What makes someone walk away from a thriving career at Deloitte and a starring role in cinema to start over as a classical Kathak dancer?

When making a radical shift in your life or career, the hardest step is choosing not to look back. In Episode 11 of The Transition Coach Podcast, host Debjani Mukerjee sits down with internationally acclaimed Kathak dancer, choreographer, actor, and author Astha Dixit for an open and vulnerable conversation about radical career pivots, overcoming the fear of starting over, and the courage it takes to “burn the boat.”

Astha shares her extraordinary journey of burning the boat—stepping away from a comfortable corporate career at Deloitte after UCLA, taking a leap into the film industry, and ultimately dedicating her life to classical Kathak dance, Sufi devotional art, and her memoir, Door to Heaven.