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What happens when you achieve everything you were supposed to achieve and still feel completely empty?

For Hema, it took being taken to the ER by ambulance and asking if she would make her 1pm meeting, trekking to Everest base camp, sitting in an IVF transfer room and realizing she did not want kids, and walking away from a thriving company with 90 consultants worldwide before she finally asked herself the one question she had never once asked.

What do I actually want?

Hema is the founder of Recalibrate, a coaching practice built around helping high achieving women get off autopilot and start building lives that are actually aligned with who they are. Not who they were told to be.

In this conversation Ashley and Hema talk about what it looks like to spend 18 years in corporate achieving everything you were supposed to and still feel completely disconnected, what it takes to walk away from a successful business, and what finally happens when you build something that is truly yours.

In this episode:

• Why high achieving women are most likely to end up living a life they never actually chose
• The ambulance moment that should have changed everything and why it did not right away
• How trekking to Everest base camp was the first time Hema truly slowed down
• Why she walked away from a thriving company with 90 consultants worldwide
• The 2021 moment that became the foundation for her entire business
• Why being good at something does not mean you should build a business around it
• How to redefine success on your own terms instead of society's
• What having a 28 day hormonal clock means for how you build
• What Hema would tell herself on day one of entrepreneurship

Whether you are a high achieving woman staring down burnout, considering the leap out of corporate, or a founder who built something successful and is not sure it is the right thing, this conversation was made for you.

About Hema: Hema is the founder of Recalibrate, a coaching and consulting practice helping high achieving women get off autopilot and build lives aligned with who they truly are. With 18 years in corporate HR across tech, biotech, and fintech startups and the experience of building and selling her own company, Hema brings a deeply personal and practical approach to helping women redefine success on their own terms.

Connect With Hema:

Website: www.hemacrockett.com

Substack: www.hemacrockett.substack.com

Email: hema@hemacrockett.com

Intro Call: www.intro.co/hemacrockett

About Ponder With Ashley: Ponder With Ashley is a business growth podcast and YouTube channel for founders, consultants, and small business owners who are building from the ground up. Every week Ashley drops Pondering Prompts to help you move your business forward, Pondering Lessons from real experience, and honest founder interviews from people who are in the fight right now. No highlight reels. No guru tactics. Just real conversations and practical lessons worth pondering.

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