Sahaj Kohli is the founder of Brown Girl Therapy, a mental health and wellness organization for children of immigrants. In this work, she creates resources that promote bicultural identity exploration and the de-stigmatization of therapy in immigrant communities. Sahaj joins Alaa at the table today to discuss her passion for being a mental health advocate, the unique immigrant experience when it comes to mental health and wellness, and how western mental health may not necessarily understand cultural differences and expectations.

Being At The Table means:

“Doing the work in these spaces and creating our own tables, or creating the whole house and the whole neighborhood, for people because even the idea of a table, for me, feels limiting.” – Sahaj Kohli

Highlights from the Conversation:

• Sahaj’s inspiration for creating Brown Girl Therapy and why it is so important
• Finding her own personal identity
• Mental health is very Eurocentric and other cultures are not taught how to care for their own emotional wellness to the same extent
• Sahaj’s experience as a senior editor of identity driven stories
• “Holding Space” for people to show up as they are, no matter where they are in their journey
• The practice of gratitude to boost mental health
• The gender norms for men and how that impacts their own mental health
• Therapists don’t necessarily understand the culturally appropriate and responsive techniques and interventions
• Self-care can look differently for a child of immigrants
• Finding the courage to build this community
• And more

About the Guest:

The daughter of immigrants, Sahaj Kohli is the founder of Brown Girl Therapy (@browngirltherapy), the first and largest mental health and wellness community organization for children of immigrants. A writer and speaker, Sahaj is on a mission to provide decolonized and inclusive mental health care to underserved populations.

https://sahajkohli.com/

https://www.facebook.com/browngirltherapy/

About the Host:

Alaa Murabit is an award-winning medical doctor, global security strategist, women’s rights advocate, and United Nations High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment & Economic Growth and Sustainable Development Goal Global Advocate.

https://alaamurabit.com/

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https://twitter.com/almmura

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaamurabit/

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Latham Thomas calls herself a maternity lifestyle maven. Alaa calls her a revolutionary for women. Together they are going to explore Latham’s inspirations, her views on the inherent discrimination in the health care system and exploring what it means to be a black mother in America.

Being At The Table means:

“Throw the table out, let somebody repurpose the wood, turn it into something else, and see what the space looks like when there's nothing else in the room. Now we're all in this room together, and now how do we design a future together?” – Latham Thomas

Highlights from the Conversation:

• Latham’s inspiration and driving force for the work she does
• How body literacy from a young age shaped her path to later becoming a doula
• The inherent mistrust that people of color have with the medical system
• The watershed moment that led to her to train other doulas and the success behind it
• Facing the reality of black maternal mortality
• Empowering people to make choices and navigate the system
• Finding the wisdom many have lost through reflection and tradition
• The Survival Programs created by the Black Panther movement
• And more

About the Guest:

Latham Thomas is a maternity lifestyle maven, world renown wellness leader, master birth doula, and bestselling author on the vanguard of transforming the wellness movement. Named one of Oprah Winfrey’s Super Soul 100, Latham’s journey began after giving birth to her son Fulano in 2003 and founding MamaGlow.

https://mamaglow.com/

About the Host:

Alaa Murabit is an award-winning medical doctor, global security strategist, women’s rights advocate and United Nations High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment & Economic Growth and Sustainable Development Goal Global Advocate.

https://alaamurabit.com/

https://www.instagram.com/alaamurabit/

https://twitter.com/almmura

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaamurabit/

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Rabia Anwar Chaudry truly believes that understanding and acceptance can come through the power of storytelling. In fact she has used it in her podcasts to help individuals that have been falsely accused of crimes. Rabia joins Alaa today to talk about the influence story telling has not just in learning life’s lessons but also the path to social change.

Being At The Table means:

“To listen to everybody else's perspective is; to learn to just be still and listen to people and understand why are their priorities the way they are” - Rabia Chaudry

Highlights from the Conversation:

• Her involvement in the creation of Serial Podcast that investigated the claims that Adnan Syed was innocent of murder, one of Rabia’s clients
• The transition from Serial to Undisclosed, which investigates wrongful convictions and the U.S. criminal justice system, which has helped exonerate 9 defendants
• The power of District Attorneys and finding the right candidates to run for this office
• Learning that facts don’t necessarily matter as they can be interpreted differently however changing people’s minds begins with telling stories
• Getting over the shame of living in domestic violence and divorce
• A look into her book Fatty Fatty Boom Boom, her memoir around food and family
• Delving into raising our girls differently to live the life they want
• And more.

About the Guest:

Rabia Chaudry is an attorney, advocate, and Executive Producer of four-part HBO documentary “The Case Against Adnan Syed.” A NYT bestselling author and co-host of two podcasts Rabia will be publishing her next book “Fatty Fatty Boom Boom”, a memoir on food, fat, and family this year.

http://www.rabiachaudry.com/

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/undisclosed/id984987791

About the Host:

Alaa Murabit is an award-winning medical doctor, global security strategist, women’s rights advocate and United Nations High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment & Economic Growth and Sustainable Development Goal Global Advocate.

https://alaamurabit.com/

https://www.instagram.com/alaamurabit/

https://twitter.com/almmura

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alaamurabit/

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