Sameer Dossani

Recovery and Transformation

Health EN ↓ 83 episodes

Welcome to the Recovery and Transformation podcast, the show that links personal health with societal well-being. I'm your host Sameer Dossani. I'm an activist, a PhD student and a health coach based out of Johannesburg South Africa. This show explores the root causes of disease, and talks about how people are recovering and transforming every day.

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Sameer Dossani

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#8: Childhood Cancer with Elske Mertz 23.04.2021 1:09:46

What do we know about how childhood cancer affects families? Elske Mertz's son was only 6 weeks old when he got a diagnosis of cancer. In this interview she talks about how childhood cancer affects families and some steps she took to heal her family. WATCH NEXT: Surviving a mental health crisis: https://youtu.be /WjmVmstnsis Does exercise matter for weight loss? https://youtu.be /H1tfv4bWjNM Veg...

#7 Justice in a World of Trauma: Roxanne Lawson 12.04.2021 1:07:12

#6 ENDING WHITE PRIVILEGE THROUGH ANTIRACIST EDUCATION: Azeb Kinder and Jason Biehl 08.04.2021 1:26:53

In this episode Azeb Kinder and Jason Biehl discuss their work ending white privilege through antiracist education. This discussion covers a wide range of topics (time stamps below) but focusses on both Azeb and Jason became educators who focus on ending white privilege primarily using the tool of antiracist education trainings focussed on white audeinces. WATCH NEXT: Getting through a mental heal...

#5 Mass Shootings and Surviving A Mental Health Crisis with Andrew Syed 01.04.2021 1:10:27

In this conversation with my friend Andrew Syed we begin with issues around mental health and mass shootings especially the recent mass shooting in Boulder, CO. WATCH NEXT Veganism Nearly Killed Me: https://youtu.be/QwAJ54v7wOw High Cholesterol is Healthy: https://youtu.be/AqnSqUwfwHk Are Oats Healthy? https://youtu.be/fEaygCeEMTs Time Stamps: 0:00 A ticking time bomb 2:47 Reflections on the recen...

Episode 4: Lierre Keith - Is Veganism Destroying the Planet? 25.03.2021 1:43:53

Could it be that veganism is destroying the planet? Watch the video and let me know what you think in the comments section? WATCH NEXT: The problem with oats: https://youtu.be /fEaygCeEMTs Best foods for ex-vegans: https://youtu.be/1w -GPtiTTe0 Growing up in Apartheid South Africa: https://youtu.be/ _5vstIl6Hio Lierre Keith believes that veganism is one of the things destroying the planet. Afte...

Ep 3: Growing up Transgender and Black in the 1960s: Dr. Enoch Page 18.03.2021 1:18:17

What was it like growing up transgender and black in the 1960s? How did colonialism determine the lived experience of being black in the 1960s? And what's it like to be transgender in a world that has no concept of gender fluidity? These are some of the questions I explore here with Dr. Page. I had the honor of working with Dr. Page as a health coach and I found his story amazing. Here for the fir...

Apartheid, Imperialism and Transformation with Professor Rasigan Maharajh 11.03.2021 1:50:00

Subscribe to the newsletter here: https://theanarcoach.com/iamsomebody / --- Overcoming the disease of Apartheid is an ongoing process. Here I talk with Prof. Rasigan Maharajh about Apartheid, globalization, and transformation. ____ 0:00 Intro 0:35 Introducing Professor Majarajh 1:40 Growing up under apartheid 4:28 The founding of Chatsworth to divide "Indians" from "Africans" 5:52 All Black...

Introducing Recovery and Transformation 03.03.2021 12:59

Hi I'm Sameer and welcome to the first episode of this podcast. This is not only the first episode but it will also be a kind of flipping of the script of what will be future episodes in that I will not be the person doing the interviewing. instead I will be the person being interviewed by my own amazing partner Shirin. Shirin is a peace educator and co-founder of Peace Vigil which you can learn m...