The Career-Break Returnee
Stepped away for family or caregiving
“Ready to come back, but to what?”
You’ll walk away with
- Confidence in who you are now
- A clear picture of what fits today
- One step back in, on your terms
Free live masterclass • Sat 17 Oct • 11 AM IST
A break is part of your story, not something to fix. Begin from who you are today.
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Free • Live online • 90 minutes • For women


“Clarity is not a feeling. It is direction.”
Inside the masterclass
Step 1 • Energy
Find What Fuels You
Step 2 • Wiring
Know How You Tick
Step 3 • Action
Take the First Step
The myth
More personality tests
MBTI • quizzes • horoscopes
Labels ≠ direction
More courses & certificates
Upskilling “just in case”
Skills ≠ clarity
More job portals
LinkedIn • Naukri • Indeed
Volume ≠ fit
More advice from everyone
Family • friends • reels
Opinions ≠ your answer
More comparing
Other women’s paths
Their path ≠ yours
More waiting
“When the kids are older…”
Time ≠ readiness
All this “more” leaves you exactly where you started.
Your effort isn’t the problem. The starting point is.
Where you are
Capability
Strong ✓
Responsibilities
Handled ✓
Your own wants
On hold
Next step
Unclear
Confidence
Quietly shaken
More tests
Labels ≠ answers
This masterclass helps you find what’s been missing: you.
Sound familiar?
“I don’t know what I want anymore.”
“I’ve lost myself in my roles.”
“I have experience, but no direction.”
“I keep thinking about a change, but never start.”
“Everyone else seems to have it figured out.”
“I want work that actually means something.”
Who it’s for
Stepped away for family or caregiving
“Ready to come back, but to what?”
You’ll walk away with
Working, but feeling disconnected
“Fine on paper. Something doesn’t feel right.”
You’ll walk away with
Relocation • marriage • motherhood
“A new chapter changed how I see myself.”
You’ll walk away with
Inside the masterclass
Energy
What lights you up • what drains you
→ You know what truly energises you
Wiring
Strengths • patterns • personality
→ You can describe yourself without a job title
Action
Small experiments • real movement
→ You move, instead of overthinking
These are the three secrets we cover live. Identity, Intention and Ignition come next, inside the 90-day program with live classes.
The shift
“I don’t know what I want.”
“I can explain what matters to me.”
Values & energy, named
“I’ve lost myself in my roles.”
“I know who I am beyond them.”
Identity beyond titles
“Too many options.”
“I have criteria for choosing.”
A filter, not a list
“I keep thinking about it.”
“I know what to explore next.”
Direction, not drift
“I need certainty first.”
“I can take a small step.”
Experiment & learn
“Comparing with everyone.”
“Designing a life that’s mine.”
Your own definition
Real women. Real shifts.
Read the story that sounds like yours.
Career break → growing her baking passion
“Archana helped me gain clarity and see new possibilities.”
Archana’s career guidance came at a very important turning point in my life.
After years away from my career due to marriage, family, and moving to Malaysia, I felt quite confused about my future.
When I was planning to move back to India, Archana helped me gain clarity and see new possibilities.
Lost in roles → reconnected with herself
“I slowly realised that I am more than just my roles and responsibilities.”
Learning under your coaching has brought about a beautiful shift in the way I see myself and approach life.
I learned to prioritise myself, make time for the things I love and realise that happiness can begin within me.
It is because of you that I learned to understand myself better and appreciate my own journey.
Your story could be next.
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Your host
Ikigai Life Purpose Coach and Certified Career Analyst, helping women find clarity, reconnect with themselves and design a life that feels meaningful.
My journey moved through music, dance, radio, teaching in international schools and working with neurodivergent learners, across four countries. Each move taught me about identity, transition and belonging. The roles changed. The thread remained the same: a curiosity about what makes people come alive.
20+
Years in education
4
Countries lived & taught in
Ikigai
Life Purpose Coach
The roles changed. But the thread remained the same.
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Join live on Saturday 17 Oct at 11:00 AM IST and stay to the end.
Choose one small goal, write why it matters, and sign your name to it.
A 10-minute exercise to link new habits to ones you already have.
Bring the question you’ve been carrying. Time is set aside for it.
Who it’s for
Career-break returnees
Ready to step back in
Women at a crossroads
Capable, but unsure
Working women
Feeling disconnected
Mothers
Ready to ask “what about me?”
Relocated women
New country, new chapter
Meaning seekers
Want work that matters
Side-passion explorers
Wondering if it could be more
Life redesigners
Ready to be intentional
Not the right fit if you want
The details
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The cost of waiting
Every month of waiting makes the next step feel bigger than it is.
Thinking alone rarely creates direction. A small step does.
The Self Contract and Habit Stacking exercise are shared in the live session.
Design a life that feels like you
Join the next live masterclass and take your first step back to yourself.
Saturday 17 Oct • 11:00 AM IST • Live only
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