Ep. 22 - Beyond Abuse and Grief: Resilience and Reinvention with Janet Orozco Feller

She Fired Her Abusive Husband, Buried the Love of Her Life, and Still Chose to Rise.

In this episode of Beyond the Quo, host Stacey Luces sits with Janet Orozco Feller, a seasoned entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in founding, scaling, and selling multiple businesses. Janet shares her inspiring journey of resilience and reinvention, including navigating personal and professional challenges such as leaving an abusive relationship and coping with the loss of loved ones. 

She discusses her work as a business consultant at Assurance Business Concepts and as the host of the podcast Impulse Latino, which celebrates Hispanic entrepreneurs. Tune in to hear about Janet's experiences, her advice on separating personal and business credit, and the importance of living authentically and leading courageously.

🎧 In this episode:

•        02:30 Personal Challenges and Resilience

•        06:17 Reinvention and New Beginnings

•        11:36 Community Support and Healing

•        14:02 Balancing Business and Personal Life

•        20:18 Navigating Emotional Challenges

•        21:51 Embracing Hispanic Heritage

•        25:26 Empowering Women in Midlife

•        33:42 Building Business Credit

•        36:15 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs

💡 Key Takeaways:

•        Reinvention is a Necessity, Not a Luxury: Life doesn’t go in a straight line. Reinvention often follows pain, loss, or transition—but it’s also a powerful choice that allows us to reclaim purpose, identity, and agency.

•        Your Story Is a Survival Manual for Someone Else: Janet’s openness about abusive relationships, grief, and career pivots is proof that vulnerability is a leadership trait. Her story gives others permission to reimagine their own.

•        Healing Sometimes Requires Simplicity: After loss, Janet chose a 9–5 job—not because she lacked ambition, but because she needed space to grieve and heal. Sometimes survival means scaling back, not pushing harder.

•        Separate Your Business from Your Identity (and Credit Score): Building true business credit under an EIN is a vital move for long-term sustainability, especially for entrepreneurs who blur personal and professional boundaries.

•        Leading Courageously Begins Internally: Leadership isn’t just about teams or titles. It’s about making bold personal decisions, setting boundaries, and choosing authenticity—even when it's scary.

You’ve already done the quo—now it’s time to go beyond.

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✨ Connect with Stacey Luces:

•        Free Global Community - Rising Beyond Power Collective: https://www.skool.com/risingbeyondglobalcommunity/about

📩 Connect with Janet:

•        LinkedIn/Instagram: @janetorozcofeller

•        Tune in to Impulso Latino on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch