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How do you know when it’s time to make your next big career move? With International Women’s Day around the corner, we are excited to feature Avni Patel Thompson, Founder and CEO of Milo. Avni is building technology that directly supports the often overlooked emotional and logistical labor that falls on parents—especially women. Milo is an AI assistant designed to help families manage that invisible load more efficiently. In this episode, Avni shares her journey from studying chemistry to holding leadership roles at global brands like Adidas and Starbucks, to launching her own ventures. She discusses how she approaches career transitions, the importance of unpleasant experiences, and why she’s focused on making everyday life easier for parents. [01:26] Avni's University Days and Early Career [04:36] Non-Linear Career Paths [05:16] Pursuing Steep Learning Curves [11:51] Entrepreneurship and Safety Nets [15:22] Lived Experiences and Milo [19:55] Avni’s In Her Ellement Moment [20:03] Reflections Links: Avni Patel Thompson on LinkedIn Suchi Srinivasan on LinkedIn Kamila Rakhimova on LinkedIn Ipsos report on the future of parenting About In Her Ellement: In Her Ellement highlights the women and allies leading the charge in digital, business, and technology innovation. Through engaging conversations, the podcast explores their journeys—celebrating successes and acknowledging the balance between work and family. Most importantly, it asks: when was the moment you realized you hadn’t just arrived—you were truly in your element? About The Hosts: Suchi Srinivasan is an expert in AI and digital transformation. Originally from India, her career includes roles at trailblazing organizations like Bell Labs and Microsoft. In 2011, she co-founded the Cleanweb Hackathon, a global initiative driving IT-powered climate solutions with over 10,000 members across 25+ countries. She also advises Women in Cloud, aiming to create $1B in economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs by 2030. Kamila Rakhimova is a fintech leader whose journey took her from Tajikistan to the U.S., where she built a career on her own terms. Leveraging her English proficiency and international relations expertise, she discovered the power of microfinance and moved to the U.S., eventually leading Amazon's Alexa Fund to support underrepresented founders. Subscribe to In Her Ellement on your podcast app of choice to hear meaningful conversations with women in digital, business, and technology.…

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Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart 57:31

3 days ago57:31

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Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound talk, Tara Brach introduces how the transformative power of the RAIN meditation can help us face fear with courage and compassion. By bringing mindfulness and loving awareness to fear, we can move beyond its grip and reconnect with the boundless freedom of our true nature. What You’ll Learn: Understanding Fear: How fear arises and creates a sense of separation. The Power of RAIN: A step-by-step guide to using RAIN meditation to work with fear. Awakening Awareness: Discovering the boundless love and presence that holds all emotions, including fear. Highlights: Gain tools to transform fear into a gateway for healing and spiritual awakening. Explore the compassionate practices that lead to a fearless heart. Learn how to navigate fear with mindfulness and loving awareness. Why Watch? This talk is an invitation to step out of fear’s grip and into the freedom of open-hearted living. Whether you’re dealing with personal fears or navigating collective challenges, Tara’s guidance offers a powerful path toward inner peace and resilience. Watch Part 1 here: https://www.tarabrach.com/awakening-your-fearless-heart-facing-fear-part1-2/ Subscribe to Tara’s podcast: https://tbrach.com/3WKHdfO Photo: Jonathan Foust The post Facing Fear (Part 2) – Awakening Your Fearless Heart appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Meditation: Relaxing with Life (21:38 min.) 21:37

3 days ago21:37

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This meditation begins with a body scan, and then we practice opening to and relaxing with our changing experience. The sitting closes with a beautiful poem by Danna Faulds, “Just for Now.” Just for now, Be boundless, free, with awakened energy tingling in your hands and feet. Drink in the possibility Of being who and what you really are — So fully alive that the world looks different, Newly born and vibrant, just for now. Danna Faulds, “Just for Now.” Photo: Jonathan Foust The post Meditation: Relaxing with Life (21:38 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 1) 58:17

9 days ago58:17

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Fear is a universal human experience, but when it dominates our inner world, it can trap us in a sense of separation and suffering. In this profound talk, Tara Brach introduces how the transformative power of the RAIN meditation can help us face fear with courage and compassion. By bringing mindfulness and loving awareness to fear, we can move beyond its grip and reconnect with the boundless freedom of our true nature. What You’ll Learn: Understanding Fear: How fear arises and creates a sense of separation. The Power of RAIN: A step-by-step guide to using RAIN meditation to work with fear. Awakening Awareness: Discovering the boundless love and presence that holds all emotions, including fear. Highlights: Gain tools to transform fear into a gateway for healing and spiritual awakening. Explore the compassionate practices that lead to a fearless heart. Learn how to navigate fear with mindfulness and loving awareness. Why Watch? This talk is an invitation to step out of fear’s grip and into the freedom of open-hearted living. Whether you’re dealing with personal fears or navigating collective challenges, Tara’s guidance offers a powerful path toward inner peace and resilience. Watch Part 2 here: https://www.tarabrach.com/awakening-your-fearless-heart-facing-fear-part1-2/ Subscribe to Tara’s podcast: https://tbrach.com/3WKHdfO The post Awakening Your Fearless Heart: Tara Brach on Facing Fear (Part 1) appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence (23:53 min.) 23:49

10 days ago23:49

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This meditation establishes a kind attention by bringing the imagery and felt sense of a smile into the body scan and then, with the breath as a home base, opens the attention to changing experience. We end with a brief loving kindness reflection. The post Meditation: Open-Hearted Presence (23:53 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Freedom from Inner and Outer Tyranny: The Path of Spiritual Warriors 47:01

16 days ago47:01

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Many agree that this is the most unpredictable and dangerous time we’ve ever lived through. How do we hold what is unfolding, and respond with courage and clarity? In this talk we reflect on the ways we become spiritual warriors dedicated to freeing ourselves from the inner domination of fear (hatred, delusion) and freeing our world from external forms of tyranny. In this talk, Tara explores: The roots of tyranny and fear—how unprocessed fear fuels aggression, domination, and the rise of authoritarianism. The power of belonging—why remembering our interconnectedness can empower resistance against oppression. Inner freedom as a path to outer change—how mindfulness and heart-centered practices dismantle fear and awaken courage. The role of the spiritual warrior—cultivating presence, compassion, and truth to stand against inner and outer oppression. Taking action from love, not fear—how small, heartfelt acts contribute to collective healing and justice. The post Freedom from Inner and Outer Tyranny: The Path of Spiritual Warriors appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Meditation: Coming Home to Openhearted Awareness (19 min) 18:59

17 days ago18:59

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In daily life we often leave ourselves, get lost in thoughts, and cut off from a direct, openhearted experience of our life. This meditation reconnects by opening all the senses, turning towards the awareness that is here, and resting in the awakened heartspace that includes and tenderly holds our moment to moment experience (a special favorite from the archives). “Waking up from thoughts… coming back home to the senses…” “…from this space of openhearted awareness, sense whatever blessing feels natural to offer to this human heart… From this tender, vast heart space, sense whatever blessing feels natural to offer all beings… May we recognize this awakened heart space as our deepest nature… May all beings awaken and be free.” The post Meditation: Coming Home to Openhearted Awareness (19 min) appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Equanimity – Part 4 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love 52:05

23 days ago52:05

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Part 4: Equanimity – unfolds as we find a wise balance and spaciousness in the midst of this living, dying world. This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In each talk we explore the habitual patterning that blocks our full realization of these innate capacities, and the understandings and practices that nurture their unfolding. In this talk, Tara explores: A Heart Ready for Anything – Practical reflections and meditations to cultivate equanimity in relationships and daily life. The Wisdom of Equanimity – How balance and spacious awareness free us from reactivity and deepen our capacity for love. Equanimity as the Ground for Compassion – The role of equanimity in keeping love from contracting into attachment and compassion from turning into pity. Navigating Emotional Waves – The metaphor of the ocean and waves to cultivate presence amidst life’s inevitable challenges. The Shadow Side of Equanimity – How indifference can masquerade as equanimity and the importance of staying engaged with life. “These are the questions of equanimity: What’s happening right now? Can I be with this? When you ask these questions and really contact what is happening and let it be, you become the ocean that has room for the waves.” The post Equanimity – Part 4 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence (21:56 min.) 21:56

24 days ago21:56

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We arrive in presence by deepening attention in the body; relaxing and awakening through a body scan. That presence deepens as we bring our attention to the space of awareness that includes the changing flow of sounds, sensations and feelings. In that wholeness of formlessness and form, we discover our natural being – open, awake and tender. The post Meditation: The Space and Aliveness of Presence (21:56 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome (18:40 min.) 18:40

4 weeks ago18:40

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This meditation scans through the body, and awakens attention to the open, inclusive awareness that all life arises in. We then explore experiencing that openness in the region of the heart, saying yes to life and including whatever is here with unconditional presence. Peace is this moment without thinking that it should be some other way, that you should feel some other thing, that your life should unfold according to your plans. Peace is this moment without judgment, this moment in the heart-space where everything that is, is welcome. Peace is This Moment Without Judgment by Dorothy Hunt The post Meditation: The Heartspace Where All is Welcome (18:40 min.) appeared first on Tara Brach .…

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Joy – Part 3 of Present Heart: The Universal Expressions of Love 52:39

4 weeks ago52:39