When Stories Echo: How to Listen with Courage
What does it mean to carry a homeland in your body - through land, food, memory, grief, joy, and story?In this episode, Gayathri Shukla sits down with Dr. Izzeddin Hawamda, a Palestinian educator, sto...
7 Juli 39min
Leading Through Story: Immigrant Women in Engineering | Claudia Gomez-Villeneuve and Sara Mighan
What does it mean to lead through story—especially when your path into engineering has been shaped by family expectations, immigrant identity, gender, caregiving, language, and the pressure to keep pr...
1 Juni 56min
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...
4 Maj 46min
From Truth to Imagination: Rewriting the Story | Amy Abe
What if the story you’ve been telling yourself… was never fixed to begin with?In this episode, Gayathri sits down with educator, playwright, and writer Amy Abe for a layered conversation on voice, ima...
3 Apr 43min
Between Worlds: Navigating Identity and the Stories We Carry | Lina Bahlawan & Yemi Adefulu
What happens when two people from vastly different cultures come together not just to share stories, but to write a book about the in-between spaces of identity?In this Hearth 2 Heart episode, host Ga...
3 Mars 43min
Dreaming Boldly: From Surviving to Thriving | Najah Al-Atassi
What does it take to thrive as an immigrant woman—not just survive? In this episode of Hearth 2 Heart, Gayathri Shukla speaks with Najah Al-Atassi, founder of Al-Atassi Leadership Consulting and its P...
3 Feb 34min
New Year Special: What Brings Us Home | Stanley Opara
What does it mean to feel at home—across lands, timelines, and technologies?This New Year special features an openhearted dialogue, where host Gayathri Shukla and guest Stanley Opara weave together th...
2 Jan 1h 1min
Unlearning Silence: Reclaiming Empathy as a Leadership Strength | Dr. Vidya Narasimhan
What does it mean to lead with empathy in a world that seems increasingly polarized and divided? In this episode of Hearth 2 Heart, Gayathri Shukla sits down with Dr. Vidya Narasimhan - senior scienti...
2 Dec 202539min
