Unveiling the Inner Voice: 7 Poems for Women’s Mental Health

About this episode

This episode explores women's mental health through seven powerful poems, blending poetry with reflection for comfort and inspiration.

Women's mental health explored through seven powerful poems of resilience, identity and self-discovery. The renditions of these poems are specially done by the poets themselves in their own way for Mental Health Musings podcast. This episode blends poetry with reflection, offering comfort, healing, and inspiration for women’s well-being. Listen, reflect and listen again for they may nudge at your inner voice too.(The poems are part of She: Silk and Thunder anthology) The Poets - Jairam Seshadri is the author of Mantra Yoga and a few other books. The India Poetry Circle which he founded, his 3 dogs and coping with the Chennai heat all year round keep him on his toes. Sathya Venkatesh has a background in Economics and a passion for English. She teaches English to government school students and is interested in poetry, travel, painting, and Indian philosophy. Subha Bharadwaj is a mother turned environment activist to fight for a better planet for her children. She stumbled upon her teenage passion, POETRY with IPC during Madras Day and the Odyssey continues. Avantika Vijay Singh is a communications professional wearing multiple hats. She has a passion for poetry and believes poetry…

People in this episode

Guests: Jairam Seshadri, Sathya Venkatesh, Subha Bharadwaj, Avantika Vijay Singh, S. Sundar Rajan

Topics covered

• women's mental health
• poetry
• resilience
• self-discovery
• identity
• healing

Keywords

• mental health
• poems
• women
• resilience
• self-discovery
• identity
• healing

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: She: Silk and Thunder

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