How does your mental health affect your relationships? What’s it like to have a partner who suffers from a mental illness? And how can we support each other, balancing mental health issues and personal needs? In this candid episode of Love Matters, Leeza Mangaldas and Ira Khan, founder of the Agatsu Foundation, explore emotional resilience, self-awareness, and navigating vulnerability. Ira also talks about her personal experience navigating her clinical depression with her partner and what steps one can take to ensure healthy communication. Listen now on your favourite podcast platform! #LoveMatters
 
HELP IS A CALL AWAY
MENTAL HEALTH HELPLINE NUMBERS

AASRA
Contact: 9820466726
Email: [email protected]
Timings: 24x7
Languages: English, Hindi

Snehi
Contact: 9582208181
Email: [email protected]
Timings: 10am - 10pm, all days
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi

Fortis MentalHealth
Contact: 8376804102
Timings: 24x7; All days
Languages: Achiku, Assamese, Bengali, Dogri, English, Gujarati,
Hindi, Kannada, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi,
Rajasthani, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu

Connecting NGO
Contact: 9922004305, 9922001122
Email: [email protected]
Timings: 12pm - 8pm; All days
Languages: English, Hindi, Marathi

Vandrevala Foundation
Contact: 18602662345
Email: [email protected]
Timings: 24x7
Languages: Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and English

Find the resources mentioned in our episode at: https://www.agatsufoundation.org/

Credits:

Leeza Mangaldas’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leezamangaldas/reels/?hl=en

Ira Khan’s Instagram:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/khan.ira/?hl=en 


Agastu Foundation Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/agatsufoundation/?hl=en

Produced by:
Patricia Szilagyi (DW)
Khyati Rajvanshi (IE)
Charulata Biswas (IE)

Researcher & Editor
Sana Rizvi (DW)

Video Editor:
Meetesh Dixit (IE)

Audio Editor
Suresh Pawar (IE)

Project Manager:
Patricia Szilagyi (DW)

Executive Producer:
Melanie von Marschalck (DW Life & Style)
Anant Nath Sharma (IE)

Love Matters with Leeza Mangaldas is a cooperation between The Indian Express and DW, Germany’s international broadcaster.

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