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Redefine What It Means to Belong. Live Your Truth, Fully and Fearlessly.Redefine What It Means to Belong. Live Your Truth, Fully and Fearlessly.
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Redefine What It Means to Belong. Live Your Truth, Fully and Fearlessly.

Your Companion to Finding Strength in Self-Discovery
Your Companion to Finding Strength in Self-Discovery
  • Break free from immigrant stereotypes and flattening narratives
  • Build confidence with daily practices and real-world challenges
  • Create your personal Complexity Map and celebrate your authentic self
Saadia Khan
Created bySaadia Khan
Founder & CEO of Immigrantly Media, host of award-winning podcasts with 2.5M+ downloads, expert in identity, belonging, and narrative change.
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Your coach

You’re reflecting deeply on your identity, but you often skip naming the parts you’ve hidden from others. Today, try adding one overlooked aspect to your Complexity Map and share it in your journal.

Today's Journal

8 min • Narrative Deficit Prompt

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Discover how to thrive in your own narrative

Are you a first- or second-generation immigrant who’s ever felt unseen, sidelined or “othered”? You’re not alone. With the Belong on Your Own Terms app, identity expert Saadia Khan has created powerful tools designed for your personal journey. Start today and step into 2026 with a new outlook on yourself. 

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You crushed your goal of reclaiming 3 hidden aspects of your identity this month.

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Reveal your hidden layers

Uncover and reclaim the parts of your identity that have been overlooked or suppressed, using proven frameworks and guided reflection.

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Speak your truth boldly

Practice real-world challenges and journaling to confidently express your authentic self in relationships, work, and community spaces.

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Build unshakeable self-worth

Track your growth, celebrate milestones, and watch your Complexity Confidence Score rise as you step into your full, nuanced identity.

WHAT YOU GET

Unlabel yourself. You belong everywhere. 

Explore your immigrant identity not as something to hide, simplify, or explain, but as something rich, complex, and powerful. This app helps immigrants and their children break free from cultural and societal narratives. Over the next twelve weeks, with expert guidance, you'll take brave steps to show up as your truest self—confidently, consistently, and unapologetically. 

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Morning Reflection

Real-World Challenge

Today's Journal

8 min • Narrative Deficit Prompt

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Complexity Map Update

Including everything you need to succeed:

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Narrative Deficit framework to reclaim erased parts of your story

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Learn to identify and resist stereotypes by leading with the layers others overlook or erase.

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Narrative Thinning framework to add back your complexity

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Push beyond cliches and binaries by restoring the rich, nuanced layers of your identity.

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Personal Complexity Map to visualize reclaimed identities

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Track and celebrate the aspects of yourself you’re reclaiming and expressing more fully.

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Guided journaling & voice-notes for authentic self-reflection

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Build a consistent habit of reflecting on overlooked parts of your identity, three times per week.

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Weekly real-world challenges to practice showing up authentically

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Take actionable steps—like sharing hidden truths or pushing back on stereotypes—in your daily life.

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Complexity Confidence Score to measure your growth

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Monthly self-assessments help you track progress and see your confidence in your complexity rise.

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Curated lessons & reflections from trusted podcasts and articles

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Access expert insights and real stories that challenge flattening narratives and inspire new perspectives.

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Milestone tracking for habits and completed challenges

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Celebrate streaks, completed challenges, and new layers added to your Complexity Map each week.

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Daily practices & prompts to spark self-discovery

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Start each day with a 5–10 minute lesson or prompt to deepen your journey toward authenticity.

Created by Saadia Khan

"After years of seeing stories like mine erased, I built the tools I wish I’d had to reclaim my own complexity."

Saadia Khan

Saadia Khan

Founder & CEO of Immigrantly Media, host of award-winning podcasts with 2.5M+ downloads, expert in identity, belonging, and narrative change.

As an immigrant and later raising my own children in a new country, I constantly felt the weight of being defined by narrow, often inaccurate narratives. My identity—and the identities of so many in my community—were flattened into stereotypes, leaving little room for our full, multi-dimensional selves to be seen or celebrated.

This personal struggle led me to found Immigrantly Media, where I’ve created multiple podcasts like Immigrantly, Love-ly, Banterly, Sportly, Nationly, and Invisible Hate. Through these shows, which have reached more than 2.5 million listeners, I’ve helped people unpack the layers of their identities and challenge the stories that society tells about them. My work has always been about making space for nuance, complexity, and authenticity.

Along the way, I developed frameworks like Narrative Deficit and Narrative Thinning to give people practical tools for reclaiming the parts of themselves that are too often erased. My academic background—a Master’s in Human Rights from Columbia University and an MBA from LUMS—along with my experience at UN Women and Human Rights First, has given me both the expertise and the conviction to guide others through this journey.

I built "Belong on Your Own Terms" because I know firsthand how transformative it is to move beyond stereotypes and step into your full self. My hope is that this app becomes a safe, empowering space for you to rediscover your complexity, build new habits of self-expression, and connect with a community that truly sees you.

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Follow Saadia's proven process to turn personal complexity into strength

Identify and challenge limiting cultural narratives
Apply the Narrative Deficit and Narrative Thinning frameworks
Map and reclaim overlooked parts of your identity
Build a consistent journaling or voice-note reflection habit
Complete real-world challenges to show up authentically
Increase your Complexity Confidence Score through monthly self-checks
Develop tools to resist stereotypes in daily life
Practice boundary-setting and self-advocacy in uncomfortable spaces
Connect with a supportive community on similar journeys
Transform your story from coping to thriving
TECH-POWERED COACHING

Every single day in the app is 100% personalized to you

Belong on Your Own Terms is unlike any app you've ever used before. Your entire experience will be designed just for you.

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Reclaim Your Narrative: Guided Journaling

Personalized Practice • 8 min

Unpack a stereotype you've faced and reclaim your story with a guided journaling session. This activity uses your past reflections and identity map to prompt deeper self-exploration, helping you add back the layers others overlook.

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Grounding Breath
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Naming the Stereotype
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Contradict the Narrative
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Complexity Reflection
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How it works

Four simple steps

Dive into the tools created by Saadia Khan.

Onboarding Quiz

What do you most want to reclaim?

Confidence in my layered identity
Freedom from stereotypes and labels
Courage to share my authentic story
Belonging in all my communities
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Complete the onboarding quiz

Share your story, challenges, and goals so we can personalize your journey and set a baseline for your Complexity Confidence.

Your Plan

Week 1

Foundations of Complexity

Identity Baseline Survey
Intro to Narrative Deficit
First Complexity Map Entry
Guided Journal: Hidden Truths
Week 2Upcoming

Resisting Narrative Thinning

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Get your personalized plan

Receive a step-by-step plan using our Narrative Deficit and Narrative Thinning frameworks, tailored to your unique identity journey.

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Morning Reflection

Lesson • 5 min

Real-World Challenge

Activity • 4 min

Narrative Deficit Reflection

Journal • 8 min

Complexity Map Update

Progress • 3 min

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Follow daily tasks to stay on track

Engage in short lessons, guided journaling, and real-world challenges to reclaim overlooked parts of your identity each day.

Your Progress

Complexity Confidence Score

7.2 / 10

+2.1 in the last month

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Journaling Streak

18 days

+6 days this week

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Track progress & see real results

Update your Complexity Map, monitor your Confidence Score, and celebrate milestones as you step into your authentic self.

It only takes 2 minutes to get started

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See how Belong on Your Own Terms is changing lives

Join millions of people learning about their identities alongside Saadia.

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This app helped me see my identity in a new light. I’ve learned to celebrate the parts of myself I once overlooked.
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Finally, an app that makes self-discovery feel real and relevant. It’s like having a mirror for your inner story.
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Through this app, I’ve found a deeper connection not just with myself, but with others who share my journey.
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It turned my ‘Who am I?’ into ‘This is me.’
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Break the Mold. Own Your Story.

Your immigrant journey is your power. With Belong on Your Own Terms, you’ll break free from flattened narratives, rediscover your complexity, and build the confidence to show up authentically—everywhere. Join a community of changemakers, guided by proven frameworks and real-world challenges, and begin your journey to reclaim every part of who you are in an empowering space.