Your Wellbeing: The Untapped Power Behind Your Success | Part 2 If Not Now, When?

This is part of an InsideOut Well conversation series where we get real about emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing with our panel of experts.

We all say we want to live well. We talk about balance, clarity, fulfilment. But so often, we defer it. "After this deadline." "When the kids are older." "Once things calm down." But what if later never really arrives?

In Part 2 of our InsideOut Well conversation series, we spoke with Maria Sahota, our executive life coach who brings deep insight into what it means to make space for clarity and personal change. It was a thoughtful, grounded exchange about the real reasons we delay change and what becomes possible when we stop waiting.

The Myth of the "Right Time"

Maria shared that many of her clients come in already knowing something needs to shift. They have felt it for a while. But they push it aside. Maybe it is not urgent. Maybe it will pass. Maybe next month will be better.

"Sometimes people think something has to be wrong with them, or something has to be fixed. But life coaching is mainly about wherever you are in your life, and you want clarity." — Maria Sahota

There may never be a perfect window for personal work. The work is the window. When we keep waiting, we lose time. Confidence wears thin. Fatigue sets in. And that nagging sense of misalignment becomes so normal, we forget it is not supposed to feel that way.

You Do Not Need a Breakdown to Break Through

One of the most liberating ideas that surfaced was this: you do not need a major life event to justify getting help. Maria explains that life coaching is about helping individuals unlock their potential, gain clarity, and take action towards the goal. Change does not always begin with collapse. It can begin with curiosity. With the decision to stop carrying it alone. To choose support because you value your growth, not because you have hit a wall. She talked about how people use coaching to reconnect with parts of themselves they have put aside. Things like ambition, joy, playfulness, purpose. And how even small moments of self-awareness can change the way forward.

What the Body Has Been Telling You

Sometimes your thoughts are coping. But your body is already speaking. That jaw tension. That knot in your stomach. That scattered feeling when you try to rest. These are not small signs. They are signals. And ignoring them comes at a cost. Maria reminded us that many people stay stuck not because they do not have time, but because they feel guilty for needing it. They believe their exhaustion is not valid. That needing help is indulgent. She challenged that belief and said that life coaching will help you take actionable steps towards your goals, whatever they are in your personal life, career, mindfulness, anything.

When Self-Care Feels Like Selfishness

If you are used to being the strong one, the go-to, the one who handles it all, then even a moment of pause can feel like you are letting someone down. But Maria offered a helpful reframe: taking care of yourself is not selfish. It is strategic. It helps you continue showing up in ways that are calm, consistent, and real.

"You want to gain confidence. You want to do something from where you are now, and to the next step."

Boundaries are not barriers. They are bridges that let you return to yourself. Rest is not giving up. It is gathering strength.

So, If Not Now, When?

You do not need to overhaul your life. But you might need to pay attention to what keeps tugging at you. No one else can name that moment for you. But if you are reading this and nodding, maybe that moment is now.

It does not have to be loud. It just has to be honest.

Watch the full conversation with Maria Sahota

This might not be the ideal time. But it might be the right time for you.