Parvati Shallow with Stephen Thompson

At twenty-five years old, Parvati Shallow was plunged into fame and fortune after winning the reality TV series, “Survivor.” But despite her success, the ghosts of her traumatic past, coupled with the harsh glare of the public eye, kept her locked in a cycle of fear and shame that sabotaged her self-confidence and eroded her self-trust. It wasn’t until a series of painful life events, including the death of her younger brother and a divorce, that she found herself on a path of healing that would awaken her true power and reset the course of her life. 

In Nice Girls Don’t Win: How I Burned It All Down to Claim My Power, Shallow—a five-time competitor on “Survivor” and breakout star of “The Traitors”—shares the stories that allowed her to transform her most difficult moments into catalysts for empowerment. From her childhood growing up in a Florida commune to the L.A. casting rooms that would drop her in the lush but brutal landscapes of “Survivor,” Shallow shows what it took to survive and reveals how she rebuilt herself into something much greater. 

Shallow will be in conversation with Stephen Thompson, a host, writer, and reviewer for NPR Music, and co-host of “Pop Culture Happy Hour.”