#298: What Letting Go of a Role That Defines You Can Teach You About Your Own Life Transition

What if the grief you feel alongside the joy of a milestone is not something to push down - but the most honest signal you have about what this season of life is really asking of you?Many women navigating midlife find themselves caught between two true things at once: profound happiness for someone they love, and a quiet, unnamed sadness they don't quite know what to do with. That combination can feel disorienting, even wrong. But it isn't wrong. It is one of the clearest signs that a real transition is underway - one that deserves to be understood, not suppressed.This episode is a deeply personal reflection from Kavita Ahuja. It draws on the work of psychologist Susan David, transitions researcher William Bridges, and anthropologist Arnold van Gennep to make sense of what happens when someone you love steps fully into their life - and what that crossing asks of you in return.In this episode, you'll discover:Why feeling grief alongside joy during a life transition is not a contradiction - and what Susan David's research on emotional agility reveals about the cost of pushing difficult feelings asideHow William Bridges' concept of the "neutral zone" explains the disorienting in-between phase of any career or life transition - and why this uncomfortable space is also where the most important inner work happensTwo powerful questions that can help you move from sitting with an ending toward genuine clarity about what is waiting to begin in your next chapterPress play to hear an honest, grounded reflection on letting go, crossing thresholds, and discovering what becomes possible when you stop treating the ending as something to get through and start listening to what it is telling you.If this episode brought something up for you - a milestone you're sitting with, a role that is shifting, a transition you haven't quite named yet - schedule a Clarity and Next Chapter Call with Kavita to begin moving through it with clarity and intention._________________________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 KavitaNew 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