Fierce Authenticity

Happy 4th Birthday!

In this heartfelt interlude episode of the Fierce Authenticity Podcast, Shirani reflects on the four-year anniversary of the podcast's launch and shares personal insights into her journey over the past year and a half. Touching on themes of collective trauma, burnout, and the unraveling of old power structures, Shirani highlights the emergence of new systems rooted in love and community. Encouraging listeners to embody love in tumultuous times, she offers resources and support for those navigating change and transformation.

Key Takeaways:

• Reflecting on the four-year anniversary of the podcast, Shirani celebrates the healing messages shared and the impact on the community.

• Discussing the dissolution of old power structures and the emergence of new systems, Shirani emphasizes the importance of leadership rooted in love and compassion.

• Offering tools and resources for navigating challenging times, Shirani introduces the "Embody Love" workshop series designed to support individuals in leading with purpose and creating thriving workplace cultures.

• Encouraging listeners to find like-minded communities and learn from those further ahead, Shirani emphasizes the importance of connection and support on the path to creating a more equitable world.

• By sharing insights on healing, magic, and potency in the midst of chaos, Shirani inspires listeners to tap into their innate power and contribute to the shift towards a more loving and just society.

Notable Quotes:

• "We are literally decomposing and composting those old systems of power."

• "Embodying love is the secret successful leaders are missing."

• "Reduce stress and increase clarity by leading with love."

• "Find your like-minded people, learn from those further ahead, and lead with love."

• "The new way of being is already emerging, and you are at the forefront of that."

About Shirani:

Shirani M. Pathak is a transformational coach and consultant with a background in social work and mental health care. After experiencing clinical burnout following 18 years in direct service roles, Shirani made the decision to shift her focus towards supporting leaders in creating love-led cultures within their organizations. With a deep commitment to healing, empowerment, and social justice, she brings a unique perspective to her work in guiding individuals and groups towards a more equitable and compassionate world.

Resources:

• Shirani M. Pathak's Website

• Revolutionary Love Project by Valerie Kaur

• Israel and Palestine 3-Part Essay Series by Shirani M. Pathak

Don't miss the full episode for a deep dive into healing, leadership, and embodying love in transformative times. Tune in for more insightful conversations and enlightening content from the Fierce Authenticity Podcast.

Interlude 02: Israel and Palestine part 1

It's been 8.5 months since we last spoke here on the podcast and boy oh boy, are we due for an update. What a wild wild world we're living in.

 

Here's another real, raw, unedited, unfiltered interlude from my heart to yours. 

 

We take the first bit to catch up on what's been happening around here, including the challenges that come with being a changemaker doing counter-cultural work. Then we take a deep dive into the state of the world the last 40 days since the events of October 7 between Israel and Palestine. 

 

We zoom out, take a big picture perspective, and then we bring in it. 

 

I am no expert on matters in the Middle East, or on politics, or on religion, but what I am is an expert in human behavior, trauma, and relationships, so that's the perspective that I bring here. 

 

There's a ton of shame out there in the world and in this part 1 episode, we are unshaming that for you and inviting you into the power of using your voice, even if it's only a small whisper. 

 

In part 2 we will dive in a little deeper. 

 

When listening to this episode, take your time and consume it slowly. It's a big, deep episode, and I guide you through it the way I would hold space in a private session - with lots of room for breaks and nervous system regulation. 

 

[00:00:05]: Hello, welcome back, and the update

[00:16:30]: On Israel and Palestine

 

Links mentioned:

 

Receive my 3-part email series on the shadows of oppressor and oppressed: 

https://shirani.myflodesk.com/oppressionshadows

 

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Links: 

To connect with us on the complimentary private newsletter community, be sure to visit www.shiranimpathak.com/connect 

Find Me on Social Media: 

Our hashtags are #fierceauthenticity and #showupbeseengetlove 

If you're loving the episode, take a screenshot, share it on social, and tag me in your post! 

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Donate to the work: 

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*Some of the links used may be affiliate links. It will cost you nothing extra to use my links, but I may earn a commission if you use one of my links. This is one way to financially support the podcast.  

 

Interlude 01: Sharing My Heart with You

Real. Raw. Unedited. 

Tune in as I share what's been on my heart over the past few weeks since you've last spoken with me.

I talk about:

• Internalized racism and oppression
• Generational legacies
• What you're here to do
• What I'm here to do
• How we can do it together

And so much more.

 

Links: 

Take the next step and sign up to get my emails:
www.shiranimpathak.com/connect 

Ready to go all the way? Send me a message:

https://www.shiranimpathak.com/contact

Find Me on Social Media: 

Our hashtags are #fierceauthenticity and #showupbeseengetlove 

If you're loving the episode, take a screenshot, share it on social, and tag me in your post! 

Instagram: @shiranimpathak 
Facebook: @ShiraniMPathak 

S4E07 Legacy with Guest Riessa Monique

As I look back on the pandemic there is one thing that keeps coming to mind, and that is how it made a lot of us slow down and reevaluate our lives; how it made us aware that we were living on autopilot and that we’re not being our true authentic selves.  

My friend and today’s guest, Riessa Monique, is no different. The pandemic made Riessa take a dramatic (yet long overdue) career pivot - from an IT manager to a life coach. Today, she is on a mission to help her clients to see themselves as they truly are - capable of whatever goal they want to accomplish. Now, living her true and authentic life, she is here to share her insights about legacy and why she believes you’re right on track - no matter where you are.  

 

In today’s episode, we cover: 

• Riessa’s amazing career transformation 
• Living a life that is aligned with who we are 
• Why legacy is more than having children
• How to trust our inner knowing
• Understanding the impact we can make  

 

Quotes 

[00:06:53] The pandemic isn't the first time people were wearing masks. We are trained to wear masks, socialized masks and not be our authentic self.

[00:11:46] The legacy is left in the thought process. That is where the true DNA is. And that can go beyond, because I can only birth so many children. But as far as the thought process being left behind and the DNA and how that can have been a trickle down effect, that is more than just having children. 

[00:18:47] I really truly believe everyone was born with gifts and talents. But we have a tendency to play small and shy away from that as if it was scary and not understanding. Even with those gifts and talents, we can have even a greater impact. But we're already having an impact because someone else is watching our life. And we are being an example of something.  

[00:35:02] If I compare the hammer to a microwave, it wouldn't make sense. But who am I to compare myself to anyone else because I, just like you - the listener, am made per my design 

[00:37:21] As far as embracing your own design, even your own quirkiness, your own desires, just know that you are right on track. And for anyone else to tell you you're not on track - have them pull out your design. They don't have it. 

 

Links: 

To connect with us on the complimentary private newsletter community, be sure to visit www.shiranimpathak.com/connect 

Find Me on Social Media: 

Our hashtags are #fierceauthenticity and #showupbeseengetlove 

If you're loving the episode, take a screenshot, share it on social, and tag me in your post! 

Instagram: @shiranimpathak 
Facebook: @ShiraniMPathak 

For a transcript of this episode visit www.shiranimpathak.com/podcast 

Donate to the work: 

Shirani on PayPal 

*Some of the links used may be affiliate links. It will cost you nothing extra to use my links, but I may earn a commission if you use one of my links. This is one way to financially support the podcast.  

S4E06 Deconditioning, Decolonizing, and Unbecoming

Today I want to share with you my thoughts on decolonizing, deconditioning and unbecoming. This topic of unbecoming and decolonizing ties nicely into my life right now, as I am leaving my therapy practice behind and stepping into the next chapter of my life. I am decolonizing colonial thoughts about having to stick to one career and putting education above all else 

To me, deconditioning and decolonizing are very similar and in that process is also a practice of unbecoming. As we're doing our decolonizing work and as we're deconditioning, we're also unraveling everything that society has told us that we should be or that we need to be. We’re unbecoming everything that is not authentically us so that we can step into who we came here to be and who we are when we are not following societal expectations. That's what the process of unbecoming is.  

 

In today’s episode, we cover: 

• The Trojan horse approach to dismantling supremacy culture 
• Defining decolonizing, deconditioning and unbecoming 
• Healing the collective by doing inner work first 
• How to give yourself grace in this process 
• Perfection is not required  

 

Quotes  

[00:24:22] each and every single one of us has a responsibility to do this inner work of decolonizing, deconditioning, dismantling, demolishing all of this internalized colonialism, the internalized supremacy, the internalized oppression. Each and every single one of us has a responsibility no matter what the color of your skin, because we live in these systems, and each of us has been impacted by it. 

[00:26:23] We're building the new world as we're still living in the old one. So we're constructing from the ruins of what we're deconstructing.  

[00:29:17] You're a human and I'm a human. And we're just trying to do this wild thing called life together, we're all working towards the same, common-shared goal.  

[00:29:38]  We're not perfect, our perfection is not required. It's our progress that we must be making and how we're showing up. 

 

Links: 

To connect with us on the complimentary private newsletter community, be sure to visit www.shiranimpathak.com/connect 

Find Me on Social Media: 

Our hashtags are #fierceauthenticity and #showupbeseengetlove 

If you're loving the episode, take a screenshot, share it on social, and tag me in your post! 

Instagram: @shiranimpathak 
Facebook: @ShiraniMPathak 

For a transcript of this episode visit www.shiranimpathak.com/podcast 

Donate to the work: 

Shirani on PayPal 

*Some of the links used may be affiliate links. It will cost you nothing extra to use my links, but I may earn a commission if you use one of my links. This is one way to financially support the podcast.  

S4E05 An Alternative to New Year’s Resolutions

If you'd like a different alternative to New Year's resolutions, then this episode is for you. 

Today’s episode is all about those New Year's resolutions aka additional lies that supremacy culture teaches you. 

New Year - New You…ugh, that just irks me.  

Most of us don’t get beyond the first 60 to 90 days of these “New Year's resolutions.” And here's why - because those are some of the additional lies that supremacy culture teaches you to keep you further oppressed. So, join me in today’s episode and start the new year as authentically yourself. 

  

In today’s episode, we cover: 

• Here’s why New Year - New You doesn’t work  
• You need to want It for yourself
• How to take back your power
• Being authentically yourself  

 

Quotes  

[00:06:47] It wasn't until, of course, years after I quit doing the whole New Year's resolutions thing that I realized, and it clicked and it dawned upon me: “Oh, my gosh, this is because it's another way for me to beat up on myself, and feel bad about myself, and be little and berate myself, to judge myself and criticize myself, to compare myself with others.” That's all it was. 

[00:08:18] You have to actually, intrinsically, inside of yourself, believe that whatever it is that you want to experience, you want to experience it for you. Not because someone outside of you told you how you had to look, behave, what your house should look like. 

 

Links: 

To connect with us on the complimentary private newsletter community, be sure to visit www.shiranimpathak.com/connect 

Find Me on Social Media: 

Our hashtags are #fierceauthenticity and #showupbeseengetlove 

If you're loving the episode, take a screenshot, share it on social, and tag me in your post! 

Instagram: @shiranimpathak 
Facebook: @ShiraniMPathak 

For a transcript of this episode visit www.shiranimpathak.com/podcast 

Donate to the work: 

Shirani on PayPal 

*Some of the links used may be affiliate links. It will cost you nothing extra to use my links, but I may earn a commission if you use one of my links. This is one way to financially support the podcast.  

S4E4 How to Prevent Holiday Overwhelm (re-broadcast)

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! But, is it really? 

The holiday season, allegedly the most wonderful time of the year, may not be so wonderful for many of us. Because we've been conditioned under systems of supremacy culture and capitalism, for many of us this is the time to rush, to hustle and to do for others at our own expense. 

Today’s episode is the beginning of a three-part miniseries that will help you get through the holidays in a way that goes counter to supremacy and allows you to experience this time as a time of true love, connection, intimacy and authenticity in all of your relationships! 

 

In today’s episode, we cover: 

• The importance of slowing down 
• Giving yourself and others the gift of presence 
• Deep presence, deep connection and true intimacy 

 

Quotes 

[00:05:52] Because this is the time of year where we are sold every single lie and piece of BS about how we need these outside material possessions, that are really only fleeting and temporary, by the way...but how we need these external things in order for us to be happy, in order for our loved ones to feel loved, in order for everyone to feel appreciated and that they matter.  

[00:10:54] I want you to think about what might happen if you were to allow yourself to follow what nature's rhythm was. What if you were to give yourself permission to slow down, to be more internally focused, to turn towards Self to see what you need or what your heart wants to share with your loved ones as opposed to what corporate, and big business, and consumerism and capitalism tell you that you need. 

[00:16:20] When you slow down, when you connect with yourself, when you come into alignment with you, with the Divine Source of something greater than you, when you look to nature for your cues and when you move from there, that's where you'll make your greatest impact on your loved ones. And I guarantee you it is not going to be because you got them the latest iPhone, or the latest gadget, or the latest whatever and especially not if you did it from the energy of hustle and chaos and franticness and scarcity and lack.

S4E03 Word of the Year with Guest Dimple Mukherjee

As we’re approaching the end of this year, I think it’s safe to say that most of us are thinking about New Year's resolutions, evaluating how this year went and looking at what we want next year to look like. I am no different and that is why I’m so excited to have my first podcast interview of the season with none other than Dimple Mukherjee.  

Dimple is an occupational therapist, word coach and author of "Word of the Year: True Stories About Intentional Living Using the Power of a Single Word," which is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Her life philosophy is rooted in good health and wellness and she has dedicated the past few years to learning and understanding how profoundly words can shape our lives and boost our mental health. These days Dimple is embracing the art of slowing down, creating deeper meaning and connections, indulging in simple luxuries, while also endlessly parenting her three sons. 
 

In today’s episode, we cover: 

• How to get intentional with your words and unlock their true power 
• Breaking free from the “hustle” culture 
• Why Dimple’s practice is so nourishing 
• How to know if you choose the right word
• The importance of being open to possibilities  

 

Resources mentioned: 

• Word of the Year: True Stories About Intentional Living Using the Power of a Single Word 
• Take a Free What Should My Word Be Quiz  
• Free Live Your Word Journal 
• Call in Your Word Course
• Live Word of the Year 2023 Workshop with Dimple
• Connect with Dimple on Instagram  

 

Quotes 

[00:22:25] This is probably my favorite piece of the practice, connecting with other people over the words. Now imagine going to a dinner party, and instead of asking someone “So, how was your day? What do you do?”, how about asking “What's your word for this year?” and just watching that conversation go somewhere where it otherwise wouldn't have?   

[00:31:48] The beauty of this practice lies in synchronicities. So be curious, leave your heart open to possibilities, big possibilities, and see where it takes you

[00:33:54] Eventually when you continue with this practice, your words all tell a story of your life.

[00:35:33] As we continue to evolve, our work and our stories continue to evolve, and our words evolve with us. 

 

Links: 

To connect with us on the complimentary private newsletter community, be sure to visit www.shiranimpathak.com/connect 

Find Me on Social Media: 

Our hashtags are #fierceauthenticity and #showupbeseengetlove 

If you're loving the episode, take a screenshot, share it on social, and tag me in your post! 

Instagram: @shiranimpathak 
Facebook: @ShiraniMPathak 

For a transcript of this episode visit www.shiranimpathak.com/podcast 

Donate to the work: 

Shirani on PayPal 

*Some of the links used may be affiliate links. It will cost you nothing extra to use my links, but I may earn a commission if you use one of my links. This is one way to financially support the podcast.