EPISODE · Jun 12, 2026 · 30 MIN
Solo Sessions: Finding Ambition & Certainty | With Kaitlyn Axelby
from VISUALIZE MEDITATIONS · host Visualize Meditations
Are you feeling completely untethered, stuck in an endless transition, or wondering where your spark went? In this beautiful, bittersweet reunion episode, your favorite host Sasha sits down with her ultimate gal pal, marketing maven, and returning guest, Kaitlyn, live on location in Paris. Recording on Kaitlyn's final ten days in the city, the duo unpacks what it really means to navigate the raw uncertainty of your late 20s and early 30s without a fixed house, career, or relationship template. Kaitlyn shares her raw journey of shifting from marketing burnout to full-time barista work, only to rediscover a fierce, newfound sense of professional ambition—proving that sometimes "negative clarity" is the ultimate catalyst for growth. From hacking timeline anxiety with a genius "No Time Day" phone trick to celebrating somatic health milestones like conquering a two-year knee injury to run a 10K, this episode is an inspiring, high-vibe manual on how to stop passively letting life happen, step outside your comfort zone, and trust that a rising tide lifts all goddamn boats.
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Episode Overview: Live from a global community-living house in Paris, Sasha and Kaitlyn reconnect one year after their first recording to audit their growth, share updates on a secret creative video project, and process the beautiful chaos of pivotal life transitions. Key Takeaways & Mindset Frameworks: The Gift of Active Uncertainty: Being ”untethered” (lacking a fixed job, partner, city, or car) can be exhausting, but it gives you a blank canvas to consciously design a life you love rather than settling for passive default routines. Negative Clarity is Still Clarity: Figuring out what you don’t want through real-world experimentation (like testing out a fantasy career track) is just as valuable as knowing exactly what you do want. The ”No Time Day” Solution: Constantly checking the clock creates massive energy leaks and future-tripping anxiety. Turning off or changing the time on your phone allows you to naturally sink into flow state and pure presence. Pockets of Certainty: When your career or physical environment is entirely up in the air, anchor your sanity by building radical certainty in your physical health, daily movement, and close-knit relationships. Major Milestones & Stories Co-Created in This Episode: The Barista Experiment: Kaitlyn reveals how leaving a corporate marketing job to work full-time at a Parisian café actually reignited her love for high-level branding, leading to massive new goals like pursuing a Master’s in marketing and targeting internships at Formula 1 and Disney. The 10K Victory: Overcoming a debilitating two-year knee injury to run her very first 10K race in November with a personal record of 1 hour and 23 seconds. The Power of Global Cohabs: Finding profound psychological comfort and shared alignment inside community-living houses with driven, smart individuals navigating identical late-20s career pivots. The Daily Voice Memo Sisterhood: A celebration of adult female friendships that thrive virtually across continents via daily, raw, unfiltered audio brain dumps. Resources & References Mentioned: Cohabs Coliving: The global community-living network where Sasha and Kaitlyn met and currently stay in Paris. The Wheel of Life Chart: The weekly self-auditing tool Sasha uses to track metrics across 12 distinct life categories. Bad Bunny: The ultimate, un-lyrical summer background soundtrack. Missed the previous collab? Go back and listen!
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