Ep 108: Find Your Cheerleaders w/ Mohana Rajakumar

How do you navigate a pandemic lockdown as a massive extrovert and creative?

Novelist and screenwriter Mohana Rajakumar joins us to share how the COVID lockdown while living abroad set her on a self-care exploration.

Mohana describes how, after 20 years of being a novelist and having written 10 books, she lost the fun and mystery of novel-writing. She was in search of a new creative outlet and the isolation of living abroad during the pandemic was fertile ground for her to explore different pathways—yoga, nature, and ultimately screenwriting.

Getting curious about what was triggering her emotional reaction of panic, combined with solitude, opened the door to truly listening to her inner voice—she began to ask herself questions like, “What have I always wanted to do, but not had time?”—which subsequently led her to writing and producing three short films.

We round out our conversation with insights on how to reconcile the many different, often seemingly conflicting, aspects of ourselves as women. Mohana’s final piece of advice—find your cheerleaders—those people who truly see you.

Connect with Mohana at: www.mohadoha.com

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