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The Midlife Reinvention: How to Find Your Ikigai, Deal with Imposter Syndrome & Build Your Confidence in Career & Life Transitions
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?
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The Midlife Reinvention: How to Find Your Ikigai, Deal with Imposter Syndrome & Build Your Confidence in Career & Life Transitions
#295: 3 Ways Your Inner Critic Sounds Like Wisdom and the One Question That Exposes It
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What if the thoughts keeping you stuck in your midlife career or life transition are not doubts at all - but ideas that sound completely wise and responsible?
The inner critic's most powerful trick is not making you feel bad about yourself. It is giving you thoughts that sound mature, measured, and sensible - thoughts you never think to question. For accomplished women navigating a career or life transition, these do not feel like fear. They feel like common sense. And that is exactly what makes them so difficult to catch.
In this episode, you'll discover:
- Why "I should just be grateful for what I have" can quietly silence your desire for something more - and how to tell the difference between genuine gratitude and a thought that is keeping you in a cage with a beautiful name
- How "I'm not ready yet" disguises itself as responsible preparation while keeping you in a loop of researching and planning with no real finish line - no matter how long you have been getting ready
- Why "I'll figure it out on my own" isolates accomplished women far longer than necessary during a midlife life transition - and why navigating career and life transitions is fundamentally different from solving a problem at work
Press play to identify which of these three thoughts has been running your life the longest - and learn the one question that breaks the loop and moves you toward real career clarity.
If this episode is helping you see something you had not quite named before, take the Career & Life Fulfillment Quiz to see where you actually are right now - not where your inner critic says you are. Or if you are ready to talk through what comes next, schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita.
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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.