Auntie Please
We were raised by aunties. Now, we're becoming them. Decoding South East Asian cutlture, midlife & "log kya kahenge."
Episodes
10 episodes
The Masks Men Wear
In this episode, Zainab and Saema are joined by Naila Qureshi to ask what South Asian men are carrying that no one lets them put down. The conversation moves from how boys are raised — rough play, "man up," no room for mistakes, the doctor-or-e...
Midlife - The Label No One Asked For
Nobody hands you a card that says you've arrived in midlife — it just starts showing up in how people talk to you and what you're expected to have figured out by now. In this episode of Auntie Please, Zainab and Saema take apart the word itself...
The Perfectionism That Is Not About Excellence
Why do we clean the house before the cleaning service arrives? What starts as a joke turns into a real conversation about where perfectionism actually comes from. Coach and educator Naila joins Zee and Saema to unpack the difference between fea...
Permission to Rest
Rest isn't earned — but no one told us that. In this episode, Dr. Saema Tahir brings her sleep medicine expertise to a truth so many women resist: rest is not a reward for getting everything done. It's a biological need — and for women raised t...
Is Your Heart Healthy?
Heart disease is the number one killer of women worldwide. South Asian women are at higher risk than almost any other group — and most of us have no idea.Dr. Ambreen Mohamed joins us this episode to talk about what's actually happening i...
The Anxious People Pleaser That Lost Herself
She was the good one. The helpful one. The one who never caused problems. Sound familiar?Executive & Relationship Coach Naila Qureshi from MindBodySpiritss joins us on this episode to break down something we don't talk about enough —...
Saema's Story: Can you be Pakistani and American?
Can you be 100% Pakistani and 100% American at the same time? Saema certainly thinks so, but Zainab isn’t letting her off that easily. In this episode, the aunties dive into what it means to grow up between cultures, navigate competing expectat...
Zainab’s Story: She'd Been Deaf Her Whole Life. Finding Out Set Her Free.
In South Asian families, disability is often the thing no one names. Zainab lived that reality — moving through her early years deaf, undiagnosed, and surrounded by a culture that mistook her silence for something else entirely. This is the sto...
What does a Perfect Pakistani Woman Look Like?
What does it mean to be enough exactly as you are — in a culture that has spent decades telling you otherwise?In this episode, Zainab and Saema get into two of the most personal and least talked-about pressures facing South Asian women: ...