Ep. 132: Zai Divecha on Being a Badass
Unperform with Tiffany Han (formerly Raise Your Hand Say Yes)
Tiffany Han
4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
I was so excited to talk with designer, metalworker, and entrepreneur Zai Divecha for this week's episode! You'll hear the story of how Zai went from Yale grad (undergrad and grad) to a career in tech to where she is now, specializing in TIG welding and producing gorgeous fine art wall hangings.
You'll also hear us talk about the steps Zai took as she was deciding to leave tech and become a full-time artist, and what helped her in her first year of the transition. Finally, you'll get the scoop on what kinds of support networks carry her through and some of the digital ways she keeps her fine art business organized!
If you've considered walking away from a looks good on paper career or degree to raise your hand and say yes to something creative, this episode is for you! Oh, and if you're looking for a dose of empowerment, you'll get that too! You guys - welding is so badass!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to another episode of Raise Your Hand Say Yes with Tiffany Hahn, a podcast all about the creative adventures of extraordinary people. |
| 0:10.9 | To get information on today's episode and past episodes, visit Tiffanyhan.com slash podcast. |
| 0:17.2 | Now on to the show. |
| 0:21.2 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:22.3 | Welcome back to this week's episode of Raise Your Hands. |
| 0:24.3 | I'm super stoked to be bringing you this interview. |
| 0:28.4 | But before I do, I want to give a quick thank you to everyone for your support on my episode that came out last week, the bonus episode that I did about |
| 0:40.6 | giving up drinking. It was really hard to share that. It was a little scary and vulnerable. |
| 0:46.6 | And I have gotten so much positive support, so many people reaching out to me both on social media or in my life |
| 0:56.0 | or just privately and letting me know that what I had to say resonated. So I just want to thank |
| 1:01.0 | you guys for being here, for being so open to hearing my story, for being so willing to also |
| 1:06.7 | reach out and tell yours and give support. And I just am super grateful to all of you and really |
| 1:12.5 | stoked about this community that we've built. So I will be doing more of those episodes. |
| 1:18.7 | Like I mentioned, I'm hoping to do them monthly-ish. So stay tuned for whatever is next. |
| 1:25.4 | And that raise your hand say yes, life series of mine um let's get into |
| 1:30.6 | this week's guest because i am super stoked about this interview i am talking with zai de vachia |
| 1:37.2 | and she is a welder a fine art welder which is like the super coolest badass thing I could think of. |
| 1:45.6 | And one of the things that we talk about in this episode is the idea of empowerment, |
| 1:51.0 | especially female empowerment, because for Zai being a female welder, one of the things |
| 1:56.5 | that she's encountered in her work are sort of mansplaining about, you know, how to use |
| 2:02.6 | the tools and all of that. And it's really, I just think it's a really, she has a really |
| 2:07.6 | cool take on it and she just does really amazing, beautiful work. So not only is Zai's work |
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