Life experiences and growth. Conditional love and family expectations. South-Asian culture and American/Candian/Western upbringing and influences. Choosing your own path and facing hardships, broken relationships, and gaining a deeper understanding of self-worth in the process. We talk about all of the above and a lot more in introducing one of our newest LKK Log, the beautiful and strong, Natasha Khawja-McGowan (@purposeandchai), ❤️ a Pakistani-American/Canadian actress, blogger, and all-around positive influence promoting a love for life we are so inspired by. ❤️

Tune in this week to hear Natasha talk about her take on life, the difficulties she faced, and the beauty in finding the strength to keep going regardless of what’s thrown her way. Our favorite piece of wisdom Natasha shared with us? Feel the fear and do it anyway. ✨

Trigger warning: This episode contains material about sexual abuse and violence. We acknowledge that this content may be difficult for some listeners and encourage care for your safety and well-being. For resources, please see the end of this post.

About a week ago, we came across @desi_brotherhood’s post about young boys experiencing sexual abuse. To say the presented statistics were shocking and eye-opening is an understatement. Abuse, sex, rape - are all taboo topics (even words) in South Asian culture. They are closer to home than we think and mostly used in the context of women or girls experiencing them - putting a blindfold on us as a society because boys/men are equally at risk and experiencing abuse too. Often unreported and unacknowledged abuse. To add to the seriousness of the situation, these conversations are hard to have; adults often get uncomfortable when it comes to educating their kids about these delicate yet severely important realities of our world. Join us this week as we have a one-of-a-kind, frank conversation with Ram (@desi_brotherhood) about the skewed perception of sex and abuse in our culture and the importance of a proper education around it as a society.

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The Survivor’s Trust (U.K) - 08088.010818 (Free. Confidential)Rainn.org (U.S) - National Sexual Assault Hotline | 800.656.HOPE (Free. Confidential. 24/7)

Yes - this is us dreaming of sitting across the table and sharing in-person convo over coffee or hot chocolate with our friends again. :) We are so excited to be kicking off 2021 with a dear friend, Pree ❤️ (the wonderful @secondgendesi) - talking about her adventures in Italy, 🇮🇹the realities of learning new languages and culture 🌎, ambitious goals like PhDs, and the balancing act of taking care of oneself 📚- and how tired we are of ‘new-year resolutions’ that are never meant to stick. ❌ Join us as we catch up with Pree over Zoom (for now🤞) about transitioning into a new year and how any new promises or resolutions with this turn around the Sun should only be to ourselves - mind, body, and soul. ❤️🧘🏽

Meet Arushi (@arushilohiya) - a truly inspiring, wondrous spirit who shares her journey of being brave through the pain and working hard every day, using her energy towards making what others might have (mistakenly) seen as her weakness into fuel for positivity and spreading awareness about what it means to truly fight a chronic illness. She is the definition of not worrying about ‘log kya kahenge’. ❤️

Joining us this week is Tina Aswani Omprakash, founder of @ownyourcrohns and blogger, patient thought leader, super advocate and South Asian health activist for chronic illnesses from our community! ❤️ ! ✨ Come along with us as we talk about experiences living with chronic illnesses in the South Asian community, accepting yourself first and the importance of choosing individual health and life before the unfair (and often unrealistic) expectations of the world of what “normal” is.

✨💥We are kicking off Creativity Month at LKK with an episode about our earliest memories of creating things. Along the ride are Kinza, Minahil, and Shayan - join us as we talk through what led to our journeys into being filmmakers, creative directors, and interaction designers. From the earliest creative software like Windows Movie Maker, CorelDraw, and Microsoft Paint to discussing how important creative careers are for a society’s growth, in the first episode of Creativity Month, we are talking about what being a creative means to us all.💥✨

What’s better than catching up with a friend after a whole decade? When that friend has had some amazing experiences, learnings, and lessons to share with you just like your own! Meet Shayan Ali, the Lahori-Londoner, film-maker, and fellow creative. 🙌🏽 Join us in listening to our session with him as we talk about moving to Pakistan and back to London, crazy teachers, nose rings, culture shocks (yes-plural!), and our shared path of making it in creative fields as South Asians. Welcome to the LKK family, Shayan! ❤️

Imagine telling your parents in 9th grade that you don’t want to go to school anymore and then you actually don’t go for the next two years. This one is long overdue but our next episode is a conversation with one of our bravest Log (people) who is an inspiration to say the least. When @aimen_malhi was talking to us about our first episode together, we had planned to talk about bullying in schools but when we sat down to chat, just the first ten minutes of listening to her story had us in awe. From telling her parents as a teenager that she does not want to continue school to embarking on a journey to self discovery all in the societal constraints of the culture around her. Join us in this episode, “Full Circle” in learning from a person who is single handedly spreading awareness about mental health and what it means to really not care about log kya kahenge 🌟

🌟 Presenting our first ever collab episode : Brown Voices 🌟

This week’s episode is super special with 3 amazing people who join us as “Our Log” on LKK and share their experiences, thoughts, voices and love!

From stories about growing up, breaking the rules/norms, trying to fit in and then deciding it wasn’t for us to changing roles within family and exploring our cultures — this is a chat amongst five South Asians who got together because of one shared message. Join us as we learn more about each other and stay tuned for our collaborative journey and growing friendship ⭐️❤️🥳

P.S. stay till the end to hear a behind the scenes collaborative surprise 👀

The word ‘addiction’ holds very obvious connotations for many of us, but in Episode 13, we talk about the not-so-obvious addictions which our culture has a hard time understanding. Food addiction is a real thing but is passed off as “he/she eats too much”. Gossip is passed off as casual conversation but is detrimental to mental health when left unchecked.

In this episode, ‘The “other” Addictions’, as we talk about the addictions South Asian people have a harder time acknowledging but are as dangerous as the obvious ones.

3 days of shaadi (wedding) + 679 mehmaan (guests) + 27 kinds of food and dance sequences + 1095 judgy aunties = lots of shaadi shenanigans.😜🔆Tune into this week’s episode - Shaadi Shenanigans - to hear all about one-of-a-kind weddings only found in our part of the world 🥳💥💋⁣

Colors represent not only skin tone anymore - they are used as an identity for many diverse communities which makes humanity whole. ✨In this week’s episode, Colors of the World, we are talking about the different humans who make this world colorful and celebrating their differences as strengths which make them unique.

In tonight’s episode, we are taking a break from our scheduled topics to speak about what’s happening in our world - the outbursts, injustice and our role as the South-Asian community in America. Join us as we talk about the importance of highlighting the struggle of our fellow brothers and sisters today - And how staying silent is not an option anymore.

From the outfits and henna to traditions old and new, join us as we talk about the Eid drama in full effect as we celebrate the year's most loved occasion! We are here to make your Eid a little more colorful and sweet during this year's mid-pandemic Eid. From our families to yours, Eid Mubarik! :)

It’s pandemic times and it has officially been a crazy amount of weeks since we have seen each other (and aunties 🙄) in person. Catch us talking about calendars filled with zoom calls, crazy things we saw on social media (looking at you, Elon Musk) and the amazing things our health care workers are doing in these times.

Join us as we talk about the new reality we are all living in alongside a pandemic as it turns our lives upside down. From social distancing to who’s got the most toilet paper, this episode is all about our experiences as humans who navigate these unprecedented times together.

An entire episode dedicated to emotions, expression, healthy outlets and regulation strategies. We talk about how important it is to bring awareness to how we are feeling and how important it is to realize it is an integral part of who we are. When we are by ourselves we are true selves and there is a lot of reflection that can take place in those moments.