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Triggers, racial trauma, intergenerational healing and parenting as a South Asian woman in the west!

Surabhi Veitch chats with Divya Kumar, an Asian-American licensed psychotherapist. Divya specializes in perinatal mental health, trauma, and the life transitions related to pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. Surabhi and Divya discuss parenting and the challenges of being a South Asian parent within Western society. Join the conversation as Divya explains how to manage your triggers when it comes to parenting and explores how race and culture impacts parenting.

We discuss:

1. Forming Identity as an Immigrant

2. Sacrifice as a Parent

3. Intergenerational Healing

4. Strategies for Self Awareness

5. Dealing With Your Own Trauma & Triggers

6. Living in a White World

7. Cultural Appropriation

8. South Asian Food

9. The Namesake

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Bio for Divya Kumar, psychotherapist:

Divya Kumar, LICSW, PMH-C is a South Asian-American psychotherapist with a public health background who specializes in perinatal mental health, trauma, and the life transitions related to pregnancy, childbirth, and parenting. She is especially passionate about holding space for folks of color and folks who identify as first- and second-generation immigrants as they navigate the transition to parenthood and explore how race, racial identity, and culture intersect with parenting.

Connect with Divya & Important Links:
—Follow Divya on Instagram @bothbrownandtherapist
—Work with Divya: www.divyakumarlicsw.com

Connect with Surabhi:

• Find Surabhi on Instagram or Facebook @thepassionatephysio

• Website: https://www.thepassionatephysio.ca