This is a Q&A episode where I respond to a listener’s question about how to navigate the thought/feeling of “what will people say” (Hindi: “log kya kahenge”). 

You can submit your own question for Q&A at any time too! Just head to @deliciousdignity on instagram or email me [email protected].

Here’s the episode outline:

1. A reality check of the world we currently live in: What’s really going on and what lies beneath how people see you or talk about you
2. Do we ever stop caring about what other’s think or say about us?
3. Safety as the foundation for building a strong spiritual immune system
4. A powerful affirmation that blew my mind when I came up with it
5. A two part ritual for establishing safety 

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This is the inaugural episode of the Love Liberation series - every 5th episode or so, I’ll be declaring my love for something or someone, no holding back. 

This series is a rebellion against the ways we’ve been taught to tone down our joy (or eliminate it altogether), hide our passions, & apologize for being lit up. Because when we hold back our love, we dim ourselves—and that’s a form of self-rejection. 

In this episode, I unpack the cost of suppression, the power of sincerity, and the freedom of letting yourself love what you love. We end with a three-part ritual to tune into your own heart’s voice.

Outline of this episode:

1. Introduction to a new series within the podcast - the Love Liberation Series!
2. Consequences of holding back on what you love
3. Why we hold back from saying what we love out loud aka self-rejection
4. How to know you've been holding back on your love
5. Wild Geese by Mary Oliver as inspiration for this series
6. A sure-fire way to know what it is that you truly love 
7. 3 part ritual to attuning to your heart
   • taking stock
   • difference between heart and head energy
   • bespoke heart words

📖 Ritual Accompaniment: Each episode has a webpage with the full ritual questions, pictures, notes, & relevant downloads (no sign-up needed). Check out this episode’s page here: https://www.dilshadmehta.com/delicious-dignity-podcast/6

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What does it really look like when you choose to feel good—deeply, honestly, in your bones?

In this part 2 finale of the hustle culture series, I reflect on my experiments with feeling good in 2025—and what that has meant for my business, my self-care, and my relationship with success. 

Here’s the episode outline:

1. real talk about how choosing feeling good affected my money, income, & spending
2. my intuition’s definition of success and how that rewired my brain
3. changes to the way I learn and what I learn
4. a tricky situation about choosing feeling good
5. slowing down & it’s relationship to intuition
6. being embarrassed by choosing to feel good
7. being in my body
8. wild synchronicities!
9. having very few structures
10. a journaling ritual about feeling good
11. ritually watching a movie about feeling good

📖 Ritual Accompaniment: Each episode has a webpage with the full ritual questions, pictures, notes, & relevant downloads (no sign-up needed). Check out this episode’s page here - https://www.dilshadmehta.com/delicious-dignity-podcast/5

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What if a lot of what makes you successful (your ambition, working hard, your ability to do it all) was like a silent but deadly fart?

In this deeply personal and candid episode, I share the story of how I finally woke up from hustle culture. SPOILER ALERT - It only took me a casual 2 decades. From my days as a tireless immigrant student chasing every opportunity, to the burnout that followed me across jobs, cities, and even my own business—I lay it all out.

But the real turning point? Getting fired from a job I didn’t even need. Ha! 

Here’s the episode outline:

1. Defining hustle culture - what to look for when assessing where you stand in the matrix (if you'd like a checklist of these behaviors, you can find them here)
2. Defining 'feeling good' as the opposite (or perhaps more balanced) replacement for hustling
3. The signs of dysfunctional achieving vs functional efforting
4. The long arc of overachieving and the price I paid for it: from 17 years old to now (35 years old)
5. Learning the hard way in every area of my life: relationships, jobs, mentors, courses, etc. 
6. When pushing became a pattern, even in my spiritual business
7. THE GRAND FINALE - the comically dysfunctional workplace that finally mirrored back the true cost of over-efforting

The next episode is the part 2 finale of the hustle culture series. This is where I reflect on my experiments with feeling good (instead of hustling) in 2025 and present some rituals for you around waking up from hustling. 

Here is a checklist to identify hustle culture behaviors. The goal of this list is to identify hurtful behaviors you maybe engaging in, so that you can bring them more into balance -  https://www.dilshadmehta.com/delicious-dignity-podcast/4

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In this episode I share a spoken prayer-poem to awaken your wild, natural dignity. It’s also more than a poem - it’s a declaration, an activation, a blessing, an affirmation, an intention, a celebration, a vow, and a self-promise. 

Here’s the episode outline:

1. An intro to the concept of a natural kind of dignity
2. The story behind the poem—written during a time of deep growth and shedding of old skins
3. How to use this as a daily affirmation, meditation, or creative reset
4. A live reading of the poem (plus a surprise howl!)
5. I forgot to say please read How to Listen with Your Whole Body in the ritual accompaniment. This shows you how to embody the prayer vs just listening to it
6. Two complementary gifts of d-e-l-i-c-i-o-u-s dignity in the ritual accompaniment: a visual version of the poem + clean audio recording (no sign-up needed!!)

📖 Ritual Accompaniment: Each episode has a webpage with the full ritual questions, pictures, notes, & relevant downloads (no sign-up needed). Check out this episode’s page here: https://www.dilshadmehta.com/delicious-dignity-podcast/3

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In this episode, I share the tender truth of long term singleness (nearly a decade). This is a decision of quiet sovereignty - something all of us have to contend with at some point in our lives. I talk about the doubts, the compromises, and the deep clarity that’s come with time. From choosing dignity over desperation to realizing I just don’t want what’s being offered, this is about what partnership means to me—on my own terms. 

Here’s the episode outline:

1. Reflection 1 - Is there something wrong with me? 
   • I’d rather be wrong by my standards than be right by someone else’s standards
   • Not wanting kids
   • Is it really about right and wrong?
2. Reflection 2 - Everyone else is doing this, so shouldn't I? Going against the grain. 
3. Reflection 3 - Loneliness
4. Reflection 4 - Do I hate men? 
5. Reflection 5 - Regrets from the past. Will I regret it in the future?
6. Reflection 6 - Love isn't enough
7. Reflection 7 - Dreams of my ancestors
8. Reflection 8 - It get’s easier with time
9. Ritual of not wanting the tea (also see the ritual accompaniment!)

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In this episode, I dive into how my inner dialogue almost made me abandon my dignity while starting this podcast. I share the thoughts that hurt, the ones that helped, and how I found my way back to myself. This is a real look at how we harm and support our own dignity—especially when starting something new.

Here’s the episode outline:

1. 15 (yes 15!) core negative, cruel, and projection-based beliefs that hurt my dignity while starting this podcast
2. 15 analyses that supported my esteem and inner grace while creating this podcast
3. Is it really a limiting belief? Or is it a fact? Or a survival instinct? Or a witch wound?
4. Avoiding something won’t make it go away or not manifest in your life
5. The real reason we think we're being cringey or cheesy
6. How conventional self-development advice can unintentionally harm your integrity
7. The importance of going slow to go fast in embodying your nobility
8. A journaling practice to help you catch thoughts and beliefs that harm your dignity (I added more questions to the ritual accompaniment than I mentioned in the episode, so don't forget to check it out!)
9. A journaling + action practice to help you honor and expand your dignity aka alignment before action!

📖 Ritual Accompaniment: Each episode has a webpage with the full ritual questions, pictures, notes, & relevant downloads (no sign-up needed). Check out this episode’s page here: https://www.dilshadmehta.com/delicious-dignity-podcast/1

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