In this deeply personal and wide-ranging conversation, host Neha Garg sits down with Debaleena Biswas — engineer, Six Sigma Black Belt, and founder of Saha, a conscious-parenting initiative — to talk about what happens when life’s most “planned” chapters fall apart.
From a high-pressure corporate role in the oil and gas industry to the chaos of a complicated pregnancy, postpartum anxiety, and a pandemic return to work, Debaleena opens up about losing her professional identity and rediscovering herself through motherhood.
Across this episode, she speaks candidly about systemic workplace biases, guilt and fear, the quiet courage to walk away, and the joyful work of building something meaningful from scratch. Her journey through self-healing, early-childhood psychology, and Waldorf-inspired learning forms the heart of Saha — a space that helps parents choose consciously for their children and themselves.
💡 Why You Should Listen
• To hear a real story of reinvention — how a career setback led to purpose and self-growth.
• To understand the invisible pressures mothers face in workplaces and how flexibility can transform that experience.
• To learn how fear often drives parenting choices and how to replace it with love and intention.
• To discover Saha’s philosophy of slow, natural, open-ended play and mindful parenting.
• Because Debaleena’s honesty and humour remind every listener that you can begin again — gently, bravely, and with purpose.
🛠️ Practical Takeaways for Listeners
• Redefine success after motherhood. Identity can evolve — leaving a job isn’t the end of ambition, it’s the start of alignment.
• Advocate for structural empathy. Companies can support women with flexible hours, pumping rooms, and return-to-work pathways.
• Do the inner work. Daily journaling, meditation, and “feeling check-ins” help regulate emotions and prevent passing anxiety to children.
• Let kids be part of real life. Invite them into cooking, cleaning, gardening, and making — the richest learning happens through imitation.
• Question fear-based choices. Whether it’s school selection or career moves, pause and ask if the decision stems from fear or love.
• Find healing in purpose. Turning pain into something useful for others — like Saha — can be the most profound act of recovery.
🧘♀️About the Guest
Debaleena Biswas is an engineer-turned-educator and the founder of Saha, a Pune-based platform that creates sustainable, open-ended toys and clothing inspired by the Waldorf philosophy and promotes conscious parenting practices through its Saha Parenting Circle.
Before founding Saha, she spent a decade in the oil, gas, and process industries, leading manufacturing excellence projects and earning her Six Sigma Black Belt from ISI.
A passionate writer and lifelong learner, Debaleena documents her reflections on early childhood, emotional wellbeing, and self-growth at https://mymonkeymindin.wordpress.com (https://mymonkeymindin.wordpress.com/)
She lives in Pune with her husband Nikhil and their son Bodhi — her greatest teacher.
Explore Saha: https://discoversaha.com (https://discoversaha.com/)
Follow on Instagram: / discoversaha_official
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