#212: Why You Need Emotional Awareness To Navigate Life & Career Transitions With Confidence

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

Are you brushing aside emotions during life transitions - when they might actually be your most powerful compass?

In this heartfelt episode, Kavita Ahuja shares her personal journey through major milestones - from celebrating her sons’ engagements to grieving the loss of a loved one. If you're navigating your own turning points in life or career, this episode reveals how your emotions might hold the clarity and guidance you've been seeking, not the confusion you fear.

In this episode you will discover:

• How to use the HAIL method to reframe emotional pain into meaningful personal growth.
  
• How recognizing subtle emotions like shock or regret can become tools for self-awareness.
  
• How to shift your perspective on emotional healing - see emotions as signposts, not obstacles.
  

Hit play now to uncover how embracing your emotions can unlock your next chapter with purpose and peace.

H.A.I.L Emotional Reframing Technique:

1. Think about a time of disruption in your life, current or past. Write down a headline or description of this time.
2. Honor: Name the emotions active for you at the time of your headline. Write down as many emotions that come to mind.
3. Ask: Choose one emotion from the list you created. Ask yourself, why is this emotion present now? What might the presence of this emotion mean to you?
4. Influence: Write down how this emotion influences you (for example, it brought up feelings of self doubt, or made me withdraw from others)
5. Learn: Imagine that you can learn something from your emotion. What might you Learn from its presence? (for example, I learnt that my shock at not getting the job really means I didn’t really want it in the first place).

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In this podcast, we delve into the challenges and opportunities that come with midlife career transitions, addressing the importance of change, finding one's Ikigai, and building confidence, especially for women. We explore the impact of limiting beliefs and midlife crises, while also discussing visualization, manifestation, and the journey of self-discovery that leads to reinvention and fulfillment, all while providing valuable career advice.