What I’m loving right now isn’t dramatic or lofty (although I did use the word "glorious at multiple points in this episode 🙃). It’s practical, pleasurable, stabilizing, and unexpectedly dignifying. I share the everyday self-care practices, tools, and choices that are genuinely working for me right now—from mental health support and money decisions to music and embodiment—and why noticing these small loves can be one of the most honest forms of self-respect. No sponsorships. No agenda. Just real experience, real enjoyment, and a grounded reminder that the point of life is to enjoy it. This is my heaven on earth lately.

Here's 7 things I cover in this episode:

1. The Finch app and how care, rewards, play, and inner-child support help with my executive dysfunction, especially when goals feel hard or mundane (Btw, my friend code is CNLPF24ZLY. Add me!). I also share tips from Atomic Habits to make the most of this app.
2. The Teledipity app and why predictions done right are grounding rather than hope pandering
3. Pleasure and embodiment through nail polish, nourishment of protein, and seeing tangible results, especially as a vegetarian
4. Olivia Dean as the musical embodiment of my word of the year—love—and why I don’t completely hate the algorithm
5. Spotify audiobooks and subscriptions as real value for money, while holding the tension of not wanting to support the company anymore
6. Mature self-care with money through Capital One CDs and choosing ease over financial overwhelm
7. The dignity of competent, heart-open care, and why I’ll drive hours for a vet who truly shows up

Explore other Love Liberation Series Episodes Within the Podcast:

1. Love what you love, you silly goose! Love Liberations Series + Heart opening rituals
2. When You Can’t Believe in Your Own Dreams – A Practice That Makes Goals Possible
3. Laughing Baby Buddhas & Flying Pigs — Quirky as a Sacred Kind of Dignity
4. Dignity for Breakfast! An Easy, Healthy, & VERY Tasty Vegetarian & Vegan Breakfast Recipe
5. The Dignity We Find in Animal Companionship - The Magic of My Dog Soulmate Azar
6. Honoring Your Own Birthday — The Majesty of Incarnation

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Today I share the unexpected reckoning that emerged after being laid off from a tech career I’d held for years — a moment that gently unraveled my relationship to work, identity, feminism, and home. What began as job loss became something more paradoxical: a growing pull toward India, the very place I once worked so hard to escape. Drawing from philosophy, lived experience, and the tension between the personal and the political, I sit with what it means to consider moving back to India after 20 years in the US — without certainty, without resolution, and without forcing clarity. This episode is also for anyone considering moving back to their home country after years abroad — navigating reverse migration, expat return, and the strange identity shifts that come with it.

Here’s what I explore in this episode:

1. Philosophical reflections on paradox, reckoning, homecoming, and why the personal is always political
2. Fear, safety, feminism, and the embodied realities of considering life in India as a woman
3. The weight that comes from moral proximity or the witness burden. Living without insulation (or gentrification), where the suffering isn’t abstract anymore. It’s right in front of you

"(A transplant is) .....a person who moves to a place, and then they try to make that place just like the place they left" - Yellowstone, Kaycee Dutton defines a transplant to his son Tate

This episode is part of the In the Mystery series, where I speak from the messy middle of becoming, trusting intuition, spiritual discernment, and dignity when the path forward doesn’t yet make sense.

Reference episode - Losing a Job After 8 Years: Day One After a Tech Layoff

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Empowered women are rarely catered to, and life after empowerment or awakening is an underserved experience, especially for women. Many expect the path of empowerment to be easier, happier, or universally celebrated, only to encounter discouragement so intense that it can make them stop themselves from fully embracing their power. This episode explores the hidden struggles of empowered women — feelings of isolation, misunderstanding, anger, not enough-ness, loneliness, and unhappiness even amid success — while tuning into the energy of prosperity. Here's what's in this episode:

1. What classifies a woman as empowered and why life after empowerment is rarely acknowledged or supported
2. The six core battles empowered women face — sense of self, anger, corruption, questioning systems, big love and generosity, and AI
3. Practical, dignity-preserving ways to navigate these battles without shrinking, self-betrayal, or abandoning your inner authority
4. 📖 Ritual Accompaniment For This Episode

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