5 episodes
Seen & Heard Social Well
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- Society & Culture
How do you find meaningful connection in an uncertain world? We’ll explore what it means for each of us to feel seen and heard by ourselves, our people, and our society and share helpful frameworks, tools, and practices along the way.
Your hosts - Willa, Smitha, and Raha - met on the dance teams at Harvard college, law school, and business school. Their life journeys took them on winding paths - from founding non-profits to pivoting careers to switching countries - in an effort to ultimately live a more authentic, fulfilling, and joyful life.
Learn more @ www.socialwell.co
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Episode 5: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment at Work
Darryl Finkton Jr., founder of End Poverty. Make Trillions. joins your hosts to share his path to finding freedom, purpose, and fulfillment at work. From growing up in the housing projects of Indianapolis with a single mom to graduating from Harvard, and becoming a Rhodes Scholar, Darryl explored many careers on his path to starting his current organization.
He and your hosts share how surrounding themselves with the right people and giving themselves permission to try different things enabled them to find success and meaning through work. You can learn more about Darryl's efforts to end poverty and make trillions at https://www.endpovertymaketrillions.com/.
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Episode 4: Navigating Career Identity Crises
Your hosts welcome holistic confidence coach, Lauren Goldberg, to share how she has navigated her way out of hard times — bouncing back from job layoffs, career crises, imposter syndrome, internalized ableism, and body shame. Together, they share helpful lessons and tools to build self-confidence, clarity around life decisions, and emotional resilience in the face of challenging times.
To learn more about Lauren and her confidence coaching practice, visit: www.laurengoldbergcoaching.com.
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Episode 3: Connecting with your Inner Child
Your hosts go on a journey to discover and lean into the beauty of their inner child. Through this conversation, they explore how to bring their inner light into the present and share tools for everyone to embrace and nurture their inner child as a way to better connect with themselves and one another.
You can also see Raha’s doodles, like the ones referenced in the podcast, here: http://raha.substack.com/.
Content warnings: bullying, racism, trauma -
Episode 2: Unpacking Connection
Willa, Smitha, and Raha begin defining connection and what it means to feel seen and heard by ourselves, our people, and our society.
Content warnings: racism, racial violence, and trauma -
Episode 1: Meet Your Hosts
Meet your hosts for Seen & Heard: Willa Zhou, Smitha Das, and Raha Francis. Learn more about why they came together to launch this podcast and what themes they’re excited to explore through these conversations.