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| A 55 year long Trans Journey to Truth & Identity | “I’m a Woman.” — Actress la georgea | 07 Apr 2026 | 01:09:53 | |
“I’m a woman. There’s no easy way to say it. ” It took her 55 years to get those words out of her mouth.
In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Asal Zara sits down with actress la georgea for a conversation about identity, truth, and what it really means to finally be yourself.
georgea was already a well-known actor. A life built for decades, a career that was already established and a marriage of 30 years..
From the outside everything made sense and seemed to be going really well. But underneath, something didn’t. —
This is a conversation about living a life that looks right while quietly knowing it isn’t.
georgea shares what it was like growing up in a deeply conservative environment, carrying something she couldn’t name, couldn’t express and couldn’t share with anyone. Perhaps even thought she never will be.
From a very young age, she knew. But knowing and actually living it are two very different things. — We go into: — What it feels like to grow up without ever feeling fully safe to be yourself — The impact of shame, guilt, and silence over decades — Building a life, a career, and a relationship while hiding a core truth — The complexity of love when two people are trying to understand something neither fully sees yet — The moment she finally said the words out loud — And what it meant for her and for the people around her
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There’s a part of this conversation that stays with you: the idea that you can live an entire life and still not feel fully seen.And the fact that untill you choose to live as your true self, there will be always an undercurrent of unhappiness.
— We also explore something rarely spoken about openly: What happens after you step into your truth.
Is it fear? Is it freedom? georgea describes it as finally being able to feel life without a wall in between.
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Because sometimes… becoming yourself means everything else has to change.
This is Her Side of the Stories.
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| Regan Hillyer: She Built Millions… Then Everything Fell Apart (Twice) | 07 Apr 2026 | 01:11:14 | |
She built Millions… Then lost it all. Rebuild everything and then, did the same happen again?
In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Asal Zara sits down with Regan Hillyer for a conversation that goes far beyond manifestation, success, or the life people think they see online.
Regan is known as one of the leading voices in self-mastery and manifestation. But this conversation isn’t about what you see on stage. It’s about what was happening underneath.
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We talk about growing up without ever seeing conflict and how that quietly shapes the way you love, communicate, and set boundaries later in life. We go into her early struggles with control, identity, and self-worth and the moment everything shifted. From building her first busines, to losing everything… To sleeping on a couch, and starting again from nothing. But at the heart of this conversation is something many people will recognise:
being in something that looks right… but doesn’t feel right.
A long-term relationship, a shared life. With a strong shared vision. But after all, things may not have been what they seemed.
We explore:
— What it feels like to outgrow a version of your life — The subtle ways we disconnect from ourselves in relationships — How easy it is to override your own truth — The difference between what something looks like… and what it actually is — The moment you begin to question everything — And what it takes to choose yourself even when it’s really hard
Because sometimes… the biggest shifts don’t happen all at once. They begin with a feeling you can no longer ignore but you might have for a while.
This is Her Side of the Stories.
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| Jessica-Jane Stafford: “I Always Felt Different…” on OCD, ADHD & Identity | 07 Apr 2026 | 01:11:19 | |
“I always felt different.” In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Asal Zara sits down with actress and model Jessica-Jane Stafford — for a conversation that goes far beyond what people have ever come to learn about her. Jessica opens up about growing up painfully shy, never quite feeling like she fit in, and constantly adapting herself to the people around her — becoming a different version of herself depending on who she was with. At the heart of this conversation is something deeply misunderstood: OCD. Not the version people joke about. But the reality of intrusive thoughts, obsessive loops, anxiety, and the mental exhaustion that comes with it. Jessica shares what it actually feels like to live inside that experience — from constant overthinking to social anxiety, from needing control to feeling overwhelmed in everyday situations. We also explore: — What it’s like to feel like an outsider, even in a room full of people — Growing up without understanding your own mind — The impact of people-pleasing and mirroring others — Navigating environments that don’t feel safe — Motherhood, and recognising similar patterns in your children — And the journey of finally starting to understand yourself later in life This is a conversation about what’s happening beneath the surface — the parts people don’t see, don’t talk about, and often don’t understand. Because sometimes… the struggle isn’t visible. This is Her Side of the Stories. It would mean a great deal if you can subscribe to our (free) Youtube channel. Thank you!🧡 | |||
| Why Do I Feel Lonely Even When I’m Never Alone? | 23 Aug 2026 | 00:06:30 | |
Feeling Lonely Even When Surrounded by People #loneliness #emotionalconnection #feelingseen Why do you feel lonely even when you have friends, family, children, messages, and people around you? Sometimes loneliness has less to do with being alone and more to do with feeling unseen. You might spend your whole day talking, helping, organizing, and being needed while still feeling as though nobody truly knows what is happening inside you. Please visit our website for more information: http://www.hersideofthestories.com In this direct-to-camera reflection, we look at emotional connection, why strong women often become the people everyone depends on, and why saying “I’m fine” for years sometimes leaves little space for others to know us. Feeling unseen in relationships, constantly adjusting yourself around other people, or being loved mainly through the roles you play can leave you feeling disconnected even in a full room. This reflection explores: - Why being surrounded is different from feeling seen - Why capable women sometimes feel deeply lonely - How hiding parts of yourself affects emotional connectionWhy opening up starts with one honest sentence - How identity and finding yourself connect with belonging - Sometimes the question is not how many people are around you. The question is where you feel most like yourself. Her Side of the Stories explores the inner lives behind the lives people see. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. | |||
| Why Women Learn to Put Everyone Else First | Professor Claire Delahaye | 18 Aug 2026 | 00:37:19 | |
Why do so many women grow up feeling responsible for keeping everyone else happy? Professor of Feminism Claire Delahaye has spent her adult life studying the invisible rules that shape women’s lives. In this conversation, we explore how girls learn to please from an incredibly young age — and how those early messages can follow us into our relationships, motherhood, money, beauty and the way we see ourselves. We talk about raising girls who can say no, mother guilt, the mental load, weaponised incompetence, beauty standards, women judging other women, and whether you can want equality while still wanting your husband to be a gentleman. Ultimately, this is a conversation about the things we’ve been taught so early that they can start to feel like personality — and what happens when we finally begin questioning them. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. 🧡 | |||
| I Thought I Had Healed. Then Life Tested Everything I Believed | Lauren Burton | Her Side Of The Stories | 23 Jun 2026 | 01:16:44 | |
Some of the roles we carry through life started so early that we don’t even question them anymore. We just think, this is who I am. I’m the calm one, the strong one, the one who keeps everything together. But sometimes that isn’t really who we are. It is who we learned to become. In this episode, I sit with Lauren Burton, an internationally accredited executive coach, business owner and mother, to talk about the patterns that begin in childhood and quietly follow us into adult life. We speak about people-pleasing, abandonment, numbing, overworking, the need to feel seen, and what happens when life tests everything you thought you understood about healing. Lauren also speaks about losing her daughter Jasmine during childbirth, and the long process of learning how love, grief and joy can all exist at the same time. This is a conversation about survival, identity and finding your way back to yourself. | |||
| I Learned To Read The Unseen | But I Still Struggled To Be Seen | Psychic Elaine Mary Collins | Her Side of the Stories | 16 Jun 2026 | 01:09:17 | |
She could sense what others couldn’t and help thousands of people find answers. But behind the psychic gift was a woman who spent years hiding and struggling to see her own worth. In this episode, Asal sits with Elaine Mary Collins — an intuitive reader who began psychic development at fourteen and received her first tarot deck from her mother at fifteen. Elaine opens up about growing up around addiction, violence and instability, and how those early experiences shaped both her sensitivity and the protective patterns she carried into adulthood. They explore intuition, tarot, mediumship, spiritualism, self-worth, people-pleasing, emotional eating, boundaries and the responsibility that comes with guiding people when they are vulnerable. Elaine also explains what she senses during a reading, whether psychics are ever wrong, why some people want comfort more than truth and whether everyone has the ability to develop their intuition. At the end of the conversation, Asal experiences her first taste of a tarot reading — opening an unexpectedly personal conversation about adventure, betrayal, abandonment and the things we think we have already healed. Elaine Mary Collins is one of the world’s most trusted psychics, with clients ranging from celebrities and CEOs to politicians. For nearly 50 years, people have turned to her for guidance, clarity and insight. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. | |||
| Between Family Expectations, Identity & Freedom Freedom | Navine Kumari | Her Side of the Stories | 09 Jun 2026 | 01:04:36 | |
What happens when you feel like you don't belong anywhere? In this episode, Navine Kumari shares what it was like growing up between two worlds, saying no to an arranged marriage, losing her father, being blamed by her community, and spending years searching for where she truly belonged. Born in the UK to Indian parents, Navine grew up balancing tradition, family expectations, identity, and freedom. She opens up about colourism, arranged marriage, grief, losing both parents, motherhood, and the emotional journey of supporting her son when he came out as gay at just 13 years old. This is a conversation about belonging, courage, acceptance, and what it means to choose your own path without losing your love for where you come from. Navine Kumari is an entrepreneur, mother, and founder of one of Ibiza's most successful catering companies. In this episode: • Growing up between two worlds If this conversation resonated with you, stay closer and subscribe to our channel 🧡 Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. | |||
| The Things She Couldn't Remember Changed Her Entire Life | Katelyn Means | Her Side of the Stories | 02 Jun 2026 | 01:11:02 | |
What happens when parts of your childhood disappear from memory, but continue shaping your life anyway? In this episode, Dr. Katelyn Means shares her deeply personal journey through trauma, shame, survival, healing, and recovery. As a child, Katelyn experienced things no child should have to navigate. What followed were years of trying to make sense of feelings she couldn't fully explain, relationships that repeated familiar pain, struggles with anorexia, medication, perfectionism, and the belief that something was fundamentally wrong with her. Together, we explore the relationship with her father, the memories she carries, the ones she doesn't, and the impact those experiences had on every chapter that followed. We talk about shame, about survival mode, about trying to control a body when life feels uncontrollable, about why we repeat patterns and about the long journey from simply surviving to finally feeling safe. One thing she said stayed with me long after the cameras stopped rolling: "The absence of memory doesn't mean the absence of experience." This is a conversation about trauma. But even more than that, it's a conversation about hope. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. ABOUT DR. KATELYN MEANS Dr. Katelyn Means is the creator of The Euphoria Effect, a framework exploring the connection between childhood experiences, trauma, healing, and human potential. FOLLOW DR KATELYN MEANSInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_euphoria_effect/ FOLLOW HER SIDE OF THE STORIES YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hersideofthestoriesofficial Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0NdDte4w6fgcuZZwZH1rpi Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/hersideofthestories Website: www.hersideofthestories.com | |||
| My Mother Couldn't Save Me | FGM Survivor At 5 | Model & Author Djabu Balde | Her Side of the Stories | 26 May 2026 | 00:50:26 | |
When Model & Author Djabu Balde was five years old, she was subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM), which she nearly didn’t survive. She was born in a small village in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, and for most of her life she has carried this in silence, until now. In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Djabu speaks publicly about her experience for the very first time. About her mother who tried to stop it from happening. About her father who didn’t show up to stop it. About the body she had to learn to live in again, the years of therapy, the fear of being touched, the slow, careful work of reclaiming her own sexuality. And the book she has written so that other girls do not have to live what she lived. This is a conversation about FGM — but it is also about a mother’s love that crossed an ocean. About migrating to a new country with nothing but a dream. About surviving an abusive home. About becoming a mother herself with an empty fridge and a one-year-old son. About forgiveness, about faith, and about a relentless amount of strength. Djabu is an actress, model, and now author. Her book is her offering to the millions of girls still subjected to this practice, one every twelve minutes, every day. This is Her Side of the Stories.
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| Elisabetta Caraccia: Loving And Losing My Husband Ray Stevenson | Her Side of the Stories | 19 May 2026 | 01:14:56 | |
In May 2023, Elisabetta walked into a hospital room in Ischia. Her husband, the actor Ray Stevenson, looked up at her, said one word, and was gone.The word was “Finalmente.” Finally. In this episode, she sits with me and tells me about that day. About telling their boys. About the mediums she called from the plane on the way to her son in England and the poem that arrived from ten different people, in ten different countries, in the days that followed. She tells me about keeping him alive inside her family every single day. Not as a memory, but as a presence still beside her. And about the film festival she built from the worst loss of her life — the Ray of Light Awards. Her love letter to him, and to every story that uplifts the human spirit. At the end of our conversation, I asked her one question. If she could live this life all over again, knowing exactly how much it would cost her — would she still choose this love? She didn’t pause for a second, 100% she said. This touching but yet beautiful conversation is for anyone who has ever lost someone they didn’t think they could survive losing. Her name is Elisabetta Caraccia and this is Her Side of the Stories. ABOUT ELISABETTA Elisabetta Caraccia is a philanthropist, a mother of three, and the founder of the Ray of Light Awards — a film festival in Ibiza honouring storytelling rooted in human experience, connection and meaning. She is also the owner of Boutique Hostal Salinas in Ibiza, where she lives with her three sons. The Ray of Light Awards is her love letter to her late husband, the actor Ray Stevenson — and to every story that uplifts the human spirit.
Ray of Light Awards: https://rayoflightawards.com (26–31 May 2026 — Ibiza, Spain) Boutique Hostal Salinas: https://www.boutiquehostalsalinas.com
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| The 3 Years I Almost Didn’t Survive | Alcoholism, Loss & Recovery | Hollywood Actress Hollie Stenson | 12 May 2026 | 01:09:24 | |
You can be falling apart and still look fine. Hollywood actress Hollie Stenson tells the truth about high-functioning female alcoholism, the three years that almost killed her, and the recovery she had to fight for on her own terms. In this raw, unfiltered conversation with Asal Zara, Hollie opens up about her father's death, her divorce, sexual assault inside rehab, premature ovarian failure at 31, 60 hospital visits, and the compounded grief nobody around her could see. She talks about why AA didn't work for her, why alcohol is one of the most dangerous drugs to detox from, what she wishes the people around her had done — and the woman she became on the other side of all of it. If you have ever loved someone struggling with addiction, watched grief change you, been told to stay quiet about your pain, or simply needed to hear a woman tell the truth about her life — this episode is for you. This is Hollie's first ever conversation about her recovery from alcohol use disorder. Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic, emotionally honest conversation series with Asal Zara, exploring the inner lives of women through real experiences, feelings, and transformation. New episodes every Tuesday 3PM CET. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. ──────────────────────── FOLLOW HER SIDE OF THE STORIES YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hersideofthestoriesofficial Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/0NdDte4w6fgcuZZwZH1rpi?si=5u1ARRWURf2ynKa0n3Fe8g Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/her-side-of-the-stories/id1890695561 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hersideofthestories Website: www.hersideofthestories.com FOLLOW ASAL ZARA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asal_zara__ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asal-zara-aa845766 KEYWORDS: Hollie Stenson, Hollie Stenson interview, female alcoholism, high functioning alcoholic, hidden alcoholism, alcohol use disorder, women in recovery, sobriety story, premature ovarian failure, trauma recovery, why AA doesn't work, female recovery story, women's mental health, Hollywood actress sobriety, Her Side of the Stories, Asal Zara, podcast for women. | |||
| Victoria Price: From Teenage Mum To Big Four Partner | 05 May 2026 | 01:11:24 | |
At seventeen and six months pregnant, someone from her own school said it out loud: "You've ruined your life, then, haven't you?" Victoria Price is one of a handful of people on the planet to ever reach Partner at one of the Big Four - and the founder of her own fashion brand, Emello. But behind the title is a woman who has been underestimated her whole life and used every word of it as fuel. In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, Victoria sits with Asal Zara and tells the truth about a childhood spent walking through her own front door not knowing what she'd be met with. About a mother who struggled with mental challenges for as long as Victoria can remember. About the day at four years old when her earliest memory was made and it wasn't a happy one. About becoming a carer to her younger siblings and a housewife to her own father, long before she should have been. About a mother who eventually left, disappeared for years, and never really came back.And then about everything that came after. Victoria speaks about the silent rule of her childhood — don't talk about it. About the relief no one is supposed to admit when a difficult parent leaves. About the day she told her dad she was pregnant, and the first words he said to her. About the antenatal class where the other mums turned up in Range Rovers and she walked. About the job she turned down because it would have solved a today problem. About the mentor who pointed at a door and changed how she leads, forever. About mum guilt for the first time in her life. About forgiving her mother and what that actually looks like. This is one of the most quietly powerful conversations we've had on Her Side. If you've ever been judged before anyone bothered to know your story, raised a child with no map, carried a mother's pain into your own womanhood, or built a life out of something that started in survival; this one is for you. — — — Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic, emotionally honest conversation series exploring the inner lives of women; what they've survived, what they've become, and what they've never said out loud until now. Hosted by Asal Zara. Filmed in Ibiza, Spain. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. New episodes every Tuesday, 3PM CET. If this episode meant something to you, the kindest thing you can do is share it with the woman who needs it. And subscribing (it's free) is how we keep telling these stories. — — —
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| I Lost My Innocence At 12. I Found My Freedom Years Later. | Anna Janssen | Her Side of the Stories | 28 Apr 2026 | 01:05:27 | |
Anna Janssen was twelve when something happened that shaped the way she would love, grieve, mother, and trust for the rest of her life. Decades later, she found her own daughter on the other side of the same nightmare — and became the only person who could meet her there. In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, she sits with Asal Zara and tells the truth about silence, the love she lost in a single phone call, and the woman she became on the other side of all of it: a healer, a mother, a power woman who is finally soft.
This isn't a story about what happened, it's a story about what stays.
What it does to the way you love. The way you grieve. The way you mother. The way you finally, after everything, learn what forgiveness actually means — and who it was always for.
Anna speaks about losing the man she loved in a single phone call. About anger. About the years she spent avoiding pain by avoiding everything. About the moment she became the only person her daughter could turn to — and what she said.
About finding herself again on the other side of all of it.
This is one of the most honest conversations we've had on Her Side.
If you've ever survived something you weren't ready for, kept something to yourself for too long, or wondered whether the past will ever stop sitting in your body — this is for you.
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CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome 02:01 Three years after the war 03:38 A happy childhood 06:45 At 12, something happened 09:28 The strength that came out of her 11:54 Telling her mother 12:45 "Don't tell your father" 15:02 What it did to intimacy — until today 15:22 Forgiveness is for yourself 15:40 The pattern survivors don't talk about 17:16 The smell that stayed 20:43 Anger and forgiveness 22:46 Seeing him again at 23 26:43 Blaming herself 28:13 The school years 30:27 The confusion no one names 33:18 The anger her son could see 37:27 Texas 38:50 Falling in love in America 39:38 The day he didn't come 42:14 The funeral she ran from 43:18 Italy 47:56 Meeting the father of her children 51:18 Her second great love 54:48 Living on a boat 57:24 The Sunday afternoon 59:41 Walking back onto the boat 61:50 What her daughter did 65:07 The silent retreat 66:33 A year of teaspoons 67:12 The letter 69:10 Becoming a power woman 70:34 Her trauma vs her daughter's 72:13 "The trauma stays. But you can change it." 73:12 Becoming a healer 78:45 How to actually forgive 80:20 Walk in the water and forgive 81:33 What she'd say to them now 82:25 Her advice 84:36 Becoming softer
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Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic, emotionally honest conversation series exploring the inner lives of women — what they've survived, what they've become, and what they've never said out loud until now.
Hosted by Asal Zara. Filmed in Ibiza, Spain.
Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side.
New episodes every Tuesday, 3PM CET.
If this episode meant something to you, the kindest thing you can do is share it with the woman who needs it. And subscribing (it's free) is how we keep telling these stories.
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| Anouk Matton: The OCD Nobody Saw — And What Success Couldn’t Fix | 21 Apr 2026 | 00:55:37 | |
You can be the most visible woman in the room and still be carrying something nobody can see. Anouk Matton — known around the world as DJ MATTN — has played some of the biggest stages on the planet. She is a Top 50 global DJ, one of the most successful women in her industry and one half of one of dance music’s most recognised couples. She has also lived with OCD and severe anxiety for twenty years. In this episode, Anouk takes me back to the beginning: the day at thirteen that changed something inside her, the OCD rituals nobody saw, the panic attack at thirty thousand feet that nearly ended her career, and the strange reality of appearing completely fine while your own mind refuses to leave you alone. We talk about the day her father came home a different man, becoming a woman in an overwhelmingly male industry, the online comments that stayed with her long after she read them, motherhood, and the quiet way her husband Dimitri Vegas became an anchor when her own mind wouldn’t let her rest. What stayed with me most was the contradiction. You can have the career, the marriage, the crowds, the success — and still have something inside you that none of it can fix. This is Anouk’s side of the story. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. 🧡 New episodes every Tuesday. | |||
| Why Does Someone’s Silence Make Us Blame Ourselves? | 16 Aug 2026 | 00:06:06 | |
Do you replay conversations, analyse texts or assume someone’s silence means you did something wrong?I’ve been thinking about why so many women overthink these tiny signals and whether the mind is actually trying to protect us from rejection, uncertainty or getting something wrong.In this video, I look at where that habit can come from, when reflection turns into circling, and how to stop getting trapped in the loop. | |||
| Kelly Weekers: I felt so miserable with a life I thought I wanted | 14 Apr 2026 | 01:11:08 | |
The hardest life to walk away from is the one that looks right. Kelly Weekers is a psychologist, bestselling author, and former Miss Netherlands. From the outside, everything in her life made sense — the modelling, the recognition, the achievement. Underneath, there was a disconnect she could no longer ignore. In this episode of Her Side of the Stories, she sits with Asal Zara and tells the truth about living up to expectations that weren't fully her own, the moment she knew something had to change, and what it took to walk away from a life that looked right — and build one that actually felt right. In this conversation, Kelly opens up about: — what it felt like to live up to expectations that didn’t fully belong to her — the inner conflict between success and alignment — the moment she realised something had to change — how her upbringing and environment shaped the path she was on — the emotional reality behind walking away from a life that “looked right” — and what it meant to start choosing differently This is Her Side of the Stories🧡. | |||
| She Left Iran at 18. Then Became Famous in a Country She'd Never Seen | 11 Aug 2026 | 01:21:03 | |
Mandana Karimi has spent much of her life moving between worlds Iran, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, fame, marriage, reinvention. But underneath all of it was something much quieter: the feeling of never really belonging anywhere. In this conversation, we talk about freedom, control, loneliness, identity, starting again, and what it costs to keep choosing yourself when the world keeps asking you to become someone else. Mandana Karimi became one of the most recognisable faces in Bollywood, building a career across film, television, modelling and some of India’s biggest campaigns. 🧡 We have an incredible story weekly, stay close and subscribe to our channels, it´s absolutely free! | |||
| The Question Every Woman Is Afraid to Ask | 08 Aug 2026 | 00:14:45 | |
Finding Authenticity Amidst Life’s DemandsI’m Asal Zara, host of Her Side of the Stories.I’ve spent a huge part of my life observing people, adapting to different places, different cultures, different versions of myself… and now, sitting across from so many women, I keep hearing the same sentence:“I don’t feel like myself anymore.”This video is about that feeling. Not because I think we suddenly lose who we are, but because life gets loud. We become mothers, partners, daughters, carers, achievers… and somewhere in all of that, we sometimes stop checking in with ourselves.That is a big part of why I created Her Side of the Stories.To have the conversations underneath the life people can see.Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. 🧡 | |||
| I Survived Abuse, Bulimia, A Coma… And I Still Believe In Life | 04 Aug 2026 | 01:24:33 | |
Behind one of the brightest public smiles is a story of childhood trauma, silence, survival, and extraordinary resilience. In this episode, Ilona opens up about growing up behind the Iron Curtain in communist Czechoslovakia, watching her father battle severe clinical depression, surviving childhood sexual abuse, developing bulimia that nearly cost her her life, and the devastating car crash that left her in an 11-day coma. Through it all, she shares the lessons that helped her keep choosing life, hope and healing. Ilona Nováková is a Czech entrepreneur, former model. Today, she is a Mallorca lifestyle ambassador, promoting the island through fashion, culture and international events. This is Her Side of The Stories with Asal Zara We have an incredible story weekly, stay close and subscribe 🧡 | |||
| "At First, You Feel Like You Have Failed." (The Story of Ibiza's Mayor) | 28 Jul 2026 | 00:42:36 | |
There are moments in life where everything changes at once. A relationship ends. Someone you love dies. Suddenly you're responsible for more than you ever imagined. And underneath it all, there's this quiet feeling that somehow... you've failed. That's where Carmen's story begins. In this conversation she shares what it was really like to come back to Ibiza with two little girls, lose her father, carry her family's business, and slowly rebuild a life she never planned. Carmen Ferrer Torres is one of Ibiza’s leading public figures, serving as mayor of Santa Eulària des Riu and helping shape the future of one of the island’s most important communities. If you've ever had to be strong before you were ready, I think this conversation will stay with you. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side.
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| She Went Silent For A Year… Then Her Body Taught Her How To Live | Amber Joy Rava | 21 Jul 2026 | 01:00:09 | |
Amber Joy Rava was 16 when she stopped talking for almost a year, not because she had nothing to say, but because the world around her felt too loud and too far away from what was real. In this episode, Amber speaks about growing up in Brooklyn, feeling different from a young age, finding silence, learning to trust her body after a gymnastics accident, and later becoming a performer with Cirque du Soleil. But this conversation is really about the body, and what happens when we stop treating it as something to push through life and start listening to what it has been trying to tell us. We talk about shame, freedom, self-love, motherhood, birth, death, intuition, embodiment, and the strange quiet knowing that often comes before words. Amber Joy Rava is a Brooklyn-born performer, movement guide and transformation artist whose work has taken her from Cirque du Soleil to helping people reconnect with their bodies through movement and embodiment. This is a conversation about feeling different, coming back to yourself, and learning that sometimes the body knows before the mind does. This is her side of the stories. We have an incredible story weekly, stay close and subcribe to our channel. 🧡 | |||
| She Grew Up Fast, Then Built A Life She Could Be Proud Of | Samantha Francis Baker | 14 Jul 2026 | 01:09:46 | |
Samantha Francis Baker is a Dutch-born creative director and founder, now based in Dubai, and her work has shaped campaigns for some of the world’s most recognisable fashion houses, including Burberry, Louboutin and Fendi. But behind all of that beauty, there is a much quieter story.. A story she has never spoken about publicly before. A childhood with a lot of movement. Being separated from her mother. Growing up between homes. Watching her mother go through cancer. Losing her when she was only 17. In this episode, Samantha speaks about what those years felt like, and how they shaped the woman she became. We talk about grief, gaslighting, emotional abuse, creativity, and the quiet ways childhood can follow us into adulthood. But more than anything, this is a conversation about a woman who kept choosing life. And slowly, created one that finally felt like her own. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. 🧡
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| Liv Nervo: I Thought I Found Safety. I Didn't Know I Was Living a Lie | Her Side of the Stories | 30 Jun 2026 | 01:14:01 | |
Millions know Liv Nervo as one half of the Grammy Award-winning DJ and songwriting duo NERVO. Few know that while she was six months pregnant, she discovered the man she thought she was building a family with already had another family. This conversation isn't about fame. It's about betrayal, identity, resilience, and learning to trust yourself again. Liv Nervo is one half of the Grammy Award-winning Australian DJ, producer and songwriting duo NERVO, which she formed with her twin sister Mim. Before becoming one of the world's most recognised female DJ duos, NERVO wrote and produced music for artists including David Guetta, Kelly Rowland, Kylie Minogue, Kesha, The Pussycat Dolls, Steve Aoki, Afrojack and Miley Cyrus. In this deeply honest conversation, Liv shares what happened after her world fell apart. She opens up about betrayal, depression, motherhood, healing and the impossible task of rebuilding her life while becoming a mother for the first time. Together, we explore why so many of us mistake familiarity for safety, how easy it is to ignore our intuition when we desperately want something to be true, and what it really takes to find yourself again after everything you believed had fallen apart. — FOLLOW LIV NERVO Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nervomusic/?hl=en FOLLOW HER SIDE OF THE STORIES YouTube: https://youtube.com/@hersideofthestoriesofficial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hersideofthestories Website: www.hersideofthestories.com FOLLOW ASAL ZARA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asal_zara__ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asal-zara-aa845766 Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. | |||
| Before the Crown: Queen Diambi on Identity, Belonging & Coming Home | 25 Aug 2026 | 01:05:51 | |
Queen Diambi grew up between Belgium and Congo, later building a life in Europe and the United States as a wife, mother, and professional. Along the way, she wrestled with questions of identity, belonging, and the parts of her African heritage she had never fully been taught. Please visit our website for more information: http://www.hersideofthestories.com In this conversation with Asal Zara, she reflects on the collapse of the life she had built, reconnecting with her father and ancestral roots, discovering at 48 that she came from a royal lineage, and eventually being asked to take responsibility for her people. What followed was not simply becoming a queen, but learning what that role meant for her identity, confidence, and sense of service. Topics discussed: • Growing up between Belgium and Congo • Identity, belonging and African heritage • Rebuilding after a major life change • Reconnecting with her father • Discovering her royal lineage at 48 • Returning to her ancestral home • The moment she was asked to become queen • Learning to feel worthy of the responsibility • What leadership and service mean to her Queen Diambi’s story is about more than a crown. It is about reconnecting with where you come from, accepting every part of who you are, and understanding that sometimes the next chapter of your life begins when the one you built no longer fits. Her Side of the Stories is a cinematic long-form interview podcast exploring extraordinary women’s lives from the inside. Each episode explores the experiences, relationships, identities, turning points, and choices that shaped who they became. Her Side of the Stories explores the inner lives behind the lives people see. Her Voice. Her Truth. Her Side. | |||