The Root & Seed Podcast

S7E5: The Do's and Don'ts of Connecting over Stories in the Workplace with Bobbie Breckenridge

S7E4: Designing for Inclusivity: Engaging Users for Better Solutions with Dr. Samantha Sandassie

S7E3: Are you in congruence? Explore personal and professional alignment with Carol Ann Lawrie

When Identity and Sales Collide with Peter Ahn

Courageous Self Discovery: Unlock your true professional self with Michelle Bazargan

“Find the quietest person in the room and start there.”

"I don't think anyone can really reach that title of a (perfect) Indian wife, right?"

"It was once I learned the hoop dance that I found my own unique way.” 

"You also want to be able to bring those you have lost into present day. And through tradition is one of the only ways you can."

“I'm actively realizing I'd like to change the ratio of how much time I spend on the trauma side versus the creation side”

"Inclusion doesn't start at our conference room tables ; it starts at our kitchen tables"

“It took $50, Facebook and whole lot of government forms.”

“I wasn't born in Canada to survive. I was born here to thrive.”

"This was for the schooling you never got to have."  

"In Asian culture, you don’t fight back, you don’t speak out.'"

"I got an email from the Vatican saying 'His Holiness would like to meet you,' and I replied 'LOL.'"

"My accent is a mixture of all of my experiences."

"It's a gold necklace, they gave it back to me and that is a blessing."

"There I was, reliving my parent's life."

"Grandmas are like Goddesses."

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“I never really wanted to be at home, which is why I gravitated to the basketball court.”

“A lot of people can feel a sense of third culture-ness.”

“What is unspoken can fill up space.”

“I'm a huge Mama's boy, no shame in that!”

“She was like a superhero to me….not to everybody else, but to me.”

“She was like a superhero to me….not to everybody else, but to me.”

“I think that your stories are the most important possession that you actually have.”

"Are there other ways to connect with your culture without the filter of your parents?"

"I'm not ready, I'm not Auntie status!"

“I wanted To experience my culture... not as a spectator, but as somebody who was living in the moment.”

“My interest in my Jewish heritage is to know who I am.”

“The harm stops here and I'm going to walk in a healed way.”

"What does it mean to be a witness to the passage of a generation?"

“Our parents' generation were the doers, but now we're asking, “But why?”

“Wherever you are in the world, it's important to take your space.”

“Our culture will never die with me.”

“This is our story, as much as anyone else's.”

“The only thing we need to belong to is ourselves.”

“We just know where we are from.”

“Unite the present of your family with the history of your family.”

“It's on the list."

“You just can’t put that in a recipe book!"

“From 'Hang a Larry' to a reverse judo move.”

“A lot of conversation happens in between.”

"It felt like we were going on a trip!"

"There were the Romans, a bowl of pasta, and soccer..."

"Go, See, Do!"

"Shout Out to Kevin!"