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Welcome to Born To Shine Power Talk Series
Our Born To Shine Power Talk Series explores the power of our personal journeys through the lens of leadership and ambition. This series features self-made WOC and incredible co-conspirators who have carved out their own authentic path with phenomenal success. The purpose of our series is to showcase the range of opportunities our featured guests have taken to establish their own unique brand and voice in their field, as well as unlock what their journey was to get there.
Watch the replay with our guest Rupi Legha.Â
“Women of color can draw strength and purpose from recognizing that their own decision to nurture and promote themselves and their missions is intertwined with a larger imperative to promote intergenerational healing.”
- Rupi Legha, Board Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry
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Resources
Book Recommendations to Support Your Wellbeing
Below are the book recommendations collected during our conversation:
The Calling: 3 Fundamental Shifts to Stay True, Get Paid, and Do Good by Rha Goddess
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Maté MD
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha by Tara Brach
The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love
Join us for an exclusive event: Scarce No More
On August 1st-3rd, Move The Crowd will be hosting a 3-day transformative experience called “Scare No More.” It was meticulously crafted to provide you with the tools, strategies, and mindset shifts necessary to reclaim your time, renew your finances, and re-envision your relationships.
Meet Our Featured Speakers
Rha Goddess is the acclaimed entrepreneurial soul coach behind hundreds of breakthrough changemakers, cultural visionaries and social entrepreneurs. From multiple NY Times Bestsellers to multi-million dollar social enterprises, Rha’s unique methodology has empowered a new generation of conscious entrepreneurs to stay true, get paid, and do good. From the onset of her more than 30-year career as a cultural innovator, social impact strategist and creative change agent, Rha has drawn on the power of creativity, culture and community to move hearts, minds and policy. Rha’s work has focused on issues of racial justice and equality, electoral politics, offender aid and restoration, mental health and youth and women’s empowerment and contributed to initiatives that have impacted millions of lives.
Rha’s book, The Calling (St. Martin’s Press) leverages her unique methodology into a step-by-step blueprint for finding your purpose and making your most profitable contribution. More at: www.movethecrowd.me/Rha
Rupi Legha is the daughter of Punjabi-Sikh immigrants and was born in Houston, Texas. She moved to Los Angeles in 2016 after living and working in Haiti and Peru for three years. After graduating from Harvard Medical School, Rupi completed nine years of postgraduate training in adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, global mental health, and health services research. She then worked in various psychiatric clinical care settings while developing innovative medical education content pertaining to racism and antiracism. In 2021, she launched her own practice with the goal of providing high-quality, heart-centered mental health care that promotes healing and joy and avoid coercion and force. Few providers possess her unique academic and clinical expertise, as well as the passion for the work she feels privileged to do. As Rupi builds her practice, she continues to teach and write, while fostering community collaborations, Her non-clincal work has always enhanced and strengthened her clinical practice. Website: https://www.rupileghamd.com
