Revisit: Laughing Through the Breakdown with Zarna Garg

About this episode

Zarna Garg shares her journey from stay-at-home mom to stand-up comic, offering insights for midlifers seeking change.

Zarna Garg needed a change. After 16 years as a stay-at-home mom, Zarna had lost her own ambitions and knew it wasn’t sustainable. She attempted – and failed at – a long list of businesses before she found her calling as a stand-up comic. She cracks Reshma up with stories about how soccer socks drove her to the brink of madness and shares advice for midlifers looking to make a change in their own lives. Follow Zarna @zarnagarg on Instagram. You can follow our host Reshma Saujani on Instagram at @reshmasaujani and on Substack. Stay up to date with Moms First (www.momsfirst.us) on Instagram at @momsfirstus and with Lemonada at @LemonadaMedia. Thanks so much for listening to My So-Called Midlife. If you haven’t yet, now is a great time to subscribe to Lemonada Premium. You’ll get ad-free episodes and bonus content like me and Emily Oster talking about her thoughts on how often you should have sex. Just hit the 'subscribe' button on Apple Podcasts, or, for all other podcast apps head to lemonadapremium.com to subscribe. Click this link for a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this show and all Lemonada shows: lemonadamedia.com/sponsors To follow along with a transcript…

People in this episode

Host: Reshma Saujani

Guest: Zarna Garg

Topics covered

• midlife change
• stand-up comedy
• personal growth
• parenting
• ambition

Keywords

• midlife
• comedy
• Zarna Garg
• Reshma Saujani
• personal change
• ambition
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Moms First, Lemonada Media, Lemonada

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