Continuing his Hope for the Future Generation series, Raghu speaks with Natalie Dayan about helping hidden artists and entrepreneurs get discovered.
“The Hidden Artists podcast is about people who haven’t been discovered yet—entrepreneurs, musicians, someone who is creative in what they do. People have all these talents, but they don’t all have an opportunity to be known for what they do. I just want to give these people a chance to be able to do what they love for a living.” – Natalie Dayan
In this episode, Raghu and Natalie dive into:
- What it’s like for Natalie being born Jewish, being raised in India, and now living in Los Angeles
- Exploring the various parts of your identity
- The inspiration behind starting her podcast, The Hidden Artists, which helps artists and entrepreneurs get discovered
- Obtaining her Masters degree in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
- Working with feeling lost in life, and using fear as a way to motivate yourself
- The similarities and crossovers between Hinduism and Judaism
- How we are not our thoughts, we are not our story
- Raghu’s adventures through India, and learning Sab Ek (All One) wisdom from Maharaj-ji
- Having faith that the universe is always working for you, as well as helping you be of service
- ZaChoeje Rinpoche‘s wisdom to “stop struggling with struggle”
- How with people like Natalie, the future is going to be okay
“You’re not your story, you’re not your thoughts; who you are, of course, is way behind all of that.” – Raghu Markus
Explore more of Raghu’s Hope for the Future Generation series in a talk with his granddaughter, Zoey Markus, on Mindrolling Ep. 458
About Natalie Dayan:
Natalie is a Los Angeles-based stem cell biology and regenerative medicine Masters student at USC from Mumbai, India. Natalie may not have known it then, but she has always been entrepreneurial right since she was a kid. Her passion of helping people led her to start a podcast called, “The Hidden Artists,” to help artists and entrepreneurs be discovered.
Listen to Natalie’s podcast, The Hidden Artists, dive into her Wyzdom mentorship platnfrom, and connect on her Instagram
About Raghu Markus:
Raghu Markus spent 18 months in India with Neem Karoli Baba and Ram Dass. He has been involved in music and transformational media since the early 1970s when he was the program director of CKGM-FM in Montreal.
In 1974, he collaborated with Ram Dass on the box set Love Serve Remember. In 1990, he launched Triloka Records, which established itself as a critical leader in the development of world music. For 17 years, Triloka was home to such artists as Krishna Das, Hugh Masekela, Walela, Jai Uttal and transformational media projects that featured Ram Dass, Deepak Chopra, and Les Nubians.
Raghu lives in Ojai, California, and is the Executive Director of the Love Serve Remember Foundation. In 2016, he co-founded the Be Here Now Network, where he hosts the Ram Dass Here & Now podcast, as well as his own Mindrolling podcast. He is the producer of Becoming Nobody, a Ram Dass documentary feature film that was released in 2019.
Check Out More From The Mindrolling Podcast:
Tune into Ep. 295 of Mindrolling: An Honest Journey with Anne Lamott, Duncan Trussell and Pete Holmes
Check out Ep. 335 of Mindrolling: Courage, Trust, and Love with Ram Dass and Duncan Trussell
Listen to Ep. 289 of Mindrolling featuring lessons from Tibetan teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
Tune into Ep. 321 of Mindrolling: Rewriting Our Scripts with Duncan Trussell and Dr. Robert Svoboda to learn about karma and changing false narratives.
For an episode on the inner journey, check out Ep. 216 of Mindrolling: Duncan Trussell, Sharon Salzberg and David Nichtern Live
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