Identity is an important part of how we live, who we spend time with, and how we make decisions. Ultimately, it comes to define us...but your two favorite brown girls believe that you have power and choice to shape that direction. While there are certain pieces of identity, including culture, that you take throughout life; you can evolve who you become. Through sharing personal stories of identity, we hope to help you in considering your own (and of course, expect some laughter). Grab a cup of chai (or coffee or tea) and join us. In this episode, we discuss:

• Amy’s Pink Floyd sweater
• The freedom of aging
• How identity changes over the years
• Sultana’s fourth-grade writings
• TV as the “third parent”
• Amy’s active imagination
• The duality of self and cultural code-switching
• Faking qualities as you grow up
• “Just be yourself” as an American concept
• Who people say they are vs. who they actually are
• Creating your world 
• Re-reading old diaries
• Evolving your identity as you grow
• The “token brown girl”
• “Do you lift, bro?"
• Live Google search
• Form the clay before it hardens
• Try on identities to find what fits
• How Amy’s experience in palmistry helped her heal
• Therapy as unraveling identity
• The body knows
• Your permission slip to be yourself
• Some special effects (and a bhangra break)
• Relating differently to friends and the grief of loss
• “Once you see it, you can’t un-see it”
• Permission-based language is new
• Amy’s LA dream
• We can be all the things

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