Not Fine, Thanks

How do you navigate the emotional strain of conflicts with family and friends over politics? How much does ideology matter in relationships? Three young Indians discuss on this week's episode of Not Fine, Thanks. Ft. writer, filmmaker, Natasha Badhwar. Tune in!     

Yes, parents shape the lives of their kids, their personalities, and the people they become. But how deep do the fault lines really run? On this week's episode of Not Fine, Thanks, we ask two young Indian Millennials, Nidhi (28) and Aparna (29), if they think their childhood relationship with their parents has impacted their future romantic relationships, their expectations from their partners and how they approach conflict. FIT also speaks to psychiatrist Dr Ruksheda Syeda to help decode the phenomenon of attachment styles.

On this week's episode of Not Fine, Thanks – FIT's podcast series on everyday mental health – we talk to two young professionals in their twenties, Arefa, a 26-year-old who works in the social sector was bullied growing up and M - he doesn't want to be named, is a 23-year-old sports journalist who admits to having bullied other kids when he was in school. Tune in!

What happens when you put one self-diagnosed social media addict, and one person with no online presence, in one room? They have a conversation about, well, social media and how it's impacting their mental health. On the fourth episode of Not Fine, Thanks — FIT's new podcast series where we talk about everyday mental health — I'm joined by Shravya and Yash, two young Indians who have completely different takes on the world of social media and how they interact with it. Later in the episode, Dr Ruchi Sharma, Clinical Psychologist at Manipal Hospital, Dwarka, gives us some professional insights and inputs into the matter. Dr Sharma gives us some tips and ways to combat this addiction, and improve overall mental health. Tune in to listen to the full conversation!

Do you worry about climate change? Does it make you so anxious that it impacts your emotions and life decisions? How do you cope with the feeling? In this episode of Not Fine, Thanks, FIT's Anoushka, speaks to three young Indian professionals a climate correspodent, a environmental policy student, and a doctor about climate anxiety among young people, climate action, and dealing with hopelessness and climate 'doomism' in the face of a lack of systemic action. Tune in!

In this episode of Not Fine, Thanks, I'm speaking to Eshwar, and Parthavee, two young working professionals in their early thirties about their experience with burnout, and more importantly, what they do it overcome it. Later in the episode, I also speak with Dr. Kamna Chhibber, Head of the department of mental health and behavioral sciences at Fortis Healthcare, Delhi. She routinely works with burnout professionals and shares her insights on the issue. Tune in!

In the very first episode of Not Fine, Thanks, we're joined by Sakshi Sindwani – a model and content creator. We discuss body image issues in the age of social media and why it's time we moved from body positivity to body neutrality. Tune in! Catch new episodes every Wednesday!

How often have you wanted to say this when someone asks you – 'How are you?' Well, let's talk about it. In The Quint's new podcast series, host and health reporter Anoushka speaks with friends, strangers, and other young professionals about everyday mental health – the things that many of us are experiencing, and often even introspecting and figuring out for ourselves, but don't always talk about in so many words. Think career anxiety, burnout, generational trauma, eco-anxiety, body image issues, and more. Basically, everything that makes you want to say – (I'm) Not fine, thanks! Listen in to the trailer now.