Home Girls Unite

This week we discuss why rest should be part of our daily routine and not something that is done once all the chores are complete!  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Instagram ( @homegirlsunite ). We'l...

We *really* tried to keep it light to give you respite from all the things that happened this last week but we couldn't help ourselves! We ended up discussing Gender-Based Violence (GBV), misogyny and why you should beat up racists.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sis...

TRIGGER WARNING SELF HARM AND SUICIDE  This week we're joined by the lovely Toni! Toni, being the eldest of six, has had to play the mother role for as long as she can remember.  She speaks to us candidly about how therapy has allowed her to start healing from her traumas and become more loving to herself.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Plea...

No podcast this week but we're working hard behind the scenes to bring you something special! 

In this episode we talk about moving from a place of love in order to make better and healthier choices- food being the main one!  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Instagram ( @homegirlsldn ). We'll b...

This week we're joined by the lovely Toyo to discuss child bereavement and life growing up in a single parent household.  You can keep with Toyo and her tasty recipes on instagram .  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @...

On this episode Yasin speaks about her experience with FGM and how it has impacted her.  You can find out more about FGM on FORWARD's website . They have also put together a list of place where you can get specialist help.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterho...

In this special episode we speak to Hanna's mum about her experiences being the eldest daughter and how those experiences impacted the way she raised her kids.   We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Insta...

On this episode we talk about whether we'd leave the UK and set up home in our parent's place of birth. We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Instagram ( @homegirlsldn ). We'll be posting weekly so join us on t...

Our first guest of 2021 is the lovely Ilhaan! Ilhaan speaks to us about her experiences as the eldest daughter and how that was impacted further by her being darker than her other siblings.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter...

2020 taught us that we can't always have a rigid 5 year life plan but there are still a number of things that we can control. In this episode we talk about some of those things and how we can still show up for one another.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood vi...

In our last episode of the year (who'd thought we'd make it this far??), we're joined by therapist and coach, Paris. We talk to her about our people pleasing habits and how to overcome them! Get your notebooks ready, this one is full of tips.  You can find Paris at @Paris.lalove on Instagram.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you...

This week we're joined by Sahra-Isha, the founder of ASRA Run Club. ASRA Run Club is an inclusive space catering firstly to Muslim women (you can join if you're not Muslim!). We talk about running as women, safety issues included, and learning to become more comfortable with our bodies.  You can find out more and join at '@asra.club' on Instagram.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ens...

Marie joins us this week to talk to us about life after the death of her mother. She speaks candidly about how her grieving process was impacted by the fact that she was the eldest daughter who was left to care for her father and brothers. Marie has spent years in therapy and she is able to speak freely and openly about her pain and happiness. She recommends these two books for others who may have...

Our final event of the year and it's an all day event! Join us on the 5th December for a day dedicated to all you amazing eldest daughters.   All proceeds from the event will go towards our therapy fund ; which aims to provide therapy sessions to the women in our community. So join us for a great day and support the therapy fund too!  You can find out more and grab your tickets here .&nb...

This week we talk about how being the eldest daughter impacted our ability to communicate. We share tips and tricks that we have developed along the way to help us overcome the challenges, However, if you, like us, struggle to tell people your feelings then send us a little (hate) message and we'll forward it onto the designated recipient.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we c...

Protests have erupted across Nigeria but what are they about? Eldest daughter, and former podcast guest, Hadiza talks to us about the #ENDSARS movement and how life in Nigeria has changed for her.  You can find out more about the movement and how you can help here . Please keep talking about the protests and using the hashtag! 

This week we're joined by the lovely Sahra to discuss what it's like being a Black, Muslim woman in the corporate world. We discuss how to overcome our fears and find our voices in spaces that are not often designed for us. You can find Sahra and her writing here . We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.c...

The lovely Amina (@yeahshewrites) joins us again to give us an update on how moving out of the family home has been for her. She also discusses her booming YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/developwithamina) and why it was important to her to have sign language for all of her videos.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can!...

This week we're joined by the lovely co-founder of South Asian Sisters Speak (SASS), Sheetal. Sheetal speaks to us about being the eldest daughter in a British Indian home, fighting feelings of guilt and starting a community for South Asian women.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up...

"SOLVED: ELDEST DAUGHTERS & THEIR PROBLEMS" WE'RE GOING TO BE ANSWERING & DISCUSSING ALL YOUR ELDEST DAUGHTER RELATED PROBLEMS, WITH HELP FROM OTHER HOME GIRLS IN OUR COMMUNITY. JOIN US EVERY TUESDAY ON INSTA LIVE. BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.  IF YOU WANT US TO ANSWER YOUR PREDICAMENTS, EMAIL US - HELLO@HOMEGIRLSUNITE.COM 

We've been working hard to earn the title of consistent babes and this week we share some tips so that you guys may join us on this consistency journey! We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com! Sign up to join the sisterhood via our website Find us on Twitter ( @homegirlsunite ) and Instagram ( @homegi...

We recently had a film screening organised for us by Hue Agency to watch the amazing film that is 'Rocks'! The film follows 15 year old Shola (AKA Rocks) as she tries to make sense of the world when she is left to fend for herself and her younger brother. The film portrays what it means to be the eldest daughter in an immigrant household so well! It had us laughing and crying literally at the same...

TRIGGER WARNING: SUICIDE This week we’re joined by Tasha the therapist. She talks to us about her role as a therapist and how she uses play and creativity to help her patients deal with trauma. We also discuss suicide (September is Suicide Prevention Month) and how to help yourself and others around you who may be having suicidal ideations. We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can he...

This is an episode we did with the guys from 'Over the Bridge' podcast before we started recording our own (!) and corona was not in our vocabulary. We speak about our own personal experiences as eldest daughters and our motivations for start the platform.  We're crowdfunding at the moment to ensure that we can help more women! Please donate what you can! Email us at hello@homegirlsunite.com!...