Forging my own path, by Isha Sesay

Just out of school, writer Alex Morris gets a job performing and teaching improv comedy in London, playing absurd characters night after night. But his knack for hiding his true self starts long before he ever steps onstage. Alex is hiding a secret — one that only his family and ...  Show more

As a young writer and performer, Sara Benincasa found her voice doing stand-up comedy. For years, it seemed better than therapy. But slowly, doubts surfaced. While the external validation she received made her feel successful and even loved, something was missing. In this episode ...  Show more

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Today's episode is a rangy and fascinating conversation with a titan of the modern mindfulness scene: Sharon ...

Simultaneously parenting her daughter while caring for a mom who was vanishing into dementia, Maya Shanbhag Lang, found herself reexamining nearly every part of her life, and reimagining how she wanted to tell her own story to her daughter. May's writing has been featured in < ...

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You may remember hearing a massively viral story from a few years ago about a school in Baltimore that gave students medit ...

Send us Fan MailJoin us in this empowering episode of the Heartbreak to Happiness Show with Sara Al Madani, an entrepreneur, single mom, and reality TV star. Sara opens up about starting her business at 16, navigating through societal changes in the UAE, and overcoming toxic rela ...  Show more