Naari-tives: Woman-ing and Mental Health

Welcome to the first episode of the three-part special episode series of Naari-tives! In this episode, we have a conversation with Namrata, a freelancer, who has a lived experience with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder. Tune in to know more about Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder, its impact on an individual's mental health, and how it is living with the condition. 

This episode has been recorded in collaboration with BeyondBlood, an organisation for Menstrual Mental Health, as a part of the "Menstruation and Mental Health" Campaign by Maathr! 

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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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Hey there! Welcome to Episode 7 of Naari-tives! So before we get into this episode, we have a question for you: Are you, or do you know any menstruator who experienced some sort of mental health implications due to their menstrual cycles? Chances are that you have. Did you (or they), get the support that was needed? Well, if your answer to that was no, that was the case for us as well! This episode marks the beginning of the "Menstruation and Mental Health" Campaign by Maathr! In this episode, we try to understand the implications of menarche (the beginning of menstruation) on mental health. We're going to unpack so many interesting themes, starting from the impact of menarche on mental health, self esteem, body image and a lot more. As usual, we take the biopsychosocial approach to understand menarch among a diverse range of menstruators. We can't wait to embark on this 15-day journey with you. That said, stay tuned for everything related to Menstrauation and Mental Health from the 15th to 30th of August! 

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Link to the Research Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-020-03594-8

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

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Hey there! Welcome back to the Naari-tives! In today's episode, we try to understand a topic that is still very much in the grey: Infidelity. We have Ms Indratapa Das from Safe Space Therapy on board, to help us unravel the intricacies of infidelity, and how it impacts a relationship. We also have a really interesting Research Snapshot for this one, so get ready to learn, relearn, and unlearn through this packed episode! Let's get right into it :)

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Link to the Research Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1053811906006112

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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/

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

Welcome back to the Naari-tives! In this episode, we take a deep dive into relationships and look at the maintenance of personal boundaries and individual identity as the secret ingredient to a healthy romantic relationship. Seasoned relationship counsellor, Ms Sumithra Sridhar joins us to talk about the various factors that can impede or contribute to the setting up and maintaining of personal identities in relationships.

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Link to the Research Paper: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15298860903332191

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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. We focus on understanding women's mental health in India, and hope to engage in conversation and interact with people and spaces across the country, to supplement theoretical knowledge with perspective and experience.

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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

Have you ever wondered how experiencing pregnancy complications can affect an individual's mental health? Well, we have. So we have Dr Veena Satyanarayana on board with us for today's episode. We discuss the implications of various experiences, starting from miscarriages, to abortions and still birth on an individual's mental health. We gain some insight into how these experiences can differentially affect a woman, and as usual, what kind of psychosocial factors come into play in case of pregnancy complications. A pretty packed episode, we also have a very, very interesting research snapshot for you this time! So, what are you waiting for? Give us a listen! 

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Link to the Research Paper: https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7015-3-18

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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

Hey there! Welcome back to the Naari-tives! In today's episode, we try to understand the impact that infertility can have on the mental health both the woman, and the couple. The mental health implications of infertility very rarely makes it way into general conversation and popular culture, making it a fairly under-explored concept. Today, we have Dr Lakshmi, a Perinatal Psychiatry and Women’s Mental Health Expert with us, to discuss everything about infertility, starting from the process of infertility, challenges faced, how one can cope with it, and even the concerns that might crop up during treatment. So get ready to learn (and unlearn) some very interesting things with us today, as we explore some new Naari-tives! 

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Link to the Research Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10815-011-9637-2

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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

Hey there! Welcome back to the Naari-tives! In today's episode, we try to understand the impact that infertility can have on the mental health both the woman, and the couple. The mental health implications of infertility very rarely makes it way into general conversation and popular culture, making it a fairly under-explored concept. Today, we have Dr Lakshmi, a Perinatal Psychiatry and Women’s Mental Health Expert with us, to discuss everything about infertility, starting from the process of infertility, challenges faced, how one can cope with it, and even the concerns that might crop up during treatment. So get ready to learn (and unlearn) some very interesting things with us today, as we explore some new Naari-tives! 

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Link to the Research Paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10815-011-9637-2

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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

Hey there! Welcome back to the Naari-tives! In this episode, we have an insightful conversation with Ms Mimansa Singh Tanwar, a Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis. We delve into the various mental health illnesses and concerns that an individual might experience through the perinatal period, and how this can have an impact on the mother's quality of life. Tune in to know more about the risk and protective factors, how they can be navigated through individual, community and professional support, and what research has to say about the same!  

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Link to the Research Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0749379703000904

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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

Join us as we have an interesting discussion with Ms Tara Mehta, a Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences, Fortis. In this episode, we have a conversation about mental health through the perinatal period. We get some interesting insights into the impact of the experience of pregnancy on mental health, and how this can further have consequences on the woman's psychosocial environment. We also discuss potential strategies and solutions that can be employed to maintain one's mental health through the period, and when it becomes important to seek professional support.

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Link to the Research Paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006322319317780

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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

Hey there! Thanks for tuning in with us today.

Welcome to the official teaser of Naari-tives: Woman-ing and Mental health. Get ready to know all about who we are, what we do, and why we do it. We're hoping to see you on our journey, while we try to have a conversation,  generate some thought, explore important narratives, and learn, unlearn and relearn.

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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, discussion 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