October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. For me, it brings thoughts of my brilliant Massiji, the loss our family carries, and an experience earlier this year that left me frightened. My Massiji was diagnosed with breast cancer at 48. She passed away just months after her 50th birthday. Even now, I feel that loss in

This week, I had the privilege of meeting Gisèle Pelicot. There are people whose words stay with you long before you find yourself standing beside them. For me, Gisèle is one of those people. “Shame must change sides.” Four words that ask us to question who we blame, whose reputation we protect and what we

Five years ago, as I was turning 40, I asked myself a question: If I reached the end of my life, what would I regret not doing? I wrote a list. Then I started doing something about it. I called it Project No Regrets. Some of the things on that list were big. I wanted to

I’ve met and heard from many incredible, inspirational women over the years. But being in the room listening to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe felt different. Like so many people, I had followed her story from afar. I’d watched Prisoner 951. I’d followed her husband Richard’s relentless campaign to bring her home. But there is something very different about

I recently spent an evening listening to Carrie Green, the founder of the Female Entrepreneur Association and one of the original pioneers of online community building and membership businesses. As someone who has spent years building Asian Women MEAN Business and the Inspire Club, I know that creating a successful community takes far more than

An evening with the OG, Meera Syal. A true trailblazer who has paved the way for generations of brown women to pursue their dreams, embrace their ambitions and create their own adventures. There is something incredibly special about being in the same room as a woman whose visibility helped you imagine what might be possible