Sobha The Living Room
Podcast Description
Welcome to Sobha The Living Room - the official podcast by Sobha Realty.This is your invitation into the world of luxury living, smart investments, and the future of real estate in the UAE and beyond.Whether you're searching for your dream home or exploring high-value investment opportunities, this podcast offers expert insights, market trends, and stories behind some of the most iconic communities in the region.At Sobha, we’ve built landmarks. Now, we’re building conversations. ✨
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Content Themes
The podcast centers around themes of luxury real estate, smart investments, and market trends in the UAE. Specific episodes include discussions on the UAE's appeal to global investors, trends in branded residences and smart communities, implications of remote work on living preferences, and long-term investment strategies for property in Dubai.
Welcome to Sobha The Living Room – the official podcast by Sobha Realty.
This is your invitation into the world of luxury living, smart investments, and the future of real estate in the UAE and beyond.
Whether you’re searching for your dream home or exploring high-value investment opportunities, this podcast offers expert insights, market trends, and stories behind some of the most iconic communities in the region.
At Sobha, we’ve built landmarks. Now, we’re building conversations. ✨
In this episode of Sobha The Living Room, host Nimi Mehta is joined by Kavita Srinivasan, former Editor-in-Chief of Cosmopolitan Middle East, now a trauma counselor, parenting coach and founder of Raising Hearts.
Kavita opens up about her personal journey of healing and why the true luxuries of life in the UAE extend far beyond architecture and amenities. Together they explore how safety shapes confidence, how intentional communities are redefining home, and why connection and belonging matter more than ever in a fast-changing world.
Highlights include:
✔️ Why community and connection are central to wellbeing and parenting
✔️ How Dubai evolved from a transient city to a place families call home
✔️ The role of safety and convenience in raising confident children
✔️ Intentional community design: nurseries, local clinics, grocery and green spaces
✔️ Conscious living, slow living and balancing tech with human-first practices
✔️ Practical ideas for building “connectors” in communities to reduce awkwardness and increase belonging
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:00 Meet Kavita Srinivasan, from publishing to trauma work
03:30 Kavita’s personal turning point and path into trauma therapy
07:00 Why community matters, the village principle
09:00 Dubai’s shift from a transient city to family-focused communities
11:30 The rise of self-sufficient communities: nurseries, clinics and local stores
14:00 COVID, the home as centre, and the mindset shift in choosing where to live
17:30 Safety as a core benefit for families in the UAE
20:30 Emotional development, independence and children’s baseline safety
24:00 The international mix and the power of finding like-minded subcommunities
27:30 Wellness, nature, green spaces and why they matter for families
31:00 Conscious, slow living in the middle of the hustle
33:30 Tech, AI and the need to protect what makes us human
36:30 The trend: developments with wellness and community zones in 2025
38:30 The missing “connector” role in communities and how to fix it
42:00 Future hopes: inclusivity and a place for every mindset
44:00 Closing thoughts and next episode tease
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