose Women, enjoying a 24-year television career. She now lives in Spain with her husband and their dog, Teddy, where she continues to write. Her book Shameless is ultimately about breaking free from shame, reclaiming your power and finding the courage to keep going.   Buy the Book: https:\/\/geni.us\/ShamelessAndreaMcLean    Work with Eleanor: Buy the Book - Another Door Opens; 5 steps for navigating change. Described as \u2018Game changing\u2019 \u2018Brilliant\u2019 \u2018A must read\u2019 \u2018The best book on change\u2019.   Eleanor supports individuals, teams and organisations through change. Whether it\u2019s coaching or large scale organisational change through communications and training.   Work with Eleanor 121 as your coach, when you are starting something new, to develop the idea, to create the idea, to get it launched. Book in a Change Mastery for a team session - when your team is navigating change. Book in a 90 minute workshop - to think through change at work.   Instagram:instagram\/anotherdooruk LinkedIn:https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eleanor-tweddell\/ Website: www.another-door-opens.com     Produced by winteraudio.co.uk       ","author_name":"Another Door Opens","author_url":"http:\/\/anotherdoor.libsyn.com\/website","html":"