Grieving Voices
Grieving Voices is a podcast started by a lifelong griever for grievers. The mission of Grieving Voices is to change the conversation around grief, and how we address our own and that of others and give grievers a platform for sharing what grief has taught them. Through education and personal story, listeners will learn more effective ways to help themselves and others. The Grieving Voices podcast is part of The Unleashed Heart, LLC. Grief resources and additional support are available at www.theunleashedheart.com
Grieving Voices
Maha Bodhi | A Quest for Inner-Peace & Freedom
Were you born and raised in the land of the free and home of the brave, the United States of America?
This week's episode reminds me that oppression and enslavement are not only in Yemen, where this week's guest was born but also in the free world. It just looks different from what Maha experienced.
Ironically, Maha fled Yemen, where she experienced oppression, enslavement, arranged marriage twice that included violence and rape, and two civil wars in search of a better (more free) life in America. A life where she could purchase a dress for the first time and make everyday decisions for herself without her father's dictatorship and abuse from her mother.
This episode begs the question: Where is freedom truly found; is it a state of mind? Or is it simply where your feet touch the ground?
It depends on who you ask. Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl said: "It is not freedom from conditions, but it is the freedom to take a stand toward the conditions."
Maha took a stand against her conditions. And we all have that power to do so, particularly within the confines of our minds.
Follow Maha's journey from oppression to freedom when she became a U.S. citizen in 2018. Today, she truly is an unleashed heart, sharing her gifts, wisdom, and experience with all who are open to receiving her message.
There's a story behind her name. Listen to learn the depth of her name and, more importantly, what it has meant to her as she's reinvented herself as a free Maha.
The degree of your surrender is the degree of your success. - Maha Bodhi
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