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Mirror Talk explores the stories of trailblazing women and how they sparked breakthrough in science, business, mental health, physical health, leadership, and more. Each episode features a key voice: founders, health experts, leaders, doctors, and creatives who have turned personal insight (and many times, self-doubt) into purposeful action toward a better world for women. Together, we explore what they’ve learned, what they wish more women knew, and how they got through moments of doubt and were able to reinvent themselves.

Experts agree on the value of genetic testing when there is a family history of disease, or if the patient has an illness frequently caused by a mutation. Knowing the disease mutation lets family members find out if they have it too and need preventive care. The book explains that doctors can order tests with genetic counseling at relatively low cost and how this will help them prescribe preventive actions, make earlier diagnoses, and get better outcomes.

After a full-throttle brain bleed at the age of 25, Ashok Rajamani, a first-generationIndian American, had to relearn everything: how to eat, how to walk and speak, even things as basic as his sexual orientation. With humor and insight, he describes the events of that day - his brain exploded just before his brother's wedding - as well as the long, difficult recovery period. In the process, he introduces listeners to his family - his principal support group, as well as a constant source of frustration and amazement.