ShowUp Like Her Podcast: Episode 3

Title: Living alone and learning to deal with grief

Our culture traditionally puts immense pressure on women to get married at a certain age, to have a family and live our life by the ways set out by our society. Is it difficult to live alone being a woman in your 30’s away from home? How do we build a fulfilling life for ourselves? In this episode, Maisha talks about being single and living away from home. She talks about the importance of friends and family and self-care. As Bangladeshi women we are never really taught to deal with grief or talk about emotional pains. In this episode we talk about losing a loved one, and how we can manage and deal with grief.

About the Guest: Maisha Islam, is a professional originally from Bangladesh currently living in DC. By day she is a senior manager at CRA where she leads transformative data projects that redefine business processes. By night, she hosts a tv show sharing inspirational stories from both America and Bangladesh. Maisha is on a journey of personal growth, reconnecting with forgotten parts of herself

and challenging her conditioning and blind spots. She revels in exploring the mysteries of the universe, the human mind and the esoteric through books, experiences and conversations. Driven by a passion for learning and evolving, she strives to inspire others to find and embrace their own path of self-discovery.

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