Nicole Licata Grant interviews Renée Caggiano Bauer - family lawyer, author, self-proclaimed peacemaker, entrepreneur, wife, "Brady Bunch" mom, and all-around amazing human.  Join them as they share drinks and sushi in Renee's former garden turned bar (the Alibi Room!) and investigate how rejecting the status quo, confronting the inauthentic and embracing inner passion is a powerful and transformative - if not linear - journey. Renée and Nicole share stories about grief, when being a leader means "the first one to get divorced, finding excellence in the dis-empowering (a.k.a WTF) moments and blazing that path forward to "O.K" and well beyond. Renée gets real, raw, and shares like never before. You can find Renée at:   If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration! Here are some options... Check out the b BRILLIANT career coaching program @   b Cause Podcast Facebook group @ We share even more crazy stuff here (you probably thought that was impossible).  Take our simple, fun and insightful "What Kind of Dog Are You At Work?" by going to  We have so much fun stuff going on...we wouldn't want you to miss out - join the authenticity movement and our community by adding your email just about anywhere @  Check out our blog for more of our no-BS career advice @ We have fun and inspiring t-shirts @ DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsuitable for younger audiences.  Tweetable Comments: "I am awful at asking people for money." "Hey listeners, you have learned one thing here: If you hate your garden, turn it into a bar." "On summer days I would go cleaning houses with my mother and help her out, and the payment was a coffee coolatta." "Ten years of friendship and you cleaned up the dead fly for me." "I don't know how old I was but I was a year away from my first divorce." "When people get caught up in the conflict and the chaos, I can say "Slow down, this can go a couple of ways." "People can show the best of themselves in the way that they interact with their children." "It was within that loneliness and the weekends of crying that I had the space to do...the ultimate reinvention." "The reality is that banana daiquiris don't solve everything." "The project was about the words, it gave me an outlet at a dark time in my life." "It's when you know something you are in is not going to serve your purpose anymore." "If the fire isn't in your belly, then that f***ing sucks." "When you are down, or with people who are maybe not at the best time in their life, you can still see excellence." "It doesn't matter what you do for a job or how successful you are, but if you are in a toxic relationship that person can bring you right down and create all kinds of self-doubt."