Jaspreet Kaur is an award-winning spoken word artist, history teacher, and writer from London. She’s also an author with her debut book, Brown Girl Like Me, releasing 17th Feb.

Her work tackles issues related to gender discrimination, mental health stigma, the postcolonial immigrant experience, and more.

She’s a regular on BBC and Sunday Morning Live and has worked with the UN on the HeforShe campaign.

In this week's motivational segment Meera talks about how to ensure other people's opinions do not hold you back

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