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EPISODE · Apr 2, 2026 · 28 MIN

When Doing Everything Right Still Feels Wrong

from In Her Element : Unfiltered Stories of Women Finding Their Voice — and Their Power · host Swati Upadhyay

Nobody warns you that following the plan can be its own kind of trap. You work hard, you hit the milestones, you become the thing you set out to become — and then, quietly, without announcing itself, something starts to feel off. Not wrong, exactly. Just off. Like a song playing slightly out of tune.In this episode, we sit with the question most of us have had but few of us have said out loud: what happens when the path you're on was built for someone you used to be — and you've been changing ever since?

Nobody warns you that following the plan can be its own kind of trap. You work hard, you hit the milestones, you become the thing you set out to become — and then, quietly, without announcing itself, something starts to feel off. Not wrong, exactly. Just off. Like a song playing slightly out of tune.In this episode, we sit with the question most of us have had but few of us have said out loud: what happens when the path you're on was built for someone you used to be — and you've been changing ever since?

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Nobody warns you that following the plan can be its own kind of trap. You work hard, you hit the milestones, you become the thing you set out to become — and then, quietly, without announcing itself, something starts to feel off. Not wrong, exactly....

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