Episode 53: Mental Health and Doing What You Love With Abhijith Ravinutala

Have we really gotten better at talking about mental health in the South Asian community, or just better at using the language? Abhijith Ravinutala joins us again to pick up where we left off in Episode 35, when he first shared his journey with mental health and the loss that led him to create MannMukti.We get honest about what doesn't help, like being told "have you tried this?" or the toxic positivity that keeps people from being vulnerable. Mental health isn't a math problem to solve in the moment. Therapy can help, not just to manage it, but to see blind spots someone may be too close to notice on their own.We also talk about Abhijith's own journey, leaving corporate America to write full time, and the ease that comes when your work finally matches what you love. We share what it took to find the right therapist and to finally open up, including the value of working with one who understood our culture.Come for the honest conversation, and stay for the ideas that might change how you think about yourself.