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How to Take The Next Right Step in Life and Work
Lessons Learned with Komal - June 08, 2021 11:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings[1:26] - Why we need intersectional personal development spaces and curriculums [5:46] - What helped me rise through difficulty, build confidence, and the life I wanted [10:15] - Why we need systems in place to take care of our well-being and goals in life and work [21:15] - How you...
How to Stop Doubting Success (+ Free Workshop!): Season 2, Episode 3
Lessons Learned with Komal - May 28, 2021 15:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHave you ever spent months doing ‘quiet work’ to prepare for a new season in life and work? Have you taken the time to implement habits, routines, systems and structures you would need to succeed as you work towards your goals ahead? In this episode, Komal talks about what it’s like to...
How To Redefine Your Relationship to Work and Success with Deepica Mutyala: The Next Right Step Series, Part FourThe Next Right Step, Part 4
Lessons Learned with Komal - May 20, 2021 11:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings[8:18] - What does it mean to live life on your own terms? When you think of your own definition and relationship to "success", what does success look like to you? Komal and Deepica talk about how people can have different definitions of success, and how our own definition of success ha...
How To Redefine Your Relationship to Work and Success with Deepica Mutyala: The Next Right Step, Part 4
Lessons Learned with Komal - May 20, 2021 11:30 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings[8:18] - What does it mean to live life on your own terms? When you think of your own definition and relationship to "success", what does success look like to you? Komal and Deepica talk about how people can have different definitions of success, and how our own definition of success h...
How to Embrace Your Rage with Valarie Kaur: The Next Right Step, Part 3
Lessons Learned with Komal - May 14, 2021 11:45 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsValarie Kaur is a civil rights attorney, Sikh activist, and author of “See No Stranger”. In this conversation, Komal talks to Valarie about the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation, the concept of love as a verb that requires labour and care, and the ways that connecting to...
Our Grief Deserves Our Care: Season 2, Episode 2
Lessons Learned with Komal - May 09, 2021 17:05 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsGrief during a pandemic is complicated. Whether it is unpacking our grief around the loss of our friends, loved ones, or others, or the loss of parts of ourselves and our lives, our grief deserves our care and attention. In this short solo episode, Komal shares mores about the space she...
Lessons Revisited: Lessons From Our Mothers
Lessons Learned with Komal - May 09, 2021 11:45 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis week, Komal revisits a Mother’s Day episode she recorded last year about the lessons we have learned from our mothers. “I am bringing you into my relationship with two important women in my life, my mother (Ma), and my maternal grandmother (Nani Ma). I asked and recorded them shari...
You Have Permission To Want More with Luvvie: The Next Right Step, Part 2
Lessons Learned with Komal - April 22, 2021 13:47 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this week’s episode, Luvvie Ajayi Jones, New York Times Best-Selling Author shares with us the power of surrounding yourself with people who see the bigger you, how connecting to your identity is a superpower, and how you have permission to want more in your life and work. [2:03] Wh...
How to Create Boundaries in Work and Life with Minaa B: The Next Right Step, Part 1
Lessons Learned with Komal - April 15, 2021 12:29 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIt’s been a year since the pandemic hit, and we all are trying to make sense of life as much as we can right now. This series focuses on the lessons we’ve learned after this year of quarantine, sharing insights and wisdom from our guests of The Next Right Step program. For part one, K...
How I Recovered From Burnout During the Pandemic: Season 2, Episode 1
Lessons Learned with Komal - April 15, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings“I have to slow down now in order to go fast, strong, and resiliently later.” - Komal Minhas [9:06] – How do you go about changing something that is already in motion? How do you stop the inertia? Komal shares what the last 3 months have been like for her and why she decided to take t...
The Return of Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned with Komal - April 08, 2021 11:00 - 44 seconds ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThe wait is (almost) over: Komal will be back next week with a new and refreshed season of "Lessons Learned". Subscribe for deep conversations, uncomfortable but necessary lessons, and tender moments of self-care.
Grounding In Identity And Reclaiming Wellness Spaces with @TejalYoga, Host of the "Yoga Is Dead" Podcast: Lesson 54
Lessons Learned with Komal - December 22, 2020 12:30 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJoin Komal and Tejal Patel aka@TejalYoga and host of the “Yoga Is Dead” podcast this week for a chat about reclaiming wellness spaces, embodying our identities, and fighting for social justice. Here are this week’s time-codes: 5:10 - Tejal shares with us how she views her role as a ...
Stepping Into Your Truth And Tuning Into Your Inner Guidance with Cassandra Lam, Co-Founder of Cosmos: Lesson 53
Lessons Learned with Komal - December 13, 2020 14:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsThis week, Komal interviews Cassandra Lam, Co-Founder of Cosmos, a community and space for Asian womxn to care for themselves, their community, and their world. Tune in to hear them talk about how you can begin to reconnect to your identity, inner guidance system, and spirituality. He...
Leaning Into Possibility with Eddie Ndopu: Lesson 52
Lessons Learned with Komal - December 09, 2020 12:54 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsJoin Komal for a powerful conversation with Eddie Ndopu, an award-winning activist, humanitarian, public intellectual, and global advocate appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the Sustainable Development Goals. They discuss what it means to live a phenomenal life...
How Having Financial Literacy Can Change Your Life with Tori Dunlap @HerFirst100k: Lesson 51
Lessons Learned with Komal - December 01, 2020 13:12 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, I interview money expert and founder of @HerFirst100K community Tori Dunlap. We talk about building confidence with money, getting out of the ‘scarcity’ mindset, past the shame and judgment that we place on ourselves when it comes to finances, and tell you the ways that...
Learning To Advocate For Ourselves with Sarah Nicole Landry @thebirdspapaya: Lesson 50
Lessons Learned with Komal - November 24, 2020 13:07 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHere are the time-codes for this week's episode: [8:30] - Sarah shares how she is planning for this winter stretch + the birth of her new baby [11:26] - How strong the glamourization of hustle is in our culture and how Sarah has learned to advocate for herself and establish boundari...
Finding Meaning In A Time of Collective Change: Lesson 49
Lessons Learned with Komal - November 15, 2020 12:45 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingslHere are the time-codes from this week's episode: [7:42] - I tell you why I think the Biden-Harris win is representative of the return of empathy and vulnerability. [9:15] - I reflect on my partnership with Mitch, how genuinely loving, caring and supportive it is, and what it meant...
Winter Preparation Lessons from Hygge, The Cozy Danish Lifestyle : Lesson 48
Lessons Learned with Komal - November 10, 2020 12:45 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHere are the time-codes for this week’s episode: [7:45] Introduction - I introduce this week’s topic for the show, the Danish concept of “Hygge” from Meik Weiking who looks at the art of being ‘consciously cozy’ and the pursuit of everyday happiness. [15:28] Lesson One - Finding App...
Five Reasons Why Planning Is Important and Critical For Your Mental Health and Well-Being: Lesson 47
Lessons Learned with Komal - November 03, 2020 12:45 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHere are the time-codes for this week’s episode: [ 5:29 ] - Komal shares why it’s important in this time as some of us are heading back into a second lockdown down to find sources of sources of inspiration online for yourself [ 13:48 ] - Komal tells us what life has been like since ...
My Year Planning Process (And Why I Don't Wait For January): Lesson 46
Lessons Learned with Komal - October 25, 2020 11:45 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsHow our inner critic can get in our way when it comes to work or priorities [9:09] Step 1: Look back and celebrate your accomplishments [13:59] Step 2 - Braindump - [22:04] Step 3 - Narrow Down Your Goals [24:20] Step 4 - Name Your Goals and Your Action Plan For Each [26:23] ...
Rewind Episode - Resilience and Rising When We Are Triggered: Lesson 45
Lessons Learned with Komal - October 18, 2020 11:45 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings[0:00 - 8:40] - Komal talks about why I chose the topic of ‘Resilience and Rising When We Are Triggered’ for this week. After having committed to 100 days of my ‘MMRT’ morning routine and falling off it one morning after a long night, this caused her to go into a spiral of negative self...
How To Listen To Your Inner Voice and Align Your Life, An Interview With Leah Brathwaite: Lesson 44
Lessons Learned with Komal - October 11, 2020 11:45 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings[9:50] Leah tells us that often, much of the self-doubt that we experience comes from the stories of worthiness that we carry with us from childhood. [11:52] Komal and Leah talk about why It’s important for you to get grounded at the beginning of your day, and prevent the habit of the ...
Being Multi-Passionate With Hitha Palepu, Pharma Executive and Content Creator: Lesson 43
Lessons Learned with Komal - October 04, 2020 11:45 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings4:00 - How to find something you are passionate about: Hitha shares how she came to the decision to start a blog when she started her work in the pharmaceutical industry, and how she was able to find inspiration for the content for her blog by applying the knowledge and every-day life e...
Finding Hope During Hard Times with Katie Zeppieri: Lesson 42
Lessons Learned with Komal - September 27, 2020 11:45 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings2:25 - Komal asks Katie what her lessons learned were from talking to 84 people on IG Live at the beginning of quarantine. Komal and Katie discuss how powerful it can be to interview others and listen to their stories in order to learn from their lived experiences. 5:30 - Katie sha...
Facing Adversity as Business Owners with Monique Bryan: Lesson 41
Lessons Learned with Komal - September 20, 2020 13:14 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings2:11 - Monique shares with us how her cancer diagnosis was the best and worst thing that could have happened to her, as the experience allowed her to gain clarity in multiple areas of her life, such as making her realize how many little things she had taken for granted before, and how s...
Exploring The Relationship Between Business and Self-Care with Taran and Bunny Ghatrora, Founders of Blume: Lesson 40
Lessons Learned with Komal - September 13, 2020 11:45 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings4:00 - Taran and Bunny share the origin of their company Blume, and how Bunny’s experience being diagnosed with PCOS influenced what the company eventually became rooted in: self-care and prioritizing our health and well-being Taran and Bunny also share how their self-care practices ha...
Doing Business With Purpose - A Conversation With Salima Visram, Founder of Samara Fashion House: Lesson 39
Lessons Learned with Komal - September 06, 2020 11:45 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsIn this episode, Komal talks to Salima Visram, founder of the 100% cruelty-free fashion brand Samara. Salima shares her experience and lessons learned building her business as a vehicle for her to create change in the world, the challenges that she and her team have faced in this season...
Building A Business Aligned With Your Values With Kat Gaskin, Founder and CEO of The Content Planner: Lesson 38
Lessons Learned with Komal - August 27, 2020 23:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratings[8:08] - A time in Kat’s life when she was running a freelance business and the lessons she learned. Kat shares where her idea for a product-based business came from, and the first steps she took to make it happen. Kat also shares: Her experience after quitting her corporate job, and ...
Building The Communities We Need with Sahaj Kohli aka @BrownGirlTherapy: Lesson 37
Lessons Learned with Komal - August 18, 2020 11:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsSahaj and Komal also discuss: - 3:55 - How they became friends through an Instagram DM, and how it led to them working together and creating a dinner series for women to connect with one another. Sahaj explains how reaching out to people she admires online has worked in her favour...
Protecting Your Energy with Vivian Kaye - Founder, CEO of KinkyCurlyYaki and Business Empowerment Coach: Lesson 36
Lessons Learned with Komal - August 10, 2020 23:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsAs women, we deserve to soak in our accomplishments and successes, and we deserve to have our boundaries respected. In this week’s episode, join Komal as she interviews Vivian Kaye. Vivian is a Mother, Entrepreneur, Shopify Expert and Founder & CEO of KinkyCurlyYaki. Vivian and Komal ha...
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