So much of what we believe we can do is wrapped up in what society and our family tells us we are able to do. When someone is trying to straddle two cultures at the same time, the list of acceptable behaviors is often compounded and conflicting. Arthi Awatharami, a first-generation immigrant, experienced this first hand. Despite hearing “no” and “can’t” constantly, Arthi carved out a life for herself on her own terms. Hear how.

HOST: Kelly Lewis | @gokellylewis

GUEST: Aarti Awatharami |  @arti.health.coach

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NOTES:

(0:47) Meet Aarti Awatharami, intuitive health coach. Hear how she straddled two cultures at the same time in an attempt to reconcile who she knew herself to be with cultural expectations.

(6:07) Through loving herself, Arthi was able to find authentic acceptance of self.  Arthi explains that when we let go of part of who you are to be loved, it is not acceptance, but manipulation.

(7:41) Emotional wounds take root in our bodies. Chronic health issues for Aarti forced her to look at her deeper emotional wounds.

(13:01) Aarthi explains how different emotional wounds can manifest in the physical body and how the body often holds the emotion until we are ready to look at the issue more closely.

(13:58) Aarthi credits defiance, stubbornness, and connection to her inner voice as her main motivating factors.

Podcast Producer: Elise Fitzsimmons | [email protected]