Podcast with Ms Aruna Dehaloo "Dance to maintain a positive Outlook "Ms Aruna Dehaloo, an internationally trained and Royal Academy of London- affiliated ballet teacher who has taught me since the age of three. .Ms Aruna’s School of Ballet was created 11 years ago with just 4 students.

What started out as a hobby class has now evolved into a full-fledged education in dance. Trained in Durban, South Africa, under Miss Paddy Chelin and Giselle Burke,Ms Aruna excelled at Ballet, winning several competitions and was the only Indian dancer chosen for the production of Nutcracker at the Playhouse in Durban. She also went on to perform in the Coppelia and Russian Ballet.

Highlights for Aruna's Podcast

1. Dance is therapeutic

2. Stress in short burst is good for you

3. Coping mechanisms

4. Low energy level a first sign of stress

5. Seeking help is essential, families should seek therapy together if needed.

6. Importance of Positive affirmations.

7. Believe in yourself.

8. When someone body shames you its a reflection of their own image.

9. You are enough just the way you are.

10. Look past the stigma of talking of mental health.

Our vision is to create a youth-powered, non-profit encouraging conversation to educate and break the stigmas and stereotypes that surround mental health. We have taken our first steps towards the social cause with our platform mindoevermatter.help. Join us in our mission of destigmatizing mental health issues and strengthening our community!!! An initiative on mental health by Teens for Teens 😊💕Let’s get through it together!!!!Please follow us on facebook, twitter, Instagram. Please like and spread the word .#dance #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth

Host - Aliya Shetty Oza

Guest - Miss Aruna Dehaloo

Today our distinguished guest is Ms Aparna Piramal Raje. Aparna Piramal Raje is a thought leader on business, design and workplaces.

An author of Chemical Khichdi, How I Hacked my Mental Health and also a mother to 2 teens- "It can't happen to me", living in denial, social stigma, all of these are the reactions of the one suffering from mental health. The fact is mental health illnesses can affect anyone, regardless of age, gender, or race.

People continue to live in denial-Each one who is battling in his head and needs someone to help during such trying times.

The role of a family or the people who are close to you or caregiver need to play in helping overcome the pain the victim goes thru during mental health issues-Red flags if caught right help know whether someone - be it a friend or a family member - is doing mentally okay or not– Lisa Hayes rightly said “Be careful how you’re talking to yourself because you’re always listening.”

The more we talk negatively about ourselves and the things we do not like, the more our minds start agreeing and believing it.

We live in a world where you can have thousands of friends on social media but not many who will be your 2am friends. Real friends play a very important role during someone’s battle with bipolar state?

Hosted by: @agastyaagoradia

Streaming on Spotify, Youtube, Amazon Music & Google Podcasts. .

The podcast highlights the Struggle of mental health by high school students while moving to college, which is a huge transition, as high school to college can mean a lot of stress for many kids.

Universities in the US have excellent mental health counsellors and programs advising students on mental health-related issues; they have many resources to help students. For the ones struggling, identifying and accepting is difficult; People don't want to accept that they are having a hard time.

Today our Speaker is Serena Bela Mehta .@serenabmehta, 19 years old, studying International studies and political science at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Her hobbies include playing volleyball, classical Indian dance, and spending time with her family and friends

Key Highlights:

✅ Effect of a student's mental health on their academics.

✅Tips and Advice on Improving Mental Health.

✅Students require substantial support to have good Mental Health.

Why listen to the podcast

✅ Experience of University students and measures taken for sound mental health

✅Improving mental health for a healthier and happier life.

✅ Everyday life of a university student and how to deal with challengesHosted by: @fiainamdar_Streaming on Spotify, Youtube, Amazon Music & Google Podcasts.

Everything starts in the mind. We have to accept the fact that where there is positivity, there will also be negativity.

Where there's the sweet, there will be the bitter. Every day is not going to be a good day for you, but social media and the world today has projected that our lives that we deserve the best at everything right there.

We need to change that mindset. We may deserve the best, but it doesn't mean we'll get the best. .

@kirandeepmanocha MYP Faculty Performing Arts, Pathway World School. A Master’s in Education[from Mumbai University], Kirandeep believes that every individual should be exposed to performing arts as this is not just a subject but a life skill that we use all the time.

Creativity has no boundary thus to be able to express our feelings and emotions through Theatre & dance is the best way to lead a life.

➡️ Key highlights:

✅ Importance of self love and care

✅ Balancing studying , eating, exercising and sleeping.

✅ One exam doesn’t define you.

✅ Voicing your opinion matters

✅ Too much time on social media making us brain tired

✅ Concept of 4 th wall to deal with stress

✅ Pursue your passion

➡️ Why should you listen to this podcast:

Listen to 16 minutes of life changing yet practical advice Hosted by: @aliya.shetty_09 Streaming on Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music & Google Podcasts.

Mental Health is closely connected to physical health. When we talk about someone being healthy, it is not only physical but also mental health and social well-being.Health not only refers to bouncing back from an illness but also other challenges in life.

Remember nutrition is just one pillar of health. Adequate exercise, quality sleep, and emotional detox are equally important in maintaining good mental health.

Luke Cutinho, Pioneer and founder of the You Care® Wellness Program that has consulted and treated over 20,000 patients across the globe with cancer, alzheimer's, diabetes, cardiovascular, autoimmune conditions, obesity, and rare.metabolic syndromes. Authored four bestsellers and won several national and international awards.

➡️ Key highlights:

✅ advice to those teens on how to build back their immunity post COVID

✅ lifestyle change to have a healthy mind and body. Be kinder to yourself

✅ advice to teens to follow an exercise routine

✅ strongly advocate sleeping right

✅ Addressing Eating disorder, relationship between food and mental health.

✅ Disconnect from social media and get closer to mother nature.“Change doesn’t necessarily need to be large and global, even small action that creates an impact is powerful’

➡️ Why should you listen to this podcast:

1. You will get to learn that “We are what we eat”.

2. Improving mental health for healthier and happier life.

3. Believe that Mental toughness and brain training important for good mental health

Hosted by: @agastyaagoradia

Launch of Mind Over Matter PodcastWelcome to

The @mindovermatter.help initiative-by the teens for the teens.

Let us Make our Voices Heard.We will use a variety of platforms to speak up about mental health and all its glory- the stigmas, the stereotypes, its importance, the issues and the plausible solutions- everything under the sun to make your life better.

Because after all, you know what they say… Mind over Matter is the only way.