What does it mean to lead with both strength and softness? To honour your boundaries, embrace community, and allow grief to become a teacher rather than something to hide?

In this episode of Rooted, Regenerated, and Chosen, Manpreet sits down with Bali Deol, also known to many as Lady B - radio host, counselor, and community leader.

Together, they explore the intersections of leadership, identity, grief, healing, and belonging through the lens of Bali's personal and professional journey.

Drawing from her experiences as a woman navigating male-dominated spaces, a counselor supporting young women, and a leader deeply committed to service, Bali shares powerful insights on boundaries, cultural wisdom, community, and the transformative role grief has played throughout her life.

This conversation is a heartfelt reflection on what it means to become the woman your younger self needed, while creating space for others to do the same.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why saying "no" is sacred and how boundaries become an essential leadership practice.
• What organizational leaders need to understand about supporting women of colour beyond tokenism and performative inclusion.
• How Western individualism and ancestral community-centered practices can work together to create healthier, more connected societies.
• How grief shapes leadership, deepens compassion, and strengthens spiritual connection.

What would change if you treated your boundaries as sacred, your grief as a teacher, and your community as a source of strength? We'd love to hear your reflections.

Subscribe, share this episode with someone who might benefit from it, and join us for future conversations exploring what it means to lead, heal, and live from a place of authenticity.

Show Notes:

-Bali's Website: https://www.ladyb.ca/

-Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/ladybradio/

-Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladybradio/

Welcome to Rooted, Regenerated, and Chosen.

In this inaugural episode, host Manpreet Dhillon introduces herself and shares her personal experiences that inspired both this podcast and the creation of the Strong Daughter Institute.

From navigating chronic illness and loss to confronting burnout, identity shifts, and the pressures of leadership, Manpreet reflects on the many layers of grief she has carried throughout her life and the healing journey that followed.

This conversation is an invitation into a different understanding of grief - one that goes far beyond the loss of a loved one.

Manpreet also introduces the meaning behind Rooted,Regenerated, and Chosen:

• Rooted: Reclaiming cultural identity, ancestralwisdom, and authenticity while reconnecting with the traditions, values, and practices that ground us.

• Regenerated: Healing the nervous system, body, andspirit through practices such as Ayurveda, breathwork, holistic wellness, and intentional self-care.

• Chosen: Consciously choosing yourself, your path,and the life you want to create—moving forward with purpose, alignment, and self-trust.

Throughout the episode, Manpreet shares her belief thathealing is not about becoming someone new, but about coming home to who you have always been.

She also introduces the mission of the Strong DaughterInstitute: creating a space for South Asian women to process grief, reconnect with themselves, heal generational patterns, and lead from a place of alignment rather than survival.

Whether you are navigating loss, searching for deepermeaning, or learning how to choose yourself in a world full of expectations, this episode offers a compassionate starting point for the journey ahead.

This is just the beginning. Subscribe and join us as we explore the many layers of grief, healing, identity, and leadership through honest conversations, personal stories, and practical tools for transformation. If this episode spoke to you, share it with someone who may need to hear it too, and come be part of the Strong Daughter community.

Welcome to Rooted, Regenerated and Chosen, a podcast for South Asian women who are done shrinking to fit and ready to lead from the inside out.

Each episode will blend leadership development, somatic wisdom, and real talk about identity, ambition, and belonging — because building a strong life starts with knowing who you are and having the community to hold you in it.