The Raz Patel Show

From Kabul to Bollywood to Hollywood: The Story | Sameer Ali Khan | Raz Patel S3 EP29

Most success stories skip the uncomfortable details. This one doesn't. Next week on The Raz Patel Show: Janelle Harris. They tried to silence her voice. She didn't just reclaim it. She turned it into power. Now she's helping others do the same through Exist Magazine. This is what happens when you refuse to stay silent. Subscribe and hit the bell 🔔 This is The Raz Patel Show. Frozen to Fearless. This is bold. This is real. This is Frozen to Fearless. #FrozenToFearless #SameerAliKhan #FromKabulToHollywood #Resilience #TheRazPatelShow

South Asians Give Abroad. Who's Feeding Your Neighbor? | Anna Sudha Community Kitchens | The Raz Patel Show | S3 EP28

South Asians send billions back home every year. But who is feeding the family next door? A tech founder. A Hyatt banquet chef. A dedicated mother. They left their careers to answer that question. What started as one woman's grief became a grassroots movement: Anna Sudha Community Kitchens, now serving 6,500 meals every month across Northern Virginia. Zero government funding. Zero paid staff. Sixty high school volunteers showing up every single week. But here's what actually matters: How do you turn personal pain into systemic change? In this Desi Unfiltered episode, founders Nupur Panjabi, Rohit Chavan, and Aarti Rajmohan reveal: - The framework for building movements that last beyond your own story - Why the hidden hunger crisis in American suburbs gets ignored - How to scale compassion from 6 volunteers to 60 - What seva actually looks like when it starts at home, not across the ocean This is not charity. This is transformation. Nupur turned her mother's memory into a solution that feeds thousands. That's what happens when you refuse to accept the problem. Nupur Panjabi. Founder. Rohit Chavan. Operations Leader. Aarti Rajmohan. Volunteer Coordinator. Anna Sudha Community Kitchens. Born in war-torn Kabul. Worked with Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan. Now building across three continents. Sameer Ali Khan's story isn't about the films. It's about the framework he used to survive when the world tried to define who he was allowed to be. War. Imagination. Discipline. Language mastery. Five languages. Three industries. One refusal to stay in a box. 🔔 Subscribe so you don't miss next week's episode. #FrozenToFearless #TheRazPatelShow Get involved: https://anna-sudha.org/ #FrozenToFearless #AnnaSudha #Seva #EndHunger #NupurPanjabi #DesiUnfiltered #GrassrootsMovement #TheRazPatelShow #CommunityLeadership #HungerAwareness

They Told Her to Pick One Career. She Ignored Them | Cori Linder | The Raz Patel Show | S3 EP27

* Everyone told her to pick a lane. Cori Linder ignored them. 25 years as a marketing executive. Wrote a book. Competed as a swim coach. All at the same time. She refused to choose—and proved she didn't have to. But here's what actually matters: How do you turn being "complicated" into your competitive edge? In this episode, Cori shares the Identity Pivot—the exact reframe that transforms how you answer "but what do you DO?" when your life doesn't fit a single box: - Why the parts of you that don't fit the job description are actually your superpower - The framework for building multiple empires simultaneously - How to flip pressure ("pick one lane") into permission to build everything - What happens when you stop apologizing for being multi-dimensional This is not about doing it all. This is about refusing to shrink yourself to fit someone else's definition of success. Cori Linder. Executive. Author. Coach. Builder of her own road. Next week on The Raz Patel Show - Desi Unfiltered: Anna Sudha Community Kitchens. A tech founder. A Hyatt banquet chef. A dedicated mother. They left their careers to feed 6,500 families a month. What started as one woman's grief became a grassroots movement solving suburban hunger with zero government funding. This is what happens when pain becomes purpose at scale. Subscribe and hit the bell 🔔 This is The Raz Patel Show. Frozen to Fearless. #FrozenToFearless #CoriLinder #IdentityPivot #CareerReinvention #MultiHyphenate #WomenWhoLead #TheRazPatelShow #WomenOver40 #IdentityShift

The GLP-1 Truth No One Is Telling You | Ana Reisdorf, MS, RD | The Raz Patel Show | S3 EP26

Millions are taking GLP-1 medications. Almost nobody knows what happens next. Ana Reisdorf is a Registered Dietitian who's worked with hundreds of GLP-1 patients. She's giving you everything your doctor skipped: the silent muscle loss, the identity crisis when your body changes faster than your mind, why most people regain everything after stopping. But here's what actually matters: What does sustainable transformation look like? In this episode, Ana unpacks: - The physical and psychological frameworks for sustainable change - Why quick fixes become long-term failures - How to rebuild your identity when your body transforms - What "sustainable" actually requires BEFORE you need it This is not a debate about whether GLP-1s work. This is about what happens when they do—and how to build something that lasts. Ana Reisdorf, MS, RD. Founder, GLP-1 Hub. Expert in sustainable health transformation. 🔔 **Subscribe and hit the bell** so you don't miss next week's episode where Cori Linder reveals why she ignored everyone telling her to "pick one career" and what building multiple empires actually requires. This is bold. This is real. This is Frozen to Fearless—true transformation that sticks. ⚠️ Educational only. Not medical advice. #FrozenToFearless #GLP1Truth #AnaReisdorf #SustainableHealth #IdentityTransformation #WomensHealth #HealthFramework #TheRazPatelShow

A Business Trip. Then 1,777 Days in Prison | Jose Pereira | The Raz Patel Show | S3 EP25

He flew to Venezuela for a business meeting. He didn't come home for 1,777 days. Jose Pereira was a senior executive at CITGO Petroleum until November 2017, when a routine trip to Caracas turned into nearly five years of wrongful imprisonment on fabricated charges. One of the most condemned cases of hostage diplomacy in recent history. But here's what matters: How do you survive that? And what do you build after? In this episode, Jose unpacks: - The psychological and physical frameworks for surviving extreme adversity - How to maintain your humanity when stripped of everything - Why becoming an advocate became his healing - The leadership that emerges from having nothing left to lose Since his release in 2022, he's become a leading voice pushing for policy change—transforming his trauma into protection for others. This is not just survival. This is what comes AFTER captivity—when pain becomes purpose at scale. Jose Pereira. Executive. Wrongfully detained. Advocate. Leader. Next week on The Raz Patel Show: Ana Reisdorf. Millions are taking GLP-1 medications. Almost nobody knows what happens next. The silent muscle loss. The identity crisis when your body changes faster than your mind. Why most people regain everything after stopping. This is what your doctor skipped. Subscribe and hit the bell 🔔 This is The Raz Patel Show. Frozen to Fearless. #FrozenToFearless #JosePereira #HostageDiplomacy #Resilience #Advocacy #TheRazPatelShow #SurvivalStory #Leadership