The Self Worth Edit

The Self Worth Edit

The Self Worth Edit is a personal development podcast created by a desi woman, primarily for fellow desi women. This self love podcast is also open to you if you want to deepen your understanding and relationship with yourself and others. On Mondays, we'll cover topics to help you through life's challenges by reframing culturally embedded norms. Through a mix of solo and interview-style episodes, The Self Worth Edit will help you cultivate self confidence, self love and self trust so you can live life on your terms. The Self Worth Edit community is here to help you through to a more fulfilling, uplifting life. Positive podcasts like this one are all about finding the most valuable lessons from challenging circumstances. The Self Worth Edit: the podcast inspiring South Asian women, and beyond, to quit playing small and start trusting the power and wisdom within through insightful conversations and tips for healthier ways of thinking.

Episodes

June 27, 2022 39 mins

Divya Robin is a therapist, mental health advocate, and empath. She works with people to go into their inner experience so that in turn they are able to access an improved outer experience in the world and in their relationships. She is also the force behind @mindmatterswithdiv on Instagram and co-host of the Conversations Brewing podcast.

Questions and topics we discuss in this episode include: 

  • What is adult loneliness?
  • What are...
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What is emotional abuse and what are the emotional abuse signs in a relationship? The signs of emotional abuse in marriage or any relationship can often be quite subtle and hard to recognize when you're experiencing it. 

Questions we discuss in this episode include:

  • Is emotional abuse domestic violence?
  • Is emotional abuse worse than physical? 
  • Is emotional abuse grounds for divorce? 
  • How emotional abuse affects you 
  • Wh...
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Natasha Ibrahim's unique upbringing as a third culture kid led to her lifelong interest in exploring different cultures and broadening the mindsets of those who didn't have the opportunity to travel at a young age like she did. Now Natasha offers travel consultations to help create travel plans for people who would like to live the digital nomad lifestyle. Natasha also uses her platforms to motivate people to take risks, ...

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In this solo episode I am sharing 8 ways that I'm approaching dating differently these days. If you're wondering about finding love after divorce or what it means to date from a place of increased self worth as well then tune in! 

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From her "polarizing" portrayal on Netflix's hit TV show Indian Matchmaking, Aparna Shewakramani became an overnight ambassador for women demanding to be heard—in their love lives, workplaces, and in every space they occupy. Aparna is releasing her first book, She's Unlikeable: And Other Lies That Bring Women Down, on March 22, 2022. Aparna was born in London, lived in Dubai as a child, and called Texas her home...

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Welcome back to another season! In this solo episode I am sharing some life and podcast updates. Then we get into the 5 biggest perspective shifts I have experienced over the last several years and what lessons I've learned to share with you as a result.

Topics include shifts around money beliefs, having kids, self talk, life trajectory and solo travel 

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A final solo mini-sode to close out the year! I'm sharing one tip for closing out 2021, one challenge for you to take on in 2022 and a podcast update.

Mentioned in this episode is this previous solo episode that is one of the top listened to episode on the show. Revisit it for inspiration to take on the 2022 challenge:
5 Ways to be Okay With Being Alone & Enjoy Your Own Company

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Khushbu Thadani is a nutritionist, manifestation & life coach who runs a wellness consulting business known as K Weigh. As we approach a new year, Khushbu shares manifestation techniques and insights from her personal experiences to help demystify the concept. 

Questions we discuss include: 

  • Where did manifestation originate?
  • Is it possible to manifest weight loss? 
  • Can manifestations go wrong or backfire? 
  • Is manifest...
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Anjuli Sherin, M.A., LMFT is a Pakistani-American licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in trauma recovery, resilience building and cultivating joy. She has 15 years of practice working with immigrant, South Asian, Middle Eastern, Muslim and LGBTQI+ populations.

In this episode we discuss: 

  • How the concept of joyous resilience differs from what we traditionally think of as 'resilience' 
  • ...
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Akansha Agrawal is a certified somatic coach, storyteller, and community facilitator devoted to serving body wisdom, the Feminine, and truth. She is also the founder of the South Asian Sisterhood and co-author of The Healthy Indian Food Cookbook. Her work helps women rewrite old narratives and own their authentic stories so they can birth creations that truly align with their desires. Questions we discuss in this episode include: <...

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Cultivating your own self worth affirmations practice can be powerful for your self improvement. In this episode you'll learn the answers to questions including: 

  • Why affirmations are important
  • How affirmations work
  • Will affirmations work? Are affirmations effective?
  • How affirmations will change your life
  • How affirmations affect the subconscious 
  • How affirmations helped me
  • How affirmations affect the brain, can affirmations chang...
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Have you ever wondered how to do salary negotiation? How much is too much? What you should not say in a salary negotiation? This week's guest is a salary negotiation coach (and my sister!) Zafreen Farishta. 

In addition to being a salary negotiation consultant, Zafreen is a public health start-up professional who started The Pay We Deserve. After successfully undertaking numerous salary negotiations herself and helpin...

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This week's guest is a Pakistani-American/Canadian actress, dreamer, dog mom, and overall lover of life. Natasha Khawja started her blog to share her own personal experiences in the hope her story can help & resonate with other South Asians. In our conversation, Natasha shares how to determine what identity means to you, the differences and overlap of identity vs culture and how to navigate both when you are disowned by yo...

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After years of navigating hair loss due to alopecia, today's guest made the decision to break free of South Asian beauty standards by shaving her head bald. Neehar Sachdeva is a representation creator who is normalizing breaking beauty standards in the South Asian community and beyond. In this episode she shares the story behind her diagnosis, how she and her family navigated it, how she finally came to the empowered decision ...

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Goli Kalkhoran is lawyer-turned-entrepreneur, which is a fancy way of saying she quit law, tried a bunch of things, and happened upon an idea that she turned into a business. She is the host of the Lessons from a Quitter podcast where she uses her platform to de-stigmatize quitting and provide resources and inspiration to individuals looking to pivot in their established careers. She challenges people to exceed their own expectatio...

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Let's continue the money conversation this week! In this episode we'll discuss: 

  • why financial literacy is important in your daily life
  • how I began to build confidence around personal finances and how you can, too 
  • the money mindsets I grew up with and their impact on my personal finance journey 
  • the biggest money LIE or money omission I've come face-to-face with 
  • the basics of investing so you can begin building weal...
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Today's guest is former business anchor and correspondent for Canada’s Business News Network (BNN) and CNBC Asia, Saijal Patel. She is the Founder and CEO of Saij Elle (www.saijelle.com), a financial consultancy and education platform with a mission to help women create financial independence and security.

In this conversation we talk about: 

  • Where the stigma and fear surrounding money come from
  • The role media plays...
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Are you projecting your insecurities, fears and limiting beliefs onto your loved ones? Are people doing this to you? This week's episode was inspired by the recent interaction between actress/influencer, Tabitha Brown, and talk show host, Wendy Williams. In this solo episode I cover: 

  • Who Tabitha Brown and Wendy Williams are and explain the interaction that recently occurred on social media and television between them 
  • What ...
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A reminder this May, mental health awareness month, that mental wellness is not linear. Consider this episode your reminder to check in with yourself to actively and consistently cultivate your mental wellbeing.

Also announcing in this episode that we will be shifting to an every other week release schedule. Tune in every other Monday for new episodes!  

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We've talked a lot about the importance of nurturing our relationships with ourselves along our self worth journeys. This week, we're talking about how observing and learning from our relationships with others is equally important for this evolution. 

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