Ep 18 — When Your Gifts Are Misunderstood

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts211/v4/f5/c9/f3/f5c9f328-77c1-ad7c-ed54-83b5fb84e5b7/mza_78822256500744163.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

Listening to the Wound: Where Trauma Meets Tenderness

Shumaila Hemani

19 episodes

2 days ago

Listening to the Wound is a podcast for the quietly exhausted. Hosted by Shumaila Hemani, Ph.D.—a trauma-informed coach, multi-award-winning artist-scholar, and immigrant voice navigating systemic erasure—this series offers reflections, meditations, and musical fragments to hold space for what hurts. Whether you’re living through burnout, healing from immigration precarity, or longing for a place to belong, this podcast invites you to slow down, feel, and listen. Because the wound isn’t just a source of pain— It’s a portal to deeper presence, power, and love.

Mental Health

Health & Fitness

RSS

All content for Listening to the Wound: Where Trauma Meets Tenderness is the property of Shumaila Hemani and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Mental Health

Health & Fitness

https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44129675/44129675-1753803935288-20ce282d05c81.jpg

Ep 18 — When Your Gifts Are Misunderstood | Listening to the Wound.

Listening to the Wound: Where Trauma Meets Tenderness

5 minutes 47 seconds

2 months ago

Ep 18 — When Your Gifts Are Misunderstood | Listening to the Wound.

What happens when the talents that make you unique are misread, minimized, or rejected? In this episode, Dr. Shumaila Hemani shares personal stories and Sufi-inspired wisdom on honoring your gifts even when others can’t see them clearly. Learn how to navigate the hurt of misrecognition, why your gifts may challenge existing narratives, and how to protect and nurture your creative spirit. Listen to my song “Anticipating” created for the Suicide Prevention & Hope Tour Canada, read my memoir Writing in the Wound at https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FLH1R399, and download the Rest Planner at https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FB49S3PS. Your story matters. Your life matters. You are not alone. 💜