The Honest Place

In this episode, I reflect on why being a beginner can feel so vulnerable — and why we so often rush toward expertise, credibility, and legitimacy before giving ourselves permission to begin.

I speak about:

* moving to the UK and finding my first ... more

In this episode, I reflect on the difference between belonging and fitting in — and on how much of our lives can be shaped by trying to be accepted, rather than feeling truly at home as ourselves.

I speak about:

* growing up in Siberia, where fitt... more

In this episode, I reflect on a difficult but important question:

Why are we so afraid of failure?

I speak about shame, identity, self-worth, visibility, and why failure can feel so much bigger than the outcome itself.

In this conversation, I shar... more

In this episode, I reflect on motherhood through a question that feels so real to me:

Motherhood: losing yourself or finding yourself?

I speak about becoming a mother as an immigrant, hoping motherhood would bring belonging, the very different expe... more

This is an edited recording of a live Honest Place conversation.

In this episode, I reflect on boundaries and on a question that has been very alive for me lately:

Are boundaries rejection, or are they an act of kindness?

I speak about overfunctio... more

This is the first conversation from The Honest Place, a reflective space for honest conversations about self-worth, identity, leadership, ambition, parenting and the inner questions we often carry without saying out loud.

In this episode, I reflect ... more