The Art Of Performing - Why I Chose To Be 'Unpalatable' To My Family ft. Reet German

from Dirty Brown · host Kriti J

At age seven, Reet German was brought from India to Canada by a father she had never met, leaving her mother behind. In this episode of Dirty Brown, Reet joins host Kriti J to discuss how that moment of "shock" birthed a lifelong performance of being the "Good Girl" - and the radical, "besharam" choices she made to burn that script down.From checking herself into a hospital alone at her lowest point, to selling everything and world-schooling her daughter across 20 countries, Reet's story is what it actually looks like to stop performing and start living on your own terms.Connect with Dirty Brown:InstagramYouTube Connect with Reet GermanChapters00:00 Introduction: "I Was In Shock": Uprooted From India at 701:04 Meet Reet German: The Woman Behind Reignite with Reet01:24 Growing Up in Punjab: A Childhood Full of Love and Roots04:20 The Day Everything Changed: Brought to Canada by a Stranger07:38 "Someone Pulled the Rug Out": The Trauma of Displacement09:09 Learning the Art of Performing: The Good Girl is Born14:00 The Checklist Life: Marriage, House, Baby - and Emptiness21:00 Hitting Rock Bottom: Checking Herself Into Hospital Alone23:20 People Pleasing to Free: Selling Everything and Starting Over27:28 Going Back to India After 31 Years28:38 Trusting Her Gut: Finding Her Mother in a Punjab Village34:06 "It Didn't Happen TO Me. It Happened FOR Me."36:21 Closing: She Came With the Real Story

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