SOLO: What Pursuing My Mission Has Taught Me So Far

SOLO: What Pursuing My Mission Has Taught Me So Far

In this solo episode, Saara shares what she's learned so far in the process of pursuing her mission, from a year of experimenting with different businesses and creative mediums to committing to the podcast as a weekly practice. She talks about the experimentation phase and why it's necessary even when it feels like spinning your wheels, what happens when distractions show up right after clarity, and why consistency with one thing matters more than dabbling in many. She also gets into the balance between self-development work and actually doing the work, educating on your craft, and the best advice she's received on the reality of building. Chapters 00:00 Welcome02:24 My Story07:12 You May Not Know What Your Thing Is09:35 Signs It Might Be the Thing11:57 Overnight Success Myth14:23 Staying in the Game16:43 Getting Clear Then Getting Tested21:35 Side Quests as Resistance26:26 Study What You're Building28:46 Too Much Inner Work, Not Enough Reps31:07 Closing Connect * Saara: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/ [https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/]

SOLO: The Shadow Side of Spirituality

In this solo episode, Saara opens up about her personal relationship to spirituality, how it began in childhood darkness, and how it has evolved as she's moved from desperation to discernment. She talks about the shadow side of being a seeker, what happens when spiritual tools become a means of control, and the pattern she's noticed of outsourcing agency to frameworks, teachers, and gurus. She also gets into what she feels is missing from the conversation around aligned action, the gap between intuitive insight and consistent effort, and what she wants Rich Souls to stand for as she continues to build it. Chapters 00:00 Welcome and Why This Episode 02:25 Darkness as a Gateway to Spirituality 04:04 The Transition from Desperation to Discernment 06:51 New Age11:10 What I Want This Podcast to Be 13:35 The Psychic in Nashville 17:16 When Spiritual Tools Lead to Disconnect 19:18 Outsourcing to Others 21:36 Alchemizing in the Present 23:33 The Problem with the "Aligned Action" Narrative 31:07 Closing Connect * Saara: https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/ [https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/]

The Finance Guy Who Does Emotional Work with Akash Kanojia

Akash Kanojia is a finance professor at UT Austin, former management consultant, lawyer, and eight years deep in a men's emotional processing group. In this episode, Saara and Akash get into how his career trajectory, from law to consulting to the Federal Reserve to teaching, has always been in pursuit of his innate curiosities. They discuss sunk costs and career transitions, the value of emotional intelligence in leadership, and why most members of his men's group ended up leaving their W-2 jobs. They also explore the creative process, their shared Artist's Way experience, reading as fuel for Akash's creative fire, and what it looks like to build a life learning and communicating what you've learned. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Akash Kanojia 02:24 From Law to Consulting to Finance 12:21 Eight Years of Men's Group Work 23:33 The Artist's Way 34:59 Reading as Creative Fuel 37:44 Teaching Through Discussion 39:57 Note-Taking and Writing to Think 41:49 Inspirational Sparks 44:43 Inner Work, Outer Results 54:43 Closing Questions Connect * Akash: https://www.akashkanojia.com/ * Saara: https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/

SOLO: What Falling Off My Morning Practice Taught Me

In this solo episode, Saara gets honest about what happened when her morning practices subtly fell away after an intense season of rapid change. She talks about how losing her routine impacted her creative process with the podcast, why the devolvement was so gradual she almost didn't notice, and what getting back on track has looked like this week. She also shares thoughts on information fasts, the timing of when you engage with people versus sitting with your own experience first, and why investing in your connection to yourself might be the most non-negotiable thing there is. Chapters 00:00 Welcome Back / The Hater Comment 05:30 Falling Off the Rails 09:23 The Slow Devolvement 11:50 Losing Connection to Myself 16:00 Defining What Anchors You 19:00 Coming Back Without Tyranny 21:00 Dialing In Before Sharing 23:00 Going On An Information Fast Connect with Saara ⁠⁠@SaaraLampwalla [https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/]

Trusting What You Can't Explain with Lisa Viapiano

Lisa Viapiano is a healer, mentor, and somatic practitioner whose path has wound from sports chiropractic through multiple modalities of healing into the channeling work she does today. In this episode, Saara and Lisa talk about what it actually looks like to trust experiences that your rational mind wants to dismiss, why divine timing is about alignment rather than time, and what surrender feels like when you stop trying to think your way into it. They also get into the distortion showing up in spiritual communities right now, building trust with your own intuition, and the difference between seeking and actually landing in yourself. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Lisa Viapiano 04:04 Creating in Public 07:15 Distortion in Spiritual Communities 09:45 Building Boxes to Find Your Way Out 14:58 Collective Shadow Work 18:11 Divine Timing Is Not About Time 22:22 Collapsing Time Through Embodiment 26:50 Light Language 38:10 Patience as a Distraction 47:19 Trusting Signs 52:50 Surrender 01:16:18 Control 01:32:53 Quarantined in the Jungle in Peru 01:41:02 God 01:47:51 Closing Questions Connect with Lisa @DrLisaV [https://www.instagram.com/drlisav/] Connect with Saara ⁠⁠@SaaraLampwalla [https://www.instagram.com/saaralampwalla/]