Miss.Empathy: Recent Episodes
Vinayasri Boorugu
Why empathy is needed in mental health awareness?Miss.Empathy podcast is about the need of being empathetic to mental health patients, providers and caregivers, to break the stigma around the mental or emotional health by sharing the mental health journey of different people. This podcast will help in breaking myths and providing information based on people's experiences
Miss Empathy has come up with its 5th episode where we continue our conversation with Varnita Paliwal who runs her blog The Anxious Girl where she ignites conversation around mental health and its importance. You can check out the previous part of this episode (Episode 4) on our podcast - you can change this as per your preference.
In this episode, Varnita shares about her experiences with therapy and how her journey was overwhelming but much needed for her to get better. She shares how vocalising about her Depression and Anxiety has been a step to break the stigma around Mental health.
Fourth and next episode of Miss.Empathy is with Varnita Paliwal, She is a content creator and student based in Mumbai. She runs a blog named "The Anxious Girl" on Instagram where she ignites conversations about mental health to battle the stigma around it. She started the blog out of her personal experiences with Depression & Anxiety. In our episodes, she will share about her journey of how did she recognize the need for help to speaking about her experiences to thousands
Third episode of Miss.Empathy is with Sindhu Ramu, Digital creator from Banglore. Sindhu was diagnosed with smiling depression {"Smiling depression” is a term for someone living with depression on the inside while appearing perfectly happy or content on the outside. Their public life is usually one that’s “put together} and with her self love, efforts to get better helped her to overcome her issues. In this episode she has shared her mental health journey and how she became a better version of herself.
Miss.Empathy second episode is with Ms.Ashima Mahajan, Clinical Psychologist, Founder of Art of Mental Wellness, Hyderabad, Consultant at Nanihi Center, Pune. She has shared about how her clients settling and being happy was best part of her career, about toxic positivity and information about her pro bono, sliding scale work.
First episode is with Raj Dagwar, an engineer based out from Pune who became viral after asking people to share their stories in exchange of 10 rupees by standing with a cardboard on Pune FC road. Raj was helping in breaking the stigma of mental health and he believes that "People who face mental health issues and seek professional help are warriors."
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-patil-82502b53 - "Be the best version of yourself" course suggested by Raj