Truly loving yourself means looking in the mirror and recognizing that sometimes the one creating drama and chaos in your life is your own damn self. Your job is then pointing at those parts in the mirror, picking up on your bad habits, asking yourself where they are coming from, and holding yourself accountable for the mess they may have created. The self-love part is doing all of this with gentleness, kindness, and ease. It's reminding yourself that you can work on things that are wrong in you...
Dec 05, 2021•20 min•Season 3Ep. 10
My intention for this episode is to have listeners realize that we are infinite beings with all the potential to truly live the life that we want. That we are active participants in our own lives. Life does not happen to us, but life is happening for us and we are creating our realities. It’s up to us how we choose to move through our journey and experience. We get to choose how we feel, how process, how we act, how we respond and react. You’re in the driver seat of your car, rather than your li...
Nov 28, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Committing to learning more about yourself and then showing up as that version of yourself to the world can be hard. Practicing being yourself unapologetically and allowing the world to see the fullest expression of yourself is something that takes a lot of courage. What also helps this process is seeing others who are also practicing the same. In this episode, we get to meet Horsepowar, someone who is so good at being herself. In being so good at being herself, she's given me a lot of courage t...
Nov 21, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 8
Growing up, I didn't see healthy models of self-love. Seldom did I see people who were committed to loving themselves, or even remotely interested in exploring what it means to love themselves. Now, as an adult when I see people, and especially brown women embodying the practice of self-love, I'm in awe and so keen on knowing more about their journey. Bali Deol, aka Lady B, is an example of a brown woman I met as an adult who is digging deep into loving herself. In this episode, I ask her what i...
Nov 14, 2021•39 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Why would Harpo be hosting a conversation on nutrition and mindful eating in a season where we are exploring what it means to truly love yourself? In this episode, I chatted with Preet Bains, founder of Aura Holistic Health and a registered holistic nutritionist, and what we found is that self-love and mindful eating go hand in hand. Our nutrition and what we eat directly relates to how we feel about ourselves, how we show up for ourselves, and how connected we feel to our highest selves. By the...
Nov 07, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 6
What is sexual shame and where does it come from? In this episode, I chat with feminine embodiment coach Abneet Sandhar and we explore thee roots of sexual shame. In the process, we ask how and where it shows up in our bodies, how it might be permeating our relationships with others, and how we can begin to undo our own sexual shame. This episode also talks about sexual violence, so please gauge your level of comfort before you dive into this exploratory, healing conversation. Like BGG? Connect ...
Oct 31, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Calling all people-pleasers, warm personalities, and overly forgiving & giving people. This episode is for us. When you're the kind of person that doesn't want to rock the boat, sometimes the sea of water that our boat is hanging out in can drown us. In this episode, I chat with Raj Thandhi, a good friend and host of perhaps the coolest Instagram account you'll follow on Instagram ever. Raj and I chat a lot about respect, disrespect, boundaries, and teaching ourselves how we deserve to be tr...
Oct 24, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 4
If you've ever asked yourself, "what is my purpose in life?" this episode is for you. And spoiler alert, you're going to realize really quickly that your life's greatest project is actually just yourself. In this episode, I chat with Bhavneet Toor, founder and Creative Director of Buddha Beads, a brand that specializes in healing crystals and gemstones. If you're new to crystals, this is the episode for you. If you're not new to crystals, this episode is also for you. Like BGG? Connect with us o...
Oct 17, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Many people across the world suffer from Eldest Sibling Syndrome. It's a condition without a cure, and management and maintenance that takes a lifetime to perfect. In this episode, both myself and the guest, Manjot Badesha give you a glimpse into living with this syndrome. We chat about how Eldest Sibling Syndrome has permeated every inch of our lives, how we are navigating the consequences of the syndrome, and what we want those not suffering from Eldest Sibling Syndrome to know about us. Like ...
Oct 03, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 1
I am The One. We spend our whole lives looking for “The One”, our soulmate, our eternal lover, the one who is meant to complete us and hold our hand through this human experience. But I’d like to propose that, while I do strongly believe in finding “The One”, the One is not anyone else, it’s you. You are your own soulmate. Like BGG? Connect with us on Instagram @_browngirlguilt or www.browngirlguilt.com
Aug 22, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Often, I'm left with two choices when navigating intimate partner relationships: dim my light to cater to make room for a partner, or stand strong in who I am and run the risk of never finding a partner who will fan my flames and not stifle them. In this episode, I get candid about my experiences with dating as a badass woman, which frankly has not been rainbows and flowers. Like BGG? Connect with us on Instagram @_browngirlguilt or www.browngirlguilt.com
Aug 15, 2021•13 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Being rejected, broken up with, and ghosted is hard. While we know all of the above make us sad, what we don't talk about enough is how all the above can really be detrimental to how we define ourselves. In this episode, I explore how being rejected, broken up with, and even ghosted has left imprints on my self-worth and what I'm doing to avoid that moving forward. Like BGG? Connect with us on Instagram @_browngirlguilt or www.browngirlguilt.com
Aug 08, 2021•15 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Welcome to Harpo's Love Life: A Series of Misfortunate events. It’s taken me an incredibly long time to get to a place where I can see these misfortunate events as lessons and not mistakes. It's taken me an incredibly long time also to see that everything had to happen exactly the way it happened for me to become this version of Harpo: one that is self-aware, confident, secure, and so in love with herself. It has also taken a lot of hard inner work to say, would you wish it didn't happen if it m...
Aug 01, 2021•10 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Not only is Searching For You the title of one of his tracks from his EP Kahani, but it’s also a description of perhaps what all of us are doing: searching for ourselves and looking to find all that we truly are. In this episode, I get to show you all a side of Asad Khan aka Khanvict that you might not be acquainted with. You all know that the premise of BGG is for me to show my own journey back home to myself. In this episode, we get to hear about Asad’s journey back home to himself: we talk ab...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 8
For so long, I was someone who ran from goal post to goal post. I had a list of things I wanted to achieve and a strong attachment to the end result, while completely bypassing the actual process. In surrendering to the flow of the universe, I've learnt to become friends with the journey of my life and to stop seeing it as one destination that I am chasing. In this episode, I chat with Manvinder Dhak, also known as EMPWER Music about how he, too, has worn many hats in his life - both professiona...
Jul 18, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Arnie Sandhu has gone thru tremendous shifts and transitions, especially in the last year. He’s gone from Arnie McFly to Arnie Sandhu in front of our eyes and has created a space for himself that seems brand new to us, but if you ask him, has been a long time coming. In this episode, I ask Arnie about his character development. It left me feeling so confident and fulfilled about my own character development, and I’m sure it’s going to inspire you in the same way. Like BGG? Connect with us on Ins...
Jul 04, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Secure the bag is not just a Lil Uzi Vert song. It’s a whole ass mind set. Secure the bag means going after what you truly want and hitting all the goal posts you’ve laid out for yourself. And the bag can be anything really. This episode is titled Secure the Bag because my guest, Gurtej Varn, is someone who embodies the hustle and bustle sentiment behind the saying. Gurtej is a certified financial planner and the founder of Seva Financial, a registered non-profit providing free financial plannin...
Jun 20, 2021•33 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, for the first time ever, I get to ask my dad his secret formula for being the father to an empire like harpo. I get to ask him how, in having a daughter like me, where he’s had to make sacrifices, what he’s struggled with, and how he’s changed as a man. I also take some space and ask him what he wishes his kids knew about his journey with fatherhood. Like BGG? Connect with us on Instagram @_browngirlguilt or www.browngirlguilt.com
Jun 06, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Multiplicities can and do exist. This can simultaneously be the happiest I’ve been in life, but the most overwhelmed, scared, and anxious. Yes, that’s real and yes we do exist. But that not everything has to have an answer. Some things can remain a question mark. This episode is an exploration of these multiplicities -- the good, the bad, & the ugly of growing into a stronger and stronger version of yourself. Like BGG? Connect with us on Instagram @_browngirlguilt or www.browngirlguilt.com...
Apr 25, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 12
It’s episode 11 titled “My First Tampon” and it’s about to get TMI up in this bitch. Welcome to Harpo’s history with tampons: a tale of unfortunate events that has an incredibly happy ending I promise. You might wonder, why does this experience deserve an entire podcast episode? What’s so noteworthy about your usage of tampons? You gon find out. Like BGG? Connect with us on Instagram @_browngirlguilt or www.browngirlguilt.com
Apr 18, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 11
*The following episode discusses body image, body shaming, and bullying. If at any point you feel triggered, please stop and take care of yourself. You are so loved.* We’ve all heard our boy Rumi say it: “the wound is where the light enters”. For me, the wound is also where the laser enters and zaps away the follicles of my coarse, thick hair. In this episode I’m going to talk about my relationship with my body hair and what this journey of stripping my body of its hair has been like. It’s funny...
Apr 11, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 10
TW: The following episode discusses body image, body shaming, and bullying. If at any point you feel triggered, please stop and take care of yourself. You are so loved. Dear body, I’m sorry. I’m sorry that I was so mean to you when you were just trying to keep me alive. I’m sorry that I lit fires in your crevices and when I begged you to put them out, I yelled at you when you did so in the only way you knew how. I’m sorry that I kicked you every time you were down. I’m sorry that I never spoke t...
Apr 04, 2021•18 min•Season 1Ep. 9
If there is a laundry list of what constitutes a good brown girl, there’s an even longer laundry list of all that constitutes a bad brown girl. Tattoos, drinking and having a sexuality are just the beginning. In my case, I’m 100% the black sheep of my family - SURPRISE SURPRISE - because I very much go against the small box that historically has been made available to me; or I’m accessing parts of life that the women in my lineage have not been granted access to before. In this episode, I chat w...
Mar 28, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Okay story time. You’re at a bar with your friends. You’re looking fly, you’re looking spicy. You’ve got a drank in your hands, your girlfriends on your side, and not a care in the world. A mans walks up to you and you notice that he’s probably interested in you. You, on the other hand, are not. He starts to make small talk while moving closer and closer to you. You try to end the convo and get back to your lip syncin and drink sippin, but he stops you. “Can I buy you a drink?” he asks. You pani...
Mar 21, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 7
To be a woman is to not have a home. And to have no one understand that you have no home. To be a woman is to chase your whole life, spend the entirety of your life finding a home. To pack up and leave, to unpack and settle in. Again and again, time after time. To be a woman is to not have stability, a foundation you’re working on building. To be a woman is to not get comfortable settling in. It’s the constant being told your home is the next one or the one you came from before. To be a woman is...
Mar 14, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 6
During my tarot deck spreads, a question that I ask the universe often is, “how can I create space for all that I want to attract into my life?”. In this contemplation I ask, how can I open myself up more to all that I so badly want? The key to receiving what you want is just that -- receiving. In order for you to attract all that you want, you have to first signal to the universe that you are ready to receive and second that you are willing to receive. You have to tell the universe, “I receive ...
Feb 28, 2021•32 min•Season 1Ep. 4
I needed my relationship with my mother to fall apart so that I could fall apart. I needed to build that relationship back up so that I could build myself back up. It hasn’t been easy. This relationship has been the toughest one in my life and repairing it has been crucial. It makes me who I am and what I will become. All of my inner child healing has stemmed from my “mother wound”. It was in understanding my mother that I was able to fully understand myself. Naturally, it’s most intentional for...
Feb 07, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 1
If guilt is the lid that limits our potential, love is the transmutable energy that liberates us all. Brown Girl Guilt is the ultimate blueprint for this transmutation. We’re building and honouring gratitude, marinating in glory, and granting ourselves grace on the beautiful journey back home to ourselves. Brown Girl Guilt is where cycles end and revolutions start. Like BGG? Connect with us on Instagram @_browngirlguilt or www.browngirlguilt.com
Jan 12, 2021•49 sec
