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A Millennial Mind

A Millennial Mind

By: Shivani Pau
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A Millennial Mind is a podcast about perspective, because when you understand someone’s mind, you understand their world. But we all live with limited data. Our beliefs, experiences, and knowledge are just a few dots. And if you don’t collect enough dots, you can’t connect them and you can’t grow. That’s why this podcast exists: to gather those dots. Each episode, I invite experts, thought leaders, and change makers to challenge how I think, on everything from mental health, hormones, and habits to relationships, identity, and success. We bust myths, reframe narratives, and explore what it really takes to shift your mindset. Because when you change your mind, you change your thoughts.And when you change your thoughts, you change your life. So if you’re ready to think differently, welcome to the reimagined A Millennial Mind. Hit subscribe and let’s start connecting the dots together.Shivani Pau Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • Why Working Less Might Actually Make You Better at Your Job | Dr Monika Sharma

    Why Working Less Might Actually Make You Better at Your Job | Dr Monika Sharma
    May 26 2026
    Have you ever felt like you're burning out from a job you actually love? Dr Monika Sharma (@lifewithdoctormon) is an NHS GP, certified personal trainer and content creator who has spent years trying to balance life in and out of clinic. After nearly 15 years in medicine, Monika found herself running on empty — editing videos on her lunch break, answering emails on the commute home and slowly losing her joy for the job she'd worked so hard to get. In this episode we talk about what it really feels like to be a number in the system, the guilt of finally choosing yourself, why so many of us tie our worth to how much we suffer at work — and what actually changes when you stop. If you've ever felt like a fraud for enjoying your work day, or wondered whether you're allowed to want more than your job title gives you — this one is for you. 🎙 What we cover: • The reality of being an NHS GP vs the glamour people assume • Why Monika wanted to quit medicine multiple times • Reducing her hours and the guilt that came with it • Tying your identity and self-worth to your job title • Why we equate hard work with suffering • The pressure of doing both medicine and content creation • Choosing yourself without feeling selfish • Immigrant parent work ethic and redefining what productivity looks like • How to have the difficult conversations that change your life • Interracial marriage and challenging cultural expectations • Why the people closest to you matter more than strangers online 🔔 Subscribe for more discussions on mental health, personal growth, and healing! / @shivanipaupodcast ✨ Connect with Millennial Mind ✨ Podcast Instagram: / amillennialmind Shivani Pau Instagram: / shivani.pau Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/shiva... Performance Planner: https://my-performance-planner.myshop... Let Me Change Your Mind 🧠 --- burnout, career burnout, job identity, work life balance, NHS doctor, choosing yourself, burnout recovery, overworking, hustle culture, a millennial mind, shivani pau, dr monika sharma, lifewithdoctormon, work guilt, ambition and burnout, immigrant work ethic, interracial relationship, cultural expectations, reducing work hours, self worth and career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • AUTISM EXPERT: The Real Reason Autism Is On The Rise & What's Actually Causing It | Taiba Bajar

    AUTISM EXPERT: The Real Reason Autism Is On The Rise & What's Actually Causing It | Taiba Bajar
    May 19 2026
    Sign up today for your £1 a month trial with Shopify and start selling today for at shopify.co.uk! Have you ever felt completely alone trying to help your autistic child, ignored by the NHS, judged by family, and running out of answers? Taiba Bajar (@autismbrainempowerment) is a former dentist, award-winning researcher and founder of Autism Brain Empowerment. When her son lost all his words, eye contact and sleep overnight at 20 months old, she was dismissed by doctors and told it was just genetics. She refused to accept that and spent years finding the answers herself. In this episode we talk about what autism actually is, why so many children are regressing and why parents keep getting gaslit about it, and the real environmental triggers including food, screens and toxins that are worsening symptoms. We also talk about why girls are still being massively underdiagnosed, what the NHS gets wrong about the diagnosis process, and the simple changes parents can make at home right now. If you're a parent on a waiting list, feeling overwhelmed, or just want to understand autism better, this one is for you. 🎙 What we cover: • What autism actually is and how it's diagnosed • Why autism rates are genuinely rising, not just better diagnosis • What regression really means and why doctors keep dismissing it • Why girls with autism are so often missed • The link between gut health and autism symptoms • How screens, food and environmental toxins worsen symptoms • What to do while you're on the NHS waiting list • Supplements that can help, including omega 3, magnesium and folinic acid • Why you shouldn't blame yourself as a parent • The importance of early intervention and neuroplasticity ⏱ Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 4:57 – What is autism? 7:03 – Why so many people are undiagnosed 7:47 – Why girls with autism are missed 10:53 – Are autism diagnoses actually rising? 13:59 – Taiba's personal story 19:27 – What is stimming? 24:29 – What is regression, and does every child experience it? 27:00 – What's happening neurologically during regression 31:42 – What should a parent do first if they notice regression 35:23 – Why there's still so much shame around autism 42:43 – The environmental factors worsening autism symptoms 49:30 – Screens, working parents and the guilt around it 51:32 – Practical advice for exhausted parents 59:40 – How to talk about environment without blaming parents 1:04:31 – What to do if you can't afford to go private 1:06:32 – Gut health, anti-inflammatory diet and supplements 1:13:19 – What one small thing can a parent do tonight 1:18:30 – The most sedentary generation in human history 1:23:55 – Taiba's biggest regret and her son's transformation 🔔 Subscribe for more discussions on mental health, personal growth, and healing! / @shivanipaupodcast ✨ Connect with Millennial Mind ✨ Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amillennialmind Shivani Pau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivani.pau Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/shivanipaupodcast Performance Planner: https://my-performance-planner.myshopify.com/ Let Me Change Your Mind 🧠 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Why Your Sister In Law Might Be More Dangerous Than Your Mother In Law | Usha Singh-Das

    Why Your Sister In Law Might Be More Dangerous Than Your Mother In Law | Usha Singh-Das
    May 12 2026
    What would you do if the family that was supposed to protect you spent your entire life tearing you down instead? Usha Singh-Das (@ushasinghdas) is the author of Breaking Free, a memoir about growing up in a toxic family environment shaped by a narcissistic father and relentless bullying from her sister-in-law. In this episode, she opens up about what it actually took to leave, go no contact, and rebuild her life from scratch. We get into the moments that broke her and the ones that made her. From being told she was too ugly to ever get married, to losing her dad, her baby and eventually her mum in the space of one year, and her family's response to all of it. This is one of the most honest conversations about toxic family dynamics we've had on this podcast. If you've ever wondered whether what you grew up with was actually normal, this one is for you. 🎙 What we cover: - Growing up with a narcissistic father and not realising it until adulthood - How toxic family behaviour becomes your normal - Surviving a toxic sister-in-law and the damage it does - Being told you'll never get married because of your appearance - Miscarriage, grief and being dismissed by your own family - Going no contact and what it actually costs you - Breaking generational trauma when you had no positive role models - How the right people can rebuild what the wrong ones destroyed - Learning to parent differently when you had no example to follow ⏱ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 2:34 - Usha introduces herself and Breaking Free 2:54 - What her childhood actually looked like 4:27 - When she first realised her dad was toxic 6:58 - Getting married and how it exposed everything 9:08 - Being the last child left at home from 16 to 32 13:25 - University, freedom and finding her confidence 13:32 - When the eczema started and what her family said 17:29 - Being told she was too ugly to ever get married 20:18 - How she dealt with the sister-in-law bullying 21:30 - Hitting rock bottom 21:48 - Losing her dad and finding out she was pregnant on the same day 23:20 - The miscarriage nobody took seriously 24:18 - The family meeting three days after her surgery 37:52 - Going to court against her own family 38:32 - Losing her mum and not being told she was dying 42:27 - How she stayed positive through all of it 44:03 - Getting pregnant again after the miscarriage 46:25 - How her in-laws rebuilt what her family destroyed 52:14 - How motherhood made her reflect on her own childhood 57:28 - How she stopped generational trauma repeating 1:06:49 - The advice she'd give anyone told they'll never get married 1:09:18 - How to deal with a toxic sister-in-law 1:10:46 - Putting your mental health above guilt in Indian families Follow Usha: @ushasinghdas Follow Shivani: @shivani.pau Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts: A Millennial Mind 🔔 Subscribe for more discussions on mental health, personal growth, and healing! / @shivanipaupodcast ✨ Connect with Millennial Mind ✨ Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amillennialmind Shivani Pau Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivani.pau Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/shivanipaupodcast Performance Planner: https://my-performance-planner.myshopify.com/ Let Me Change Your Mind 🧠 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 16 mins
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