If there’s one thing that connects most millennials like the hosts of the Conversations Brewing Podcast, it’s a good cup of coffee and feeling like you are on the ‘never-ending journey of figuring it all out'. You’re not alone in your (perhaps over) caffeinated journey of understanding your mental health and how to grow into your authentic self. Join Divya (a mental health therapist) and Ravisha (a health care researcher), two coffee-loving best friends as they dive into weekly conversations on wellness, culture, and growing into your authentic self.Being two children of immigrants in healthcare, they bring the unique complexities of their wellness journey into this podcast space by sharing their stories and featuring other like-minded experts in the field. Always with a cup of coffee in hand, humor and never-ending authenticity - dive in with the two of them as they brew the kind of conversations that we don’t have enough of but that matter the most.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 6 hours 49 minutes
The Do's and Don'ts of Finding a Therapist
Welcome to this episode on finding the right therapist. In this episode, we'll talk about normalizing the difficulties of finding a therapist, the steps to take before looking for a therapist, finding a therapist, and what to do after you start with a therapist. The CB duo starts by recognizing that it's okay to be picky about finding the right therapist, and it may take a few tries to find the right fit. A therapist is ultimately a relationship; not all relationships are good fits...
episode 1: Get to Know Us!
Welcome to the first episode of Conversations Brewing, with your hosts Divya and Ravisha. Divya is a mental health therapist and Ravisha is a healthcare researcher, they are best friends for over 15 years who are passionate about de-stigmatizing wellness topics and sharing their struggles around culture and finding their authenticity (with the hopes it inspires others to do the same).
episode 2: Secrets For A Long-Lasting LDR Friendship
In a recent poll that Divya did, we found out that almost everyone has at least ONE long-distance friend. With so many of us not having friends near us in proximity - why the heck don’t we talk more about these types of friendships, and how difficult they are?!?
episode 3: Navigating Immigrant Guilt As A Child Of Immigrants
Divya and Ravisha get real on a topic that brought them together through their childhood, being children of immigrants. The two of them break down expectations, family pressure, and holding parts of culture while choosing to let go of others.
episode 4: Finding Yourself While Embracing Your Culture + Authenticity
Divya and Ravisha welcome their first guest to the podcast, Linisha Basu! Linisha is a first-generation American and child of immigrants who left the comfort of her corporate job to pursue her dream of Bollywood and move to India. YES, India.
episode 5: Summer Burnout, FOMO & Managing Your Mental Health
Join Divya and Ravisha as they discuss their busy summer plans and how they deal with the burnout! They sit down with an iced coffee and talk about how their busy schedules have led them to feel overwhelmed - and how even the most fun plans can be exhausting.
episode 6: Normalizing Adult Loneliness During Transitions & Changes
Join Divya and Ravisha this week as they break down a universal emotional experience that many people experience, yet no one talks about... loneliness. Divya uses her knowledge and research as a therapist to share how and why loneliness is so prevalent in young adulthood (ages 18-40) and how transitioning, outgrowing relationships, and self-discovery play huge roles in the experience of loneliness.
episode 7: Interracial Friendships, Cultural Curiosity, and Deepening Connection with Emily Brennan, LAC
This week Divya and Ravisha are joined by Emily Brennan, a Phoenix-based therapist, mental health advocate, and host of Because We Went To Therapy podcast.
episode 8: What Each Enneagram Type Talks About In Therapy
This episode the CB duo dives into one of their favorite subjects .... personality tests! Specifically, the Enneagram test (you can take it here: https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test).
episode 9: Self Care...On A Budget
This week the CB duo dives into the thing most millennials don't get enough of ... self-care! Divya and Ravisha get what it's like to be pulled in a hundred directions - and know that many ways that people discuss self-care can be expensive. They bust the idea that self-care has to be luxurious by defining what exactly self-care really is.