9－I'M NOT CRAZY! (Asians talking about mental health) ft. VAIDEHI GAJJAR (@VGAJJAR95)

Send us Fan MailS1E9 - Vaidehi Gajjar (@vgajjar95)“While there is togetherness in loneliness, there is togetherness in healing” - Vaidehi Gajjar In today’s episode, I had a conversation with Vaidehi Gajjar. Vaidehi is an Indian-American diaspora Asian in the hospital management field with side hustles in writing, advocacy, and journalism. Her passions include writing, mental health advocacy, and South Asian representation. Her works have been published, displayed, and shown in many different platforms. She has a book coming out called, “I’m not Crazy” Anthology so check that out!We talked a lot about things like:-Indian American identity especially during post-9/11 times-Writing as a way to get through difficult times-Family expectations for Asian American kids-Mental health struggles (depression, anxiety, anorexia, burnout)-South Asians and mental health-Asian representation being South Asian-Her book launch - I’m Not Crazy Anthology-Indian Caste systemFollow Vaidehi: @vgajjar95Follow Kyle: @kyle.lkhhkCredits:Theme Music Intro: m-train-dpa.wav by hkmtrhah / Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) / https://freesound.org/s/371934/Outro: Cinematic industrial outro by Drakensson / CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication / https://freesound.org/s/447538/--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatkindofasianpod/messageSupport the showThank you for listening! Help this podcast:1. Follow us on Instagram @whatkindofasianpod 2. Share our episodes with friends and family3. Subscribe to us on your streaming platform4. Leave us a rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcast5. Buy Us a Coffee! (Supporting us financially really helps but it's definitely not required, do it if you can) All the links!https://linktr.ee/whatkindofasianareyoupod