Your New Life Blend
Has there ever been a better time to decide what our lives should look like? We are emerging from a once-in-a-century cataclysm where our lives were upended, our communities remade and our priorities readjusted. Now as the call to return to "normal" grows more insistent, we get to ask the question: what does "normal" look like? Did the old normal serve me? What do I want my new normal to be? And what will that mean for my career, my community, and my family? These are the fundamental questions to building our lives - and now, rebuilding them. As a therapist and coach, Shoshanna Hecht has been wrestling with these very questions in her practice - and now, on this podcast. With guests from all walks of life including media, culture, politics, tech, business & activism, Shoshanna examines the overlap of our goals, relationships, boundaries and priorities, and how we can navigate them all with self-awareness and intention. What do we want our lives to look like? Welcome to Your New Life Blend.
Your New Life Blend
In Memory of Benish Shah
We lost our friend Benish Shah last week. Benish was smart, righteous, funny, thoughtful, passionate, loving and brave. She was one of the first people we spoke to when we were launching the podcast and we knew we wanted her voice on the show. Her episode was one of our favorites and we refer to it often. We are sharing it again today in Benish's honor, because her voice felt so necessary at the time and still feels that way, even more so. We've also shared some of her writing in the show notes below. Her "Is It Toxic?" column was so necessary and practical and compassionate and helpful. We hope you will get as much out of this episode as we did. Rest in peace, Benish. You are loved and missed.
Show Notes
Is It Toxic?
Benish Shah, The Muse
https://www.themuse.com/author/benish-shah
Why layoffs hit workers of colour so hard
Benish Shah, BBC
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230308-why-layoffs-workers-of-colour-so-hard
What Happens When Our Longest Relationships Change?
Benish Shah, TueNight
https://tuenight.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-our-longest-relationships
The Splendiferous Spillerella
Benish Shah
https://www.amazon.in/Splendiferous-Spillerella-Benish-Shah/dp/0983539111
The English Meets Urdu 3-Book Set
Benish Shah (author) Maryam Ishtiaq (illustrator)
https://anchorandoakpublishing.com/products/the-english-beets-urdu-3-book-set