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. 3d ago ·  Video

    #335: Why Your Inner Critic Gets Loudest the Moment You Are Ready for a Transition

    Is there a voice in your head that keeps telling you you're not qualified, not ready, or not the kind of woman who gets to want something more? That voice has a name. In coaching, it's called the gremlin, and you probably know it better as your inner critic. It was built a long time ago to keep you safe, and it has been doing its job by keeping you small ever since. In this Thursday check-in, Kavita goes deeper into step two of last Monday's episode 334, facing your fears, and walks you through the exact practice she uses with clients to loosen that voice's grip so it stops running your career and life decisions. In this episode, you'll discover: What the gremlin (your inner critic) actually is, why it formed, and how to recognize it the moment it arrives during a career transitionThe simple naming and picturing practice that separates that voice from you, so you stop mistaking self-doubt for your own honest judgmentHow to give the same voice a new job and a new message, so the energy that was keeping you stuck starts working for your next chapter insteadPress play to meet your inner critic, understand what it has been trying to protect you from, and turn its voice into one that lifts you toward what you actually want next. Have a question about naming your inner critic, facing self-doubt in a career transition, or anything else on your own journey? Ask Me Anything! Send it to me for a future episode: Kavita@itsmytimenowcoaching.com If you sense your gremlin is loud but you can't quite hear what it is protecting you from or write the new message on your own, book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita and uncover it together. _________________________ 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. 6d ago ·  Video

    #334: What to Do When Your Career No Longer Fits in a Midlife Transition

    Have you built a career that looks successful from the outside, and still carry an honest knowing on the inside that it no longer fits the woman you have become? Nothing may be obviously wrong. The title is still there, the paycheck is still there, and everyone around you assumes you should be grateful. But the person who chose this path 20 or 30 years ago is not you anymore. Your values have shifted, what you want from your days has changed, and wearing a career that fits who you used to be is a very particular kind of tired. In this episode, Kavita walks you through the three honest steps that finally move you forward when your career no longer fits your midlife career transition, drawn from her own reinvention and the women she has coached through the same crossroads. In this episode, you'll discover: The one honest question you have to answer before anything in your career transition can begin to change, and why staying busy is how most women avoid itThe real fear that is keeping you exactly where you are, even though you already know you want to move, and how naming your specific fear returns your power back to youWhy fast external fixes leave you in a new version of the same unhappiness, and how getting to the root cause through your Ikigai and reason for being becomes the way forwardPress play to name what no longer fits, face the fear that has been keeping you there, and take the first honest step toward the next chapter that is truly yours. If this episode is meeting you where you are, take the free Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see which of the four dimensions of your reason for being, your strengths, passions, values, and contribution, are aligned right now and which are asking for your attention, then book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita to bring your results and name your very first step. _________________________ 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. Aug 27 ·  Video

    #333: What to Do When Your Life Looks Fine but Something Feels Off in a Midlife Transition

    Have you been carrying around a low, humming sense that something in your life is off, but you cannot quite point to where? On paper, much of your life looks fine. And yet underneath your days there is a low feeling of being out of balance, of moving from a good stretch to a hard one and back again without ever knowing why. Because you cannot name it, you cannot do anything about it, so you tell yourself it is nothing and you keep going. In this Thursday check-in, a companion to Monday's Episode 332 on making this season your own reset, Kavita walks you through a simple wheel of life exercise that turns that vague off feeling into a clear picture of where your life and who you are have drifted apart, and gives you one honest place to begin. In this episode, you'll discover: Why the vague sense of being off in a midlife transition is not vague at all, and how putting your life on paper as a wheel makes it visible for the first timeThe eight areas to score honestly, and the one rule that matters more than all the restHow to choose the one starting point that smooths out your whole wheel, instead of trying to fix everything at oncePress play to name what has been off in your life, and find your one place to begin your reset this week. To get the printable wheel of life exercise Kavita uses with her clients, email her directly at Kavita@itsmytimenowcoaching.com. And if you want to see the bigger picture underneath your wheel, take the free Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see which dimensions of your reason for being are thriving right now and which one is asking for your attention. _________________________ 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. Aug 24 ·  Video

    #332: How to Use the September Reset to Reconnect With Your Purpose in Midlife

    Have you found yourself standing at the turn of the season, wondering if this is really the life you meant to be living? For most of your life, September was a reset that belonged to everyone else. This year, with the house stiller and the old work no longer lighting you up, that familiar thrill may be replaced by a sinking feeling. That ache is not a flaw. It is a signal pointing to the gap between how you are living and the woman you have become in your midlife life transition. In this episode, you'll discover: Why the restless end-of-summer feeling is not something to push away, but the clearest sign of what needs to change nextA simple way to walk through your days and see honestly where your outer life still fits you, and where it no longer doesThe two questions, "who am I now" and "what do I really want", that begin to open the door to your reason for being and your next chapterPress play to make this the September you finally reset for yourself, and take the first honest step toward the next chapter that is truly yours. If this is meeting you where you are, take the free Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see which of your four dimensions, strengths, passions, values, and contribution, is alive right now and which has faded into the background, then book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita to name your very next 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

  5. Aug 20 ·  Video

    #331: How to Use Your Energy as a Guide to Alignment in Midlife Transitions

    Have you spent so many years pushing through, being grateful, and not making a fuss that you have lost track of which parts of your day are actually fueling you and which are  wearing you down? For most women in a midlife career and life transition, the mind can talk you into or out of almost anything. But your energy tells the truth. The parts of your life that are aligned with who you truly are will lift you up, and the parts that are misaligned will leave you heavier than the task alone should ever make you feel. In this Thursday check-in, Kavita builds on Monday's Episode 330 conversation about alignment and gives you one simple, honest exercise you can run this week to finally see, on paper, where your alignment lives and where it is missing. In this episode, you'll discover: Why your energy, not your thoughts, is the most honest guide to where your life is aligned and where it is misaligned in a midlife life transitionHow the green and red activity exercise works, and how to run it over a few days without changing a single thing yetWhat often surprises women who do this practice, including the real culprits behind daily depletion that have nothing to do with the work they thought was draining themPress play to learn a simple practice that turns what you have been vaguely feeling into a clear picture of what is fueling you and what needs to change in your midlife career and life transition. If this landed for you, take the free Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see which of the four dimensions of your reason for being is thriving right now and which one is quietly asking for your attention. It turns what you feel into a clear place to begin. _________________________ 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. Aug 17 ·  Video

    #330: The Real Reason Some People Seem to Have It All in a Midlife Transition.

    Have you ever looked at someone who seems to have it all and wondered why life feels so much easier for them than it does for you? It is easy to assume they were born lucky, born special, or given something the rest of us were not. What is actually happening is far more available to you than it looks. In this episode, Kavita shares why alignment with who you are and what you truly want is the one thing that steadies you, moves your energy up the spectrum, and begins to attract the people, circumstances, and next chapter you have been quietly waiting for. She also brings in the anabolic and catabolic energy framework, and the two questions human beings have been asking for generations, to help you find your own starting place. In this episode, you'll discover: What alignment actually is, why it is not luck, and how it becomes the force that begins to draw the right people and circumstances toward you during a career and life transitionHow the energy spectrum from catabolic to anabolic quietly shapes your days, and the kinder question to ask yourself instead of comparing yourself to women who seem to have it allThe two ancient questions, “who am I” and “what do I really want”, and simple ways to begin answering them through stillness, small aha moments, and your ikigaiPress play to find your own starting place, take one small step toward alignment this week, and open the door to the next chapter that is truly yours. If this episode is speaking to you, take the brand new Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see where your alignment is already strong and where it may be asking for your attention, then book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita to make sense of your results together and name your very next step. _________________________ 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. Aug 13 ·  Video

    #329: The One Question That Turns a Hard Feeling Into Clarity in a Midlife Transition

    Have you been naming the loudest feeling of your day and moving on, without ever stopping to ask what is really going on underneath it? For most women navigating a midlife career and life transition, the anger, the stress, the flatness you cannot quite explain are not the whole story. They are the tip of the iceberg. The truer feeling, the one that is actually asking to be heard, is sitting quietly underneath, and it often has something important to say about a part of your life that is waiting for change. In this Thursday check-in, Kavita builds on her Monday conversation with Dr. Lorea Martinez in Episode 328 and hands you a simple, honest exercise you can use this week to get to the bottom of your own iceberg. In this episode, you'll discover: Why the first feeling you name is almost never the real one, and what your surface emotions are quietly protecting A five minute paper and pen exercise built around one question you can ask yourself over and over until you land on what is truly thereWhat often waits for you at the bottom of the iceberg, and why it is so often a value, a passion, or a whole dimension of yourself that has quietly gone unheardPress play to learn how to read beneath the surface of your emotions and let them show you where your life is asking for change. If a feeling you touched this week is pointing to a part of you that has been waiting to be heard, take the free Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see which of your four dimensions is thriving right now and which one has been asking for your attention. It turns what you feel into a clear place to begin. _________________________ 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. Aug 10 ·  Video

    #328: What Your Emotions Are Trying to Tell You in a Midlife Career and Life Transition, with Dr. Lorea Martinez

    Have you been doing work you once loved, in a life you actually chose, and still find yourself waking up depleted and quietly unsure of who you are anymore? That feeling is not a character flaw, and it is not proof that you built the wrong life. It is a signal, and like most of the feelings we move through in midlife, it is almost always sitting on top of something quieter and truer that we have not yet let ourselves name. In this conversation, Kavita and Dr. Lorea Martinez explore what our emotions are really trying to tell us, and how learning to listen to them, rather than push past them, can change everything at this stage of life. Dr. Martinez is the founder of Heart in Mind and the author of Living With the Heart in Mind. She spent twenty years in education, burned out inside the very work that was her purpose, and came out the other side with a completely different relationship to what her feelings were trying to tell her. In this episode, you'll discover: Why your emotions are not weakness to push past but data to read, and the simple iceberg exercise that begins to reveal the quieter feelings sitting underneath the ones you are allowed to nameWhy you can be living your purpose and still feel burnt out, and why that is not a failure but a signal that your reason for being is asking to evolve with the woman you have becomeWhy the thing that comes next for you does not have to be a grand finished plan, and how one small curious step, taken with no pressure, can quietly bring you back to yourselfPress play to hear an honest conversation about listening to yourself again, and let it be the permission you may have been waiting for to stop pushing through and start paying attention. If this episode is meeting you where you are, take the free Ikigai Clarity Assessment to see honestly which of your four dimensions is alive right now and which one has quietly gone silent, then book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita to look at your results together and name your very next small step toward your reason for being. About the Guest Dr. Lorea Martinez is the founder of Heart in Mind and one of the leading voices in emotional intelligence. She spent more than twenty years in education as a teacher, administrator, and board member, and is the author of an award-winning book for educators as well as her newest release, Living With the Heart in Mind: A Practical Guide to Healing From Burnout and Cultivating Purpose. Her work helps individuals treat their emotions as information worth listening to, and offers practical tools to heal from burnout, rediscover creativity, and cultivate purpose in every season of life. Website: https://www.loreamartinez.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/loreamartinez/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loreamartinezSEL/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@heartinmind_________________________ 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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