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My conversation with a Riffat Yusaf who is a registered psycotherapist and a certified hypnotherapist in Canada in addition to having practiced in Pakistan in relation to various mental health domains.

We speak about the challenges faces parents in raising boys in this day and age as we answer questions from parents all over the world.

I speak with Misbah Khan about the attitude of desi parents towards mental health help for children, their involvement and how parental roles vary in terms of approaching mental health help for children. Furthermore, we touch base on:

- How early is it for parents to introduce the concept of punishment and reward to a young child?

- How does a pattern of reward or punishment help build expectations for a child's development?

- Why do we force the right to exist on a six week old fetus but not on a school going child? Why the discrimination?

- Why would so many women in Texas legislature vote for the Abortion Ban?

- Why is it that Governor of Texas calls President's business vaccine mandate an 'assault on freedom" but passes the Abortion Ban Bill which makes abortion beyond six weeks of pregnancy illegal in Texas?

Let's talk!!!

Why Minar-e-Pakistan incident is reflection of a sick society in context of victim blaming.

- Would you blame Ayesha if it were your mother, daughter, sister or wife in her place?

- Why it is not about religion and more about or moral and social values?

- Why we should not rely on leadership?

- Why mental health focus is so critical in earlier years of a child's development

- When someone says "No", You Stop!!!

In this follow up to my first conversation with Riffat Yusaf, we explore how to tackle if male household leaders face mental health issues in Desi communities.

- How can we help them?

- How to make mothers understand that their sons need help just like in any other health issue?

- Why are we seeing suicide levels increase in desi communities?

This is a new series I've started where I will speak with a mental health professional of many years; Riffat Yusaf. I ask her questions that I have received from people of different backgrounds pertaining to religion, behaviors, child therapy, how to help friends through therapy and how to not judge anyone if they share the fact that they are seeing a mental health expert.

Take a listen, share and let's talk!!!

I speak with another brave individual who decided to share her account of what pushed her to attempt to take her life after years of child abuse and inability or intentional ignorance of her family members towards this abuse.

- Why she wanted to do this?

- What pushed her to this extreme?

- How her family reacted to ongoing child abuse?

- How this mentality will change in our society?

I explore different forms of value each one of us possesses and utilize in different situations during the course of our lifecycle. From mental/psychological value to being able to translate our skillset into financial success (financial success), humans present various value bundles. Which one do you score higher one? Does it even make sense to view ourselves as value bundles?

Take a listen, share and let's talk....

Is it just the different cities that impact our behaviors, personalities or do our decisions also leave a mark on the cities and how they evolve?

- Which city you've lived in struck you with character?

- Is there a city that left an indelible mark on your personality?

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I follow up why doing inventory is important for a business with this brief but very crucial episode focusing on how doing inventory can result in good customer experience.

- How does it result in increased sales?

- How does it impact bottom line of the business?

- How does it contribute towards earning and keeping more new customers?

- How does it reduce marketing expense?

Take a listen to this short episode and let's talk!!!