Happy Tuesday! In light of my last episode being all about fears, I thought this week we could unpack everything that goes into feeling self-conscious in public and how you can stop (hopefully) caring about what people think of you. The pressure to conform or change ourselves to make others more comfortable is exhausting. Join me this week as I walk you through 3 mindset shifts that have helped me focus less on others, more on me and finally let go of what others think of me. 

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Welcome back and Happy New Year! I thought the most relevant way to kickstart the new year was to talk about something, that I think, we all struggle with - being scared of doing things you really want to do. Whether it's imposter syndrome or the fear of social judgment, we're too self-critical of our interests and are scared to put ourselves out there. And while this is a limiting thinking pattern, it's also completely normal!

So this week, I wanted to talk about 5 mindset shifts that have helped me think of my fears differently and let go of them, to develop more healthy thinking patterns :) I hope this week's episode brings you the joy that I had in producing it, and you start the year doing things you genuinely love. 

Welcome back, to what's part 2. of me answering your questions about navigating life abroad as an international student! As I sat down to edit this episode, I realized that most of the questions I answered were things that might help, regardless of where you live. This week, I discuss anxiety, letting go of your worst fears, fitting in and more. 

As always, let me know what you think and REACH OUT TO CHAT! I love having conversations with you guys :) <3

More generic questions start here: 6:51

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Welcome back, and welcome to the first Q&A on the podcast! Last week, I asked you to ask me questions about what it's like to navigate life abroad as an international student. Join me as we sit down and chat about everything you need to know about being an international student, from the work visa and OPT to landing your first job out of college. 

More questions you want me to answer? Shoot me a DM and I'd be happy to help :) 

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Welcome back! 

This week, join me as I reflect on growth, change, and adulting. 

We often think of growth as exciting, without realizing that it's also scary, intimidating, and full of change - and that's OKAY. In this episode, I talk about the top 5 things that have helped me ease into adulting and look at growth with a new perspective. Join me as we walk through friendships, career changes, love, and ambitions. I hope this resonates :) 

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Welcome back! 

In my first month of moving to a brand new city and starting a new life, I can't help but think about change and all the ways in which it's scary, new, exciting and intimidating. But what no one talks about is how gratifying it is to take a moment and drive change around you. This week's episode is a deep dive on how you can be that driver and change systems that you're a part of. 

Writing / recording this episode was incredibly exciting, especially given my recent experience in successfully impacting my community at Penn State (before I graduated.) I hope this episode serves you with models that you can use to create meaningful differences in communities that you're a part of. 

For more reference, here's a few resources that helped me with my journey, and informed some of my ideas in this episode: 

Books - Leading Change by John Kotter

Podcast - The Tim Ferriss Show: The 3 Critical Rules of Branding

As always, let me know what you think :) 

Welcome back friends! 2.5 weeks later, I'm back with an episode that I hold so dear to my heart. As I navigate graduating, relationships and adulting over the next phase of my life, here's some blurbs from my voice memos that have helped me process my experiences! I hope it helps and as always, would love to chat about these more with you :) 

Timestamps for you to jump to thought dumps that you want to listen to: 

2:30-6:15: Being vulnerable in relationships

6:17-8:00: What stress is and isn't

8:02-11:17: Are you really back at square 1? 

11:20-12:55: Unsent texts

12:58-17:45: Navigating time and money 

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HELLO and welcome back :) This week's episode is another interview, with my best friend and musician: JESS HALL! In this episode, we talk about exploring our creativity, turning our emotions into art, and our journeys with self-critical internal dialogue. This episode is personal, raw, real, and just an overall rollercoaster, and I hope you love it as much as we loved having this conversation. 

As always, let me know what you think and send me any questions/comments you have. See you next week!

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This week's episode is a little different. A few weeks ago, I unexpectedly wrote a love letter to my home: Mumbai. The beauty of this process was that I never went into that writing session expecting to produce the words that I did. But reading it back, I could hear and see every part of this essay, and I wanted to create something that could embody what Mumbai sounds like. 

So I reached out to some of my best friends and asked them to send me voice recordings of things that reminded them of Mumbai. And every single one of them (I'm not exaggerating), said the same things. We didn't rehearse this, I didn't expect it. But when I saw it, I knew we all missed home in the same way. 

This audio essay is a product of that love. Here's a celebration of home, and giving you a little taste of Mumbai.

Shoutout to my pals for being involved in this. I <3 u.

If you want to give some of my other essays a read, check out my blog The Modern Desi: https://medium.com/@eshapathak5

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Welcome back and welcome to my first ever podcast interview! This week I'm joined by my roommate and best friend, Anjali, as we unpack all the pressures and nuances that come with growing up in a joint family, having family obligations, and navigating adulthood as a young desi. 

As always, thank you so much for being here and listening in. Reach out to me, ask us questions, tell me what you want to talk about and I will see you next week :) 

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