A question to sit with: If you weren't making decisions based on who you've always been, what other possibilities might you consider?

Here's a midlife trap: We can become so good at doing what we're supposed to do that we forget to ask whether we still want to do it. We're rewarded for being capable, dependable, productive, and helpful. We learn what we're good at, what pays the bills, what other people need, and what keeps everything running smoothly. But being good at something doesn't automatically mean it's fulfilling.

Erika likes to use the Japanese concept of ​ikigai​, often described as a reason for living or a sense of purpose. In career exploration, she looks at the intersection of four areas:

• What you're good at.

• What you love to do.

• What the world needs.

• What you can get paid for.

Think of it as a four-legged stool.

And while my yoga skills may still be a work in progress, one thing I know for sure: Erika is someone you want in your corner when you're ready to figure out what comes next.

We need women in the workplace. And we especially need senior women in the workplace. We need women in leadership, in boardrooms, in decision-making rooms, in the C-suite, in entrepreneurship, in every place where decisions are being made about the future.

And we need to say this loudly:

We are not finished.

We have worked diligently and HARD, dammit, to get where we are.