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This week’s show is all about how to set boundaries for yourself by practicing the art of saying no. Seema and Dinesh dive into the benefits of saying no, as well as provide a helpful framework (the “secret weapon”) to help you learn how to master saying no in a way that drives the outcomes you want with ease and your highest successes, rather than breed friction and stress.  This episode is great for anyone who views themselves as a leader in any walk of life, and is sure to provide clarity and insights to help you hone your mindset and communication skills in a way that facilitates teamwork, cooperation, and inner peace.

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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Dr. Geoff Tumlin Stop Talking, Start Communicating

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Dr. Sowmya Kallur, Austin-based pediatric intensive care physician, joins Dinesh and Seema this week for an exploration of what it means to experience falling short of expectations placed on us by our culture, society, and colleagues–and most importantly, by ourselves.  Dr. Kallur shares an intimate glimpse into what it’s like to be in charge of life and death situations where children are involved, and how the other pieces of life fall into place for her as she navigates being single, failing board exams, and her choice to keep growing into the best version of herself.  Dr. Kallur inspires and motivates by sharing the lessons she’s learned along the way, as well as destigmatizes what it means to fail. For anyone who’s ever fallen short of expectations, this is an empowering episode you won’t want to miss.

About Sowmya: 
Sowmya grew up in Kansas City, an only child of hard working supportive south Asian parents. She went to a 6 year medical program at UMKC, and then did her residency in at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Clinics, followed by a pediatric critical care fellowship at UT Houston Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. She is currently an attending physician at McLane Children’s hospital where she is pursing not only her passion of critical care but also educating and training young physicians for the next phase in their career. In her down time Sowmya loves to travel with family and friends, spend time with her overly spoiled puppy KC and enjoy the many outdoor adventures that Austin has offer as well as trying new restaurants.

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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Dr. Sowmya Kallur @sakallur on IG

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Dinesh and Seema share one of their favorite parables that they apply to their mindset and how they navigate life with more happiness and ease.  How might you apply this parable’s teachings to your life?  We’d love to know.  Reach out and share with us on Instagram!

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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We are constantly bombarded with notifications and navigating lighting-paced information exchange, and many of us struggle with feeling overwhelmed or taxed for resources like time, bandwidth and focus. This week, the Happy and Human Duo talk about how to approach this stimulation overload and use constraint to boost your sense productivity and fulfillment.  

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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Deep Dive by Cal Newport

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Judgment is a formidable barrier to our ability to perform at our best and be truly happy.  In this episode of Happy and Human, Dinesh and Seema talk about how judgment hinders our ability to lead, make decisions, and communicate effectively.  They also share the root cause of judgment, as well as the many ways judgment can be experienced through a variety of normal emotions.  Learn how to recognize judgment and shift out of it to deeper understanding of yourself and those around you so you can thrive and experience sustainable, meaningful happiness at work and at home.

Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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Are you a problem-solver or a solution seeker?  How you go about addressing challenges and objections that come your way in  everyday life is either keeping you stuck in frustration  and stress, or is fueling your  highest successes through creative thinking and collaboration.  This week, Seema and Dinesh dive into the mindset shift that allows you to lean into what’s possible for you.  Learn how to create effective solutions that fuel better communication, teamwork, and healthy relationships in all parts of life.

You’ll be able to start leading effectively with less stress and more buy-in from those around you with the simple tool Seema and Dinesh share with you, along with a handful of other tips to make things easier. Listen in now!

Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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Yes, And by Kelley Leonard and Tom Yorton

How to Create a Gratitude Practice That Works For You by Seema Desai

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This week, we are joined by a special guest, Dinesh’s wife! Dr. Anjna Melwani is a physician who practices pediatric hospital medicine in the D.C. area. She is also a loving mother of two, as well as an advocate for access to quality education through her philanthropic efforts with a school in India.  Together with Dinesh and Seema, she talks about how to build the strength to handle life’s hardest challenges and setbacks.  Anjna shares deeply about how her mindset impacted her journey to motherhood through infertility and IVF treatments.  Anjna also talks about how this experience helped her create deep spiritual growth as well as the feeling of unshakable joy and success, despite the unforeseen setbacks that occurred along the way.  This episode is sure to help you reflect on how you handle the challenges in your life, no matter what they are, and how you can leverage those experiences to tap into a strength that will drive your highest successes and happiness.

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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Anjna Melwani on IG: @bewinspired

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Join us for a very special episode: our first guest!  This week, Dr. Manish Desai joins Seema and Dinesh’s conversation as they look to help you create happiness and success that’s meaningful to you.  We take a look at the hard truths and eye-opening insights that Dr. Desai discovered on his path to exceptional leadership as a husband, father, and medical director of a pediatric intensive care unit.  Whether in life-or-death situations, or in everyday life, Dr. Desai shares what’s really helped him thrive through it all to create a deep sense of purpose and joy in all walks of life.

Dr. Manish Desai is a practicing pediatric critical care physician and medical director of the pediatric intensive care unit in the Austin area.  He is married to our co-host, Seema, and loves golf, yoga, cooking, fixing broken household items, and spending time with his family when he's away from the hospital.  In this episode, Dr. Desai shares some eye-opening lessons and hard truths he's realized in his path to become happier and more successful as an imperfect human.

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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This episode touches on 5 things that Seema and Dinesh have noticed highly influential, successful, happy people never do.  Discover what these are as Seema and Dinesh dive into strategies and habits to avoid, so that you can live each day with a greater capacity to be extraordinary.

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

Happy and Human Podcast on IG @happyandhumanpodcast

Read Seema's Blog Post: Why Compartmentalizing Emotion Doesn't Work

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The dread of Monday mornings.  “Thank God it’s Friday.”  Livin’ for the weekend.  “Well, we made it to Hump Day, we’re almost there.”  These are all things people commonly hear and say routinely as they navigate daily life, which can make things feel like we can not experience what we want when we want it.  This affects our performance, health, relationships, and so much more.  What if the fun, ease, and delight that you seek to create on weekends and vacations didn’t have to wait for weekends and vacations?  

Dinesh and Seema talk about how to take the grind out of everyday life so you can create an environment and state of mind optimized for you to build better personal and professional relationships, experiences, and outcomes.  They touch on the science behind what happens for us, plus, they offer a weekly challenge to get you to put into action what you learn, so you can start living life with more ease, fun, and freedom even as you do everyday tasks like washing dishes, holding meetings, or dropping off your dry cleaning.

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Dinesh Melwani www.dineshmelwani.com IG @dineshmelwani

Seema Desai www.drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

Happy and Human Podcast on IG @happyandhumanpodcast

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The Strangest Secret in the World by Earl Nightingale