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Living Engaged

Living Engaged

Written by: Dee Daniels Media Podcast Network
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Living Engaged is a podcast about the art of living human—and building a life that feels like your own.

Hosted by Erem Latif, the show explores the space between conventional success and a life fully lived. Through candid conversations with fascinating humans—from founders and artists to scientists and philosophers, and people who have chosen to live differently—we ask better questions about what it means to be human.

What does success mean to you now? What have you stopped believing? What makes you feel alive? What are you becoming?

At the intersection of ambition and humanity, science and mystery, technology and intuition, we explore how to pursue what matters without losing touch with ourselves—or each other.

There is room here for beauty. For pleasure. For reinvention. For the courage to become more completely yourself.

Because the goal isn’t to escape your life or endlessly optimize it.

It’s to actually inhabit it.

Welcome to Living Engaged, with Erem Latif.

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Episodes
  • The Art of Losing Control: Identity, Reinvention, and Living Engaged

    The Art of Losing Control: Identity, Reinvention, and Living Engaged
    Nov 12 2026

    What if the next chapter of your life doesn't require a better plan, but the courage to loosen your grip on the life you've worked so hard to build?

    In this episode of Living Engaged, host Erem Latif explores the delicious art of losing control and why letting go may be the key to personal reinvention. Drawing on her own experiences navigating career changes, life changes, and a shifting sense of identity, Erem challenges the belief that success comes from having everything planned, predictable, and under control.

    Erem discusses how the identities we build around our careers, accomplishments, and reputations can eventually become limitations. After more than 25 years in healthcare, clinical research, and leadership, she shares how unexpected life interruptions forced her to reconsider whether the life she had worked so hard to create was still the life she wanted. She explores why we often hold on to familiar roles and expectations, even when we've outgrown them.

    Erem examines the difference between releasing control and abandoning responsibility, the importance of curiosity when navigating uncertainty, and why accomplished women in particular can spend too much time waiting for permission, recognition, or an invitation to create something of their own. She also explores feminine intelligence, intuition, relational awareness, and the opportunity to redefine ambition on our own terms.

    This conversation is an invitation to question inherited definitions of success, recognize what no longer serves you, and embrace the possibilities that emerge when you stop trying to control every outcome. Because sometimes the most ambitious thing you can do is let go of the life you've mastered and begin creating one that's truly yours.

    IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER:

    • Why our desire for control can keep us attached to lives we've already outgrown.

    • How multiple career interruptions and layoffs prompted Erem to question her professional identity and definition of success.

    • Why we often confuse preparation with certainty, responsibility with predictability, and control with security.

    • How the identities we build around careers, titles, and accomplishments can become difficult to release.

    • Why you're allowed to outgrow a life you once desperately wanted and redefine what success means to you.

    • The difference between releasing control and abandoning responsibility, discernment, or financial realities.

    • How curiosity can help us navigate uncertainty and recognize possibilities we may never have imagined.

    • What Erem calls the “permission economy” and why accomplished women often wait for validation before pursuing their own ideas.

    • Why competence isn't the same as ownership and the importance of creating opportunities rather than waiting for invitations.

    • The rise of feminine intelligence, including intuition, relational intelligence, creativity, and embodied awareness.

    • Why ambition should expand your life rather than consume it, and how to create a definition of success that reflects what you truly want.

    • Three questions to help you identify what you've outgrown, what you're trying to control, and what you're ready to begin.

    LEARN MORE AND CONNECT:

    Meet Erem Latif

    Living Engaged | Blog

    Products & Programs

    Signature Conversations | Speaking & Media

    Living Engaged | The Book

    Erem on Instagram

    Erem on LinkedIn

    Meet the Production Team | Dee Daniels Media Podcast & Audiobook Network

    FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

    00:00 Living Engaged Intro

    01:53 Why We Crave Control

    04:38 Outgrowing Your Identity

    08:29 When Plans Collapse

    11:22 The Cost of Labels

    14:31 Surrender Without Woo

    18:22 Reinvention and Curiosity

    21:35 Stop Waiting Permission

    24:03 Feminine Intelligence Rise

    27:58 Three Questions to Act

    29:42 Final Wake Up Call
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    31 mins
  • Rethinking Menopause: Women’s Wisdom, Leadership & Living Authentically with Dominique Debroux

    Rethinking Menopause: Women’s Wisdom, Leadership & Living Authentically with Dominique Debroux
    Oct 29 2026
    What if menopause isn’t an ending, but the beginning of a powerful new chapter defined by wisdom, leadership, and a deeper understanding of yourself? In this episode of Living Engaged, host Erem Latif welcomes Dominique Debroux, wellness innovator, chef, storyteller, and producer of Wise Women – Humanity’s Untold Origins. With more than 25 years of experience in brand strategy, food, and women’s health, Dominique shares how her personal experiences with health challenges, perimenopause, and ageism led her to question conventional narratives and embrace a new path. Dominique discusses how her journey from the fashion industry into food therapy and documentary filmmaking helped her uncover a different perspective on menopause. Through her research with her husband, documentary filmmaker Chris, she explored the evolutionary science behind menopause and the potential significance of post-menopausal women’s wisdom and leadership throughout human history. Together, Erem and Dominique explore the importance of listening to your body, challenging inherited beliefs, and finding the courage to speak your mind. Dominique also shares how she adapted her wellness practices, navigated her own experiences with hormone therapy, and learned that there is no single solution that works for everyone. This conversation is an invitation to rethink how we view aging, recognize the value of women’s lived experiences, and embrace life’s transitions as opportunities for growth, self-discovery, and meaningful change. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL DISCOVER: • Dominique’s journey from a 25-year career in fashion to food therapy, wellness, and documentary filmmaking. • How ageism and the pressures of the fashion industry influenced her decision to change direction. • The inspiration behind Wise Women – Humanity’s Untold Origins and the research challenging conventional narratives about menopause. • Why menopause may be understood as an important evolutionary transition rather than simply the end of fertility. • The connection between listening to your body, emotional expression, and personal well-being. • Dominique’s experience exploring exercise, nutrition, sleep strategies, and hormone therapy during menopause. • Why individualized approaches to health matter and why there is no one-size-fits-all solution. • How menopause can prompt a reassessment of relationships, boundaries, and long-held patterns. • The importance of speaking your mind, trusting your intuition, and embracing your authentic voice. • How women can build community, share knowledge, and advocate for a broader understanding of menopause and women’s leadership. ABOUT DOMINIQUE DEBROUX Dominique Debroux is a wellness innovator, chef, and storyteller who brings over 25 years of experience in brand strategy, food, and women’s health to the screen. As co-creator of The Wise Women Hypothesis and producer of Wise Women – Humanity’s Untold Origins, she bridges science and soul to reframe menopause as a powerful turning point in a woman’s life. EXPLORE MORE Watch or rent the documentary: https://wisewomenmovie.com/ Explore community, education, and resources: https://wisewomenforward.com/ A THOUGHT TO TAKE WITH YOU Living engaged means having the courage to question what you’ve inherited, listen to your inner wisdom, and speak your truth. Your next chapter may be the one where you finally give yourself permission to become who you really are. LEARN MORE AND CONNECT: Meet Erem Latif Living Engaged | Blog Products & Programs Signature Conversations | Speaking & Media Living Engaged | The Book Erem on Instagram Erem on LinkedIn Meet the Production Team | Dee Daniels Media Podcast & Audiobook Network FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 Living Engaged Intro 01:56 Meet Dominique Debroux 02:39 Fashion Career Wake-Up Call 05:21 Health Crises and Pivot 06:57 Misalignment and Menopause Shift 10:11 Wise Women Documentary Origins 12:27 The Science Behind Menopause 15:12 Film Impact and Cultural Moment 16:45 Mission and Wise Women Forward 21:18 Rituals and Body-Led Healing 29:43 Decision Spaces and Nature 31:21 Living Engaged Defined 33:50 Where to Watch and Final Takeaway 36:15 Closing Reflection and Sendoff
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    38 mins
  • Living Engaged with Erem Latif: Stop Deferring Your Life and Redefine Success

    Living Engaged with Erem Latif: Stop Deferring Your Life and Redefine Success
    Oct 15 2026

    In the premiere of Living Engaged, host Erem Latif challenges the idea that a successful life is measured by achievement rather than how fully it’s lived, introducing a show for people who want to question inherited rules about success, intelligence, work, ambition, and identity.

    She focuses on “the deferred life,” reminding that “later” is a dangerous story, shaped by familiar cultural definitions that can become identity and trap even highly successful people in an “elegant prison.”

    Drawing on more than 25 years in healthcare and her mother’s brain aneurysm when she was 20, she reflects on impermanence and what people value near the end of life. She explores integrating undervalued capacities she calls feminine intelligence—intuition, relational intelligence, creativity, embodiment, receptivity, and collaboration—and assigns a practice: identify a “someday” promise, ask what you’re waiting for, and begin participating in your life now.

    LEARN MORE AND CONNECT:

    Meet Erem Latif

    Living Engaged | Blog

    Products & Programs

    Signature Conversations | Speaking & Media

    Living Engaged | The Book

    Erem on Instagram

    Erem on LinkedIn

    Meet the Production Team | Dee Daniels Media Podcast & Audiobook Network

    FIND A FAVORITE SPOT IN THIS EPISODE:

    00:00 Welcome to Living Engaged

    01:56 The Deferred Life Trap

    03:18 Lessons From Impermanence

    05:04 How Identity Gets Built

    06:57 Success as a Prison

    09:06 Redefining Success Together

    09:41 What Feminine Intelligence Means

    11:23 Your Someday Challenge

    13:17 Final Reminder to Live Now
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    15 mins
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