Midlife is often framed as a slow fade. This conversation takes a different view.
I’m joined by Sunaina Mehta, strategist-turned-founder, who spent two decades in global brand leadership before stepping away to redesign her own life. What followed wasn’t neat or linear — two divorces, children leaving home, selling a house, and returning to study for a master’s in strategic design. Out of all of that came a clear focus: helping ambitious women shape their next chapter with intention, confidence, and momentum.
We talk about what Sunaina calls graceful rebellion — choosing yourself without burning everything down. She shares how strategic design principles translate into personal reinvention: starting with curiosity, testing small moves, paying attention to energy, and adjusting as you go. Midlife isn’t one problem to solve. It’s a web of interconnected shifts — work that no longer fits, relationships in flux, and the reality that pulling one thread moves the whole system.
The conversation also moves into the body. Through method acting, sensory work, and voice training, Sunaina began to notice how years of “just carrying on” had muted intuition and dampened softer forms of power. Releasing stored tension wasn’t indulgence — it became a practical way to make clearer decisions. We talk courage as boundary-setting, financial independence as fuel for choice, and how to tell the difference between impostor thoughts and the quiet knowing that a room simply isn’t right for you anymore.
Sunaina shares examples from her work with clients — from academics to investors — showing how creative confidence leads to tangible outcomes: clearer direction, stronger presence, and platforms that support women to step into leadership and financial agency on their own terms.
If midlife feels full of questions — Why am I here? What’s next? — this episode offers a grounded way forward. Not by forcing answers, but by designing forward with curiosity and care.
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Midlife isn’t game over.
It's GAME ON!
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