MindMatters

Lauren is the founder of The Behavior Hub and UPenn Professor. She was gracious enough to come on the podcast and discuss the importance of managing stress, the direct bearing it has on our mental health and ways to cope with them.

Please find the link to the hand signal discussed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcFAjKftbNQ

And you can find more about The Behavior Hub here: https://www.thebehaviorhub.com/

Cath is an educator from Australia joining to share her experiences with  mental health, the importance of mental health in the education system.  This discussion really puts a mirror to society to understand how far  we have come and how far we have to go.

With mental health, something else that's VERY important to focus on is Boundaries.

There's a certain amount of guilt that we carry when it comes to setting boundaries, we dive into this space as well.

Cath believes education from the grass roots is imperative for our growth and MindMatters couldn't agree more.

Cath has her own initiative that works for the same

Please do make you check it out!

Ig: u_mattertoo

Website: https://you-matter-too.com/

Art, creativity and healing are three concepts that truly existence  together. Indigo, is an individual that showcases exactly how.

Indigo, is the founder of Creativebeing

Creative  Being is an online platform focused on using creativity as a tool to  influence and promote positive social and political change.

Along  with the platform, Indigo takes time to share her own journey with  Mental health, how creativity has been an outlet that has helped her  through it and also how it was growing with other members at home  struggling with mental health issues as well.

CreativeBeing is also the amazing partner MindMatters is having the privilege to work  with on the Rhythmic Connections campaign.

Thank you Indigo, for taking the time to share your story with us.

Website: https://www.creativebeing.online/

Grief affects us all in so many different ways. Whether it's a relation,  a person or anything, w each have our own journey with grief.

Penelope, also goes by Nic, is one these individuals that has experienced grief and has been so brave to share their story.

Losing  a parent is hard, losing a sibling is hard. These losses have a  significant contribution to the person we are, the decisions we take in  life and honestly just how we live.

Nic takes time  to share their experience of losing her mother and brother, the effect  it had on her relationships with her family and how she is as a parent  herself.

MindMatters is beyond grateful and in awe of the strength for sharing this journey with us️

This is a beautiful walk through a journey of music, love and kindness.

From  personal journeys of self love and discovering who she was and the  journey to share that part of herself with the world and why she shared.

Music  and the power of rhythm and how it shapes and anchors us to reality,  the wonders of meditation and the existence of communities that are  filled with love and kindness and compassion coming together to help one  another.

This beautiful  human being is someone I've admired for a long time and being able to  have such a conversation with her was something so special to me.

Listen to this gorgeous soul share her story, her Perspective.

Go fund me page: gofund.me/c6b5f8ed

In today's day and age, the need to care of our environment and our planet is of utmost importance. Add to this situation the pandemic, I know a lot of us out there have experienced a lot of fear of the uncertainty of our existence. Did you know there are terms that describe these feelings? 

In this episode, Jordan, the Co-Host of the Imperfect Eco-Hero Podcast and I delve into a very interesting discussion and we explore this overlap of the climate crisis and our mental health.

A very informative and eye opening discussion and important discussion that needs to be had, now more than ever. 

Also don't forget to check out Imperfect Eco Hero and their podcast where they delve into some very required discussions.  

Having these conversations are so important to create awareness!

So grateful to Jordan for taking time out to talk to me and for bringing this perspective to the podcast!

Website: https://www.imperfectecohero.com/

Becca Rose is no stranger to mental health and the different challenges it comes with

The day leading up to recording this episode, Becca was struggling and yet she chose to continue with our discussion. The strength she has always, always leaves me in awe.

Margaret takes the time out to explain the beautiful and very important nexus between our emotional health and our mental health.

As an emotional agility coach she explains practices and notions that we can implement in our lives as well and  also her experience working with the younger generations and the importance of giving emotional support and developing our emotional  intelligence as well. A very educational episode no doubt, thank you Margaret for taking the time to talk to me!

In this lovely conversation, with the lovely individual that is Nivedita, we have a very candid discussion about living with anxiety, the importance of having the conversation of mental health from the grass root levels and how her journey  with her mental health has been instrumental in her career choice.