Too Many Thoughts with Mishal Durae

Welcoming Ish, aka my twin, to the podcast! She and I dive into how our values as our south asian immigrant parents, her's from Punjab and mine from Pakistan, raised us in the Bay Area while implementing their cultural values. We touch on the differences in how boys and girls are raised and the challenges in those differences of expectations and treatment. We both offer unique perspectives that align and misalign at times and shifted the conversation to specifically how it has translated into our friendships, college life, perspective of life, and dating. Further topics on childhood trauma, societal pressures, self-perception, desi values, the American system, the different versions we live of ourselves, building a relationship with your parents, and the importance of cultural exposure. We hope to open these conversations within our Desi American community. I cannot thank Ish enough for joining on the episode. Her perspective is so unique from my own that I really valued having her on, especially because we have so many of these productive conversations all the time, and I am ecstatic to share our ideas with my listeners. Love you, Ish! ENJOY

Welcoming my roommate to the podcast, I was truly grateful to hear her story. We began by sharing how we met and became roommates, reflecting on the value of living with people from similar backgrounds—how we all in a way automatically understand each other as we make some of the best college memories that we will remember for many years to come.Merriam opened up about her hardships and how she overcame them, highlighting the skills she developed through her journey with therapy. We discussed the importance of falling, getting back up, and growing from challenges, as well as the internal struggles from childhood that many of us are still learning to heal during college and early adulthood. This episode was incredibly playful, heartfelt, and therapeutic, and I was honored to have her on.ENJOY

Welcoming 2025 in basically March... but HAPPY NEW YEAR anyway as I haven't recorded since last year and wanted to share how I celebrated in Pakistan and Malaysia. After a quick reflection on my trip, I share how much perspective it gave me as I came back to my college routine. The two main pressures I talked about in my last semester of college are post-college plan (JOB) and marriage which is a conversation my parents sprung on me. I discuss quite a bit on Pakistani American marriage and my opinions on finding my person, but I'm also curious to know what my fellow Desi Americans feel about this. A quick side step to how my cut is going, losing weight and going to the gym. Also, RAMADAN MUBARAK I hope this time brings lots of peace to everyone celebrating. Welcome back to TMT :) ENJOY

"Do it sad, do it tired, do it unmotivated. Just do it!!" This has been my new motto because being a young adult has not been the easiest thing with so much of my life left to plan and figure out and it feels like it needs to be done now, specifically career plans post-grad and finding my husband. I wanted to label these feelings and talk about what I expect most 21 year old, about to graduate, college students must be feeling. I hope this reaches my target audience and pulls my fellow bed-rotters out of their slumps. YOU HAVE COME SO FAR. Also, I know the audio sucks but it's auditorially legible, I will fix it for the next one ;) ENJOY

I often describe eras of my life as the aura of an animal and recently I have been feeling like a sloth. That's a rough thing to accept when I felt like a piranha the majority of the year, especially interning in DC, fighting obstacles and seeking opportunities. I describe how I feel like my slump is most likely due to things coming easy this year, resulting in a lack of hard work and making the reward less rewarding and not even worth trying. I recount on my piranha mindset and create a game plan that looks forward, with the gym being a huge contributor to that mentality. In this last year of college and looking forward to post-grad life, I think many of you will relate to this odd transition period and relate to the mentality. ENJOY

Sit down with Ameer and I as we chat about his passion for music. It started with family dinners with his parents singing, to him performing at non-profits in Lahore, Pakistan, to serenading PSA (Pakistani Student Association) at the Mehndi Ki Raat event at UC Berkeley where he is now pursuing his career goals in public policy in the Haas School of Business. I respect him for putting himself in the spotlight and showcasing his talent on Instagram where I first met him. We also touched on the many famous brands he's represented as well as his singles and music video released. I am honored to call him one of my good friends and his life goals inspire me and I'm sure they will inspire you too, but you'll have to listen to find out. ENJOY

I grew up very very independent & being surrounded by so many people this year who have been so loving and welcoming, I've been learning how to balance letting myself be dependent on others without relying on them too much. Also, while continuing to practice always being able to support myself when I need to. This comes out with simple things like grocery runs to having mental breakdown therapy sessions. I feel that many of my first-born, desi girls will relate to this episode as all our fathers raised us as if we were sons (but honestly we have an elite mentality). ENJOY

Reading the title of this episode is the best way I can describe it. ENJOY

THERE IS NO WAYYYY I'M 21, but I'm sharing how I have grown in the past year and how I genuinely believe that this past year exponentially and astronomically beats all other years I've grown in my life COMBINED. I am so so proud of myself and am smiling down at 12-year-old me who was the most confused Pakistani American girl trying to figure out everything from my hair texture to how to score big on the SATs. Also, what it may mean to be 21 now that I'm, "legal". ENJOY

Honestly, this episode made me sympathize with all my friends who are international students away from home... especially the exchange students so shoutout to you guys. I wanted to discuss the feeling of being independent in a new place and the hardships that come with it, especially as someone who is more closed off. Also, if you are nervous about traveling & adventuring on your own THIS IS FOR YOU. ENJOY

Back in January, I recorded the goals that I wanted to start the year off with. Improvement requires taking benchmarks of your progress. Here's a check-in sharing updates on all my goals, focusing on the most important improvements in getting a job, working out every day, prioritizing my needs, relationships, and improving my innate social critic. I hope with this episode you also take note of how far you've come in your own journeys and see where you could pivot attention to make yourself better and better. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

I moved to the East Coast for work for the summer! I share the racial differences, aggressive drivers, and my appreciation for the dressing here amongst many other observations. My first week here before starting work has been pretty isolating and I share what I have been learning about myself during this kind of forced solitude. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/support

While recording at the conspired haunted Denver airport, I wanted to share my experiences playing golf for the last 12 years. How my dad dragged me to the courses every weekend, playing for my high school team, tips on your swing, and most importantly, the many many life lessons learned from playing. I absolutely love the sport and am so happy to share this part of my life with you guys and I can't believe I haven't made an episode about it yet. Okay, my flight is boarding in 3 minutes and I apologize for the airport audio BYE. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/support

Back home the lack of routine, adjusting to a new space, amongst a thousand new responsibilities over the summer of spending time with family, friends, and preparing to move across the country had me in a spiral. Also while having new feelings that I was processing for the first time. All these changes are attributed to growth and young adulting, but they can be terrifying to embark on. I discuss what these feelings are like and their coping methods. I hope you find this episode relatable as it exposes the reality of a young adult mind just trying to figure out things that aren't necessarily obvious and would never be guessed from my social media. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/support

Jugad shares his story of dropping out of Harvard after one year as an international student from Norway. Sharing his journey of discovering that Harvard wasn't the right fit for him and the mental implications and mindset he developed to redefine his priorities, led him to play soccer for the NAIA at a private school in Orange County and continue pursuing his bachelor's in computer science. We talk about South Asian roots, what it is like being a campus celebrity, and the experiences of international students. Learning some Norwegian pickup lines and a brutal, comedic first experience Jugad had coming to the States; this episode is packed with opportunities to learn from what others may think of as "failures" and plenty of funny moments while we recorded in our friends' makeshift frat house. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/support

Sharing all my diet diaries and reflections on how certain foods make me feel, especially with productivity in the gym and studying. If you're on the journey of eating healthier and navigating all the food trends and misconceptions, this episode is for you. Mainly discussing bloating, late-night eating, and sugar intake. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/support

For all my college students this one is for you, especially the semester kids, and as a prep for the quarter system students. I'm sharing the evolution of my stress around taking exams and how I organize and prepare myself for studying. Also, just a check-in for this time of year with the school year ending and transitioning into summer, giving advice to avoid summertime sadness. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/support

I wanted to dive into that despite consistent efforts towards your self-improvement and well-being every day, it is completely normal to experience moments of feeling down while staying focused. I believe it's important to justify logically these moments and acknowledge that it does not take away from the progress that you're making. Instead, I'm learning to allow myself to "ride out" those feelings rather than self-blame and suppression. Also a very late Eid Mubarak and life update. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

This week I'm diving into all the stresses and anxious thoughts I've been having about the next couple of years with graduating from college, getting a full-time job, and planning for future relationships and how they all impact each other. These thoughts have been weighing heavily on my mind as I prepare for the future, keeping in mind the competitive job market and dating being so complicated these days. I wanted to put this out as less informative, but relatable because I feel like it's talked about, but not to the extent to make me 100% confident and secure about the next steps in my life as a young adult. My biggest wish is that by listening you feel comforted and not alone in thinking about these things. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Returning TMT, my sister!! We talk about our childhood and how our relationship has evolved from despising each other to now being each other's #1 best friend. If you have experienced sibling rivalry or working on healing your bond, you will relate to this episode. We openly discuss our relationship while living apart, highlighting the most significant red flags in each other's friendships, aspects that evoke envy, the most valuable advice exchanged between us, the ideal qualities in a partner for ourselves, and our perceptions of our male personas. We were a little delirious recording so ENJOY. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Sustaining long-term happiness is an investment as to build that reward you have to work on it early and face the challenges and setbacks you may be putting on yourself that you might not even realize. This episode, and personal therapy session, touch on some of the aspects and ideas I've been having recently that I feel contribute to building my long-term happiness. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

RAMADAN MUBARAK!! This week is all about the chaos that ensued for me the last couple of months and not having the mental stability and prep work to understand and process it. Transitioning to Ramadan I share how this religious month for Muslims is all about self-reflection so it came at such a perfect time to shift my focus from distractions and zone in on what's important. To all those fasting, Inshallah I hope Ramadan goes smoothly for you and you eat goooood at Iftar :) ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Welcome back to another episode of the podcast!! I wanted to take a moment to appreciate how much the gym has changed and benefited me starting with the insecurities I felt when I was just a kid feeling like I was gonna pass out from biking or comments from desi aunties making me rethink my body image to consistency now going everyday as a young adult. Hopefully, I inspire you all as I've crossed to the dark side of the lives of annoying gym rats chugging protein shakes. ENJOYY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

I am sharing all I aspire to do and be this new year and hopefully more by the time I reflect on this episode at the end of the 2024 year—everything from skincare to career to finances and finally my relationship goals. Comment below what yours are!! Hope you enjoy this episode and get an opportunity to self-reflect on your growth and what you want to improve!! ENJOY

A kiss goodbye to 2023 and welcome 2024!!! I'm sharing my month-to-month growth and changes with myself, my friends, and my relationships as well as overall reflections for the year. Happy New Year's Eve!! Love you all and see you in the new year!!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

This is a mental health episode diving into my most vulnerable thoughts and learning how to effectively prioritize certain aspects of life when stress begins to creep in. I share what journaling means to me, a recent entry, and some journal prompts to inspire you, I hope you enjoy this episode and are encouraged to journal too! :))

Happy Thanksgiving!!! This episode is about making friends and how similar it is to dating someone new. It is hard to meet somebody and put yourself out there, but I truly believe there is so much value in making new, deep connections because we learn so much about ourselves and gain a new perspective. I touch on my approach to meeting new people and then two recent friendships I've had: one that I jumped into WAY too quickly and had to drop after two months and the other that is meaningful and the start of a true friendship. I hope you enjoy and I am so grateful for all of you tuning in

please please please put this episode on at least 3x speed for how slow I talk (insert crying emoji). Caught in a moment of lonely insecure mush on a friday night, I record my feelings of what that feels like and just validate those feelings reminding myself that it's okay. I hope you can relate

Diving into my whole experience with midterms at a #1 public university compared to transferring from comunnity college. I describe the whole process of mentally preparing myself to do so, with the additional pressure from my parents as well of course to perform well. Sharing my tips I hope you find this epsiode relatable and my heart goes out to you all during the process. Love you pookies

WELCOME BACK TO TOO MANY THOUGHTS WITH MISHAL DURAE !!!!! This episode is just an all-inclusive reflection of the last three months of my not recording: getting off the waitlist for uc berkeley, moving out of my family's home, living with roommates alone for the first time, new college experiences, and experiencing #1 public university education. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Sanjana Solanki founder & creative director of Solucky, a South Asian-owned, Bay Area-based creative brand, and magazine. With hundreds of subscribers, Solucky features themes, trends & collaborations: produced by an expanding team curating & planning up current content while maintaining efficiency. In addition to running this & coming brand, with all of its accomplishments to date, Sanjana is concurrently in a 3rd year at San Jose State University perusing her degree in Business Administration with a concentration on management and possibly exploring comp sci. Her interests outside of her passion project and education range from traveling with friends up and down California and thrifting as she is passionate about ethical consumption. In addition, she is pursuing Google certificates in project management and principal learning of Python. We are diving into what it's like starting a business, managing a team & bringing creative visions and aesthetics into production through wardrobes, sets, and photoshoots to ultimately produce magazine issues for the hundreds of cult followers the Solucky brand has inspired. We discuss the hurdles that Sanjana has faced leading this entire enterprise as well as where the future of the brand leads. Is it possible to acknowledge her growth from building the brand, leaving it in the past, and moving on to more extraordinary things? ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

This week we are diving into what the experience is like transferring from a California community college into the UC system. Getting into a good university right now is one of the most stressful processes for students. It has never been so competitive and many are opting for the community college route to complete GEs & prerequisites for their major, which would typically be done the first two years of undergrad, and then transferring to a 4 four-year institution. It's less competitive and gives students more time to establish themselves, but it has its own challenges of navigating the system on your own. We are discussing: TAG (transfer admission guarantee), imposter syndrome, competition & comparison, life at UC Berkeley, social life, maturity & biology majors. Miranda is a 4th year molecular & cellular biology major at UC Berkeley. She transferred from Citrus Community College after completing three years of general education courses and major preparation prerequisite courses. Outside of lab & lectures, she enjoys going to the beach, art & crafts, and being out in the sun. Share with your family & friends who are in college, high school & the UC system. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

I am just so happy & content at this moment in my life excited for the next chapter. Tune in to hear the whole story & celebrate with me :)) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

IF YOU ARE IN YOUR 20s LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE. This heart-to-heart recorded at 4 AM in the morning dives into the discussion of planning your future around your passion versus what society deems conventional and most profitable. It is a risky, scary, and incredibly huge life decision that we have the ability to start taking large strides towards in our 20s. This is something I personally have been struggling with and wanted to open the conversation with you all, taking inspiration from Matthew McConaughey, as noted in the episode. And when I mention personal struggle I mean full, hysterically crying breakdowns driving in the middle of the night just to escape for a second and process. I hope this episode resonates with you and message me your thoughts! Also, Ramadan Mubarak/Happy Ramadan!! ENJOYY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Today I welcome a guest to the podcast whom I have had an interesting relationship with over the past six years or so, but still consider a close friend as we have been together for many crazy friendships, relationships, and high school drama. Introducing Chi Wei Chen who is currently studying accounting at community college and preparing to transfer to a four-year institution. In his free time, he enjoys gaming, working out, hanging out with his friends, and being my end-all-last resort help hotline for the embarrassing relationship choices I make. Chi Wei was known throughout high school, and to this day, to be an incredibly social and outgoing person. Everybody knew him and he knew everybody, but being in his closer friend group I sort of knew that he had some pretty personal home-life struggles. In high school, it was natural to not be as open about those things and just keep them private, but I was curious to know more respectfully, and over the years I truly have seen him grow into a more independent individual day-by-day despite his circumstances and pity that people gave him along his journey. Facing a challenging home life in Taiwan from a young age when his parents weren't necessarily always around, his mother would leave him under the care of close friends or grandparents when she traveled for months to years at a time to Japan for work. At various times he was neglected or in a room with smoking gamblers, but enjoyed the presence of his grandfather who spent time in the Navy and described as stoic, but warm-hearted. Transitioning to moving to America, Chi Wei thrived socially by making it around my friend group, a joke of course. He got into a pretty serious relationship, but there were still some family issues that persisted during this time where he was homeless and later on was offered to live with his girlfriend's family. His ex-girlfriend's mom adopted him in a way, seeing him as a son, helping with education, work & housing. Embracing his Asian culture, he strives to give back to her as he completes his transfer credits and forms his long-term goals. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Recently went through a breakup? Yes... Okay great because I did too. This week I am sharing some of my favorite ways to romanticize your life to feel like you're in a scene of The Notebook or Dirty Dancing, you know, the feeling of that perfect scene of running into their arms in the rain. If you are stable and didn't recently have all your emotions spilling out of you then you too can indulge in these tactics of self-love to make your life that much more special and meaningful. Enjoy!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Welcoming my best friend, lesbian lover's boyfriend Chris Leone!! Chris dives into his growth and journey from being a 13-year-old who was only motivated to play video games, going through a depressive period that saw the lowest points in his mental health, physical health, and academics, transitioning to the realization that he could improve his habits to now where he's mentally disciplined, preparing for a career in healthcare at UCSD, built 50 pounds of muscle over the course of 7 years, in a committed relationship with the love of his life and continuing to maintain & improve his routine and mindset as he's not done yet to achieve his long term goals in every aspect of his life. He is a huge inspiration to me in what focus and dedication could look like, not just motivation that burns out as soon as you have one rough day. We're diving into discipline, falling in love with the process, establishing permanent goals, sociability as an introvert, maintaining strong mental health and self-love. Start rewarding yourself when it comes to uncertainty and that will give you a little motivation, and then when you do experience that instant gratification in going to the gym or waking up earlier, the discipline will come and it will become your new comfort zone. Obviously, I had to ask about his relationship and how it impacts all of this as well as a guy's perspective on dating. FOR THE MEN LISTENING: advice on self-love first, nurturing your relationship, AND INTRODUCING FUN, ADVENTURE & GROWTH for both of you to enjoy to foster love and happiness for the long term. Tieing back to how maintaining & nurturing your routine is THE SAME concept as working on your relationship. ENJOY OUR FIRST VIDEO PODCAST ON YOUTUBE AND SHARE IT WITH THE MEN IN YOUR LIFE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTjTMsuwSyg&t=1003s --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Tune in to hear about my current 7 favorite daily habits that I implement in my routine to be most prepared, motivated, and productive. Learn the skills I have worked on building to form a positive mindset when it comes to the most difficult parts of your day and avoid procrastination. We are working on self-love, our academic goals, and strong mental health. Share with your friends who need some self help lol. ENJOY --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

Join five of my friends & me in San Diego diving into toxic rich daddy's money boys who expect us girls to completely give all of our time, energy, and self-worth to console their insecurities. We're sharing the most atrocious red flags experienced and our opinions. The "I am in your city" text and think that we will drop everything to see their highness. Wrapping up with what guys should be doing to actually hold a girl down and treat her right. DISCLAIMER: I want to preface that this is a rated-R episode with explicit content. There will be discussion about sex. In addition, the stories told have been amplified for comedic effect. Thank you and enjoy. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mishal-durae/message

yes, this podcast is still active... WELCOME BACKKKKKKKKKKKK. Let me take you on a date to debrief our standards and what type of relationship we want based on the criticism and pressure from ourselves, family, friends, and anyone else who wants to give their opinion. Obviously, we can't leave out what dating should look like from the drastically opposing viewpoints of traditional Pakistani Muslim ideals and the American hookup culture. Enjoy

Welcome to Too Many Thoughts with Mishal Durae (a needed reintroduction because I haven't recorded in soooo long). After some quick updates and stats about the podcast from Spotify's Wrapped, we dive into a Q&A to get to know me and a check-in. Let me know what you want for future topics on the podcast & thank you for tuning in with your support after many weeks of being MIA. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support

Entering my era of overbooking myself with a crazy schedule, but loving the satisfaction of saying that I do have a life. Tune in to hear all the updates of starting my second year of college, working towards my major, a new job, finally involved in campus life, and creating a separation between school and home life mentally to be the happiest I've ever been. IM BACKKKKKKK

Epiphanies are basically come-to-Jesus moments where you contemplate your entire existence and why you do the things you do, but instead of having them every couple of months or so (which I'm guessing is normal), I used to have them multiple times a day commemorating each and every insignificant and dull moment. This summer I finally decided to not overthink everything and take some time for myself to just zen out. There are two reasons that created this new era: PERSPECTIVE and relating my high school mindset to my friend who is ready to be married with three children; even though we're the same age. Also, preparing mentally for my second year of college to transfer and hear about the guilt of traveling so much lately and by myself for the first time. P.S. this episode includes spoilers of future guests (insert dirty mind-smirking emoji). LOVE YOU ENJOY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support

She's back for another one and this time coupled up in a long term relationship. Go listen to her first appearance on the podcast: feminism (ft. Hannah Schellenberg). I matched on hinge with the guy performing in the opening show of the concert I went to, realized while in the crowd, and then I couldn't find him on the app so I found his LinkedIn. In the episode we confirm that LinkedIn is the new incoming dating app; inspiration curtesy of Indian Matchmaking on Netflix. Hear our opposing views on dating apps, friends first relationships, & choosing the younger or older brother complex to date. Of course lots of arguing if you're into that… ENJOY

There's a lot to unpack here: South Asian obedience, idgaf mentality, utterly emotionless and being raised on the expectation that I should put everyone above myself? Many contemplations and epiphanies I've had in the last year about who I am as a person and how I go about life are explained in this episode. Enjoy??!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support

A crossed woman at a gas station said that no matter what I may be going through everything will be okay. That really helps when I'm frantically searching for diet sprite at random stores for my aunts & uncles who want me to marry quick and have babies. This week we are diving into South Asian gender stereotypes and disassociation giving your all as a host. It's a controversial one so TUNE IN. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support

I didn't want to celebrate my birthday this year. This past week was my birthday. Let's talk about birthdays as a child, tween, teen, and now as an adult. Hear the run down about how my day went and my best friends kidnappping me.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support

This week we are back in the car discussing death, saying goodbye before death, Alzheimer's, spirits, God, and honoring a legacy. Also, processing death as someone who is unemotional and what that means for me and what I'm feeling. I would appreciate your respect while listening for the person and this was a hard episode emotionally to get through. Thank you and enjoy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support

I disappeared for a month, find out why... I lost sight of life after changing my major and another failed talking stage. If you are lost in life, especially in college... TUNE IN. I finally figured things out and you can too. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!! This week we have a guest: THE GRINDR HOE & EXPERT. Hear his coming out story & having the difficult family conversations that come with it. We dive into all the details about expressing himself and what it felt like when he couldn't find his scene in high school with the theatre kids & blue-haired girls. Now, in college having run-ins with homophobes and being in what people around campus call the "gay frat". Grindr is the closest thing to a gay version of Tinder and our guest used the app to understand their sexuality through numerous 2:30 am hookups with drug addicts, middle-aged men, and threesomes. Pride month is about being proud and being a part of your community so tune in to hear the advice our guest gives to those coming out & anyone who struggles to find their crowd. Enjoy as always and so much love for our guest!!

Fucking in cars & exposing the horror stories of my part-time job in a grocery store, with a view of the beach. That's the summary of this episode. This is part 2 of my first episode released that has top listens, re-listens, & reviews (my first real part-time job). Go listen to that episode before this one to truly experience the stark contrast between the first shift and the lasting effects of working this kind of job. Preview: reading texts between me and a creep sugar daddy I worked with, girls getting groped in exchange for free food from the store, a man trying to marry me, and being called the worst employee someone ever had: oops I win I guess... You'll have to click play to hear about the car hookups... And a special thank you to everyone that shared their stories!! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/mishal-durae/support