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 https://itsmytimenowcoaching.com/ as she gives her own wonderful insights and interviews incredible women across the globe will give you inspiration to rediscover who you really are, what you really want, and how to get there! You will 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 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: https://imtncoach.com/bu-pc-bc-ka

  1. 1D AGO

    #294: The Inner Critic Disguises That Keeps Women Stuck in Midlife Career and Life Transitions

    Send us Fan Mail What if the voice you have been trusting to keep you safe is actually the thing keeping you stuck in your career and life transition? Most women in midlife expect the inner critic to be loud and harsh. But for accomplished, capable women navigating a career or life transition, it almost never sounds that way. It sounds like common sense. It sounds like practicality, responsibility, and wisdom - and that is exactly what makes it so difficult to see and so hard to challenge. This episode names the specific disguises that inner critic wears, why it is so convincing, and what it is quietly costing you when you listen to it year after year. In this episode, you'll discover: The five disguises the inner critic uses on high-achieving women in midlife transition - including the ones that sound most like wisdom and are the hardest to recognizeThree  research-backed tools from psychologists Ethan Cross and Kristin Neff that create the mental distance you need to stop the inner critic from intercepting every impulse toward changeWhy the shift from feeling stuck to finding career clarity begins not with having all the answers, but with getting genuinely curious about what is true for you underneath all that noisePress play to find out why the voice you have trusted to be realistic may be the very thing standing between you and your next chapter - and how to finally start telling the difference. If you want to see where you truly are right now - not where your inner critic says you are - take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz to get clear on where you are already fulfilled and where alignment may be missing. And if you are ready to explore what comes next, schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita. _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    19 min

  2. 5D AGO

    #293: 3 Ways to Find Clarity When Midlife Transitions Have You Feeling Lost

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever looked in the mirror during a midlife transition and wondered not just where you went, but how to find your way back? When career change, perimenopause, divorce, grief, or empty nesting arrive all at once, the sense of not recognizing yourself can feel permanent. But it is not. This mini episode draws on the conversation with grief guide and life coach Marie Crews from Episode 292, and offers three practical, grounding shifts that will help you move from disorientation to self-trust - without waiting until everything feels certain first. In this episode, you'll discover: Why feeling lost in midlife is not the same as being reorganized - and how that reframe alone can restore a sense of direction during a life transitionA simple question that replaces "I don't know" and opens the door to genuine career clarity and self-knowledge, one honest guess at a timeA quiet, powerful self-trust practice you can use anywhere to remind yourself that you are still here, still capable, and still becomingPress play to gain the clarity, self-compassion, and practical tools to find your way back to yourself - and move forward into your next chapter with confidence. If you are ready to get clearer on what this season of life is asking of you, take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz or schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita to begin moving forward with intention. You can find Marie Crews here: www.mariecrews.com https://www.facebook.com/marieeurecrews https://www.tiktok.com/@empowermentandgriefguide https://www.instagram.com/mariecrewsempowers _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    9 min

  3. APR 6

    #292: She Never Left - How to Find Your Way Back to Yourself in Midlife Transitions, with Marie Crews

    Send us Fan Mail Have you ever sensed that the woman you truly are is still in there, but life has made her harder to hear? When you are moving through a life transition, whether it arrives through grief, divorce, perimenopause, career change, or years of putting everyone else first, finding your way back to yourself can feel like the hardest part. This episode offers a grounding, hopeful path forward - one that starts not with a dramatic overhaul, but with a single honest question and a willingness to listen. This conversation with grief guide, life coach, and author Marie Crews draws on her lived experience navigating profound loss, divorce, perimenopause, and reinvention. She shares the practical tools and inner shifts that helped her - and the women she works with - reconnect with who they really are and move forward with clarity and self-trust. In this episode, you'll discover: How journaling opens a doorway to the self-knowledge and career clarity already inside you, even when you feel too lost or uncertain to know where to beginWhy asking "what else could be true?" is one of the most powerful questions you can use to loosen old stories and create room for a more aligned next chapterHow the practice of whispering yourself home - a simple, quiet act of self-trust - can carry you through any life transition, one breath at a timePress play to hear an honest, warm conversation about coming home to yourself - and why the woman you are looking for never actually left. If you are navigating a life transition and ready to reconnect with who you are becoming, schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita or take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz to get clear on what is holding you back and what is waiting on the other side. You can find Marie Crews here: www.mariecrews.com https://www.facebook.com/marieeurecrews https://www.tiktok.com/@empowermentandgri _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    40 min

  4. APR 2

    #291: 3 Ways Your Ikigai Shifts in a Midlife Career Transition

    Send us Fan Mail What if your Ikigai - your reason for being - is not something you find once and hold onto forever, but something that evolves as you do? You may still be good at what you do. You may still get recognition for it. But the deeper sense of meaning is not there the way it once was - and that can be incredibly confusing when everything still looks fine from the outside. If you have been wondering why something that once made so much sense no longer feels like enough, this episode is for you. Building on the conversation about redefining success in Episode #290, this mini episode explores three specific ways your Ikigai may be shifting right now and what each one is telling you about your next chapter. In this episode, you'll discover: Why work that still looks good from the outside can stop feeling meaningful from the inside - and why that is not a sign you are lost but a sign you are evolvingHow your strengths may need a different expression in this season of life, and a simple two-list exercise to separate what you are capable of from what is actually alignedWhy your energy is one of the most practical and honest guides you have during a transition, and a two-minute daily practice to start revealing where your life fits and where it does notPress play to understand what your shifting Ikigai may be telling you, and how to move through this season of life with more clarity, honesty, and purpose. If you are sensing that the old version of success no longer fits, take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz to see where you are already fulfilled, where alignment may be missing, and what this season of life may be asking of you. And if you are ready to talk about what is next, schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    11 min

  5. MAR 30

    #290: How to Redefine Success During Midlife Transitions Using Ikigai

    Send us Fan Mail What if the version of success that no longer feels like enough is actually pointing you toward the one that truly fits? Many accomplished women reach a point in midlife career or life transition where the titles, the recognition, and the milestones they worked so hard for stop feeling like enough. This is not a sign that something is wrong. It is a sign that something important is ready to shift. When the old scoreboard stops working, it creates an opening - a chance to define success on your own terms, from the inside out. This episode explores how Ikigai, your reason for being, can help you move away from success that is built around what looks good from the outside, and toward a life that is grounded in your strengths, your values, and what genuinely feels meaningful to you now. In this episode, you'll discover: Why the moment achievement stops feeling like enough is one of the most important turning points in midlife career or life transition - and what it is really inviting you towardHow Ikigai helps you reorient around what uses your strengths honestly, what feels energizing, and what kind of contribution matters to you at this stage of your lifeHow to recognize the difference between comparison that drains you and comparison that points you toward what you genuinely want in your next chapterPress play to explore a deeper, more personal way of defining success - one that fits who you are becoming and brings your energy and your life into genuine alignment. If you are ready to get honest about where you are now and what your next chapter could look like, take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz or schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita to begin moving forward with clarity and intention. _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    17 min

  6. MAR 26

    #289: How to Find Clarity in the In-Between Phase of a Career Transition

    Send us Fan Mail What if the uncertainty you're feeling in your career transition is not a sign that you're lost, but a sign that you're paying attention? The in-between phase of a career or life transition is one of the most disorienting places to be. Your old identity no longer fits the way it used to, and your next chapter is not fully clear yet. But there is real meaning in this phase - and when you understand what it is telling you, it becomes far less frightening and far more useful. This mini episode gives you three signs that you may be in this important phase, along with a small, practical step you can take with each one to build real self-understanding and move toward clarity with more confidence. In this episode, you'll discover: How to recognize the in-between phase of a career transition - and why understanding where you are in the process changes how you feel about itA simple reflection practice that shifts you from chasing answers to building the self-knowledge that leads to genuine career clarityHow to read your own energy as a guide during a life transition - and a two-minute daily practice that reveals patterns you may have been too busy to noticePress play to find out what this phase of your transition is really asking of you - and how to move through it with more honesty, self-compassion, and clarity. If you want support in understanding where you are and what your next chapter could look like, schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita or take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz to get clear on what is holding you back. _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    9 min

  7. MAR 23

    #288: The Hidden Costs of Staying Stuck in a Career That No Longer Fits and What to Do Instead

    Send us Fan Mail What if feeling stuck in your career is not a sign that something is wrong with you, but a sign that something important in you is ready to be heard? So many accomplished women in career and life transitions are not stuck because they are lazy or unclear. They are stuck because they have been trying to solve a deeper misalignment with logic alone. This episode offers a more honest and grounding perspective. One that helps you stop overriding what you already know and start moving toward work that genuinely fits. When you understand what is really underneath the stuckness, everything begins to shift. Career clarity does not come from waiting for the perfect answer. It comes from finally asking the right questions. In this episode, you'll discover: Why being skilled and respected in your role does not mean it is the right fit - and why that distinction matters more than most women allow themselves to admitHow reconnecting with your ikigai - your strengths, what matters to you now, and what feels meaningful - transforms a career transition from escape into intentionWhat becomes possible when you stop minimizing your own signals and start moving toward work that supports you instead of depleting youPress play to hear what may really be keeping you stuck, and why the most important shift in any career transition begins not with a new job, but with finally listening to yourself. If you are ready to stop circling and get clear on what your next chapter could look like, schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita or take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz to uncover what is holding you back and what is waiting on the other side. _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    17 min

  8. MAR 19

    #287: 5 Practical Shifts to Reclaim Yourself During Midlife Transitions

    Send us Fan Mail Are you in midlife and sensing that the life you’ve been holding together no longer fits the woman you’re becoming? This mini episode speaks directly to women navigating midlife changes in career, identity, relationships, health, or purpose who feel stretched, depleted, or unsure of what comes next. Instead of pressuring you to reinvent yourself through a dramatic overhaul, it offers a more honest and grounding path back to who you already are. In this episode you’ll discover: How to view midlife reinvention as self-reclamation instead of starting over.Why clarity often comes after taking one honest step, not before.Practical reminders for recognizing depletion, naming your needs, and honoring yourself in small but meaningful ways. Press play to hear five grounding reminders that will help you navigate midlife transitions with more clarity, self-compassion, and courage. If you are navigating a career or life transition and want support in finding clarity on your next chapter, schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita or take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz to get clear on what is holding you back. _________________________ Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita Take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz - find out what's holding you back and how to move forward with confidence. Connect with Kavita on LinkedIn | Instagram | Facebook Visit itsmytimenowcoaching.com 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.

    12 min
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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 https://itsmytimenowcoaching.com/ as she gives her own wonderful insights and interviews incredible women across the globe will give you inspiration to rediscover who you really are, what you really want, and how to get there! You will 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 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: https://imtncoach.com/bu-pc-bc-ka

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