Given the unique set of challenges the pandemic is presenting each one of us, self-care and self-compassion is what we all need most right now.
So for World Mental Health Day on 10 October, we spoke with Shamini Nedumaran, a registered counsellor working with Oogachaga, Singapore’s most established community-based, non-profit organisation for the LGBTQ+ community.
In this episode, we discuss the difference between mental wellness vs mental illness and the stigma surrounding this topic, especially in Asian societies, and what we can do to make it less taboo.
Shamini also shares practical coping strategies and self-care toolkits that anyone – whether you’re LGBTQ+ or otherwise – facing mental health challenges right now can adopt and practice for your mental wellbeing.
For more resources and counselling enquiries, visit www.oogachaga.com
For urgent counselling assistance, you can reach out to Oogachaga’s WhatsApp counselling service at (+65) 8592 0609
Host: Jamie Nonis