S7 Ep 3: Moving Past Trauma, Stigma and Unspoken Pain with Chanchal Garg

S7 Ep 3: Moving Past Trauma, Stigma and Unspoken Pain with Chanchal Garg

From Between Friends: Conversations with Maitri by Maitri

October 9, 2025 · 28 min · Season 7 · Episode 3

About this episode

Chanchal Garg shares her journey of overcoming trauma and cultural pressures in a candid conversation.

In this Maitri podcast episode, Chanchal Garg opens up about the spiritual and sexual abuse that shook her identity and forced her to confront a life shaped by duty and sacrifice. She courageously shares her journey of personal transformation—unearthing hidden truths that have been buried under cultural obligations, spiritual trauma, and the silence often expected of women.This moving conversation offers courage and hope for anyone navigating cultural pressures, intergenerational conflicts, or the weight of victim-blaming.Chanchal Garg is a speaker, author, executive coach, and conscious leadership facilitator. For over eight years, she has facilitated a course on interpersonal dynamics at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. Chanchal is also the author of Unearthed: The Lies We Carry and the Truths They Bury. 🌐 Website: chanchalgarg.comBook link: https://www.amazon.com/Unearthed-Lies-Carry-Truths-They/dp/B0F8LLD48L

People in this episode

Host: Maitri

Guest: Chanchal Garg

Topics covered

  • trauma
  • stigma
  • personal transformation
  • cultural obligations
  • spiritual trauma
  • intergenerational conflicts
  • victim-blaming

Keywords

  • spiritual abuse
  • sexual abuse
  • identity
  • courage
  • hope

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Unearthed: The Lies We Carry and the Truths They Bury

Books & works: Moving Past Trauma, Stigma and Unspoken Pain, Unearthed: The Lies We Carry and the Truths They Bury

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