Is This the Meaning of Life with Kanika Vasudeva
KANIKA ENERGY COACH > PODCAST AND MEDIA APPEARANCES
with Carmen Balacianu Coaching
What happens when the old definition of success stops working and life asks deeper questions instead? In this reflective and expansive conversation, leadership coach Carmen speaks with Energy Expansion Mentor and Akashic Records Reader Kanika Vasudeva about purpose, conscious leadership, grief, and the inner transformation that reshapes how we live, lead, and serve.
Kanika shares her journey from a high-achieving corporate life shaped by ambition and external success into a profound spiritual awakening following the stillbirth of her daughter. That loss became the moment she could no longer distract herself from the deeper emptiness she felt. Through grief, healing, and connecting with her daughter’s soul, Kanika discovered soul contracts, energy healing, and a new way of leading from integrity, presence, and truth rather than pressure and performance.
Together, Carmen and Kanika explore conscious leadership, visibility, purpose-driven business, and why true leadership requires courage, self-trust, and service to something bigger than the ego. This episode is an invitation to redefine success and reconnect with the deeper meaning of life and leadership.
What You’ll Learn
Why external success can still feel empty inside
How ambition and achievement shape early identity
Why loss can become a catalyst for spiritual awakening
How soul contracts offer meaning during grief
What conscious leadership really means
Why leadership requires visibility and courage
How business growth reflects inner growth
Why purpose must be anchored to service, not ego
How to lead from integrity instead of performance
Why reconnecting with your “why” sustains long-term impact
Episode Timestamps
00:00 Welcome and redefining leadership
Carmen introduces the theme of conscious leadership and welcomes Kanika.
06:30 Life before awakening
Kanika shares her ambitious upbringing, corporate mindset, and definition of success.
14:10 Success without meaning
Why ticking all the boxes still left Kanika feeling empty and disconnected.
22:00 Losing her daughter
The stillbirth that forced Kanika to slow down and face her inner truth.
30:40 Grief, guilt, and vulnerability
Kanika opens up about shame, self-blame, and feeling fragile after loss.
39:10 Feeling held by life
Stories of unexpected support that revealed deep love during grief.
47:20 Her son as a teacher
How parenting a two-year-old brought presence, joy, and perspective.
55:30 Connecting with her daughter’s soul
How energy healing allowed Kanika to understand their soul agreement.
01:04:10 Discovering energy healing
Finding teachers and tools that shifted both her inner and outer reality.
01:12:40 Inner work changing outer success
How healing internally led to promotions, opportunities, and ease.
01:21:30 From corporate to conscious leadership
Why coaching and heart-led business require ego release and self-trust.
01:30:10 Visibility and leadership
Why leaders must stand at the front even when it feels uncomfortable.
01:38:40 Purpose beyond ego
Understanding leadership as service to a calling greater than oneself.
01:47:00 Advice for leaders in transition
Why anchoring to your “why” sustains courage during transformation.
01:55:30 Closing reflections
A reminder that true leadership invites others into expanded possibility.
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