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Life & LattesA very mindful, very demure bucketlistGrab your latte & tune into today's episode where the gals catch up on their.. interesting weekends.. and the very mindful, very demure bucketlist items they want to cross off in the next few years! 2024-11-1340 minLife & LattesNew City, New Job: Moving to NYC (After Some Rejections)Grab your latte & tune in to today's yap session! Kavya gets to deep dive on why and how she moved to NYC, how she found her new job, tips on job hunting and most importantly -- overcoming rejections during the process. 2024-10-2350 minLife & Latteswednesday run clubWelcome back, besties! In this episode, we dive into all things running—how to get started, what to do when the going gets tough, and everything in between. Exercise is a fantastic outlet for our physical, mental, and emotional well-being, and we hope you find the motivation to get out there and move today!2024-10-0950 minLife & Lattesdisconnect to reconnectSometimes, social media can feel like a double-edged sword. On some days, it opens the door to the joyful moments in others' lives, while on other days, it can leave us feeling less than great as we compare ourselves to what we see. In this episode, we explore our evolving relationship with social media, sharing the benefits we've experienced from disconnecting and our hopes for the future. Join us as we reflect on how stepping back has changed our perspectives and how we plan to navigate our digital lives moving forward.2024-09-2554 minLife & Latteschaos of solo traveling (and the eras tour!)The girls catch up on their latte of the week and Kavya's chaotic solo Europe trip. This episode recaps Kavya's mission to see Taylor Swift, how to turn a trip around when it seems like things are all... spiralling out of control...and how to set yourself up for success when traveling solo.2024-09-1845 minLife & Lattesall things moving pt. 2In this episode, we take a deeper dive into Juhi's Portland move. From enjoying PNW weather to Portland restaurants, this episode talks about all the exciting but challenging experiences a new move can bring. Grab your drink of choice and join us! 2024-08-2843 minLife & Lattesguilty pleasuresSometimes you just have to sit back, watch the Bachelor, order mapo tofu on Uber Eats, and live your best life. In this episode, we dive into the world of guilty pleasures—those indulgent activities or favorites we love but sometimes feel a bit embarrassed about (or not). Join us as we chat about the things that first come to mind when we think about our guilty pleasures! 2024-08-2131 minLife & Latteswe're back baby (last time we promise)We're back! After a short (haha) break, we've created a podcast that will resonate with every phase of life. And what better way to do that than by featuring our favorite café drinks? In this episode, we’re sharing some exciting updates—moving, what we're up to now, and everything in between!2024-08-1441 minLife & Lattesall things movingIn this episode, we dive into our moves—both past and future! We chat about Kavya's move to NYC and Juhi's upcoming move to the PNW, exploring all the emotions and challenges involved in making these transitions. We hope you enjoy the journey with us!2024-08-1451 minLife & Lattestherapy thoughts | growing up and growing apartWelcome back to another episode in our series, therapy thoughts! Today, we talk about growing apart - from past friendships, ideas and experiences, as a result of growing up and evolving to become the best version of yourself. Sometimes, it's hard to walk away from certain things and even more so realize that they may not be adding to your life but in this episode, we talk about some signs you can look for through our own past experiences. We hope you enjoy this one and hope everyone is doing well :) 2023-06-0546 minLife & Lattesthings we're too old forWe're baaack! 2023 is the year we both turn 25 - that means quarter life crisis but also time to reflect on all the things we're definitely too old for and will need to drop ASAP.2023-05-0742 minLife & Lattesthe evolution of sisterhoodAfter a hiatus (Juhi's fault, sorry friends), we're back with another episode! This one is near and dear to my heart because we're featuring a special guest - my younger sister, Krisha. We're 8 years apart and our relationship has changed in many ways over the years. We thought it would be fun to unpack memories from the beginning of our relationship to what our relationship is now, and the factors/environment that allowed for certain changes to happen. Having a sibling who can be your best friend, confidant, roaster, and support system all in one has been a blessing...2023-04-0230 min
Life & Lattestherapy thoughts | how we deal with funksWelcome to our first series, therapy thoughts! In this series, we talk about mental health - our own struggles, how we've learned to cope, reducing the stigma, focusing on our wellbeing and much more. To kickstart this series, we wanted to chat about how we have dealt with our "funks" in the past. From having a self-care day to talking to someone about how you're feeling to just letting all the emotions soak, there isn't ever one 'correct' way but rather multiple ways that are most correct for you. And today, we talk about some of the things that...2023-01-2244 minLife & Lattesour 2022 erasGoodbye 2022 and hello 2023! The end of one year and the start of another always brings about reflection, in the best way possible. It gives us a chance to think about the highs, lows, what worked and didn't work, what we'll keep and what we won't keep, and so much more. This episode highlights our "eras", parts of the year that were characterized by ideas, feelings, people, locations, ambitions - essentially anything you felt like you spent a majority of your time on. These eras bring about a sense of nostalgia but also a chance to choose what we would...2023-01-0843 min
Life & Lattesthe truth about becoming a modelToday we're joined by the lovely @lifewithimran (Imran Rai) who shares her journey on becoming an international south asian model, owning her work, dealing with ED/body and ditching the law school dream (for now) to be a model full time. She hopes to use modelling as a way to empower other women (and especially women of colour) - and we're SO thrilled to have the aesthetics queen on the show. 2022-12-2552 min
Life & Lattes73 questions with juhiEver wanted to get to know the other half with the *therapeutic* voice? In today's episode, we pretend we're relevant and do a 73 questions with Juju! Don't worry, this is just the start of getting to know this icon. (P.S. Kavya wrote this bio. If you listen to this episode, you'll know that Juju's too sweet and humble).2022-12-1132 minLife & Lattes73 questions with kavyaIt's me, hey, i'm the problem it's me [kavya] - if you don't get this reference, we cannot be friends. In this week's episode, we go vogue style and Juhi asks me 73 random questions. How do I describe myself? What's my biggest fear? What are things I absolutely hate? Listen to this episode to find out!! 2022-12-1034 min
Life & Lattesthe holiday era: gift guide that wont break the bankWe're almost at December baby! In preparation for the holiday era (our favourite season), we chat about our holiday favourites and a meaningful gift guide that won't break the bank. 2022-11-2833 min
Life & Lattesthe ickHave you ever been on a date or hanging out with someone and suddenly they did something completely normal, but you got secondhand embarrassment anyways? That’s called the ick. And we dive right into ours today 😌2022-11-2035 min
Life & Lattesbig sis adviceYou ever look back at old snapchat memories or photos and think - "dang?? That was me x years ago??"
Same. Thankfully though, we've done a LOT of growing and learning in the last few years. On today's pod we think of all the advice we'd give our younger selves with regards to careers, relationships, friendships, school, mental health, etc.
Tune in to hear our big sis advice & things we wish we knew back in our sad girl eras.
2022-11-1335 min
Life & LattesThe (chaotic) IntroWho are we???
Welcome to the first episode of the pod! Here's a short intro into who are we, what our relationship is (spoiler: we're best friends) and what this podcast is going to be about. Hope you get a glimpse of our chaotic personalities and can't wait for you to join our podcast journey!2022-11-0627 min
Life & LattesS2E6 | Rejection or Redirection?More often than not, rejection is seen as a bad thing - something that took us down, forced us to deal with certain emotions, and made us place our value in the hands of someone or something else. But, can we use that rejection and turn it into redirection? Tune in to hear us talk about rejections in our professional and personal lives and how we’ve adapted to embrace the “rejection is redirection” mentality over the years.2022-02-0753 minLife & LattesS2E5 | We're Back BabyAfter a long, long break… we’re back! Catch up with the gals on how life has been lately. We talk about our trips, work, med school, thanksgiving - a basic recap of 2021 so far.2022-02-071h 02
Life & LattesS2E4 | The Little ThingsToo often in our lives, we choose to define ourselves by the “big things” that make us who we are. This includes what we studied, what we do for work, our extrovertedness/introvertedness, etc. In this episode, we choose to focus on the little things that we do often which make us who we are. Little things for the greater good, for greater connection with others, and for ourselves. We hope you enjoy this light hearted, fun conversation and think about the little things that make YOU who you are!2021-07-1344 minLife & LattesS2E3 | Is Hustle Culture Toxic?More often than not, we seem to live by hustle culture - putting in those extra hours, working relentlessly and sacrificing our personal lives to achieve professional goals. While on one hand this could lead to moving up the professional ladder, it can also lead to burnout, an unhealthy lifestyle, and the idea that we can only fulfill ourselves by grinding. During this episode, we try to figure out if hustle culture is actually toxic and how we can go about overcoming it, if so.2021-06-041h 02Life & LattesS2E2 | Why Are Routines Important?During times of uncertainty, one of the few things we have power and control over are our daily routines. In today’s episode, we dive into what our current routines are, why routines are important for us, the good habits we try to keep consistent and how you can make a routine stick. We talk about how our daily habits have benefited us personally this past year and summarize the findings from research...is it really what it is?2021-03-2143 minLife & LattesS2E1 | Can People Really Change?We're back for Season 2! And we've made some changes...oh, speaking of change; how realistic is it? Is it really possible to change who we are and our core values? Is "fake it until you make it" an effective strategy? If no one was around, would we make half the changes we do? Once a cheater...always a cheater? On today's episode, Juhi and Kavya dive into their thoughts on these big questions, their personal experiences with change over the last few years and how they've personally made changes in their life actually stick. To wrap it up, they take...2021-02-261h 14Life & LattesEpisode 12 | 2020 Wrapped2020 is FINALLY over. Almost. For some of us, this year brought many unforeseen challenges and hardships. But hopefully for all of us it also brought new joys, lessons and things to be thankful for. And a lot of reflection. This week we bring to you our 2020 year in review...but with a little spice! We ask each other questions that we don’t know the answers to, and learn about all the good and bad that 2020 brought us alongside the things we’re looking forward to in 2021. Happy listening, and happy new year!2020-12-301h 02Life & LattesEpisode 11 | Things I’ve Learned In My Post-Grad LifeIt's already been half a year since we graduated from college! And almost half a year since we began this new chapter of our adult lives - Juhi starting medical school and Kavya starting her first job. It feels like yesterday when we made an episode going over our anticipation for how our life would unfold during these months...and now we're here. This episode we're reflecting on how it's been and sharing with you guys the 8 things we both experienced during our first few months as early professionals! Is it really as glamorous as it's said to be? Did...2020-12-0449 minLife & LattesEpisode 10 | The City That Never SleepsImagine this: you're 22 years old. You just moved to the most iconic city in the world. You go to Columbia University. You hit the books during the day, but at night - a whole city filled with a plethora of cultures, rooftop bars, coffee shops (central perk anyone?), yellow cabs and loud honks, and art -- is waiting for you. This is pretty much the life of our wonderful guest today, Sudiksha! Join our conversation as we find out what life has really been like moving to NYC (during a pandemic?!), going to Columbia, starting a new chapter ALL ALONE...2020-11-1355 minLife & LattesEpisode 9 | Subtle Curry Girl TraitsToday we're joined by the lovely creators of @raindrops.prose, and we dive into what it was like growing up as a South Asian woman. We discuss things we may have missed out on growing up, racism, colourism, beauty standards and of course.. NOSY aunties who just don't know when to shut up. Join us as we laugh and reminisce about memories that highlight the good and the bad, and things that ultimately led us to embrace and appreciate our cultural identities. -----
What better way to host this episode than with two powerful brown girls? Anusha and Avani are...2020-10-0652 minLife & LattesEpisode 8 | I Rejected Amazon & Facebook To Work At A Start-upImagine several hours simping after recruiters, messaging dozens of people on LinkedIn, and working constantly to update your resume at the hopes of getting noticed by huge companies like Amazon and Facebook. And then you reject them. To work at a brand new start-up of around 10 people. Join us today with our guest, Ishan, who talks about his experience from only learning how to code in university to scoring internships at Wish, Bloomberg and then ultimately rejecting Amazon & Facebook to join a small start-up instead. We talk about his journey and experiences, as well as how he came to...2020-09-1700 minLife & LattesEpisode 7 | To All The People I've Loved BeforeWe aren’t Lara Jean but we’ve definitely ‘loved’ people before. Join us today as we read out some open letters to people we’ve loved before; from old friends who we’ve grown apart from to old relationships or the “what could have been?” people. Sometimes things don't turn out the way we want them to, but in the end, we learn hard truths we couldn't have learned any other way. Educate yourself & donate: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/)2020-09-0700 minLife & LattesEpisode 6 | What Are We Doing With Our Lives?A future doctor, data scientist and 2 developers sit down and talk about some real big questions: Grad school life or work life? What do I want to do career wise? How important is money, impact and reputation when it comes to choosing a field for me? Where do I see myself long-term? These are questions that we've probably all spent some late nights thinking about. Join us and our very first guests, Nick and Jordan, to hear about our thoughts, experiences and perspectives on all of these topics. Educate yourself & donate: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/)2020-08-2600 minLife & LattesEpisode 5 | TransitionsLife is all about transitions and growth, and that’s the entire topic today. As we both head into new chapters in our lives, we take some time to reflect on the past chapters and what changes they’ve brought. We talk about transitioning from high school to university, switching universities, what’s upcoming for our futures and the life-events that made us (finally) start prioritizing ourselves and our well-being. Educate yourself & donate: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/)2020-07-2900 minLife & LattesEpisode 4 | The Tales Of Growing Up In An Immigrant FamilySneaking out? Beatings? Lying about your whereabouts? DING DING DING you must be talking about a day in the life of growing up in a stereotypical immigrant household! Hear us talk about funny stories involving our brown parents, having difficult conversations with them and growing to understand them a bit more. Educate yourself & donate: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/)2020-07-2200 minLife & LattesEpisode 3 | College Stories, Frat Boys & NYC NightsOh… you want to get personal? What better way to get to know your two hosts than hearing us talk about our fondest memories and experiences throughout the last few years of college. Join us being reminiscent new grads and exposing ourselves (sorry mom and dad!) on everything from wholesome first week friends to frat boys to dancing on tables at the club. Want to learn how to make delicious cocktails? Check out Prarthna’s cocktail page on Instagram, @boozybevs. Educate yourself & donate: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ (https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/)2020-07-141h 15Life & LattesEpisode 2 | Our Journey Towards ConfidenceToday we discuss the big C word: Confidence. How the heck do some people walk around with unbreakable self-love? We haven’t exactly figured that out yet... but one thing we do know is that confidence is a journey, and it’s one that we’ve all been through/are going through. Self-love and self-respect go hand in hand when it comes to being the best version of yourself. We talk about our journeys and the things we’ve learned that have helped us along the way. Looking for some inspiration for your wardrobe? Check out Viviana’s fashion page on Instagr...2020-07-1458 minLife & LattesEpisode 1 | The Quarantine ExperienceThe COVID-19 pandemic has brought unexpected change and challenges into all of our lives, whether we were expecting it or not. Tune into this episode to hear how we’ve been trying to stay motivated during quarantine, establish a healthy routine and how quarantine has truly been a blessing in disguise. Want some unique jewellery?
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A Path ForwardEpisode 11: The Drop-offThis is our final episode.
But every ending is the beginning of something new. In this case, it’s the beginning of a new school year. We’re calling it “The Drop-off.” It was written and directed by Jesse Rhodes.
CREDITS: A Path Forward was created by Daniel Pierce and produced by Jesse Rhodes through Centerville Theatre Productions. Our team of talented writers and directors includes Kavya Jolly, Chintalapudi Sarayu, Tamanna Gandhi, Daniel Peirce, Aneeqa Bano, and Francisco Flamenco. Our sound engineers included Joshua Hollister, Sachin Toor, and myself. Our tech crew included Olivia Mou, Akshaya Jayaprakash, Charu Srinath, Kushagra Paliwal...2020-06-1000 min