What happens when you’ve lived a life that looks right on paper… but feels misaligned in your body?

In this powerful episode of Baskets of Knowledge, Dr Manmeet Rattu (Dr Mini) shares her journey from growing up in a deeply loving cultural family, entering an arranged marriage, and navigating its breakdown, to rediscovering herself through strength training, a bikini bodybuilding competition, and ultimately the science of yoga.

This conversation explores:

• Identity and cultural expectations
• Listening to your body vs overriding your intuition
• Trauma, survival mode, and nervous system dysregulation
• The psychology of self-honouring
• The neuroscience and science-backed benefits of yoga
• How strength training and embodiment rebuild self-trust

Dr Mini bridges lived experience with evidence-based insight, explaining how yoga is not just a practice, but a science of nervous system regulation, trauma healing, and emotional resilience.

If you’re interested in mindset transformation, identity work, personal growth, trauma recovery, or the science of yoga, this episode will stay with you.

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What happens when a young person refuses to accept broken systems as “just the way things are”?

In this episode of Baskets of Knowledge, we sit down with Kenisha Mediratta, founder of REdefine Aotearoa, to explore creating support systems, navigating change, and leading through lived experience.

Kenisha shares her journey from growing up in West Auckland public schools to founding a youth-led platform addressing systemic racism and youth mental health. We unpack how anger in young people is often misunderstood, why access and opportunity matter more than punishment, and how real change happens when communities are empowered, not silenced.

This conversation goes beyond inspiration.
It’s about systems, leadership, health, and the courage to ask for help.

🎧 If you care about:
• Youth leadership and advocacy
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Anti-racism and systemic change
• Building sustainable support systems

This episode will stay with you.

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What happens when doing “everything right” still doesn’t feel right?

In this episode of Baskets of Knowledge, we sit down with Ritu Saxena, founder of Project UpgradeHer, to explore what confidence really looks like when it’s built, not inherited.

Born and raised in Mumbai, Ritu became a Chartered Accountant and moved to New Zealand to experiment with independence and live on her own terms. On paper, she was successful. Internally, she struggled with imposter syndrome, self-doubt, and feeling invisible in environments she was fully qualified to be in.

Moving countries didn’t fix that, it amplified it.

Ritu shares the loneliness of starting over, the cultural shock of navigating systems that reward confidence but never teach it, and the breaking point that forced her to confront a hard truth: effort alone isn’t enough if you don’t advocate for yourself.

That moment led her into therapy, coaching, and deep inner work, transforming not just her career, but her relationship with herself. Today, she’s recognised as one of the Top 20 Chartered Accountants and empowers women of colour to build clarity, confidence, and income through Project UpgradeHer.

This is a powerful conversation about identity, belonging, courage, and what happens when you finally choose yourself.

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