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Join Ankita and Nalini as they reflect on the key insights and lessons learned from this season's prickly guests. From a lawyer pivoting to a new career in the Indian armed forces, to a successful HR leader taking a well-being sabbatical, and an engineer who knew from day one that being an employee wasn't for her - these guests have all made purposeful changes in their lives.

They also explore a common thread that connected many of the guests - the profound impact of a single book, mentioned by over 50% of the interviewees, that helped shape their paths. What more, one or both of them might have changed their minds on purpose, from when they began this journey....

As a bonus, Nalini shares her "controversially named" SEC framework - a framework she finds more applicable to daily life than the Golden Circle she started with. You will also hear glimpses of what the next season is about 😉

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Namrata thought of herself as an average corporate woman with a loving partner & family, no children (by choice) and a travel bug but with no real story to tell, till one day, she and her husband were caught and injured in one of the worst earthquakes Taiwan had ever seen. How did they come out of it alive?
Did a fight-or-flight body response actually kick in when it was supposed to?
Which thoughts helped her stay motivated to survive?
Did the fact that she nearly died, change anything about how she thinks about life's purpose, day to day life or choosing to not have children?
She answers all of this in our episode and more! Through vivid storytelling and raw emotion, Nam recounts the immediate aftermath of the quake – the fear, the confusion, and the desperate fight for survival in her memoir 'Shaken not broken: within and without'. If you love and support stories of resilient women of color, get your copy on Amazon now.

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Naomi grew up as confident Indian girl in a protected environment who mostly went with the flow for everything, from her education, career in banking and places she lived. Despite wanderlust, moving multiple countries from India to UK, US, Hong Kong for jobs she didn't particularly choose, left her physically incapacitated to go through life on auto-mode. She ended up doing a complete shake up to redesign her life in her thirties. She now lives a slow purposeful life in Ireland, runs the haalchaal project, coaches people to recognise burn out, make changes tiny or big based on the true meaning of ayurveda and yoga. How did she fix herself and what can you do to be more aligned with your inner compass, tune in to find out!

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