Maya Shankar
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1,518 appearances
8 recordings
7 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 5 Jul
Maya Shankar’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So what can you do?
Well, there's a really effective strategy called a self-affirmation exercise.
And this is where you write down all of the identities that you value in your life, all the things that bring your life meaning and purpose that are not threatened by the change.
So for example, if you're having a really big rough patch at work, or let's say you've lost your job, you might emphasize your spiritual life.
If you're going through a really difficult divorce, you might emphasize that you have a really loving community around you or that you love being head of the PTA or on the new pickleball club that you just joined.
And I actually saw this work wonders in my own life.
So when we got the news of the second miscarriage, I remember that day.
Can I swear on the show?
That day was a shit show, Jason, because earlier in the day, we had seen two healthy beating hearts.
Then hours later, our surrogate says that she thinks she's miscarrying.
And this, by the way, was the second time that this whole thing had happened.
And so we were totally stricken with grief.
And I remember that night laying under the covers in my bed, just like not only feeling totally empty, like I mentioned before, but just hopeless, right?
Because
You mentioned you're type A, I'm type A too.
I'm used to like working my way through hard problems, to hustling my way around barriers.
In the fertility space, there's no such thing as quote, trying harder.
The universe doesn't care how much you want this outcome, right?
Things will just happen as they happen.
And so it is one of the, it's one of those spaces where it's the ultimate surrender in many ways, right?
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