Naari-tives: Woman-ing and Mental Health

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  • (E28) Parenting Queer Children
    Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Naari-tives! As we're at the end of Pride Month, we have a very special episode up for you! We talk to Dr Meghna- a Clinical Psychologist and Certified Parenting Coach, about being a parent to a queer child. In this episode, we discuss how parents can be more supportive of their queer children, what it can mean for the mental health of both the parent and the child, and the implications the same may have within the Indian Context, among other topics!
    We also talk to Ms Sabrina Court, the mother of a gay son- regarding her experience supporting her child, and how it influenced the relationship she shared with her son!
    That said, we're really hoping that though June is Pride Month, these episodes and events we had at the Naari-tives and at Maathr this month has sparked a little thought and conversation to establish just why it's important to talk about the mental health of those within the community- not just in one month, but all year round!
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    Link to Research Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-019-1430-9
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    Other resources/references cited through the episode:
    https://doi.org/10.1300/J082v30n01_05
    https://doi.org/10.1080/08952833.2019.1640569
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-017-9426-x
    https://doi.org/10.1300/J236v01n03_03
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7087348/
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    Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!
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    Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website
    Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/
    Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health
    1 hr 13 min
  • (E##, Pride Month Special) Coming Out as Gender Fluid, Poulami's Story
    Hey there! Welcome to the sixth episode of the six-part Pride Month series of the Naari-tives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Poulami, who tells us about her experience with coming out as non-binary. Click on the play button to know more about her story- and all the joys and challenges that came with it! -- Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions! -- Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/ Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health
    25 min
  • (E##, Pride Month Special) Coming Out as Non-binary, Rubani's Story
    Hey there! Welcome to the fifth episode of the six-part Pride Month series of the Naari-tives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Rubani, who tells us about their experience with coming out as non-binary. Click on the play button to know more about their story- and all the joys and challenges that came with it!
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    Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!
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    Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website
    Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/
    Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health
    20 min
  • (E##, Pride Month Special) Coming Out as Transgender, Anyra's Story

    Hey there! Welcome to the fourth episode of the six-part Pride Month series of the Naari-tives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Prarthana, who tells us about her experience with coming out as a trans woman. Click on the play button to know more about her story- and all the joys and challenges that came with it!

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    Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!

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    Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website

    Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/

    Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health

    46 min
  • (E##, Pride Month Special) Coming Out as Asexual, Meghna's Story

    Hey there! Welcome to the third episode of the six-part Pride Month series of the Naari-tives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Meghna, who tells us about her experience with coming out as asexual. Click on the play button to know more about her story- and all the joys and challenges that came with it!

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    Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!

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    Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website

    Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/

    Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health

    28 min
  • (E##, Pride Month Special) Coming Out as Bisexual, Shreya's Story

    Hey there! Welcome to the second episode of the six-part Pride Month series of the Naari-tives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Shreya, who tells us about her experience with coming out as bisexual. Click on the play button to know more about her story- and all the joys and challenges that came with it! 

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    Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!

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    Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website

    Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/

    Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health

    22 min
  • (E##, Pride Month Special) Coming Out as Lesbian, Prarthana's Story

    Hey there! Welcome to the first episode of the six-part Pride Month series of the Naari-tives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Prarthana, who tells us about her experience with coming out as a lesbian. Click on the play button to know more about her story- and all the joys and challenges that came with it!

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    Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!

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    Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website

    Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/

    Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health

    30 min
  • (E27) Queer Romantic Relationships

    Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Naari-tives! First of all, we would like to wish you a very happy Pride Month from Maathr :). This month, we're joined by Richa Vashishtha- the Chief Mental Health Expert with AtEase, an inclusive mental health platform by Lilac Insights. She has a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology from SNDT University and is a Certified Suicide First Responder issued by City & Guilds. Richa brings to this episode, a lot of insights regarding dating and relationships for individuals from the LGBTQIA+ Community, the changing landscape of online relationships, the role of familial relationships in queer romantic relationships, and a lot more. Additionally, in this episode, we also have a lived-experience segment! Join us as we talk to Utkrishti Katheriya- a bisexual, intersectional feminist, about her experience in queer relationships! 

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    Link to Research Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15299716.2017.1382424

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    Other resources/references cited through the episode:

    • https://doi.org/10.1177/2156869318800157
    • https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-013-9171-8
    • https://www.insider.com/i-am-a-bisexual-woman-in-straight-relationship-lessons-learned-2021-8
    • https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgq3yx/how-queer-people-get-into-straight-relationships
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      Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!

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      Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website

      Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh

      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/

      Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health

      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health

      59 min
    • (E26) Motherhood by Adoption and Mental Health

      Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Naari-tives! This time, we talk to Ms Gayatri Abraham, the Founder of Padme Foundation, about an incredibly important subgroup within mothers: Mothers by Adoption. We discuss the nuances that come with being a mother by adoption, the implications it has for mental health, how it can be both very similar to and very different from other pathways to motherhood, and lots more! We can't wait for you to join us in this insightful episode- grab a pen, notepad, a bottle of water, and hit that play button!  

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      Link to Research Paper: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0308575917747816 

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      Other resources/references cited through the episode: 

      http://cara.nic.in/ 

      http://cara.nic.in/PDF/faqs.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6949987/#:~:text=In%20some%20exceptions%2C%20evidence%20shows,the%20general%20population%20%5B7%5D. 

      https://thewire.in/society/challenges-issues-child-adoption-practices-india 

      https://bit.ly/34yMy10 

      https://bit.ly/3Goqx29 

      https://bit.ly/3gqe1Vw 

      https://bit.ly/3ul0d6O 

      https://bit.ly/3osnGz5 

      https://bit.ly/3L7pwPD 

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      For more information and resources related to adoption and mental health, visit: http://www.padme.in 

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      Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions! 

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      Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website 

      Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh 

      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/ 

      Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health 

      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health

      1 hr 4 min
    • (E25) Single Motherhood

      Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Naari-tives! This time we talk about a very important topic: Single Motherhood. Often riddled with high levels of stigma and discrimination, the experience of single motherhood can take a significant toll on mental health. We sit down and have a conversation with mS. Sukanya Srinivas Ananth. A seasoned psychotherapist with more than 18 years of experience, she throws light on the heterogeneity that inherently comes with single motherhood, the different experiences they have, and the mental health implications of the same. Grab a cup of coffee and get ready for an insightful and interesting episode! 

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      Link to Research Paper: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0192513X17741178

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      Other resources/references cited through the episode:

      • https://thewire.in/women/motherhood-non-custodial-mothers-india-parenting
      • https://www.thebetterindia.com/174279/india-single-mother-inspiring-womens-day/
      • https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/single-moms-taboo-challenges-solo-parenting-trolling-7499388/
      • https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/relationships/is-it-easy-to-be-a-single-mother-in-india/articleshow/68356898.cms
      • https://bit.ly/34moT42
      • https://bit.ly/3Hn85IB
      • https://bit.ly/3oq8BOC
      • https://bit.ly/35IIsUB
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        Naari-tives is a podcast brought to you by Maathr: An Initiative for Maternal Mental Health. Co-founded by Shweta Sunil and Preeti Kodancha, it focuses on understanding women's mental health in India. Through this podcast, we're hoping to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience. Each episode will be focused on understanding different aspects of women's mental health, and we're looking forward to an insightful and interesting journey with all of you while opening the platform up for research, discussions, and more questions!

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        Website: https://maathrmaternalmh.wixsite.com/website

        Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/maathr_mmh

        Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maathr_mmh/

        Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Maathr-Maternal-Mental-Health

        LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/maathr-maternal-mental-health

        55 min

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