Shuvra Deb: With You

Today’s show is about the impacts of social exclusion on mental health and why diversity should be celebrated. I will discuss the toll of exclusion on the grounds of race and of gender. One of the ways I propose in which we may be more socially inclusive, is by refusing to “other” another due to feeling threatened by another’s differences.  Instead, if we hold an unshakeable self-belief, nothing c...

On today’s show I talk about some of the mental health issues that may affect us at Easter time and during the holidays in general, and I discuss what we can do to help ourselves with these. I also discuss Easter being a time of resurrection, renewal, rebirth, and hope.  Those of you who listened to my Christmas Special on setting intentions, will know that I spoke then about having weekly or mont...

On today’s show, I discuss issues surrounding isolation and loneliness. I talk about what to do when you feel lonely or isolated in a variety of different scenarios.  I also discuss the moments when we may wish to welcome isolation and spending time alone.  I round off my discussion by looking at some of the barriers that we may face in seeking professional help for mental illnesses, which is insp...

Today’s show is about “The Negatives”. What kind of mean and negative things do you say to yourself inside your head? STOP!!  I have some tasty solutions for managing The Negatives, some science on how our nervous systems work, solutions and tools for combatting The Negatives, and some of the reasons why we fall prey to the Negatives in the first place.  Sit back, grab a cup of tea, and enjoy my f...

On today’s show, I take us through some of the steps we can take to maintain our mental health on a day-to-day basis.  Topics : 00:00:00 Intro  00:03:45 Maintaining our day-to-day mental health 00:04:44 The 5 Balls of Life 00:08:00 Mental health check in buddy 00:10:20 Importance of sleep 00:17:52 Avoiding perfectionism  00:22:55 Being of service  00:25:25 Gratitude journal  00:28:07 Gratitude in...

On today’s show, I welcome my guest Kim Wallace to speak about the work she does in the mental and spiritual wellness field.  Topics: 00:00:00 Intro  00:03:40 Introduction from Kim 00:04:04 De-stigmatizing mental health  00:04:50 Generational changes to attitude on mental health 00:05:35 Background on Kim  00:09:06 Intuitive Coaching  00:13:00 Corporate culture  00:15:52 Religion and spirituality ...

I bring you a Valentine’s Love Special today! I talk to you about love in the context of self-love, self-compassion and gratitude. I also touch on romantic love, and I talk about how the ego affects our ability to receive and to give love. By giving ourselves love and compassion, we allow ourselves to step closer to being love as a state. We get to love as a state of being by practising self-compa...

I will be running through and giving you a summary of my shows to date on today’s episode! As my Podcast starts to develop, I want to give you a chance to hear a recap of each of my shows so far to give you a better idea of their content. That way, you’ll be able to pick which episodes sound the most appealing to you, and head straight to that show.    Online resources: Infinite Mindcare, Cayman I...

Today I talk to you in the context of recently published statistics surrounding mental health that are directly impacting the Cayman Islands, and beyond, with recently published statistics relating to mental health also published in the US and in the UK.  2021 witnessed a 72% increase on 2020 in the number of people who attempted to take their own lives in the Cayman Islands.  Similarly worrying f...

On today’s show I review five of my favourite books that I have read in the last few years. The start of the year is a great time to get going on a reading list! The five books that I discuss are:  The Power of the Heart , by Baptist de Pape The Body Keeps The Score , by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk Being Ram Dass , by Ram Dass and Rameshwar Das Discover Your Dharma , by Sahara Rose; and Make Your Bed...

Today’s show explores the topic of change. I discuss how we can navigate and come to terms with situations in our lives where a change is forced upon us; for example due to being dumped by a love interest, made redundant from a job, served notice by a landlord, or when our kids grow up and move out of the family home.  I also discuss:  - how to approach change when it is our choice to make a chang...

On today’s show I discuss setting our intentions in the context of the New Year of 2023. The essence of intention setting is something that we can work on throughout the year, and doesn’t have to be restricted by time to just a New Year.  The Christmas and New Year’s period does however provide a good time to cleanse out the old, and make space for the new. I discuss how positive changes can be in...

On today’s show, I talk about the benefits of going on a retreat, and the joy that we can experience from being in a retreat space. When recording this show, I had just returned from an amazing retreat experience in Costa Rica, at Blue Spirit Costa Rica where I was taught and guided by Paul Selig, a psychic, teacher and award-winning author.  I discuss the importance of self-care and talk about ho...

On today’s show, I have my very first guest appearances from Ian Smith, Owner and Coach, and Stella Noyons, Coach and Nutritionist of F45 Cayman Islands. I am super excited and honoured to have these guys on my show!  We discuss all things to do with maintaining a healthy mind and body, and how exercise and nutrition play such a big role in all of that. We discuss the F45 Challenge, which is a tra...

In this show I talk about ways of helping a friend or relative suffering with PTSD. I discuss some of the symptoms to look out for in your friend or relative.  I explore things that you can do to help them cope with their symptoms. These include providing your friend or relative with support; allowing them to talk about their experiences when they are ready; providing a safe and secure environment...

Today, I discuss the powerful teachings embodied in Don Miguel Ruiz’s acclaimed book, The Four Agreements , which is a Toltec Wisdom Book. I talk about what Ruiz means by “Agreements”, which is broadly, the self-limiting beliefs that we hold about ourselves, and about events that happen in our lives. These can be self-limiting beliefs that are sometimes buried deep within us. Ruiz describes in The...

On today’s show, I discuss the power of language in a number of different contexts. The very fact that “mental health” is a term of phrase separate to “physical health”, tells us that one’s mind and spirit is seen as something other than the physical body, something other than the whole person. Changing some of the loaded terms around health, and in particular around “mental health” allows us to t...

On today’s show, I discuss ways in which we can all find our true purpose in life. I talk about how in those quiet moments in our lives, whether that’s achieved through meditation or perhaps being out in Nature, we quieten our minds. In the words of Eckhart Tolle, those quiet moments allow us to  “experience with increasing frequency the joy of perceiving with little or no interference of thinking...

On this show, I discuss stress management, giving you some great tools to help manage stress in an increasingly busy society where output and productivity are often valued above the person.  By slowing down and standing still, we allow ourselves to move forward. We start to be able to regulate our Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) which is the part of the body that brings us back to a calm stat...

On my first episode of Shuvra Deb: With You, I discuss my devastating experience of going through Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on record to make landfall, which hit the British Virgin Islands on 6 September 2017. The experience led me to suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for over a year before I realised that I had PTSD.  I describe some of the dire...

My name is Shuvra Deb and my aim is to normalise and de-stigmatise society’s views on mental health. I would love for us all to live in a society where engaging with and looking after our mental health is the norm.  My show arises from my own life-changing experience of going through a devastating category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Irma in the British Virgin Islands in 2017, which caused me to suffer...