5 Strategies For Calming Anxiety & How To End The Stigma Around Mental Health

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Business

4.7 • 30.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Sid Malhotra learned from a young age not to share his feelings. Growing up in New Delhi, he watched as people in his family and community bottled up their emotions and figured he should do the same. In this episode of On Purpose, well-known Indian Actor Sid Malhotra and Jay Shetty talk about how to end the stigma around mental health that is so apparent in many cultures, specifically the South Asian culture Sid grew up in. They break down five strategies for learning to talk about your mental health challenges openly and in turn manage the anxiety that comes with them.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome back to On Purpose, the number one health and wellness podcast
0:10.2	in the world thanks to each and every one of you.
0:14.3	Today's episode is from a conversation between me and Sid Malotra.
0:18.6	Sid is an accomplished Indian actor if you haven't seen his work, make sure you check it out.
0:23.0	Today our conversation is about the cultural bias that is resistant to talking about mental
0:28.9	health openly, specifically in the South Asian community but in many across the world and
0:34.0	maybe you can relay.
0:35.4	For many communities, supportive frameworks for mental health is deeply stigmatized.
0:40.3	My conversation with Sid will lay bare some strategies that he has employed with his
0:44.8	loved ones that will inspire those of you who may be struggling with cultural stigma around
0:50.2	mental health.
0:51.6	Sid and I had this conversation over in Strang live a few weeks back during my mental
0:56.0	health day series and I'm really excited to share this conversation with you today on
1:00.7	On Purpose.
1:02.0	Share what you learned from it or any questions that come up for you and tag Sid and I on Instagram.
1:07.2	Sid, how's it going?
1:10.5	It's so good to see you man, thank you so much for doing this and I said how you doing today.
1:15.1	I'm good man, I'm really excited to be here, to use our platform for something which is
1:19.8	positive and happy.
1:20.8	It's what I'm happy to be a part of and learn something, say something and hopefully
1:27.8	people see some sense of positivity and happiness in that day.
1:31.4	Absolutely, I want to take a moment to credit Sid because we connected recently on Instagram
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