Season 1, Episode 2, "Turmeric Won't Fix This One"

The first step to making any change is to acknowledge what isn’t working and to accept that we need intervention. In this episode, Rupal Joshi and Dr. Sonalee Joshi talk about what kickstarted their mental health journeys and how they knew it was time to seek help. Rupal discusses how responding to someone else’s mental health journey led her to look inward, and Sonalee reflects on how advocating for her mental health as a teenager led her to a career as a clinical psychologist. Sonalee also talks about the research behind making behavioral changes.  The Desi Doubts podcast—brought to you by the explosive and wildly successful 501(3)(c) nonprofit South Asian Americans for Change—tackles stigmas, limiting beliefs and misinformation that come with being South Asian. Cohosts Sonalee Joshi, PhD (researcher, therapist, writer, visual artist) and Rupal Joshi (Co-founder of SAAFC, lawyer, single mom) delve deep in to conversations that are filled with laughs, tips backed by expertise and research, and real lived experience, so you can reframe your mindset on mental health and wellness to live your BEST life, on your OWN terms (not based on stigmas and misinformation that no longer serve us).  References Prochaska, J. O., & Norcross, J. C. (2002). Stages of Change. In J. C. Norcross (Ed.), Psychotherapy relationships that work: Therapist contributions and responsiveness to patients (pp. 303–313). Oxford University Press. Mental Health America: Finding Help: When to Get it and Where to Go https://www.mhanational.org/finding-help-when-get-it-and-where-go