Parita Kuttappan on Redefining Success for Professional Women (North Fulton Business Radio, Episode 905)
In this episode of North Fulton Business Radio, host John Ray welcomes Parita Kuttappan, founder of Awarify Coaching. Parita works with executive women and working parents who are striving to balance ambitious careers with demanding personal lives. She shares insights on how mindset, confidence, and resilience intersect to help women redefine success on their own terms.
From navigating corporate culture and setting healthy boundaries to reframing “no” as “next opportunity,” Parita offers actionable advice for professionals who feel stretched thin or stuck in self-doubt. She also discusses how to build confidence by taking action instead of waiting for it, and why rest and reflection are essential ingredients of true resilience.
Whether you’re leading a team, managing a household, or both, this conversation will challenge how you think about ambition, burnout, and fulfillment.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. The show is produced by John Ray and North Fulton Business Radio, LLC, an affiliate of Business RadioX®, and is recorded inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
Key Takeaways from This Episode
- Boundaries are essential, not optional. Many professional women were never taught how to set or enforce them, and learning to do so can transform both career and personal life.
- Confidence comes from doing, not waiting. Action builds confidence—waiting until you “feel ready” keeps you stuck.
- “No” means next opportunity. Reframing rejection as redirection creates new opportunities and decreases self-doubt.
- Resilience requires rest. True resilience isn’t grinding harder; it’s allowing space to feel, reflect, and recover before moving forward.
- Mindset determines fulfillment. Shifting from self-criticism to self-choice empowers women to take ownership of their path and redefine success on their own terms.
Topics Discussed in This Episode
00:00 Introduction and Welcome to North Fulton Business Radio
00:34 Guest Introduction: Parita Kuttappan
01:58 Parita’s Coaching Journey
02:19 Challenges Faced by Professional Women
12:42 The Importance of Mindset
18:58 Building Confidence
20:39 Coaching Process and Success Stories
25:49 Conclusion and Contact Information
26:46 Final Remarks and Sponsor Message
Parita Kuttappan
Parita Kuttappan is a certified and professional mindset and confidence coach for executive and professional women and working parents.
She has 16 years of experience in strategic human resources in both the professional services and defense industries. Parita earned her Certified Professional Coach (CPC) certification through iPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching) coaching, an ICF-Accredited Coaching Training Program.
Parita truly believes her coachees are the experts in their lives, while she is the expert in the coaching process. She uses powerful questions and tools to help her clients overcome unhelpful blocks, manage their energy, and understand how to create thoughts and feelings that lead to fulfillment and joy. Regardless of who she is working with, Parita’s core mission is to empower working women and parents everywhere to unlock their inner goal-getters, bring awareness to what is most important to them, and live more joyful and confident lives.
Renasant Bank supports North Fulton Business Radio
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About North Fulton Business Radio and host John Ray
With over 900 episodes and having featured over 1,300 guests, North Fulton Business Radio is the longest-running podcast in the North Fulton area, covering business in our community like no one else. We are the undisputed “Voice of Business” in North Fulton!
The show invites a diverse range of business, non-profit, and community leaders to share their significant contributions to their market, community, and profession. There’s no discrimination based on company size, and there’s never any “pay to play.” North Fulton Business Radio supports and celebrates businesses by sharing positive stories that traditional media ignore. Some media lean left. Some media lean right. We lean business.
John Ray is the host of North Fulton Business Radio. John and the team at North Fulton Business Radio, LLC, an affiliate of Business RadioX®, produce the show, and it is recorded inside Renasant Bank in Alpharetta.
The studio address is 275 South Main Street, Alpharetta, GA 30009.
You can find the full archive of shows by following this link. The show is available on all the major podcast apps, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, Amazon, iHeart Radio, and many others.
John Ray also operates his own business advisory practice. John’s services include advising solopreneurs and small professional services firms on their value, their positioning and business development, and their pricing. His clients are professionals who are selling their expertise, such as consultants, coaches, attorneys, CPAs, accountants, bookkeepers, marketing professionals, and other professional services practitioners.
John is the author of the five-star rated book, The Generosity Mindset: A Journey to Business Success by Raising Your Confidence, Value, and Prices, praised by readers for its practical insights on raising confidence, value, and prices.
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