Mana Mind StrongHer
Mana Mind StrongHer
Podcast Description
Mana Mind StrongHer is a podcast for the women breaking cycles, reclaiming their stories and healing out loud.
Created by women for women, this space is where raw conversations meet cultural truth telling centring women of colour especially from Pasifika and diaspora communities, who are navigating identity, resilience and radical self worth.
Here we talk about things we weren’t always an allowed to say, mental health, generational trauma, spirituality, motherhood, power and purpose.
These stories are unfiltered. The healing is real. The mana? That’s always been within us.
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Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of mental health, generational trauma, spirituality, motherhood, power, and purpose. For example, in the episode 'From Misjudged to Movement,' Annette discusses her journey as a young refugee and the founding of Amplify Black Women, while the episode with Angela Christie dives into subconscious healing. The show particularly centers on issues faced by women from Pasifika and diaspora communities, highlighting identity, resilience, and radical self-worth.
Mana Mind StrongHer is a podcast for the women breaking cycles, reclaiming their stories and healing out loud.
Created by women for women, this space is where raw conversations meet cultural truth telling centring women of colour especially from Pasifika and diaspora communities, who are navigating identity, resilience and radical self worth.
Here we talk about things we weren’t always an allowed to say, mental health, generational trauma, spirituality, motherhood, power and purpose.
These stories are unfiltered. The healing is real. The mana? That’s always been within us.
In this episode of Mana Mind StrongHer, I sit down with Sheetal Deo lawyer, strategist and intersectional equity practitioner.
Sheetal is the founder of Shakti Legal Solutions, an award-winning low-bono legal practice expanding access to legal support
and Lead Consultant at The Diversity Collective, helping organisations embed inclusive leadership in everyday practice.
But this conversation goes far beyond titles.
We talk about growing up with strong Indo-Fijian roots while navigating identity across cultures from Canada to Australia. Sheetal shares her journey of questioning expectations placed on women, navigating sexuality within cultural and religious contexts, and ultimately building a life that feels authentic to who she is.
We also explore the deeper work behind systems, belonging and equity, and how curiosity asking why things are done the way they are has shaped both her career and purpose.
Towards the end of the conversation, we touch on something deeply personal for both of us: neurodiversity. Having both been diagnosed later in life, we speak about the relief, reframing and self-understanding that can come with finally recognising how your mind works.
This episode is about identity, courage, curiosity and the power of questioning the scripts we’re handed.
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