brown, bad n' bothered

So thrilled to have Sania on the show this week! Sania is a South Asian professional photographer based in Chicago. We dive into the mentally exhausting, challenging yet hopeful journey of embarking on creative careers as a brown girl. Sania shares funny, memorable, and emotional stories of her journey, along with advice, that will leave you feeling inspired and seen. Make sure to follow her on In...

Are you a persistent over-thinker or have an underlying fear of failure? Let's find out in this episode as Andrea dissects what overthinking is and how to break the habit. While she shares her own personal struggles, Andrea also explores the ways in which brown culture can promote overthinking behaviors and the correlation it has with achievement anxiety or fear of failure.

Andrea invites her first guest, David, to reflect on their approach to love and relationships while answering fun, thought-provoking, and personal questions. Join in for this chat and be ready to hear a lot of giggles and potential eyebrow-raising moments.

Andrea shares a storytime of what started off as a prank set by young immature boys but led to her being stalked. She details the way in which her frustration and experience were disregarding by her peers due to the normalization of certain behaviors and mindsets regarding safety, persistence and stalking. What happens when victims are ignored? What role does stalking play in other crimes such as...

Today's episode unravels the core effect parenting can have on people-pleasers. Andrea also studies and explores the connection people pleasers have with achievement anxiety and anxious attachment tendencies in relationships.

Join Andrea as she unravels cultural and social norms and expectations that bother brown girls across the globe. Grab your cup of chai and settle down for honest and insightful chats regarding mental health, body shaming, freedom, bitchy aunties, friendships, beauty standards, double standards, relationships, and more!