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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>JiVA Talks: Unfiltered</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jiva-talks-unfiltered--7043163</link><description><![CDATA[We were raised to be strong. To push through. To never let anyone see us struggle.3 out of 4 South Asians who need mental health support never get it. Not because we do not struggle. Because we were never given the space to say so.JiVA Talks: Unfiltered is a 4-part series airing every Sunday in May on Rukus Avenue Radio, iHeart Radio's Activate Your Listening platform. Hosted by Ektha Aggarwal, licensed psychotherapist and founder of JiVA Mental Health, and Huma Qureshi, psychiatrist and JiVA Impact Board Member, this series was built for every South Asian who has ever said "I am fine" and meant something completely different.Each week, we sit down with real people. Not professionals. Not perfect people. People who have survived something, built something, and chosen to stop carrying it alone. From loneliness and generational trauma to divorce, grief, identity, humor, and hope, these are the conversations our parents never got to have. We are having them now.This series is produced in partnership with Rukus Avenue Radio and Activate Your Listening in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and AAPI Heritage Month.New episodes every Sunday at 10am, starting May 10. South Asian mental health, finally unfiltered.Find us at <a href="http://jivamentalhealth.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jivamentalhealth.com</a> or @jivamentalhealth on Instagram.<br /><br /><br />]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7043163/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Mental Health</category><copyright>© RUKUS AVENUE RADIO 2026</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d2f6ae7f2da4de844d6ce64e3b1f7b2.jpg</url><title>JiVA Talks: Unfiltered</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/jiva-talks-unfiltered--7043163</link></image><lastBuildDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:08:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Ektha Aggarwal</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Rukus Avenue Radio</itunes:name><itunes:email>feeds@spreaker.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d2f6ae7f2da4de844d6ce64e3b1f7b2.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>We were raised to be strong. To push through. To never let anyone see us struggle.3 out of 4 South Asians who need mental health support never get it. Not because we do not struggle. Because we were never given the space to say so.JiVA Talks:...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[We were raised to be strong. To push through. To never let anyone see us struggle.3 out of 4 South Asians who need mental health support never get it. Not because we do not struggle. Because we were never given the space to say so.JiVA Talks: Unfiltered is a 4-part series airing every Sunday in May on Rukus Avenue Radio, iHeart Radio's Activate Your Listening platform. Hosted by Ektha Aggarwal, licensed psychotherapist and founder of JiVA Mental Health, and Huma Qureshi, psychiatrist and JiVA Impact Board Member, this series was built for every South Asian who has ever said "I am fine" and meant something completely different.Each week, we sit down with real people. Not professionals. Not perfect people. People who have survived something, built something, and chosen to stop carrying it alone. From loneliness and generational trauma to divorce, grief, identity, humor, and hope, these are the conversations our parents never got to have. We are having them now.This series is produced in partnership with Rukus Avenue Radio and Activate Your Listening in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and AAPI Heritage Month.New episodes every Sunday at 10am, starting May 10. South Asian mental health, finally unfiltered.Find us at <a href="http://jivamentalhealth.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">jivamentalhealth.com</a> or @jivamentalhealth on Instagram.<br /><br /><br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Health &amp; Fitness"><itunes:category text="Mental Health"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"/><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Umna Khan</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/umna-khan--72281305</link><description><![CDATA[Umna Khan is the founder of UMNA, a purpose-driven crystal clutch brand rooted in creativity, community, and charity. A Pakistani-American creator and marketer, Umna transforms personal experiences of advocacy, reinvention, and healing into meaningful storytelling and impact-driven design. Through her work, she hopes to remind others that rebuilding your life and speaking your truth can also be an act of self-honor.<br /><br />Fear will tell you starting over is the dangerous part. But sometimes staying in a life that no longer fits is the real risk.<br /><br />Not every ending is failure. Some endings are invitations. Some of the best things in my life arrived disguised as devastation first. I’ve learned to congratulate people when life falls apart a little because sometimes that’s the exact moment they stop abandoning themselves. The world will call it messy because people confuse unfamiliarity with failure. But there is something incredibly beautiful about having the courage to choose a life that actually feels like yours. <br /><br /><br />Instagram: @wearumna<br />Website: <a href="http://www.wearumna.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.wearumna.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72281305</guid><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:08:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72281305/jiva_mental_health_ep_4.mp3" length="144006016" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a4684776-a582-4a9a-902b-fa493cb7eec3/a4684776-a582-4a9a-902b-fa493cb7eec3.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a4684776-a582-4a9a-902b-fa493cb7eec3/a4684776-a582-4a9a-902b-fa493cb7eec3.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/a4684776-a582-4a9a-902b-fa493cb7eec3/a4684776-a582-4a9a-902b-fa493cb7eec3.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Ektha Aggarwal</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Umna Khan is the founder of UMNA, a purpose-driven crystal clutch brand rooted in creativity, community, and charity. A Pakistani-American creator and marketer, Umna transforms personal experiences of advocacy, reinvention, and healing into meaningful...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Umna Khan is the founder of UMNA, a purpose-driven crystal clutch brand rooted in creativity, community, and charity. A Pakistani-American creator and marketer, Umna transforms personal experiences of advocacy, reinvention, and healing into meaningful storytelling and impact-driven design. Through her work, she hopes to remind others that rebuilding your life and speaking your truth can also be an act of self-honor.<br /><br />Fear will tell you starting over is the dangerous part. But sometimes staying in a life that no longer fits is the real risk.<br /><br />Not every ending is failure. Some endings are invitations. Some of the best things in my life arrived disguised as devastation first. I’ve learned to congratulate people when life falls apart a little because sometimes that’s the exact moment they stop abandoning themselves. The world will call it messy because people confuse unfamiliarity with failure. But there is something incredibly beautiful about having the courage to choose a life that actually feels like yours. <br /><br /><br />Instagram: @wearumna<br />Website: <a href="http://www.wearumna.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.wearumna.com</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3601</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d2f6ae7f2da4de844d6ce64e3b1f7b2.jpg"/><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Vyasar Mamudha Dennison</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/vyasar-mamudha-dennison--72155778</link><description><![CDATA[In this raw, unfiltered conversation, psychiatrist Dr. Huma Qureshi sits down with writer and Netflix personality Vyasar Mamudha Dennison for a deeply honest exploration of what it means to grow up South Asian in America — carrying secrets, shame, and the weight of a family history no one will name out loud. Vyasar opens up about discovering, alone in grad school, that his father had been imprisoned for conspiracy to commit murder; about the layers of cultural silence that kept that truth buried for over a decade; and about how therapy, writing, and one courageous moment on national television became the unlikely path to liberation. By turns funny, heartbreaking, and profoundly human, this episode is essential listening for anyone who has ever hidden a hard truth — and wondered what life might look like if they finally set it free.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72155778</guid><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 15:16:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72155778/jiva_mental_health_ep_3.mp3" length="144006016" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9ab1e8dd-4c8f-4dd6-9f83-889becf317fc/9ab1e8dd-4c8f-4dd6-9f83-889becf317fc.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9ab1e8dd-4c8f-4dd6-9f83-889becf317fc/9ab1e8dd-4c8f-4dd6-9f83-889becf317fc.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/9ab1e8dd-4c8f-4dd6-9f83-889becf317fc/9ab1e8dd-4c8f-4dd6-9f83-889becf317fc.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Ektha Aggarwal</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In this raw, unfiltered conversation, psychiatrist Dr. Huma Qureshi sits down with writer and Netflix personality Vyasar Mamudha Dennison for a deeply honest exploration of what it means to grow up South Asian in America — carrying secrets, shame, and...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this raw, unfiltered conversation, psychiatrist Dr. Huma Qureshi sits down with writer and Netflix personality Vyasar Mamudha Dennison for a deeply honest exploration of what it means to grow up South Asian in America — carrying secrets, shame, and the weight of a family history no one will name out loud. Vyasar opens up about discovering, alone in grad school, that his father had been imprisoned for conspiracy to commit murder; about the layers of cultural silence that kept that truth buried for over a decade; and about how therapy, writing, and one courageous moment on national television became the unlikely path to liberation. By turns funny, heartbreaking, and profoundly human, this episode is essential listening for anyone who has ever hidden a hard truth — and wondered what life might look like if they finally set it free.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3601</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d2f6ae7f2da4de844d6ce64e3b1f7b2.jpg"/><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Kauser the Person: Humor and Identity</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/kauser-the-person-humor-and-identity--72064811</link><description><![CDATA[Kausar Mohammed is a queer, Muslim, Pakistani actress, writer, comedian, and equity consultant based in LA. She co-founded The Get Brown, an all South Asian sketch comedy troupe. She wrote and starred in a queer Muslim romcom that premiered at TIFF. She has spoken publicly about using humor as liberation and therapy. She has a wife. She is your humor and identity episode. <br /><br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72064811</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 05:28:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72064811/jiva_mental_health_ep_2.mp3" length="144006016" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e91cfe26-2057-4d78-bcde-f2d9db5981ed/e91cfe26-2057-4d78-bcde-f2d9db5981ed.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e91cfe26-2057-4d78-bcde-f2d9db5981ed/e91cfe26-2057-4d78-bcde-f2d9db5981ed.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e91cfe26-2057-4d78-bcde-f2d9db5981ed/e91cfe26-2057-4d78-bcde-f2d9db5981ed.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Ektha Aggarwal</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Kausar Mohammed is a queer, Muslim, Pakistani actress, writer, comedian, and equity consultant based in LA. She co-founded The Get Brown, an all South Asian sketch comedy troupe. She wrote and starred in a queer Muslim romcom that premiered at TIFF....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kausar Mohammed is a queer, Muslim, Pakistani actress, writer, comedian, and equity consultant based in LA. She co-founded The Get Brown, an all South Asian sketch comedy troupe. She wrote and starred in a queer Muslim romcom that premiered at TIFF. She has spoken publicly about using humor as liberation and therapy. She has a wife. She is your humor and identity episode. <br /><br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3601</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d2f6ae7f2da4de844d6ce64e3b1f7b2.jpg"/><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Mental Health Awareness Month: Breaking the Stigma</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/mental-health-awareness-month-breaking-the-stigma--72064810</link><description><![CDATA[Ektha Agarwal founder of Jiva Mental Health sits down with Dr. Huma Quereshi psychiatrist and impact board member for Jiva have a conversation about breaking the stigma around mental health, and their four part series in honor of Mental Health Awareness month. ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72064810</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72064810/jiva_mental_health_ep_1.mp3" length="144006016" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d89dfeb9-d486-4663-972b-8f636e4c87b2/d89dfeb9-d486-4663-972b-8f636e4c87b2.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d89dfeb9-d486-4663-972b-8f636e4c87b2/d89dfeb9-d486-4663-972b-8f636e4c87b2.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d89dfeb9-d486-4663-972b-8f636e4c87b2/d89dfeb9-d486-4663-972b-8f636e4c87b2.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Ektha Aggarwal</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Ektha Agarwal founder of Jiva Mental Health sits down with Dr. Huma Quereshi psychiatrist and impact board member for Jiva have a conversation about breaking the stigma around mental health, and their four part series in honor of Mental Health...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ektha Agarwal founder of Jiva Mental Health sits down with Dr. Huma Quereshi psychiatrist and impact board member for Jiva have a conversation about breaking the stigma around mental health, and their four part series in honor of Mental Health Awareness month. ]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3601</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/6d2f6ae7f2da4de844d6ce64e3b1f7b2.jpg"/><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
