Shalene Gupta is a Minnesota-grown Boston-based writer with Chinese-Indonesian and Indian roots. She’s the author of The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD (Flatiron, 2024). She’s also the co-author of The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It (Public Affairs, 2021). The Power of Trust was nominated for a Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea award.
In 2022, Shalene was identified as a thinker to watch out for and made the Thinkers50 Radar list. She’s also the host of the Trustonomy podcast, which the Ambies nominated for excellence in podcasting.
But that’s not all; Shalene is also a journalist. Her work has appeared in Fortune, The Atlantic, ESPN, Harvard Business Review, and TIME. She’s currently a frequent contributor to Fast Company.
In this episode, Shalene tells us about her circuitous path to her successful career as a nonfiction writer, which includes giving up on writing fiction, getting lost in Malaysia, being lost on her return to the US, and stepping into her superpower—writing. She shares her feelings on what it means to be a writer today and comes full circle—writing her first fiction novel.
If you have period pain or have been diagnosed with PMDD, you can buy Shalene's book and connect with her on her social channels if you want to share your story.
The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD
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The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It
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