The Mid-life Reinvention
How Removing the Masks You Wear Will Help You Reconnect With Your Ikigai and Next Chapter, with Lisa Skeffington
2nd December 2025
The Masks High Performing Women Wear and How to Thrive Empowered. Unmasked. Unstoppable.
There are women who quietly carry the belief that “everyone else has it figured out except me” The truth is almost every woman is holding a mask of being “fine” even when she’s exhausted inside. The mask keeps her convinced she’s broken, behind or somehow failing. The conversation with podcast host Kavita Ahuja reminds you that reinvention doesn’t begin with a perfect plan. It begins the moment you decide to put the mask down and tell the truth, even if the truth is simply “I’m ready for something different.”
This beautiful heart-led and aligned conversation gently unpacks:
A powerful reframe on why your emotional ‘mask’ once served you, but now keeps you invisible
Tangible steps to recognise burnout, perfectionism, and people pleasing for what they truly are: survival patterns
The courage to start your reinvention with small, doable acts of honesty and self-compassion