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The Midlife Reinvention: How to Find Your Ikigai, Deal with Imposter Syndrome & Build Your Confidence in Career & Life Transi
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://calendly.com/itsmytimenowcoaching/45-minute-discovery-call
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#343: How to Rediscover the Gifts You Have Lost Sight Of in Midlife
Episode 343
Thursday, October 1, 2026 • Duration 08:14
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 midlife
Why 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 see
How 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 transition
Press 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.
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Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment.
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.
#342: Why the Belief That You Are Too Old Is Keeping You Stuck in Midlife
Episode 342
Monday, September 28, 2026 • Duration 18:11
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 place
The 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 example
Why 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 before
Press 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.
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Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment.
#341: How to Take Time for Yourself Without the Guilt in Midlife Career and Life Transitions
Episode 341
Thursday, September 24, 2026 • Duration 08:31
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 from
The 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 else
How 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 transition
Press 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.
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#340: What If Perfectionism Is the Real Reason You Feel Stuck in Midlife? with Monica Packer
Episode 340
Monday, September 21, 2026 • Duration 49:01
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 you
How 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 them
The 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 yourself
Press 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.
#339: How to Reconnect With What You Actually Want in a Midlife Transition
Episode 339
Thursday, September 17, 2026 • Duration 09:50
Have you tried to picture what you actually want your life to look like, and found that the dream would not fully come into focus, or that you felt a little silly even trying?
Somewhere along the way, most of us stopped letting ourselves dream at all. We were told to be realistic, and slowly, without ever quite deciding to, we traded the big open dreaming for practical planning, and started asking what we can manage instead of what we truly want. In this Thursday check-in, Kavita picks up where episode 338 left off and gives you permission, and a real way, to reconnect with what you want, with the fear-driven editor kept outside the room, so that for the first time in a long while you actually know what you are walking toward.
In this episode, you'll discover:
The fifteen-minute practice, built around one honest question, that lets you dream with the inner critic kept out of the room
An easier way in when the blank page feels hard, by asking what you miss instead of what you want, and why your truest desires are often old ones still waiting exactly where you left them
Why you cannot move toward a life you will not let yourself picture, and how giving yourself permission to want is where your next chapter actually begins
Press play to give yourself the honest fifteen minutes this week to see what you truly want, so that for the first time in a long while, you know where you are aiming.
If you would like Kavita's guided visualization to help you dream more clearly, underneath all the noise and the shoulds, email her directly at Kavita@itsmytimenowcoaching.com and she will happily send it your way.
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#338: The Real Reason the Money Fear Keeps You Stuck in a Midlife Transition
Episode 338
Monday, September 14, 2026 • Duration 18:16
Have you convinced yourself that the work you truly want to do is a luxury you simply cannot afford right now?
For so many accomplished women in a midlife transition, the money fear arrives in almost the same breath as the dream itself. You know the work you are doing no longer fits, and you want something that means more, and then reality steps in with the mortgage, the bills, the people who depend on you. The fear is real, and it deserves an honest answer. But it is also rarely the whole story, and this episode honestly turns the question around so you can see what is really underneath it.
In this episode, you'll discover:
The one question to ask instead of "can I afford to follow my purpose" that reframes the entire risk of staying versus leaving
What palliative care nurse Bronnie Ware learned from people at the very end of their lives about the true cost of staying in a life that no longer fits, and why it may change how you think about your work today
Why abundance is not the same as money, and how to recognize the other forms of wealth you may be running bankrupt in right now, no matter how full your bank account looks
Press play to hear a grounded, honest conversation about money fear, real abundance, and the careful, patient way accomplished women actually move toward the work that fits them.
If you are ready to see which parts of your Ikigai, your strengths, passions, values, and contribution, are present in your life right now and which are not, take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and then book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita to talk through what your results mean and what your next step could look like.
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#337: Why Your Future Self Already Knows Your Next Steps in a Midlife Transition
Episode 337
Thursday, September 10, 2026 • Duration 07:49
Have you finally admitted to yourself what you want next, and immediately found that a wall of fear and doubt stands between you and actually reaching for it?
On Monday, in episode 336, Kristy Halvorsen left us with one question that silenced every fear long enough for us to see what we actually want. This Thursday check-in picks up right there. Once you can see the life you want, the work becomes meeting the wiser future version of yourself who has already walked the path, and giving yourself the permission you have been waiting on someone else to grant. That is the shift that turns a private daydream into something you actually begin to move toward in your midlife career and life transition.
In this episode, you'll discover:
How to meet your inner mentor or future self, the wiser future version of you who is already on the other side of the fear and knows exactly what to tell you to do next
The real reason belief matters in a midlife career and life transition, and how it changes what you notice, what you say yes to, and what you actually reach for
Why permission to believe your next chapter is possible is not something you have to earn, and the simple act of claiming it that begins to change what you do
Press play to meet the future version of yourself who already knows the way, and let her show you the very next step in your midlife life transition.
If you would like Kavita's guided visualization to meet your inner mentor and see the life you actually want, email Kavita directly at Kavita@itsmytimenowcoaching.com and she will send it to you.
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Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment.
#336: How to Follow the Tickles of Your Soul and Trust Your Intuition in Midlife Transitions, with Kristy Halvorsen
Episode 336
Monday, September 7, 2026 • Duration 45:20
Is there a steady pull inside you toward something different, something you keep talking yourself out of because it makes no sense on paper?
For so many women in a midlife transition, the hardest part is not the lack of a plan. It's learning to trust the inner knowing that keeps calling to you underneath the noise, the responsibilities, and the voices of everyone else. In this conversation, Kavita and Kristy Halvorsen explore what it means to live by what Kristy calls the tickles of your soul, your intuition, that quiet inner compass. In 2017, Kristy sold everything, walked away from her firefighting career, and drove into the unknown in her Airstream trailer, and nearly nine years later she shares why the life you long for may be waiting on the other side of finally listening to it.
In this episode, you'll discover:
Why the inner pull you keep talking yourself out of, the one that makes no sense on paper, may be the truest compass you have during a midlife career or life transition
The one question that dissolves almost every fear standing between you and the life you actually want, and how to sit with it honestly this week
Why reinventing yourself is never about throwing away who you have been, but about bringing every skill, every role, and every hard-won lesson with you into what comes next
Press play to hear an honest, wide-open conversation about trusting yourself, letting go of the maps that no longer serve you, and remembering that you were born with permission to follow what is calling you.
If this episode is meeting you where you are, take the free Ikigai Clarity Assessment to turn down the noise and see honestly where your strengths, passions, values, and contribution are aligned in your life right now, then book a Complimentary Clarity Call with Kavita to name your very next honest step in your midlife career and life transition.
#335: Why Your Inner Critic Gets Loudest the Moment You Are Ready for a Transition
Episode 335
Thursday, September 3, 2026 • Duration 11:57
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 transition
The simple naming and picturing practice that separates that voice from you, so you stop mistaking self-doubt for your own honest judgment
How 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 instead
Press 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.
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#334: What to Do When Your Career No Longer Fits in a Midlife Transition
Episode 334
Monday, August 31, 2026 • Duration 18:00
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 it
The 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 you
Why 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 forward
Press 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.
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