Dr. Radha Kohly: Ambition, Fulfillment & Building a Life With Purpose

Dr. Radha Kohly is a medical retina and cataract surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, a researcher in health equity, and a mother of four. She started as a dancer, followed her nose through Queen's and a PhD in visual psychophysics, and found her way into medicine the night before her match deadline. She joins us to talk about the eyes, the body, and the slow work of doing life on your own terms.We get into the myopia pandemic and why two hours outside every day may be the most powerful thing you can do for your kids' vision, the daily screening habit Dr. Kohly teaches her own children, and what it really means to lose your sight. She also breaks down her concept of becoming a micro-revolutionary, why humility is a superpower in medicine, and why the purse she's currently designing is about so much more than fashion. Plus: self-love as the hardest practice she's ever taken on, and the difference between your underwear line and your couture line.Follow Gettin ChaiInstagram: @gettin_chaiYouTube: @gettinchaipodcast(00:00) Intro(01:05) Meet Dr. Radha Kohly(07:38) Parenting: This Is Their Life Not Yours(09:03) Eye Health and the Daily Screening Tip(11:38) Vision Loss, Blindness and Independence(20:52) Myopia Pandemic: Two Hours Outside(23:29) Who Is Radha Outside the Clinic(25:28) Becoming a Micro-Revolutionary(30:53) The Superpower of Humility(34:05) The Purse and Doing It Her Way(37:24) Self-Love and Permission to Be Soft(42:35) Your Couture Line: Feed Your Soul(43:19) Final Thoughts