Maybe you have had a moment where your body tried to tell you something and you looked the other way. A small signal, easy to explain away. This episode is for anyone who has ever dismissed a whisper, and then had to reckon with what that whisper was trying to say.
Shruti grew up as a working mom in Melbourne, living a normal, full life, when tingling in her feet gradually became something she could no longer ignore. Over years, that quiet signal grew into a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a progression from walker to wheelchair, and a complete reshaping of her career, her home life, and her sense of self. What she found on the other side was not what most people might expect. She found strength, not the performed kind, not the kind someone else told her she had to have, but a deep, steady resilience that rose out of the hardest circumstances of her life.
This is a conversation about what it means to carry an invisible illness through a world that cannot see it. It is about traveling alone to Kerala to try Ayurvedic therapy on nothing but hope. It is about reliving your hardest moments to write a memoir, and about looking back at all the worry you carried before, and finally letting it go.
What You'll Hear:
• How Shruti's MS symptoms progressed over nearly a decade before a turning point shifted her entire life
• What it felt like to lose her job, her mobility, and her previous identity, and how she moved through that
• The solo trip to Kerala for Ayurvedic treatment, and what she found there beyond the therapy itself
• How writing her memoir, My Invisible Battles, helped her discover a version of herself she had never met before
• The connection between stress, chronic illness, and finally releasing the need to overthink everything
• Why she believes strength is not something anyone can teach you, and where it actually comes from
Guest Bio:
Shruti Ghate is an author and mother of two based in Melbourne, Australia. After years of living with multiple sclerosis, she published her memoir, My Invisible Battles, to offer guidance and solidarity to others navigating an invisible autoimmune illness. Her work is grounded in the belief that sharing our stories can reach farther than we imagine.
Find Shruti and her book at www.shrutighate.com (http://www.shrutighate.com) , and on Amazon Kindle worldwide.
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