Join me for this solo episode where I share my advice on how to become your best self, from a mindset perspective of course! I will be talking you through the 6 key pillars of mindset: intentions, beliefs, language, thoughts, questions and perspectives. Really hope you find this episode helpful – let me know any lightbulb moments or if you have any questions!

Please share this episode with a friend who you think would find it helpful! If you’re enjoying the podcast I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, it helps me reach even more people to normalise not having it all figured out.

Connect with me:

• Instagram
• TikTok
• LinkedIn
• Visit my website
• Download my to do list template

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Join me as I interview Ire Ife-Alabi, a Partnerships Manager at Frieze. Honing her skills in the world of luxury e-commerce and art platforms, Ire is the perfect example of how living life true to your values can help you succeed. This is the episode for you if you want to feel reassured about how life unfolds beautifully and that success doesn’t necessarily mean starting your own business.

Please do share this episode with a friend who you think would find it helpful! If you’re enjoying the podcast I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, it helps me reach even more people to normalise not having it all figured out.

Together we discuss:

• Ire’s journey to where she is today
• Mentally draining internships
• Making mistakes and owning up to them
• Transitioning from Fashion to the Art industry
• Having an impact from doing a 9-5
• Not knowing where she's going but knowing how she wants to do it
• Always being kind
• Embracing fun in life’s overwhelming moments
• How life can feel like ticking boxes
• Ire’s 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...

Connect with Ire:

• Ire’s LinkedIn

Connect with me:

• Instagram
• TikTok
• LinkedIn
• Visit my website

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Join me as I interview Teresa Ferreira, a Brand Consultant and Creative Director, specialising in sustainability and impact. In this episode, Teresa discusses how she worked her way up the corporate ladder before founding her studio for purpose-led businesses to leverage creativity for positive change and strategy to create standout brands. I’m so excited for you to hear her journey and have no doubt it will help, especially if you’re considering taking this leap yourself.

Please do share this episode with a friend who you think would find it helpful! If you’re enjoying the podcast I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, it helps me reach even more people to normalise not having it all figured out.

Together we discuss:

• Teresa’s journey to where she is today
• Being an arty kid in an academic family
• Experiencing burnout
• Having many mid-life crisis’
• Allowing ourselves to be human
• Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone to get out of your rut
• Developing creative confidence
• How she detaches herself from her creative ideas
• Learning to love the “what am I doing with my life” moments
• Teresa’s 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...

Connect with Teresa:

• Teresa’s Website
• Teresa’s LinkedIn
• Teresa’s Instagram

Connect with me:

• Instagram
• TikTok
• LinkedIn
• Visit my website

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Join me for this solo episode where I take you through 6 steps to help you take action plus my thoughts on following your intuition. Grab a pen and paper, make some notes and I hope you find this helpful!

Please do share this episode with a friend who you think would find it helpful! If you’re enjoying the podcast I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, it helps me reach even more people to normalise not having it all figured out.

Connect with me:

• Instagram
• TikTok
• LinkedIn
• Visit my website

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Join me as I interview Amber Shand, a Keynote Speaker, Consultant, and Software Engineer. In this episode, Amber discusses her experience of University and how her journey has enabled her to help women in tech to take up space, use their voice, and build confidence, through the She Bytes Back community. If you’re interested in moving into a completely different industry and role, this is a must listen! Amber’s inspiring energy is just what you need!

Please do share this episode with a friend who you think would find it helpful! If you’re enjoying the podcast I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, it helps me reach even more people to normalise not having it all figured out.

Together we discuss:

• Amber’s journey to where she is today
• Feeling shame around not getting great grades
• Going through the process of University clearing
• Not taking no for an answer and taking bold action
• Having a vision and focusing on the first step
• Bottling up emotions to embracing how she feels
• Finding compassion towards herself
• People not seeing her potential
• Asking herself what she wants her story to be
• Amber’s 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...

Emotional Agility Book

Connect with Amber:

• Amber’s Website
• Amber’s LinkedIn
• Amber’s Instagram
• She Bytes Back

Connect with me:

• Instagram
• TikTok
• LinkedIn
• Visit my website

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I am so incredibly excited to be sharing season 2 of What am I doing with my life? With Elyssa Desai.

If you ever sit there thinking what am I doing with my life? This is the podcast for you. I hope each episode will help inspire and motivate you, as well as help you feel less alone.

Each episode is shared weekly on a Wednesday, with a few short and sweet bonus episodes sprinkled in too. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss an episode.

Listen for a little taste of what is coming up in season 2...

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Join me for this bonus solo episode to wrap up season 1 of the podcast. During this episode I share my advice if you feel stuck and have no idea what you're doing with your life. Grab a pen and paper as you're going to want to make some notes on the 6 steps I think you should focus on. I hope you find this helpful - I have faith in you, you've got this!

I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, rate and subscribe to the podcast - thank you so much in advance!! If you leave a review, please screenshot it and email to me at hello@elyssadesai.com so I can send you a free visualisation track. 

I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode, whether you had any lightbulb moments and how you find going through these steps. Please tag me @elyssadesaicoaching on Instagram if you share this episode with your community and feel free to dm me.

Episode links/resources:

• The Multi-Hyphen Method by Emma Gannon book
• Join me on Instagram
• Join me on Tik Tok
• Visit my website

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Join me as I interview Sincerely Oghosa, style and travel influencer. From a young age Oghosa realised her passion in life but her parents didn’t approve - I know so many can resonate. In this episode, Oghosa shares how she navigated this and ended up in a career she loves even though it was unexpected. We discuss allowing ourselves to fail, how you can pick up useful nuggets even from jobs you hate and seeing her life as a movie. This conversation is the perfect example of the typical route isn’t always best and if you keep on focusing on what you love and your why, you will most likely end up where you want to be. If you follow Oghosa on social media, you’ll know how hilarious she is - she is also full of some incredible wisdom which I have no doubt will help you on your journey.

I would appreciate it so much if you could leave a review, rate and subscribe to the podcast - thank you so much in advance!! If you leave a review, please screenshot it and email to me at hello@elyssadesai.com so I can send you a free visualisation track. I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode and whether you had any lightbulb moments. Please tag me @elyssadesaicoaching and my guest, @sincerelyoghosa, on Instagram if you share this episode with your community. 

Together we discuss:

• Oghosa’s journey – ending up in a career she loves even if it is unexpected
• How she built her content creation career across 10 years
• Finding fragments of joy when she was in an awful job
• Dealing with the battle of her parents not approving
• Going viral (+ her tips)
• How watching biopics helped her in her journey
• Lucky numbers and angel numbers
• Her high school musical moment
• How the influencer industry changed in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder
• Always moving in a new direction & trying new things
• Oghosa’s 3 pieces of advice if you’re feeling stuck right now, thinking what am I doing with my life...

Episode links/resources:

• Oghosa’s Instagram
• Oghosa’s Tik Tok
• Oghosa’s YouTube

Join Elyssa on Instagram

Join Elyssa on Tik Tok

Visit Elyssa's website

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