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You're here to build our new world. But you’ve realized that the very systems you're here to dismantle are the same ones sabotaging your internal clarity, your organizational power, and your nervous system.
If that's you, then welcome to Liberatory Strategy.
This is the podcast for revolutionary leaders, founders, and visionaries who know that internal liberation is the path of creating a new legacy. We move past the diagnosis of systemic harm and into the active work of creating what comes next.
Hosted by Shirani M. Pathak, a Liberatory Strategist with over 20 years of therapeutic experience, this podcast explores the intersection of nervous system sovereignty, systemic de-programming, and bold strategic implementation.
We don’t just talk about change; we clear the path so you can finally walk in alignment with your Sacred Assignment deeply rooted in yourself.
Tune in to learn how to:
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Identify and dissolve the supremacy culture programming that leads to visionary collapse.
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Reclaim your sovereign power as the foundation for your leadership.
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Move past survival mode and into creating the legacy that's yours to create.
The burning away of the old world is done. It’s time to build the new.
Join the movement at https://www.shiranimpathak.com/
Episodes

Sep 9, 2021
Sep 9, 2021
27 min
Our pre-publication supporters campaign for Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships is well underway and our first contributors have joined the movement!
Learn more and sign up to join us at: www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity
Links:
To become an early supporter of Fierce Authenticity 2.0 visit: www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity
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:
*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.

Sep 2, 2021
Sep 2, 2021
1 hr 8 min
Our pre-publication supporters campaign for Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships is well underway and our first contributors have joined the movement!
Learn more and sign up to join us at: www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity
In today's episode we're revisiting the conversation between Shirani and Dr. B. Nilaja Green on racism, supremacy, and intergenerational trauma. A big part of where we're headed with Fierce Authenticity 2.0 has to do with the fact that much of the trauma we're currently experiencing and the ways we've adapted to that trauma, has to do with what our ancestors felt and experienced, and that includes the effects of racism, which has its roots in supremacy culture.
We talked about this briefly in last week's nervous system episode, and in this rich conversation, we're taking it even further, including conversations around the enslavement of Black bodied people, Juneteenth, and the continued violence against Black bodies in America.
Tune in and let us know what you think!
Links:
To become an early supporter of Fierce Authenticity 2.0 visit:
www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity
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:
*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.

Aug 26, 2021
Aug 26, 2021
34 min
Our pre-publication supporters campaign for Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships is well underway and our first contributors have joined the movement!
Learn more and sign up to join us at:
www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity
This week for our pre-season review, we're talking about your nervous system and how it's where our knee-jerk responses that keep us stuck in unhelpful patterns come from, along with a few short practices to help get you unstuck when you find yourself in those patterns.
Don't skip this episode because it is one of the foundational ones that will position you to be ahead of the game when new episodes launch in just a couple weeks!
Links:
To become an early supporter of Fierce Authenticity 2.0 visit:
www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity
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:
*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.

Aug 19, 2021
Aug 19, 2021
31 min
Before we dive into today's episode I have some very exiting news:
I am cordially inviting you to join me in community to support and uplift the message of Fierce Authenticity by becoming an early supporter of the publication of my new book, Fierce Authenticity 2.0: Supremacy's Impact on Our Relationships!!!
Imagine a world that's free from the detrimental effects of believing that there are some who are superior and others who are inferior. Imagine a world that's free from the ways we get ourselves into patterns of "better than/ less than" that usurp our personal power and keep us oppressed. Imagine a world that's free from the "right-wrong" polarization we see in society.
Fierce Authenticity 2.0 will open your eyes to the science behind why we do what we do, how we keep ourselves in oppressive patterns, the behaviors you participate in that are detrimental to your relationships and well-being, as well as equip you with powerful tools that support you in undoing supremacy's harmful conditioning on you and your relationships.
As an early supporter of the publication of the forthcoming book, you're saying "YES" to joining a movement to deeply understand and eradicate the effects of supremacy culture's conditioning on us and our relationships. Effects which include: racism, sexism, perfectionism, comparisonitis, the "not enoughs", the hustle to achieve and so much more.
When you understand where these patterns came from, how it's been encoded into your nervous system and your DNA, how it shows up on the day to day in your relationships, you get to awaken to and rise above supremacy's inherited systemic invasion rooted in fear and lack so that you can refocus your energy towards reclaiming a fiercely authentic personal relationship that's grounded in an abundance and love that is so radiant all your other relationships are elevated with you.
Visit www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity to join me on this movement!
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Now, today we're doing our second pre-season review to help you in understanding collective trauma: what it is and how it impacts your DNA.
Do not skip this review! It sets some of the groundwork for where we're headed.
Links:
To become an early supporter of Fierce Authenticity 2.0 visit:
www.shiranimpathak.com/fierceauthenticity
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:
*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.

Aug 12, 2021
Aug 12, 2021
59 min
We're back and we're starting Season 3 of the Fierce Authenticity podcast with a pre-season review to get you ready for what's next.
Over the next several weeks, we'll be releasing some of our most popular podcasts of our first year. School's been out for the summer, so these review episodes are going to help bring you back up to speed on what it is we're doing here and where we're headed.
Today we begin with the conversation I had with James-Olivia Chu Hillman last year on Relational F*ckery and the havoc we cause in our relationships as part of supremacy culture's conditioning. This is by far our most popular episode and I think it's because we're talking about the real real when it comes to our relationships.
We talk about supremacy, patriarchy, grandiosity, contempt, and also right relationship and belonging.
Do not skip out on this review!
For a summary of the episode you can visit www.shiranimpathak.com/blog or read the transcript. 😊
So glad to be back with you all!
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:
*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.

Jun 3, 2021
Jun 3, 2021
22 min
Today’s episode is a celebration and our Season 2 finale! Today the Fierce Authenticity Podcast is officially one-year old! The past year has been filled with healing, growth, powerful messages and amazing guests. In today’s episode, Shirani reflects back on the past year, makes plans for the future and thanks her Divine Higher Power for this amazing gift and her wonderful audience.
In today’s episode, we cover:
- The story behind creating first six episodes of Fierce Authenticity Podcast
- Being in alignment with what the Divine is asking of you and trusting the process
- Finding the right voice and the right message- where we are going next
- Fresh episodes and more powerful insights
Since this is our Season 2 Finale, be sure to catch up on previous episodes and we'll be back with fresh new episodes mid-late summer 2021. Be back soon!
Quotes:
[00:04:55] I just knew that my heart needed to share these messages. So, I hit record, then I uploaded and I hit submit and no joke- it took less than 48 hours for me to receive the email from Apple Podcasts that said: Congratulations! Your podcast is approved and it’s LIVE!
[00:05:48] I have right here a board and at 11:44 AM on June 5th of 2020, I wrote down: There is nothing more powerful than a woman in God’s will for her. And that meant so much to me, because I literally felt it in my body. When you are in alignment with what the divine is asking of you, things happen so effortlessly and so miraculously.
Links:
Join the private newsletter community to receive bonus episodes of the podcast, community only invitations for quarterly Coffee Dates, offers on anything I create, and a special mini-audio training catching you up on the practice of Fierce Authenticity delivered straight to your inbox:
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:
*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.

May 27, 2021
May 27, 2021
17 min
Do you ever get that feeling of loneliness and lack of connection? Those feelings are a part of our lack of fulfillment and they’re due to our disconnection from Source, Self and others. In today’s episode we talk about how, for generations, our way of thinking and our false beliefs are keeping us from feeling worthy and receiving the love, the beauty, the joy, the connection, the contentment, and the fulfillment that our Higher Power truly wants for us to have and to experience. Are money, power, property and prestige all that there is?
In today’s episode, we cover:
- How our false beliefs are keeping us feeling unworthy and unlovable
- Receiving the gifts from our higher power and getting rid of clutter
- Going straight to the source-supremacy culture
- What it is that we want-money, power, property, prestige
- Preparing our altar for love, beauty, joy and fulfillment
Quotes:
[00:05:42] No amount of achievements, or accolades, or money in the bank is actually going to help you feel valuable and worthy, because that's not how this works. You are inherently valuable and worthy and deserving, simply because you exist. And you never have to prove that to anybody.
[00:09:36] So this thing runs deep. And it's bigger than your parents and your grandparents, or that teacher or that person who didn't believe in you. And that's why, in order to clear out the beliefs that you have about your lack of value and your worth, you need to dismantle the effects of supremacy within you.
Links:
Join the private newsletter community to receive bonus episodes of the podcast, community only invitations for quarterly Coffee Dates, offers on anything I create, and a special mini-audio training catching you up on the practice of Fierce Authenticity delivered straight to your inbox:
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:
*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.

May 20, 2021
May 20, 2021
17 min
If you feel burnt out, like there's something missing and you just know that you're not living your life to its fullest capacity despite having all the things, then today’s episode is exactly what you need.
Today, Shirani talks about why we always chase after the next thing just to end up feeling unfulfilled and exhausted. She talks about her own experience on the path to fulfillment and how you can do the same. So, tune in and learn how to place your Higher Power where They belong and lead a life of fulfillment and joy!
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Why do we always chase the next thing: relationship, accolades, promotions
- How to leave room in your life for your divine higher power
- Shirani’s own experience on the path to fulfillment
- Feeling fulfilled and how to stop seeking external validation
- Your relationship with your divine source of unconditional love
Quotes
[00:10:06] If you're feeling unfulfilled, despite having all the things that you thought you wanted, and living the life that you thought you dreamed, if you still feel unfulfilled despite all of that, then it's because you've made all of those things your higher power, and put them in the place of where your divine higher power - a God, Goddess, Spirit, Divine of your understanding - needs to be.
[00:12:40] As you begin to do that and as you begin to experience what that feels like, you will never, ever, ever again have to place so much value and seek this validation and this happiness from any person, place or thing outside of you, including your titles, your achievements and what projects you've brought to completion. All of that will just be the icing on the cake, the cherry on top. All of that gets to be the extras that makes life just a little bit sweeter.
To receive your bonus podcast episode, visit www.fierceauthenticity.com/starthere
Links:
Join the private newsletter community to receive bonus episodes of the podcast, community only invitations for quarterly Coffee Dates, and offers on anything I create delivered straight to your inbox: 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:
*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.
