S5E5: Reclaim and Reinvent Yourself with Dr. Katia Vlachos

Leadership Voyage

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Dr. Katia Vlachos is a reinvention coach, speaker, and author of A Great Move: Surviving and Thriving in Your Expat Assignment, recognized as a Financial Times Business Book of the Month in June 2018. With a Masters from the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD from the RAND Graduate School, Katia began her career as a policy analyst. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and other media outlets globally.

Through her coaching, writing, or transformative retreats, Katia is committed to empowering women to chart their own ambitious paths towards a fulfilling, uncaged life. She lives in Zurich, Switzerland, with her family. Her upcoming book, "Uncaged: A Good Girl’s Journey to Reinvention," explores the themes of breaking free from social conditioning, making bold choices, and reclaiming one’s authentic self.

https://www.katiavlachos.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiavlachos/
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Expatriation

• Once you leave where you grew up, it’s hard to find that sense of belonging again
• You’re a foreigner in a new place (expatriation) and also when you go back “home” (repatriation)
• Learn to be at home wherever you are
• Both you and the places you leave behind change
• If you go back home, approach it as another expatriation
• Learn to be at home with people rather than places

“A Great Move” Book

• People who voluntarily move do so for 3 primary reasons: career/prospects, love, adventure
• The attitude of the adventurer is wonderful but can lead to being unprepared
• Understanding transition stages (honeymoon, crisis, recovery, adjustment)
• Personality traits affect the emotional impact
• Creating home is a key pillar of feeling stable and grounded

Being Stuck

• Factors that affect us: values, expectations, growth, partner, environment
• Some circumstances can keep us stuck, but 90% is about how we approach it (Mindset)
• Focusing on the barriers versus focusing on your goals or vision
• Conditioning (upbringing, labels, roles, events) matters and shapes us

Reinvention Roadmap

• Establish a healthy baseline
• Reconnect with ourselves
• Align with values, vision, and purpose
• Build momentum with baby steps
• Deal with saboteurs
• Sustain the reinvented person

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