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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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 meant you couldn't be this version of yourself?

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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 about healing our wounds, hurting ourselves and others in the process, and the deep search for acceptance. Most of all, we talk about who Asad really is.

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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 professionally and personally - and embraced the journey of life. 

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When I look out for examples of really authentic people leading their lives by example, being so fully themselves in all the work that they’re doing, I think about Gurp. In my opinion, Gurp gets to be so Gurp in everything he does, from his infamous role at Hockey Night in Punjabi to dedicating his life to Bhangra. In this episode, I get to chat with Gurp on what it’s like to be able to be himself for all that he does, but also ask him what the journey to get to this point has been like.

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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.

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Some of you may know that in addition to being the host and curator of the Brown Girl Guilt podcast and community, I work as General Manager for 5X Festival. For the first time in, I would say ever really, this is the happiest I’ve ever been professionally. Never have my values ever been this aligned with the work that I’m doing and never have I felt more at home than I do at 5X. From the mission and the vision of 5X, to the community that it’s helping, 5X is Harpo and Harpo ix 5X. 

My happiness and alignment also has a lot to do with the person I work the closest with, Tarun Nayar. In this episode, I chat with T about 5X, Surrey, hybrid identities, using art as a radical act of change, and a bunch of other nerdy things.

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