Gladiatrix! Hear me Roar!
118 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -This podcast showcases women, predominantly women of color, who in spite of their fear, are forging ahead, chasing their dreams and becoming stronger. Discover how these conversations can help you so that you can work through your fear and conquer your dreams. What do you need to move ahead? Whether it is starting your own business, traveling the world on your own, standing up to your boss or just silencing that voice in your head, every small step you take is a push in the right direction. It's a mix of interviews, special co hosts and solo shows that you are not going to want to miss. Hit subscribe and get ready to jump into the arena.
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Happiness is a Choice with Greta Kesa
September 17, 2020 05:00 - 40 minutes - 28.1 MB18 - Greta is a passionate problem solver who loves to speak up and make things happen. Greta Kesa is originally from Lithuania and is now working in Malaysia with a passion for leadership and developing others at MindValley. 5.5 months into being Customer Support Specialist, she got an opportunity to lead the whole department and become responsible for Customer Support operations and people management in Mindvalley. One year after, her responsibility level extended to Customer Success/Exp...
Self Care and Goal Setting - A Danish Perspective with Diana Lund
September 09, 2020 16:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MB17 - Diana is a book planning mentor, author, speaker and podcaster. She helps people go from book dream to plan, and help them going. Diana lives in Denmark with her husband, and she just started a newest podcast Fun with fundraising. The English Website: https://smartbusinessplanning.com/ The Danish website: https://jegerogsaavigtig.dk/ The freebie: https://smartbusinessplanning.com/goal-setting-template/ My Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smartbusinessplanning/ ...
Increasing Your Net Worth And Sustainable Consumerism with Merril Diniz
September 02, 2020 03:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MB16 - A Goan by birth and in spirit, Merril is a writer at heart and communicator by profession. She is a proud SODA (sibling of a deaf adult). Passionate about sustainable products, services, solutions and systems, she pens a sustainable consumer blog. Merril is also Head of Communications at SHEROES, the world’s largest women-only social platform. She has also played editorial and content development roles at Network 18, Rediff.com, Careers360, Zee Education, Youth Ki Awaaz and BC Webwis...
Learning the business of medicine on the job with Dr. Supriya Rao
August 27, 2020 03:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MB15 Supriya Rao, MD is a board certified physician in internal medicine, gastroenterology and obesity medicine. She is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Duke University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and gastroenterology fellowship at Boston Medical Center. She is a managing partner of her GI practice, Integrated Gastroenterology Consultants, located in Chelmsford, MA. She is also the Director of...
Passion and Energy Define Smriti Lamech
August 20, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB14 Smriti Lamech will try anything once, yes, even snails. And nowhere is that more evident that in her chequered career path. From emceeing shows, to modelling, to hospitality to journalism, to teaching English as a foreign language, to entrepreneurship, she dives into everything with passion and energy. A journalist and writer, she has worked with leading media houses, such as Bennet Coleman & Co, and the Network 18 group. She is a published writer with short stories in many anthologies ...
Woman Of Many Genres with Kiran Manral
August 12, 2020 18:00 - 38 minutes - 26.6 MB13 - Kiran Manral is an award winning and bestselling Indian author, TEDx Speaker, columnist, mentor and feminist. She has written books across genres in both fiction and nonfiction. Her books include The Reluctant Detective, Once Upon A Crush, All Aboard, Karmic Kids, A Boy’s Guide to Growing Up, The Face at the Window, Saving Maya, Missing, Presumed Dead, 13 Steps to Bloody Good Parenting which she co-authored with Ashwin Sanghi and Raising Kids with Hope and Wonder in Times of a Pandemic ...
Custodian of Stories with Anju Maudgal Kadam
August 05, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MB12 - A communications professional, Anju enjoys the challenge of piecing together a story to look at the big picture. She is Founder and Chief Nurturer of the powerful, internationally acclaimed movement, the #100sareepact, a platform for voices of women to build the narrative of their lives through the medium of the saree. It has been launched once more as a podcast in June this year. The podcast is for all women with a saree story. A mentor to start ups and entrepreneurs for goal setti...
Seven years in the making with Maya Jain and Malini Sarma
July 30, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB11 - This is episode number 11. This is a check in episode. I want to know how you are liking the show and if any of the shows resonate with you. This episode tells you how this amazing trip in 2019 to South America happened. I also invited my sister Maya Jain (@caffeneinatedfreespirit) to be on the show since this was our first girls trip EVER. Besides being an amazing sister Maya is quite talented. She has worn many hats having been a banker, marketer, editor, entrepreneur and a write...
Mastering Your Monday with Mischelle O'Neal
July 23, 2020 02:00 - 36 minutes - 25 MB10 - Mischelle O’Neal is the Founder of Mastering Your Monday, LLC, a lifestyle Enrichment Firm. She has valiantly served her country and is a retired United States Air Force Veteran. Mischelle continued her career as a civil servant working for various federal government agencies. Having the opportunity to serve, with over twenty-eight years of experience and expertise with the military, has been paramount in the development of the living M.A.T. Technique™.Inspired by a desire to help women...
When all you want to do is Dance
July 16, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 42 MB009 - Sonali Mishra is an Odissi dancer, writer, and researcher currently based in Odisha, India. Born and raised in the United States, Sonali was initiated into Odissi dance in her early teens by Smt. Chitralekha, Smt. Ellora, and Sri Devraj Patnaik in Toronto. Since 1995, she has been travelling regularly to Orissa, India for further study and refinement. Sonali received her initial training in India at the Orissa Dance Academy under Gurus Sri Bichitrananda Swain and Sri Ramesh Chandra J...
Hope on wheels with Zahra Ali
July 04, 2020 03:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBIn todays episode I am speaking with Zahra Ali from Lahore Pakistan. Zahra Ali is a blogger, author, freelance writer, and an aspiring scriptwriter. She has self-published a novella and operates a motivational, self-help blog. Being a paraplegic herself, she advocates social inclusion and rights for people with disabilities. She is self-employed and aims to encourage women with disabilities in Pakistan and worldwide to face the adversities with confidence despite the odds. Her associati...
Fighting the big fight: A true warrior Vidya Sekhar
July 02, 2020 02:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MB007 - Vidya Sekhar, Miss India USA 1986, and Miss Michigan State Fair 1984, holds 2 World Records for Longest Solo Classical Dance Performance, through which she fund-raised thousands of dollars to benefit the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. Representing the next generation in a lineage of dancers and musicians from India, the Canadian-born singer, dancer and writer, is an advanced dance educator and musical performer for Hindu Temple Rhythms, celebrating almost ...
Paying it forward: From the Middle East to the Midwest with Juman Doleh-Alomary
June 25, 2020 02:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MB006 - Juman has a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics, a Master of Science in Computer Engineering, from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and currently a PhD candidate in the Industrial Engineering program at Wayne State University. Mrs. Doleh-Alomary is a proud serving past President of the Information System Audit & Control Association ISACA Detroit Chapter and she was appointed to serve on the ISACA International Audit & Risk Committee serving over 145,000 members. She is reco...
Here's to strong women: May we be them, may we raise them with Deb Wertz
June 18, 2020 02:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MB005 - In this episode I am speaking with Deb Wertz. A yoga and meditation teacher for over 10 years, Deb Wertz is passionate about helping people reach their maximum potential physically and emotionally. Deb grew up in a time when women weren’t encouraged to be much of anything. The recurring message was that girls were vulnerable and, at most, destined for the secretarial pool. Navigating the world as an adult proved to be frustrating and, for a long time, she lacked effective communica...
How influence of a guidance counselor took Isabel Summe from Brooklyn to aerospace engineering
June 10, 2020 06:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB004 - Isabel was born and raised in the East New York section of Brooklyn, NY and is the daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of New York University in 1988 and in 2007 a Master of Science Information Technology degree in Information Security & Assurance from Carnegie Mellon University. Isabel started her career as a Structural Design Engineer for the F-14 at Grumman Aerospace in Bet...
Reinventing yourself with movement expert Frances Taylor
June 02, 2020 04:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MB003 -In this episode I am speaking with Frances Taylor. Frances has 31 years of experience guiding people in athletic, therapeutic and creative movement. Her vast knowledge of the human body is drawn from an early interest in Anatomy Studies, the Pilates method and Structural Yoga Therapy, as well as her years as a professional modern dancer. As a single mom she is also trying to reinvent herself and become an entrepreneur. Please remember to subscribe!
A Journey from Traditional Medicine to Ayurveda and healing from within with Dr. Aarti Soorya
June 02, 2020 04:00 - 28 minutes - 19.6 MB002 - In episode 2 meet Sleep revolutionalist, Dr. Aarti Soorya. A 1st generation Indian American who talks about her journey from the anxiety of traditional path of medicine to the joy of integrative medicine and healing from the inside out. Hope you enjoyed this fun conversation and remember to hit subscribe!
I am Woman; Hear me Roar! Welcome to Gladiatrix!
May 22, 2020 01:00 - 13 minutes - 9.25 MB#001 - In the very first episode of Gladiatrix, Malini Sarma gives you an insight into how this show was born. Listen to the story where you follow a young bride to a foreign country where she learnt to adapt to a new culture. I hope you enjoyed the first episode. More stories have been lined up and I cannot wait to share it with you. Join me and hit subscribe.