The SOS Show with Suchita

Trust is the core of any relationship- personal and professional. In this podcast episode, our guest is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, Smriti Makkar Midha. Her work covers areas of self-development, emotional regulation, workplace issues, relationships, marriage, parenting, work-life balance, emotional abuse in significant relationships, domestic violence, and coping with critical si...

In the year 2019, a boy came to Mumbai to become an actor. He was an engineer by profession wanting to be in Bollywood. He was full of dreams, passion, and love. In April 2022 he died by suicide. We are grateful to have his sister, Neha Bhatia with us on this episode to share this tragic story and why families and caregivers need as much support as the person going through a phase of depression or...

And, here we go, before Merry Christmas and a Happy New year 2023!!! The last episode of THE ARTISTS AND THE SOS SHOW for 2022, features actor and entrepreneur Mr. Rajeev Khandelwal. Mr. Khandelwal needs no introduction- a famous actor on TV, he made his film debut with Aamir. We dig something very pertinent in this episode- ARTISTS AND MENTAL HEALTH. This is the first time an episode is cross-pol...

In Nov this year, a case came to the forefront which brought a reminder of the Nirbhaya case. It was as traumatic and got similar reactions. It was the Shraddha Walker case where a woman in a live-in relationship for three years was chopped into 35 pieces by her partner. She had found the boy through a popular dating app. Our guest for this episode is Geetika Malhotra, a psychotherapist trained in...

Today we have a guest who has been sharing her fight with mental illness for 19 years- fighting and thriving. She is an inspiration. She passed with flying colors from IIM Ahmedabad- and she shares her life with us; Monalisa Gupta- is a product manager. She writes about mental health to create awareness and empathy- find her on LinkedIn. 1) Being diagnosed with bipolar during her college. 2) Looki...

What is Consciousness and what can an expansive consciousness do for your Mental Health and well-being. In this episode of the SOS Show, we have Lakshmi Bhatia, a coach, teacher, a Yoga practitioner, who teaches Mindfulness and Business at IIMs. Digs: 1) Understanding Consciousness for Layman. 2) Fast-paced life, blind ambitions, and unethical practices to reach to the top- 3) Transforming the cul...

On World mental health Day Oct 10th, we also approached the 100th episode of THE SOS SHOW. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of the journey; and to everyone tirelessly working to create awareness about mental health and well-being. Moving forward today's episode is about one of the major cultural movements happening in workspaces that will redefine our culture and mental health - THE FUTUR...

The pressures to fall in love, the pressures of age, the pressures of marriage!!- what are we culturally doing to our own selves that is affecting our mental health!! We have with us Nandita Chakraborty an author who shares the hazards of dating online, the depressive faces, and fighting loneliness that lead to wrong relationships. Hope we learn the lessons and take care of ourselves. Find her at...

Childhood Trauma can have a lifelong impact on our lives, our understanding of the world, and our trust in other people. In this 98th episode of THE SOS SHOW, we have Tom Mitchelson- a writer and a public speaker talking about his bold memoir- Don't ask me about my dad. The book is available on Amazon. You can find Tom on Linkedin. Digs: 1) Sharing your personal memoir about a traumatic childhood....

MEN DON'T TALK. MEN DON'T CRY. MEN KEEP IT ALL IN- because that is what they have been trained to do- it is culture, it is the DNA and it's more. Today's episode focuses on MEN and why it's important for them to talk their emotions and how can women who play various roles in their lives enable them to do that. Our guest for today is Dr. Sheba Singh Founder of Talk Space, a mental health studio, an...

3 out of 5 adults in the U.S say they are lonely. But we are living in the times when adults are choosing to be single. So what differentiates Being lonely vs being alone? In this EP 96 of THE SOS SHOW, we try and get more intimate with the word lonely and why we, the system, and the ecosystem must not take this for granted- WE COULD BE SITTING ON A TICKING TIME BOMB OF LONELINESS EPIDEMIC. Our gu...

What are the three minds and how can we consciously use them for our Mental and Physical wellbeing. Can tapping Mind 2 enable us to even cure severe mental illnesses. What are the daily regimes we can follow to live more consciously and be in Minds 2 and 3? Our guest for this episode is Anoop Kumar who is an emergency physician, author, and speaker, who explores consciousness, the three minds, and...

 Dr. Tasneem Raja has led the development and implementation of innovative and scaled programs spanning the continuum of mental health care in the district of Nagpur in Maharashtra. In today's podcast episode we talk about mental health in marginalised communities through the story of Abdul and how corporates like Tata Trust are supporting this space. 🎧- 🧠 Finding Abdul 🧠 Tata trusts- ment...

What is Self Love? Is it possible to self love in todays competitive times when we are just wanting to win the rat race? How do we teach a child self love? How do we inculcate self love in the corporate culture. This and more on todays episode of the THE SOS SHOW with Riddhi Doshi Patel who is a child psychologist and 3 times TED x speaker. 🎧- 🧠 What is self-love 🧠 A world where external v...

"Meditation and how it can help you to stay in your superpower"- This and more as we talk to sister Dr. Jenna about Meditation techniques and her book Meditation. Sister Jenna is a spiritual mentor who works to bridge the divides in societies and hosts a popular radio show America Meditating at americameditating.org. Digs: 1) From running two nightclubs in Miami to becoming a spiritual mentor 2) D...

91ST Episode of THE SOS SHOW is about Global Mental Health with Gergana Manolova. Gergana is a trained clinical psychologist and global mental health researcher. She has worked on research projects taking place in various countries, most recently in Sri Lanka. Currently, she is a consultant for the WHO- World Health Organization and also runs her own independent newsletter, Global Mental Health Un...

What are the reasons for urban loneliness despite the fact that we are constantly surrounded by people and have social media to entertain and inform us? Our guests are Dr. Samir Parikh & Kamna Chhibber, who have been on our podcast before. (Don't miss those episodes ) Today we dig into: 1) Urban loneliness vs being alone. 2) The emotions of loneliness. 3) The reasons for feeling lonely- relati...

In this last episode 89 of the SOS show for this year 2021, we dig into Emotional intelligence and how it is a tool for better mental health and well-being. But first, what does emotional intelligence really mean! Our guest for today is Dr. Jalpa Bhuta who has worked as a Research Officer for a prestigious WHO Project, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health,; She has worked with some of the...

15 years of Interacting with Vedic Gurus, Oriental masters and lamas- everything that i would envy is what our guests for today has done- SANDEEP NATH-Sandeep Nath is the founder of RENEWALism. An IIT-IIM alumnus, he founded and ran a successful strategy consulting company before heading to the Himalayas in search of the purpose of life and what drives our energetic consciousness. Find him at www....

Maitreyi Misra, our guest for this episode of THE SOS SHOW, heads the work on Mental Health and Criminal Justice at Project 39A, a criminal justice research and litigation centre at the National Law University Delhi. Some important points: 1) Mental illnesses among the death row prisoners and why should we pay attention to the lives of those who receive the harshest punishments. 2) Defining Death...

Dr. Raghu Raghavan, a Mental health Professor, is with us in this very interesting Episode of THE SOS SHOW. 🎧- 1) How much is there an impact in the understanding of Mental health with all the talks? 2) Fearless conversation around mental health literacy. 3) Western concept of Mental health is not applicable for everyone. 4) Steps to eradicating stigma besides trying to create awareness. 5) Eradi...

What is emotional intelligence and why it needs to be skilled to enable us to have better mental and Physical Health including a better relationship with ourselves and others? Listen to this snacky episode 85 of THE SOS SHOW.   HELPLINES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: I CALL-9152987820 M MIND POWER-1800-120-820050 MINISTRY OF HEALTH-08046110007 NATIONAL HELPLINE: 1075 You can follow us and leave us...

We talk to Ian Macrae about his brilliant book Dark Social- which is about social media and how the algorithms are shaping our behavior to benefit the platforms. Know how to use the platforms so as not to get used. Find Ian Macrae on Linkedin. 1) What neural networks and programming influence our conscious/ subconscious behavior. 2) Is the online and offline behavior of a person the same or it var...

In this special episode for WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2021, we ask a few of our esteemed guests from THE SOS SHOW - THE NEXT BIGGEST MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGE FOR THE COMMON MAN AND FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM AND THE POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. Our guests include. Raj Mariwala- Mariwala health initiative. Dr Kaustubh Joag CMHLP Mimansa Singh- Fortis Mental Health Avenash Desousa - Desousa Foundation Dr....

Is good to have dreams, it's good to have the ambition to drive your dreams, but is that ambition affecting your mental health? Do we need to stop, pause and relook at our journey, choices, and perceptions towards what the world projects as success? Do we need to adopt a more MINDFUL APPROACH TOWARDS OUR AMBITIONS!! This snacky episode is designed especially for you guys!! THINK. PAUSE. REFLECT. H...