The Midlife Reinvention: How to Find Your Ikigai, Deal with Imposter Syndrome & Build Your Confidence in Career & Life Transi

Kavita Ahuja, Founder of It's My Time Now Coaching, Inspired By Mel Robbins, Oprah Winfrey, Brene Brown, Deepak Chopra, Vishen Lakhiani, Cathy Heller
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Are you experiencing a Career or Life Transition, and are asking yourself "What's Next"? Join Kavita Ahuja, Certified Career and Life Transitions Coach, and founder of It's My Time Now Coaching as she gives her own wonderful insights and interviews incredible women across the globe that will give you inspiration to rediscover who you really are, what you really want, and how to get there. You'll learn how to overcome obstacles, find your true calling, and make your next chapter in life your best chapter ever. Reinvention doesn't mean giving up everything; it means rediscovering what has always been inside of you and bringing that out into the world. If not now, when? If you want a place to start, take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment. It takes about five minutes, and it isn't a personality quiz that boxes you into a type. It's a real diagnostic, built on the same four dimensions I coach with, your passions, your strengths, your values, and your contribution, and it will show you which one has been getting the least of you lately. Identifying that is the first step toward finding your way back to it. You can take it here. If you would like to dive deeper into how Kavita can help you make your vision for yourself a reality, book a complimentary consultation with Kavita here.

  1. 20 hr ago ·  Video

    #347: What to Do When You Want More From Your Life but Don’t Know What to Change First

    Does so much in your life feel off right now that you don’t know what to change first? Once you admit one thing isn’t working, it can start to feel as though nothing is. Your career, your health, your marriage, your friendships, even your evenings all seem to need fixing at once, so you either want to blow it all up or you freeze where you are. In this Thursday check-in, a companion to Monday’s episode 346 on the Pyramid of Reinvention, Kavita takes you through the first step of that climb, rediscovery, so you can see clearly where you are before you decide where you’re going in your midlife career and life transition. In this episode, you’ll discover: Why overwhelm in a life transition so often freezes us in place, and the honest alternative to either changing everything or changing nothingHow the Wheel of Life, a simple circle that scores each area of your life from one to ten, reveals where your energy is really being drained, and why the biggest surprise is often the most important partThe one question that shifts you from what’s missing to what’s possible, and how to choose the single area that can lift all the othersPress play to find out where to begin, and let yourself imagine what a 10 could look like in your own life. Kavita would love to send you her Wheel of Life exercise so you can do it this week. Email her directly at Kavita@itsmytimenowcoaching.com and she’ll send you the Wheel of Life diagram and the exercises to go with it. And if you’d like to climb the Pyramid of Reinvention alongside other women in the same season of life, Kavita is creating a group program and community for exactly that, opening in January. Share your thoughts in this short survey to help shape what it becomes. Click here to see the Pyramid of Reinvention _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

  2. 3 days ago ·  Video

    #346: How to Know Where to Start When You’re Ready for a Career Change or Life Transition

    Do you know something in your life needs to change, but have no idea where to begin? It might be loud, like a layoff, a divorce, or a house that feels too still after the kids have gone. Or it might be so subtle you cannot name the day it started. Either way, the pull is to do something fast, and those changes rarely last. The answers live in the in-between, in a deliberate pause before you act, and this episode gives that pause a clear path through your career change or life transition. In this episode, you’ll discover: Why so many of us jump straight into action in a career change, and why those changes so often don’t lastThe six steps of the Pyramid of Reinvention that take you from “something has to change” to a next chapter that truly fitsA simple way to see where you are on that path right now, so you know exactly where to begin this weekPress play to find where you are on the Pyramid of Reinvention and take the first step toward a next chapter that truly fits you. If the idea of climbing this pyramid alongside others in the same season of life appeals to you, Kavita is creating a group program and community for exactly that, opening in January. Before she finalizes it, she would love to know what would help you most. Share your thoughts in this short survey to help shape what it becomes. Click here to see the Pyramid of Reinvention _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

  3. 8 Oct ·  Video

    #345: How to Borrow Courage When You Don't Feel Brave Enough for Your Next Step

    Have you been circling the same brave step for weeks, maybe years, waiting for a surge of courage that never quite arrives? Most people in a life transition think the problem is that they are not brave enough yet. The truth is kinder, and far more useful. You do not have to generate all of your courage on your own. You can borrow some from the people around you until you have built up enough of your own. In this Thursday check-in, a companion to Monday's conversation with Andrea Maizes in episode 344, Kavita picks up on one idea from that episode and turns it into a small, doable invitation for the week ahead. In this episode, you'll discover: What borrowed courage actually is, and why watching another person be brave becomes real proof that your next step is possible for you tooWhy the judgment you are bracing for is almost always a story you are telling yourself, and what tends to happen when you finally let people in on what you are working towardHow to choose one small act of rebellion this week, something that stretches you a little rather than terrifies you, and why that one honest act teaches you something fear never willPress play to borrow a little courage, choose your one small act, and take the step you have been circling in your midlife career and life transition. If the idea of borrowing courage from a circle of other professional people in the same season of life speaks to you, Kavita is considering creating a small group program for people navigating career and life transitions together, uncovering their ikigai, your reason for being, and lifting each other up through each next brave step. Add your name to the waitlist here. There is no commitment, only a way to let Kavita know you are interested, and she will share details as they take shape. _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

  4. 5 Oct ·  Video

    #344: What to Do When You Can't Tell If You're Burned Out or Ready to Leave Your Career, with Andrea Maizes

    Are you exhausted at work and already picturing the day you walk away, without really knowing what you would be walking toward? That one moment, when burnout and being truly ready for something new feel exactly the same, is where many smart, accomplished people make a decision they later wish they had taken more time with. In a midlife career and life transition, the stakes are high. The title, the structure, the social network, and the built-in sense of purpose all go when the work goes, and most of us plan our finances for years without giving a single thought to how we actually want to live. Today's conversation with Andrea Maizes, a former senior HR executive who left her 35-year career believing she was ready and quickly learned she was burned out, is an honest look at how to tell the difference before you leap, and how to design a next chapter that actually fits you. In this episode, you'll discover: How to tell the difference between burnout and being truly ready to leave your career, before you make a decision you cannot easily undoWhy planning the life you want matters as much as planning your finances and the questions no financial planner is asking youWhat "borrowed courage" is, and how watching one other person be brave can be the thing that moves you forward in your own midlife transitionPress play and give yourself the honest pause this season of your life deserves, so your next chapter is one you choose on purpose. If Andrea's story resonates and you want to discover your Ikigai, your reason for being, and design your next chapter alongside other professional women doing the same work, add your name to the waiting list for Kavita's new group program. And if you are wondering whether your career still fits the life you want, take the free Career and Life Fulfillment Quiz as a starting point.  Resources mentioned in this episode: Andrea's book, Your Next Edit, available on AmazonAndrea's Substack newsletter, The Next Edit  About the Guest After 35 years as a senior HR executive, Andrea Maizes walked away from her corporate career and quickly learned that exhaustion is not the same thing as being ready for what's next. Today, Andrea is a certified executive and retirement coach who works with founders, CEOs, and senior leaders navigating major transitions. She is the author of Your Next Edit and the creator of The Next Edit newsletter, where she focuses on the emotional, psychological, and social side of life after success. Website: https://www.andreamaizes.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreamaizes/ _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

  5. 1 Oct ·  Video

    #343: How to Rediscover the Gifts You Have Lost Sight Of in Midlife

    If someone asked you right now what is truly remarkable about you, what you are genuinely good at, and what lights you up, would you go silent? Most of us would, and not because those things are not there. It is because we stopped looking at them a long time ago, somewhere underneath decades of pouring ourselves into everyone else. In this Thursday check-in, a companion to Monday's conversation in episode 342, Kavita picks up the line that reinvention is not about becoming someone new, it is about remembering every beautiful bit of who you already are, and she walks you through the honest questions that begin to lead you home to yourself in a midlife career and life transition. In this episode, you'll discover: The one question about your younger self that reveals the earliest clues to what you are still drawn toward in midlifeWhy the things you are truly gifted at feel so easy that you dismiss them, and the simple ask that helps other people show you what you cannot seeHow the moments you feel most like yourself point straight at your values, your ikigai (your reason for being), and what actually matters in a midlife transitionPress play to begin remembering the self you have been overlooking for years, one honest answer at a time. Kavita would love to hear what you rediscover this week. Email her directly at Kavita@itsmytimenowcoaching.com and share one beautiful bit of yourself you had forgotten. And if the idea of doing this remembering alongside other women stayed with you, add your name to the waiting list here for the new group program, to be first to hear the details as they take shape and to help shape what the community becomes. _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

  6. 28 Sept ·  Video

    #342: Why the Belief That You Are Too Old Is Keeping You Stuck in Midlife

    Have you started imagining what could be next for you, only to hear a familiar voice say some version of "It is too late for me, I am too old to start now"? If you are in a midlife career and life transition, there is a good chance that one belief, more than any other, is the thing standing between you and the life you actually want. It is one of the most common beliefs people carry into this season, and it is not a fact. It is a story absorbed somewhere along the way from family, culture, and a world that keeps telling anyone past 50 to fade into the background. The good news is that a belief you were handed is a belief you are allowed to hand right back, and there is a clear, honest way to do it. In this episode, you'll discover: Why "I am too old" is a learned limiting belief, not a truth, and where beliefs like this usually come from in the first placeThe four questions that dismantle any belief keeping you stuck in your midlife transitions walked through in real time using "I am too old" as the exampleWhy reinvention is not about becoming someone new, but about taking every skill, every hard thing, and every buried passion you already carry and putting them together in a way you never have beforePress play to hand back the belief you were handed, and start walking toward the next chapter that has been waiting for you all along. If a circle of like-minded people in the same season of life, doing this exact work together, sounds like something you would want, add your name to the waitlist here and share what you would want most from a community like that. There is no commitment, just an indication that this speaks to you, and your honest thoughts will help shape whether and how this program comes to life. _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

  7. 24 Sept ·  Video

    #341: How to Take Time for Yourself Without the Guilt in Midlife Career and Life Transitions

    Have you spent so many years pouring yourself into everyone else that you are no longer quite sure who you are underneath all the roles you carry? Somewhere along the way, most of us slid to the very bottom of our own lists, and the well we were giving from slowly ran dry. And when the idea of taking real time for yourself finally comes up, the first thing that arrives is guilt. In this Thursday check-in, a companion to Monday's conversation with Monica Packer in episode 340, Kavita picks up one line worth sitting with, and turns it into a small, doable first step back toward the person you have been waiting to meet again in your midlife career and life transition. In this episode, you'll discover: Why the belief that you have to keep pouring yourself out for everyone in your life is slowly emptying the self you were meant to be giving fromThe simple "do something list" practice you can start this week, and why it works so well for anyone who has spent decades getting it right for everyone elseHow giving yourself permission to try small, ordinary things purely for the joy of them begins to lead you back toward what actually lights you up in your midlife life transitionPress play to give yourself permission to take up space in your own life again, one small, imperfect, entirely yours thing at a time. Kavita would love to hear what ends up on your do something list this week. Email her directly at Kavita@itsmytimenowcoaching.com and share the one thing you used to love and are ready to pick back up. If this episode has stirred something deeper and you feel ready to do the real work of rediscovering who you are and what you actually want next, book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita and take the first step in your midlife career and life transition. _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

  8. 21 Sept ·  Video

    #340: What If Perfectionism Is the Real Reason You Feel Stuck in Midlife? with Monica Packer

    Have you ever wondered if the reason you feel stuck in your midlife transition has nothing to do with a lack of discipline, and everything to do with a hidden form of perfectionism you didn't even know you had? Most of us think of perfectionism as the overachieving, driven, never-good-enough version. But there is another side of it that almost no one recognizes in themselves, the giving up, the waiting until you are sure you will not fail, the staying on the sidelines. It is the same rule underneath: if you cannot do it perfectly, it is not worth doing at all. This week, habits and identity coach Monica Packer joins the show to unpack the hidden perfectionism keeping so many of us stuck, why your identity has been misplaced onto your roles and outcomes, and what it looks like to finally come back home to yourself. In this episode, you'll discover: Why so many accomplished people are perfectionists without even realizing it, and what that hidden pattern is really costing youHow your identity gets tangled up in your roles as parent, partner, or professional, and the shift that helps you reclaim who you are underneath all of themThe small, surprising practice Monica calls the "do something list" that helps you rediscover your passions, prioritize your own fulfillment, and find your way back to yourselfPress play to see why the years you may have spent calling yourself lazy, undisciplined, or someone who never follows through were never really about any of that, and what to do instead so this next chapter can actually be yours. If you are navigating a midlife career or life transition and want to reconnect with your reason for being, take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see which of the four dimensions of your ikigai - your strengths, passions, values, and contribution - are present in your life right now and which ones need attention. And if you are ready for personalized support on your next chapter, book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita. About the Guest Monica Packer is a recovering perfectionist who uncovered the truest model for lasting growth: progress made practical. As a writer, podcaster, and coach, she guides women to find sustainable growth by choosing progress over perfection. Monica's popular podcast, About Progress, is a top-rated show with millions of downloads, and she has served thousands of women online as a certified habits and identity coach. Her book, Sticky Habits: A Woman's Guide to Reclaim Happiness, Ditch Perfectionism, and Create Habits That Last, is out now. Monica is a mom of five, a former middle school teacher, a sourdough obsessor, and a beginning gardener. Website: https://www.aboutprogress.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/aboutprogress _________________________ Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment. Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita New episodes every Monday and Thursday. This podcast explores career and life transitions, helping women find clarity, confidence, and purpose through Ikigai and self-discovery. We cover navigating change, overcoming self-doubt and limiting beliefs, finding your purpose-driven career, and building the courage to start your next chapter - whether you're facing a career transition, life transition, or midlife reinvention. itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube

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Are you experiencing a Career or Life Transition, and are asking yourself "What's Next"? Join Kavita Ahuja, Certified Career and Life Transitions Coach, and founder of It's My Time Now Coaching as she gives her own wonderful insights and interviews incredible women across the globe that will give you inspiration to rediscover who you really are, what you really want, and how to get there. You'll learn how to overcome obstacles, find your true calling, and make your next chapter in life your best chapter ever. Reinvention doesn't mean giving up everything; it means rediscovering what has always been inside of you and bringing that out into the world. If not now, when? If you want a place to start, take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment. It takes about five minutes, and it isn't a personality quiz that boxes you into a type. It's a real diagnostic, built on the same four dimensions I coach with, your passions, your strengths, your values, and your contribution, and it will show you which one has been getting the least of you lately. Identifying that is the first step toward finding your way back to it. You can take it here. If you would like to dive deeper into how Kavita can help you make your vision for yourself a reality, book a complimentary consultation with Kavita here.

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