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Twenty years ago I lied straight to a woman’s face in a penthouse in Los Angeles. That lie built my businesses to over $100M. I quadrupled my price on the spot, made up a job title, and created a category of one before I knew that's what it was called.
People-pleasing built my career and almost destroyed my life. I spent 30 years performing as someone I made up to keep people comfortable, and the day I finally stopped was the day everything got easier, richer, and way more fun.
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I’m 48 now. And I’m done choosing. For years, I bought into the lie that I had to pick a lane: smart or pretty, spiritual or wealthy, good mom or successful CEO. Trying to “balance it all” didn’t make me happy. It made me burnt out, resentful, and shrinking myself to keep everyone else comfortable.
I was living in a rent-by-the-day hotel in Los Angeles with strangers pounding on my door. I was sick, isolated, and completely broke. Logic said go home to Appalachia. Logic said save every penny.
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In this episode of I’d Like to Thank MySELF, I’m sharing the real story behind what it actually takes to stay hot at 48 while building a $100M brand, raising a daughter, and refusing to fade into the background just because society says it’s “your turn” to disappear.
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It turns out, building a business at 48 is nothing like building one at 28. We're told that experience makes things easier. But experience doesn't account for perimenopause, raising a teenager, caring for aging parents, and the anxiety and paralyzing fear of "what if I can't do it again?".
I grew up on food stamps in the Appalachian Mountains with no running water in our house until I was fifteen years old. I took baths in the creek down the road, used an actual outhouse, and dumpster dived for skincare and makeup because somewhere in my thirteen-year-old brain I decided that being pretty would save me from poverty.
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Why should you listen to me?
I'm Cynthia Garcia. I grew up in extreme Appalachian poverty - no running water until I was 15, bathing in a creek, using an outhouse. I skipped lunch in school because I was too embarrassed to use my free lunch ticket.
I had a vision of a different life. And I refused to settle for anything less.
Today, I'm the founder of Rewritten Beauty™ and a 4x entrepreneur who's built multiple successful brands over 20 years.
My work has been featured in Forbes, Vogue, Elle, and more.
I refuse to let other people control the narrative and tell me what's possible. And I show other women how to do the same.
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