Jude Elfadil and Aarush Malhotra are representatives from STAYAL;VEDXB, a campaign run by teens, for teens to spread awareness about suicide prevention and mental health.
They will be addressing the stigma around branching out for professional mental health support and their experiences with mental health pivoted around the themes of academics, social media, ... Show More
Apr 17
S04E05 - Staying Grounded in Times of Uncertainty - Dr. Elif Celebi Adam
In this episode, Ali Khawaja is joined by Elif Adam, a clinical psychologist and founder of Bellevue Therapy in Dubai, to discuss the psychological impact of ongoing regional uncertainty and conflict.The conversation explores how ambiguity, fear, and constant exposure to informat ... Show More
47m 14s
Mar 31
S04E04 - The Bowen Method: A Gentle Approach to Healing - Genevieve Godward
In this episode, Ali Khawaja is joined by Genevieve Godward, a Bowen therapist based in Dubai, to explore the Bowen Method, a gentle, non-invasive approach to healing that works by regulating the nervous system.Genevieve shares her unconventional journey from the thoroughbred hor ... Show More
33m 10s
Mar 14
S04E03 - Calm, Clarity, and Connection: The ICAN Collective Approach - Laura Brennan
In this episode, Ali Khawaja is joined by Laura Brennan, a family wellbeing and behavior specialist and founder of the ICAN Collective, to discuss a systems-based approach to calm, clarity, and connection in children, families, and schools.Laura shares her extensive international ... Show More
46m 55s
Nov 2021
Managing Mental Health and Media with Gemma Styles
Gemma Styles, writer, influencer, and podcast host of Good Influence, join us today to chat about managing media and mental health as someone who has to be present online.Styles shares how she approaches and consumes media while protecting her mental health. We discuss mental hea ... Show More
15m 47s
May 2023
How social media affects teens’ mental health, with Jacqueline Nesi, PhD
Congress and state legislators are considering laws to restrict teen social media use, and school districts are suing social media companies for harming kids’ mental health. Are parents and policy makers right to be so concerned? Jacqueline Nesi, PhD, of Brown University, talks a ... Show More
32m 20s
Nov 2021
Keeping teens safe on social media, with Linda Charmaraman, PhD
The vast majority of U.S. teens have access to a smartphone and at least one social media account, and recent headlines seem to confirm parents’ worst fears about the effects of all that time spent online. But psychologists’ research suggests that there are nuanced answers to the ... Show More
28m 23s
May 2024
The Big Silence: Destigmatizing Mental Health Issues with Karena Dawn
In honor of Mental Health month, we close out May with a new episode of the HEAL with Kelly Podcast. In this deeply moving conversation, I sit down with Karena Dawn, New York Times best-selling author of The Big Silence: A Daughter's Memoir of Mental Illness and Healing and the v ... Show More
57m 24s
Feb 2024
What's going on with girls' mental health?
When it comes to mental health, what's going on with young people - particularly, teenage girls?There's been a lot of coverage in the media recently regarding mental health difficulties facing boys, not least around the struggle to get to grips with 'modern masculinity'; undoubte ... Show More
29m 55s
Nov 2020
162: Teens Taking Control of Mental Health w/ Teenager Therapy
<p>We don't give teenagers enough credit. Through the power of social media, they're the ones changing the world one candid conversation at a time. Today, we have on Mark Hugo & Isaac Hurtado of Teenager Therapy, a podcast of five teenage friends opening up to break the menta ... Show More
37m 32s