Our guest for this episode is Sana Powell, a Licensed Professional Counsellor and blogger under the handle Curly Therapist who lives and works in the US and is working towards diversifying and decolonising therapy. As we come to the end of our series, one of the common themes apart from sustainability, intersectionality, climate action etc has been mental health. Many of our guests on the episodes have credited their transition to living and consuming more consciously to an introspection of and investment in their mental wellbeing. So it only seemed fit that mental wellbeing was covered as a distinct topic. Especially now when the world navigates a pandemic, an economic and social recession as well as uncertainty and anxiety about what the future holds. Although mental health awareness has increased in the recent years, progress in mental health service delivery has been relatively slow. Existing barriers include public health priorities and its influence on funding, challenges to delivery of mental healthcare in primary-caregiving settings, the low numbers of people trained in providing mental health care as well as the lack of sensitisation to people undergoing treatment and their social inclusion.  Mental Health Awareness month has come to an end and this episode is just one small contribution to the larger discussion of mental well being that everyone needs to be having across the world.

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