The Books That Shaped Me featuring Melinda Kay Quiroz

What do you do when everything you built — suddenly disappears overnight?That's the real conversation in Episode 6 of The Books That Shaped Me.Melinda Quiroz spent 11 years building a massive insurance book of business. Then, on March 17th, 2026, that chapter ended — without warning, without a choice.She calls it her "captive to called" season.And what she says next stopped me in my tracks:"I truly would have never seen what my true worth was... until I lost it all."If you've ever poured your whole self into something — your job, your business, your title — and then had it taken away, this episode is for you.We talk about:Why your gaping hole might actually be cleared spaceThe "upper limit problem" from The Big Leap by Gay HendricksElla Langley's Dandelion album and why Melinda says it was made for this seasonWhat it means to rebuild — and why rebuilding is NOT failure