Happy & Human

About Happy & Human

The podcast for over-educated, busy, and ambitious South Asian professionals and entrepreneurs. In each episode, Seema and Dinesh will dive into the philosophies, strategies, and tools that can help you live happier, healthier, productive, and fulfilled lives with more success. They will be talking about things that help you think, do, and be better in wide-ranging areas around the five pillars of a good life: health, wealth, love, happiness, and impact — to empower you to reach your highest potential without compromising what’s important. Dr. Seema Desai (https://drseemadesai.com/) is a dentist, certified professional coach, and author of the book, “Connected: Discovering Your Inner Guides.” She is also a devoted wife and proud mother to two children, as well as an advocate for creating learning equality in children in underserved countries through her work with Pratham USA. Dinesh Melwani (https://dineshmelwani.com/) is a law firm partner, author, speaker, and certified success and results coach. He is an internationally-recognized patent attorney that works with hi-tech clients, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 clients. He also believes deeply in the potential and capability inside of everyone. In addition, he is a loving father and husband. Join Seema and Dinesh each week as they explore, from the male and female South Asian perspectives, what makes you individually and uniquely happy and human, and what tools and insights allow us to reach that next level and beyond. You will learn how to level up your mindset, develop the needed leadership skills in your career and personal life, and learn how to live up to your potential.

Publisher

Seema Desai & Dinesh Melwani

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

26 Mar 2023

Latest episode

12 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

60 of 122 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Aug 2025

   Unleashing the Rainmaker Within with Sejal Patel

   Send us a text In this episode Dr. Seema Desai and Dinesh Melwani have a conversation with powerhouse guest Sejal Patel. She is a lawyer-turned-consultant and author of the newly released Rainmaker Unleashed. What started as a spontaneous writing impulse over Memorial Day weekend quickly became a book that’s already sparking conversation and reshaping how professionals think about building relationships and influence. Sejal shares how years of consulting, self-discovery, and one wildly inspir...

2. 

   29 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Medicine, Misinformation, and Modern Parenthood with Dr. Zain Hasan

   Send us a text In this week’s episode, Dr. Seema Desai and Dinesh Melwani sit down with the long-awaited and widely admired Dr. Zain Hasan, anesthesiologist, father, content creator, and fierce advocate for truth in medicine. With refreshing vulnerability and depth, Dr. Hasan opens up about the unique challenges of modern parenthood, the rise of AI in healthcare, and why fatherhood—not medicine—has been the most transformative experience of his life. From calling out groupthink in the medical...

3. 

   15 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Straight Talk on Spine Health with Dr. Jaspal Ricky Singh

   Send us a text Can standing up more often really change your life? According to Dr. Ricky Singh, the answer is a resounding yes. In this conversation, Dr. Singh joins Seema and Dinesh for a candid look at spine health, modern tech habits, and the small daily shifts that can make a major difference in how we move and how we age. From marathon training to parenting to the silent strain of “tech neck,” this episode isn’t just about back pain, it’s about taking your health back, literally. Whethe...

Inside a recent episode

Medicine, Misinformation, and Modern Parenthood with Dr. Zain Hasan

Published 29 Jul 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So just before I let the nest take this and lead us into our wrap up, what are some tips that you would say are helpful that AI can't do, right? You can't replace that human connection. How do we build trust? For me, myself, human touch, I don't think our generation is used to, especially anybody in humanity right now is used to embracing or are feeling that dopamine release from human touch. I think it's so important, especially in medicine, but just in general life, human touch is very important and especially with a loving touch and the loving way you say things and the care that you kind of exude. […]

Who has been a guest on Happy & Human

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Rashi Kakkar
• Paraag Maddiwar
• Karriena Daryanani
• Dr Deepak Kumar
• Dr Krishnan Narasimhan

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

124 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

96

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

84

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