Why Our Successes are Bred and Sustained by Hardship and Suffering with Shehnaz Soni

In today's episode, NASA engineer Shehnaz Soni shares how the "Quantum Aspect" has allowed her to see through great suffering in her life to see a greater purpose in her life.Though our circumstances appear on the surface to be crushing and insurmountable, with a tilt in perspective, we can look back on them and see how they were instrumental in tempering our spirit and leading to greater victories than we would experience if "everything went our way."In this interview with Shehnaz, you'll discover:-How painful memories from childhood have led to Shehnaz' current path of bringing a "Star Trek world" to reality...02:05-The journey from a forced marriage to success in academics and in career...06:30-Why Jennifer believes our souls choose our circumstances...10:50-The tools available for us to break through crushing circumstances...12:30-Hardships beget resilience, which begets endurance...16:00-What we think we want often comes in the form of hardship...21:10-Shehnaz' greatest material failure, and how it was a bridge to ultimate success...23:20-The test of our will and spirit is ongoing...30:50-And much more...Resources mentioned:Quantum Being: A Self-Sustaining and Magnificent Human Craft by Shehnaz Sonishehnazsoni.comAbout the guest:Shehnaz was born and raised as an orthodox Muslim in Karachi, Pakistan. From day one, she was asked to fit inside a box that didn’t align with her true calling. She grew up feeling trapped within a patriarchal, cultural mindset where women are groomed, expected to be wives and homemakers, and not encouraged to go to school. Being a bright and headstrong young girl, she pushed over one barrier after another in her determination to complete her high school education and go on to college. Shehnaz graduated high school as the valedictorian and continued engineering at the University of Karachi despite persistent cultural and familial abuse and degradation as a female.Her aspirations to achieve a college degree and financial independence were soon obliterated when obligatory arranged marriage disrupted her education. Dictated by cultural tradition, she was married off to a stranger after a one-hour interview, and quickly after the wedding, she immigrated to the United States with her new groom, leaving everything behind.Upon her arrival in the United States, she faced a new set of challenges, including financial, cultural, and language barriers—as she tried to acculturate to her new life. In facing the choice to either do what was expected and approved or to expand her inner self, Shehnaz reawakened her trailblazer instincts and chose the path of transformation.Committed to pursuing her dream life, she attended a community college to learn English. She already spoke three languages – Urdu, Gujarati (goo-jar-a-tee), and Hindi but had long-dreamed of speaking English fluently. Her decision not to take “no” for an answer rewarded her with a degree in electrical engineering at the University of California, Irvine. This achievement launched her into a life of financial independence, space exploration, and an ongoing personal expedition of change at both the physical and quantum level.Shehnaz has worked as a rocket scientist for both Boeing and NASA. Her work on the massive rocket called the Space Launch System (SLS) will be used in one of the earlier missions to facilitate living on the Moon. Additionally, she assisted in building and implementing the Falcon 9 rocket which provided taxi service for astr