Conversations Brewing Podcast

In this episode, powerhouse & boss woman Sweta Sridhar sits down with the CB duo to share how she built an impactful coaching business (almost overnight!) while working a 9-5 job. She starts the episode by sharing her journey, how a post on LinkedIn during the pandemic turned into 500+ responses from people who wanted to connect with her during a time of struggle. Sweta breaks down her thought...

In this episode, the CB duo is joined by Ayushi, a Texas-based psychotherapist, business owner, and content creator. All coming from South Asian backgrounds, they start by discussing similarities and how those similarities influenced their mental health and upbringing. Following, Ayushi shares her experience as a therapist who specializes in working with anxiety and perfectionism. She dives into w...

This week the CB duo discusses Toxic Positivity and how it’s shaped our behaviors today. The duo defines what is Toxic Positivity and how to shift our thinking into taking out terms like 'positive vibes' in our daily conversations. The two get personal in their experiences of going through unlearning Toxic Positivity and what it means to really sit with our emotions. They discuss ways to respond t...

This week the CB duo dives into a post inspired by @imani.intouch. The post highlights how the "good girl" aka the girl who stays quiet, people-pleases, doesn't show emotion, and cares about what everyone thinks turn into an anxious and overthinking woman. As the post states "The good girl is an identity/set of social constructs that are placed on women from a very young age. The good girl is soci...

This week the duo sits with Kiki Athanas - who helps women who are dealing with "food bipolarism", diet swinging, or unhealthy relationships with food. Kiki gets real with the CB duo as they talk about the difficulties of diet culture, the pressures of body image, and the massive role that social media plays. She shares the biggest struggles her clients have faced, her best advice, and ways that p...

This week's episode is a vulnerable one, where Divya and Ravisha dive into the topic of feeling lost in life. Divya starts by using her experience as a mental health therapist who works primarily with millennials to share some of the root causes of the 'lost' feeling. After discussing the 'why' of feeling lost, the CB duo reflects on various times when they have felt lost in life (cue: family expe...

In this week's episode, the CB duo welcomes Apurva Agarwal. She is an Indian immigrant living her dream in Chicago. She moved to America in 2013 to pursue Finance at Indiana University and is currently working her dream 9-5 at a Chocolate company. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs and jewelers, it seemed natural to her to follow in those footsteps but the key was to add her own twist.  She's...

It's officially autumn/fall! The CB duo sits down with their drink of choice (Divya with a PSL and Ravisha with a regular latte... yep, she's not a PSL lover) to chat about all things fall - from feelings, transitions, and coping with shorter & darker days. The pair start by discussing how not everyone is a fall lover. With Ravisha not being a huge "fall fan", she often felt like an odd one ou...

This week the CB duo sit down with beauty guru, influencer, digital creator, and the "big sister" for South Asians on social media - Ami Desai! Divya and Ravisha have been following Ami for years, and are continuously inspired by her passion and influence in the beauty, family, and lifestyle space. This episode is an interesting one because it was originally focused on beauty standards, and even t...

This week the CB duo dives into a prominent topic in adulthood transitions that is under-discussed... cohabitating! Cohabitating of all kinds - with partners, friends, family, and strangers. They discuss their experiences with each kind - and how they come with their own challenges. Using an article (shown below) as a discussion starter, they dive into the unique intimacy of "nonromantic" roommate...

In this week's episode, the CB duo share the worst relationship advice they have heard and taken (hint: one of the worst ones Divya gave Ravisha when they were 13). They break down common advice around ghosting, playing "hard to get", and how much/how little interest to show. With two perspectives, Divya being married and Ravisha single and dating - they share their perspectives and how they have...

The CB Duo comes to you high off binging Never Have I Ever, Indian Matchmaking, and Wedding Season THREE top 10 Netflix hits with a South Asian emphasis! Yes, we said THREE. Divya and Ravisha are thrilled to discuss how far media has come with representation since the time they were younger. They reflect on how the lack of representation of actresses and leads who looked like them influenced their...

Divya and Ravisha sit down IN PERSON (yay!) to discuss their summers and the future of the podcast. They get real about how they've been doing, where they hope the podcast goes, and what has been getting in the way of some of their goals. They reflect on some of their biggest lessons of the podcast and their personal lives over the past three months. The past few months have been A LOT with... Div...

This week the CB duo dives into the thing most millennials don't get enough of ... self-care! Divya and Ravisha get what it's like to be pulled in a hundred directions - and know that many ways that people discuss self-care can be expensive. They bust the idea that self-care has to be luxurious by defining what exactly self-care really is.  They start by discussing why self-care can be so uncomfor...

This episode the CB duo dives into one of their favorite subjects .... personality tests! Specifically, the Enneagram test (you can take it here: https://www.truity.com/test/enneagram-personality-test). It is probably no surprise that Divya and Ravisha are both Type 2's, known as the "Helper" or "Empath". Naturally as two women in healthcare who started a podcast to spread mental health awareness,...

This week Divya and Ravisha are joined by Emily Brennan, a Phoenix-based therapist, mental health advocate, and host of Because We Went To Therapy podcast. Emily is committed to cultural curiosity, anti-racism, and is not only a colleague to the CB duo, but also a close friend (Divya is the Matron of Honor in Emily's wedding this October!). The conversation is inspired by BIPOC Mental Health Month...

Join Divya and Ravisha this week as they break down a universal emotional experience that many people experience, yet no one talks about... loneliness. Divya uses her knowledge and research as a therapist to share how and why loneliness is so prevalent in young adulthood (ages 18-40) and how transitioning, outgrowing relationships, and self-discovery play huge roles in the experience of loneliness...

Divya and Ravisha welcome their first guest to the podcast, Linisha Basu! Linisha is a first-generation American and child of immigrants who left the comfort of her corporate job to pursue her dream of Bollywood and move to India. YES, India. The Conversations Brewing hosts ask Linisha about her relationship with culture, and how it developed over the years - from living in a suburb of Michigan wh...

Divya and Ravisha get real on a topic that brought them together through their childhood, being children of immigrants. The two of them break down expectations, family pressure, and holding parts of culture while choosing to let go of others. They reflect on how their journey as children of immigrants developed from starting out in grade school and trying to fit in with the kids around them to bre...

In a recent poll that Divya did, we found out that almost everyone has at least ONE long-distance friend. With so many of us not having friends near us in proximity - why the heck don’t we talk more about these types of friendships, and how difficult they are?!? In this episode, Divya and Ravisha dive into understanding your wants + needs so you can understand your friends, how to stop playing the...

Welcome to the first episode of Conversations Brewing, with your hosts Divya and Ravisha. Divya is a mental health therapist and Ravisha is a healthcare researcher, they are best friends for over 15 years who are passionate about de-stigmatizing wellness topics and sharing their struggles around culture and finding their authenticity (with the hopes it inspires others to do the same). You may wond...

Grab a cup of coffee, because we are diving in! We are going to talk about culture, wellness, transitioning, and the millennial struggles we don't talk about enough. Our mission is to create a space with this podcast that illustrates what the two of us created with our bond-a place to be vulnerable and honest about our struggles of being children of immigrants, challenge ourselves to be better and...