Being you is being cool. Trust us. In this episode, host Harpo shares a story about her favourite teacher from high school, Ms. Johnson. In a world where high school breeds conformity and looking like everyone else, Harpo saw her favourite teacher embrace individuality. She was bold, colourful, fiery and fun-- a stark contrast to how Harpo felt when she was in high school. Tune in and listen to see how Harpo is on a mission now to embrace her own individuality and inspire other brown girls to do the sam. Oh, and on a mission to manifest Ms. Johnson, who she hasn't connected with in over a decade! 

This episode of Brown Girl Guilt is sponsored by Biz Post Vancouver. Biz Pod is an accountability group founded by a group of passionate entrepreneurs, who saw how isolating entrepreneurship can be and sought to curb it. With carefully curated groups or “pods”, Biz Pod aims to fill the gaps in our current community and support entrepreneurs in their journeys.

I actually became a member of Biz Pod 6 months ago and I can’t even begin to tell you how much exponential value it has added to my life. I wasn’t even able to consider myself a businesswoman until all my pod members made me realize I am — now, with the help of Biz Pod I always say, I’m Kelly Kapoor the business bitch. Biz Pod is actively looking for more pod members so if you’re looking for some TLC during your business journey, you should hit us up. Check us out on Instagram @bizpodvancouver or online at www.bizpod.ca

High school crushes are so fun. They're innocent and cute and the best when they make you giddy and blush. In this episode, host Harpo talks about her many high school crushes and all the ways she tried to garner their attention. What she reveals is that a lot of the boy-crazy, attention-seeking tendencies she had in high school have followed her into adulthood. How is she navigating the craze and attention, while simultaneously curbing her brown girl guilt? Listen to find out!

This episode of Brown Girl Guilt is sponsored by Biz Post Vancouver. Biz Pod is an accountability group founded by a group of passionate entrepreneurs, who saw how isolating entrepreneurship can be and sought to curb it. With carefully curated groups or “pods”, Biz Pod aims to fill the gaps in our current community and support entrepreneurs in their journeys.

I actually became a member of Biz Pod 6 months ago and I can’t even begin to tell you how much exponential value it has added to my life. I wasn’t even able to consider myself a businesswoman until all my pod members made me realize I am — now, with the help of Biz Pod I always say, I’m Kelly Kapoor the business bitch. Biz Pod is actively looking for more pod members so if you’re looking for some TLC during your business journey, you should hit us up. Check us out on Instagram @bizpodvancouver or online at www.bizpod.ca

You know 13 Going on 30, but do you know 25 going on 15?! Now you do! In this episode, host Harpo takes us back to 15 when we first experienced our first puberty-- the awkwardness, discomfort, confusion, and all the scaries. She then brings us back to 25, where she says she's experiencing a "second puberty" as she navigates life without the birth control pill for the first time in years.

This episode of Brown Girl Guilt is sponsored by Biz Post Vancouver. Biz Pod is an accountability group founded by a group of passionate entrepreneurs, who saw how isolating entrepreneurship can be and sought to curb it. With carefully curated groups or “pods”, Biz Pod aims to fill the gaps in our current community and support entrepreneurs in their journeys.

I actually became a member of Biz Pod 6 months ago and I can’t even begin to tell you how much exponential value it has added to my life. I wasn’t even able to consider myself a businesswoman until all my pod members made me realize I am — now, with the help of Biz Pod I always say, I’m Kelly Kapoor the business bitch. Biz Pod is actively looking for more pod members so if you’re looking for some TLC during your business journey, you should hit us up. Check us out on Instagram @bizpodvancouver or online at www.bizpod.ca

Definition: a girl who is super chill, doesn't rock the boat, and someone who "isn't like other girls". She's one of the guys. She also makes herself super uncomfortable because sometimes, being "cool" comes at the expense of countering her own needs and wants. It comes at the expense of not honouring what she truly thinks. In this episode, host Harpo speaks to the Cool Girl Syndrome that started in high school for and shares how she's still suffering from it as an adult.

Ah. The first kiss. Palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy. No matter what age you have your first kiss, it can be a nerve-wracking, anxious, butterfly in your stomach experience. In this episode, host Harpo shares the story of her first kiss, one that she safe-guarded for a very long time. She mentions that during her first kiss, she had no idea what to do. In chronicling her experience with hugs and kisses, she shares that this feeling of "not knowingness" hasn't really ever gone away.

This episode of Brown Girl Guilt is sponsored by Rich Sol Foods. Rich Sol Foods is home to the highest quality St. Lucian Seamoss in the world. They also specialize in high grade herbal teas, like St John’s Bush and Red Raspberry tea that are both incredibly powerful in supporting women’s health. Check them out online at www.richsolfoods.ca or on instagram @richsolfoods. They have such a wide selection of stuff that is good for you and makes you feel good.

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Reverse parenting or parentification is the process of role reversal whereby a child is obliged to act as a parent to their own parent or sibling. When this happens, the innocent childhood we were entitled to is robbed, causing adverse effects that stick with us for the rest of our lives. We can, however learn how to undo the harm caused by parentification by committing to our healing. In this episode, therapist Navneet Gill of Navneet Gill Counselling teaches us what reverse parenting is, the root causes, and how to undo it so that we can live more authentic, full lives. 

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Whether you're a drinker or not, a lover of wine or gin, or the pre-game bartender for all your friends, this episode is for you. Conversations around brown women and drinking are super important and this podcast episode offers a take that you might not have previously heard. How can we go beyond a conversation around alcohol and choice for brown women? How can we examine our relationships with alcohol and get curious about that choice? In Drink drank drunk, we find out by asking ourselves new questions about our relationship with alcohol. 

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Hyper-independence is a trait too many brown girls and women know. And know too well. Often, our family structures force us to be hyper-independent right from our childhood, and then it ends up carrying into our adulthood. We might've been told we were really mature for our age, received compliments on our emotional intelligence, and told we were good leaders as children but did you grow up and realize, wow maybe those were all just trauma responses? In this episode, we dive into hyper-independence and ask ourselves when and where it started. We also ask ourselves if it's serving us, or if we want to put the armour of hyper-independence down. 

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Friend break ups suck, just as much as romantic break ups, if not more. Sometimes, friend breakups can cause greater heartbreak than romantic relationships, simply because of the level of intimacy expressed and shared in platonic friendships. bell hooks says that "deep, abiding friendships are the place where many women know lasting love." What happens when those friendships get uprooted and forced out of your life? What's to come of the space that is created when certain friendships are no longer active in your life? In this episode, we get right into it.

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