About this episode

Sahar Saleem returns to discuss her journey from corporate marketing to screenwriting and somatic healing.

Seven years ago, Sahar Saleem was the first-ever guest on Immigrantly, talking about her creative marketing career at PepsiCo. She's back, and everything has changed. In this episode, we talk about leaving a corporate "dream job," breaking into screenwriting in LA right as the writers' strike hit, the quiet blacklisting of pro-Palestinian voices in Hollywood, and her pilot Cash, about a Pakistani American memory archeologist. Then, the unexpected turn: somatic therapy, epigenetics, and how trauma lives in the body across generations. Sahar now leads Soma Sahar, a healing practice weaving somatic embodiment, ancestral reflection, and creative ritual. A conversation about privilege, purpose, and coming home to yourself. Sahar’s Personal / Writing IG:  @saharsaleem  Subconscious Glass on Substack Somatic Coaching & Healing -  @somasahar_ www.saharsaleem.com right now, but starting in mid-August it'll be www.somasahar.com You can connect with Saadia on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IG ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@itssaadiak⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Email:saadia@immigrantlypod.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host & Producer: Saadia Khan I Content Writer: Saadia Khan I…

People in this episode

Host: Saadia Khan

Guest: Sahar Saleem

Topics covered

• corporate exits
• somatic healing
• screenwriting
• trauma
• creativity
• identity

Keywords

• corporate job
• screenwriting
• somatic therapy
• trauma
• pro-Palestinian voices
• Hollywood
• ancestral reflection

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PepsiCo, Soma Sahar, Immigrantly Media, Subconscious Glass, Epidemic Sound

Books & works: Cash

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