Hearth2Heart

About Hearth2Heart

Each episode of Hearth2Heart features a conversation between host Gayathri Shukla and an everyday role model, who explores their story and wisdom from overcoming personal challenges. We share tips and insights on leading a life of purpose and belonging. You'll get to learn from diverse perspectives while connecting with our shared humanity. Listen on your preferred podcast platform, and please rate and review the podcast if you enjoy it!

Publisher

CJSW 90.9 FM

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

4 Sept 2021

Latest episode

24 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

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   24 Sept 2026

   Hearth2Heart - Episode September 28, 2026

   Season Finale: What 5 years of podcasting taught me about Belonging & The Fires We Lit Launch After five years and more than 55 conversations, Gayathri reflects on what listening to other people’s stories has changed in her—and what those stories have taught her about belonging.The episode arrives as Campfire Kinship prepares to launch The Fires We Lit: Illustrated Stories of Women Reimagining the Rules, a new anthology created by 25 women connected to STEM and innovation. Gayathri explores how the book carries forward many of the questions first gathered around the Hearth 2 Heart podcast, while leaving space for what the podcast—and the stories still waiting to be told—may become next.

2. 

   20 Aug 2026

   Hearth2Heart - Episode August 24, 2026

   Reimagining the Rules of Money and Belonging | Shivika Sharma What if belonging did not require us to arrive with all the answers? In this episode of Hearth 2 Heart, Gayathri Shukla sits down with Shivika Sharma, Investment Advisor at Sharma Wealth, Richardson Wealth, for a conversation about the pressure to appear knowledgeable, the dreams we quietly learn to dismiss, and what that reveals about the intersection between money and belonging. Together, Gayathri and Shivika explore a pattern that reaches far beyond simple financial planning. They consider the inherited ideas of responsibility and success that shape our choices—and what becomes possible when we ask not only what is practical, but what we genuinely want. The conversation also connects with the upcoming launch of The Fires We Lit: Illustrated Stories of Women Reimagining the Rules, where Sharma Wealth is one of the sponsors. Like the stories in the anthology, Shivika invites listeners to question prescribed paths, reclaim the ability to dream, and imagine a future that feels like their own. Resources mentioned: Sharma Wealth, Richardson Wealth The Fires We Lit Launch www.campfirekinship.com (https://cjsw.com/program/hearth2heartwww.campfirekinship.com)

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   23 Jul 2026

   Hearth2Heart - Episode July 27, 2026

   When Stories Echo: How to Listen with Courage What does it mean to carry a homeland in your body - through land, food, memory, grief, joy, and story? In this episode, Gayathri Shukla sits down with Dr. Izzeddin Hawamda, a Palestinian educator, storyteller, peace and conflict scholar, and founder of Sadaa – صدى, a storytelling initiative rooted in personal narrative, community dialogue, and human connection. Together, they explore what it means to tell stories that are often flattened by headlines, conflict, or politics. Izzeddin shares memories of Palestine and reflects on storytelling as a bridge for humanization - not only as a communication tool, but as a powerful act of dignity, resistance, and belonging. This conversation invites listeners to consider the responsibility of story listening: what changes when we stop asking people to make their stories more comfortable, and instead allow ourselves to be moved toward deeper care, reflection, and action? At the heart, it is about the stories that echo across displacement, the kitchens that become places of belonging, and the courage it takes to keep telling the truth with love. Resources mentioned: IG: Sadaa.echoes Dr. Izzeddin Hawamda’s storytelling and education work www.campfirekinship.com (https://cjsw.com/program/hearth2heartwww.campfirekinship.com)

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 11 / 100

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Quality

23

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

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