Realspective

Dana discusses her personal experiences during ramadan as a third year dental student.

Recap 2025........but like why do we even recap? Like what is the point even? Why can't we take things day by day instead of feeling pressured to have big and attention screaming goals. Listen and hear out Dana's unscripted thoughts.

Ya, we don't care......that's a lie. We know we do, but we just hate getting hurt and feeling disappointed. Hear in this episode the difference between "Cared about" vs "Cared for". Also, hear the lovely poems written by Najwa Zebian and understand the awakening vs the reckoning in emotional burnout.

This episode explores what it truly means to be loved, not just as a feeling, but as a practice of being seen, known, understood, remembered, respected, and cared for. From the roots of Middle Eastern hospitality to the intimacy of deep friendship, unpack how love is built on presence, not possession. Also diving into what happens when we pull away out of fear of being a burden and how allowing ourselves to be seen in our struggles is one of the most courageous acts of love.

In this episode, Dana reflects on her 24th year and talks about her goals for her 25th!

Ajram. Get it? Nancy Ajram? Dana is Lebanese, leave her alone it's funny and clever! Anyway, why are people negative? Why are the ones that are the most positive towards people, the most negative to themselves? Is it trauma, betrayal, or both? What else causes that? It can be many things, so how do we manage? Listen to find out!

Dana discusses her personal experience during Ramadan as a second year dental student.

Ever catch yourself grappling with who you were in the past? Possibly feeling resentment or frustration toward your former identity, choices, or actions. Do you have a desire to distance yourself from Your past self, as if trying to overcome or “fight" that version of who you once were?

In this episode, Dana and her little sister, Mira, talk about the importance of "watering your bouquet". What does that mean? listen and find out!

In this episode, rather than dwelling on what 23 was like, Dana talks about her goals and plans for her 24th year of life. Listen and find out what she has to say.

Ever wondered what it’s like to be an athlete at a collegiate/professional level? How do you balance school, life, etc? How does one decided you can and want to pursue a sport at a higher level? What does it entail? Minor setback, major comebacks....do they really happen or is that just in the movies? Hear all about Jackie’s story.

Originally, the episode was titled "Back wit it" but that sounded dumb, so this is the name for now. Anyway, back with it? Am I back? I mean, yeah? But like what is back? The Old me? Can I be the old me ever? Is that even possible ? After everything that has happened, can I be this person again? Listen and find out.

In this episode, Dana talks about her personal experience with ramadan as a first year dental student.

It is the 3 Year anniversary of Realspective! Sit back and listen to Dana reflect on these past years.

In this episode, Dana reflects back on this past year. 2023 was personally a pivotal year for Dana. Listen in on the lessons learned, experiences made, and the goals she has for herself for 2024.

In this episode, Dana talks about starting a new chapter in her life. Using her past life chapters as lessons and blessings to prepare for the next one. What are some Dos and Don’ts? Do life chapters have to end on a positive note? Can they end with a period, exclamation point, or question? Let’s listen.

We about to get DEEP! Dana and her good friend, Carly, ask each other a series of questions at different intensity levels. Some questions are light hearted and some might cause you to tear up…..Listen to hear more!

Dana and her good friend, Gabby, play the “Let’s Get Deep” game where they asked each other a series of questions at different intensity levels. Some questions are light hearted and some might cause you to tear up. Listen to hear more!

We are human. We Overthink, We Overlove/Overcare, and We Overshare. In this episode, Dana discusses these three in depth and talks about the negative and the positives of them. Sometimes what is viewed as a weakness, can also be a strength. It all just really DEPENDS, which is a keyword this episode. Listen to find out and learn why. Special thanks to Brianna Schillero Photography (BGS.photos) for the wonderful new podcast cover and Sofia of Roasted for letting me use their space for it!

PUBLISHED ON 10/9/22 Everyone’s definition of fun is different. In this episode, Dana talks about what fun is and means to her. She spent all college working hard and still is, but it’s time for her to have some fun and do all the things that she’s been thinking of doing and just go for it….because she can…YOLO!

When you leave your house, do you feel the need to buy a coffee or some sort of beverage? What about when you study or do literally anything? Dana and her friend, Gabby, discuss their love of beverages and why they have a positive impact on their lives. Why do people love getting drinks so much?? Listen to the episode to find out!!

Back in May 2021, Dana and her friend, Jannat, talked about friendships and whether or not they "need" to have a strain in order for it to come out as strong. In that episode they asked, “Can best friends bounce back from having a bump in the road?” In this episode, they have the answer.

HAPPY 2 YEARS REALSPECTIVE!!  In this episode, Dana reflects on 2022 and how it was for her and her listeners. She also talks about her main goal for 2023: LETTING GO!! Letting go of what you may ask? Listen and find out!!

Feeling uncertain about where things are going is an awful feeling and can actually be way worse than dealing with the actual thing. We are so concerned about what is going to happen next it’s as if we already live in the future. We need to learn to trust the process and live in the moment and worry about right now.

After 5 months of not posting...Dana is Back! In this episode, Dana talks about being a happy loner and how being a loner does not mean you are lonely. Once you learn to enjoy being alone, you’re going to grow as a person. If you wanna know what else she talks about, you're just going to have to listen :)

Episode Released 10/23/22. She's happy, free, confused and lonely in the best way. Listen to Dana reflect on her 21st year by talking about what she has accomplished and the lessons that she learned. She also talks about what her plans are for her 22nd aka her "Taylor Swift Year". 

She's a college grad now! Listen to Dana talk about her entire college experience. The lessons she learned, the people she met, and the stories she has. All Praise Due To The Most High.

In college, there are a lot of things that one can find annoying and like I have said before, I find a lot of things annoying, but there are also things that I like about college. In this episode, I am talking about some more of my college pet peeves BUT ALSO my FAVORITE THINGS about college. 

In this episode, Dana talks about being a private person. What does that mean exactly? It is simple, stop telling people your business. A lot of the times it is better to keep things to yourself and/or wait until after something has happened to share. Sometimes, it's not even worth sharing at all. Though, it’s nice to let your small circle know your wins because not everyone will be genuinely happy or even support you. Some things do take time to start up and get rolling, but once they do, it’s only up! Moving in silence will allow one so much peace in life. There’s no more pressure to perform, because anyone who needs to know will know, the rest can follow afterwards!

Pet peeves are things that a particular person finds especially annoying…and Dana finds a lot of things annoying…cuz she’s a hater. Hear how Dana goes off about her current college pet peeves like people taking your unassigned assigned seat, group projects, slow walkers, and so much more :)

Back in September Dana made an episode titled “I Have No Idea What I’m Doing, But I Will Figure It Out”. This episode is an update to that episode and in addition she’s talking about habits and lessons that she has start using to better herself. Some of these habits she learned from listening to an episode of Emma Chamberlain’s podcast, Anything Goes.

Dana and her good friend, De'Vine, talk about their Fall 2021 semester of college and the dos and don'ts that they are going to try out during their Spring Semester. Long story short, they had it ROUGH, but they made it and did well and they are gonna KILL THIS SEMESTER (iA). Whatever happened, happened. What is done, is done. Now it's time to get it together and life fast, die young, because BAD GIRLS DO IT WELL!

In this episode, Dana does a recap of the year of 2021 with all the things she did and lessons that she learned. She also mentions the lessons that the viewers have told her regarding their year of 2021. This year was not the best....it sucked....it was actually terrible.…..but overall Alhamdulillah for everything :)

In this episode, Dana talks about the wake up calls and eye opening experiences she encountered regarding health, the people in her life, and her priorities and how she overcame them. There are times where we tend to neglect our health and not sleep or eat to the point where we almost shut down. With people, we extend our hand to others not realizing who is holding that hand. And lastly with priorities, we constantly put others first instead of ourselves because we believe putting ourselves first is Selfish when actually, it is not.

Dana decided to spontaneously record this episode (not really she's been planning on it) on the day of her 21st birthday to reflect on her "Golden Year", which was her 20th year of being alive. She wanted to look back at what she has accomplished and the lessons that she learned. A golden year means that you turned the age of the date on your birthday (Dana turning 20 on 10/20/2020). 

Life at the moment is quite stressful and a lot of us are lost with what is happening. There are often times where we believe that the world is against us because things just go wrong for no reason. Yeah, that happens and it is frustrating. However, we need to learn to not let that impact our days/weeks. It is hard, but we live and learn homies.  Dana decided to do a solo episode today and give you all the raw, unfiltered experience of her life currently.

Dana and her friend, Jannat, talk about friendships and whether or not they "need" to have a strain in order for it to come out as strong. Is it bad for friendships to be going “too well”?? They also discuss whether or not the best friendships do actually come from “hating one another” in the beginning. Can best friends bounce back from having a bump in the road? Listen and find out! 

Dana and her good friend, Summer, reunite almost one year after not seeing each other to talk about how much their lives have changed since the start of the Pandemic. After a year, Dana is back with her first podcast episode with the Realspective Podcast and she is better than ever. This episode was based off Dana and Summer's personal experiences. 

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