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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I had tunnel vision.

And it had prevented me from seeing that, yes, this change was happening.

And one of my dreams I was seeing kind of dissipate, but I was still whole.

my life still had so much meaning and purpose.

There was so much reason to still wake up the next day and feel optimistic.

And, you know, did I go to bed like feeling great that night?

Of course not.

But did I feel, did I go to bed feeling more intact?

Absolutely.

And did I feel like to the question of denial, I was more able to register my reality because it didn't feel like a complete threat on my existence?

Yes.

So that's one technique.

I have a couple

You have shared, I mean, just saying the guilt thing, I felt that in spades.

I instinctively just wanted to blame myself for this.

Oh my God, should we not have ordered the six week ultrasound?

Even though I'm a scientist, my brain wasn't being rational in those moments, you know, because you feel like you're a failure in some way.

And I'm so resonate with that emotional space.

It's so interesting.

When I look back on that time, it taught me such a valuable lesson.

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