LUWS - LightupwithShua Podcast

Meet my authentic and accomplished guest of this week. Rabbi Shira Stern. Now this interview has to be fascinating for all my listeners from all over the globe. Especially in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Please do send your feedback and constructive comments.  Rabbi Shira Stern was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 1983 and earned her Doctor of Ministry fro...

Meet my young and astounding guest. She was sitting in Lahore, Pakistan when I interviewed her. Hope you will enjoy our conversation. And please let me know which part of our conversation you really enjoyed and why? An alumna of the University of the Punjab with her MPhil and Masters in English Literature from the Department of English Language and Literature, Ms. Samira Mumtaz is an inspiring men...

Meet my young and astounding guest. She was sitting in Lahore, Pakistan when I interviewed her. Hope you will enjoy our conversation. And please let me know which part of our conversation you really enjoyed and why? An alumna of the University of the Punjab with her MPhil and Masters in English Literature from the Department of English Language and Literature, Ms. Samira Mumtaz is an inspiring men...

This week my talented, wise, and young guest will inspire you with her straight talk. A recent Columbia University graduate in Biotechnology with focus on drug development. She recalls that she used to get away from mostly anything when young from her parents but her mother was always stricter with her brother. Let us see what her brother thinks when I will talk to him. But for now, enjoy our open...

This week my talented, wise, and young guest will inspire you with her straight talk. A recent Columbia University graduate in Biotechnology with focus on drug development. She recalls that she used to get away from mostly anything when young from her parents but her mother was always stricter with her brother. Let us see what her brother thinks when I will talk to him. But for now, enjoy our open...

Meet my guest, Yelena. a young Russian immigrant. An Attorney by profession and loves to learn about other faiths and cultures. And curious to learn about Muslims and Islam. During our conversation, Yelena recalls a great lesson from her mother while she was looking for a job. Her mother said, "If the door is closed, find a window, and if the window is closed then find a chimney..." "if you can't...

A bright young man with a lot to offer the world. Meet my guest, Dennis.  A 4th-year PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Works in surgical image guidance, specifically working with an ENT surgeon on medical device design and studying tissue deformations during surgery to better provide navigation for the surgeons.  His family moved arou...

Part 1 A bright young man with a lot to offer the world. Meet my guest, Dennis.  A 4th-year PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. Works in surgical image guidance, specifically working with an ENT surgeon on medical device design and studying tissue deformations during surgery to better provide navigation for the surgeons.  His family mov...

I had a marvelous and truthful conversation with Kevin Singer. Hope you will enjoy this episode.  Kevin Singer  is husband to Brittany of seven years and father to four children (5, 4, 2, and 2 months). He is co-founder of Neighborly Faith, an initiative which asks, "What would it would for people of other religions to see evangelical Christians as the most hospitable and loving members of their s...

I had a marvelous and truthful conversation with Kevin Singer. Hope you will enjoy this episode.  Kevin Singer  is husband to Brittany of seven years and father to four children (5, 4, 2, and 2 months). He is co-founder of Neighborly Faith, an initiative which asks, "What would it would for people of other religions to see evangelical Christians as the most hospitable and loving members of their s...

This week my esteemed guest is Latif Rasheed, a trained therapist who runs Western Sunrise Integrative Energy Collaborative in Silver Spring, Maryland.  A charming person who you would not guess to be an amazing conscious parent but grandfather as well. And most of all, a light of hope for his patients. A quote on his website says, "Is your life just good enough? Or does your life have enough of w...

This week, I am delighted to introduce you to Paresh Motiwala, whose sense of humor is what I liked the most before learning about all his talents. Hope you enjoy this fun interview with him where he might surprise you at times with his believes and practices and at other times you might connect with him deeply.  Paresh is a Boston resident for 22 years now. He works as a DBA Manager at Nuance Com...

I had the privilege to have a conversation with Sunayana Kachroo Bhide, a poetess, dialogue and story writer in addition to many other hats she wears.  She was born and brought up in Kashmir, she has a Masters degree in Computer Science from Pune University. She moved to USA in 2000 for work and been here ever since. Currently lives in Boston area. Her first poem was published at the age of 15, Sh...

I had the privilege to have a conversation with Sunayana Kachroo Bhide, a poetess, dialogue and story writer in addition to many other hats she wears.  She was born and brought up in Kashmir, she has a Masters degree in Computer Science from Pune University. She moved to USA in 2000 for work and been here ever since. Currently lives in Boston area. Her first poem was published at the age of 15, Sh...

My guest this week is Air Gallegos, Director of Student Programs and Curriculum. A beautiful young women with amazing talents and abilities. Enjoy the conversation. Air Gallegos began her career as a middle school English teacher at Strive Preparatory Schools in Denver, Colorado. She lived in Denver for five years and served as a member of a curriculum design team and as a cultural responsive teac...

I am thrilled and honored to introduce you to Akhtari Alam, a women full of life and amazing experiences that an average person might not be able to imagine. Her journey of migration from Asian Sub-continent to the nation of immigrants has heart wrenching ebb and flows. I had the privilege to speak with her in Urdu, you can use the caption to convert it into Urdu where ever it is available.  Akhta...

http://votedilara.com/about-dilara/ Special Edition of Lightupwithshua Podcast. Dilara Sayeed's Elections are on March 20th, 2018 and would like to introduce her to all my listeners. Please spread the word. Thank you! Dilara's very first memories are of playing double-dutch and hopscotch on the playground, and her graduation from the Head Start preschool program for low-income children in Chicago....

http://votedilara.com/about-dilara/ Special Edition of Lightupwithshua Podcast. Dilara Sayeed's Elections are on March 20th, 2018 and would like to introduce her to all my listeners. Please spread the word. Thank you! Dilara's very first memories are of playing double-dutch and hopscotch on the playground, and her graduation from the Head Start preschool program for low-income children in Chicago....

My guest this week was born and brought up in Chicago, a child of immigrant parents. Asif Masood has a Masters Degree in Transformational Leadership and Coaching. He has been learning and teaching social / emotional intelligence skills for the past five years. He is part of the Interfaith group at MCC and recently lead an Interfaith trip to Houston to help rebuild. He is a Principal Architect by t...

Meet my guest,  Founder and CEO,  Mona Ahmad, who shifted gears from Wall Street to Mona's Curryations!  Created and founded a start-up, which sells an innovative food product, frozen fully prepped ready to cook Halal entrees that represent Pakistani/Indian cuisine. This start-up opened for business on Nov. 30, 2017. Since its idea inception in April 2015, time has been spent building the business...

This week I am pleased to introduce my guest Maxine Lyons, MS, who was a professional educator with older adults for most of her 30+ year career, facilitating groups in northern CA and in the Boston area for diverse ethnic and faith groups. For the past years, she has been actively involved in CMM as a board member and Co-chair of the RUAH  Interfaith Spirituality Program Committee, and acting as ...

I am thrilled and excited to introduce Kausar Qidwai, born in Karachi, Pakistan, received her Master's degree in Microbiology and works in the field of Clinical Research. A mother who loves to enjoy her time, sing, and discuss all the topics of the world with her two children.   Her love for music and poetry keeps her in the zone of musical gatherings. Her favorite quote is:  Some see things as th...

Today's topic is on Fasting: So what is fasting? Is fasting relevant today Let us explore a little. So, it depends who is fasting and what their belief is. And what their respective faith tradition prescribes them to do or is it medically prescribed? First I will talk about what scientists and researchers are saying about fasting and its effects on our health and diseases. And then I will talk abo...

This week, you will meet Sumi Mukherjee, a extremely courageous author and speaker Sumi Mukherjee published his first book titled "A Life Interrupted – the story of my battle with bullying and obsessive compulsive disorder" in July 2011. A new version of his book was published by Mountain Springs House in Jan 2014. His second book, published by Mountain Springs House in July 2014, is titled "Fathe...

President and CEO at  Ruitenberg Lind Design Group , meet this week's energetic, vibrant, and free spirited guest, mother of two, Jagjeevan kaur Ruitenberg.  She believes that there is nothing more important than gratitude for everything in life, doesn't matter what you are facing. She does not let anything dampen her spirits. Her passion and approach to parenting, her business, and Sikh community...