Part 1: Are You Living Your Life—or the Story Other People Wrote for You? | Vanita Prisha

The Thought Atlas Podcast · Sep 7, 2026 · 16m

What happens when the life you were taught to want no longer feels like the life you want to live?

In this episode of Thought Atlas, Vanita Prisha shares how growing up in Taiwan, living in Ghana, becoming a mother, building a business, and eventually closing that business shaped the way she thinks about choice, identity, failure, and personal growth.

Vanita describes herself as someone who enjoys challenging situations because she sees them as opportunities to develop resilience and learn. She talks about her experience building an import business in Ghana, which grew to four shops, a…