The Multicultural Millennial Womxn

Have you ever gone on a first date and halfway through thought "I can't wait to never see this person again..." ? 

Well, you're not alone. 

On this episode of the Multicultural Millennial Womxn podcast, hosts Anya and Parthvi are joined by some listeners who share their own disaster date stories! It's safe to say that these disaster dates are the human versions of RED FLAGS. But thankfully, they're in the past and we can look back on them and share a laugh!

The stories shared are equal parts cringe, scary and juicy - so of course, you won't want to miss out on this episode! They might just make you feel better about your last disaster date.

Have you ever thought about what you want your ideal self to be? 

In this episode of the MMW podcast, hosts Parthvi and Anya chat with special guest Dr. Kotowska about purpose and how that's linked to spirituality. 

Dr. Ewelina Kotowska holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. Her work lives at the intersection of consciousness, spirituality, and neuroscience. She focuses on helping millennials connect with their spirituality and teaching them how to live a more fulfilling life! Through her studies, she has found that millennials are more inclined to abandon structured religion and relate more to the concept of spirituality. 

Think about how many millennials you know that go to church...

Now think of how many millennials you know that practice yoga, are into astrology, carry crystals and are obsessed with that app, The Pattern...

Her theory makes total sense, right?

Dr. Ewelina shares a lot about her practice of guiding millennials to a place where their purpose aligns with their spiritual belief and how looking deep and examining your conscious and subconscious experiences lead to this alignment. 

Right now many of us are stuck in a place where we feel like we just can't figure life out. This episode will definitely bring some clarity on what steps we all need to take to finding our purpose and becoming our ideal selves. 

In this episode, hosts Parthvi & Anya have a vulnerable conversation about insecurity in friendships. 

As they begin to unpack their experiences with their various friendships, one thing becomes abundantly clear...communication, like in romantic relationships, is the key to success. 

They talk about the heartbreak that comes with friendship break ups and why sometimes it's necessary to take a step back from friendships you've outgrown. 

Have a listen and send to your bestie!

On this episode, hosts Parthvi and Anya talk what it means to “have it all” as a MMW with guest Maariyah Choudery!

Maariyah  is Pakistani-American from California and is currently a Senior Strategy and Operations manager at UberEats. Outside of her “9-5”, she is the Head of Business Development for Muslim Women Professionals - the first professional organization for Muslim women in the US. As if that wasn’t enough, she also runs a lifestyle blog where she gives career tips, shares fashion advice and documents her life in NYC!

While she didn't think it was in the cards for her until later in life, Maariyah got married earlier than she expected and gives insight on how she balances professional determination as a modern woman and traditional family life.

She also shares some major career tips and opens up about her passion for uplifting and supporting women of color!

This conversation was totally inspiring and one you’ll want to listen to and share with your friends!

In this episode, Parthvi interviews her fellow co-host Anya, on her solo travelling experience! 

After years of working in San Francisco, Anya came to the realization that she was living a life that she just didn't feel passionate about and she needed to make a change for the sake of her mental health. Anya was ready to figure out what her life's purpose was. 

How did she do this? She got on a plane and headed to Europe...on her own! 

Anya shares how her solo-travel experience shaped her appreciation for different versions of paradise and how she was able to use this time alone for some serious self-reflection. She did the work and dug deep to finally be in a place where she feels like she is leading a life with purpose; she figured out what she wanted her impact on the world to be. 

Through the time she took for introspection on this trip, Anya realized that the mental unrest she felt back in San Francisco came from the turmoil of navigating America as an immigrant without guidance or a community to lean on. This sparked her idea for the launch of Navigating Culture - a safe space for Immigrant and First-Gen struggling with this merging of 2 cultures. The community she has created online is growing quickly as thousands of like-minded persons can relate to the way she shares her experiences candidly and interacts with her followers as if they're her friends! 

In this episode, Anya also shares her top tips for female solo-travelers and how to make the most of a solo trip while always taking safety into account! You'll want to open your notes app for this part. 

This was a fun episode to record so we hope you enjoy listening! 

Here's where you can find Navigating Culture:

IG: @navigatingculture
Her podcast: The Homesickness Cure (Listen everywhere you list to the MMW Podcast)

In this episode, hosts Parthvi & Anya bring listeners the girl boss guest we've all been waiting for. Ivellisse Morales is a social justice advocate and CEO of her own agency called Bombilla Creative. *Side note, AOC follows her on IG! 

They cover a lot of ground with Ivellisse including her Third Cultured Kid childhood and how her middle school experiences eventually set her up for her current passions, Corporate Social Responsibility through racial injustice initiatives. She shares a lot about how her Puerto Rican heritage shaped the way she confronted her goals and the way in which she existed in new spaces that consisted of majorly white persons. 

Ivellisse talks about her experience with burn-out in a job she loved and how that forced her to take a step back to figure out her next step. She built Bombilla Creative on her own, discusses how isolating it was and gives some golden entrepreneurial advice based on that experience. 

Listen until the end to find out what advice she would give to her younger self and how you can learn from the major mantra she leaves us with. 

If you're a budding entrepreneur, or feeling stuck in the corporate world and looking for some inspiration to make it on your own, this is an episode you need to listen to. 

Here's where you can find Ivellisse:

Instagram: @ivell1sse | @bombillacreative
Website: bombilla.co

Other female owned businesses we love:

• Black Girl Sunscreen - @blackgirlsunscreen | blackgirlsunscreen.com
• Cuyana - @cuyana | cuyana.com
• Live Tinted - @livetinted | livetinted.com
• Dough - @joindough | joindough.com
• Klur - @klur.co | klur.co
• Fanm Djanm - @fanmdjanm | fanmdjanm.com
• The CEO Box - @shoptheceobox

In this episode, hosts, Parthvi & Anya talk about where it all began. They share all the best details of their friendship and how two girls from different worlds managed to connect in a busy city way back in 2015.

The concept of online dating has become pretty normal. Almost everyone has used apps like Tinder or Bumble in hopes of finding their one true soul mate. But we rarely think of finding platonic friends through apps that connect people in a similar way - based on similar interests or, in their case, professional goals.

It can sometimes be really intimidating to put yourself out there like that, especially in a new place but they're so happy we did! Their friendship is a shining example of what taking a risk and trying something different can add to your life. Navigating life in a new city, a city like San Francisco, would have been super difficult if they didn't have their friendship to lean on.

Parthvi & Anya have travelled the world together, shared their cultures and watched each other step into new chapters of life. The best friendships can be found in the most unexpected places...like mobile apps! 

In this episode, hosts Parthvi & Anya get candid about...yes, you guessed it! ...SHAVING! 

Where did this societal shame of hair on women’s bodies come from? If you guessed CAPITALISM you guessed right.

When they think back to when they started becoming more aware of our body hair, they realized the media had a lot to do with it. 

The way the media portrayed hairless women as being free, happy and desired only after having shaved their legs with a single swipe in a TV commercial...Seriously? How could one not have a complex about body hair at 13 years old?

As we progress with time though, we’re seeing female body hair represented a lot more in Media. Particularly on Instagram with famous models and actresses speaking out against body hair shamers and accepting the fuzz. But, let's be real here, their fuzz and our fuzz are different types of fuzz. We're not sure if we posted a photo of our hairy pits on IG that we would get the same response. But to be fair, we have seen more and more WOC embracing their body hair and making it cool. And we love that for them. 

So, why in this day and age of the feminist, do we still feel pressured by ourselves to whip out our razors when things get too hairy? Are we being “bad feminists” by not fighting against the patriarchy?

The truth is that body hair is a very personal thing and we need to get over judging each other for what we choose to do with it. That, in itself, is fighting the patriarchy.

In this episode, Parthvi and Anya are banning chai and milo because you’ll probably need something a little bit stronger to get through this one. Get ready for a different kind of storytime from fellow millennials, who will be sharing anecdotes of prejudice they've experienced based on their appearance. These stories will make you feel the pain, discomfort, and frustration that these individuals had to go through, and most of which still face when they recount their experiences. Stories that range from subtle microaggressions to offensive racial slurs. Want to hear more? Grab your drink of choice and tune in to the last episode of the Multicultural Millennial Woman podcast’s very first season. If you're an immigrant or a person of color, you probably have a story too. Share your story on Instagram and tag @themmwpodcast and #mymmwstory.

In this episode, Parthvi and Anya continue talking all about expectations.
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If you're a woman, you know what they're talking about. And if you're black, brown, or an immigrant woman, you especially will get what they’re talking about. 

Like the children you're expected to have, the partners you're expected to marry and the careers you're supposed to choose. ⁣⁣

It seems like decisions never really get made on their own, right? ⁣⁣



Want to hear how they navigate society’s expectations (whether they're doing a good job of it or not) to see if inspiration strikes for navigating the expectations of others in your own life? 

Then pour a glass of Cabernet and tune in to this episode.⁣⁣⁣

Join Parthvi and Anya as they discuss expectations. Whether from their parents, extended family, or society, these expectations have left a lasting impression on them and have made them who they are today.

Anya looks back on a situation that now explains a great deal to her as an adult. And Parthvi shares the struggle of balancing familial approval with her career choices.

Ultimately, they end up sharing the importance of finding out what fulfills them as individuals rather than letting expectations define their success. They also discuss how familial and societal expectations never really come to an end and give some 'still-in-progress' advice on how to rise above other people's expectations.

Join Parthvi and Anya as they welcome their first guest, Neema Jyothiprakash, a 2nd year law student at Georgetown University. Together, they address some of the core issues within the American Justice System that are key contributors to systemic racism, the solutions, and what we can do to become actively anti-racist. Neema shares her perspective as a South Asian woman in an American law school during this challenging time.

Join Parthvi and Anya as they compare their childhoods to the depiction of American families on television. They discuss the similarities and differences of their childhoods growing up in the US (Parthvi) and Trinidad (Anya). Even though their parents don't know each other, they are kindred spirits in terms of their parenting strategies, from choosing friends for them to forbidding sleep overs. Anya and Parthvi acknowledge the parallels of their childhoods, and recognize that there must be more where that came from. Over the course of their friendship, they had learned that their mothers have even more in common, which inspired a fun game called, "Does Your Mother Do That Too?!" Parthvi and Anya end the episode by explaining the rules and playing one round of the game.

Join Parthvi and Anya as they have a conversation around the articles published by the UN News and Forbes about the uptick in domestic violence due to government mandated quarantines. They talk about the tough situations these women must be in right now and how difficult it must be for the resource groups to actually help, given that many of these shelters are closed due to the coronavirus. They share the staggering statistics on how many more women are calling for help globally, and recognize that the women calling likely make up a small fraction of this vulnerable group.

Join Parthvi and Anya as they have a discussion around Anya's top 5 tweets. They talk through the serious and laugh through the funny, while sharing personal stories in between. They showcase the role tweets play for millennials. Tweets are so powerful that they're written on Twitter, uploaded to Instagram as pictures of text, and then continuosly shared between the Instagram community.

Join Parthvi and Anya as they share their personal highlights and overall thoughts on Mindy Kaling's new Netflix show, "Never Have I Ever." Anya noticed that Devi's friend Fabiola is a lighter-skinned black woman, and feels that lighter-skinned women are cast more often in younger television, and she wishes it wasn't that way. Parthvi and Anya then begin to talk about colorism and how it affects people in different cultures around the world. They discuss how colorism is still present in their own lives and share statistics on how it affects women globally every. single. day.