Brown and Happy

Brown and Happy

Hosted by: Dr. Payal Patel Ghayal

Brown women work so hard and invest decades to do all the right things. Despite following the perfect checklist to do everything the way she should, she's still not happy. I have been down that path of doctor, wife,...

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Episode 93: Fear of Leaving

The fear of the unknown leads us to feel paralyzed to make any new changes in both our personal and professional life. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.... The known poison is easier than the...
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Episode 92: Worker Bee Mentality

Worker Bee Mentality is a very common theme in the Asian American Pacific Islander Community. In honor of AAPI heritage month, we dive deeper into the immigrant journey. The scarcity promoted the worker bee mindset...
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Episode 91: Knowing the Difference Between Family Heirlooms and Clutter

In Honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we will dive deeper into the significance of who and what we are truly celebrating. In this episode we talk about what makes the AAPI community unique...
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Episode 90: Parenting- How to Stop Thinking About the Next Best Thing?

How do you respond when your child does ok but you know they have so much more potential? What does the little voice in your head say? Whose voice is it? Mostly likely it's your parent. As an immigrant you were...
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Episode 89: How to STOP using time against you in your parenting journey

Time is running out... Time will pass you by before you know and it and they will be all grown up... I don't have enough time... Do these sound familiar?? Time is the only constant and you have zero control over it...
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Episode 88: Parenting - Knowing the difference between what you can and cannot control

Parenting is tough, even when everything is going ok. Knowing that there's things that you can and cannot control is the secret.  The reason most of us struggle is that we set ourself up to fail by expecting change...
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Episode 87: Love, Arranged or Combo

How did you meet your partner? Love Marriage, Arranged Marriage or Something Else. Many of us have a subconscious checklist that we have created from our parents, culture and society which we use to meet the right...
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How to have FUN again

Are you having FUN? Why or why not? Take a minute to reminder the last time you laughed freely. Telling yourself that you don't have time or energy is common. We all tell ourselves these stories to keep ourselves on...
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Stop the Self Sabotaging

Do you find yourself jumping from one relationship to another? Are you constantly looking for the next best thing at work? Do you tend to shop around a lot for a coach or therapist? It's not a problem to know your...
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How to Stop Feeling Sorry For Yourself

How long are you going to that horrible thing that happened to you? -Broken marriage -Major Career Change -Health Crisis Yes it happened to you but you don't have to keep it alive now. Letting go of the past allows...
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How to Navigate a Remixed Relationship with Tanya Mitra

Today Tanya Mitra and I candidly discuss dating, marriage and relationships as women who want to live unapologetically as brown women. Tanya is a certified life coach and the founder of The REMIXED Relationship,...
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Why Doing It All On Your Own Hinders Your Own Growth with Sipra Laddha, CEO and MD

Doing it all on your own is possible but definitely hinders possibilities you never know existed. Today Dr. Sipra joins me to talk about your experience with coaching with me and why she decided to work with me. In...
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