Lessons Learned with Komal Komal Minhas

Living and working differently takes careful planning, attention and, well... work! When we learn to be just as passionate about our well-being and community as we are about our passions and callings in life, we can be truly limitless. In this episode, Komal shares about her transformative experiences in the personal development space, and how they led her to set out on a path to create a curriculum and framework to help folks grow their resiliency.

Our success, no matter how small, deserves to celebrated, but self-doubt can creep in and make us forget that we are worthy of our wins. In this episode, Komal talks about what it’s like to come out of a season of quiet work and bet on yourself as you set out to achieve your goals.

Komal talks to Deepica Mutyala, Founder of Live Tinted about redefining our relationship to work and success. Deepica shares her story of why she refused to buy into other people’s expectations for her life and career and the narrative that she couldn’t work and be well. Komal and Deepica also talk about what it means to build a sustainable relationship to work, and how connecting to your mission can help you build the career of your dreams.

Valarie 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 ancestry and identity can help us amplify our impact and root into ourselves. Trigger warning: Mention of Sexual Assault.

Grief 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 gave herself over the last two weeks as she encountered a depth of grief and vulnerability, and the process of lifting herself back up.

This 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 sharing about the lessons their mothers taught them. It was the first time I’d ever heard my grandmother speak about her own mom, Ama. It was so beautiful and so funny.