Why does money still feel stressful, even when things are “fine”?

In this episode of Everyday Equity, Puja Ari sits down with Anjali Jariwala, founder of FIT Advisors, to talk about money trauma, cultural conditioning, and why traditional financial advice often misses the mark.

Anjali shares how growing up as a child of immigrants shaped her relationship with money and how guilt, scarcity and fear quietly influence financial decisions. This conversation reframes money as a tool, not a source of shame.
If money has ever felt emotional, confusing, or overwhelming, this episode is for you.

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In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, host Pooja Kothari speaks with Nicole Song three-time author, former journalist, and founder of Nicole Song Coaching about equity, identity, and self-worth.

Nicole reflects on movement, mindfulness, caregiving, and the Asian American experience, sharing how representation, boundaries, and community shape everyday equity. A thoughtful conversation on belonging, visibility and creating change from the inside out.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, Pooja Kothari sits down with Alana C. Brown, attorney, founder of A Cultured Business, and creator of the Safe Sister Circle.

They talk about culturally specific support for survivors of violence, why equity has to start inside organizations and what it looks like to lead with care, power-sharing, and accountability especially for women of color in nonprofit leadership.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, Pooja Kothari talks with Burhan Razi, VP and COO of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, about what equity looks like in day-to-day operations.

They discuss four-day workweeks, paid family leave, and why centering wellness and care inside organizations isn’t a perk, it’s an equity practice. A practical conversation on moving from values to systems that actually support people.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, Pooja Kothari sits down with Kia Scipio lawyer, culture change leader, and founder of IC Creative for a candid conversation about what equity looks like when the pressure is on.

Kia shares how early experiences of racism shaped her commitment to positive social change, and why workplace “commitments” to DEI often collapse when it gets uncomfortable. Together, they unpack how silence becomes complicity, why equity can’t be treated like a separate initiative, and what it actually takes to embed inclusion into everyday systems and processes.

This episode is a practical, human conversation on how to interrupt harm, navigate hard conversations without escalating conflict, and move from statements of intent to lasting culture change.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, Pooja Kothari sits down with Mahalene Dulay, wealth advisor and founder of Modern Wealth Collective, to talk about money, power, and equity.

Mahalene shares her journey as a daughter of Filipino immigrants and why she created a wealth practice centered on women of color, LGBTQ+ communities, and first-generation wealth builders. Together, they explore how financial systems exclude, how money trauma shows up across income levels, and how access to financial education can shift long-term impact.

A grounded conversation about reclaiming money as a tool for stability, agency, and generational change.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, Pooja Kothari speaks with Kamana Khadka, inclusive culture strategist, DE&I Manager at Cable One/Sparklight, and founder of Unlocking Inclusion.

Khadka shares her journey from Nepal to the U.S. and the experiences that made equity personal, navigating identity as an immigrant, witnessing language and healthcare barriers in refugee communities and raising a child in systems not built with everyone in mind.

Together, they explore what everyday equity really looks like: noticing who’s excluded, embedding inclusion into daily decisions and helping leaders move past fear into action. This conversation is a reminder that equity isn’t just a strategy, it’s a daily practice.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, Puja Ari is joined by Laura Hahn-Segundo Collins, psychotherapist, former elite Division I athlete, and trauma-informed practitioner.

Laura shares her deeply personal journey, growing up as the child of immigrants and refugees, navigating elite sports shaped by obedience, overtraining and silence and later reckoning with the long-term impacts of trauma on the body, identity and sense of belonging.

Together, Puja and Laura explore what it means to take a trauma-informed approach to sports, parenting, leadership, and everyday life. They discuss generational trauma, the power of storytelling, redefining resilience and why healing requires community, compassion, and awareness not “grit at all costs.”

This conversation is for athletes, parents, coaches, leaders and anyone learning how to move through the world with more care for themselves and others.

This is Because equity isn’t abstract, it shows up in our bodies, our stories and how we choose to treat one another, every day.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, we’re joined by Ming Chen, a career and executive coach supporting women of color in tech. With over 20 years of leadership experience and her work as a facilitator at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Ming shares how equity, values, and community shape leadership and career growth. She is also the founder of Nebula Coaching, where she helps clients navigate pivotal career moments with clarity and purpose.

In this episode of Everyday Equity: Everyday Ways to Make a Change, we’re joined by Meenadchi, whose work centers dignity, accountability, and belonging in leadership and organizational culture. Through coaching and facilitation, she supports people and teams in examining power, identity, and impact helping equity show up in everyday decisions, not just statements or strategy.