October 29, 2024 • 24 mins
Amita is co-founder of Nourish Doc, a holistic wellness platform focused to empower women in peri-menopausal years and beyond! She has developed culture sensitive, affordable, innovative self-care app.
Amita offers holistic wellness programs for taboo topics such as sexual health, menopause, stress, anxiety amongst other issues that women go through.
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Amita offers holistic wellness programs for taboo topics such as sexual health, menopause, stress, anxiety amongst other issues that women go through.
Website: http://www.nourishdoc.com/
How would you like our listeners to reach out to you? hello@nourishdoc.com
Connect with Amita:
http://facebook.com/nourishdoc
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Welcome to the heel Thrived Dream Podcast, where trauma survivors
become healthy thrivers. Each month will feature a theme in
the trauma recovery and empowerment field to promote your recovery,
healing and learning how to build dreams. Here's your host,
Karen Robinson, transformational coach and therapist.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hi there, Welcome back to the Heel Thrived Dream Podcast.
Our guest is Armita Sharma. Amita is a co founder
of Noourish Dot, a holistic wellness platform focus to empower
woman emperimental puzzle years and beyond. She has developed cultural, sensitive, affordable,
(00:48):
innovative self care. Amida is helping serve women around the world. So, Amita,
I would love for you to tell us about that
as you speak. At first, I would like to know
if you have any personal traumas that you feel okay
(01:10):
to share today, because, as we talked about earlier, a
lot of the women that come on the podcast who
have a heart to serve women have also been through
some tough times.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Anything you like to share, yeah, absolutely. So. You know,
my generation of women growing up in a place like
India at that time, education to women was very limited,
So just being born as a girl child, trying to educate,
go get through the education with my family was a struggle.
You know. My dad had to fight with Hamley so
(01:42):
that he can send me to the best school as
an example. And then you know, my parents left to
Africa in Algeria, and I was kind of there for
seven eight years or almost ten years by myself in
a place like India, in a boarding school where I
had to go and you know, figure out how to
get cast the trains go to my relatives. So that
(02:04):
was at the age of thirteen or fourteen, a young
teenage girl in India going by herself was you can imagine,
you know, the chances of getting graved, the chances of
getting molested, the chances of getting all kinds of things.
So I think that was very traumatic years for me,
growing up as a teenager in a place like that
country where I had to figure out, you know, all
(02:24):
the logistics. So then after that, I decided, okay, I
need to come get out of that country. And that
was a bad not a bad experience, but enough trauma
for me, and I wanted to come to the United
States and I came to god Admission here and got
married and I was never you know, supported by my
(02:45):
husband's family. They never accepted me, and that was another trauma.
And that was used to be a common you know,
in laws, mother in law or in laws, we never
you know, they usually come around after a few years, right,
So here I was they it always looked down on me,
talked bad on me. It wasn't like a physical violence,
but enough verbal verbal abuse that that happened for many
(03:09):
many years. In fact, even now I think so. And
here I was trying to always please, you know, because
I was a clear so that I think it was
very difficult for me to accept that I can be
abused with from someone who is less educated than me constantly,
and I'm trying to please that person all the time,
(03:30):
and that person never gets placed. Even after the birth
of my two kids, and I thought, oh, if I
produce an you know son, you know, in those culture,
son is considered to be like you know how it
is a patriarchal society. In fact, all over the world
for that matter, Oh, I will be excited. And that
hadn't happened. So having put my kids trying to grow
(03:51):
up in a country here, you know, not really with
the family that that normally you know you are used to.
I think that was a huge trn in my life
and the things started changing a little bit. I decided
to go back to India about ten years back, taking
my kids too, so that they can grow up in
a culture, because I wanted them to feel a little
(04:13):
bit of a community, feeling, feel a bit of family.
And I saw these women househelps who were so traumatized,
who were abandoned from their husbands, who were literally on
the streets right like here, homeless, and they have so
much confidence they're working in our home and the house self,
and so much confidence to lead their life and let
(04:36):
go of the women, their husbands or whoever is giving
them trauma. That opened my eyes. I can't even tell
you how much.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Yeah, thank you for sharing all that.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, it's I can see why now you have the
heart to do the work that you're doing. Can you
tell us a little bit more about NOURISHTOC like how
did you get idea to start it? And just generally
tell us a little bit more about it.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Yes, So all that trauma and what I just said.
In my early twenties thirties, I used to be always
have sort of like a mild depression I was always
a bit depressed. I was not on medication, but I
also used to have liver problems. Anytime I would think
of all these talk I talked about not being accepted,
(05:30):
I was still getting pain on my right side of
my liver and I was barely in my thirties. And
the insurance person or the doctor told me, you're not
going to survive for another five years because you have
you know, you live in bad ship. Can you imagine that?
And it wasn't nothing was wrong with me. It was
just that I was processing all those mental right emotional
(05:52):
trauma in my head of not being accepted. So I
started researching and I said, oh my god, medication won't
suit me, as I would throw up. And I started
researching into holistic lifestyle at that time, and I was
a big believer, and that's what started leading me. I
started changing my diet, I started doing Panama. I started well,
(06:13):
I started keeping changing my mindset. It wasn't an overnight process.
It took a lot of years. I must say that
to positivity. So all that started doing, and sure enough,
like I said, I became a different person. It took years.
And then a few years back, I was pery apostle
just entering into forties and I had to go. I
(06:36):
was working in corporate here in Silicon Valley, and I
had no clue what perry my cause is. And here
I used to be conducting meetings and I would start sweating, right,
and I had no idea what's going on with me?
And I would get all against again, depressed and feeling anxious,
and suddenly, you know, my floor would be someone has
(06:58):
opened a tap and it was very embarrassing. And suddenly
I'm like in the middle meeting and you're sweating and
like you don't know what to do. So that's when
I started researching them a little bit more. And like
women turn forward and they start looking at you like
your life is over. That's not true. So that's when
(07:18):
the idea came about of really helping women who are
entering pery metopause and how do you help them with
holistic lifestyle, holistic therapies and empowering them. Right, So that's
how this thing journey started.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
That's quite the story.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
And what's the name of your self care app?
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Noticed up?
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Okay, so it's not just the name of your website,
you have an app too.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
That's also called the same thing.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yes, yes, yes, And the app is going to be
culturally sensitive, meaning every woman experiences menopause. Menopause differently depends
on your ethnic background, and I can go on and
on on that, but like you would experience differently than
me depending on what my lifestyle has been in the past,
(08:13):
how my genes could have been, you know, like for instance,
Indian women they start menopause about five six years earlier
than a normal age of fifty on fifty two as
an example. So the app is taking care of your
cultural sensitivity.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Yeah, that's the first time I've heard in you when
doing that. So that's that's really awesome. Wow, I'm early
impressed by that. So do you have any other like
does your app? I haven't checked it out yet, so
I apologize for that. I absolutely will after this podcast.
I'll add my thoughts to the show notes. But tell me, like,
(08:54):
does the app have courses for women and workshops? Does
it have a symptom tracker? What's special about your app?
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
So, by the way, the app is launching in December,
so I think you should check out at that time.
I didn't want you to feel that. So the way
the app is laid out is depending on your ethnic background.
Like I said, if you want to reveal it, if
you don't want to reveal it, that's fine. Depending on
the stage, right, whether you're perimenopausal, menopausal or post menopausal.
Menopausal is just twelve months. By the way, postmenopausal you
(09:26):
will experience different symptoms, completely different symptoms. So if let's
say you are perimenopausal, you're going to probably you're going
to tell me what kind of symptoms you need help with.
For instance, heart flashes as an example, having a problem
with sleeping, your libido can go down, you pa put
on weight, all those things. So depending on what the
(09:49):
app will ask you, depending on that it will it
will teach you simple holistic therapies or kind of diet
you should be taking a guideline, right, what kind of
for exercises, What kind of hypnotherapy sessions is another one. Counseling, aromatherapy,
some breathing practices right, neopathy, some herbs. All that the
(10:11):
app will walk you through a systematic on a daily basis,
some kind of a short lessons. These are bite sizings,
they are off videos. What we've gone through is we've
gone over all over the world, and partner with over
three thousand plus holistic experts, and the experts will be
telling talking about it in short videos two minutes or something.
(10:35):
Then there could be a quiz, there could be some
kind of infographic. The idea is to teach you right
to empower you so that you can start taking care
of yourself according to what bothers you. Now, this is
a simple app and we're pricing it at so affordables
like five dollars per person per month. It's no brainer
(10:56):
for all the women to learn or take care of themselves.
If someone wants a personalized because you know, like I said,
every woman is going to be different, You are going
to have different symptoms than I, then you can we
can put you in consultation with a naturopathic doctor or
you know, a holistic expert who can map out your
(11:17):
entire holistic plan according to your symptoms. The key is
getting into a daily routine. Setting a daily routine. That
is the key. And that's and and also that a
lot of other things. Your diet has to completely change
when you get at that age. So app is going
to show you guidelines. It's not going to be made advice,
(11:38):
of course, for five dollars, right, But after that, if
you want to go to the next step, we have
the capability that you can do that.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
That's that's so great. I can't even tell you I
love that and it is very affordable. Before we started
airing you, you were talking about different places in the
world that you're empowering women.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Can you share that too, Yes.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
So my goal is as I shared a little bit
of my personal story, it's still and I got so
inspired from a househelp who was working in our home
as a cook that I thought I have to do
something in my life. At that time, also, I thought
about it. You know, so many women, especially in rural
(12:23):
parts of the world, whether it's India, Pakistan, Sudan now Israel, right,
they don't know how to take care of themselves. So
one of the things what we're doing is we're partnering
with nonprofits all over the world. In Pakistan, in India,
we're talking with someone and so then we're also talking
with Israel. Unfortunately, what has happened to empower these women
(12:44):
to start taking care of themselves their mental health. Most
of them have been abused. They're still being abused physical
violence and domestic ballenced by their husbands or their husband's families.
It's very common in that part of the world, and
they have no clue local at all to take care
of themselves. And so that's what we are doing, is
partnering with nonprofits making it so affordable these women understand
(13:08):
and then they empower themselves. They start taking care of
themselves so that they can they don't fall into osteoporosis
and all kind of chronic conditions they get older. So
we're working with a lot of my nonprofits right now.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Very very cool, very good work.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
I know my articulation with verbs today or adjectives is off.
I'm a little tired, that's okay, that's okay. Tell me,
has your liver now that you've been healing yourself and
working to heal other women, did your liver heal?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yes? And that's the that's the strangest part, right, No, convert,
I am more healthy, healthier than I used to be
in my thirties. I feel much better if I shared
my picture of you in my thirties, I was waiting
I used to be. You know, all the things it
wasn't like just the bag part, the way I know,
(14:05):
the way you express yourself, your mindset, right, it's not
just one thing that changes the how you feel self esteem,
your confidence, the positivity. I feel much more alive now
because I have to get rid of that whole in
my mind that you're trying to please someone who's never
going to be pleased, right, and we women are always
(14:30):
trying to please someone.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I mean, I know that's huge for women. Yeah, it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
It doesn't matter which part of the world you're coming from,
and that's what is shocking. I thought when I would
go to US, the United States, America, I would be liberated.
I'm like women all over the world. Unfortunately we all
think similar, right, it doesn't which where we're coming from.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
I agree, but I totally agree with you.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Yeah, I think i'men in America and Canada and some
places in Europe often have more opportunities, but it's still
very patriarchal.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Yeah, yeah, it is. And things are changing now, you know.
It's not that things are not changing. Things have changed
a lot since for the last twenty thirty years. But
still women have to work harder to be accepted everywhere.
That's that is the way it is.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Yeah, So for our listeners, Amita mentioned that her app
will be available in December, so we are recording this
episode in twenty twenty three. It's going to be published
in twenty twenty four, so by the time you're listening,
the app is going to be released and all the
(15:57):
kinks will be worked out by then, because there's usually
kings with anything there. So I hope that you check
it out. Nourish Dot What else, Amita? Do you want
people to know about you and your work? Like if
someone had a question for you, what's the best way
to reach out to you?
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Yeah, so I would say that, you know my personal story,
Sometimes you feel, you know, this is it. I can't
do anything more, you know. I felt like that about
ten years back. I was working with corporate and it
was it gives me that in jobs, very hyping, but
(16:36):
I felt that I could never reach where I could have,
you know, being a director or a VP or all
that stuff. And I just kind of kept going and
kept going, and then suddenly this idea came enough nourished
doc right, and then I said, oh, okay, let me
try it out. And it wasn't easy. You know, it
takes time. So never give up, hope is what I'm
(16:57):
trying to my messages to you. Sometimes you like, oh,
it's a dead end. I personally felt it because I
had to go and work with you know, twenty something
and try to behave like, oh, I'm still cool. You
know all those things right, women try to always fit in.
So my message to all the women is try to internalize.
(17:18):
Talk to your heart, ask yourself what is it that
you wanted where you are in life, and try to
follow that passion if you can. Sometimes you cannot, but
if you can, try to do that on the side.
So that's my biggest message that I did that and
here I am, you know, working all over the world
helping all these women and nonprofits. And I could have
(17:40):
never even thought about this if you ask me this
question even one year back. But I kept trying. You
keep trying to what you want to do, And in
my cad really wanted to reach out to some of
the women out there in villages and rural areas of
the world where there's no hope. So to read to me,
(18:00):
you can read simple hello at the shop dot COM's.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Say that one more.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Time at E L L O. Hello at lettistock dot com.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Oh I love that.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yes, Okay.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Now for women who.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Have so much on their mind that they're just kind
of going through the emotions and they're not even looking
at their physical like I know, menopause is physical mental,
the hormonal piece. Yes, you know for women who have
so much on their mind, is this a priority they
should make?
Speaker 4 (18:40):
Why or why not?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
It's very important. See, if you do not let go
of all the emotions, whether good or bad, you're going
to start getting sick. That is how important and priority
it is. Whatever it is. And don't blame yourself. That
is what we've been to do. We always oh it
was my word, Oh I could have done this. Something
(19:04):
like this such a high priority for all the women.
You have to self love, self care. Otherwise, all these
emotions they're not digested, right, they're going in our body,
so they're going to show in some way. Guess what,
some kind of a chronic condition that will come cancer
if you look at it. I'm not that I'm saying
people don't start getting cancers if they don't digest their emotions,
(19:26):
but all these chronic conditions also manifest because you have
not digested your emotions, You have not wasted yourself, you
have not said what you wanted to do. So it's very,
very important for women to digest their emotions, and we
have an emotional wellness program as well as part of
the perimenopause menopause. But during these years. The funny thing
(19:48):
is when you start getting through perimenopause, all the childhood
trauma starts resurfacing. Right. I don't know if that's in
my case, and so many times, right, that's resurfacing to
most of the women's And I think sometimes you say,
oh no, let it go. I'm not going to confirm
(20:10):
that person, but I had to confirm some of the
people that gave me that trauma. Otherwise I was not
getting at peace with myself. Whether that person agreed or not,
that's a completely different colent. But I released my emotions
and I'm sharing that with all the women who are
going to listen to it. I released my emotions with
(20:32):
the people that gave me trauma, and that's how I
am at peace and that's how you see me today.
So that is important for women to let off the trauma.
You can do it with your therapist. In my case,
I did with the exact person gave me the trauma.
I wanted to let them make sure that hey, this
is what you did. Then that's what affected my life right,
(20:54):
very very important. I'm telling you my liver is perfectly fine,
and that was one of the reasons why you used
to it's sick is because I would keep hold everything
in everything in never voice my opinion. And that's such
a wrong thing for women to do.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Why a lot of women overeat or overspend shopping, even
gambling can happen, drugs, alcohol because of that stuffing the emotions.
So that was really powerful that you said. I also
liked that you mentioned therapy because not everyone can confront
their the person that wrong them or wounded them in
(21:33):
some way. That person could be diseased or maybe that
person is dangerous, so it'd be unsafe. So do you
have any other recommendations other than going to a therapist
that could help as well to release emotions.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Group? I think group therapy that's what we are going
to offer, because yes, absolutely, in my case it was
different the person was not deceased than not dangerous, and
you know, I did what I could to help myself
at that time. But I think a group therapy safe
environment where people won't judge you. Sometimes you know you
don't want to go talk to your friends because they
(22:10):
know you for such a long time and they might
judge you, you know, because they know what you were
who you were. I should say that a few years back.
So sometimes strangers. Actually, I feel strangers are better because
they're not going to judge you. They're going to just
listen to your story, how you feel, what your your
(22:31):
viewpoint is, not someone else's see You are always going
to try to think of, Oh, my friend is thinks
she's going to judge me, Oh I can never talk
to her, or what if she starts talking to me differently,
I think a group of women who have gone through
similar kind of experiences group therapy can be very powerful.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
Yeah, I agree and disagree with you kidding. Sometimes there
are good friends that you can confide in, But I
think you're that some friends are judgmental, so you got
to be choosy. Yeah, who you share with. But I
really love the idea of sharing in a support group.
Research shows that is one of the best ways to
(23:15):
feel because you got all that peer support. So I
really love that.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
So as we.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Wrap up today, do you have any final comments or
words or inspiration you want to pass on today?
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Yeah, Like I said, self, love for women. That is
so important self gire. We have to love ourselves. That's
my final words. If we don't love ourselves, we won't
be able to give the love we want to give. Right,
you need to feel good, then only you can make
other people feel good. So so we've even always tried
(23:47):
to have someone else feel you know, let them feel important.
We never prioritize ourselves, so I think prioritize yourself. Love yourself,
try to follow your and let go of all the
bad emotions in your head. You will see the positivity
that'll come to you. And try some breathing exercises and
(24:09):
simple month rest feeling. It does wondrous And that's what
I have done, you know, simple simple things.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
So that was so beautiful. Sharma Amita, I should say,
Sharmas are lasting. Thank you so much for that and
also thank you for being our guest today.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Care yourself, thank you, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Thank you for listening in today. Please join us next week,
same day and time. Also, I would love for you
to check out my website Heal Thrive dream dot com
Welcome to the heel Thrived Dream Podcast, where trauma survivors
become healthy thrivers. Each month will feature a theme in
the trauma recovery and empowerment field to promote your recovery,
healing and learning how to build dreams. Here's your host,
Karen Robinson, transformational coach and therapist.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hi there, Welcome back to the Heel Thrived Dream Podcast.
Our guest is Armita Sharma. Amita is a co founder
of Noourish Dot, a holistic wellness platform focus to empower
woman emperimental puzzle years and beyond. She has developed cultural, sensitive, affordable,
(00:48):
innovative self care. Amida is helping serve women around the world. So, Amita,
I would love for you to tell us about that
as you speak. At first, I would like to know
if you have any personal traumas that you feel okay
(01:10):
to share today, because, as we talked about earlier, a
lot of the women that come on the podcast who
have a heart to serve women have also been through
some tough times.
Speaker 3 (01:20):
Anything you like to share, yeah, absolutely. So. You know,
my generation of women growing up in a place like
India at that time, education to women was very limited,
So just being born as a girl child, trying to educate,
go get through the education with my family was a struggle.
You know. My dad had to fight with Hamley so
(01:42):
that he can send me to the best school as
an example. And then you know, my parents left to
Africa in Algeria, and I was kind of there for
seven eight years or almost ten years by myself in
a place like India, in a boarding school where I
had to go and you know, figure out how to
get cast the trains go to my relatives. So that
(02:04):
was at the age of thirteen or fourteen, a young
teenage girl in India going by herself was you can imagine,
you know, the chances of getting graved, the chances of
getting molested, the chances of getting all kinds of things.
So I think that was very traumatic years for me,
growing up as a teenager in a place like that
country where I had to figure out, you know, all
(02:24):
the logistics. So then after that, I decided, okay, I
need to come get out of that country. And that
was a bad not a bad experience, but enough trauma
for me, and I wanted to come to the United
States and I came to god Admission here and got
married and I was never you know, supported by my
(02:45):
husband's family. They never accepted me, and that was another trauma.
And that was used to be a common you know,
in laws, mother in law or in laws, we never
you know, they usually come around after a few years, right,
So here I was they it always looked down on me,
talked bad on me. It wasn't like a physical violence,
but enough verbal verbal abuse that that happened for many
(03:09):
many years. In fact, even now I think so. And
here I was trying to always please, you know, because
I was a clear so that I think it was
very difficult for me to accept that I can be
abused with from someone who is less educated than me constantly,
and I'm trying to please that person all the time,
(03:30):
and that person never gets placed. Even after the birth
of my two kids, and I thought, oh, if I
produce an you know son, you know, in those culture,
son is considered to be like you know how it
is a patriarchal society. In fact, all over the world
for that matter, Oh, I will be excited. And that
hadn't happened. So having put my kids trying to grow
(03:51):
up in a country here, you know, not really with
the family that that normally you know you are used to.
I think that was a huge trn in my life
and the things started changing a little bit. I decided
to go back to India about ten years back, taking
my kids too, so that they can grow up in
a culture, because I wanted them to feel a little
(04:13):
bit of a community, feeling, feel a bit of family.
And I saw these women househelps who were so traumatized,
who were abandoned from their husbands, who were literally on
the streets right like here, homeless, and they have so
much confidence they're working in our home and the house self,
and so much confidence to lead their life and let
(04:36):
go of the women, their husbands or whoever is giving
them trauma. That opened my eyes. I can't even tell
you how much.
Speaker 4 (04:50):
Yeah, thank you for sharing all that.
Speaker 2 (04:54):
Yeah, it's I can see why now you have the
heart to do the work that you're doing. Can you
tell us a little bit more about NOURISHTOC like how
did you get idea to start it? And just generally
tell us a little bit more about it.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Yes, So all that trauma and what I just said.
In my early twenties thirties, I used to be always
have sort of like a mild depression I was always
a bit depressed. I was not on medication, but I
also used to have liver problems. Anytime I would think
of all these talk I talked about not being accepted,
(05:30):
I was still getting pain on my right side of
my liver and I was barely in my thirties. And
the insurance person or the doctor told me, you're not
going to survive for another five years because you have
you know, you live in bad ship. Can you imagine that?
And it wasn't nothing was wrong with me. It was
just that I was processing all those mental right emotional
(05:52):
trauma in my head of not being accepted. So I
started researching and I said, oh my god, medication won't
suit me, as I would throw up. And I started
researching into holistic lifestyle at that time, and I was
a big believer, and that's what started leading me. I
started changing my diet, I started doing Panama. I started well,
(06:13):
I started keeping changing my mindset. It wasn't an overnight process.
It took a lot of years. I must say that
to positivity. So all that started doing, and sure enough,
like I said, I became a different person. It took years.
And then a few years back, I was pery apostle
just entering into forties and I had to go. I
(06:36):
was working in corporate here in Silicon Valley, and I
had no clue what perry my cause is. And here
I used to be conducting meetings and I would start sweating, right,
and I had no idea what's going on with me?
And I would get all against again, depressed and feeling anxious,
and suddenly, you know, my floor would be someone has
(06:58):
opened a tap and it was very embarrassing. And suddenly
I'm like in the middle meeting and you're sweating and
like you don't know what to do. So that's when
I started researching them a little bit more. And like
women turn forward and they start looking at you like
your life is over. That's not true. So that's when
(07:18):
the idea came about of really helping women who are
entering pery metopause and how do you help them with
holistic lifestyle, holistic therapies and empowering them. Right, So that's
how this thing journey started.
Speaker 4 (07:36):
That's quite the story.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
And what's the name of your self care app?
Speaker 3 (07:41):
Noticed up?
Speaker 2 (07:45):
Okay, so it's not just the name of your website,
you have an app too.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
That's also called the same thing.
Speaker 3 (07:51):
Yes, yes, yes, And the app is going to be
culturally sensitive, meaning every woman experiences menopause. Menopause differently depends
on your ethnic background, and I can go on and
on on that, but like you would experience differently than
me depending on what my lifestyle has been in the past,
(08:13):
how my genes could have been, you know, like for instance,
Indian women they start menopause about five six years earlier
than a normal age of fifty on fifty two as
an example. So the app is taking care of your
cultural sensitivity.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Yeah, that's the first time I've heard in you when
doing that. So that's that's really awesome. Wow, I'm early
impressed by that. So do you have any other like
does your app? I haven't checked it out yet, so
I apologize for that. I absolutely will after this podcast.
I'll add my thoughts to the show notes. But tell me, like,
(08:54):
does the app have courses for women and workshops? Does
it have a symptom tracker? What's special about your app?
Speaker 4 (09:02):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (09:02):
So, by the way, the app is launching in December,
so I think you should check out at that time.
I didn't want you to feel that. So the way
the app is laid out is depending on your ethnic background.
Like I said, if you want to reveal it, if
you don't want to reveal it, that's fine. Depending on
the stage, right, whether you're perimenopausal, menopausal or post menopausal.
Menopausal is just twelve months. By the way, postmenopausal you
(09:26):
will experience different symptoms, completely different symptoms. So if let's
say you are perimenopausal, you're going to probably you're going
to tell me what kind of symptoms you need help with.
For instance, heart flashes as an example, having a problem
with sleeping, your libido can go down, you pa put
on weight, all those things. So depending on what the
(09:49):
app will ask you, depending on that it will it
will teach you simple holistic therapies or kind of diet
you should be taking a guideline, right, what kind of
for exercises, What kind of hypnotherapy sessions is another one. Counseling, aromatherapy,
some breathing practices right, neopathy, some herbs. All that the
(10:11):
app will walk you through a systematic on a daily basis,
some kind of a short lessons. These are bite sizings,
they are off videos. What we've gone through is we've
gone over all over the world, and partner with over
three thousand plus holistic experts, and the experts will be
telling talking about it in short videos two minutes or something.
(10:35):
Then there could be a quiz, there could be some
kind of infographic. The idea is to teach you right
to empower you so that you can start taking care
of yourself according to what bothers you. Now, this is
a simple app and we're pricing it at so affordables
like five dollars per person per month. It's no brainer
(10:56):
for all the women to learn or take care of themselves.
If someone wants a personalized because you know, like I said,
every woman is going to be different, You are going
to have different symptoms than I, then you can we
can put you in consultation with a naturopathic doctor or
you know, a holistic expert who can map out your
(11:17):
entire holistic plan according to your symptoms. The key is
getting into a daily routine. Setting a daily routine. That
is the key. And that's and and also that a
lot of other things. Your diet has to completely change
when you get at that age. So app is going
to show you guidelines. It's not going to be made advice,
(11:38):
of course, for five dollars, right, But after that, if
you want to go to the next step, we have
the capability that you can do that.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
That's that's so great. I can't even tell you I
love that and it is very affordable. Before we started
airing you, you were talking about different places in the
world that you're empowering women.
Speaker 4 (12:01):
Can you share that too, Yes.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
So my goal is as I shared a little bit
of my personal story, it's still and I got so
inspired from a househelp who was working in our home
as a cook that I thought I have to do
something in my life. At that time, also, I thought
about it. You know, so many women, especially in rural
(12:23):
parts of the world, whether it's India, Pakistan, Sudan now Israel, right,
they don't know how to take care of themselves. So
one of the things what we're doing is we're partnering
with nonprofits all over the world. In Pakistan, in India,
we're talking with someone and so then we're also talking
with Israel. Unfortunately, what has happened to empower these women
(12:44):
to start taking care of themselves their mental health. Most
of them have been abused. They're still being abused physical
violence and domestic ballenced by their husbands or their husband's families.
It's very common in that part of the world, and
they have no clue local at all to take care
of themselves. And so that's what we are doing, is
partnering with nonprofits making it so affordable these women understand
(13:08):
and then they empower themselves. They start taking care of
themselves so that they can they don't fall into osteoporosis
and all kind of chronic conditions they get older. So
we're working with a lot of my nonprofits right now.
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Very very cool, very good work.
Speaker 2 (13:27):
I know my articulation with verbs today or adjectives is off.
I'm a little tired, that's okay, that's okay. Tell me,
has your liver now that you've been healing yourself and
working to heal other women, did your liver heal?
Speaker 3 (13:43):
Yes? And that's the that's the strangest part, right, No, convert,
I am more healthy, healthier than I used to be
in my thirties. I feel much better if I shared
my picture of you in my thirties, I was waiting
I used to be. You know, all the things it
wasn't like just the bag part, the way I know,
(14:05):
the way you express yourself, your mindset, right, it's not
just one thing that changes the how you feel self esteem,
your confidence, the positivity. I feel much more alive now
because I have to get rid of that whole in
my mind that you're trying to please someone who's never
going to be pleased, right, and we women are always
(14:30):
trying to please someone.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
I mean, I know that's huge for women. Yeah, it
doesn't matter.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
It doesn't matter which part of the world you're coming from,
and that's what is shocking. I thought when I would
go to US, the United States, America, I would be liberated.
I'm like women all over the world. Unfortunately we all
think similar, right, it doesn't which where we're coming from.
Speaker 4 (15:01):
I agree, but I totally agree with you.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
Yeah, I think i'men in America and Canada and some
places in Europe often have more opportunities, but it's still
very patriarchal.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
Yeah, yeah, it is. And things are changing now, you know.
It's not that things are not changing. Things have changed
a lot since for the last twenty thirty years. But
still women have to work harder to be accepted everywhere.
That's that is the way it is.
Speaker 2 (15:35):
Yeah, So for our listeners, Amita mentioned that her app
will be available in December, so we are recording this
episode in twenty twenty three. It's going to be published
in twenty twenty four, so by the time you're listening,
the app is going to be released and all the
(15:57):
kinks will be worked out by then, because there's usually
kings with anything there. So I hope that you check
it out. Nourish Dot What else, Amita? Do you want
people to know about you and your work? Like if
someone had a question for you, what's the best way
to reach out to you?
Speaker 3 (16:15):
Yeah, so I would say that, you know my personal story,
Sometimes you feel, you know, this is it. I can't
do anything more, you know. I felt like that about
ten years back. I was working with corporate and it
was it gives me that in jobs, very hyping, but
(16:36):
I felt that I could never reach where I could have,
you know, being a director or a VP or all
that stuff. And I just kind of kept going and
kept going, and then suddenly this idea came enough nourished
doc right, and then I said, oh, okay, let me
try it out. And it wasn't easy. You know, it
takes time. So never give up, hope is what I'm
(16:57):
trying to my messages to you. Sometimes you like, oh,
it's a dead end. I personally felt it because I
had to go and work with you know, twenty something
and try to behave like, oh, I'm still cool. You
know all those things right, women try to always fit in.
So my message to all the women is try to internalize.
(17:18):
Talk to your heart, ask yourself what is it that
you wanted where you are in life, and try to
follow that passion if you can. Sometimes you cannot, but
if you can, try to do that on the side.
So that's my biggest message that I did that and
here I am, you know, working all over the world
helping all these women and nonprofits. And I could have
(17:40):
never even thought about this if you ask me this
question even one year back. But I kept trying. You
keep trying to what you want to do, And in
my cad really wanted to reach out to some of
the women out there in villages and rural areas of
the world where there's no hope. So to read to me,
(18:00):
you can read simple hello at the shop dot COM's.
Speaker 4 (18:06):
Say that one more.
Speaker 3 (18:07):
Time at E L L O. Hello at lettistock dot com.
Speaker 4 (18:14):
Oh I love that.
Speaker 3 (18:15):
Yes, Okay.
Speaker 4 (18:16):
Now for women who.
Speaker 2 (18:20):
Have so much on their mind that they're just kind
of going through the emotions and they're not even looking
at their physical like I know, menopause is physical mental,
the hormonal piece. Yes, you know for women who have
so much on their mind, is this a priority they
should make?
Speaker 4 (18:40):
Why or why not?
Speaker 3 (18:43):
It's very important. See, if you do not let go
of all the emotions, whether good or bad, you're going
to start getting sick. That is how important and priority
it is. Whatever it is. And don't blame yourself. That
is what we've been to do. We always oh it
was my word, Oh I could have done this. Something
(19:04):
like this such a high priority for all the women.
You have to self love, self care. Otherwise, all these
emotions they're not digested, right, they're going in our body,
so they're going to show in some way. Guess what,
some kind of a chronic condition that will come cancer
if you look at it. I'm not that I'm saying
people don't start getting cancers if they don't digest their emotions,
(19:26):
but all these chronic conditions also manifest because you have
not digested your emotions, You have not wasted yourself, you
have not said what you wanted to do. So it's very,
very important for women to digest their emotions, and we
have an emotional wellness program as well as part of
the perimenopause menopause. But during these years. The funny thing
(19:48):
is when you start getting through perimenopause, all the childhood
trauma starts resurfacing. Right. I don't know if that's in
my case, and so many times, right, that's resurfacing to
most of the women's And I think sometimes you say,
oh no, let it go. I'm not going to confirm
(20:10):
that person, but I had to confirm some of the
people that gave me that trauma. Otherwise I was not
getting at peace with myself. Whether that person agreed or not,
that's a completely different colent. But I released my emotions
and I'm sharing that with all the women who are
going to listen to it. I released my emotions with
(20:32):
the people that gave me trauma, and that's how I
am at peace and that's how you see me today.
So that is important for women to let off the trauma.
You can do it with your therapist. In my case,
I did with the exact person gave me the trauma.
I wanted to let them make sure that hey, this
is what you did. Then that's what affected my life right,
(20:54):
very very important. I'm telling you my liver is perfectly fine,
and that was one of the reasons why you used
to it's sick is because I would keep hold everything
in everything in never voice my opinion. And that's such
a wrong thing for women to do.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Why a lot of women overeat or overspend shopping, even
gambling can happen, drugs, alcohol because of that stuffing the emotions.
So that was really powerful that you said. I also
liked that you mentioned therapy because not everyone can confront
their the person that wrong them or wounded them in
(21:33):
some way. That person could be diseased or maybe that
person is dangerous, so it'd be unsafe. So do you
have any other recommendations other than going to a therapist
that could help as well to release emotions.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Group? I think group therapy that's what we are going
to offer, because yes, absolutely, in my case it was
different the person was not deceased than not dangerous, and
you know, I did what I could to help myself
at that time. But I think a group therapy safe
environment where people won't judge you. Sometimes you know you
don't want to go talk to your friends because they
(22:10):
know you for such a long time and they might
judge you, you know, because they know what you were
who you were. I should say that a few years back.
So sometimes strangers. Actually, I feel strangers are better because
they're not going to judge you. They're going to just
listen to your story, how you feel, what your your
(22:31):
viewpoint is, not someone else's see You are always going
to try to think of, Oh, my friend is thinks
she's going to judge me, Oh I can never talk
to her, or what if she starts talking to me differently,
I think a group of women who have gone through
similar kind of experiences group therapy can be very powerful.
Speaker 2 (22:52):
Yeah, I agree and disagree with you kidding. Sometimes there
are good friends that you can confide in, But I
think you're that some friends are judgmental, so you got
to be choosy. Yeah, who you share with. But I
really love the idea of sharing in a support group.
Research shows that is one of the best ways to
(23:15):
feel because you got all that peer support. So I
really love that.
Speaker 4 (23:20):
So as we.
Speaker 2 (23:20):
Wrap up today, do you have any final comments or
words or inspiration you want to pass on today?
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Yeah, Like I said, self, love for women. That is
so important self gire. We have to love ourselves. That's
my final words. If we don't love ourselves, we won't
be able to give the love we want to give. Right,
you need to feel good, then only you can make
other people feel good. So so we've even always tried
(23:47):
to have someone else feel you know, let them feel important.
We never prioritize ourselves, so I think prioritize yourself. Love yourself,
try to follow your and let go of all the
bad emotions in your head. You will see the positivity
that'll come to you. And try some breathing exercises and
(24:09):
simple month rest feeling. It does wondrous And that's what
I have done, you know, simple simple things.
Speaker 2 (24:15):
So that was so beautiful. Sharma Amita, I should say,
Sharmas are lasting. Thank you so much for that and
also thank you for being our guest today.
Speaker 3 (24:29):
Care yourself, thank you, thank you so much.
Speaker 1 (24:34):
Thank you for listening in today. Please join us next week,
same day and time. Also, I would love for you
to check out my website Heal Thrive dream dot com
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