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Unscripted Growth Podcast
by Madhuri Roy
Unscripted Growth is a shift from polished soundbites to deeper, more honest explorations of personal growth — messy, real, and unfolding one step at a time. It’s a reminder that you don’t need the full plan to begin, just the courage to move forward and the grace to pivot when needed.
Episodes
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Unscripted Conversation about Rest with Aparna Costa
In this episode of Unscripted Conversation, I chat with Aparna Costa on the topic of rest. We touch upon why we women find it difficult to rest without attaching a purpose to it or even justifying it. She offers some practical advice on how to evaluate the situation in terms of evaluating every…
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Freedom to be disliked
Why does someone's disapproval sometimes stay with us longer than their appreciation? How often do we adjust our words, choices, or even our boundaries simply to avoid being disliked? And where do we draw the line between being considerate of others and compromising who we are? In this episode of...
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Why does rest need justification
Some habits are so deeply woven into our lives that we rarely stop to question them. This episode began with one ordinary question that made me notice something I had never really examined before. What followed was less about finding an answer, and more about noticing what we may have quietly...
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Choosing Direction over Destination
I’ve been doing a little artwork lately, and I noticed something: when I was younger, I could simply pick up a brush and begin. Now, I seem to want to know what the finished picture will look like before I make the first stroke. It made me wonder—when did we become so uncomfortable with not...
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The Conversation No One Hears
There’s a conversation happening every day that no one else hears. It’s the one we have with ourselves — after a mistake, when doubt creeps in, or when we wonder whether we’re good enough. We may not always notice the words. But how much are they shaping what we believe about ourselves? In this...
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Are you failing or are you carrying too much?
Have you ever stopped feeling like yourself — more tired, less patient — and quietly swapped "what am I carrying?" for "what's wrong with me?" Burnout doesn't announce itself. It just rewrites how we see ourselves — a missed deadline becomes unreliability, a lost hour becomes incapability. But...
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Your mind is a magnet
We often hear that our mind is a magnet — but what are we actually training it to notice? Problems or possibilities? What is missing, or what is still working? What went wrong, or what might still be possible? In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I reflect on how where we place our attention can...
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Unscripted Conversation with Madhuri G - You are not your chaos
In this podcast I speak with Madhuri G on the topic of recognizing the chaos around you and not allowing the chaos to consume you.
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Trust the growth process
There will be days you do everything right and still have nothing to show for it. This is about what to do with those days. Welcome to Unscripted Growth — the space where we talk about growth, change, and becoming more intentional about the lives we're building.
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Not Ready Yet Anyway
What's the one thing you keep telling yourself you'll finally do this week? Mine are the same three, most weeks: start the workout plan. Take the digital detox weekend. Call the friend I told I would. By Thursday, none of it happened. Again. For a long time I had a word for that. I'm starting to...
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Keep Evolving
Our past shapes us, but it doesn’t have to define us. We are allowed to change our minds, outgrow old versions of ourselves, and want something different from life. In this episode I explore why evolving isn’t leaving ourselves behind—it’s becoming more fully who we are. 🎙️ Your past is the...
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Unscripted Conversation with Neha Chouhan
Many of think that stability in life as well as our careers is the goal — the fixed title, the settled plan, the sense of finally arriving. This conversation challenged that. I sat down with Neha Chouhan Gandhe, a leader who's built her career less around holding a position and more around…
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Unscripted Conversation with Richard Greene
A near-death experience will rearrange your priorities fast. For Richard Greene — business adviser, author, and TEDx speaker — it did more than that: it became the lens for everything after. In this episode of Unscripted Growth, Richard opens up about the life on the other side of that moment…
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A Protected Mind Is Not Always a Free Mind
I’ve been thinking about how easily a useful idea can become a filter for life. Protecting our attention matters. But what happens when we start asking, “Will this serve me?” not just about information, but about conversations, emotions, grief, and people? In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I...
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Unscripted Conv with Eraina Ferguson
What happens when women are encouraged to speak—but the systems around them still fail to listen? In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I speak with Eraina Ferguson—AI product leader, TEDx curator, keynote speaker, and founder of Listen to Her—about her unconventional journey into technology,...
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Live a little everyday
How much of your life is waiting for a version of you that feels more ready? What if you've been waiting for the wrong thing? In this week's episode of Unscripted Growth, we explore why healing doesn't always come before living—and why the experiences we postpone may be the very ones that help us...
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Why do we unite behind sports
Ever wonder why we hold our breath watching people we've never met? I explore why we can't look away from sports — the World Cup, Wimbledon, the Tour de France — and what it really says about us as viewers. But there's another side of sports I know intimately: the one without cameras. As a mother...
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Unscripted Conv with Vidya Moorthy
Vidya Moorthy, a global affairs strategist, community builder, and President of Austin Business Woman. Over the course of her career, Vidya has lived and worked across continents, helping leaders navigate global change, communication, and culture. Today, she brings those experiences together to...
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The Promotion Nobody Talks About
There's a moment most leaders recognize but rarely talk about. You got promoted because you were the one who could fix it, figure it out, push it across the finish line. And then one day you realize — you're still doing exactly that. For a team of ten. It feels like leadership. But there's a…
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Understanding Emptiness
How often do we rush to get past discomfort? A moment of sadness, loneliness, disappointment, or uncertainty appears—and almost immediately, we start explaining it away, fixing it, or distracting ourselves from it. Lately, I've been wondering about the cost of that habit. In this week's episode…
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Conversation with Aparna Costa
What happens when ambition, leadership, and well-being collide? In my latest episode of Unscripted Growth, I sit down with Aparna Kumar Costa, founder of Blue Heron Leadership Coaching, to explore why so many high-performing women find themselves successful on the outside yet overwhelmed on the...
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Choose your words wisely
We often think communication is about getting our point across. But what if it's also about understanding the impact our words leave behind? A single sentence can encourage someone, deepen a relationship, or stay with them far longer than we ever intended.
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Career Growth
Career growth is not just about doing more. At some point, it becomes about how people experience you. Do you bring clarity? Do you stay steady under pressure? Do others trust your judgment? The next opportunity often goes to the person people can imagine in the room when things get hard....
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Healing is not linear
Healing is not linear. It is a spiral. You will pass the same place again, but at a different depth. And maybe that is one of the hardest things to accept. Because most of us imagine healing like a road. A straight path. One step forward, one lesson learned, one wound closed, and then we move on....
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Unscripted Growth - Let Yourself Be
Have you ever corrected yourself just to fit in? Softened your excitement. Swallowed a thought. Changed your tone. Made yourself easier to accept. And how did that really feel? Before we rush to comply, adjust, explain, or shrink, maybe we need to pause and ask a different question: What if the...
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Unscripted Growth - Intentional Pause
What if the next level of growth doesn’t come from doing more… but from pausing? In a world that rewards constant motion, we’ve forgotten how to step back before we burn out. This week on Unscripted Growth, I reflect on the quiet power of an intentional pause—and why it might be the most…
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Literary Titan Book Review - The Worry Whisper
What if worry wasn’t something to silence… but something to understand? In The Worry Whisper, eight-year-old Aarya Bloom feels a quiet flutter in her chest — like a small bird tapping gently from inside. Tomorrow, she must read aloud in class. She loves stories. She loves words. But what if she...
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Procrastination is not laziness
We don’t procrastinate because we’re lazy. We procrastinate because we’re human. In the latest episode of Unscripted Growth, I explore the truth behind procrastination—not as a failure of discipline, but as an emotional response rooted in fear, perfectionism, and self-doubt. When we understand…
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Unscripted Growth - You are enough
How many versions of yourself have you edited… just to feel accepted? We don’t usually notice when it begins—the quiet habit of scanning the world for proof. Proof that we belong. Proof that we are not too much, not too little, not somehow out of place. It shows up in small, familiar ways—the…
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Unscripted Conversation with Sandra M
“Women supporting women” sounds powerful. But when it really matters— what does that support look like in action? A conversation that challenged, affirmed, and stayed with me.
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Unscripted Growth - Pause
When was the last time you stayed silent… not because you had nothing to say— but because you chose not to interrupt what was unfolding? We often think good conversations are built on what we say. But some of the most meaningful moments happen in what we don’t. This piece is a reflection on...
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Unscripted Conversation with Anjali Jain
My guest today is Anjali Jain — someone I’ve known since kindergarten. Decades of friendship give you a front-row seat to a person’s becoming — not just their achievements, but their values, their quiet choices, and the way they show up when no one is watching. Anjali is a senior professional at…
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Unscripted Conversation @ Fear with Brian F
Today, we’re talking about something we all feel… but rarely examine closely. Fear. We celebrate courage. But we don’t often sit with what comes before it. What if fear isn’t just something to overcome? What if it’s a measuring yardstick — quietly pointing to where growth might be waiting? I’m...
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Unscripted Growth - Take a Chance on Yourself
Taking a chance on yourself means acting before you feel fully ready or certain. It requires trusting your own potential enough to move forward despite fear, risk, or an unclear outcome. Because in the end, the greater loss is not failure — it’s never giving yourself the opportunity to begin.
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Unscripted Conversation with Kapil Kulshreshtha
Today, I’m joined by Kapil Kulshreshtha, joining us from Sydney, Australia. After more than two decades in high-stakes corporate leadership, Kapil made a courageous pivot into coaching, speaking, and guiding professionals toward careers shaped by clarity, confidence, and purpose.
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Examine your lenses
This episode invites listeners into reflective self-awareness, highlighting how our perceptions of others are shaped more by our own experiences and beliefs than by objective reality. By pausing to examine the lens through which we judge people, we cultivate clearer understanding, more…
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Unscripted Conversation with Erick M
Leadership isn’t about being the loudest in the room—it’s about showing up, again and again, with integrity. In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I’m joined by Erick Mazariegos for a grounded, real conversation on leadership, resilience, and momentum that lasts. If you believe growth is built...
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Unscripted Conversation with Bill Tingle
Leadership isn’t always about the next move—it’s about the inner shifts that shape how we show up. In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I sit down with Bill Tingle for a thoughtful conversation on growth, intention, and authentic impact. This episode invites you to pause, reflect, and consider...
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Unscripted Conversation with Pat
If you’re a parent navigating youth sports, this one’s for you. We talk a lot about winning—but not enough about becoming. In this Unscripted Growth conversation with tennis coach Patrick Daciek, we explore development beyond rankings and trophies—how to slow down, reduce pressure, and make…
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Unscripted conversation with Madhuri Govindu
Today’s conversation is about the inner work we often postpone — the emotions we manage instead of process, and the healing that begins when we slow down enough to listen. My guest today is Madhuri Govindu — a licensed professional counselor, EMDR-trained trauma therapist, writer, and speaker.…
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Discomfort and Growth
What if the thing we keep trying to silence is actually trying to tell us something? We spend so much energy pushing through discomfort that we forget to ask why it’s there. Today on Unscripted Growth, we pause long enough to ask that question.
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Unscripted Growth - Comfort
Comfort is seductive. Not because it is wrong, but because it convinces us we’ve done enough—learned enough, stretched enough. Progress has never lived inside that assumption. Comfort rarely announces itself as the enemy of growth. It doesn’t block progress—it pacifies it. Discomfort, by…
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Unscripted Conversation with Abhinav Jindal
Today on Unscripted Growth, I’m joined by Abhinav Jindal—empowerment coach, speaker, and founder of CYDIR (Convert Your Dreams Into Reality). Abhinav works with high-achieving professionals to break through internal barriers, shift limiting beliefs, and create success that’s aligned with...
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Unscripted Conversation with Om Patel
In a world shaped by constant change and growing complexity, resilience isn’t built through tighter control. It’s built through trust, learning, and shared ownership. On this episode of Unscripted Conversations, I’m joined by Hemant (Om) Patel, an Enterprise Business Agility professional who…
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Five Grounding Beliefs
The start of a new year comes with optimism—and pressure. Resolutions. Intentions. Reinvention. But growth doesn’t begin with motivation. It begins with remembering a few truths we tend to forget in the rush to become someone “better.” In this episode of Unscripted Growth, I share five reminders...
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The Things We Avoid Are the Things That Change Us
As we get ready to wrap up the year, here is my key takeaway: Your entire life will change when you start to embrace what most people avoid. The Things We Avoid Are the Things That Change Us Unscripted Growth is a space for thoughtful essays, audio musings, and conversations that invite us to...
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What are you really chasing?
Everyone is working hard… so why doesn’t hard work always lead to fulfillment? Watching my kids play sports taught me something powerful. Speed matters — but accuracy and placement are what actually change the game. And life works the same way. Moving fast without direction just creates noise....
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Unscripted Conversation with Binu Verghese
Some people make an impact loudly. Others do it quietly, consistently, and for decades. Today, I’m speaking with someone I’ve known since kindergarten—someone whose quiet conviction has transformed more than 500 young lives across India. For over twenty years, Binu Verghese has devoted his...
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Stop apologizing before you speak
Have you noticed how often smart people start great ideas with an apology? “I’m not an expert, but…” “Maybe I’m totally wrong…” “Sorry if this is obvious…” We don’t lose confidence because others doubt us — we lose it because we’ve learned to doubt ourselves out loud. These tiny phrases feel...
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The Voices We Let In
Today, I want to talk about that tender space inside us — the space that gets shaped, softened, and sometimes bruised by the voices we allow closest to our hearts. In this episode, we explore a quiet truth: our lives are shaped not just by our choices, but by the voices we allow closest to us.…
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Unscripted Growth is a shift from polished soundbites to deeper, more honest explorations of personal growth — messy, real, and unfolding one step at a time. It’s a reminder that you don’t need the full plan to begin, just the courage to move forward and the grace to pivot when needed.
HOSTED BY
Madhuri Roy
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Unscripted Growth is a shift from polished soundbites to deeper, more honest explorations of personal growth — messy, real, and unfolding one step at a time. It’s a reminder that you don’t need the full plan to begin, just the courage to move forward and the grace to pivot when needed.
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