Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
⚠️ This episode contains discussion of suicide, self-harm and mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling please reach out to Samaritans on 116 123 (UK, free, 24/7).
Harnaam Kaur (@harnaamkaur) is a model, motivational speaker, Guinness World Record holder and PCOS activist - known worldwide for keeping her beard. But this conversation goes much deeper than PCOS and facial hair.
Harnaam opens up about growing up South Asian with a condition nobody understood, the bullying that led to self-harm, and how suicidal thoughts eventually gave way to one of the most recognisable faces in body positivity.
She talks about never having been in love at 35, what her beard may have cost her in relationships, and the question she's sitting with for the first time in 15 years about whether she's ready to let it go.
Harnaam says that 2024 was the darkest time of her life, the grief, the PTSD, the night she wrote a letter ready to end it all, and the person whose text the next morning she believes saved her life.
If you've ever built your whole identity around surviving something, this one will stay with you.
🎙️ What we cover:
PCOS symptoms in women and what a diagnosis at 12 actually feels like
Facial hair, hirsutism and growing up South Asian with a body nobody talked about
School bullying, self-harm and the impact on her mental health and body image
The moment she stopped hiding and started fighting back
The ego and anger that followed — and why she's not proud of all of it
Keeping the beard for her Sikh faith — and how that faith has since completely shifted
Never having been in love at 35 and what her PCOS beard may have cost her
Questioning the beard and her identity for the first time in 15 years
South Asian family silence around abuse, honour and speaking out
Grief, PTSD and mental health rock bottom in 2024
The night she called for help and nobody picked up
Finding faith, reading the Bible and what pulled her back from the edge
The difference between body positivity and actually accepting yourself
🔔 Subscribe for more discussions on mental health, personal growth, and healing! / @shivanipaupodcast
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⚠️ This episode contains discussion of suicide, self-harm and mental health. If you or someone you know is struggling please reach out to Samaritans on 116 123 (UK, free, 24/7).
Harnaam Kaur (@harnaamkaur) is a model, motivational speaker, Guinness World Record holder and PCOS activist - known worldwide for keeping her beard. But this conversation goes much deeper than PCOS and facial hair.
Harnaam opens up about growing up South Asian with a condition nobody understood, the bullying that led to self-harm, and how suicidal thoughts eventually gave way to one of the most recognisable faces in body positivity.
She talks about never having been in love at 35, what her beard may have cost her in relationships, and the question she's sitting with for the first time in 15 years about whether she's ready to let it go.
Harnaam says that 2024 was the darkest time of her life, the grief, the PTSD, the night she wrote a letter ready to end it all, and the person whose text the next morning she believes saved her life.
If you've ever built your whole identity around surviving something, this one will stay with you.
🎙️ What we cover:
PCOS symptoms in women and what a diagnosis at 12 actually feels like
Facial hair, hirsutism and growing up South Asian with a body nobody talked about
School bullying, self-harm and the impact on her mental health and body image
The moment she stopped hiding and started fighting back
The ego and anger that followed — and why she's not proud of all of it
Keeping the beard for her Sikh faith — and how that faith has since completely shifted
Never having been in love at 35 and what her PCOS beard may have cost her
Questioning the beard and her identity for the first time in 15 years
South Asian family silence around abuse, honour and speaking out
Grief, PTSD and mental health rock bottom in 2024
The night she called for help and nobody picked up
Finding faith, reading the Bible and what pulled her back from the edge
The difference between body positivity and actually accepting yourself
🔔 Subscribe for more discussions on mental health, personal growth, and healing! / @shivanipaupodcast
✨ Connect with Millennial Mind ✨
Podcast Instagram: instagram.com/amillennialmind
Shivani Pau Instagram: instagram.com/shivani.pau
Subscribe on YouTube: youtube.com/channel/shivanipaupodcast
Performance Planner: my-performance-planner.myshopify.com
Let Me Change Your Mind 🧠
