The Turnaround CEO: Amanda Daly on Leaving the Business, the Marriage, and the Mask #EpisodeFourteen

The life looked perfect. But the cost was too high. What if the business you built was never really yours? In this unflinching episode, I sit down with Amanda Daly - powerhouse strategist, founder of The Turnaround CEO, and a woman who walked away from a 20-year legacy, a million-pound home, and a life that no longer fit. From breastfeeding at the front of a boardroom… to closing million-pound deals while her kids played tic-tac-toe on her arm - Amanda was running the empire. But inside? She was disappearing. What began as a successful climb inside her husband's family business became a slow erasure of self. Until one question shattered the illusion: "If my daughter lived this life I'm living… what would I say?" Her answer: "I'd be heartbroken." This episode is not about burnout. It's about burning the mask. It's about the boldest turnaround of all: coming home to yourself. If you're standing at an edge right now - knowing something has to change - Amanda's story will meet you there.   ✨ In This Episode: The moment she walked out of the business - and the marriage - she helped build Why high-functioning burnout can feel like slow erasure The quiet question that shattered everything What made her take off her wedding ring - and never put it back on How she landed her first client as The Turnaround CEO - with no website, just truth What true reinvention looks like when it starts from the inside out The soul whisper calling Amanda forward - and what it's saying now   ✨ Timestamps: 00:00 – Reconnecting after years apart 06:40 – The retreats that changed everything 12:10 – Breastfeeding at the boardroom table 18:00 – What Serena saw (and why it mattered) 21:30 – When she realised she was disappearing 25:50 – The question that broke her: "Would I want this for my daughter?" 32:00 – When the mediator asked if she needed to call the police 36:45 – Taking off the ring (and not looking back) 43:00 – Becoming The Turnaround CEO - and landing her first client 49:10 – How trauma fuels disempowerment - and what heals it 56:20 – Why the leaders who resist help the most… change the deepest 01:04:00 – Slowing down to speed up 01:09:45 – Amanda's next chapter is international 01:12:30 – The Ritual Question: What does your soul whisper is next? ⁠   ✨ Resources: Follow Amanda: Website → Business Website → Hypnotherapy LinkedIn → @amandadaly   Follow Kate: Instagram → @thekatekenney Facebook → @thekatekenney LinkedIn → @thekatekenney YouTube → @thekatekenney ​