ABOUT THIS EPISODE
I've met A LOT of confident people... but I don't think I've ever heard someone say or believe the things that Sanya Malhotra does about herself. I'm beyond inspired!
Sanya Malhotra is someone who has clearly spent a lot of time questioning the things most of us just accept.
What struck me throughout this conversation is how much of becoming a woman is actually about unlearning. Unlearning that women are supposed to compete with each other. Unlearning that being “good” means constantly sacrificing yourself. Unlearning that speaking up makes you difficult.
Sanya’s career is an extension of that. She’s intentional about the women she brings to life on screen because she believes women deserve to be portrayed as whole, complicated, powerful human beings.
We talked about the F word... feminism... and the misconception that it means being against men. We talked about anger, ambition and why women are so often taught to soften themselves before they’re even allowed to take up space.
What I loved most about Sanya is that she doesn’t separate being outspoken from being happy. She has strong values, she calls things out, she makes choices that align with who she is...and she’s still built a life full of joy.
Sanya reminded me that standing firmly in your values doesn’t have to make your life smaller. It can actually make it feel more like yours.
This episode of Shame Less With Lilly Singh is presented by my charity, Unicorn Island Fund.
