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We sat down with two trailblazers in women's health Claire Coder, founder and CEO of Aunt Flow and Smita Asrani, VP of Partnerships at UE Life Sciences. The episode opened with childhood dreams—Claire reminisced about staging Britney Spears concerts in her closet, while Smita shared her early love of horses. Neither imagined a future in healthcare, but both ultimately found themselves tackling some of the most overlooked (and long overdue) issues in women's wellness.Claire shared her journey from being a Party Princess to becoming a purpose-driven entrepreneur, a path sparked by a frustrating moment on her college campus that inspired the creation of Aunt Flow. Smita talked about her pivot from a career in finance to one focused on health innovation, where she now works to expand access to early breast cancer screening for women under 40.Their conversation delved into the challenges of career pivots, the weight of imposter syndrome, and what it's like to lead in industries still dominated by men. They explored the impact of advocacy too—Claire's work has helped bring period products into schools in 28 states, while Smita is helping to bring lifesaving tools like iBreast Exam to underserved communities.The episode wrapped on a fun note with a game of “real vs. fake legislation,” revealing how surprising—and sometimes downright inspiring—health policy can be.At its heart, this episode was a reminder to speak up, stay curious, and ask the tough questions. Because more often than not, real change starts with one brave voice.A must-listen for anyone passionate about innovation, equity, and the power of personal stories to drive public impact. Check out more info on both guests brands at GoAuntFlow.com and UELifeSciences.com.
Zoom's journey from a popular video conferencing tool to a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic was followed by a wave of competition. But rather than being overwhelmed, Zoom has embraced new opportunities for innovation, especially with the rise of AI. Smita Hashim, Zoom's Chief Product Officer, shares insights into the company's response to the challenges of the pandemic and the rapid shifts in the tech landscape.Smita discusses her experience leading Zoom through this transformative period, highlighting the role of generative AI in shaping Zoom's future. With bold strides in AI and an evolving product portfolio, Smita offers a glimpse into what's next for the company as it adapts to a new era of growth and competition.Resources from this episode:Subscribe to The Product Manager newsletterConnect with Smita on LinkedIn
A few months back, we got the chance to talk with Smita Warrier here on the show. She casually discussed what — for most folks — would be an anxiety-inducing and one-of-a-kind opportunity: running 7 marathons over 7 continents in just 7 days. Along with the mileage, she'd be raising money and awareness for educational assistance for girls in her native India. While she was out overachieving, we're not really sure what all we got done. We certainly didn't log a 180-plus mile week, or rack up 25,000 airline miles in the same week. Well, Smita's back in the CLT and has plenty of stories to share about her adventure — and her “why.” We're happy to have her back on this episode of The Running Around Charlotte Podcast!
How do you build deep trust, influence, and meaningful connections—both in business and life? In this episode of the Digital Rapport Podcast, host Jatinder Palaha sits down with Smita Joshi, best-selling author of Karma & Diamonds and transformation coach, to explore the power of rapport, emotional intelligence, and conscious communication.Smita shares how she used emotional intelligence and strategic rapport-building to close a billion-dollar business deal, why language shapes relationships, and how tapping into intuition and self-awareness can help us succeed in both personal and professional life.
Trimdas bibliotēku un kultūras vērtību krātuvju likteņi. Šoreiz par latviešu bibliotēkām Anglijā, par Oto Bonga Baltijas Centrālo bibliotēku un citām krātuvēm. Raidījumā Grāmatai pa pēdām izzinām, kā iegūt vērtīgus materiālus palīdzējis sauklis: „Nesvied prom, svied uz manu pusi”. Turpinām sekot latviešu bibliotēkām ārpus Latvijas (iepriekšējā raidījumā vieosjāmies Minsterē), šoreiz arī par kultūras vērtību krātuvēm. Neklātienē viesojamies Lielbritānijā un stāstām par Daugavas Vanagu fonda Latviešu kultūras vērtību krātuvi „Straumēnos”, ielūkojamies rakstnieka Gunara Janovska fondā, arī par bibliofilu, vācbaltu krājēju Oto Bongu un viņa veidoto Baltijas Centrālo bibliotēku šoreiz stāsts, kā arī ieskats vēl citās krātuvēs. Šī raidījuma zinošie šajā ir Lielbritānijas Latviešu dokumentācijas centra un arhīva vadītāja Inese Auziņa-Smita, literatūrzinātniece Inguna Daukste-Silasproģe un grāmatzinātnieks Viesturs Zanders. Iesākumā plašāks skats uz latviešu bibliotēkām ārpus Latvijas un trimdas bibliotēku tīklojumu pasaulē, kāds tas ir bijis un kā mainās.
Overview: Join us for an insightful conversation with Smita Agarkar, MD, CPE, FAAPL, a distinguished physician leader. She shares her journey from clinical practice to a significant leadership position offering valuable advice for early-career physicians and highlights the crucial contributions of women in healthcare leadership. Agarkar discusses her shift from outpatient to inpatient care, her leadership experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and her current roles at Gracie Square Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine. Women in Leadership: Trends in healthcare leadership. The importance of diversity and inclusivity in leadership roles. Unique contributions of women leaders in healthcare. Advice for Early-Career Physicians: Overcoming unexpected barriers. Importance of emotional intelligence and empathy. Building relationships and being assertive. Leadership Styles and Challenges: Transformative leadership approach. Building teams and changing culture. Navigating complex healthcare environments. Essential Leadership Skills: Building relationships and accountability. Trust, empathy, and active listening. Importance of emotional intelligence. Meta-Leadership: Concept and application in healthcare. Expanding thinking beyond formal boundaries. Interdependence and unity of mission. About the Expert: Smita Agarkar, MD, CPE, FAAPL, serves as Service Chief of Gracie Square Hospital, is Quality and Patient Safety Chair, and is an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medicine. Listen Now: Gain practical advice and inspiration from a seasoned healthcare leader. Learn more about the American Association for Physician Leadership.
Episode #209: Steps To Inner Peace & Self-Connection Join us today as Colleen Interview's Smita Joshi on Take the Leap. In this episode, we dive deep into the transformative journey of connecting with our inner selves and discovering our true purpose. Here are three key takeaways that I believe will resonate with you: The Power of Breath and Stillness: Smita emphasizes the importance of slowing down and connecting with our breath. In our fast-paced world, we often avoid silence, fearing what might surface. However, by taking a few moments each day to breathe deeply and be still, we can calm our minds and create space for self-discovery. This practice allows us to observe our thoughts without identifying with them, leading to greater clarity and insight. Asking the Right Questions: One of the most profound insights from our conversation is the significance of asking ourselves the right questions. Smita encourages us to explore deep existential inquiries like "Who am I?" and "What is my purpose?" By engaging in this reflective practice, we can uncover the layers of our identity and begin to connect with our highest selves. Remember, the quality of our answers is often determined by the quality of our questions. Detachment and Observation: Smita introduces the concept of detachment, which is crucial for personal growth. By learning to observe our thoughts and emotions without attaching meaning to them, we can free ourselves from the burdens of guilt and fear. This practice of detachment allows us to navigate our experiences with a sense of peace and understanding, empowering us to move forward on our journey of self-discovery. To connect with today's guest: Smita Joshi Website https://www.smitajoshi.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smitajoshi108/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@smitajoshi/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KarmaandDiamonds/ X: https://x.com/smita_joshi LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smita-joshi-88b4203 Medium: https://medium.com/@smita_joshi Tik Tok : https://www.tiktok.com/@smitajoshi108/ To connect with the host: Colleen Biggs https://colleenbiggs.net/ Consider Colleen to speak at your next event or host your next Business retreat! Join the Leap Community so you can Step Into the Spotlight, be seen, be heard and be visible today! https://colleenbiggs.net/community/ Subscribe to our podcast for more amazing episodes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-the-leap/id15033595 Join us for the NEXT Empower & Elevate Conference March 21st https://colleenbiggs.net/empower/ Thank you to our Sponsor of today's show: Live & Learn Live & Learn's mission is to empower women to break the cycle of generational poverty. We envision a world where women thrive, strengthening their families and the community. Live & Learn is a non profit organization for women that was founded in 2012 to empower women in the Phoenix-metro area. It began as an initiative of the Arizona Foundation for Women and became an independent organization in 2014. Live & Learn continues to grow every year to meet the financial education needs and career training for women in our community. To find out more or if you wish to donate visit www.liveandlearnaz.org
Things have moved on in the women's intimate healthcare space - from vaginal radio frequency to vulval injectables. We discuss pelvic floor strengthening to vaginal / vulval skincare (and issues).
L'application de visioconférence Zoom annonce de nouveaux développement basés sur l'intelligence artificielle. Isabelle Szczepanski, journaliste spécialisée, a suivi l'événement Zoomtopia, en Californie, au cours duquel plusieurs nouveautés ont été annoncées.Star des applis de visio pendant le confinement de 2020, l'application Zoom est avant tout destinée aux professionnels (B2B). La compagnie vient de dévoiler plusieurs nouveautés, comme le « compagnon IA » 2.0, qui facilite la synthèse de documents et l'interaction avec des outils comme ChatGPT. Isabelle Szczepanski (Electron Libre) a suivi la conférence. Elle nous raconte ce qu'il faut en retenir.On écoute également Smita Hashim, responsable de produits chez Zoom, qui évoque l'usage du travail hybride au sein de l'entreprise, ainsi que l'apport de ces nouvelles fonctionnalités.-----------♥️ Soutien : https://donorbox.org/monde-numerique
Pinellas County scheduled a virtual workshop to update its Disaster Mitigation Plan October 17th, not knowing that the county would be coming off two hurricanes in succession that caused serious damage. We speak with the county's Smita Ambadi about how to participate and what information the county needs to update its plans. It's not a forum to submit requests for assistance, but don't be surprised if that comes up.
Join us on The Good Sight podcast as we explore the transformative power of microfinance with Smita Ram, Cofounder of Rang De. Imagine a world where entrepreneurs in rural India can access affordable credit, breaking free from exploitative moneylenders. Discussion Highlights: - The moment that sparked Rang De's creation - Smita's secrets to staying motivated despite challenges - Heartwarming stories of impact from Rang De's decades-long journey - Overcoming hurdles in scaling the organisation - Ensuring loan repayment in challenging environments - Valuable lessons learned along the way Discover how Rang De revolutionizes lending and investing, empowering rural communities to thrive. Tune in to learn from Smita's remarkable journey and the ripple effects of positive change. Tune in to this inspiring conversation with Smita Ram on The Good Sight Podcast! If you or your organisation are dedicated to driving positive social change, we want to hear from you. Reach out to us at The Good Sight by emailing us at contact@thegoodsight.org with a brief description of your work and achievements, or give us a call at 9696399931.
We discuss the brief but magnificent film career of Smita Patil—one of India's greatest actresses. Winner of the Padma Shri and several film awards, she was the face of art cinema and feminist narratives. Intense and smoldering, she was often the hero of the film. We also discuss her foray into commercial cinema. See the pinned comment for recommended films. What are your favorite Smita movies or performances? Films discussed: Manthan, Bhumika, Jait re Jait, Namak Halaal, Bazaar, Umbartha, and Ghungroo. Subscribe to Filmi Ladies on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7Ib9C1X5ObvN18u9WR0TK9 or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmi-ladies/id1642425062 @filmiladies on Instagram and Twitter Pitu is @pitusultan on Instagram Beth is @bethlovesbolly on Twitter Email us at filmiladies at gmail See our letterboxd for everything discussed on this podcast. https://boxd.it/qSpfy Our logo was designed by London-based artist Paula Ganoo @velcrothoughts on Instagram https://www.art2arts.co.uk/paula-vaughan
No argument here. Runners are pretty incredible people, in our opinion. It takes a certain amount of self-will, motivation – or whatever you want to call it – to get up, get out there, and log those miles every day. Or even when you don't run every day. And while running might feel like a personal, sometimes selfish pursuit, we meet runners all the time who are making their miles meaningful by raising money and awareness for great causes. Smitta Warrier is one of those runners. We got the chance to talk with her about a once-in-a-lifetime challenge and her very personal purpose. Here she is, on this episode of the Running Around Charlotte Podcast.
What is the future of work and product leadership going to look like? In this episode of the CPO Rising Series hosted by Products That Count Resident CPO Renee Niemi, Zoom CPO Smita Hashim speaks on her journey in product management, the importance of mentors and personal growth, the role of empathy and collaboration in leadership, and how Zoom is leveraging AI to enhance the product experience for customers. Smita shares insights on prioritizing product features, planning for the long-term, and the evolving role of product managers in the age of AI.
KeywordsResilience - Consciousness - Spirituality - Personal GrowthIn this episode of Resilience Unravelled Smita Joshi, an award-winning author, avid yogi and yoga teacher, and high performance and transformation coach, discusses consciousness, spirituality, and personal growth. Smita talks about her passion for living life to the fullest and exploring her talents and potential. She mentions that she believes in the concept of consciousness as a continuum and cites ancient Indian texts as a major influence on her beliefs. The practical application of these theories is discussed, emphasising personal responsibility and making choices aligned with one's innate nature. Smita explains how signs of discontent can indicate areas where change is needed, and suggests taking profound action through self-reflection, skill development, and seeking guidance from others. Main topicsThe continuity of consciousness.Why being conscious of thoughts and actions helps us to take responsibility and make the best of ourselves and our circumstances.Aligning one's actions with their innate design.Why finding one's innate nature requires self-reflection and breaking down old thinking patterns.How emotional intelligence and developing skills in communication and other areas improves life.Timestamps1. Introductions. 00:04 - 01:072. The Concept of Continuum. Smita discusses the concept of consciousness as a continuum and the idea of exploring different lifetimes. 01:11-01:583. Association with Indian Texts. Smita explains her association with Indian texts and how they align with her own experiences and viewpoints. 03:01-04:27:4. Applying the Philosophy in Daily Life. Smita discusses how this philosophy helps her be conscious of her thoughts and actions, take responsibility, and make the best of herself and her circumstances. 04:56-05:415. Discovering and Tapping into Innate Nature. Smita explains that tapping into one's innate nature requires self-reflection, giving up certain things, and adopting new perspectives and frameworks of thinking 10:18-12:106. Affecting Change and Transformation. Smita talks about acknowledging areas of discontent and taking profound action to bring about change and transformation in one's life. 12:22-14:507. Importance of Meditation and Mindfulness. Smita discusses the central role of meditation and mindfulness in her approach, including the breath as a focal point. 15:04-17:208. Accessing Smita's Meditations. Smita provides information on how to find her meditations on her website, smitajoshi.com, and offers a gift code for listeners of the podcast. 19:36-21:079. Conclusion. 21:57-22:16Action itemsYou can find out more about Smita at smitajoshi.com, her YouTube channel, The Self Discovery Channel or Instagram and TikTok
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Menopause is not just a reproductive phenomenon! The perimenopausal years set off a cascade of changes that can affect a woman's appearance from body contour to skin quality. Many women at this stage are surprised and frustrated to find that the daily routines they have to keep in shape and to manage their skin, no longer work very well.So what can be done? Enter Dr. Ashley Amalfi and Dr. Smita Ramanadham, the plastic surgeon team who publish the Lipstick & Lipo podcast. This engaging duo share their expertise about options for Menopause Makeovers and leave listeners with better information about rejuvenation at a time in life that many can find challenging. Take a listen to the fun conversation we had!
You are going to want to listen to this episode. I have so many notes from our conversation. Grab a notebook, pen and your favorite beverage. Enjoy this juicy episode! Dr. Smita Naram is a well-accomplished Ayurvedic physician, pharmaceutical herbalist, and nutritionist. She started this journey of bringing in Ancient Health Solution, with a vision to transform the health of billions of people on this planet in 1987. She is an Ayurvedic Practitioner with qualifications of Ayurved Madhyama and Ayurved Uttama of Shravan Masa Dakshina Prakisha Samitee constituted by law in the State of Gujarat & recognized by Central Council of Indian Medicine, New Delhi, India. She is the fifth generation of vaidya in her family tradition of Ayurvedic Practice and has been practicing the 2500 years old lineage of Siddha Veda Tradition of Ayurveda. Apart from being the world-renowned and Master pulse reader (the ancient traditional method of diagnosis) Dr. Smita Naram is also a detoxification specialist. Connect with Dr. Smita https://www.instagram.com/ayushakti/ https://www.instagram.com/smitanaram/ https://www.ayushakti.com Where to connect with Andrea Website: https://andreaclaassen.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/seasonalandrea Freebie: 5 Day Ayurvedic Toolkit- https://andreaclaassen.com/5-day-ayurvedic-toolkit Andrea Claassen Bio Andrea Claassen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Counselor, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, RYT 500 hour yoga teacher, and Personal Trainer who has been in the wellness space since 2007. Her mission is to help you start to live a cyclical life by living in alignment with the seasons using Ayurveda as your guide. She does this by teaching her Peaceful Power Practices centered around movement, mindfulness & mother nature through an Ayurvedic lens. You can hear more from Andrea on her Peaceful Power Podcast where she aims to deliver actionable takeaways for you to live a more holistic lifestyle. Connect with Andrea on her website at www.andreaclaassen.com
Today Dr. Rohrich is joined by Dr. Smita Ramanadham to discuss some of the trending skincare crazed currently seen on TikTok.
Avoiding crazy cosmetic plastic surgery! Dr. Rod Rohrich and Dr. Smita Ramanadham weigh in on the craziest new trends in the industry and how to avoid having them! Remember don't ...
This episode features an interview with Smita Wadhawan, CMO at SimplePractice, a leading practice management software company for health and wellness professionals.In this episode, Smita discusses the importance of keeping your customers at the center and incorporating their voice. She also dives into educating the customer about the value of your product and then showing up for them through that product. Key Takeaways:Customer feedback should be taken very seriously and it is worth creating a formal process to give customers a chance to share their thoughts. It's important to arm yourself with data and examples when trying to sell your ideas internally, or you won't be able to push them through.The website can serve as your sales function and you should experiment with how the website can “work harder for you”.Quote: “So I would literally think of the marketing strategy as the full funnel from building the right product to getting the product in the hands of our customers, to making sure they use the product and get the most value out of it. And then last but not the least using our communications and our creative to tell the stories which put our customers front and center. We don't use models. We don't use actors. All our creative is telling authentic stories and they are all our customers. That is something that's really key to our brand, always honing in on our customer and having them do the storytelling for us.”Episode Timestamps:*(4:43) The Trust Tree: Fulfilling your obligation to your customers, who rely on your product*(15:42) The Playbook: Customer referrals as the largest source of acquisition*(34:45) The Dust Up: Advocating for staff to support conversion rates on the website*(38:03) Quick Hits: Smita's Quick Hits Sponsor:Pipeline Visionaries is brought to you by Qualified.com, the #1 Conversational Marketing platform for companies that use Salesforce and the secret weapon for pipeline pros. The world's leading enterprise brands trust Qualified to instantly meet with buyers, right on their website, and maximize sales pipeline. Visit Qualified.com to learn more.Links:Connect with Ian on LinkedInConnect with Smita on LinkedInLearn more about SimplePracticeLearn more about Caspian Studios
If you want a successful business in the age of AI, you need to be able to collaborate in real-time. With the combination of COVID and generative AI, the way we work has completely changed. Zoom's CPO, Smita Hashim, joins us to discuss how AI is changing real-time collaboration.Awesome Stuff From Our Partner, NVIDIA -Register for the FREE virtual NVIDIA GTC Conference or buy tickets to the in-person event and fill out this form here: https://www.youreverydayai.com/nvidia-giveaway/Newsletter: Sign up for our free daily newsletterMore on this Episode: Episode PageJoin the discussion: Ask Jordan and Smita questions on AI and ZoomRelated Episodes:Ep 146: IBM Leader Talks Infusing GenAI in Enterprise Workflows for Big WinsEp 216: How to stand out in a world filled with AI startups – Insights from Taplio CTOUpcoming Episodes: Check out the upcoming Everyday AI Livestream lineupWebsite: YourEverydayAI.comEmail The Show: info@youreverydayai.comConnect with Jordan on LinkedInTimestamps:01:45 About Smita and her role at Zoom05:30 How real-time collaboration has changed.10:12 Generative AI has transformative, practical possibilities.11:30 Zoom announces new Zoom Workplace features17:54 Zoom AI companion streamlines data for efficiency.21:30 Next steps for AI and real-time collaborationTopics Covered in This Episode:1. Importance of Real-Time Collaboration2. Zoom Enterprise Connect event3. New Zoom Workplace Features and AI Integration4. Future of Real-Time Collaboration and AI Keywords:Generative AI, Real-time collaboration, Remote working, Hybrid working, Zoom, Chief product officer, Enterprise Connect, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Video communication, Zoom Workplace, Zoom AI companion, Productivity, Whiteboard functionality, Docs collaboration, Meetings summarization, Chats summarization, Zoom phone, Flexible work, Information overload, Data privacy, Total employee experience, Content production tool, Productivity software suite, Customer engagement, Multimodal, Security, Immersive reality, Augmented reality, Employee engagement
Hear Dr. Smita discuss what skincare is really essential for the pre-teen and teenage years!
Smita Lasrado is an Indian born and raised former international model and co-founder of creative and talent agency Feat Artists. With a roster of clients that include Dior, Chanel, Jimmy Choo and Vogue, Smita is putting India and Indians on the fashion map: from collaborating with Dior on their pre-fall 2023 show which took place in Mumbai on March 31, 2023, to bringing India's top models to runways in Paris, Milan and beyond.In this episode of Tech Powered Luxury, Smita shares how she was scouted as a model and ended up traveling the world with IMG, to going back to her geographical and professional roots by co-founding Feat Agency in Mumbai.
Smita is a physician with over 25 years of clinical and research experience. She know the demands we all face, and how difficult it can be navigating a road to personal advancement. She also knows that people can become empowered to truly make an impact on themselves, on others, and on their future. In this episode, we explore the shifting paradigm of how we bring ourselves to work. https://www.linkedin.com/in/DrSmitaHalder/https://www.instagram.com/thephysiciancoach/https://www.facebook.com/thephysiciancoach/https://twitter.com/_PhysicianCoachhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH7rBefmDeuRQ1qssqxkmxQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z7kdVYPjIM
It's 2024 and if women aren't angry or wrathful they're just not paying attention. The women in our chosen films (some human, one superhuman) are definitely paying attention, and are rampaging against the men who have wronged them. Tell us - • How do you feel about Mirch Masala? Would be able to withstand The Wrath of Smita? • Is this Naseer's finest antagonist role? • How do you feel about naagin movies and which is your favorite? • Are you bewildered by the lack of a Kapoor in Naagin? Subscribe to Filmi Ladies on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/7Ib9C1X5ObvN18u9WR0TK9 or Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/filmi-ladies/id1642425062 @filmiladies on Instagram and Twitter Pitu is @pitusultan on Instagram Beth is @bethlovesbolly on Twitter Email us at filmiladies at gmail See our letterboxd for everything discussed on this podcast. https://boxd.it/qSpfy Our logo was designed by London-based artist Paula Ganoo @velcrothoughts on Instagram https://www.art2arts.co.uk/paula-vaughan
LIVE FROM #NRF2024 Omni Talk Retail's Anne Mezzenga and Chris Walton with Wegmans Food Markets SVP of Technology and Data Smita Katakwar. Thanks to our partners at VusionGroup for making all our #NRF2024 coverage possible. Come stop by and visit us in booth #5420
Each person's journey through this sport varies from one person to the next. For some, it is an easy transition, for others, it's about overcoming fear. Smita Jairam did not let her fear of deep water overtake her and it's amazing to hear about her journey. From open circuit to closed circuit, the rewarding feeling of conservation work, Malaysia's must-go-to spots for diving, advice for overcoming fear, and much more. Please enjoy! Tropical Research And Conservation Centrehttps://tracc.org/
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Welcome back to First Principles! If you've been listening to us for a while, you know that First Principles covers a lot of topics. Leadership, organization building, decision making, learning methods, careers, life principles, habits, people management, parenting..it goes on.But if there's a common thread that connects them all together, it's entrepreneurship. Thus, today we have a “supercut” episode about the lives of founders. You're probably familiar with our supercut episodes. Every now and then we go back to our earlier episodes and stitch together some of the most interesting conversations from them. And so, we've put together this special supercut episode that takes you through the lives of five accomplished, original and diverse founders. They are Kunal Shah, the founder and CEO of CRED, Srikanth Velamakanni, the co-founder and Group CEO of Fractal, Ronnie Screwvala, the co-founder and Chairperson of UpGrad, Gaurav Munjal, the co-founder and CEO of Unacademy, and Smita Deorah, the co-founder and CEO of LEAD School. We cover their childhood, their careers and the choices they made, all of which helped them become the people they are today.Of course, I'll urge you to go back and listen to our full episodes – but this if you're not caught up on our older episodes, this is the perfect place to start. Here's a quick glance at the conversations in this episode: I spoke with Kunal earlier this year, in a conversation full of wonderful analogies and sharp perceptions of the world. And how Kunal's childhood and teenage years, when he was thrust into work to support his family, led him to the core philosophy behind CRED.Next up is Srikanth Velamakanni, the co-founder and Group CEO of Fractal. And Srikanth's childhood, too, is an important part of his journey as a founder. Especially when you consider the fact that growing up, he decided never to go into business. Because his father would often tell him that there was no such thing as an honest businessman.And yet, in 200o, Srikanth pooled in 2 lakh rupees to build Fractal. That's right – they've been around for nearly 25 years.Srikanth tells me what changed. Next, we have Ronnie Screwvala, the chairperson and co-founder of UpGrad. Ronnie's on the opposite end of the spectrum from Srikanth – growing up, he told his parents he's never going to work for someone else. Ronnie calls it serendipity – or even karma or destiny, and explains how he went from earning 500 rupees on the weekends to running multiple successful and colourfully varied organisations. This brings me to Gaurav Munjal, who you will know as the co-founder and CEO of Unacademy. And his story starts in college – when he ran a very successful blog devoted to - wait for this - the actress Priyanka Chopra. And then a facebook page that earned him thousands of dollars from ads.He was a content creator before it was even a profession — and he explains how this led to Unacademy. Lastly, we have Smita Deorah, the co-founder and CEO of LEAD school. Like Gaurav and Ronnie, she's built a massive institution in education, too.Smita built LEAD school as a way to completely rejig the education system and everything that it's built of: the curriculum, pedagogy, technology, even the parents' mindset. And like our other guests, she has a very interesting story driving her too – and it starts when her daughter was only six months old. Thanks for being part of the First Principles community — you can now submit questions for our upcoming guests, book recommendations & image submissions for the First Principles podcast and newsletter and much more, here.This is First Principles— The Ken's fortnightly leadership podcast. The Ken is India's first subscriber-only business journalism platform. Check out our deeply reported long-form stories, insightful newsletters, original podcasts and much more here.
Personal empowerment coaching is a transformative approach to personal development and growth that empowers individuals to unlock their full potential, achieve their goals, and lead more fulfilling lives. In this episode, we delve into the world of personal empowerment coaching with Smitha Das Jain, the Founder and CEO of Empower Yourself Coaching. Join now to learn about the significance of personal empowerment, emotional intelligence, and aligning personal values with corporate roles. [00:35] - About Smita Das Jain Smita is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Empower Yourself Coaching. She is an executive and personal empowerment life coach. She is the author of three books. Smita was earlier with KPMG, United Technologies and JLL. She has been named one of the top 10 executive coaches in Asia in 2022. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support
The skin is the largest organ of the body, and it can demonstrate our overall health and wellbeing while also indicating underlying illness. This month, the Sanders Sisters interview plastic surgeon Dr. Smita R. Ramanadham, discussing warning signs your skin may be sending you as well as critical skin care basics. About Dr. Ramanadham Dr Smita R. Ramanadham is a female board-certified plastic surgeon offering aesthetic care to her patients throughout the New Jersey area. As a female plastic surgeon, Dr. Ramanadham works to understand their specific needs and goals before formulating a personalized procedure plan. She understands the delicate mix of beauty, art, and science that is required to refine and rejuvenate the esthetic appearances of her patients so that they experience optimized results. As a New Jersey native, Dr Ramanadham understands the unique goals of women and men in the Tri-state area. After a successful academic career in Boston, Massachussetts, she is excited to be back in her home state. Check out her products: https://store.drsmita.com/ Follow her on Instagram: @thedrsmita Floss and Flip-Flops with the Sanders sisters features hosts dental hygienist and speaker Katrina M. Sanders, RDH, and podiatrist Dr Elizabeth Sanders, DPM. Together, the sisters discuss the oral-systemic link and its impact—from your teeth down to your toes. The podcast is produced monthly by Dental Products Report® and Modern Hygienist®, in partnership with The Sanders sisters. For additional content for dental professionals visit DPR and MH at dentalproductsreport.com. Katrina Sanders, RDH, can be reached at: Website: katrinasanders.com Facebook Instagram LinkedIn
Smita Reddy, Global Chair of the Food & Beverage sector, Global Client Leader at Edelman. Smita's a marketer who's always been particularly drawn to purpose-driven brands and has spent most of her career at Edelman, helping to mold the famed agency into what it is today. We wanted to chat with Smita to dig into the distinct responsibility big brands have to both broaden and change the conversation about women's health and wellness.
In today's episode Judith Germain speaks to Smita Joshi about the concept of the inner voice, which Smita referred to as the voice of higher consciousness. Smita clarified that this voice goes beyond the limitations of the mind and can be a bridge to a greater wisdom or even God. Smita discusses various methods she uses to cultivate self-awareness and personal growth. They discuss the importance of acknowledging and accepting emotions such as anger and grief in order to transform them. They emphasise the need to take responsibility for one's own emotions and engage in self-forgiveness and self-awareness for personal growth. Smita is offering free downloads of meditations from her website - details in this episode! Smita Joshi is an award winning author, avid yogi and yoga teacher, High Performance and Transformation Coach. She's the author of the Amazon bestseller the 'Karma and Diamonds' trilogy. You can find out more about our guest and today's episode in this Maverick Paradox Magazine article here. --- Maverick leadership is all about thinking outside the box and challenging the status quo. It's about having the courage to take risks and the confidence to lead in a way that is authentic and genuine. But amplifying your influence as a leader isn't just about having a strong vision or a big personality. It's also about having the right leadership capability and being able to execute on your ideas and plans. The consequences of not having the right level of influence as a leader can be significant. Without the ability to inspire and motivate others, you may struggle to achieve your goals and make a real impact. How Influential Are you? Take the scorecard at amplifyyourinfluence.scoreapp.com and see. Judith's book: The Maverick Paradox: The Secret Power Behind Successful Leaders. Judith's websites: The Maverick Paradox Magazine - themaverickparadox.com The Maverick Paradox Website - maverickparadox.co.uk Judith's LinkedIn profile is here, her Twitter profile (MaverickMastery) is here, Facebook here and Instagram here.
Smita Joshi is an award-winning author, avid yogi and yoga teacher, and High Performance & Transformation coach. She's the author of the Amazon bestseller the Karma and Diamonds trilogy. Inspired by real events from her own life, “Karma & Diamonds” follows a young woman's gripping journey of Self-discovery across continents and lifetimes as she struggles to conquer life's conflicts and unpredictable challenges, and then she started heeding the inner voice.Prior to writing the trilogy, in a business career spanning 25 years working with Technology giants as well as start-ups, Smita worked internationally with global leaders of the industry, winning multi-million dollar contracts, the largest being $ 1 billion. She was one of the first to bring India's Information Technology services into the heart of British and European companies. As a TV presenter and for her YouTube channel, The Self Discovery Channel – Smita has interviewed leading politicians, entrepreneurs, and global gurus. She also creates videos on topics of self-discovery, personal development, and emotional and spiritual intelligence.www.smitajoshi.com
In this episode, we talk to Smita Asrani, VP of Partnerships at UE LifeSciences. In this interview, we discuss the devices created to improve early detection of breast cancer, how to make breast care something that women are excited about, and the One Balloon One Life Campaign to provide Breast and Cervical cancer exams for women.Remember to like, rate and subscribe and enjoy the episode!Guest bioSmita lost her sister at the age of 44 to late stage triple negative breast cancer. Since then, she has made it her life's mission to ensure women understand the importance of early detection and how it relates to increased chances of survival. Organization bioUE LifeSciences, is a femtech company that creates screening devices for the early detection of women's cancers. We have the iBreastExam and the Selfi, both portable, radiation-free devices that use sensors to detect small lumps through changes in skin elasticity.Globally, with the assistance of Pfizer, Siemen's Healthineers in the United States, and in the near future, Roche, we currently provide proactive breast screenings in 13 countries through hospitals/clinics in rural, underserved and underprivileged areas.FemTech Focus Podcast bioThe FemTech Focus Podcast is brought to you by FemHealth Insights, the leader in Women's Health market research and consulting. In this show, Dr. Brittany Barreto hosts meaningfully provocative conversations that bring FemTech experts - including doctors, scientists, inventors, and founders - on air to talk about the innovative technology, services, and products (collectively known as FemTech) that are improving women's health and wellness. Though many leaders in FemTech are women, this podcast is not specifically about female founders, nor is it geared toward a specifically female audience. The podcast gives our host, Dr. Brittany Barreto, and guests an engaging, friendly environment to learn about the past, present, and future of women's health and wellness.FemHealth Insights bioLed by a team of analysts and advisors who specialize in female health, FemHealth Insights is a female health-specific market research and analysis firm, offering businesses in diverse industries unparalleled access to the comprehensive data and insights needed to illuminate areas of untapped potential in the nuanced women's health market.Time Stamps[03:38] Smita's background[04:59] UE Life Sciences[06:53] Stages of cancer[10:31] The ‘iBreastExam' device[12:35] The ‘Selfi' device[17:47] Device Availability[20:11] Doctor attitudes to the devices[21:55] Working with underserved areas[23:33] Dense breasts[24:55] Could the devices help women advocate for themselves?[26:28] #OneBalloonOneLifeCampaign[28:02] CervAIcal device[30:48] What's next for UE Life Sciences?[37:12] What does women's health need the most right now? Call to Action!Join in with the #OneBalloonOneLife campaign! Share a picture of yourself holding a pink balloon on social media with the hashtag #OneBalloonOneLife, and UE LifeSciences will provide a breast and cervical exam to one woman for every photo.Don't forget to subscribe to the FemTech Focus podcast, and leave us a review! Episode ContributorsSmita AsraniLinkedIn: @Smita AsraniInstagram: @smitaasrani UE Life SciencesWebsite: https://www.uelifesciences.com/LinkedIn: @UE LifeSciencesTwitter: @UELifeSciencesInstagram: @ibreastexam Dr. Brittany BarretoLinkedIn: @Brittany Barreto, Ph.D.Twitter: @DrBrittBInstagram: @drbrittanybarreto FemTech Focus PodcastWebsite: https://femtechfocus.org/LinkedIn: @FemTech FocusTwitter: @FemTech_FocusInstagram: @femtechfocus FemHealth InsightsWebsite: https://www.femhealthinsights.com/LinkedIn: @FemHealth Insights
Join host Jonah and Smita Das from Giant Gorilla Greens as they discuss everything from diverse product offerings to the power of distributor partnerships, this episode is your ticket to success. Discover the fascinating journey of how Smita transformed her personal microgreens cultivation into a booming pandemic-era business. Learn about their wide-ranging customer base. Explore the nitty-gritty of routines, pest management, and sales strategies. Gain invaluable tips for starting your venture and hear about their exciting expansion plans. Discover a treasure trove of FREE guides that will supercharge your microgreens journey at www.microgreensconsulting.com Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@microgreensconsulting https://www.tiktok.com/@microgreensconsulting Follow Giant Gorilla Greens on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/giantgorillagreens/ and their website https://giantgorillagreens.com/
"Now the simple question is very clear, Smita. Just for my audience to really rethink about this. From criminalisation to decriminalisation to re-criminalisation. How do you accept why your society is so rigid in deciding your identity? Lakhs of people have been killed,have been assassinated. Even in the United States of America or different parts of the world, people who are black, lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex people are being killed" Akkai Padmashali is a Social and Political Activist She is the Founder of Ondede an organization that works with Intersex Transgender and Sexuality Minorities on the idea of convergence. Akkai Padmashali has written a memoir : A Small step in a long journey To stay up to date, follow @SmitaTharoor on Smita Tharoor (@SmitaTharoor) / Twitter or Smita Tharoor (@smitatharoor) | Instagram and follow the podcast on your favorite streaming service.
Three political theorists, Smita A. Rahman (DePauw University), Katherine A. Gordy (San Francisco State University), and Shirin S. Deylami (Western Washington University) have brought together an excellent edited volume titled Globalizing Political Theory (Routledge, 2022). And this is precisely what this book does—moving beyond theory categories like “the canon” or comparative political theory—and instead examining political theory from its local roots in different places and different spaces. The book explores political theory in a generative way, not working to reproduce a non-western canon, or to focus on geographic regions. Instead, Globalizing Political Theory includes six umbrella themes, threading chapters together within those themes, and often having chapters, authors, thinkers, and ideas in conversation with each other. The six thematic sections of the book are: Colonialism and Empire; Gender and Sexuality; Religion and Secularism; Marxism, Socialism, and Globalization; Democracy and Protest; Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity. Each section includes a rich diversity of political thinking and authorship, pushing past more traditional disciplinary confines and expectations. Globalizing Political Theory is a useful book in terms of how it is set up and how it also guides the reader, shaping the learning experience. The contributing authors all follow a template that includes spotlighting actual text by the theorists under examination, as well as discussion questions that conclude each chapter. Thus, this is an excellent text to use in classrooms to bring a variety of thinkers and ideas to students exploring political theory. This is also useful for scholars and readers who are interested in broadening their own understandings of political thought. One of the underlying themes within this collection is how political theory has been used and put into action as political activism. These debates, because they are grounded in local issues and the complexity of daily life, reflect some of the connection between theory and action and how coalitions come together within politics. Thus, Globalizing Political Theory is a teaching book, a scholarly interrogation, and a translation of ideas into action. This is an important text within political theory and political science. Lilly J. Goren is a professor of political science at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. She is co-host of the New Books in Political Science channel at the New Books Network. She is co-editor of The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (University Press of Kansas, 2022), as well as co-editor of the award winning book, Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics (University Press of Kentucky, 2012). She can be reached @gorenlj.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Three political theorists, Smita A. Rahman (DePauw University), Katherine A. Gordy (San Francisco State University), and Shirin S. Deylami (Western Washington University) have brought together an excellent edited volume titled Globalizing Political Theory (Routledge, 2022). And this is precisely what this book does—moving beyond theory categories like “the canon” or comparative political theory—and instead examining political theory from its local roots in different places and different spaces. The book explores political theory in a generative way, not working to reproduce a non-western canon, or to focus on geographic regions. Instead, Globalizing Political Theory includes six umbrella themes, threading chapters together within those themes, and often having chapters, authors, thinkers, and ideas in conversation with each other. The six thematic sections of the book are: Colonialism and Empire; Gender and Sexuality; Religion and Secularism; Marxism, Socialism, and Globalization; Democracy and Protest; Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity. Each section includes a rich diversity of political thinking and authorship, pushing past more traditional disciplinary confines and expectations. Globalizing Political Theory is a useful book in terms of how it is set up and how it also guides the reader, shaping the learning experience. The contributing authors all follow a template that includes spotlighting actual text by the theorists under examination, as well as discussion questions that conclude each chapter. Thus, this is an excellent text to use in classrooms to bring a variety of thinkers and ideas to students exploring political theory. This is also useful for scholars and readers who are interested in broadening their own understandings of political thought. One of the underlying themes within this collection is how political theory has been used and put into action as political activism. These debates, because they are grounded in local issues and the complexity of daily life, reflect some of the connection between theory and action and how coalitions come together within politics. Thus, Globalizing Political Theory is a teaching book, a scholarly interrogation, and a translation of ideas into action. This is an important text within political theory and political science. Lilly J. Goren is a professor of political science at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. She is co-host of the New Books in Political Science channel at the New Books Network. She is co-editor of The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (University Press of Kansas, 2022), as well as co-editor of the award winning book, Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics (University Press of Kentucky, 2012). She can be reached @gorenlj.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science
Three political theorists, Smita A. Rahman (DePauw University), Katherine A. Gordy (San Francisco State University), and Shirin S. Deylami (Western Washington University) have brought together an excellent edited volume titled Globalizing Political Theory (Routledge, 2022). And this is precisely what this book does—moving beyond theory categories like “the canon” or comparative political theory—and instead examining political theory from its local roots in different places and different spaces. The book explores political theory in a generative way, not working to reproduce a non-western canon, or to focus on geographic regions. Instead, Globalizing Political Theory includes six umbrella themes, threading chapters together within those themes, and often having chapters, authors, thinkers, and ideas in conversation with each other. The six thematic sections of the book are: Colonialism and Empire; Gender and Sexuality; Religion and Secularism; Marxism, Socialism, and Globalization; Democracy and Protest; Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity. Each section includes a rich diversity of political thinking and authorship, pushing past more traditional disciplinary confines and expectations. Globalizing Political Theory is a useful book in terms of how it is set up and how it also guides the reader, shaping the learning experience. The contributing authors all follow a template that includes spotlighting actual text by the theorists under examination, as well as discussion questions that conclude each chapter. Thus, this is an excellent text to use in classrooms to bring a variety of thinkers and ideas to students exploring political theory. This is also useful for scholars and readers who are interested in broadening their own understandings of political thought. One of the underlying themes within this collection is how political theory has been used and put into action as political activism. These debates, because they are grounded in local issues and the complexity of daily life, reflect some of the connection between theory and action and how coalitions come together within politics. Thus, Globalizing Political Theory is a teaching book, a scholarly interrogation, and a translation of ideas into action. This is an important text within political theory and political science. Lilly J. Goren is a professor of political science at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. She is co-host of the New Books in Political Science channel at the New Books Network. She is co-editor of The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (University Press of Kansas, 2022), as well as co-editor of the award winning book, Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics (University Press of Kentucky, 2012). She can be reached @gorenlj.bsky.social Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs
Smita Venkat! Comedian! Podcaster! Friend! Delight! Here's some of what Smita's up to, in her own words: We Heart Mom Jokes. If you are looking for useful parenting advice, please listen to a different podcast! Please! Planning a unique team event that builds community? And isn't...blah? Book us for a corporate show! Do you sometimes wish jargon was ...gone? Try Jargone! We have a great chat that I hope you enjoy! And that's not all! This is only HALF the conversation I had with Smita. For the second half, head on over here to Patreon! Thanks all!
Hear how pure contentment is available to all of us, right now Believe it or not, we're approaching our 400th podcast. Along the way, I've talked with some amazing people: business leaders, entrepreneurs, futurists, anthropologists (like myself), Blue Ocean Strategists® (again, like myself), and on and on. They've all been extraordinary, but sometimes I've interviewed someone who really made me think and feel in a new, deeper way. One such person is my guest today, Smita Joshi. Born in India and raised in the UK, Smita will challenge you to think about your life's purpose and what you want to accomplish. She talks about pure awareness, which the ancient Indians called Ātman, and how to experience contentment no matter where you are in life. I dare you to listen to this podcast and not come away unchanged. Watch and listen to our conversation here What is your life purpose? Throughout our conversation, Smita talks about someting that is crucial to each one of us: what do we want to accomplish in this life? And what is the deeper purpose of all of us as human beings? She addresses these questions in her book trilogy, Karma and Diamonds, and also in her work as a yoga teacher and executive coach. Her goal is connect people to pure awareness, or total consciousness, called Ātman, and she has created useful tools—her 6-step Flow Formula—to help us reach this state, which you can find on her YouTube channel. Let go to find who you really are On the subject of resistance to change, Smita and I closely agree. She talks about letting go of what we think we know and how this is scary for people (sound familiar?). They don't know how to do it. We hear an inner voice, that epiphany, but often we're not paying attention. In the end it comes down to a choice where we have to say, will I or will I not listen, see what is in front of me, and take steps to change and grow? The Indian teaching is Vedas, that sense of contentment with wherever you are As Smita tells us, we need to embrace everything we have as being an absolute gift, whatever that might be: our health, our successes in life, our failures, the lessons we've learned, the opportunity to be on this journey. We need to be willing to let go and to trust that the answers are there, but often we block them by not being receptive. Much to learn here! How to connect with Smita You can reach out to Smita on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or on her website. Want more on getting in touch with your purpose? Start here: Podcast: Meg Nocero—Can You Feel Joy As You Rethink Your Life? Podcast: Maria Lizza Bowen—Do You Feel Stuck? Time To “See, Feel And Think In New Ways” Podcast: Dr. Mandeep Rai—Do You Need A New Compass To Direct Your Values Additional resources for you My two award-winning books: Rethink: Smashing The Myths of Women in Business and On the Brink: A Fresh Lens to Take Your Business to New Heights Our website: Simon Associates Management Consultants Read the transcript of our podcast here Andi Simon: Hi, welcome to On the Brink with Andi Simon. I'm Andi Simon, and as you know, I'm your host and your guide, and you, our audience and listeners, have made us among the top 5% of global podcasts. I can't thank you enough. My gratitude is extensive. It's wonderful to share. This is almost our 400th podcast hosting. Pretty impressive. I am always intrigued because my job is to get you off the brink, not to stick and get stuck, but to find ways to help you see, feel, and think in new ways so you can change, and you know that you hate to change. So we're going to help you do that today. I have a wonderful woman here from the UK. Now remember, I've had people from South Africa and from Africa and from Europe, but this is a very special woman because she's going to talk to you about something that's very important to us. Smita, you'll see, is focused on entertaining interviews and conversations that help people see, feel, and think in new ways like I do. She's an award-winning author, an avid yogi and teacher, mentor and high performance transformation coach. And she's written a bestseller called Karma and Diamonds. It's a trilogy, it's a journey of self-discovery across continents and lifetimes. We have a wonderful multifaceted woman with us today. She had a business career spanning 25 years, working with technology giants as well as startups. So she blends that wonderful business side with the personal side. But I think we're going to focus more on you as a person today, less on the business. And she has a YouTube channel called The Self-Discovery Channel, which is her own YouTube channel for you too. Self-discovery. Thank you so much for joining me. Smita Joshi: Andi, I'm so happy to be on this podcast. I know you interviewed some amazing people. I'm really, really happy to be on your show. Andi Simon: Well, I'm happy we're here too, since we had a few little technical stuff as we started. This is going to be fun. Tell the listener about your own journey, because you haven't just popped out and arrived here. You've gone through some of your own changes and I think every time people tell their personal story, the audience begins to see themselves there and can begin to share their own story. Who are you and how are we together? Smita Joshi: Who am I? That's a very good question. If I were to put it in one word, I'd probably say seeker, truly looking to integrate all the various facets of what makes us human. But, at the same time, I like that we are a spark of some sort of divinity consciousness. Rather, I'd like to put it as awareness in a human body. So how do we bring those two things together? And I think that for me, the journey, there's nothing which I feel is a coincidence in life. I was born in India and we moved to the UK when I was 10. And ever since, I have found myself looking for ways to integrate the amazing cultures that I've had the privilege of being a part of. And both of those offer something really exquisite. If I were to take the Indian culture, the roots of the Indian culture go so far deep and back to perhaps the ancient stages of India. I like to think of them as philosopher scientists or scientist philosophers, because they were the early scientists. Today, we might look at them as philosophers. We may look at them as spiritual adepts or however you may term it today. But what they brought was incredible, and I believe so far my studies have given me an unrivaled understanding of being human on this planet at this time. But having the majority of who we are, perhaps 90% of our existence is in pure awareness, which is incapable of being housed in a tiny little human body and even a tiny little mind. So to comprehend the vastness of who we are. And so that's what Indian culture has led me to be intrigued by and explore very deeply in the Western culture, gives opportunities to explore in the material external one. Now, don't get me wrong, of course India's both of those things. And I wouldn't want somebody who's listening who's an Indian to say, Oh yeah, well, we have more than that. Of course we do. But I think the two bring unique things, they bring them in a different way. And so the West calls you into being in the external world. The East calls you into being in the internal world. And for me, it's not a coincidence that I was born there. And then I came here when I was 10, and then a whole bunch of synchronicities and life experiences took place that brought about more opportunities to explore and become more curious and say, Well, who am I then actually? And what is this about? And fundamentally, then we kind of come back to that higher essence of who we are. And then, you know, when we look at life purpose, of course you can have life purposes in so many different layers. Life purpose in terms of, what does my material being that the human humanity that I am, what does that want to accomplish? And then what about the deeper essence? And what is the deeper purpose of all of us as human beings being on the planet? And, you know, I really think we're works in progress and we are like what I call my book, Karma and Diamonds. The diamond element has multiple meanings in the book. And one of them is that we are indeed that inner essence, that awareness is so multifaceted that it to me occurs like a treasure that is a pure diamond, absolutely pure untainted, untainted experience by anything external. And so for me, that is, you asked me who am I, I think for me that's a more interesting exploration or an explanation of how I see myself, is somebody who's constantly looking to one express various facets of my being, both in the material world externally, and to discover more and more facets of who I am internally, so that I can bring expression to those in the external world. Andi Simon: This is so interesting. As I mentioned to you, I've been doing podcasts and I didn't realize until yours that the whole series of them are around similar themes. It's almost, you talked about synchronous as well as serendipity. You know, there is no intentionality here for my listeners to bring you different perspectives on this inner voice and the outer experience. But Smita has had a very different presentation of her journey, which is less about things she's done and more about discovering who she is. And I don't know much about her book, but I think I'm going to read it. It is probably a little bit about that self-discovery as well. And as we were talking, what would be the best thing to talk about that trilogy, you tell the gripping story of how to overcome adversity against all odds. Tell us about the book, which is one expression because you have one expression in the book, one in YouTube. And I want to make sure that we allow the listener to really understand the wisdom that you're bringing them because it's a beautiful intersection here. So what is the book about? Smita Joshi: So it's really a book which is very much rooted in the external world. A young woman who is absolutely enthralled by life. I mean the passion for life kind of led me to join corporate work very early on. In fact, I started working when I was 14 years old on Saturdays. In the UK, we were allowed to do it in those days. It was absolutely fascinating for me to realize that I had skills which I couldn't otherwise have discovered so easily. So one of them was selling and in another way, just engaging people and having them see a possibility of something that they previously hadn't done and become so excited by that they were happy to invest in that thing. So I started out in clothes shops and then moved into shoe shops and so on, and then managed them on my holidays and so on. But very quickly I realized that I wasn't patient enough to hang around to get a degree. I really wanted to hop in now. So I gave it a go while I was waiting on my year off between what we call a level in this country. That's advanced levels and we need that in order to qualify to get into university. So I took a year break and while I was figuring out if I should go the way of my grandfather and my mother and my aunt who were all lawyers, and my grandfather was very well recognized in Gujarat and so on. You know, he became quite a figure untill the day he died at 92. I don't think he stopped practicing. And my mom and my aunt also in their day, they were well ahead of their time to have done that. So that was one obvious option for me. But I was really deeply interested in psychology and so many things. Bottom line was, I got hooked into management and then I never looked back since. Then joined my first sort of corporate group, which happened to be in sales. And everything that kind of came to me was really about expressing talents that I actually didn't know that I had. And it was just so much fun to do along the way that I realized that actually that whole world and other things happen in my life. I don't want to go into that on this podcast in particular because they're all in the books. Very intense traumatic events in my life that involve, that put in it a nutshell, were around clashes of culture, Eastern and western. And I was very, very clear about what I had to do in order for me to grow and to learn more about myself. So I chose to follow my path, that inner voice that was so strong and that had me go into work and so on, and I did very well with all of that. You know, I bought my first property very early on, I think I was 21, just before I was 22, and so on. I realized that the more I got rooted into work, the more I had to find some, there was something else. It wasn't enough for me just to do that. So that's when I started to explore like, what else is it? And I happened to come from a background where I saw my dad, since I was a little girl, standing on his head in Sukhasana, doing yoga almost every day and then sitting in meditation for what seemed to me a very, very long time, every single day. So that was kind of in the back of my mind, it was in my imagery. That was where I turned to when I started to explore like, what is missing? What is missing? And that was really just after I turned 25, 26. So it was very early on and I realized that when I did that, incredible things happened. Something was trying to talk to me when I wasn't talking to myself or being fascinated by my own thoughts. Thinking this is, what this is all real. And then I realized, what is that? It's so different. And I've had experience up to that point at other times in my life, but always in moments of deep, deep trauma. And this all came out from the yoga and the meditation, but mostly the openness that you had to begin to feel it. I think openness, definitely, but I wonder whether it was more a young woman who was really looking for answers. I didn't have anywhere I could go to get those answers for myself immediately in my surroundings because I'd left home and that was already a really major leap and sort of upset a lot of people along the way. So, I had to find my answers for myself. Something said to me to turn within and I was very fortunate to come across the odd individuals who said, Read this book, read that book, go here, go do this. And so I just was like a sponge, and I was a sponge. So that all those little stepping stones led me to going within. I'm very, very grateful for that because that's why I wrote the books because I realized that if it hadn't been for, of course today we have social media, we have a lot more content. But back in the day we didn't have that. Books were lifelines. Andi Simon: Now you had a journey that has led you to question. You said you're a seeker. You know, I've been told I'm an explorer. So we share this same curiosity about what we don't know. And we're not quite sure where it's going to take us because the future isn't terribly predictable. But I do like to explore options and see things. I do love to travel. I love to venture beyond my comfort zone. Most people don't. It sounds like you have had to push yourself through all of that. Now you are doing this today to begin to help other people do the same on their journey. How are you doing this? You're coaching them, you're teaching them yoga. What kind of tools do you bring to their lives to help them see and feel with a new freshness? Smita Joshi: Coaching is a really powerful tool. I think sharing content, online writing, all of these are really, they're sort of different elements. So I don't have one thing that I do, of course. I will eventually bring out courses. I've got so much content out there right now or have created that I'm putting out there right now. So bringing that together. Andi, one of my challenges is that the more I learn and the more I explore and the more I understand about life, the universe, the less I feel I know. And I must say I really do feel that and some of that holds me back a little bit because I think I'm just a baby. I said, I'm learning, I feel like it's never enough. And I think that's perhaps a real mark of somebody who is genuinely seeking, because I think we're in an age at the moment where we are so much in a rush to teach other people before we've learned things ourselves. And I've spent, like now, 35 years on the journey, traveling, exploring. I've been diving, scuba diving for 25 years. That's been one aspect of me going deep in another business for like 30 years and so on. I'm just looking now what would be an appropriate way to bring it together. What would I want to share? For me, the only thing I think that's really worth sharing, especially where we are in the information age and internet age and so on, and especially with AI coming, I feel more than ever that the one thing that if I were when I die, perhaps I could make a big impact with in people's lives is by truly getting them connected to that pure awareness that the ancient Indians called Ātman which is really that awareness, that consciousness that I mentioned earlier, which is untouchable. It's pure in the sense that it is unchanging, and yet it's where everything is generated. Everything is born from that. My focus now is really looking at ways of bringing that to people at all levels where they can get an experience of that because it's a zone, which I can tell you what it is, but it's so different for how it occurs for you as it does to me. I want to just give you the tools to be able to access it for yourself. And so, I mean, for example, I do that in a very accessible way. I've just put out one video on my channel. It's called the Flow Formula. It's really a six steps to getting in that zone. What sports people call The Zone. It's getting into the flow and that you access the zone of awareness that we're accessing when we're talking about concentrating, when we're talking about musicians, writers, even anybody that creates anything where they feel at one with what they're doing. So that's one way. The other is, I've created a whole bunch of meditations, which are guided meditations to go along with the books and otherwise, which give you tiny little snippets of getting into that space. So those are just a few ways that I'm doing it. Andi Simon: What does it feel like when you're in that space? Can you describe it for the listener? The viewer? Smita Joshi: I can tell you, for me, it's like I'm in love. I'm in love, and that's all I can say to you. It feels like I'm in love now. I like to think I'm in love with my husband when I have that feeling, that's what it feels like. It's so lush and complete and it doesn't beg for anything extra. I have a smile on my face when I was like, I probably looked crazy to people because I had my headphones on. I was listening to music that got me into that space. And, then I'm just doing what I'm just out of my way, meaning my thoughts are out of my way. And I'm curious as to what will come through if I were not interfering with my mental processes. Andi Simon: This is so wonderful. You're talking about something we hear about, but don't always find someone who can describe it or engage us in wanting to know more about it and begin to see how it could affect us. Because when you wrote up the comments for today, you talked about the inner voice and the life that we're living, that there's a disconnect. One of the questions I had asked you is, how do we get disconnected? And you say, I'm not quite sure, but there's something going on that needs to be brought back together, perhaps through methods like meditation or yoga. But, there's something missing that we need to find that inner hope, that silence that gives us pleasure and this disconnect. Why are we disconnected? I don't think we know. Smita Joshi: I'm not sure that we are disconnected, to be honest, Andi. I don't think we are. I think that we like to think we are. My experience is simply that we haven't really focused enough on other elements of who we are. We've been in survival for way too long and now we're in our evolution, certainly in some parts of the world and not others, yet where we have had that experience of being satiated with, at least materially, we are in a privileged position, many people and others are not, who are still not very much in that survival mode. So we are chasing. We're still trying to bring in the money and to pay the bills. We don't have time for going into the space that I'm talking about because it means letting go a little bit. Letting go of what we think is what we know. And that's actually a whole other experience. That's a whole other conversation. It's like it's a bit scary for people. They don't know how to do it. They need to be guided into it and so on. There's a practice, it needs to be practiced, but when they do it, they don't ever want to do it. It's really true. And I think that's when we start to feel that conflict within ourselves, or we feel like something's not right, or we feel annoyed with things. We feel stressed because we have had that experience along the way. Sometimes it's so powerful that it is an epiphany, and maybe a series of epiphanies, and when we don't then stay true to ourselves, to expand that experience that altered us and touched us so deeply in some way, then that inner voice, that part of you is always present and you are feeling that conflict. It's there and you are not going to it. You are there and you're not paying attention. You're not hearing it. And that's where I think we experience that challenge. So it comes down to a choice in the end. You know, at some point we have to say, will I or will I not? Andi Simon: One of the things that's a theme among many of the folks that I work with and I know, is, Okay, we're out of the pandemic period, but not completely. I just finished my third book and I'm asking myself the question of, Congratulations, what's next? Thank you, what is next? What comes next for us? And we're at that important point in our lives where we really need to be intentional about it, purposeful, meaningful, find the kind of inner voice that tells us what's going to matter. The pandemic showed us. We don't live forever. And now the reality is, every day is a gift. How do we live it appropriately? Any wisdom to share? Smita Joshi: Yes. As you say, as you know, if you are asking that question, Andi, you are ready to really explore the depth of who you are in other ways, because you've had that experience in the external world and you know, it's never enough. You can continue to have more experiences. You can continue to amass more money, you can do whatever, all those. And yet that question you're asking will creep back in. So the question perhaps is maybe a slightly different one. The question is, How am I going to embrace a bigger experience, one which truly makes me feel complete and fulfilled. Andi Simon: Well, but then that's a very interesting question. We had to say goodbye to three friends in the last month. And as we watch as they leave us and every day is a gift, we become very reflective. And whether I'm looking for my inner voice or it's already nagging at me, be careful that you don't waste your time. Be careful of what gives you pleasure, balance the work and the private life. Your family and your friends make it meaningful. And I have a hunch you are doing the same. Smita Joshi: Yeah. I think that the one thing that speaks to me so much from the Indian teachings is Vedas. It's very simple. And yet it's so incredibly profound. And that is: see if you can bring into yourself that sense of contentment with wherever you are. What else is there? This is it. Then we have nothing else to fight for, everything to play for and nothing to fight for. So that's when we start to kind of embrace what we have as being an absolute gift and whatever that might be, our health, our successes in life, our failures in life, the lessons in life, the opportunity to be on this journey. And so I, myself, and in my yoga classes in particular, I really remind people every single class, to come into Savasana, which is the last posture where we lie down and it's a surrender posture. And why we practice yoga is for two reasons. One is to get into that soma state, which is the highest state of connecting in meditation to this inner realm, into this awareness. The boundaries fall away and you become one with the boundaries of our humanity. And the other is, when you come into Savasana, you can't come into Savasana unless you have practiced. The body has had certain detoxifications and so on. But the point of Savasana is really to arrive into that. And, we go to bed every single night and I, myself, go into that state of Savasana. Savasana means a corpse actually. And it is to surrender into what? Surrender into all of everything and into the nothingness of everything but with a contentment in yourself. Now there's this whole movement, people talk about gratitude and so on, but that sense of appreciation, deeply appreciative of what has gone before, today, yesterday, the day before, for all of it. And I think that for me, that is a lifelong journey to, it's a practice and it transforms how everything arises in life and how it occurs in our inner world. Andi Simon: You know, you said that you are on many podcasts now, and I appreciate you having come today to ours because you've opened up my mind and I have a hunch to what our listeners are also paying attention to, which is, how am I hearing myself? Where am I finding that peace? And how do I allow myself to sleep? What's keeping me from sleeping? Am I wandering around the house all night? There's so many messages that you have. One or two things that you'd like them not to forget? Very often our audience remembers the end better than the beginning. Anything in particular? Smita Joshi: No, I come back to that. I think being receptive to what wants to come in, the gifts that want to come into our lives, comes in through our awareness. It comes in through that higher consciousness that we're talking about, Ātman. And in order to really be open to that, it is to bring ourselves into that state of peace and contentment. And we do have so many responsibilities, family and many others, financial and so on. And they can sometimes disturb our sleep at night because these things are intense. They're very much real. And so, the willingness to let go and to trust that the answers are there, but we are blocking them by not being receptive to them. And the sleep state at night is a really crucial state. And to arrive in the way we arrive, we don't know how to come into our sleep state. And that's partly why I think we are addicted to a culture across the world. There's so many people taking medicines and so on, to be able to sleep. But I think to myself, I just have to trust that if I have a challenge in my life, there's a solution to it. And if I were only to get out of my own way by bringing myself into a state of contentment and peace and being okay with where everything is right now and where everything is not right now, just that state of acceptance, surrender, and that leads us into peace and contentment. Don't be content if you don't want to be, but at least be at peace with the way things are and the way that they're not. And that's enough for Ātman, the higher consciousness to start giving us the right way forward, the highest way forward. Andi Simon: I think this has been wonderful. I can't thank you enough for coming. I'm so glad that we were able to connect the books that you have. Karma and Diamonds is a trilogy. Where can people buy it? Smita Joshi: They're on Amazon and they're on my website. So on Amazon, we have them in paperback. We have them in additional format and audiobooks on Audible and Amazon, obviously. We have the books through my website. If you're in the UK and you would like to avail of the books through myself, you can go to my websites, SmitaJoshi.com, and you can buy them there. And I also have a package with meditation. There are 12 guided meditations that people can engage a little bit deeper into the books. So, even if people buy them on Amazon, they can just let me know, send me the order number and I will be happy to share those meditations. They can also get some other free gifts from my website too. Andi Simon: What are nice free gifts? I'm going to go explore, and I'm also going to thank our audience for joining us today. And we're just about ready to wrap up. I know you've been on many podcasts. I'm honored that you've chosen ours, and I'm delighted to listen to your passion. You have found your own place, your purpose, and your heart is full of joy as you want to share this. Am I right? Smita Joshi: Absolutely. Such a privilege. Andi Simon: It is truly my honor. For our guests who come, your audience, those who are viewers and those who are listeners, thank you so much for coming. And as you're thinking about your own experience, you can go exploring a little bit. It's a time for you to make sure that every day is a gift, how you live it matters. Find that inner peace, sleep well, and enjoy the day because the future is now. It's all over us, so it's time for us to enjoy it. Remember that people hate change, so you don't have to worry about it. And it's just part of it, but you can actually change for the better. So thanks for coming. I'm going to say goodbye. Take care now. Bye-bye. Thank you. Smita Joshi: Indeed. Thank you so much.
Smita Joshi is the author of the Amazon bestseller Karma and Diamonds trilogy, a journey of Self-discovery across continents and lifetimes. It's a story inspired by real events from her life and centers around how to find your “inner voice”, the intelligence of the wise, conscious part of you that exists beyond your ordinary awareness. Known as Atman in Sanskrit, it has the power to guide you to live your best life. As a TV presenter and for her YouTube channel, The Self Discovery Channel, Smita has interviewed leading politicians, entrepreneurs, and global gurus. She also creates videos on topics of personal development and emotional and spiritual intelligence. Please Subscribe/Rate/Review the Woman of Value Podcast! ► Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/womanofvalue ► Spotify http://bit.ly/wovspotify ► Stitcher http://bit.ly/wovstitcher or wherever you listen to podcasts! ► Get a copy of Sandy's book, Becoming a Woman of Value; How to Thrive in Life and Love https://bit.ly/womanofvaluebook
is an award-winning author, avid yogi, and yoga teacher, high performance & transformation life coach. In a business career spanning 25 years working with technology giants and start-ups, Smita was one of the first to bring India's information technology services into the heart of British and European companies. Smita worked internationally with global industry leaders, winning multi-million dollar contracts, the largest being $1 billion. Smita is a TV presenter, and for her YouTube channel, – Smita has interviewed leading politicians, entrepreneurs, and global gurus. She also creates videos on topics of personal development & emotional and spiritual intelligence. Smita is the author of the Amazon bestseller . Inspired by actual events from her own life, “Karma & Diamonds” follows a young woman's gripping journey of self-discovery across continents and lifetimes as she struggles to conquer life's conflicts and unpredictable challenges by listening to her inner voice. In this week's follow Smita's journey and work: As a child growing up in a small port town along North West India's Arabian Sea coastline, Smita observed her father practicing yoga and meditation. While he never taught her, she started her own yoga and meditation practice at age 12. Alongside her business life, based in London, when not traveling for work, Smita dedicated her weekends, holidays, and spare time over many years to becoming a life coach. Learn more and connect with Smita here:
In this episode, Smita Joshi and I dive into the realm of high frequencies within.
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