Vasavi Kumar: Breaking Free from the Prison of Your Own Mind

The Unmistakable Creative Podcast

Srinivas Rao

Society & Culture

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2017

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Going to jail completely changed Vasavi Kumar’s life. Before then, she was trapped by her addiction for certainty and her need of knowing that everything will be okay. And all that led to bad habits, bad tendencies, and bad behavior. But going to jail changed how Vasavi perceived the world and herself, and since then she’s learned how to break free from the prison of her own mind and wants to help others do the same through social work. Take a listen to her transformative story in our latest episode!

Vasavi Kumar is a licensed social worker, special education teacher, and a certified coach. She holds dual Masters degrees in Special Education from Hofstra University and Social Work from Columbia University

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0:00.0	It's like if my partner gives me a certain look. I'm like, oh my God, it must mean that you don't find me attractive, right?
0:06.8	Like, I mean, literally it's screwed up, Shrady, what our mind will tell us is right or wrong, all based on our expectations and I can say that
0:14.5	that's just my addiction to certainty right like I need that certainty I need to
0:18.2	know things are going to be okay and this need to know is probably what brought me to
0:22.4	jail and you know I I know when I
0:24.7	originally reached out to I said we're going to talk about this but I was going
0:27.7	to say that you know going to jail and and if you want to go deeper into that we
0:32.4	can but going to jail really kind of sets you free And if you want to go deeper into that we can.
0:32.6	But going to jail really kind of sets you free
0:35.2	in terms of what you think you could control.
0:40.0	And I think, you know, and, you know, this was just a few months ago that this happened but it's I would say up until that point I pretty much needed to control everything and then when I went to jail and lost all freedom and all control even though it was only for 18 hours you know it was like oh my
0:55.2	God I am I am kidding myself if I really think I have control over anything and
1:00.3	sometimes it just takes that one thing to happen, you know, and sometimes it takes, you know, many things to build up for you to be like,
1:08.0	screw this, I don't want to live like this anymore, but I would say to your listeners is just start paying attention to all the areas in your life that have control over you and that can be in your relationship, that can be your relationship to food, to money, your friendships, your work.
1:21.0	Where is this compulsion? What is this need that you have? What is this what is it that you're really trying to get and are you willing to let go just just for a moment just to see how things turn out. I'm Sreni Rao and this is the unmistakable creative
1:38.0	podcast where you get a window into the stories and insights of the most innovative and creative minds who started movements,
1:44.8	built thriving businesses, written best-selling books, and created insanely interesting art.
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