The WiloPod: Recent Episodes
Wilona Karimabadi
Welcome to my pod! WiloPower the blog takes it to the airwaves. Let's talk about all kinds of topics because I think it's important to listen, think, and learn every day of our lives.
Like the tray of plain, white milk cartons surrounding the lone chocolate milk carton, so was my foray into public school kindergarten in suburban New York. Did I threaten to kick another child in the head for being an idiot? Listen to find out.
My ode to one of the greatest cities in the world. What were my childhood memories of the Big Apple and what did they have to do with ketchup, Hindu gods, and the Twin Towers? Listen and find out.
If you were an immigrant kid you know what it feels like to go somewhere where there aren't too many people that look like and feel like you are a walking spectacle. Imagine being keenly aware of your differences when you are five.
Anyone relate? Even if you don't, give this pod a listen, please and thank you!
Chapter 1 of my unpublished memoir, Little Brown Girl in the Decade of Excess.
Were you a child of the 80s? An immigrant child of the 80s? If you know you know, so listen along and tell me what your memories of being an 80s are.
If Christmas and this whole season brings more blah than yay!, you are not alone. I'm being very candid and vulnerable about why it's ok to not feel like a sprightly, jolly elf right now.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Here's the report on dropping my youngest off at college. Yes, we need mental health welfare check-ins now.
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I'm getting ready to send my last kid to college in a time when a lot of friends my age are nowhere near that. Will I fall apart? What is this going to look like? Join me as I lament a little and then buck up for the ride ahead.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Did anyone else catch the hoopla that was Rush Week at the University of Alabama? It was nuts and this 46-year-old mother of two is here to dish about something she knows nothing about.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
I've had to return to the office and it has absolutely sapped my creativity and energy. Is going back to the way things were possible? Is it even a good idea? Listen in and tell me what you think. DM me on Insta @wilopower.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
How to find the right workout for you based on your unique wiring and my first experience with Orange Theory classes. Thanks for listening!
This episode has a related blog post to read: http://wilopower.com/2021/07/02/do-you-have-an-exercise-personality/
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Making friends in adulthood is tough and nothing brings out my socially awkward, inner insecure dork faster than a grown-up networking event or something similar. Can you relate? Sharing my issues, questions, and thoughts about adult friendship.
This episode has a related blog post: http://wilopower.com/2021/06/23/what-about-your-friends
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
After last year's sad graduations and lack of proper celebrating, things have improved! Talking about graduation in my family for kids who really deserved it, and some other things as well.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Anna Duggar and why leaving a horrible partner isn't always so clear-cut. But most important, what can you do to help someone in that situation?
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
When it gets to be too much, you have to hit the pause button, and it's totally ok. In this episode, I talk about the need for creative breaks, and a few other odds and ends I spouted off on.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
A little storytime about our strange dating experience, fast engagement, and how we got to today.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
We've all experienced sadness and grief, and each person has to recover on their own time frame. But what do you do when friends and family are less than compassionate about that?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://wilopower.com/2021/05/01/its-ok-to-be-sad-for-as-long-as-you-need-to/
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
How did we do it? I talk about this and share some other thoughts in addition to reading to you from my blog. Thanks for listening!
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://wilopower.com/2021/03/16/one-year-office-free/
PTSD isn't limited to combat veterans. Any experience that traumatizes a person can cause it. I'm getting real transparent here with my experience.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Talking fitness, motivation, and my issues with the fitness industry and how many people get things wrong. I'd love to hear from you! DM your questions and comments to my Instagram @wilopower.
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Talking about what it should mean to call yourself Christian, and a little reading/reflection on this Easter weekend. Thanks for listening!
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://wilopower.com/2021/04/03/rest/
Have we made our kids less safe by teaching them to be abundantly polite and accommodating to adults? Have we been less safe by being raised that way?
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://wilopower.com/2021/01/27/polite-girls-can-be-impolite/
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Taking a stab at rudimentary podcasting and talking about my journey to motherhood here. Thanks for stopping by!
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://wilopower.com/2021/03/02/a-motherhood-tale/
This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app