You can love your life and family and feel grateful for what you have - and still want more. In this episode, Emily sits down with life and mindset coach Zahra Premji to talk about what happens when the life you’ve built no longer feels as fulfilling as you thought it would. After experiencing burnout and realizing she had spent years ignoring the voice telling her she wanted something different, Zahra made a major career pivot and began learning what it meant to create a life that didn’t just look good, but actually felt good too.

Together, Emily and Zahra explore why so many women lose touch with what they want while caring for everyone else, the guilt that can surface when you admit you’re dissatisfied, and why wanting more doesn’t mean you’re ungrateful for what you already have.

They also talk about why fulfillment doesn’t necessarily require blowing up your life or making a massive change. Sometimes, reconnecting with yourself starts by creating a little space to listen, questioning the stories that have kept you stuck, and taking one small step toward something you want.

In this conversation, you’ll hear about:

• Why it’s so easy to lose yourself in your roles and responsibilities
• The connection between feeling unfulfilled, resentment, overwhelm, and burnout
• How to start figuring out what you actually want
• Why your brain may try to talk you out of making a change
• The internal shifts that can make external changes easier
• The power of saying yes to yourself more often

If you’ve found yourself wanting more and feeling bad about it, this conversation is an invitation to stop treating that desire like a problem and start getting curious about what it might be telling you.

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Instagram: @zahrapremjicoaching

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