• Unboxed: Hitha Palepu the Intentional Multi-Hyphenate

  • Mar 14 2024
  • Length: 1 hr
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Unboxed: Hitha Palepu the Intentional Multi-Hyphenate

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  • “If someone can't imagine that one woman could do all the things, then that's a lack of imagination on their part, not a lack of competency on mine.” Hitha Palepu is a multi-hyphenate entrepreneur, investor, author, content creator, and mother. She's the CEO of Roshan Pharmaceuticals and the creator of Webby honored #5SmartReads, a daily news curation shared on Instagram stories and on a weekly newsletter. On her podcast 1 Smart Thing, Hitha delves deeper on a specific topic in under 10 minutes. After years seeing women pushed into boxes that never captured their complete selves, Hitha vowed and achieved status as a multi-hyphenate. While men are often celebrated for showing their multitudes and nuance, Hitha has spent her life watching women be reduced into often-negative stereotypes. As Hitha shared, she refuses to be put into a box that only captures one part of her personality to put others at ease. Hitha and I talked about the American healthcare system, the importance of including varied ethnicities in clinical trials, why mothers make the best employees, reading rabbit holes and how it led to the creation of 5 smart reads, and authoring books including “We’re Speaking: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris”, and “How to Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip”. We also discussed the impact of pregnancy and postpartum on mental health, and confronting the stigma of mental health challenges including a recent diagnosis with bipolar two. What we explore in this episode: If you're going to build a business based on yourself, think about what is something that you could sell and name it accordingly (09:24) Why Hitha is so intentional about calling herself a multi-hyphenate (14:42) The joys and challenges of building a family business (17:07) Hitha’s experience with a hysterectomy and how it affected her in unexpected ways (25:00) The correlation between fluctuating hormones during pregnancy and postpartum and mental health (30:00) Hitha’s mindful approach to hiring women (41:56) Hitha’s current book recommendations (53:31) In America, we don't have a health care system—we have a disease management system (59:35) Connect with Aliza: Instagram LinkedIn Books by Hitha Palepu Connect with Nathalie: AllOverAgainPodcast.com Instagram LinkedIn
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