Check out the Latest Episodes
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Geeta Girl Discusses What Comes Around Goes Around…Right? Season 2, Episode 10
What comes around goes around, right? We all know there is that invisible karma scale. If someone does something bad, then something bad will happen to them, right?
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Geeta Girl Discusses Turning your Family Drama into Positive Family Karma, Season 2, Episode 9
Have you ever had a family member that you couldn’t get along with? A relative who was difficult? Most of us are no stranger to family conflicts.
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Geeta Girl Discusses Karma with her Dad, the original Geeta Girl’s Guru, Season 2, Episode 8
If the system of karma works, why do some people seem to be getting away with doing bad stuff? Does Hinduism allow us to ignore the difficulties of others and say “not my problem, it’s their karma”? And whose karma is to blame for COVID?
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Geeta Girl Discusses Updating Our Operating System to Create Our Best Karma, Season 2, Episode 7
It’s not just our computers that require updates, even our personal Operating System (OS) needs constant updating. How you operate determines the Karma you create.
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Geeta Girl Discusses What’s in your Karma Bank Account? Season 2, Episode 6
Everyone loves to name drop Karma. Karma has been the focus of poems, revenge fantasies, and even songs. This season, Geeta Girl breaks it down for us.
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Geeta Girl Discusses Can You Believe in the Geeta When You Don’t Believe in God? Season 2, Episode 5
Geeta Girl host Sharmila’s son is an atheist?!? In this episode, Sharmila and her son Mohit (a recent college grad) discuss his atheism and how he feels about the teachings in the Geeta.
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What to Do When Things. Go. Wrong. Season 2, Episode 4
How do you deal when you do your very best and things still go wrong? What do you do when you have checked every box, dotted every “i”, and things still don’t go the way you hoped. At all. Whether it’s a work issue, a parenting issue, or a relationship issue, we have all been there.
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Geeta Girl Discusses Dharma, Season 2, Episode 3
When facing a dilemma, do you sometimes think, “Oh Lord, what do I do now?” Well, the Bhagavad Geeta has the answer!
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Geeta Girl Discusses Do Your Best, Leave the Rest, Season 2, Episode 2
As a society, we are so goal oriented, right? My project at work needs to turn out a certain way, my children need to behave a certain way, my vacation needs to happen in a certain way, my life at age (fill in the blank) needs to be a certain way.
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Geeta Girl Discusses How To Keep Calm And Carry On, Season 2, Episode 1
This podcast asks the question: How does the Geeta advise us to keep calm during a crisis? Currently, we are dealing with a global pandemic, fighting against long standing racial injustices, home-schooling our children and other anxieties.
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Mini Podcast: Basic Concepts
Geeta Girl Glossary: New to reading the Geeta? No problem! We explain some basic concepts that may be helpful to know as you listen to the Podcast. (Some of these concepts are also explained in the Concepts section of the website.)
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Mini Podcast: Why and How to Meditate
Geeta Girl’s Quick Tips for Meditation: OMMMMMMM! New to meditation? We offer some basic guidance for meditation, a central concept in the Geeta.
Geeta Girl Discusses Finding Steadiness in the Storm
In this episode, we continue our conversation about what the Bhagavad Geeta teaches us about navigating the journey of caregiving. We explore the critical role of equanimity — the ability to remain steady amidst life’s inevitable changes, uncertainties, and challenges.
Drawing from the Geeta’s lessons, we discuss practical ways to cultivate equanimity: meditation, accepting the natural ups and downs of life, creating moments of joy and happiness within our daily duties, practicing gratitude, and recognizing the importance of caring for ourselves during times of difficulty (especially then). This episode is a guide to building resilience and finding spiritual perspective while walking through life’s most difficult moments.
Please note this podcast contains conversations about grief, loss, and the experience of caring for someone with cancer. Please listen at your own pace and take care of yourself while engaging with this content.
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Verses referred to in this episode:
Chapter 2 Verses 14, 15, 27, 31, 32, and 40
Chapter 6 Verses 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, and 23