The Ascend Academy Podcast

Why not pretend to be someone who they'll like when society shames people for being real and imperfect? Why show weakness when strength is what everyone desires and applauds for? Why talk about mental health openly when there is this stigma in everyone's head? Because we are imperfectly perfect, it's our imperfections that make us human.  Because exposing your weakness is a sign of strength....

Dr. Alok Chowdhury is a Psychologist, Researcher, Filmmaker, and an Educator. He is passionate about improving the mental health of society. Recently he has won the war against coronavirus and is here to share his experience and to school us on all things mental health---how we can use this understanding to navigate through COVID-19 smoothly. - Shantanu

Trauma not healed can mess up your whole life, Psychotherapist Nancy Diaz joins me to talk about what trauma is, how it impacts our lives and most importantly how to heal it? To Connect with Nancy , click here Fb: https://bit.ly/3t80TYP IG : https://bit.ly/33A7qkG To know more about her work, click here Global citizen therapy: http://globalcitizentherapy.com/ - Shantanu

Transformational life coach, Consultant, Author, and fire walker Kelly Meyer joins me to discuss the Design principles of a well-lived life, the equation for happiness, how to view Change, and curing depression. I am sure it’ll change your perspective on life.  Enjoy! - Shantanu

In this episode of the Brnkage podcast, Model and actress Komal Taya And Personality coach and Former scientist Ashish Ranjan join me to discuss the difference between fear and anxiety, tools to overcome anxiety, and how to deal with that self-sabotaging voice in our heads. To know more about them, check out their Torq and fire podcast here https://bit.ly/3uZS6ts - Shantanu

Is mere academic education enough for the well-being of the young minds? Do we own the person we’re in a relationship with? Can meditation calm down the voice in our head? In this third episode of the Brnkage podcast I sat down with Aayush an educator, a C.a finalist, and a mental health activist to listen to his radical views on each of these topics which I am sure will impact your life for bette...

When people around us are mentally troubled, we feel for them, we want them to heal. The first thing that comes to our mind is what can I do to help and we end up telling them what’s wrong with their approach to life, we supplement that with a lot of actionable advice but we get surprised when it doesn’t work. Ever thought there might be something wrong with that approach. In this short episode of...

Hey, I am Shantanu, a Designer, a Mental health survivor, and a Brnkage warrior, on a mission to end the mental health crisis for good, hence create a psychologically and materialistically flourishing world. On the very first episode of the podcast, I sat down with Sandeep Pal, a Banker, and a Mental health enthusiast to discuss- what is depression, the root cause of depression, desire vs purposef...