Her Side of the Stories

with Asal Zara
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Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic long-form podcast about extraordinary women — and the lives that made them who they are. Hosted by Asal Zara and filmed in the forests of Ibiza, each conversation goes beyond what happened to explore what was happening inside her while life was happening outside. Childhood. Family. Love. Ambition. Identity. Loss. Success. Shame. Reinvention. The contradictions we rarely hear once the public story has been polished. Guests range from globally recognised women to extraordinary people you may never have heard of. The life doesn’t need to be relatable. The fe

  1. 2d ago ·  Bonus

    Why Do I Feel Lonely Even When I’m Never Alone?

    Feeling Lonely Even When Surrounded by People #loneliness #emotionalconnection #feelingseen Why do you feel lonely even when you have friends, family, children, messages, and people around you? Sometimes loneliness has less to do with being alone and more to do with feeling unseen. You might spend your whole day talking, helping, organizing, and being needed while still feeling as though nobody truly knows what is happening inside you. Please visit our website for more information: http://www.hersideofthestories.com In this direct-to-camera reflection, we look at emotional connection, why strong women often become the people everyone depends on, and why saying “I’m fine” for years sometimes leaves little space for others to know us. Feeling unseen in relationships, constantly adjusting yourself around other people, or being loved mainly through the roles you play can leave you feeling disconnected even in a full room. This reflection explores: - Why being surrounded is different from feeling seen - Why capable women sometimes feel deeply lonely - How hiding parts of yourself affects emotional connectionWhy opening up starts with one honest sentence - How identity and finding yourself connect with belonging - Sometimes the question is not how many people are around you. The question is where you feel most like yourself. Her Side of the Stories explores the inner lives behind the lives people see. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side.

    Why Do I Feel Lonely Even When I’m Never Alone?

  2. 6d ago

    Why Women Learn to Put Everyone Else First | Professor Claire Delahaye

    Why do so many women grow up feeling responsible for keeping everyone else happy? Professor of Feminism Claire Delahaye has spent her adult life studying the invisible rules that shape women’s lives. In this conversation, we explore how girls learn to please from an incredibly young age — and how those early messages can follow us into our relationships, motherhood, money, beauty and the way we see ourselves. We talk about raising girls who can say no, mother guilt, the mental load, weaponised incompetence, beauty standards, women judging other women, and whether you can want equality while still wanting your husband to be a gentleman. Ultimately, this is a conversation about the things we’ve been taught so early that they can start to feel like personality — and what happens when we finally begin questioning them. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. 🧡

    Why Women Learn to Put Everyone Else First | Professor Claire Delahaye

  3. Aug 16 ·  Bonus

    Why Does Someone’s Silence Make Us Blame Ourselves?

    Do you replay conversations, analyse texts or assume someone’s silence means you did something wrong?I’ve been thinking about why so many women overthink these tiny signals and whether the mind is actually trying to protect us from rejection, uncertainty or getting something wrong.In this video, I look at where that habit can come from, when reflection turns into circling, and how to stop getting trapped in the loop.

    Why Does Someone’s Silence Make Us Blame Ourselves?

  4. Aug 11

    She Left Iran at 18. Then Became Famous in a Country She'd Never Seen

    Mandana Karimi has spent much of her life moving between worlds Iran, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, fame, marriage, reinvention. But underneath all of it was something much quieter: the feeling of never really belonging anywhere. In this conversation, we talk about freedom, control, loneliness, identity, starting again, and what it costs to keep choosing yourself when the world keeps asking you to become someone else. Mandana Karimi became one of the most recognisable faces in Bollywood, building a career across film, television, modelling and some of India’s biggest campaigns. 🧡 We have an incredible story weekly, stay close and subscribe to our channels, it´s absolutely free!

    She Left Iran at 18. Then Became Famous in a Country She'd Never Seen

  5. Aug 8 ·  Bonus

    The Question Every Woman Is Afraid to Ask

    Finding Authenticity Amidst Life’s DemandsI’m Asal Zara, host of Her Side of the Stories.I’ve spent a huge part of my life observing people, adapting to different places, different cultures, different versions of myself… and now, sitting across from so many women, I keep hearing the same sentence:“I don’t feel like myself anymore.”This video is about that feeling. Not because I think we suddenly lose who we are, but because life gets loud. We become mothers, partners, daughters, carers, achievers… and somewhere in all of that, we sometimes stop checking in with ourselves.That is a big part of why I created Her Side of the Stories.To have the conversations underneath the life people can see.Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. 🧡

    The Question Every Woman Is Afraid to Ask

  6. Aug 4

    I Survived Abuse, Bulimia, A Coma… And I Still Believe In Life

    Behind one of the brightest public smiles is a story of childhood trauma, silence, survival, and extraordinary resilience. In this episode, Ilona opens up about growing up behind the Iron Curtain in communist Czechoslovakia, watching her father battle severe clinical depression, surviving childhood sexual abuse, developing bulimia that nearly cost her her life, and the devastating car crash that left her in an 11-day coma. Through it all, she shares the lessons that helped her keep choosing life, hope and healing. Ilona Nováková is a Czech entrepreneur, former model. Today, she is a Mallorca lifestyle ambassador, promoting the island through fashion, culture and international events. This is Her Side of The Stories with Asal Zara We have an incredible story weekly, stay close and subscribe 🧡

    I Survived Abuse, Bulimia, A Coma… And I Still Believe In Life

  7. Jul 28

    "At First, You Feel Like You Have Failed." (The Story of Ibiza's Mayor)

    There are moments in life where everything changes at once. A relationship ends. Someone you love dies. Suddenly you're responsible for more than you ever imagined. And underneath it all, there's this quiet feeling that somehow... you've failed. That's where Carmen's story begins. In this conversation she shares what it was really like to come back to Ibiza with two little girls, lose her father, carry her family's business, and slowly rebuild a life she never planned. Carmen Ferrer Torres is one of Ibiza’s leading public figures, serving as mayor of Santa Eulària des Riu and helping shape the future of one of the island’s most important communities. If you've ever had to be strong before you were ready, I think this conversation will stay with you. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side.   🧡

    "At First, You Feel Like You Have Failed." (The Story of Ibiza's Mayor)

  8. Jul 21

    She Went Silent For A Year… Then Her Body Taught Her How To Live | Amber Joy Rava

    Amber Joy Rava was 16 when she stopped talking for almost a year, not because she had nothing to say, but because the world around her felt too loud and too far away from what was real. In this episode, Amber speaks about growing up in Brooklyn, feeling different from a young age, finding silence, learning to trust her body after a gymnastics accident, and later becoming a performer with Cirque du Soleil. But this conversation is really about the body, and what happens when we stop treating it as something to push through life and start listening to what it has been trying to tell us. We talk about shame, freedom, self-love, motherhood, birth, death, intuition, embodiment, and the strange quiet knowing that often comes before words. Amber Joy Rava is a Brooklyn-born performer, movement guide and transformation artist whose work has taken her from Cirque du Soleil to helping people reconnect with their bodies through movement and embodiment. This is a conversation about feeling different, coming back to yourself, and learning that sometimes the body knows before the mind does. This is her side of the stories. We have an incredible story weekly, stay close and subcribe to our channel. 🧡

    She Went Silent For A Year… Then Her Body Taught Her How To Live | Amber Joy Rava
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Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic long-form podcast about extraordinary women — and the lives that made them who they are. Hosted by Asal Zara and filmed in the forests of Ibiza, each conversation goes beyond what happened to explore what was happening inside her while life was happening outside. Childhood. Family. Love. Ambition. Identity. Loss. Success. Shame. Reinvention. The contradictions we rarely hear once the public story has been polished. Guests range from globally recognised women to extraordinary people you may never have heard of. The life doesn’t need to be relatable. The fe

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  • Creator
    with Asal Zara
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
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