Megan Sales believed love meant sacrificing herself. Building the perfect marriage, becoming a mother, and giving everything she had felt like the path to a meaningful life. But when motherhood and heartbreak unraveled the future she had imagined, she was forced to ask a different question: What if love was never supposed to cost me myself?

In this conversation, Megan reflects on becoming a single mother, rebuilding after betrayal and loss, learning to loosen her grip on the life she thought she needed, and discovering that choosing yourself isn't the opposite of love — it may be where love truly begins.

Inner Lives continues beyond the microphone.

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•  Instagram: @Meg.Sales.14

Nino Kvernadze grew up moving between countries, languages, and identities before building an extraordinary career that took her from Wall Street to the CEO role of one of Georgia's largest hospitality groups. But after years of chasing achievement, her body forced her to ask a harder question: what is success actually for?

We talk about immigration, ambition, motherhood, burnout, chronic pain, and the complicated relationship modern women have with power, independence, and enoughness.

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•  Instagram: @nino.s.kvernadze 
•  LinkedIn: Nino Kvernadze LinkedIn

Welcome to Inner Lives!

In this short introduction, Mariana Crestani shares why she created the podcast, the questions that inspired it, and what you can expect from the conversations ahead.

If you’ve ever felt caught between who you’ve been, who you’re becoming, and the many ways a life can be lived, you’re in the right place.

Inner Lives continues beyond the microphone.

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Listen to the podcast and explore all episodes:

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•  Instagram: @innerlivespod 
•  Mariana: @marianaccrestani