Sean Loots Something Shifted with Sean Loots

"All The Hats with All The Jazz Hands"

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Kamini Pather won MasterChef South Africa, shot her own Netflix show, and built a career in food and entertainment. Then her nervous system gave out.

This is a conversation about burnout, the cost of public success, and what it takes to rebuild a life on your own terms, with your dog at your feet.

Kamini's book All Dhal'd Up: https://likeharmony.co.za/shop
Chapters
  • 00:00 Intro: Today's story belongs to Kamini
  • 02:58 The 5am club
  • 07:07 MasterChef South Africa
  • 10:10 Depression and burnout
  • 12:31 Girl Eat World, Netflix and legal battles,
  • 20:37 Therapy, Psychology Master's and a counselling internship
  • 27:57 Kamini today — award-winning cookbook and what's next
7 Apr English South Africa Documentary · Personal Journals

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