From Stay-At-Home to Single Working Mom: What Divorce Taught Me (I Never Saw Coming) - Sherry Fang | Ep31

Sherry Fang, mom to an 11-year-old and based in Taiwan, has worn many hats—from stay-at-home mom to single mom, executive coach, podcaster, and brand specialist. At 35, her life was turned upside down by a painful divorce and the bold decision to start her own consultancy. Despite experiencing what she called a “violent year”, Sherry pushed forward with no formal business plans or prior experience to launch her consultancy and two impactful podcasts: The Executive Plus (Apple & Spotify Top 50 podcast with >1.3 million downloads), and The Soft Power Project, which explores the powerful transformations women undergo when they combine strength with softness.

In this intimate conversation, we talked about:

👥 Can you build a career from nothing 

💔 What if divorce and launching a company in the same year was the breakthrough you didn’t see coming?

👩‍👦 Is time the only measure of motherhood—or is independence the gift we don’t talk about?

😢 What changes when you stop hiding and let yourself feel everything?

🎨 What if the “right path” never felt right—because you were meant to create something entirely your own?

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Chapters:

00:00 What divorce taught me (that I never expected)

01:21 Welcome to Make It Work

01:59 Is life truly "starting over again and again"?

03:58 The "violent" year: Divorce, business, and transformation 

07:39 What coaching revealed to me (it’s not what you think)

24:40 Why believe less, celebrate less?

25:16 How I juggle motherhood/career

30:08 Being a top podcaster:: lessons learnt

36:54 What is Soft Power all about?

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Follow Sherry here:

👋 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1xDeKFTTBH45GUbZL77V5G?si=1T26Ifd9QfaWPPnT_EFgGA

👋 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/tw/podcast/soft-power-project/id1795635125👋 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SoftPowerProject

👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soft_power_project

👋 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherryfang83/ 

Watch more:

Unexpectedly Flourishing: The Unforeseen Benefits of a Career Downshift with Sharon Fan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtoRL21T2vc

How This Mom Built a Million-Dollar Brand with Zero Marketing - Cheryl Yeo: https://youtu.be/Gz0dPLB74BM?si=9OpJFlCE-AAy0rFy

SME vs Big Tech: Why Small Might Be The BEST Career Move! - Louisa Lee: https://youtu.be/7pSNn8KZMZ0?si=Y2vWnNJrSvobwpdE

Children' s Book Author: Why The Stories We Tell Our Kids And Ourselves-Matter: https://youtu.be/PhWeM3XZQC0?si=WS3Emu0XroWHfQ4g

How to Design a Calm Home (And Life) That Actually Works for Your Family! - Winnie Tam : https://youtu.be/iPBCdz6oq74?si=U5DAaa27SjMFumNE

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(stay-at-home mom, working mom, single mom, divorce, executive coach, communications coach, podcaster, personal branding, motherhood and career, work-life balance, female leadership, parenting tips, women entrepreneurs, career transition, branding strategy, mompreneur)

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