Choosing to Stay: Rashi Kaur on Home, Change and Self-Trust
What if the biggest leap of your life isn't leaving everything behind, but finally choosing to stay?
For most people, moving somewhere new means stepping into the unknown. But for Rashi Kaur, life coach and founder of The Joy Consultant, change had always been second nature.
After a lifetime of moving between countries, cities, and different versions of herself, Rashi had become remarkably comfortable with starting over. New places meant new possibilities, new connections, and another chance to reinvent herself.
But beneath all that movement, something wasn't quite settling.
In this episode of The Leap Lounge, Joan Russell sits down with Rashi to explore what she calls her reverse leap: choosing to make San Diego home after years of embracing constant change.
Their conversation goes beyond finding the right place to live. Rashi reflects on how movement can offer both freedom and distraction, the uncomfortable process of recognizing what we've been avoiding, and the courage it takes to trust our own decisions rather than letting fear make them for us.
If you've ever felt the urge to change everything around you, wondered why the next fresh start never quite feels like enough, or struggled to trust the life you're building, this conversation offers a different perspective on what it means to move forward.
In This Episode:
A lifetime of new beginnings: How growing up across different places and cultures shaped Rashi's identity and comfort with change.
The meaning of home: Why finding somewhere to belong became a different kind of leap.
When change becomes an escape: Recognizing the difference between embracing new possibilities and using constant movement to avoid uncomfortable truths.
The courage to choose for yourself: Learning to express what you want, release guilt, and trust your decisions.
Making peace with uncertainty: Why not every choice needs a guaranteed outcome to be worth making.
Finding answers in stillness: How intentional solitude, journaling, and listening to your inner knowing can bring greater clarity.
Sometimes, the next chapter doesn't require a new destination. Sometimes, it begins when we stop, get quiet, and give ourselves the space to discover what we've been looking for all along.
Resources & Links:
Connect with Rashi Kaur
Explore Rashi's Go First Quiz — Available through her website.
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