Hearth 2 Heart with Gayathri Shukla4 Mai

Reclaiming Your Worth Through Telling Your Story | Serena Arora

How do you tell your story—when the world keeps asking you what you are, instead of who you are? In this episode of Hearth 2 Heart, Gayathri Shukla sits down with author, yoga therapist, and Ayurvedic practitioner Serena Arora to explore a deeply personal journey of identity, lineage, and coming home to oneself. Drawing from her book Unbound, Serena shares what it means to grow up navigating mixed identity, cultural expectations, and the lifelong search for belonging.

Together, they unpack:

The tension between “immigrit” and “immiguilt”—and how grit and guilt both shape our choices
What it means to carry (and eventually put down) the invisible “backpack”
Why belonging is not something to become, but something to just be
How generational patterns live in us—and how we begin to consciously shift them
How telling your story can help you find alignment

This conversation is both grounding and expansive—a reminder that belonging is not found in a place, a title, or a path…but in the quiet, ongoing practice of returning to yourself.

Resources mentioned:

Serena Arora’s book, Unbound: An Immigrant Daughter’s Journey of Reckoning, Unraveling Shame, and Reclaiming Her Worth
www.serenaarora.com
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