Unscripted Growth Podcast

Is it enough to be one or the other?
We often think of certain qualities as opposites — kindness and directness, ambition and being grounded, leadership and teamwork, expertise and curiosity.
But what if these qualities aren't competing with one another? What if they actually need each other?
In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I reflect on why being both isn't simply a nice-to-have. Perhaps it's what keeps our strengths from becoming our blind spots.
🎙️ Listen in. I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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We talk a lot about transformation. But how often do we pause to consider what change asks of us as individuals?
In my latest Unscripted Conversation, I am joined by Tuli Shah, who brings over two decades of experience in leading organizational transformation.
Together, we explore change, leadership, and the human experiences behind both.
A conversation that left me with a few questions worth reflecting on.
🎙️ I hope you'll join us.

In this episode of Unscripted Conversation, I chat with Aparna Costa on the topic of rest. We touch upon why we women find it difficult to rest without attaching a purpose to it or even justifying it. She offers some practical advice on how to evaluate the situation in terms of evaluating every Yes using the lenses of 'fit for purpose' and 'what am I giving up'. If there is 1 thing I walked away from this conversation was - it is to move my REST to my TO DO list.

Why does someone's disapproval sometimes stay with us longer than their appreciation?
How often do we adjust our words, choices, or even our boundaries simply to avoid being disliked?
And where do we draw the line between being considerate of others and compromising who we are?
In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I explore our relationship with approval, the discomfort of being disliked, and what it might mean to become more comfortable with ourselves.
Perhaps the real question isn't whether others like us, but how much of ourselves we're willing to give up to be liked.

Some habits are so deeply woven into our lives that we rarely stop to question them.
This episode began with one ordinary question that made me notice something I had never really examined before.
What followed was less about finding an answer, and more about noticing what we may have quietly learned to believe.
In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I explore one of those everyday assumptions that may deserve a second look.

I’ve been doing a little artwork lately, and I noticed something: when I was younger, I could simply pick up a brush and begin. Now, I seem to want to know what the finished picture will look like before I make the first stroke.
It made me wonder—when did we become so uncomfortable with not knowing? And does that need for certainty quietly seep into other parts of our lives?
In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I reflect on whether we really need to see the entire pathway—or whether sometimes, knowing the next step is enough. 🎙️

There’s a conversation happening every day that no one else hears.
It’s the one we have with ourselves — after a mistake, when doubt creeps in, or when we wonder whether we’re good enough.
We may not always notice the words. But how much are they shaping what we believe about ourselves?
In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I take a pause to explore the conversation in our own heads — and ask a simple question:
If we spoke to someone we loved the way we sometimes speak to ourselves, would we be comfortable with what they heard?
🎙️ The Conversation No One Else Hears

Have you ever stopped feeling like yourself — more tired, less patient — and quietly swapped "what am I carrying?" for "what's wrong with me?"
Burnout doesn't announce itself. It just rewrites how we see ourselves — a missed deadline becomes unreliability, a lost hour becomes incapability.
But exhaustion and inadequacy are not the same thing.
New episode of Unscripted Growth: Are You Failing — or Carrying Too Much?

We often hear that our mind is a magnet — but what are we actually training it to notice?
Problems or possibilities?What is missing, or what is still working?What went wrong, or what might still be possible?
In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I reflect on how where we place our attention can quietly shape the way we experience our days.
Not about forced positivity.Just a pause to notice where our mind naturally goes — and whether that is where we want it to stay.

In this podcast I speak with Madhuri G on the topic of recognizing the chaos around you and not allowing the chaos to consume you.