Since it’s Mental Health Awareness Month, I wanted to talk about what it was like growing up in a South Asian/Indian immigrant household where emotions and mental health weren’t really openly discussed.

In this episode, I share personal experiences around emotional suppression, survival mode, being told to “be grateful” or “don’t think too much,” and how those messages shaped the way I learned to process emotions and view myself.

I also talk about starting therapy during the pandemic, learning more about myself emotionally, and realizing how many emotional patterns I had normalized growing up.

A conversation about mental health, emotional conditioning, therapy, and learning how to stop dismissing your own feelings.