Episode 19: What Would You Tell Your 18-Year-Old Self?

Globally Grounded: The Work-Life Reset · Mar 13, 2026 · 9m

In this episode, Kyra reflects on what she'd tell her 18-year-old self about work…the one who went into college pre-med, convinced she'd be a neuroscientist, with her whole career mapped out. Fun fact, that's not what happened. From pre-med to international affairs to consulting to tech to entrepreneurship, Kyra's career has been anything but linear. She explores why we feel so much pressure to have it all figured out early, why pivoting feels like failure (when it's actually growth), and why caring about more than one thing isn't a flaw, but rather where the real through-line often lives. If…