Bold Hearted

Sabahat Naureen

Welcome to Bold Hearted, a podcast for living a bold, trailblazing life. If you tend to be inspired by those who blaze their own trails, refuse to limit themselves, and have fearless conversations on things that truly matter, you are in the right place. I’m your host, Sabahat. I'm an accomplished business strategy consultant, a confidence and mindset coach, an engineer and a creative. I have been studying personal growth for over a decade and have helped countless bold hearted men and women tap into their passions, own their voice and live a more inspired life. Through this podcast, I hope you get inspired to own your power, bulletproof your self-beliefs, and be your boldest and most unapologetic self. I’ll be here every other week with a fresh new episode that is guaranteed to fuel your fire, so whether you’re listening on your commute or on your stair-master, I hope you’ll follow along. Make sure to bookmark this podcast, download the episodes and dont forget to leave a rating and review - it means a lot! Connect with me on instagram @boldheartedpodcast Join my mailing list to be notified whenever a new episode drops: https://mailchi.mp/3621ba386eb3/podcast-subscribers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Lindsey Lerner on rejecting hustle culture, and embracing the unseen stories of the in-between

    12/30/2025

    Lindsey Lerner on rejecting hustle culture, and embracing the unseen stories of the in-between

    What a way to wrap up the year. Not on a hustle culture note touting accomplishments and stats, but with a grounded conversation about our messy middle process that often goes unnoticed. Our guest today is Lindsey Lerner - a Bronx-based photographer, documentarian, and creative director behind Field Notes from the Work (and the Wild) — a storytelling project that captures the unseen labor, rituals, and quiet persistence that shape creativity, community, and change. Rooted in anthropology and portraiture, her work blends image, sound, and live performance to create spaces where people feel fully seen and deeply understood. Before launching Field Notes, Lindsey spent over a decade building creative ecosystems — founding a Rhode Island music hub that hosted over a thousand community events and fifty music videos, tour managing nationally recognized musicians, and helping startups raise more than $4 million. Across every setting — stage, street, or strategy room — her focus has remained the same: translating the invisible work that makes transformation possible. Now, through Field Notes LIVE, she’s expanding that practice into participatory performance. Each event weaves projected portraits, layered sound, and live narration into a shared experience that turns documentation into dialogue — inviting audiences to slow down, look closer, and recognize the art in everyday life. Join Sabahat and Lindsey as they unpack hustle culture, talk about we are at risk of losing our humanity, and how we can build the muscle to slow down, in a world that tells us not to. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review, and share with a friend! Find me on Instagram @boldheartedpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  2. Balvinder Singh Powar on suicide prevention and breaking the cultural silence around mental health

    11/04/2025

    Balvinder Singh Powar on suicide prevention and breaking the cultural silence around mental health

    [Trigger warning: This episode discusses suicide] What happens when the person who shares your DNA, your face, and your shared identity — suddenly isn’t there anymore? In this deeply moving episode, I sit down with my former IE Business School professor, Balvinder Singh Powar — a global leader, mentor, and entrepreneur who has spent decades teaching others how to lead, collaborate, and innovate. But this time, the conversation isn’t about business strategy or leadership frameworks — it’s about humanity. Balvinder shares the story of losing his identical twin brother to suicide, and the profound journey of grief, spirituality, and rediscovery that followed. From a formative psychology lens, twins often form a bond deeper than even that with their biological parents — making this kind of loss not just emotional, but existential. Through his healing process, including traditional plant medicine, Balvinder came to see that life is energy — and energy never dies. Together, we explore the stigma around mental health, suicide prevention and the cultural silence around emotions. In cultures where parents weren’t taught emotional intelligence — and children were told to follow the straight and narrow — breaking the cycle takes extraordinary courage. We also touch on the beauty of non-linear careers, and what it means to lead and live with empathy in an increasingly disconnected world. Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review, and share with a friend! Find me on Instagram @boldheartedpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    49 min
  3. Dr. Samra Zafar on Courage: From Child Bride to One of Canada’s Most Powerful Women

    10/07/2025

    Dr. Samra Zafar on Courage: From Child Bride to One of Canada’s Most Powerful Women

    What does it take to rebuild your life from the ground up - after being told you don’t have one? In this deeply moving episode, I sit down with Dr. Samra Zafar, award-winning keynote speaker, doctor, charity founder, author and WXN Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women - to talk about her journey from being a child bride to becoming one of Canada’s most powerful voices. Samra shares what it was like to live under control and isolation, how she fought her way back to education, and why it took nearly a decade to finally stand in her own power. We talk about how patriarchy is systemic — baked into how girls are raised, how women are treated, and how cultures (especially South Asian ones) groom us to stay small. We also talk about the dangerous glamorization of the “tradwife” movement in North America - and why, from someone who actually lived that life, it’s nothing but a rebranded form of control. This is one of those conversations that will leave you in awe. Samra is the very definition of Bold Hearted. She didn’t just survive - she rewrote the script, and inspires you to do the same. Her new book, Unconditional, is out now - a story of liberation, resilience, and reclaiming your voice. You can learn more about Dr Samra Zafar here: https://www.samrazafar.com/ Liked this episode? Leave a rating or review, and share with a friend! Find me on Instagram @boldheartedpodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    44 min

About

Welcome to Bold Hearted, a podcast for living a bold, trailblazing life. If you tend to be inspired by those who blaze their own trails, refuse to limit themselves, and have fearless conversations on things that truly matter, you are in the right place. I’m your host, Sabahat. I'm an accomplished business strategy consultant, a confidence and mindset coach, an engineer and a creative. I have been studying personal growth for over a decade and have helped countless bold hearted men and women tap into their passions, own their voice and live a more inspired life. Through this podcast, I hope you get inspired to own your power, bulletproof your self-beliefs, and be your boldest and most unapologetic self. I’ll be here every other week with a fresh new episode that is guaranteed to fuel your fire, so whether you’re listening on your commute or on your stair-master, I hope you’ll follow along. Make sure to bookmark this podcast, download the episodes and dont forget to leave a rating and review - it means a lot! Connect with me on instagram @boldheartedpodcast Join my mailing list to be notified whenever a new episode drops: https://mailchi.mp/3621ba386eb3/podcast-subscribers Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.