Reframing Perspectives
with Payal Beri, PhD.
In each episode, Dr. Payal Beri explores what happens when we pause, become curious, and reframe our perception of the world around us.
Whether navigating life’s challenges, rethinking what success means, or unlearning inherited beliefs, these conversations reveal how powerful shifts in perspective can change how we connect with ourselves, others, and our communities.
Through Payal’s personal reflections and intimate dialogues with changemakers, creatives, and purpose-driven leaders, you’ll be challenged to expand your lens and engage with the world more thoughtfully.
Because when we change how we see, we change how we live and lead.
The way you see the world shapes how you live in it. Subscribe now and start reframing your perspective.
Start with some favorite and most listened to episodes
What If You Could Capture Family Stories Before They’re Lost?
What if the key to deeper empathy, connection, and identity lies in the stories of those who came before us?
In this moving and insightful episode, we sit down with Anika Chara, CEO and Co-founder of Root and Seed, to explore how personal loss led to a powerful mission: preserving family heritage for future generations. Anika opens up about her own journey after the unexpected passing of her mother and how that experience sparked the creation of Root and Seed—a platform dedicated to capturing and sharing family stories, traditions, and culture.
Discover how simple tools like conversation cards and workshops can spark powerful dialogues within families, and how revisiting these stories can be both healing and transformative.
Why don’t women know how their own bodies work?
What does it really mean to live inside a woman’s body, from your first period to post-menopause? And what happens when we stop treating these milestones like isolated events and start honoring them as part of one powerful, continuous journey?
In this deeply insightful episode, Dr. Payal Beri sits down with renowned OB/GYN and bestselling author Dr. Suzanne Gilberg to explore the full spectrum of womanhood — from menstruation to menopause and everything in between.
With over 26 years of clinical experience, Dr. Gilberg shares why it is time to shift the way we view women’s health. This isn’t just a medical conversation. It is a cultural one. Together, they unpack the layers of silence, shame, and systemic bias that have shaped how women experience their bodies.
You will hear the stories behind the research, the lived experiences behind the stats, and the call to action for a more connected and informed approach to our hormonal health.
What if pleasing everyone else is what’s breaking you?
What does it really mean to be the “perfect Indian girl”? And what happens when you decide you no longer want to carry the weight of that label
In this powerful episode, host Payal Beri sits down with Tracy, better known as The Bad Indian Therapist, for a deeply personal and paradigm-shifting conversation that challenges the cultural expectations placed on South Asian women. From generational shame and toxic guilt to navigating cultural identity, therapy taboos, and boundaries, this is a must-listen for anyone who’s ever felt torn between heritage and authenticity.
What If Success Isn’t About Achievement, But Alignment?
What if the very emotions you’ve been taught to suppress were the key to your growth?
In this powerful episode of Reframing Perspectives, host Dr. Payal Beri sits down with Bryant Alexander Jr., a transformational performance coach and founder of Reframe Creative Consulting. Bryant shares his deeply personal journey from growing up in silence, believing he had nothing to offer, to becoming a voice of leadership, emotional resilience, and collective empowerment.
Redemption Behind Bars: Andrew Murphy on Prison Education that Heals
What if prison wasn’t the end of someone's story, but the beginning of a powerful transformation?
In this soul-stirring episode, Dr. Payal Beri sits down with Andrew Murphy, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Inmate Education Association (WIEA), to discuss how higher education, empathy, and human dignity are reshaping the lives of incarcerated individuals, many of whom were once seen as beyond redemption.
Through personal stories, lived experiences, and hard truths, Andrew shares how WIEA’s groundbreaking college-in-prison program is restoring hope, reducing prison violence, and helping incarcerated men become change agents in their communities, even from behind bars.
Together, Payal and Andrew explore the deep stigmas society places on the incarcerated and why we must rethink justice, humanity, and redemption.
