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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
Unleashing the Rainmaker Within with Sejal Patel
In this episode Dr. Seema Desai and Dinesh Melwani have a conversation with powerhouse guest Sejal Patel. She is a lawyer-turned-consultant and author of the newly released Rainmaker Unleashed. What started as a spontaneous writing impulse over Memorial Day weekend quickly became a book that’s already sparking conversation and reshaping how professionals think about building relationships and influence.
Sejal shares how years of consulting, self-discovery, and one wildly inspired creative burst led her to distill a different kind of rainmaking, one rooted in authenticity, connection, and practical emotional intelligence. Whether you're an introvert unsure how to “sell” or a seasoned pro rethinking the rules of business development, Sejal’s insights are a breath of fresh air. You’ll leave this episode challenged, inspired, and maybe even ready to send that message you’ve been putting off.
About Sejal Patel:
Sejal Bhasker Patel is not your typical consultant—and Rainmaker: Unleashed is not your typical book.
A former Big Four strategist, Sejal built Sage Ivy Consulting to equip attorneys to turn relationships into revenue—without selling their soul. Her work lives at the intersection of strategy, psychology, and sharp client instincts. She doesn’t do fluff. She builds rainmakers.
Sejal partners with law firms ready to invest in their talent—firms that know revenue drives retention, and retention drives revenue. You can’t fix one without the other. Through her Rainmaking Series, she works directly with high-performing attorneys to build client control, visibility, and power.
Her strategies have been featured in Above the Law, delivered inside Am Law 100 firms, and quietly implemented by leaders who know that rainmakers don’t just appear—they’re developed.
This book is the first step.
The real power move? Making it firm-wide.
The views expressed in the podcast do not reflect the views of any organization affiliated with the hosts or any guest.
Connect with Sejal:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sbpatel
Instagram: @sagepatel
FB: https://www.facebook.com/sagepatel
Links:
Dinesh Melwani http://www.dineshmelwani.com, IG @dineshmelwani
Seema Desai http://www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai
