18: Maneesha Ahluwalia: A Riveting yet Relatable Story of Strength, Resilience and Emotional Agility

The Indian American Experience Podcast

My guest Dr. Maneesha Ahluwalia is a Life Coach, specializing in coaching Indian-Americans. She talks and writes openly about marriage and in-law stress, infertility stress, divorce and love after divorce, and more.

Her social media posts are inspiring, drawing on her courage and willingness to be vulnerable about topics usually considered taboo in Indian culture. She's also a speaker, author, competitive tennis player, and a mom to Misha, Mirchi and Jaggery, her Indian street dog and two kittens. In her previous avatar she worked as an Infectious Diseases physician, and recently retired from that career when she learned that Life Coaching was a calling for her in a way that medicine never was.

In this interview that may be brief but is densely candid, heartwarming, touching and even provocative, Maneesha shares her journey as a daughter of Indian parents who broke barriers, a wife and a daughter-in-law who struggled with expectations and unfair pressures, and came out on top, and at the end of it a powerful individual. She has beautifully transformed her experiences into something extremely positive, and now uses her lived experience with others through Life Coaching. This conversation touches so many points that have come up on this podcast, especially the elusive art of good parenting, and it also lays the groundwork for my next season when I will be interviewing members of the younger generation of Indian Americans.
You can find Dr. Maneesha Ahluwalia here:
Website: https://www.lifecoachingwithdrahluwalia.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifecoachingforindians/
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