The Sisterhood of MummyImperfect Podcast

It's the first episode of 2022! And it's all about Manifestation. What exactly is Manifestation? And how can we use it to turn our dreams into reality? Raspreet Sagoo is a Manifesting and Purpose Coach and she shares her own personal journey with me as well as some top tips on how we can eliminate self-doubt, how to stop diluting our dreams, and how to step into the life we know we were meant to l...

Rummy, Kirat and I (AKA The Power Panel) are back together for this Christmas/end of year special. We discuss how growing up as the children of immigrants we developed our own unique Christmas traditions. Find out who has spicy chicken and rice as a Christmas dinner side dish, who had turkey with a side of roti and daal, and whose nickname is 'Mrs Claus on Crack'! And as 2021 comes to an end we sh...

My friend Kirat was the victim of one of the most complicated cat-fishing cases ever known.  This is part 2 of my in depth conversation with her about her experience.  In this episode Kirat talks about coming to terms with what happened to her, the reaction of family, friends and strangers after Sweet Bobby aired, questions that she’s still trying to get answers to, how she’s healing and how this...

You may have already heard the popular podcast Sweet Bobby. It's about a very complex and disturbing experience that happened to someone I've known for nearly twenty five years - my friend and regular panellist on this podcast, Kirat.  This episode is the first of two parts and in it Kirat talks about how she came to be the victim of one of the most complicated cat-fishing cases ever known. She re...

You may have listened to a podcast called Sweet Bobby, it's produced by a company called Tortoise Media and is about an experience that my friend, and podcast regular, Kirat went through.  In this episode I'm joined by Psychologist Mamta Saha, and we discuss some of the very serious and complex themes that the podcast and Kirat’s experience brought to light - toxic relationships, coercive control...

The original Power Panel are back together! It's the last episode of the month so Rummy, Kirat and I discuss topical stories that have caught our eye, and we try and set the world to rights. Will Smith and Adele recently revealed complicated relationships with the fathers which have shaped their lives. How much does your father figure, or lack of one, influence your life? Does it set the standard...

We live in a society where we are taught that youth is to be flaunted and age is to be hidden, where phrases like "past it" and "mutton dressed as lamb" are thrown around, where ageism is more rife than you think. If you're a woman over the age of 40 (hell, even over the age of 30!) how does all of this make you feel? In this episode my guests Career Coach Manjeet Nijjer and Award Winning Chef Lor...

Daughter, wife, daughter-in-law, mother.....all roles we have set out for us to take up in a set order, especially if we are South Asian! But what about if we want to rock the boat a little? to do things our own way and in our own time? Does this mean a lifetime of feeling like we've disappointed our family and lost our culture? In this episode I'm joined by the original Bad Beti (daughter), award...

Amazing, terrifying, exhausting, empowering - just some of the words that I would use to describe the process of giving birth. In this episode my guest mum-of-four and Doula-in-training, Navrup Kaur (@sikhmum) shares her thoughts on making childbirth more empowering and less terrifying. With the modern world encouraging us to suppress many of our natural instincts, Navrup gives advice on how women...

It's another Power Hour episode with the panel! In this episode I'm joined by Kirat and Huji and we power through some of the controversial stories from the past couple of weeks. Did you watch Married At First Sight UK? and would you ever trust experts (or bacholay!) to set you up with someone you had never met? Would you tell people at work you if you were going through menopause? And should youn...

Let’s talk about sex baby!.....in very hushed tones please because we're Indian. Why is it that in the country where the Kamasutra originated, you can't mention the S word out loud?  Pallavi Barnwal is a TEDx speaker, intimacy coach and sex educator. Her work is geared towards creating a non-judgemental space where people can talk openly about sex. In this episode Pallavi and I discuss whether sex...

Are you familiar with that very loaded Indian expression "Log Kya Kehenge?" The English translation is "what will people say? " And when the expression is used "people" doesn't usually mean the people that actually love and support us. It's usually the community, elders in the family, even un-related Aunties! In this episode my guest Mitali from the podcast Brown Game Strong, and I attempt to unco...

How many of us have gone on a diet, or a frenzied few weeks in the gym, or some kind of self improvement mission only to reach our goal then find something else about ourselves that we're not quite happy with? Where does it end? There is a very fine line between working on yourself to be the best version of you, and accepting your flaws.  In this episode I'm joined by Food Behaviour Coach and Mum...

Meet Rehema Muthamia. She was recently crowned Miss England 2021. Rehema talks about what she hopes to achieve during her reign, the backlash she has faced because of her race, why representation matters, and how sharing her own experience of domestic violence can help other women to open up and seek help.

Why are women still trying to do it all?  Many of us have grown up watching the women in our families taking on everything - the house, the kids, the career, the extended family! - and we've also seen the toll it takes on mental and physical health. In this episode Psychologist Mamta Saha joins me to discuss the importance of setting boundaries, how to manage mum-guilt, and how to convey your expe...

September is PCOS Awareness Month. PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) is the most common female hormone condition. It can be incredibly devastating to a person's self esteem and quality of life.   In this episode I speak to Rina, a nurse from Toronto who is also a PCOS warrior. I also have my own experiences of PCOS having been diagnosed at 20 years old. We discuss the physical and mental impact of...

What happens when your love for fashion doesn’t match your bank balance? How can you stop bad spending habits and glow up you finances as well as your wardrobe? Meet recovering shopaholic Theadora....and also yours truly MummyImperfect! We both learnt the hard way what it really means to “live within your means”. In this episode we discuss getting into debt, and more importantly getting out of it,...

It's another Power Panel episode! Rummy and Kirat join me to discuss topical stories from the last few weeks and as usual we have no filter! This week - Big fat Indian weddings came back with a bang this summer. But is it all about showing off? Is anyone missing those simple lockdown weddings where it was just about the vows? And will Rummy ever be ok with being seen in the same outfit twice?! We...

The Miss England finals are taking place this Friday and the winner will go on to represent the country in the 70th Miss World final later this year. In this episode I'm joined by Angie Beasley, Director of the Miss England contest, and Tia Carter, a Miss England finalist and the current Miss Leicester.  We discuss what goes on behind the scenes, why the contest is more than just being a pretty fa...

It's the 80th episode of this podcast! I'm a veteran now right? The truth is that The Sisterhood of MummyImperfect is always growing and evolving and I with it, so do I. I wanted to do something a little different for this episode so I'm, sharing 8 lessons that I've learned through the last 80 episodes....there were many more but how much time do we have?! From being called out by my guests, chang...

Ever doubted your abilities or felt like a fraud? Or like everyone else is more intelligent and deserving than you? It's known as Imposter Syndrome and is one of the reasons that accomplished people frequently struggle with feelings of self-doubt. In this episode I'm joined by influencer, and leadership and performance coach Remi Ray. We discuss how Imposter Syndrome affects women and how we can l...

In this episode I'm joined by writer Priya Mulji. We talk about how growing up on a diet of Bollywood movies and Rom Coms somewhat skewed our expectations of love and romance.  We deconstruct many movie myths such as love at first sight (does that actually exist?), what actually happens on suhaag raaths (the wedding night!), and whether those steamy shower scenes can ever be replicated successfull...

The Power Panel is back for the last episode of the month. We discuss how OnlyFans has boomed during the pandemic. The social media platform has become known for explicit content but is enough being done to safeguard the content creators who use it? Also this week Shilpa Shetty's husband, businessman Raj Kundra, was arrested for allegedly producing adult films in India.  Rummy, Kirat and I discuss...

School's out for the summer, which means that if you're a parent or carer your children will be at home for 6 weeks or more! If you're like me and have gotten used to working in peace and all memories of lockdown homeschooling have been wiped from your mind, then you may be feeling slightly panicky about how you're going to balance entertaining your children, trying to get stuff done, and keeping...

"Stay out of the sun! You'll get too dark" "Don't wear white! It makes you look too dark" Please Aunties, there's no such thing as too dark. So for the love of melanin leave brown girls alone! In this episode I'm joined by influencers and make up artists, The Melanin Twins, Rubiny and Ahiya. We discuss how they grew to love their complexions and manage their hyperpigmentation, how the accessibilit...