How do you divine?®

Sanika Nikki
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How Do You Divine?®, a podcast that explores how each of us defines—and is defined by—the powerful words that guide our lives. Every episode focuses on a single word, inviting listeners to connect deeply by examining its meaning through the lens of personal experience, knowledge, and environment. We keep the conversation simple and impactful, amplifying the connections we all share.

  1. 5d ago

    PIVOT: Your Job Title Is Not Your Skillset

    Most people hear pivot and think something went wrong. Andrea Wade thinks that's backwards. Today's word is PIVOT. Not as a crisis, not as a retreat. As a design. Andrea Wade is the founder of The Pivot Lab, where she helps experienced professionals navigate career transitions with confidence. Deloitte. Arthur Andersen. Mattel. Bank of America. Years as an agent at Creative Artists Agency before she built her own. Her path has never been straight, and that is the point. We get into why a layoff feels like rejection when it usually has nothing to do with you. Why the outside world has no idea what your title means. What Andrea calls career insurance, and why you build it before you need it. Her four-part framework: reflect, research, reframe, relaunch. And the line that stopped the whole conversation, which is that you cannot be creative and dream if you are exhausted. Andrea leaves you with one thing. Zero in on what you are curious about, and what you are nervous about. Then get closer to both. 00:00 Coming Up 00:24 Podcast Intro 00:56 Today's Word: PIVOT 03:34 What a Pivot Actually Means 04:32 The Layoff 08:15 Nervous Is Not the Same as Fearful 12:31 Your Job Title Is Not Your Skillset 17:24 Career Insurance 21:19 The Brilliant Women Who Want to Tap Out 29:44 Reflect, Research, Reframe, Relaunch 32:28 You Cannot Have It All At Once 35:09 Sunk Cost 45:14 You Cannot Dream If You Are Exhausted 46:42 One Thing Before You Pivot 48:13 Close Out 48:30 On the Next Show New episode every Sunday. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3AZl8GfkoguBI2D4YjVlvk Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1551800337 howdoyoudivine.com Instagram: @howdoyoudivine #PIVOT #HowDoYouDivine #DesignedNotDrifted #careerpivot #layoff Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

  2. Aug 16

    DESIGNED: What If You Never Chose Who You Are?

    Most of us never chose the life we're living. We absorbed it. Season 4 of How Do You Divine? opens with the word DESIGNED. Not designed as in planned, mapped out, rigid. Designed as in responsive. Intention and flexibility at the same time. In this episode I get honest about my own drift. Season 3 grew. My interviewing got sharper. The systems got better. More stories went out into the world. And somewhere in that growth I lost the heart of the show. Technically better. Soulfully thin. That was the drift. So we look at how drifting actually happens. Not as a dramatic wrong turn. The slow kind. In work. In motherhood. In the relationships where we stay present physically and quietly moonwalk out emotionally. This week's Divine Assignment: find one area where you've been drifting. Write it down. Pen to paper, not your phone. Then review it before you design what that version should look like. Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

  3. 10/22/2025

    UNFILTERED| Cancel culture, AI, activism, and everything Sanika held back all season

    In this Season 3 finale, Sanika answers your questions from social media with zero filter — cancel culture, AI and media, the blurred lines between activism and performance, generational differences in social justice, and everything she held back all season long. Raw, honest, and completely unscripted. Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

  4. 10/15/2025

    FEEL AH WAY| What Brooklyn streets reveal about Caribbean emotional intelligence

    In this special episode, Sanika introduces Feel Ah Way — a project born on the streets of Brooklyn that captures the raw, unfiltered emotional communication of Caribbean culture across generations. We explore how the way Caribbean people express, process, and navigate feelings is its own language — and why that language deserves to be documented, celebrated, and passed forward.g. Watch the series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_zO7uQUSvjTHmRPx7fPpf9X3Kz2Nw2ZK Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

  5. 10/08/2025

    ADAPT| A psychiatrist's guide to moving through trauma, stigma, and life's hardest seasons

    In this episode, psychiatric physician and public health expert Dr. Wole Babatunde shares his migration story, the personal trauma he navigated on the path to becoming a physician in the US, and what decades of psychiatric care taught him about the human capacity to adapt. We break down the stigma around mental health in communities of color, the tools that actually help you move through life's hardest seasons, and why adaptability is not weakness — it is wisdom. Please continue to support Dr. Oluwole Babatunde MD by purchasing his book https://www.amazon.com/Adapt-Advance-Faith-Based-Step-Step-ebook/dp/B0F8L8GHYM?ref_=ast_author_dp&th=1&psc=1 Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

  6. 10/01/2025

    ILLUMINATE| What imposter syndrome, job loss, and a move to Dallas taught one woman about her light

    In this episode, Deb Lester, founder of the Conquer Club, shares how an unexpected job loss and a spontaneous move to Dallas became the catalyst for helping women find their light and conquer their fears. We explore what imposter syndrome really costs you, what entrepreneurship demands that nobody warns you about, and what it means to stop dimming yourself for spaces that were never built for your brightness. Please continue to support her  https://conquerwithdeb.comSend us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

  7. 09/24/2025

    TRANSFORMATIVE| From corporate finance to author and podcaster

    In this episode, author, podcaster, and former corporate professional Urmi shares how she walked away from a finance career to embrace a life that honored both her traditional roots and her creative ambitions. We explore what transformation looks like when culture, identity, and the pressure to stay in your lane are all pulling in different directions at once. Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

  8. 09/17/2025

    RENDER| How one man brought tech, culture, and community to Atlanta and changed the South

    In this episode, Justin E. Samuels, Visionary and Founder of RenderATL, shares how he built one of the most culturally distinctive tech conferences in the country by refusing to separate technology from community and culture. We explore what it takes to diversify an industry from the outside in, why the South is the next frontier for tech innovation, and how RenderATL is inspiring the next generation of builders. Please support RenderATL -https://www.renderatl.com/ Send us Fan Mail Thank you for listening and for adding new dimensions to your definitions. Keep growing, keep exploring, and keep defining life on your terms. Explore the website: howdoyoudivine.com Follow the show Instagram: instagram.com/howdoyoudivine YouTube: youtube.com/@howdoyoudivine Facebook: facebook.com/howdoyoudivine Meet the founder and host Sanika is a founder, inventor, and strategist building at the intersection of culture, media, and technology. How Do You Divine?® is the anchor of HDV Media, a company built on one idea. The words we inherit quietly design the lives we lead. Every episode takes one word and examines it through culture, intellect, emotion, and lived experience. Definitions that were handed to you. Definitions you adopted. Definitions you assumed were just normal. New episode every Sunday.

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How Do You Divine?®, a podcast that explores how each of us defines—and is defined by—the powerful words that guide our lives. Every episode focuses on a single word, inviting listeners to connect deeply by examining its meaning through the lens of personal experience, knowledge, and environment. We keep the conversation simple and impactful, amplifying the connections we all share.

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  • Creator
    Sanika Nikki
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 HOW DO YOU DIVINE LLC | HDV MEDIA
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