What if your greatest struggles became your greatest teachers?

In this mini-episode, Karen Dwyer pulls back the curtain on Kathleen O’Meara’s remarkable journey - from stories that change nations to love after heartbreak and a bold reinvention at 60.

Karen shares the 10 key lessons from their full conversation, covering campaigning, storytelling, pain, leadership, friendship, and reinvention. Plus, we celebrate inspiring wins from inside the MS to Success community, reminding us that real change happens one step at a time.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• 🌍 Campaigning is who you are, not what’s popular. Integrity over votes.

• 📖 Stories change the world. Data doesn’t move hearts, but human stories do.

• ⚖️ Change can happen from inside or outside the system.

• 💔 Pain teaches but it ends, leaving us stronger.

• 👩‍⚖️ Women in leadership must reshape systems by showing up authentically.

• 🔄 A daily ritual of accountability can transform your day.

• ✨ Reinvention is possible at any age. Kathleen began her creative writing at 60.

• 🤝 Friendships that start rocky can become your most important relationships.

• 🪞 True friendship holds you accountable even when it’s uncomfortable.