Loudmouth Ladkis

Unsurprisingly, we love therapy so much that we’re training to be clinicians. This week, your favorite therapy stans talk about their biggest takeaways from their therapy sessions - from lessons on boundary setting as daughters of immigrants to self-compassion and survival.

There are SO many ways to describe ourselves and our communities…but which term is the right one? 

This week, we talk about being "Brown," "Desi," and "South Asian," and the histories behind them. How do these words contribute to our individual and collective identities, and why does terminology even matter in the first place?

And if you want to read more check out these amazing articles: 

- https://www.npr.org/2017/12/11/569983724/ask-code-switch-who-can-call-themselves-brown

- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna1886

- https://scroll.in/global/975071/is-the-term-desi-offensive-some-south-asian-americans-think-so

This might be our most unhinged episode yet. It's 2023 and we're still not over 2020. So what better way to process than by doing a kids react to our 2020 new year's resolutions? Join us as we listen to our 2019 selves who had no idea what was about to hit them. 

Bella! Where the hell have you been loca??

It’s been a long 1.5 years without LL, but we’re so excited to be back. This episode, we talk about what we‘ve been up to since we last recorded. It’s been a wild ride (college graduations, world travels, new jobs, and new cities), and we’re ready to bring what we’ve learned and experienced here to our 6th season!!

The COVID-19 situation in India right now is beyond devastating. This week, we discuss America’s role in the global access to the vaccine, the two-fold experiences faced by members of the Indian diaspora, and most importantly, how we can help. 

Throughout this episode, we included information from The Guardian, New York Times, and The Atlantic. For resources to check out and donate to, please check out this Linktree compiled by our lovely friend Rhea Shetty. Proceeds from our sticker sales with Dewy Apricot will be donated to the only hospital in the rural village of Kosadi in Gujarat, India. You can purchase your stickers here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/971796491/dewy-apricot-x-loudmouth-ladkis-sticker?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=dewy+apricot&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&frs=1&variation0=1831754680 

Tax season is upon us, and we’d be lying if we said we knew what we were doing - turns out, we’re not alone! The conversation about women and finance has just scratched the surface, and we wanted to talk about how women of the South Asian diaspora interact with money. We speak about our own experiences navigating the world of personal finance, common money mindsets prevalent among South Asian communities, and the psychological and biological effects of “money trauma”. 

Check out Boss Betis (@bossbetis) who helped us so much with this episode! And check out The Mighty Mithai (@themightymithai) to get your own pack of Mixing Up Masti - you can use our code "LOUDMOUTHLADKIMASTI" for 10% off!

On this podcast, we speak often about therapy and mental health, and this week, we had the pleasure to sit down with Aparna Sagaram, a licensed marriage and family therapist who works with immigrants and children of immigrants. According to a 2018 study published in World Psychiatry, scientists suggest trauma can be passed down to subsequent generations through an enduring change in the function of DNA. This week, we speak about concerns that often come up in the South Asian population, intergenerational trauma, and how we can break the cycle and move towards generational healing.

It’s that awful time of the year where every website and every advertisement pushes you to get your “dream summer body”. What does that mean and why is it so harmful? This week, we talk about nutrition and exercise through a lens of body neutrality, abundance over restriction, and our own nutrition and exercise journeys.

Follow us on Instagram @loudmouthladkis or shoot us an email at [email protected]. We'd love to hear your thoughts and we'll see you next week.

Representation is a buzzword in the South Asian diaspora. Though we’ve all had the conversation about viewing representation as a consumer, we haven’t been exposed to the perspective of depicting representation through one’s work. This week, we sat down with Sonya Lalli, a romance and women’s fiction author of Indian heritage, and we chat about embracing biculturalism in literature, her journey navigating the author space as a South Asian woman, and how she used her experiences and those of her favorite loudmouths to write her new book “Serena Singh Flips the Script” which is out now! 

Head over to our Instagram @loudmouthladkis to learn how you can win your very own copy of "Serena Singh Flips the Script"