Brown and Happy

Procreation is an unspoken rule in many communities. The lack of children creates lots of shame, especially for women. Interestingly, there is higher incidence of specific fertility challenges that occur specifically in the South Asian Community. I go deeper into this conversation with fertility expert and coach Dr. Erica Bove.

Erica Bove, MD, is a double board certified OB-GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist, as well as a certified life coach through The Life Coach School. She is a practicing fertility specialist at the University of Vermont. She is also the founder of Love and Science: Thriving through Infertility, as well as the head coach for Dr. Kavetha Sun’s Heal Your Relationships Program.

In the fertility world, she has a keen interest in marrying an evidence-based approach with intuitive knowing n the context of a trusting physician patient relationship. As a life coach and thought leader, she is passionate about bringing this same integration to the coaching relationship. She is an expert in the field of sex and intimacy, as well as embodiment and mindful self compassion. She believes that the best outcomes are obtained when the whole person is seen and understood. Her mission is to heal and support the healers and to create a legacy she is proud of.

Website: loveandsciencefertility.com

Selfish is Good. Selfish is the Goal. Selfish means taking care of self. When we are all caring for ourselves the world is a kinder place.

I see selfish as self love, self compassion, and self forgiveness. Join me today to stop overthinking caring for you and giving you what YOU need.

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Surviving in Silence is worse than suffering in silence. Ektha Aggarwal, LCSW and CEO Founder of Shakti Therapy & Healing Services in Los Angeles. We met a South Asian Mental Health Gala she hosted and decided to show up solo. It was the best decision ever!

In today's episode we dive into the specific barrier for Brown Women obtaining mental healthy support. the barriers from culture, family and most importantly themselves.

Ektha Aggarwal is the top 3 South Asian therapists in Los Angeles and Founder of the group practice Shakti Therapy and Healing Services. Shakti Therapy offers a holistic and psychotherapeutic approach to help clients realize that we are an integral part of the vast and complex web of life - that the health of the whole is intimately connected with the health of the individual.

Ektha believes we are not separate from nature, from ourselves or even each other - that in a very real way, every one of our decisions and actions affects all of these realms. Combining both ancient Eastern and the most up to date scientific modalities, Ektha’s work stems from a basis of connection - mind to body, human to nature, individual to community, physical to spiritual, past to present to future. In her practice Ektha also offers a variety of treatments from crystal healing, psychedelic assisted therapy and other holistic interventions. Her goal is to help her clients acknowledge, learn from, and release the suffering that might be within them. Her approach focuses on addressing the root cause, rather than simply working through easing the symptoms of suffering.

Ektha has published her work with ScienceDirect, Good Indian Girl blog, Brown Women’s Health, and Women’s Web. She also speaks at seminars and participates in corporate panels across the nation. To learn more about Shakti Therapy and Healing services, please visit www.shaktitherapyhealing.com or email Ektha at [email protected].

WEBSITE: https://www.shaktitherapyhealing.com/

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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ShaktiHeal

Brown Ambitious and Free- In todays episode I'm joined by the host of the Brown AF podcast, Niha Wunnava.

She helps Directors, VP's & Execs get promoted and improve their bottom line in 90n days.Niha has over 20 years of experience in healthcare and coaches clients in healthcare tech and bio about how to be BULLETPROOF - and think and get results like a respected, highly rewarded CEO Boss. She is the host of the Brown AF - Brown, ambitious and free podcast where she talks about taboo topics - and the importance of OVERLOOKED SUCCESS FACTORS like rejection and failure.

Her leadership development program CEO Reinvention serve and accelerates ambitious, female leaders to succeed and THRIVE beyond what they ever thought possible. Her clients break through limitations, glass ceilings, and cultural barrier as they become bulletproof. In todays episode we discuss barriers WOC face growing up and how it affects the women we become. We also share the beliefs that can start creating shifts today.

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Growing up in am enmeshed family tends to replicate in the next generation with codependency in relationships. But it doesn't have to be this way.

In this episode we discuss the different tools you can use to start living the authentic you even if you grew up without healthy emotional and physical boundaries.

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Lack of emotional and physical boundaries in family is a common occurrence in most families. It is accepted culturally as a norm but this doesn't have to stay this way.

In this weeks episode I describe what an enmeshed family looks like, specifically a brown family. I bet most of us can relate to the common examples we tend to overlook.

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Relationships come in three categories-

1. Relationship with the world, acquaintances, friends

2. Relationship with husband, partner, kids, family

3. Relationship with self

In this episode we ask lots of questions and allow time to stop and actually think about our own relationships. Message me or email your answers so I can support your specific struggles in the coming episodes.

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Ignoring red flags has been normalized for many of us. It may be how your family, community or culture dealt with uncomfortable situations. When we don't learn what red flags are then of course they are invisible to us, especially when we start dating and creating new relationships in our adult life.

I have a special guest join me today to talk about her experience with her own abusive relationship that she didn't see coming and how she found the courage to find her own voice through it all.

Navjot Dhaliwal is a life coach that specializes in women break through their subconscious limitations so they can create their ideal reality. She is passionate about seeing visions come to life- from love/relationships to career and projects, she loves seeing women stop arguing for their limitations and instead, build the other side where their true light can shine.

Follow her @metaphysical_goddess

Do you get frustrated that various lifestyle and wellness platforms that originated in the east are led by non-brown folks??

I was part of a discussion with a group of south asian mental health advocates and I could totally see why they were frustrated. I used to think the same way. But I had to take ownership of why we avoid taking lead in these spaces.

Others will pick up on our culture and lead if we don't.

Don't get mad, pick it up yourself.

Book your consultation for The Brown Empowerment Mindset today.

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Part 2- Dr. Priyanka Venugopal joins me again to talk about the role food plays in our wellness but this week our focus is a little different. We share the importance of food in our childhood and how we start building stories early on.

Next, we tackle how we take the parts we love and leave the rest behind in our parenting journey. Best part, we get to pave our own path.

Priyanka Venugopal is an Ob/Gy physician-turned-coach for high achieving professional moms who want to lose weight without a calculator and create more sustainable ease at work and home. Over 10 years she has talked with thousands of high achieving professional women and gotten to the root of the high achiever's biggest obstacles in hitting goals at work and on the scale.

Resources:

Podcast: https://www.theunstoppablemombrain.com/podcast Work with her: https://www.theunstoppablemombrain.com/group Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunstoppablemombrain/