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Happy & Human
The podcast for over-educated, busy, and ambitious South Asian professionals and entrepreneurs. In each episode, Seema and Dinesh will dive into the philosophies, strategies, and tools that can help you live happier, healthier, productive, and fulfilled lives with more success.
They will be talking about things that help you think, do, and be better in wide-ranging areas around the five pillars of a good life: health, wealth, love, happiness, and impact — to empower you to reach your highest potential without compromising what’s important.
Dr. Seema Desai is a dentist, certified professional coach, and author of the book, “Connected: Discovering Your Inner Guides.” She is also a devoted wife and proud mother to two children, as well as an advocate for creating learning equality in children in underserved countries through her work with Pratham USA.
Dinesh Melwani is a law firm partner, author, speaker, and certified success and results coach. He is an internationally-recognized patent attorney that works with hi-tech clients, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 clients. He also believes deeply in the potential and capability inside of everyone. In addition, he is a loving father and husband.
Join Seema and Dinesh each week as they explore, from the male and female South Asian perspectives, what makes you individually and uniquely happy and human, and what tools and insights allow us to reach that next level and beyond. You will learn how to level up your mindset, develop the needed leadership skills in your career and personal life, and learn how to live up to your potential.
Happy & Human
Taking Care of Aging Parents with Salina Shah
Seema and Dinesh are bringing on Desi Daughters Founder Salina Shah to talk about something that’s impacting so many of us yet rarely talked about - taking care of aging parents. To bridge the gap on how and why this is an important topic, Salina Shah shares her insights and the reason behind her mission in creating Desi Daughters, an organization to empower other working professionals with aging Desi parents. While these conversations can be difficult, she shares her insights on how they can be more effective and the important things to keep in mind along the way. If you have also found yourself in this situation or approaching it, this episode can provide you with valuable insights and tips on approaching this process in the most helpful and loving way for everyone involved.
Salina Shah is on a mission to empower Desi women navigating midlife and aging elders. Before her current venture, Salina was an actuarial executive and Senior Vice President at Aon. She is a co-inventor of health benefits optimization software and a Board Member of the Actuaries for Sustainable Health Care nonprofit. In parallel, Salina was experiencing the challenges of balancing working motherhood while caring for aging parents. She realized no central, culturally relevant resource was available to support people like her. To fill this void and help others, she launched Desi Daughters to empower, educate, and support other working professionals with aging Desi parents in the US or India. The response has been phenomenal! Over 3,000 members (mostly women) have joined the Desi Daughters community network in less than a year. This thriving movement redefines how we support Desi women navigating midlife and aging elders.
Connect with Salina:
Website: www.desidaughters.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/desidaughters
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salinashah/
Five Wishes (mentioned in the show): https://www.fivewishes.org/
Links:
Dinesh Melwani http://www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani
Seema Desai http://www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai
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