Ventures

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Kajol Patel, (IG: @management.consultant). It's an amazing conversation about why she decided to transition out of a physics degree into Management, where her itch to start Youtube came from, what it means to be South Asian and how she just keeps on swimming.

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Nishma Acharya (My mum). It's an amazing conversation about the adventures of a stay-at-home-mum, talking about her experiences around giving up her career as a nurse to look after her own children and her nieces and nephew, dealing with death, & what it was like to find out there was something wrong with her children.

All the key topics will be timestamped in the description so feel free to jump around.

Timestamps 

00:00 - Intro

00:54 - Her past life job as a nurse

05:46 - Making THE DECISION to not return to work

11:55 - Complications with her 2nd child and Sod's law

16:17 - Returning to work

24:49 - Filling her void after losing another family member

31:37 - Shift in the family dynamic and maintain family cohesion between 2 countries & Telling her oldest son in anger, that she couldn't wait for him to leave.

42:31 - How she felt finding out that her son wanted to take his own life, whilst in a depressive episode

47:50 - Outro

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a candid conversation with Sunil Acharya, my dad. It's an amazing conversation about how he bought our family up on a single income, what its like it move to a different country to work leaving us all behind and most of all doing what needs to be done.

All the key topics will be timestamped in the description so feel free to jump around.

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

00:37 - Being set up for success

01:18 - His background

04:12 - His first job

10:46 - The importance of a good team

13:35 - Saving to buy a house

22:39 - Falling into roles within the household

24:19 - Doing what needs to be done

29:03 - Not being prepared to buy a half a £million house & how a peer helped him

32:47 - Peak earnings

34:23 - How does he know what he needs

36:49 - Moving to Malaga and living the life his parents used to talk about

42:09 - How his kids ended up going in a non-classical direction

43:47 - What does coasting mean to him

46:39 - Creating culture at Unilever

47:38 - Dealing with Innovation at work and in the home

53:32 - Would he change anything?

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I continue on with my new series REAL TALK with V. I focus the conversation around the doubt I've been having in my life regarding Content Creation in short wondering whether its time to hang my hat up. I also discuss a new hobby I've decided to pick up and why finding a hobby that doesn't suit your typical personality is an asset for you.

All the key topics will be timestamped in the description so feel free to jump around.

Timestamps

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I start a new series continuing on from where the Podcast started a year ago. In it, I chat about what my new job is like and how I'm feeling. I also discuss what the grind life of a having a full time 9-5 and pursuing a career as a creator in parallel is like.

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Madina Zaynudinova, or as her friends call her Mads (IG: @mad.s_). It's an amazing conversation about her sense of style and where she draws her inspiration from; what it's like going to university during Covid-19 and she opens up about her continuous battle with mental health.

All the key topics will be timestamped in the description so feel free to jump around. 

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro 

01:21 - Her Styling Ethos & Inspiration

13:59 - Her University Experience at Royal Holloway

16:40 - First Impressions of each other

21:00 - Making friends at University 

24:05 - Dealing with Mental Health 

26:20 - Her experiences with Bipolar, Mania, Depression 

32:04 - Exams during Covid -19 with her Mental Health 

34:30 - Explaining mental health to people who might have never experienced it  

36:50 - Her experience with wanting to take her own life 

39:55 - Meditation & Yoga & Ballet 

49:07 - Books vs Online copies  

51:35 - Why I use the word Interesting a-lot 

53:15 - Wrapping up 

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a conversation with Khadija Faye (IG: @khadijaafaye) with a feature from Muhsin Yesilada (IG: @muhsin_yesilada). In all honesty, it's a fun one, we chat about a load of topics with it starting formalish and ending in JRE vibes 

On this episode of The Ordinary Experience, I dive into a raw conversation with Niam Patel (IG: @niampatel.99). We chat about the Covid-19 schooling experience, embracing his past & growing up in a single-parent family amongst other interesting personal topics. 

All the key topics will be timestamped in the description so feel free to jump around. 

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

00:46 - Transition into COVID schooling 

02:50 - How we met 

03:51 - What it's like to go to a boarding school 

07:50 - Maintaining friendships/relationships in school 

10:35 - His take on being the 'different' year 

11:21 - Being the naughty kid & his mental shift 

20:29 - Becoming Head-boy & Embracing his past 

36:30 - Embracing the role of a leader 

41:45 - The boarding school bubble

47:49 - Taking on an independent role in the home

52:57 - What single-parent family life is like & the learnings  

1:02:59 - Would he change anything?

1:07:26 - Wrapping up