The path to #findingyourself isn't about becoming someone new. It's about recovering the parts of you that got buried along the way.
Sylvia's reinvention was not a midlife crisis. It was an awakening. After decades of constructing an identity around external validation, she found herself facing the #whoami question with no clean answer. What emerged was a framework that challenges the very idea of a single, fixed self, and offers a permission slip to step into a fuller, more authentic version of who you've always been.
For anyone navigating the space between an unfulfilling career and the leadership they're truly called to, this conversation is a compass. Sylvia's midlife reinvention was not about demolition, it was about integration. And the concepts she shares here have become a cornerstone for how we think about personal growth on this channel: you don't have to burn it all down to build something true.
In the full conversation, you will learn:
➡️ How to answer "Who am I beyond my job title?" without spiraling
➡️ Why your gut may be more trustworthy than your brain when considering a career reinvention
➡️ The difference between hope as a feeling and hope as a daily practice
➡️ Why hope is an amplifier for adaptability and resilience
In the full conversation, Sylvia introduces the Adaptive Identity Game, a play-based tool she designed to answer the question that surfaces during every midlife reinvention: "If I'm not my job title, who am I?" The answer, she insists, isn't found by updating your LinkedIn profile. It's uncovered by reconnecting with the skills, traits, and metaphors that have been quietly shaping your work all along.
Sylvia shares the tool she created, the Adaptive Identity Game, a play-based tool she designed to answer the question that surfaces during every midlife reinvention: "If I'm not my job title, who am I?" The answer, she insists, isn't found by updating your LinkedIn profile. It's uncovered by reconnecting with the skills, traits, and metaphors that have been quietly shaping your work all along.
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▶️ Watch the full conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z97isd_iNNk&list=PLbWfh34FP_dUcAaCrI31z00_fLdphi6b7&index=1
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In the full conversation, Sylvia answers the following questions:
➡️ What does reinvent your career mean?
➡️ How can I follow my intuition?
➡️ How accurate are gut feelings?
➡️ How to be more adaptable?
My favorite quote from the episode:
"Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer." -Rainer Maria Rilke, from "Letters to a Young Poet"
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Adaptive Identity Game: https://adaptiveidentitygame.com/
Music in this episode by Soisin.
What Do You Know To Be True?" is an invitation to be inspired to become more of your possible self by discovering your superpower, unlocking your potential, and creating your impact in the world.
This podcast is for leaders, coaches, org development practitioners, and anyone who works with people who want to be inspired to discover their superpower, unlock their possibilities, and make meaningful impact in the world.
"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/
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