Auntie Please

Heart disease is the number one killer of women worldwide. South Asian women are at higher risk than almost any other group — and most of us have no idea. Dr. Ambreen Mohamed joins us this episode to talk about what's actually happening in our bodies, why South Asian women are so uniquely vulnerable, and why we keep missing the signs until it's too late. This is not a scary episode. It&a...

She was the good one. The helpful one. The one who never caused problems. Sound familiar? Executive & Relationship Coach Naila Qureshi from MindBodySpiritss joins us on this episode to break down something we don't talk about enough — people pleasing isn't a personality trait, it's a defense mechanism. And for a lot of South Asian women, it started very early. In this episode, N...

Can you be 100% Pakistani and 100% American at the same time? Saema certainly thinks so, but Zainab isn’t letting her off that easily. In this episode, the aunties dive into what it means to grow up between cultures, navigate competing expectations, and build a blended family that doesn’t fit neatly into any one box. Saema shares stories of identity, belonging, and the moments that made her questi...

In South Asian families, disability is often the thing no one names. Zainab lived that reality — moving through her early years deaf, undiagnosed, and surrounded by a culture that mistook her silence for something else entirely. This is the story of what it costs to go unseen, and what it means to finally find yourself on your own terms. Auntie Please content is for educational purposes only and i...

What does it mean to be enough exactly as you are — in a culture that has spent decades telling you otherwise? In this episode, Zainab and Saema get into two of the most personal and least talked-about pressures facing South Asian women: colorism and body acceptance. Zainab shares the moment she realized she had spent years avoiding white clothing because someone told her it would make her look da...

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