The career change is as emotional as it is strategic.

SOVIA is a self-guided app for anyone whose working life is changing — a layoff, pre-burnout, a return from leave, relocation, retirement, or simply feeling stuck. It walks you through the emotional side of a transition first — the shock, the self-doubt, the loss of identity — then into action: clarity, direction and a confident next step. One structured journey of five levels, giving you the right short practice for exactly where you are — affordable, private, and always there.

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Inside the app

Everything the journey runs on.

The five levels sit at the centre. Around them, a set of connected features makes the experience personal, social and measurable.

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PULSE Diagnostic

A guided onboarding assessment scores the user, assigns their current level and surfaces an optional secondary level — so support is never generic.

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AI Business Coach

An always-available coach (business tone, not therapy) that personalizes reframes, scripts and next steps between live sessions.

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Practices & Regulation

Each level offers three practices — Awareness, Reflection, Action — plus emotional-regulation tools, meditation and affirmations.

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Community

Peer support discussions where users share progress and feel less alone in the transition.

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My Space

A private hub for notes, value cards and the Achievement Bank — everything the user discovers, saved in one place.

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Dashboard

Track progress over the last 7 days and across the journey — making invisible inner work visible and motivating.

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Human Design for Career

Optional personalization layer — an "operating manual" for energy, decisions and ideal work environment. Unlocks at Identity Shift.

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Library & recommendations

A curated shelf of talks, books and resources — recommended to match exactly where each person is in their journey.

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Book a career coach

When self-guided work isn't enough, book a live session with a career or life coach — right from the app, with your results ready for them.

The algorithm · 5 levels

A guided emotional journey.

The backbone of the app is a change curve inspired by the Kübler-Ross model. Each level has its own intention, its own meaning, and its own content pack — an assessment, three practices, emotional regulation, an affirmation and homework, matched to exactly where a person is.

PAUSEClick here RECONNECTClick here ALIGNClick here DESIGNClick here ACTIVATEClick here
↑ The emotional arc of every transition — tap a stage to see what's inside
Level 01Shock · Denial

PAUSE

Take your time

You may be in shock, resistance, emotional overload or deep exhaustion. Right now your system may not be ready for big career decisions. This level isn't about forcing clarity — it's about restoring safety, energy and contact with reality.

What you need most now
Physical groundingNervous-system regulationBasic daily stability
What to avoid Forcing major life decisions from a dysregulated state.
This level's content pack
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    Awareness practice“A letter to the chapter you're leaving behind” — consciously close what's ending: choose what you take with you, what you release, and shut the door gently.
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    Reflection practice“Empty the noise from your head” — get the spinning worries out of your mind by sorting them into what you control, what you don't, and what can wait.
  • Action practice“One small anchor for today” — restore a sense of agency through one tiny physical act of stability, chosen and completed today.
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    Emotional regulationA short guided grounding meditation that brings attention back to the body and the present moment when thoughts spin.
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    Affirmation“I breathe. I'm safe. I can take my time.” — one calming line to return to whenever it feels like too much.
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    AssessmentA 2-minute mirror of your current state — overload, meaning, avoidance, readiness — producing a stability score that grows as you return.
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    Homework“Anchor of the week” — one small daily ritual repeated for seven days; progress accumulates, missing a day never resets it.
Level 02Frustration · Fear

RECONNECT

Find yourself back

You may be functioning, but not fully connected to yourself. This level is about rebuilding your inner base — energy, self-trust, routine, and clarity about what actually supports you.

What you need most now
Inner stabilityEnergy recoverySupport & structure
What to avoid Rushing into a new path just to escape the discomfort.
This level's content pack
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    Awareness practiceSort ready-made cards — people, activities, places, recurring thoughts — into what gives you energy and what drains it: your personal energy map.
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    Reflection practiceNotice your natural daily rhythm — when you have energy, focus and openness — and choose one rhythm worth protecting this week.
  • Action practiceReinstate one supportive routine, anchored to your natural rhythm, with a gentle tracker that only counts forward.
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    Emotional regulationA calming, stabilizing meditation for the frustration-and-fear stage — releasing tension the body holds.
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    AffirmationA steadying line for self-trust — to return to when doubt or irritation rises.
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    AssessmentA 20-statement scan of energy, self-trust, support, routine and emotional steadiness — your reconnection score over time.
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    Homework“Stressor map” — a week of naming what exhausts you; your top drains surface and carry forward into later levels.
Level 03Exploration

ALIGN

Identity shift

You may already sense that your old role, identity or way of living no longer fits. This level is about releasing the old story and making space for a new version of yourself.

What you need most now
Permission to evolveMindset shiftDeeper self-recognition
What to avoid Returning to the old version of yourself only because it feels familiar.
This level's content pack
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    Awareness practiceCompare how you've been operating with how you want to work and be now — revealing what you keep, what you've outgrown, what you're reaching for.
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    Reflection practiceMeet the old-story beliefs you've been carrying — and choose the reframes that fit the person you're becoming.
  • Action practiceTurn one core value into one concrete, practisable boundary — protecting what matters from what drains you.
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    Emotional regulationA self-trust meditation for the in-between — settling the discomfort of not-yet-knowing.
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    Affirmation“I release the old. I rise into who I'm becoming.” — the identity-shift line.
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    AssessmentA supportive work-style profile — how you draw energy, take in information, decide and structure work. One helpful lens, never a box.
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    HomeworkCatch the old story each time it speaks during the week — and answer it with the new one, watching the new story win.
Level 04Decision

DESIGN

New action plan

You're ready to turn self-understanding into direction. This level is about building a path aligned with who you are now — not who you used to be — and testing it in small, low-risk steps.

What you need most now
DirectionDecision criteriaPractical experimentation
What to avoid Waiting for one perfect answer before taking any action.
This level's content pack
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    Awareness practiceDefine what actually fits you now — the kind of work, environment, pace, role and contribution — as concrete choosable criteria.
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    Reflection practiceCross what you love, what you're good at, what pays and what matters (Ikigai logic) into one or two concrete career hypotheses.
  • Action practiceDesign small 7–14-day real-life experiments that test each hypothesis with evidence instead of overthinking.
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    Emotional regulationA focus-and-clarity meditation for decision energy.
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    Affirmation“I choose my direction. I build my plan with clarity.”
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    AssessmentYour Ikigai Direction Map — top themes, role and industry hypotheses — plus how to position yourself credibly.
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    CV & Positioning StudioUpload your LinkedIn export or CV — the app enriches it with the strengths, talents and values you discovered, and generates your headline.
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    HomeworkA job-crafting sort of your current reality — more of this, less of that — shaping the next role from evidence.
Level 05Integration

ACTIVATE

Live the momentum

You're in motion. This level is about strengthening consistency, reinforcing progress, and turning small actions into sustainable change — staying connected to how far you've come.

What you need most now
ConsistencyReinforcementVisible progress
What to avoid Losing momentum by overcomplicating the next step.
This level's content pack
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    Awareness practiceMomentum tracking — watch your small steps accumulate into visible, motivating progress.
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    Reflection practiceA regular feedback loop — what worked, what didn't, what to adjust — keeping the plan alive instead of perfect.
  • Action practiceBuild the weekly rhythm and habits that keep you moving — consistency over intensity.
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    Emotional regulationAn energy meditation to refuel motion, not just calm down.
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    Affirmation“Small steps create big change. I keep moving forward.”
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    AssessmentA weekly alignment tracker — love / strengths / pay / meaning sliders — your feedback loop on staying true to the direction.
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    Homework“Sustain the rhythm” — protect the habits that carry the change, especially in ordinary weeks.
It hurts · the problem no one talks about

You can always find another job.
The hard part is staying true to yourself — in it, or without it.

6–18
Months a senior career transition takes
Up to 80%
Of the struggle can be emotional, not tactical
65%
Of professionals feel "stuck" in their current role (Glassdoor, 2025)
67%
Experience burnout symptoms at work — up from 52% in 2021 (Gallup)
~31%
Higher risk of depression after a forced job loss
Watch Max's story

A short film about one transition — the shock, the loops, and the way through. This is the journey SOVIA walks with you.

Why transitions stall

Without emotional regulation and phase awareness, people waste months in loops — resistance masquerading as research, fear disguised as perfectionism, identity crisis dressed up as "taking time to think."

Emotional work80%
Tactical work (resume, networking)20%
Energy & presence in interviewsup to 93%

Studies suggest that up to 93% of a first impression comes from how you show up — energy, tone of voice and body language — not the words you say. Interviewers form their judgment within minutes. A depleted, unregulated state speaks before your CV does.

What SOVIA addresses

The inner alignment every CV workshop and job board leaves untouched. When your career steps are aligned with your unique blueprint, emotions, values and actions line up — you know yourself better, and you act from self-trust and confidence. That state is the energy you walk in with — and it often decides whether someone moves forward.

…and it's everywhere · why now

This isn't a niche need — it's the new normal.

Across every market, more people are in transition — and most are navigating it disengaged, burned out, or alone.

402M
people worldwide want work but don't have it — the global "jobs gap"
ILO, 2024
80%
of the global workforce isn't engaged at work — engagement fell to a record-low 20%
Gallup, 2025
69%
of professionals changed or considered changing careers in the past year
FlexJobs, 2025

Low engagement alone costs the global economy an estimated $10 trillion in lost productivity (Gallup, 2025). Demand for support is rising in step — yet 1:1 coaching stays out of reach for most people. SOVIA extends that support to everyone, affordably.

The thinking behind it

Three layers, working together.

SOVIA isn't a content library — it's an architecture. A psychological storyline, evidence-based discovery tools, and a deeper logic of inner alignment.

Layer 1 · Journey

Psychological storyline

A change curve inspired by the Kübler-Ross model — the emotional arc of any major transition, mapped into five sequential levels.

  • Shock & denial → integration
  • Each level has a clear intention
  • Progress, never shame or streaks
Layer 2 · Discovery

Self-discovery tools

Built-in assessments and homework that turn reflection into evidence — and feed richer coaching conversations.

  • Ikigai — purpose & direction
  • Human Design — energy & decisions
  • Key motivating drivers · work-style profile
Layer 3 · Architecture

Philosophical logic

The inner structure of the exercises — drawn from archetypal models of inner development; the logic of alignment from confusion to conscious action.

  • Essence vs. conditioned self
  • Balance & transformation
  • Archetypal energies
Why a structured journey works.

Most apps hand people a pile of exercises and hope something sticks. SOVIA sequences everything along the emotional arc of change — so each person gets the right practice for where they actually are, in the right order, instead of a generic to-do list.

What success looks like

Better outcomes, lighter load.

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Instant orientation

Users locate exactly where they are emotionally — and get the right practice for that level, not generic advice.

Momentum between sessions

Short daily steps and an AI coach keep people moving when a human coach isn't in the room.

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Visible progress

A dashboard turns inner work into something the user can actually see over time.

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Scalable & affordable

A self-serve layer that extends real support to far more people, at a fraction of the cost of 1:1 coaching.

Get in touch

Emotional support and strategic direction —
in one place.

SOVIA is in active development. To follow the journey, partner, or learn more, connect with the founder on LinkedIn — scan the code or tap below.

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Ekaterina Zaychenkova · Founder & Product Owner · SOVIA
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Max's Story — a short film