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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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.

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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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Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment.

Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita

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.

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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.

About the Guest

Monica Packer is a recovering perfectionist who uncovered the truest model for lasting growth: progress made practical. As a writer, podcaster, and coach, she guides women to find sustainable growth by choosing progress over perfection. Monica's popular podcast, About Progress, is a top-rated show with millions of downloads, and she has served thousands of women online as a certified habits and identity coach. Her book, Sticky Habits: A Woman's Guide to Reclaim Happiness, Ditch Perfectionism, and Create Habits That Last, is out now. Monica is a mom of five, a former middle school teacher, a sourdough obsessor, and a beginning gardener.

• Website: https://www.aboutprogress.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aboutprogress

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Take the Ikigai Clarity Assessment and find out which of your four Ikigai dimensions may be out of alignment.

Schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita

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.

itsmytimenowcoaching.com | LinkedIn | Instagram | YouTube