593: Hitha Palepu: We’re Speaking - The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Hitha Palepu is a woman of multitudes, which is what I loved most about her the first time she came on the show. She is a feminist, a lifelong politics enthusiast, a daughter of immigrants, and a mother raising feminist sons. These multitudes spill into her multi-hyphenated career as an entrepreneur, investor, writer, and speaker. Hitha’s passion for the news and politics is captured in #5SmartReads, a Webby-honored social series that shares 5 must-read articles every day to keep her community informed without being overwhelmed. I follow Hitha’s #5SmartReads on Instagram as one of my primary sources for diverse, culturally significant, and reliable news resources. Hitha's also has a highly visible longtime blog, Hitha On The Go, which established her as an authority on lifestyle topics and gave way to her book, How To Pack, and collaborations with leading brands such as Headspace, Google, and Northwestern Mutual. In her “day job”, Hitha is the CEO of Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals, where she oversees financing, partnerships, and strategy for the company. She is also an investor in innovative companies primarily founded by women and focused on women. She is a sought-after speaker on politics & the news, investing, entrepreneurship, work-life juggle, and motherhood. Listen in to hear Hitha share: The challenges of of balancing an amazing year of professional opportunities while struggling with showing up as a mom, wife, friend, daughter Why she decided to write an entire book, We’re Speaking, about Kamala Harris Why she wrote We’re Speaking as a play book on how to own your story, be a leader and tell your truth to the world The most surprising thing she learned about Kamala - that had absolutely nothing to do with her political journey The importance of Kamala’s own mother’s advice about being underestimated: “Don’t let anyone tell you who you are - YOU tell them who you are.” The significance of showing up with your own unique sense of style in spite of other people’s opinions - in order to feel powerful and exude confidence The truth about being at the top of her career - and owning that it’s not what she thought it would be Her advice for moms who want to start to use their voice more often and/or more loudly but don’t know where to start Links mentioned: Join my free business training in November Get the book: We’re Speaking by Hitha Palepu Hitha on Instagram Hitha on Twitter Thank you to our sponsors: Bean Box: Order today at beanbox.com/SHAMELESS and get your first Tasting Box for just $5 with promo code SHAMELESS. MamaZen: Go to your app store or Google Play and download MamaZen today. Use PROMO CODE shameless for a FREE TRIAL so you can try MamaZen for yourself. Talkspace: To match with your perfect therapist for a fraction of the price of traditional therapy, go to talkspace.com, Make sure to use the code SHAMELESS to get $100 off your first month and show your support for the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Being a marketer is no sweat. You just have to manage dozens of channels, launch hundreds of campaigns, score thousands of leads and, okay, fine, it's a lot of sweat. Unless you have HubSpot's AI-powered marketing tools to help you do all that and more. Get started at HubSpot.com slash marketers. This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 593 with Hitha Palapoo. Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 593.
0:32.6	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean. I'm here to give you and other passionate,
0:38.9	driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead more
0:44.6	positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:49.7	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect
0:55.1	with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over at shamelessmom.com forward slash
1:00.7	Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode. This episode is brought to you by
1:10.7	Beanbox. Get your first tasting box for just $5 when you go
1:14.5	to beanbox.com slash shameless and use the promo code shameless. This episode is brought to you by
1:22.5	Mama Zen, the number one mindful parenting app. To try out Mama Zenazen, for free, go to your app store or
1:30.3	Google Play and download Mommazen today. That's MAMA, M-A-Z-E-N, and use the promo code
1:36.1	shameless to unlock your free trial. This episode is brought to you by Talkspace. For $100 off your
1:43.5	first month of therapy with Talkspace,
1:45.7	go to Talkspace.com and use the promo code, Shameless. Hello, Mamas. Okay, before we dive in
1:53.0	with our super special guest, Hitha Palapoo, I have a little invitation for you. So I've been getting
1:58.8	all sorts of emails. Hey, what does your business
2:01.5	coaching calendar look like? Are you taking on new business coaching clients? Are you opening up
2:05.6	your business coaching mastermind again anytime soon? So here's the answer. I am going to be taking
2:11.1	applications for my business coaching mastermind, which is called tenacious mamas during the month of
2:17.0	November. And here's what that's
2:18.1	going to look like. If you are someone who has been wanting to start a business or you have
2:23.0	started a business recently or you've been running a business for a while and you need some
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