The Millennial Nomaad Coming Alive podcast series explores 180 life shifts, inner transformation, and the pursuit of dreams as we design our lives. It is the podcast designed not to give you answers, but to help you ask the right questions. For more information, visit the host Elnaz's website at: www.millennialnomaad.com & her Instagram: @millennialnomaad • In this episode, I interview Jay Hemrajani. He is a professor, storytelling podcaster, writer, and filmmaker based in Curaçao. His work has been seen in film festivals and even got picked up by PBS. We discuss how one's creations often contain pieces of themselves, independent films, Hollywood v. Bollywood cinema, the loneliness of the creative process v. collaboration of production, artists as observers of the world, balancing passion projects as a professor, the pressure to please immigrant parents, enthusiasm as a recipe to success, rejection as fuel for growth, laughter as a form of therapy, heartbreak, crafting memorable characters, and the catharsis of emotional release in art. To connect with Jay, check out his work at: linktr.ee/jaydevh and Instagram at: @jaihemrajani ✨🌎🐘#MillennialNomaad #MNComingAlive