Quarina Sultana 3/11/22 Quarina Sultana 3/11/22

#BreakTheBias - Should All Women Want Children?

Well first and foremost let me start by saying: Happy International Women’s Day!

This year’s theme is: Break the Bias and it asks us to Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. A world where difference is valued and celebrated. Isn’t that beautiful? So in the spirit of breaking the bias, and in a way celebrating a women’s success, we discuss whether all women should want children and explore the option of those that may not.

Quarina Sultana 2/21/22 Quarina Sultana 2/21/22

Therapy & Breaking the Trauma Cycle

I sit down with Dr Samina Rai to discuss therapy in south asian culture, breaking the trauma cycle and generational trauma. We discuss therapy in south asian desi cultures, whether seeking therapy is taboo, relationships and attachments, how patterns in our childhood keep us stuck, and how we tap into ourselves for self healing capacity as well as the difference between therapy and coaching. Samina discusses how patterns can be changed and are not stuck with you.

Quarina Sultana 1/6/22 Quarina Sultana 1/6/22

Big Boys Don’t Cry

“Traditionally, men were seen as being weak or unmanly in some way if they expressed themselves through crying,” So linking this back, When I see my male friends, colleagues, and family members suppressing their feelings, hiding tears and shutting off their emotions for the fear of being called “girly” I realize how flawed our cultural upbringing has been.

Quarina Sultana 12/10/21 Quarina Sultana 12/10/21

Halal Investments

Historically, the focus of halal and haram has been most prominent when it comes to food, but the concept of halal and haram must also be applied to all things beyond food including lifestyle, finances, investments, and business. And as the Muslim population globally continues to grow, so too does the appetite for investing, trading. So naturally, it leads to conversations about ‘halal investments’ or rather Sharia compliant investments and a whole genre of Islamic finances.

Quarina Sultana 10/15/21 Quarina Sultana 10/15/21

30 Life lessons before my 30s

This weeks podcast is a bit different. I know you’re usually used to a conversation between me and someone else or even a group of people, chatting about something or another, but you know me, I like to spice things up. So this week, I thought I’d take a break from the usual routine of that to bring you content that’s a little different. I present to you, my 30 lessons I have learnt from my 30 years of being alive.

Quarina Sultana 8/20/21 Quarina Sultana 8/20/21

How to not ‘lose’ yourself in a relationship

Quarina Sultana 7/8/21 Quarina Sultana 7/8/21

Being Brown & Queer

Resources for Queer Brown and their friends & family.

Quarina Sultana 4/2/21 Quarina Sultana 4/2/21

#NotAllMenButAllWomen

Earlier this month the abduction and murder of Sarah Everad in London, caused an increase in conversations of male violence towards women. I sit down with some women to discuss how safe we feel, our experiences as modern London women, male behaviours that make us women feel uncomfortable and so much more.

Quarina Sultana 3/27/21 Quarina Sultana 3/27/21

The Importance of Networking

I sit down with Shamem Ahmed, Organiser of Bengali Professional (London) and Muslim Professional (London) to discuss why networking is so important, his tips and tricks and the philosophy behind both groups.

Quarina Sultana 3/15/21 Quarina Sultana 3/15/21

The Monetising of Mindfulness

In this episode we discuss the monetising of mindfulness.

Quarina Sultana 3/15/21 Quarina Sultana 3/15/21

Everybody has a podcast

Have we reached podcast peak? Why does everyone you know starting a podcast? What podcasts are we listening to, and what makes a good podcast? This week we discuss all of the above and also our thoughts on this new phenomena of everyone starting a podcast.

Quarina Sultana 2/25/21 Quarina Sultana 2/25/21

Are Influencers actually good influences?

In this episode we discuss the monetising of mindfulness.

Quarina Sultana 2/13/21 Quarina Sultana 2/13/21

Kids Explain: Love

This Valentine’s Day I sit down with 5 kids (Musa, Aamir, Alisha, Mujtaba and Rida) to hear what they think love is, how to identify love, how you decide who to marry and finally how you know someone loves you.

Quarina Sultana 2/5/21 Quarina Sultana 2/5/21

Brown girls in STEM

The United Nations General Assembly declared 11 February as the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and what better way to celebrate than talk with two wonderful ladies who are working in the science field themselves.

Quarina Sultana 1/27/21 Quarina Sultana 1/27/21

Beauty is in the eye of the…magazine

This week we discuss what is considered ‘beautiful’ in eye of the industry, prejudices faced when modelling (and body shaming), Beauty in western world vs beauty in Bollywood and how Sandy is determined to change all of this!

Quarina Sultana 1/21/21 Quarina Sultana 1/21/21

Building Better Brown leaders

Pro Vice Chancellor of University of Surrey, Prof. Osama Khan joins me this week to discuss what defines a leader, the importance of mentorship and how we can empower today’s youth to become better leaders.

Quarina Sultana 1/19/21 Quarina Sultana 1/19/21

Does prejudice exist in the Workplace?

I'm joined by Miriam and Nasser to discuss whether prejudice exists in the modern day workplace

Quarina Sultana 1/8/21 Quarina Sultana 1/8/21

So…where are you from?

Saloni & Maliha share their experiences, wisdom and thoughts of navigating this complex concept of identity when you've resided in multiple countries.

Quarina Sultana 1/1/21 Quarina Sultana 1/1/21

The Year no-one had 2020 vision

In the year we experienced major wild bushfires, almost had World war 3, both Megxit and Brexit, locust swarms in Africa, some of us stockpiled toilet paper (why? Don’t you people own a Lota?) and most bizarrely, Kanye West not only ran for President but was backed by Elon Musk & Chance the Rapper, we ask a simple question: What the hell was that?