Find Your Lady Tribe
Find Your Lady Tribe
Brenda Billings Ridgley
What If Your Values Are Your Real Medicine
38 minutes Posted Jun 16, 2026 at 8:00 am.
Welcome And Guest Introduction
Childhood Trauma And Joining The Air Force
Retirement Pivot Into Coaching Work
Symptoms Dismissed And A Scary Text
Surgery Fallout And Radiation Consequences
Mayo Clinic Turnaround And Self Advocacy
The Cost Of The Game Face
Life After Trauma And Choosing Joy
Subscribe Break And Midlife Disconnect
Values Audit And A Decision Filter
Practical Tips And Stop Shoulding Yourself
Where To Find Renea And Closing
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A Friday afternoon text that says “we think you have a brain tumor” is the kind of moment that splits your life into before and after. Dr. Renea Skelton lived that moment, then did what so many high-performing women are trained to do: she shoved the fear into the background, put on her game face, and kept leading. Renea joins me to share the full arc, from a traumatic childhood and joining the Air Force at 17 to 22 years of service, a post-military pivot into coaching, and the brutal wake-up ...