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RAW with UMA is a podcast and living document of becoming unapologetically human. Hosted by leadership and reinvention strategist Uma Thana Balasingam, it features honest conversations with people redefining success, power, and self-trust in life’s messy middle. From Careerquakes™ to midlife transitions, this space explores the unspoken truths of identity, ambition, love, and meaning. This podcast doesn’t conclude, it holds space. Becoming yourself isn’t neat. It’s raw. And it’s real.
RAW with UMA hosts RAW with Uma, a education show with 27 episodes published.
If you've had a hormonal blood panel and been told everything is fine, you may have been asking your doctor for the one test that cannot actually diagnose perimenopause. Dr Foong explains why — and what the right diagnos
Everyone expected her to be angry. What Tawana actually felt was harder, and she explains exactly why disappointment hits differently than rage when institutions betray you. Tawana is Meta's APAC lead, a senior Black Ame
Menopause may have been the best thing to happen to her. In this episode, senior banking executive Sunday joins hosts Uma and Jingjin for one of the most disarmingly honest conversations the show has aired. Sunday talks
As an ophthalmologist, Claudine kept noticing something that her patients' other doctors were missing. The retina doesn't lie - systemic disease shows up there first. She'd refer patients for follow-up and watch nothing
She walked back into the workforce after five years at home, marched into Merrill Lynch without a client list, and proposed the following deal: If I'm successful, you pay me. If I'm not, you don't. They gave her the job.
What if the pain you spent 30 years being told was in your head was silently taking over your body, and you kept outperforming everyone in the room anyway? In this raw, honest conversation, Uma Thana and Jingjin Liu sit
What happens when reinvention unlocks parts of yourself you forgot existed? In this intimate episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the unexpected gifts that came from leaving corporate, the creative side I buried for
What happens when you spend a year building the wrong business? In this raw episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on Year 1 of entrepreneurship, the part nobody posts about on LinkedIn. The pivots, the money lost, the ar
How do you find clarity when you’re exhausted from pretending everything is okay? In this intimate episode, I walk you through the 10 questions that helped me navigate one of the most confusing seasons of my life, a Care
What happens when the ground beneath your career suddenly shifts?In this intimate episode, I share the story of the moment everything I thought I wanted stopped making sense. After building a two-decade career in tech, w
What happens when the path you thought you were on suddenly disappears? In this deeply personal episode, I share the moment that shattered my corporate identity - when my inbox went from hundreds of emails to zero overni
What happens after everything you’ve built starts to crumble? Welcome To My Careerquake™ In this new chapter, Uma steps into the unpolished truth of reinvention, not the highlight reel, but the space between endings and
What do you do when your entire career crumbles—and you're left staring at the pieces? What does it mean to experience a Careerquake—and rebuild not just your work, but your identity?In this honest and soul-baring episod
What if ambition no longer looked like climbing a ladder—but learning to breathe? How do you lead without performing? And is it possible to succeed without playing by outdated rules? In this powerful conversation, we unp
Feeling trapped after multiple career rejections? How do you build resilience after rejection? Why is asking for help one of the most courageous things you can do? This episode uncovers practical approaches to rebuilding
Networking doesn't have to feel transactional or inauthentic. In this episode, I'm joined by Audrey Tim, who brings thoughtful questions about building meaningful professional relationships, and later by Stephen Morse, a
How do women find their voice and claim their space in male-dominated workplaces? Many of us grow up being taught to be quiet. So how do we overcome cultural conditioning that teaches women to stay quiet and docile? My g
How do you build an authentic brand identity while staying professional? How can you be vulnerable while discussing important but uncomfortable topics? My guest, Nicole, is an HR leader and DEI advocate from the Philippi
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