Brownology with Dr Tina Mistry

As we draw this season to a close, Dr Tina Mistry reflects on the past year from the start of the pandemic to present day as we navigate our ‘new normal' in the UK. Listen in to hear the horrific impact white privilege has even in crisis, but also the resilience show by both the Asian community and wider human community during this time. Timestamps 0:00 – Intro 1:46 – The impact of white privilege 3:11 – The power of community 5:27 – The lie of social media 6:23 – Resilience in the south Asian community 9:27 – Thank you, NHS staff 10:40 – The anxiety of the ‘new normal' 12:11 – Adapting ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Parenting at any time is difficult, but parenting in a pandemic. Covid-19 has brought many challenges in this realm and it has impacted our mental health. Join Dr Mistry as she provides actionable tips on how to navigate juggling work, and raising kids, both throughout lockdown and how we can go forward with our employers supporting us, as we head into the new normal. 0:00 – Preamble 1:32 – The double shift for women 4:56 – Difficulties in homework help 6:25 – Financial strain 8:15 – Increased psychological distress 10:15 – Juggling work, and kids 13:57 – Psychological flexibility 14:50 – Damaging ways of parenting ways we grew up with 17:05 – Mindful parenting 18:44 – Tips 22:26 – Taking responsibility for mistakes 24:50 – How can employees support? ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Domestic abuse has been increasing under lockdown and has long been under reported in the South Asian community. Listen in to discover how the patriarchy, honour and other difficulties contribute to this huge issue and can affect our mental health. Timestamps: 0:00 – Preamble 1:58 – The stats 5:44 – Types of domestic abuse 7:55 – Underreporting in the South Asian community 9:00 – Izzat/Sharam/Honour 10:19 – Difficulties reporting rape 11:48 – Space in refuge's during covid 12:32 – Women from minority backgrounds 13:58 – Somatization, depression, & anxiety 16:57 – Divorce & relationship dissatisfaction in lockdown 20:30 – Causes of marital violence 23:02 – Pressure on men 25:06 – Barriers for BAME women in escaping abuse References in this episode: Southall Black Sisters Women's Aid Sakhi The Sharan Project Mixture of BAME and Other Resources ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Whether you're a 20 something year old or in your 50's, this episode is for you and your family. Even in a pandemic, we would rather wear PPE for 24 hours straight, than discuss our feelings on taboo topics in a south Asian household. Join Dr Mistry as she discusses the differences of the British Asian diaspora living at home in comparison to the white British population, and the additional stressors we may face. 0:00 – Preamble 0:55 – Living with Family 2:33 – Interdependence 3:40 – White families living together 5:10 – Cultural conflict for British Asian's living at home 7:30 – Lockdown's impact on the British Asian Diaspora 9:52 – Impact on British Asian women 11:07 – Food scarcity, stress, uncertainty 13:15 – A year ‘wasted' 16:04 – Lack of freedom 17:00 – Being queer in a South Asian household 18:43 – The added stress of hiding our double lives in lockdown 21:40 – Resources & Support 22:07 – Opening up taboo conversations in the family References: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/oct/18/boomerang-trend-of-young-adults-living-with-parents-is-rising-study https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/living-single/201605/why-are-so-many-young-adults-living-their-parents https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ832723.pdf https://www.mhanational.org/blog/what-do-when-your-south-asian-parents-dont-understand-your-mental-health https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ832723.pdf https://www.burntroti.com/blog/is-enmeshment-trauma-a-cultural-norm-in-south-asian-families https://gal-dem.com/single-south-asian-women-like-me-are-feeling-the-pressure-of-ageing-in-lockdown/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12119-021-09817-w https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwao.12572 ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

We are used to grieving together as a community in the South Asian culture. Many of us have lost someone close to us this past year due to Covid-19. Join Dr. Mistry as she discusses how mourning has changed, as well as some of the more traumatic, lesser known grief symptoms. 0:00 – Preamble 0:35 – Death in the south Asian community 2:30 – What is Grief? 3:33 – Psychological impact 4:50 – Physical impact 5:44 – Shifting Roles & Coping Strategies 7:31 – Needing to be together 8:49 – Mourning Period in Asian Culture 11:52 – How are we coping now? 13:30 – Traumatic Grief Symptoms 15:00 – Links to Research & Org's References: Samhin Brown don't frown podcast Cruse The Good Grief Trust Sands Lullaby Trust Bame Stream Bereavement Support Majonzi Fund Mind Works UK At a loss website The Griefcast Podcast ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

For something that's come from the East, mindfulness has become incredibly westernised in recent times. This guided meditation has a delightful British Asian twist to enable us to reconnect to the practice with the practice, and with ourselves. Save this episode so you can return to it for some tranquility, time and time again. ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

0:00 – Preamble 0:37 – Underlying health conditions in ethnic minorities 2:24 – Who's shielding? 4:34 – Huge ethnic inequalities 5:40 – Living with a chronic illness 6:32 – The psychological impact of shielding 7:42 – Anxiety from being clinically vulnerable 9:53 – Asian expectations to resume normality 12:25 – What happens when we break the rules? 14:39 – Psychological impact in SA community 15:50 – Acknowledging our feelings 17:10 – Shielding as an identity 17:56 – Lack of control 20:29 – Mindfulness 21:52 – Finding Joy 23:19 – Saying No in our culture What is it like to be shielding in the UK as a member of the South Asian ethnicity where community is everything? Join Tina Mistry as she discusses the difficulties of saying no in our culture. She explores the nuances of how shielding due to a chronic illness has taken a toll on our mental health, and the particular pressures we face from simultanously being South Asian. ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

As South Asians, many of us have faced the unique challenge of caring for our parents or grandparents that live with us during the pandemic. What has the impact of this been – on them and us – as we've navigated more tangible issues like the ever-changing guidance around shielding and the less visible problems of struggling to cope, mentally? Join Dr. Tina Mistry, as she explores the latter in today's episode. Timestamps: 0:00 – Preamble 1:08 – Covid challenges of elderly living in overcrowded or multigenerational households 3:46 – The impact of shielding elderly on the elderly & all other household members 4:37 – Adhering to rules, impact on elderly 6:21 – Elderly not living with family 7:37 – Suppression of trauma 8:49 – What do you do when your family member doesn't accept they're struggling psychologically? 11:40 – Healing looks different for everybody – 12:18 – soundbite? 13:41 – Taking care of yourself as a carer 15:17 – Psychological impact & adapting through this time of separation 17:06 – sources of support ========== Another Mother Story Another Mother Story on Instagram You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Loneliness. In the past year, we've all felt this way whether we live alone or in a house full of people. Join me as I discuss the ways loneliness has affected differing groups, the research and the available forms of support. For the next 20 minutes, perhaps we can remember that we're riding this pandemic out together. Timestamps: 0:00 – Preamble 0:58 – What is loneliness? 2:35 – Being forced to be alone 4:18 – Loneliness & mental health 5:38 – Self isolating & shielding populations 6:43 – ONS stats 7:39 – Effects of lockdown 3 on: 9:30 – Young adults 10:12 – Women 10:51 – Ethnic minorities 12:19 – Parents of young children 13:04 – What do we do about loneliness? 15:17 – Limited interactions 17:11 – Sources of support 19:34 – We're in this together Resources mentioned: Mind NHS 111 Every Mind Matters Samaritans Shout Blurt Foundation  Action For Happiness  Sunday Assembly Museum of Happiness Marmalade trust Sikh Elders (leeds) Sunshine Charity https://letstalkloneliness.co.uk/ Buggy Buds – for parents Kooth – wellbeing app/community based – useful as loneliness is correlated with anxiety ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Welcome back to season 2 of the Brownology podcast! In this week's episode, Dr. Tina Mistry discusses the tangible impact COVID has had for people who have experienced a pandemic pregnancy. Being pregnant as a non-white woman in the UK presents its own challenges already, so whilst society slowly makes its changes here, listen to Tina's top tips on how you can best navigate this very special, yet tricky, time. Timestamps 0.00 - Preamble 0:52 – Stats, death, implicit bias 2:36 – pregnancy 4.00 – pregnancy stats 4:52 – fears & anxieties 5:38 – separated from friends, families 7:20 – adaptation of services 8:04 – father's mental health 9:49 – pre-covid for BAME antenatal wellbeing 11:48 – what are the long term consequences of covid on mothers and babies? 16:33 – mother's mixed feelings 17:39 – support services 20:13 – 5 top tips ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

So here we are season 2 and in 2021, we are experiencing lockdown in the UK. I had plans for this season to focus on Women's mental health issues however I feel that we are all experiencing ‘collective trauma' and right now we all need our experiences and stories to be heard and felt. Therefore Season 2 of the Brownology podcast is going to focus on how lockdown has affected the south Asian community. We will be covering a variety of issues that we are all going through. This will include: Parenting in a pandemic, Pregnancy and birth, being a new mum, living with chronic illness, caring for the elderly, living alone, living with in laws or extended family, living with your parents, grief, loss, and breakdown of relationships and domestic violence.These episodes are about you, us, our community. Our voices and an opportunity for us to think about how COVID has impacted our mental health during the past year. Join me over the next few weeks, where we, together face these issues and of course I will be offering suggestions that may help us get through this. So join me, because this is about us. ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Episode 9 of season one ends here. We've seen an incredibly polarising year in 2020, with huge highs and crashing lows. As with everything, we must continue to move forward and reflect on what we've learned and how we can adapt in the coming years. Dr. Tina Mistry reflects on 2020 and the lessons she's learned, and what she'll take going into the new year. She also touches on what you can expect going into season two of Brownology. Have a safe, healthy, and happy New Year and we'll see you in 2021. ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Dr Suba is a Women's Health Doctor and podcaster who is all about straight-talking, taboo-crushing and re-educating. She completed medical school in London and has worked in London, New Zealand, Essex and Greece. Her vision is for women to truly understand their bodies, be in charge of their health and for structures and systems to support that.You can hear her on her podcasts, In Hysterics and Life After the Letters, or keep up with her via socials on @subasays. You can also find her on: https://inhysterics.squarespace.com ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Bisleen Attli and Navan Sidhu are fourth-year naturopathic medical students from Toronto, Canada. Their passion from mental health stems from their own lived struggles. They believe that in order to achieve mental wellness it is crucial to take a holistic approach, where you work on both the mental and physical aspects of health as they are linked together. ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Aman Soomal is a qualified psychotherapist, specialising in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, with a focus on perinatal mental health. She goes by the 'Mentally Healthy Mummy' and regularly shares snippets from her journey about motherhood from a therapist's perspective. In this episode, we discuss getting into our respective roles within mental health in the NHS, as South Asian women. Whilst we have taken different routes into the field (with Aman working as a CBT therapist with over ten years' of experience), we both have shared experiences of our visibility. Going through the clinical training process has meant we had assimilated in certain ways, felt starkly visible in interview settings and suffered a loss of our identity. The journey into clinical training holds obstacles subtly painted by the colour of our skin, which can lead to some of us having imposter syndrome or that we are not in control of our brownness. This episode will explore us almost losing but ultimately seizing back control. You can find Aman on: @thementallyhealthymummy thementallyhealthymummy.com ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

This is the second instalment of a conversation I had with Jolel. He speaks about the highs and lows, the unfiltered journey to PhD. ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

In this episode, Dr Tina Mistry conversates with Jolel Miah, on his journey into achieving a PHD in Psychology. The episode discusses his motivation, struggles and dedication throughout his journey. This episode will help listeners understand the struggles of being a BAME student and the barriers that impact us when working towards a higher degree. This is the first of a two part series with the second part being released on 9/10/2020. If you would like support with your journey into psychology here are a number of organisations that may be useful: BIPP www.bippnetwork.org.uk BPS www.bps.org.uk Twitter accounts: @minoritiesgroup @amplifytrainee Reach out if you know of other social media accounts and organisations that you may feel are helpful. ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

In this episode I speak to Anita Guru. She talks about the she challenges faced when she experienced abuse which resulted in Complex Trauma (PTSD). We explore what complex trauma is and of how she worked towards her healing. Resources: - The Body Keeps the Score book - The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse - By Ellen Bass and Laura Davies - Carolyn Spring- Reversing Adversity https://www.carolynspring.com - Rape and Sexual Abuse Support centre - local centres across the country and a national helpline https://www.rasasc.org.uk/ - Anita's Instagram page - @poetryknowsnoname Facebook group - the Fertility Network Asian Fertility Group If you feel you may need some help following this episode please get in touch with your GP, or if you are in crisis please contact 999 or attend your nearest emergency ward. Helplines: Samaritans 116 123 Samaritans.org Shout Text Shout to 85258 giveusashout.org Shout is the UK's first free 24/7 text service for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It's a place to go if you're struggling to cope and you need immediate help. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Following the huge interest and controversy caused by Netflix's Indian Matchmaker, the way us South Asians are hitched has become a topic of interest. In this episode join me and Dr Harpreet Malla, where we talk about her research into how arranged marriages can work for certain types of people. We will discuss the elements needed for a lasting relationship based on psychological theory as well as looking at the pros and cons of the different ways of finding partners. ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

OMG, here it is the first EVA episode of me sat talking about me and the stuff that I am passionate about. The episode covers how I got into psychology and the barriers I was met by. I hope that this episode gives you a flavour of who I am and what I am about. More good things coming soon. Oh and any questions or topics you want me to cover.... drop me an email hello@brownpsychologist.com. ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support

Hey hey friends! This is a sneak peak into what I am going to be delving into. I am excited are you? ========== You can find me on: @brownpsychologist --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brownology/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brownology/support