Dr. Tina Mistry on South Asian Mental Health

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I have a lovely chat with the powerhouse that is Dr. Tina Mistry about all things conscious parenting, intergenerational trauma (we are born holding trauma in our bodies from our grandparents, you guys!) and why mental health is so misunderstood in children and in the South Asian community in general. I love love loved this honest and raw conversation about what life is like as a parent of two young children in a pandemic, about how ‘disciplining your child’ is often approached so incorrectly, toxic masculinity and how that stems from childhood, emotional absenteeism in parenting, and how we can unlearn the bad stuff to avoid passing it on to our kids! And of course that none of this is a perfect process; it’s messy AF, full of ups and downs and perhaps there is a lot of beauty that lies in that. Also Dr. Tina is so soft spoken that I feel like I've undergone therapy just by listening to her voice. So light a nice candle, get a hot drink and get comfortable to listen to the gems dropped in this conversation. If you are a pandemic parent, especially a South Asian one, or wondering what life is like as one, this episode will be of interest to you!
If you haven’t already, please check out Dr. Tina’s platform; @brownpsychologist. She puts out awesome content on South Asian mental health and now has her own fabulous podcast called ‘Brownology’ discussing these topics in even more depth.