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Unlearning Silence: Finding Power in Your Voice with Elaine Ling Hering
In this episode, Ambika sits down with Elaine Ling Hering, author of “Unlearning Silence: How to Speak Your Mind, Unleash Talent and Live More Fully.” Together, they dive into the dynamics of silence, voice, power, and leadership. Elaine shares her journey and insights on how silence can stifle or empower us. They unpack the nuanced…
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Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures with Sahaj Kaur Kohli
Ambika sits down with Sahaj Kaur Kohli, MAEd, LGPC, founder of @browngirltherapy and author of “But What Will People Say” to discuss (as her book’s subtitle so perfectly articulates), navigating mental health, identity, love, and family between cultures. This episode centers South Asian experiences, but topics apply to intersectional multicultural and immigrant experiences. Show Notes00:24 The…
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The Common Language of Motherhood with Mother Tongue Magazine
In this episode of Corner Office Breakdowns, Ambika speaks with Melissa Goldstein and Natalia Rachlin, the co-founders of Mother Tongue Magazine, who sought to fill a gap in maternal narratives in media. They discuss the magazine’s mission to include diverse, authentic stories of motherhood, transforming the genre into one that resonates deeply and universally, regardless of one’s direct experience…
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The Discomfort of Wanting Wealth
Guest: Sarita Walsh Being Coach, Sarita Walsh joins Ambika to explore our cultural relationship with money. Our simultaneous fascination and distaste of wealth and the wealthy, and how we can stop and/or start connecting our worth with how much we’re worth.
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Compromising with Reality — a Jungian perspective on careers and callings
Guest: Lisa Marchiano Exploring the intersection of career and vocation with Lisa Marchiano in our new podcast episode. A thought-provoking discussion that challenges the way we view our professional lives and personal callings. Industry leaders, professionals, and dreamers—this conversation is for you. Listen now.
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Corner Office Breakdowns: Live from AWNewYork!
Join Ambika Gautam Pai for a live recording of Corner Office Breakdowns, a podcast that reconciles humanity and the workplace, part of the Advertising Week podcast network. As a mom of two, a first-generation South Asian American and the Chief Strategy Officer advertising agency, Mekanism, Ambika Gautam Pai is an experienced feeler and expert at…
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I Left My Job in Advertising
Ambika reflects on the decision to leave her job as Chief Strategy Officer.
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Amber Rae – “We All Have a Story to Tell”
In Corner Office Breakdown’s season one finale (!!!), Ambika speaks toAmber Rae. Amber is an international best-selling author, writingmentor & story doula who believes in the healing power of the writtenword. She helps people find the stories within and then shepherds theminto existence by teaching that belonging, acceptance, and connectioncome from allowing ourselves to be fully seen,…
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Closing the Gap(s): Women’s Pain & Intuition
In the ninth episode of “Corner Office Breakdowns,” Ambika talks to Anushay Hossain, the author of “The Pain Gap” and a feminist policy analyst who has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, and more. They start by discussing the healthcare field and its limited understanding of women’s bodies and then shift to the idea that dismissing…
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Why We *MUST* Embrace Ego
In episode 8 of Corner Office Breakdowns, Ambika partners up with Amani Duncan, a highly awarded executive who has worked across beauty/fashion, media, advertising, music/entertainment, and manufacturing. Together, they unpack how and why the idea of “ego” has become so negative. They reframe ego as critical to both achieving progress and fulfilling corporate America’s commitment to a…