Home Is a Feeling, Not a Place: Anne Peshka's Reinvention After 54 on Her Comeback

2026-07-17

Episode Notes — Her Comeback with Anne Peshka

At 54, Anne Peshka's life looked perfect from the outside — a beautiful home in Southwest Florida, early retirement, beach days. But inside, she felt like a bird trapped in a cage. In this episode, Anne joins Michelle Thompson to share what happened when she finally listened to that inner voice and walked away from her marriage with nothing but her clothes and her dog.

Anne opens up about filing for divorce with no safety net and no plan, taking a $65 Groupon real estate course on a whim, and passing her exam just two weeks before COVID shut the world down. She talks candidly about landing her very first client while hosting an open house at her own home — not knowing where her next meal would come from — and building a six-figure real estate business within her first year, powered by nothing but genuine care for people.

Anne also shares how that success led her to become a certified Core Energy Coach, why she chose to write about the adoption and abuse in her past, and the moment she made a decision she calls "recycling trauma" — transforming her hardest experiences into her greatest source of power and empathy for others.

The conversation turns deeply personal as Anne reflects on waiting her whole life for permission to change, what it felt like to sell her house and everything in it to live free of "the box," and the line she now lives by: home is not a place, it's a feeling.

In this episode, you'll hear:

What it really looked like to leave a marriage at 54 with no planHow a $65 Groupon course led to a six-figure real estate businessWhy Anne became a Core Energy Coach after already succeeding in businessThe hardest chapter to write in her book, and whyWhat it means to "recycle your trauma" into powerWhy home was never about a place

Connect with Anne Peshka: Website: annpeshka.com Book: Trauma Recycled: buy on Amazon https://a.co/d/0JgbSVS Podcast: Reinvention on Purpose (Spotify & Apple Podcasts)

Connect with Michelle: Grab your copy of Courageously You: Seven Simple Frameworks to Create the Life You Love on Amazon. Buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5717G3D

Ready to start living your next chapter instead of just thinking about it? Head to michellethompsoncoaching.com to book a call with Michelle.

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Her Comeback is a transformative podcast for women over 50 who've reached their breaking point and are ready to reclaim their lives. Life coach Michelle Thompson delivers raw, authentic conversations with women who've navigated major transitions, combining practical rebuilding strategies with expert insights on reinventing yourself at any stage. Whether you're facing an empty nest, career changes, relationship shifts, or the realization you've been living everyone else's dreams, Michelle's warm, no-nonsense approach provides the clarity and courage you need to move from survival mode to thriving. This isn't just about getting back on your feet—it's about proving that mid-life isn't the end of anything - it's the powerful beginning of everything you were meant to become.

New episodes drop weekly. Your second act awaits.

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