How Stealing A Rock Changed My Career with Monty Badami ep 87

This is the fan mail link! #ShitHappyPodcast, #InspiringPodcast, #PodcastInterviewShownotes A short but powerful “But wait, there’s more” follow-up with anthropologist Monty Badami that dives into identity, culture, wellbeing and meaning. Monty shares his time in South India with the Pania community, the limits of a purely biomedical approach to mental health, and a story that still gives Toni goosebumps: the day an elder knew she’d taken a stone from the river. You’ll also hear how this moment helped Monty shift from psychology to anthropology, and how objects, rituals and place can hold memory, belonging and healing.TopicsIndigenous communities in South India and the Pania peopleStructural violence, marginalisation and mental healthLimits of “quick fix” biomedical modelsCulture, story and community as meaning-makingObjects, rituals and place as memory and identitySpirit possession beliefs and cultural worldview shiftsAnthropology vs psychology and why Monty changed pathsGrief, belonging and what we carryEpisode Specific LinksMonty Badami: https://montybadami.com/https://www.habitus.org/about Transcript and guest bio:  https://shithappy.com/how-stealing-a-r…nty-badami-ep-87/Related Episodes Find at www.shithappy.com# 2 Betrayals, Bombs and Badassery with Heidi Dening# 3 Anxiety, Connection and King Kong with Heidi Dening# 36 Dreqms, Miracles and Enlightenment with Paul McDermottSupport the show Links To Love (newsletter +++): https://shithappy.com/resources/