What happens after the cameras stop rolling?

In this deeply honest episode of Luca’s Insight Track, Mohammad Kiswani, star of Netflix’s Love Is Blind Habibi, opens up about the emotional reality behind fame, marriage, mental health, and becoming a father.

For the first time, Mohammad shares his battle with severe depression before the show, the pressure of instant fame, the hidden struggles behind public relationships, and how love, vulnerability, and fatherhood completely changed his life.

This episode explores:

• Life after Love Is Blind Habibi

• Depression emotional burnout

• Arab masculinity therapy stigma

• Fame, identity social media pressure

• Marriage behind the cameras

• Becoming a father

• Reality TV truths producer pressure

• Vulnerability, healing purpose

• The emotional impact of instant fame

A raw, funny, emotional, and powerful conversation about love, mental health, and finding yourself again.

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Welcome back to Off Track, the space where I speak unscripted, unfiltered and straight from the heart. No guests, no scripts, just honest reflections shaped by real conversations and real life.

This week's episode was inspired by my conversation with Chef Hala Ayash, but it became a conversation about something much bigger than food, television or social media. It became a conversation about freedom. The freedom to stop living by other people's expectations, the freedom that comes from truly knowing yourself, and the freedom to be authentic without feeling the need to perform.

Here are the three insights that stayed with me.

1️⃣ Real Freedom Begins When You Stop Trying To Impress Everyone

For years, I was chasing approval without even realising it. I wanted to be liked, respected and successful, following a version of success that society had quietly handed to me. Today, I feel freer than ever because I'm no longer trying to impress anyone. I'm saying no more often, choosing what genuinely makes me happy and living life on my terms. Maybe freedom isn't about having more choices. Maybe it's finally realising you've always had one.

2️⃣ Your 40s Might Be Your Second Adulthood

My 40s have felt like a complete restart. Therapy helped me understand who I am, but just as importantly, who I'm not. I'm making decisions based on what I want rather than what I think I should want, and that's been incredibly liberating. As Dr. Saliha once said on the podcast, we all need to give ourselves permission to be ourselves. I see that same transformation in my coaching clients every day, and it's often the moment everything begins to change.

3️⃣ Authenticity Isn't About Sharing Everything

I've never believed authenticity means sharing every personal moment online. I'm learning to open up more, but only when it feels right and when it genuinely adds value, not simply for attention or engagement. People are far better at recognising what's real than we give them credit for. Maybe authenticity isn't about sharing more. Maybe it's about sharing what matters.

The older I get, the more I realise that freedom comes from questioning the rules we've inherited, trusting who you are and having the courage to stop performing for everyone else.

Honest, reflective and straight from the heart.

Off my chest and off the cuff.

Welcome to Off Track.

What happens when a woman stops living for expectations and starts living for herself?

In this deeply honest episode of Luca’s Insight Track, Hala Ayash opens up about motherhood, relationships, identity, self-worth, authenticity, social media pressure, marriage, boundaries, and finding yourself again in your 40s.

Known as one of the most recognizable faces in Arab cooking television, Chef Hala shares the emotional reality behind public success, becoming a mother at a young age, navigating life as a single mom, and redefining happiness beyond society’s expectations.

Together, Luca and Hala explore:

• Marriage, labels modern relationships

• Motherhood early responsibility

• Fame, TV pressure public image

• Why your 40s can feel liberating

• Boundaries, healing emotional growth

• Social media authenticity vs performance

• Self-worth, femininity identity

• The pressure women face to “have it all”

This is a vulnerable, emotional, funny, and deeply human conversation about growth, reinvention, and learning to live life on your own terms.

رحلة صادقة وعميقة مع الشيف هالة عياش عن الأمومة، العلاقات، الشهرة، واكتشاف الذات.حلقة مليئة بالدروس عن الحدود، الحب، النضج، والتحرر من التوقعات المجتمعية.حديث حقيقي عن المرأة، الهوية، وكيف نعيش بسلام مع أنفسنا.