A Podcast by Parul Saini
The Courage
Curve
Inspiring stories of women's resilience and empowerment. Raw, honest conversations about what it actually costs to reinvent your life.
A Podcast by Parul Saini
Inspiring stories of women's resilience and empowerment. Raw, honest conversations about what it actually costs to reinvent your life.
We interview women who have navigated career upheaval, illness, loss, and personal reinvention — not to perform resilience, but to normalize the messy, unglamorous reality of starting over.
This isn't self-help. There's no toxic positivity here. Just real women telling the truth about what it actually cost to get here, and what it takes to begin again.
If you're in the middle of your own courage curve — navigating a reinvention you didn't plan for — these stories will remind you that you're not alone.
"Real change rarely starts loud. It starts quietly, inside moments that look ordinary but feel different."
Parul Saini
New conversations every two weeks
A special International Women's Day episode reflecting on the stories shared so far. Breakthroughs rarely arrive clean.
Social scientist Tanya Saroj Bakhru examines who gets to belong, and under what conditions.
Leadership coach Dr. Susan Bernstein explores neuroscience, somatic awareness, and emotional resilience.
Real conversations about the moments that reshape a life
Women who hit the wall at full speed, then found a way to rebuild their relationship with work and themselves.
Leaving the job, the title, the identity that defined you for a decade. What comes after the leap.
The transitions nobody chooses. How women navigate illness, loss, and the slow work of becoming someone new.
Learning to hear your own voice again after years of performing for others. The quiet courage of choosing yourself.
Your Host
With more than twenty years in technology and digital transformation, Parul has led global IT organizations at companies including Zuora, Splunk, and Uber.
Her career started at a call center helping customers fix their computers — an experience that taught her empathy is the foundation of leadership. Now she brings that same empathy to every conversation on The Courage Curve.
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