The Sikh Forgiveness Podcast

FUNDRAISER: Sikh Forgiveness is proud to be raising funds for their project "Mental Health Ki Hunda Hai?"

This is a book of mental health issues complete with translations for Sikh and Punjabi communities.

Please donate and share on your social media platforms. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-ki-hunda-hai

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Today, Sandy speaks to Ceese from Just Say It How It Is - talking to her about her experience of divorce.

Ceese talks about her thoughts and the process of getting divorced, the way in which it affected her, her relationship with her family and the issues leading up to her divorce. She discusses issues of coercion, substance misuse and psychological manipulation. 

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You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee (£3).

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FUNDRAISER: Sikh Forgiveness is proud to be raising funds for their project "Mental Health Ki Hunda Hai?"

This is a book of mental health issues complete with translations for Sikh and Punjabi communities.

Please donate and share on your social media platforms. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-ki-hunda-hai

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Today, we bring you a Two-part special: This is Part Two.

Sandy speaks to four people working in various mental health services and the NHS

Dr. Mandeep Ranger, a Clinical Psychologist,

Charanjot Kaur, a Psychotherapist and Counselling Psychologist trainee,

Jyoti Kaur, an Educational Psychologist and PhD researcher,

and Jaspreet Tehara, a Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist.

We discuss our thoughts and feelings around COVID-19; the effects of what has happened, what may happen moving forward, coping techniques and strategies to help us through this time.

Part Two:

Jyoti Kaur discusses the ways in which the break due to lockdown through COVID-19 could affect the education of children and their processes of growth, education and socialisation.

Jaspreet speaks about his experience as a Counselling Psychologist working in HMPPS and in private practice. He explores his own thoughts around the ways in which COVID-19 could affect people in the future. 

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You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee (£3).

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FUNDRAISER: Sikh Forgiveness is proud to be raising funds for their project "Mental Health Ki Hunda Hai?"

This is a book of mental health issues complete with translations for Sikh and Punjabi communities.

Please donate and share on your social media platforms. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-ki-hunda-hai

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Today, we bring you a Two-part special: This is Part One.

Sandy speaks to four people working in various mental health services and the NHS

Dr. Mandeep Ranger, a Clinical Psychologist,

Charanjot Kaur, a Psychotherapist and Counselling Psychologist trainee,

Jyoti Kaur, an Educational Psychologist and PhD researcher,

and Jaspreet Tehara, a Counselling Psychologist and Psychotherapist.

We discuss our thoughts and feelings around COVID-19; the effects of what has happened, what may happen moving forward, coping techniques and strategies to help us through this time.

Part One:

Sandy Speaks to Dr. Mandeep Ranger about his thoughts and understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ways in which it has affected his practice in working with people with Autism.

Charanjot Kaur discusses her experiences of how it has affected her work, but also discusses her feelings around spirituality and how we can turn to religion in order to find some inner peace during times of turbulence.

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You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee (£3).

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FUNDRAISER: Sikh Forgiveness is proud to be raising funds for their project "Mental Health Ki Hunda Hai?"

This is a book of mental health issues complete with translations for Sikh and Punjabi communities.

Please donate and share on your social media platforms. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-ki-hunda-hai

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CONTENT NOTE: THIS EPISODE IS IN PUNJABI

Dr. Nighat Arif and Paramjit Kaur discuss and explain COVID-19 and some issues about where it comes from, some of the reasons why it affects South Asian (and other minorities) disproportionately, the symptoms and how it spreads and how to best combat it.

UK GOVT ADVICE ON COVID-19 [PUNJABI]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w0jzViWLi8

UK GOVT ADVICE ON SPOTTING SIGNS OF COVID-19 [PUNJABI]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBiebZnETlk

UK GOVT ADVICE ON HAND WASHING [PUNJABI]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0PkARbhsxw

UK GOVT ADVICE BOOKLET ON COVID-19 [PUNJABI] 

https://www.northampton.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11883/covid-19-nhs-information-leaflet---punjabi.pdf

BBC Couch to 5k information

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2BN5HYHCwVPS1Krvzsk5wB2/the-couch-to-5k-challenge-makeyourmove

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You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee (£3).

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FUNDRAISER: Sikh Forgiveness is proud to be raising funds for their project "Mental Health Ki Hunda Hai?"

This is a book of mental health issues complete with translations for Sikh and Punjabi communities.

Please donate and share on your social media platforms. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-ki-hunda-hai

In today’s episode, I speak to Dr. Meenal Viz to her about her life and experience as someone in the diaspora who trained to be a medical doctor. Meenal talks about her experience of discovering her family roots and what that meant for her as a person from the South Asian diaspora, navigating her way through multiple identities.

Meenal also hosts her own podcast, “Meenal’s world,” where she spends time speaking about her thoughts and her experiences of life as a Medical Doctor. Please take some time out and listen and subscribe to her podcast if you can. We’ll leave the link to her show in the notes.

At the moment, Meenal is on the frontline as a Doctor in the NHS, and she’s part of the massive effort to fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, and we wish her all the best in this fight. 

You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee (£3).

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FUNDRAISER: Sikh Forgiveness is proud to be raising funds for their project "Mental Health Ki Hunda Hai?"

This is a book of mental health issues complete with translations for Sikh and Punjabi communities.

Please donate and share on your social media platforms. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-ki-hunda-hai

Dr. Arif and Paramjit Kaur discuss issues of Mental Health. Today they discuss Depression.

NOTE: This episode is in Punjabi.

You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee (£3).

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In light of LGBTQ+ History Month, we speak to Manpreet Singh (@SinghIsQueer).

A Poet, Author, Activist and Trans-Man from California (US.) about his experiences of life as a Sikh, and his poetry and activism.

Content Warning: There is a discussion of sexual abuse and assault at the beginning of the interview.

You can find his poetry here

You can find his Youtube channel here

FUNDRAISER: Sikh Forgiveness is proud to be raising funds for their project "Mental Health Ki Hunda Hai?"

This is a book of mental health issues complete with translations for Sikh and Punjabi communities.

Please donate and share on your social media platforms. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mental-health-ki-hunda-hai

You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee.

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Tuesday the 4th February 2020 is World Cancer Day, Sandy speaks to Iyna from Sakoon through cancer.

Iyna explains her experiences of being diagnosed with cancer following a screening, the treatments she found available via the NHS and her mental health following remission.

Iyna also expresses her thoughts on the mental health of her family members through her treatment and the effects of chemotherapy and cancer treatment on the family.

(If you need support as a family member of someone with cancer you can seek practical support here: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/supporting-someone/emotional-support-for-family-and-friends/your-feelings-when-someone-has-cancer) 

Sakoon Through Cancer offer Self-Support Groups, Organise events and campaigns to promote breast cancer education, Promote participation in cancer screening programmes, Campaign, advocating and collaborating for effective cancer services for the POSOA (Persons of South Asian Origin) community, and look to make grants available to individuals and organisations that provide advocacy, advice, information and research that advances Sakoon Through Cancer’s aims and finally, Provide information and knowledge to support POSOA.

Sakoon Through Cancer are active in the Slough, Maidenhead and Windsor areas.

You can also find Sakoon Through Cancer on FaceBook

You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for £3, or the price of a cup of coffee.

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr. Arif and Paramjit Kaur discuss issues of Mental Health, including Anxiety and Depression.

NOTE: This episode is in Punjabi.

You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee.

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We interview Aaron Randhawa on his experiences of life following a diagnosis of Psychosis and Depression.

Aaron is a member of Mental Health Crisis Angels - a peer group of people with diagnosed mental health issues that provide support to others. (@MHCrisisAngels)

NOTE: Following this interview, Aaron was re-diagnosed by his psychiatric care team as having Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).

We will be interviewing Aaron again in 2020 following his re-diagnosis.

You can visit us at: https://sikhforgiveness.com/ for more information about who we are, what we do and the projects we're involved in.

We have a Youtube Channel you can also subscribe to here

You can donate to us at: https://ko-fi.com/sikhforgiveness for the price of a cup of coffee.

All donations will be used to fund future Sikh Forgiveness projects.

Please subscribe to the podcast, and in the future, leave a review in iTunes/ Apple Podcast if you can.

Credits

Podcast music: Jaspreet Tehara

Mastered by: Jaspreet Tehara

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.