Ace of Pentacles

About Ace of Pentacles

A career strategy and workplace wellness podcast. This is Ace of Pentacles, your career strategy and workplace wellness podcast. Join me, your host Sara, every week as we investigate 🕵🏻♀️ how people design 📐 and discover 🧭 their way to a fulfilling career. Together, we'll: 👩🏻🔬 explore the science of wellbeing at work 💡and discover tools and strategies ✨ to help us be well 🧠 and do well 🚀.

Publisher

Sara Mirza

Category

business · education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Nov 2024

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

52 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Sept 2026

   Ep. 37 | Beyond the Performance with Farah Yasmeen Shaikh

   In this episode, Farah Yasmeen Shaikh shares her journey as a Kathak artist, the cultural significance of her work, and the importance of valuing art in society. Sara and Farah discuss the challenges artists face, the history of South Asian dance, and how art can be a tool for healing and connection. Farah Yasmeen Shaikh is an internationally recognized Kathak dance artist, choreographer, educator, and Founder/Artistic Director of Noorani Dance. Farah has been a practitioner of Kathak for over 30 years, initiating her training under the late Pandit Chitresh Das in 1996, and receiving almost two decades of training under his guidance, holding roles as a senior instructor in his institution and as a leading member in his performing company. Known for her evocative storytelling, technical precision, delicacy and grace, Farah has developed a unique artistic voice, while also maintaining the classical elements of Kathak - producing work in the Bay Area, and touring extensively throughout the US and internationally, with ongoing performances and workshops throughout Pakistan. Farah's unique positionality as a Pakistani American Muslim Kathak Artist is evident in her personal, and yet globally relevant, approach and amplification of topics of historical and social relevance through her performances and choreography, with many of her original works receiving prestigious awards and grants - including being named as an Established Artist through the California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, and as a recipient of the Isadora Duncan Dance "Sustained Achievement Award" for The Forgotten Empress . A fierce advocate for the arts, Farah is also a TEDx speaker, hosts her own podcast, Heartistry,  and is an Arts Commissioner for San Mateo County. IG: @farahyasmeenshaikh @nooranidance FB: @farahyasmeenshaikh @nooranidance Website: https://nooranidance.com/ (https://nooranidance.com/) and/or farahyasmeenshaikh.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt8Y2ltCqWDTxp7Y14j7oqg

2. 

   21 Jul 2026

   Ep. 36 | Numerology with Jesse Kalsi

   In this episode, I chat with Jesse Kalsi about numerology and intuitive development. Jesse is a world-renowned numerologist. He specializes in residential and business numerology and provides valuable insight on the power of numbers and how they affect our lives. In his books, The Power of Home Numbers and All About Numbers, he combines his Eastern upbringing with his Western experience to bring awareness and understanding of this phenomenon. Over the past twenty years, Jesse has consulted thousands of people and affected their lives positively. His clients include prominent business people and extremely successful communication and entertainment companies. Jesse has appeared on many radio and television shows in the U.S. and his unique perspective on Numerology has amazed his audience. A successful real estate broker by trade, Jesse is also a Certified Federal Aviation Administration Flight Instructor and holds a commercial pilot's license. He received his Bachelor's Degree in India and holds an LLM in International Legal Studies from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, California. Jesse graduated from the National Defense Academy of India and pursued advanced studies at the Indian Military Academy. He served as a Captain in the 1st Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, formerly called "The Queen's Own." Intending to devote his life to military affairs, Jesse left the army when he was informed of his true life purpose while posted at the Jammu-Kashmir frontier. He originally came to the U.S. to learn to fly, but eventually returned here to make his home in California. Jesse Kalsi lives in California with his family. You can learn more about Jesse's work and his writing at: www.jessekalsi.com (https://www.jessekalsi.com) Check out his books: The Power of Home Numbers and All About Numbers Follow him on IG: @iamjessekalsi

3. 

   26 Jun 2026

   The Hero's Journey

   What if the greatest adventure you'll ever take doesn't require a passport, a mountain to climb, or an ocean to cross?

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• Nishant Badami
• Christiana Bishop
• Dr Laurence Hillman

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YouTube views

3,564

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

32

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