Brave and Quiet
Brave and Quiet
Hiren Umrania
We want to end the stigma associated with mental health especially in the South Asian community through education. By highlighting facts about mental illness, we want to fight against the biases and prejudices that prevail in our communities and create safe space in our homes, our cultures, and our communities where anyone can talk about mental illness without fear and expect to be heard and supported.
Teen Mental Health Part 2
As a part of our initiative, we wanted to hear from teenagers. Our teen founding member Reeti asked her fellow teenagers - “What are your questions about teen mental health?” and “What would you like your parents to know regarding teen mental health?” In this second episode on Teen Mental Health, Reeti and Pranav are asking these questions to our mental health experts Dr. Umrania and Dr. Kaur. They will also share what teenagers wanted their parents to know about the mental health.&nbs...
May 27, 2022
21 min
Parents' Q&A - Part 2
Why kids get clingy and how to deal with failures? Are these questions on your mind? Then tune in...In this 2nd episode of the parents' Q&A series, Bhavna(Founding Member and host) is asking these questions to our experts Dr. Umrania and Dr. Kaur.
Apr 11, 2022
13 min
Parents' Questions on Mental Health
We are back after a brief break! Please join our conversation on parents' questions on mental health. As a part of our initiative, our host and founding member Bhavna Raikar reached out to parents for their questions on their children's mental health. We will be addressing these questions in a series of episodes. In this 1st episode of this series, she is asking questions on important topic of social media and internet use in the kids to our experts Dr. Kaur and Dr. Umrania.&nbs...
Mar 22, 2022
10 min
Teen Mental Health
As a part of our initiative, we wanted to hear from teenagers. Our teen founding member Reeti asked her fellow teenagers - “What are your questions about teen mental health?” and “What would you like your parents to know regarding teen mental health?” She received a lot of thoughtful and truthful answers from her fellow teens. These responses were anonymous. In this episode She and Pranav are asking these questions to our experts Dr. Umrania and Dr. Kaur. They will be also sharing what teena...
Feb 2, 2022
12 min
Stress Management
In this short episode, hosts Reeti and Pranav talks with Dr. Kaur and Dr. Umrania about how to manage stress, tips for parents on how to help kids manage their stress.
Jan 19, 2022
6 min
Stress - What is it?
In this two part series we talk about stress. In this episode Reeti and Bhavna talks with Dr. Umrania about what is stress, what could be causing stress for us and our kids, how to recognize when stress is a problem. In our next episode we will talk about how to manage stress.
Jan 4, 2022
11 min
Introduction to Brave and Quiet Podcast
In this episode Dr. Umrania and Dr. Kaur talks about the story behind the Brave and Quiet, and what drew Bhavna, Reeti and Pranav to this initiative.
Dec 19, 2021
8 min
Break the Stigma
In this episode we are focusing on first understanding the problem that keeps people from reaching out to others, keeps them from seeking help. In other words staying quiet, and this begins with Stigma associated with mental illness.
Dec 19, 2021
7 min