The Good Girl Playbook

Divorce is the dreaded “D” word in so many communities. Tune in as filmmaker Najla Zaidi talks about how she built a film career while being a single mom.

Despite the fact that the South Asian community boasts the most medical professionals, there is still a mental health stigma within the brown community. We'll talk to a Bengali screenwriter about her post-partum depression and the differences in how her Bengali family and her husband's British family approach mental illness. We'll also talk to pop-artist, Ragni Agarwal, about social media and its impact on mental health, as she talks about her recent social media art gallery campaign that showcases mental illness. (Cover art courtesy Ragni Agarwal)

Schizophrenia is one of the most misunderstood mental illnesses. Listen as actor and producer, Nadia Anwar, talks about what it's like to have two family members who have schizophrenia. Host MK Ansari discusses the various issues and criteria that make up schizophrenia, the perception and stigmas within the South Asian and Muslim communities, and how Nadia's art is inspired by her proximity to schizophrenia.

Our Spotlight Series is a ten minute chat with Muslim artists. In this episode, we speak with world renowned painter, Salma Arastu, as she talks about how she monetized her talent and her connection to her Muslim faith.

PLAYBOOK RULE 1: It’s never too late to find out who you are. The Playbook says that we must have it all figured out by 30— our life, our career, and our spirituality. But a creative woman is always evolving and she can’t possibly have it all set by her thirties. That’s when life is just starting!! Listen to two of our co-founders, MK Ansari and Gillian Muller, as they discuss their upbringing and what it takes to redefine yourself in your thirties, as an artist and as a Muslim. 

Gillian interviews MK on shifting gears to a film career after working over a decade as a Silicon Valley lawyer.

MK interviews Gillian on how she re-discovered her Muslim faith as a Trinidadian Muslim woman.

The Good Girl Playbook refers to the set of rules that tell a woman how to be perfect. Each culture and society has their own set of rules. But here's the thing-- there is no template on being a woman.