Reinventing Yourself After A Life-Changing Event
with Tulsi Vagjiani
Discover your way home with stories of courage and grit
Subscribe nowWhen we experience a life-changing event, we are often left to pick up the pieces of who we were and use them to create a new version of ourselves. I am speaking with Tulsi Vagjiani, an airplane crash survivor whose parents and brother perished, along with 89 others, after their plane crashed in Bangalore in 1990. At just 10 years old, Tulsi was flown home to England where she was treated for second and third-degree burns to 45% of her body. Today, Tulsi is an influential speaker, a Reiki Grand Master, Pilates Rehabilitation Specialist and an ambassador for Changing Faces. In this episode, she shares highlights of her healing journey and the moments that led her home to her authentic self.
About this Episode
Tulsi explains the beginning of her life journey and the plane crash she survived at 10-years-old. [2:37]
Survivors of the plane crash are discussed. [9:02]
The moment Tulsi realized her grief and loss is detailed. [10:51]
Tulsi’s recovery experiences and the bullying she faced is reflected on. [12:59]
Unhealthy coping mechanisms Tulsi adopted to navigate this time and her need to heal is detailed. [16:07]
Key learnings Tulsi developed during her healing process are touched on. [24:01]
Tulsi details how she learned to overcome her negative habits. [33:39]
The advocacy work Tulsi does and her purpose in life is reflected on. [36:35]
Gillian invites Tulsi to explain her philosophy for the future. [42:25]
Tulsi explains what she has learned about coming home to our true selves. [44:39]
Tulsi shares how she can be reached. [47:44]
“It’s never about changing the external that’s going to bring happiness, its working from the inside out.” [20:15-20:21]
“My scars never stopped me from achieving anything - it was my mindset, the negative connotations that I take on, the narratives - it was that that was stopping me.” [25:57-26;09]
“Beauty is your own version of it; it’s not an external person’s version of it. And that’s one thing that we all need to learn to do is – look at your own beauty, your own way, it’s not anyone else’s opinion.” [34:48–35:04]
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