Voice It Out Podcast with Amrita

The week Amrita talks to American-based author Dur E Aziz Amna, about her second book 'A Splintering', after receiving much acclaim for her debut book 'American Fever'. Dur E Aziz opens up about how different writing her most recent book has been to her first and her urge to write a compelling story about a strong female lead that represents issues not openly talked about within South Asian culture. Dur E Aziz also expresses how she dealt with the feelings that came with writing these characters, and how it affected her mental health, especially with the characters and scenarios that are so different from her own life.

In this episode, entrepreneur and former podcast host, Sabrina, joins Amrita to talk about how she deals with balancing her business, her family and her personal goals without feeling guilty, and working towards owning her achievements with conflicting responsibilities. Sabrina opens up about her self-doubt, how she realised her self-talk affected her children, and how she handles the challenges of being a woman in business. Sabrina also explains why and how she made the decision to step back from her podcast, The Sabrina Show, when it was reaching heights.

Shai Hussain makes a return on the podcast and joins Amrita for an episode to talk about his new venture, Bolly Day, which he hopes will give a different experience of clubbing to perhaps a different crowd of Bollywood lovers. He also talks about the other things he's been upto including a play of his which premiered at the Criterion Theatre and TV projects that are in the pipeline.

Sonal from The Study Pod joins Amrita to talk about how a simple idea turned into her creating an online platform for children which has a global reach. Sonal shares how she worked on overcoming life's challenges and how she went against what many South Asians would see as a "taboo" to bring herself back on an even keel. She speaks candidly about her own mental health, being a single mum, running a business and generally looking after her own self after a sudden life change.

Ayurveda practitioner, teacher and author Sonja Shah-Williams talks to Amrita in this episode about her journey to getting into a career in Ayurveda. She speaks about the principles of the ancient Indian system and how its holistic approach applies to modern day. She also reveals what led her to be interested in Ayurveda as well as how she helps clients thinking about how their physical, emotional and spiritual health is all interlinked to one another.

This week, author of 'Pia's Pet Club: Puppy Problem' joins Amrita, post the release of the book. Serena speaks about what lead her to becoming a children's author, how she centres her characters on well-known South Asian experiences of her own and also about her books being universally relatable. She also touches on how she shifted her own mindset to write books, how she looks after her own mental health and how she's fulfilled her dream of writing later on in her life.

Writer, actor, director, producer and presenter Omar Khan is a face many will find familiar. However, his story is nothing but. Having started in the British Asian media industry with dreams he didn't know would be fulfilled, Omar has managed to create a niche for himself as a writer today. In this episode, he speaks about his journey to where he is now, talking about the time he spent in Mumbai, the industry that he's seen change in terms of South Asian representation and how he manages to keep himself motivated and grounded.

Shamita Kumar is a woman who has many different roles and one of those is a coach - this work involves self awareness, energy work and spirituality among other things. She works with clients on their energies, mental health and various other things, to ensure that someone can get to where they want to be from the inside - no matter how difficult the journey may be. In this episode, Shamita talks to Amrita about what led her to this path of helping others, how she protects her own energy and also about how she looks after her own mental health as a woman who juggles.