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The Eriwellbeing PodcastRefugee and Migrant Mental Health with Benny Hunter from Da'aro YouthThis is an episode and topic that is very important and near and dear to us. We finally get to sit down with the amazing Benny who is a founding member of Da'aro Youth Project which is a UK based community-led youth project supporting young asylum-seekers and refugees from the Horn of Africa. This is an important conversation that we need to be having more often as a community, about the realities of the refugee and migrant communities and the direct impact of migration and displacement on their mental health. ---In this episode we t...
2021-12-081h 11
The Eriwellbeing PodcastPhysical Activity and Wellness with Mental Health PT Fiyory GhezaeIn today's episode, we are joined by Mental Health Personal Trainer (PT) Fiyory Ghezae. We learn more about what it means to work as a Mental Health PT and the importance of physical activity.---In this episode we talk about:- What is a Mental health Personal Trainer?- Fiyory's experience with Mental health.- The importance of physical activity in general and particularly for our community.- Tips for encouraging your parents to incorporate more exercise and movement.- How to start seeing...
2021-11-161h 05
The Eriwellbeing PodcastII. Culture of Healing with Bethlehem Bekele Founder of Kinetbet (Part 2)Part 2 of the Culture of Healing conversation with Bethlehem Bekele, Founder of Kinetbet which is a platform dedicated to shifting culture for the better through the lens of healing.---In this episode we talk about:- The importance of healing for black and brown communities - How we can start creating a culture of healing- Practical ways that we start healing as a community- The importance of community vs individual healing---Get in touch with Bethlehem and follow her w...
2021-11-0334 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastI. Culture of Healing with Bethlehem Bekele Founder of Kinetbet (Part 1)Part 1 of the Culture of Healing conversation with Bethlehem Bekele, Founder of Kinetbet which is a platform dedicated to shifting culture for the better through the lens of healing.---In this episode we talk about:- The importance of healing for black and brown communities- How we can start creating a culture of healing- Practical ways that we start healing as a community- The importance of community vs individual healing---Get in touch with Bethlehem and follow her...
2021-10-2751 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastPhysio Therapy, Physical Pain & Mental Health with Winta Desta Founder of MayehealthThe EWB podcast is back after a summer hiatus with a brand new episode. This episode features a special guest, Winta Desta, a Canadian - Eritrean physiotherapist. Winta shares from her experience and expertise as a practitioner in physiotherapy and sports. We also get insight into Winta's community engagement through her own platform MayeHealth which provides health education for Eritreans in both English and Tigrinya. If you're looking to expand your definition of wellbeing, inspiration to move your body more or if you deal with a lot of physical pain that might affect your wellbeing then this episode is...
2021-09-3056 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastHelp us Grow - Eriwellbeing Crowdfunding campaignHey EWB Fam,Tune in to this short episode to find out how you can support the mission of Eriwellbeing to grow and reach more people in our community.Crowdfunding campaign: LINK: www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-work-of-eriwellbeingYou can also access the link via our Instagram bio.Thank you for listening and if you find our mission and content valuable please do join in and support us and share this campaign with a friend.We appreciate you so much!Team EWB------
2021-05-1504 min
#BlackcoffeeS3 EP03: Rimarcare la correlazione tra razzismo e salute mentale con ArimanscribaOggi parliamo di un tema che abbiamo molto a cuore: la salute mentale. Abbiamo avuto occasione di aprire un dialogo intorno a questo tema con Mikal Woldu (@mikal_miki) co-fondatrice della piattaforma @eriwellbeing che porta avanti una campagna sulla salute mentale nella diaspora eritrea, nel secondo episodio della prima stagione. Abbiamo poi approfondito la tematica con la psicoterapeuta Ronke Oluwadare (@ronkerockseverywhere) nel quinto episodio della seconda stagione. Oggi, invece, abbiamo invitato Iman, una giovane donna che attraverso il suo profilo Instagram (@arimanscriba) fa emergere diverse questioni legate alla salute mentale. Nel 2019, ha perso il fratello Ilyas dopo una lunga...
2021-04-2949 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastSexuality & Mental Health with The EastWesternerIn this episode, we talk to The EastWesterner about a very important and much-needed topic for our community; the connection between Sexuality & Mental health.For many LGBTQ youth and adults from our communities, embracing and being open about their sexual identity is difficult because of the stigma, fear, ignorance and taboo that exists within our culture(s) against anything outside the "norm" of heterosexuality. The fact that we don't talk about sexuality culturally, can leave a lot of people who identify as LGBTQ vulnerable and often isolated with their sense of identity and belonging, which can and...
2021-03-231h 10
The Eriwellbeing PodcastWhat is therapy? with Dr Yacob TekieWe are back with another episode of the podcast with fan favourite Dr Yacob Tekie! We're thrilled to bring back Dr Yacob to the podcast and share more of his wisdom and very important culturally competent perspective and experience as a mental health professional.In this episode, we talk about all things therapy and why we should consider it as an important tool when it comes to taking care of our mental health. This episode will give you a better understanding of what therapy actually is and some of the cultural stumbling blocks that prevent us from...
2021-03-201h 32
The Eriwellbeing PodcastHealthy Habits with Luwam TesfayeOur first episode of 2021 is with no other than Luwame Tesfaye, fitness influencer, personal trainer, coach and Founder of the popular wellness platform and community Luwame. We got to sit down and talk to Luwam about how to start off 2021 right when it comes to our fitness and nutrition habits. It is more important than ever for us to really take care of our health, in this episode Luwam shares her story to becoming a fitness influencer and many practical tips for how you can get started with putting your health first this year. Luwam is a powerhouse of a...
2021-02-101h 15
Essentiellpodden - Samuel EyobRuthie ZeraiI detta avsnitt, Ruthie Zerai, joinade Essentiellpodden med sin historia, visdomar och lärdomar på ett kraftfullt, öppet och väldigt ärligt sätt. Ett av mina absolut favorit avsnitt - helt klart! Ruthie, med sin gedigen erfarenhet inom välkända medieaktörer, både nationell och internationell standard, har mycket att dela med sig och vilket värdefullt samtal det blev. Hon lär som hon lever och som livscoach så har hon en hel del att briljera med. Hunnit åka runt nästan hela USA och upplevt saker som hon idag, med facit i handen, är väld...
2021-01-061h 40
The Eriwellbeing PodcastBreathe to Thrive with Weini Smon founder of YogawithWeiniWe are so excited to share our very first wellness edition of the podcast with Weini Smon, founder of @yogawithweini. Weini is a Vinyasa and Ashtanga yoga instructor, in this episode we talk to her about the importance of breathing properly and how paying attention to our breath can improve our health and wellbeing in so many ways. This is especially important in these times when we're experiencing a lot of tension and stress, to keep focusing on our breath to the ground and release anxiety and stress. =Weini shares some great insight on this topic from the expert p...
2020-11-161h 04
PEP Talks PodcastEpisode 8 - Building habits for success ft. Ruthie ZeraiIn this episode, we talk with Ruthie Zerai about the habits she has developed for her own career and personal success. Ruthie is a writer, digital media expert and a self-development coach and also one of two co-founders of Eriwellbeing, which helps to promote mental health and wellness in the Eritrean community & beyond. To learn more about Ruthie and her work, check out her website, and the Eriwellbeing Instagram page. Sign up to the PEP mailing list to get the latest episode updates and news.
2020-10-0443 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastWhat Will People Say? with Mikal & RuthieFor our 12th episode of the Eriwellbeing podcast, we have Mikal with us! Mikal is the Co-founder of EWB and is making her first appearance on the podcast in this episode. Mikal has been busy completing her PhD (#bossbabe), now that she's finished we're thrilled to be welcoming her to the podcast where she will be putting her anthropology hat on to drop gems on the regular on all things mental health and wellness related. This is an episode with a very hot topic. We discuss the common fear-driven behaviour in our cultures that can best be described as ...
2020-09-231h 03
The Eriwellbeing PodcastI am Not Bipolar - Bipolar Is a Part Of Me with Nadya Van Der SluisWe're so excited to be back with Season 2 of the EWB podcast, thank you so much for rocking with us! For our 11th episode of the Eriwellbeing podcast, we have the lovely Nadya Van Der Sluis from the Netherlands joining us to share her experience of living with a Bipolar condition. Nadya was diagnosed with Bipolar condition in 2009 and has since learnt how to live with this diagnosis while also not letting it limit her identity and opportunities. Nadya invites us into her reality in this conversation in a very generous and enlightening way, which we think will help...
2020-09-221h 11PEP Talks PodcastEpisode 2 - Academia and beyond ft. Dr Mikal WolduIn this episode, Milena from the PEP Team speaks with Dr Mikal Woldu, an anthropologist who recently completed her PhD at SOAS University of London. Her doctoral research explores the experiences of first- and second-generation Eritreans in London and Milan, and it examines the role that migration policies have on their experiences. With a passion for mental health, Mikal is also the co-founder of Eriwellbeing, a social media platform created with her dear friend and cofounder Ruthie Zerai, to fight the silence and stigma around mental health in the Eritrean community. You can connect with Mikal through her social...
2020-08-2436 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastMental Health as a Profession with Mental Health Nurse Semere ArayaFor our 10th episode of the Eriwellbeing podcast (YAY), we have a special guest that we did our very first in-person podcast recording with, Semere Araya.Semere reached out to us and asked how he could contribute to the EWB community so we recorded this episode with him to share his personal experiences with mental health as well as share insight about his work as a Mental health nurse.Semere's personal experiences with mental health since a young age has not only informed his profession but also his advocacy for mental health within our communities...
2020-07-071h 06
The Eriwellbeing PodcastRacism and Mental Health with Karim PerrineauThis is a quick turn-around episode as a response to what’s going on worldwide with the riots and protest that we’re set off by the murder of #GeorgeFloyd and so many other innocent black people whose names we don’t know.As black people, we feel that its important to recognise this moment and share some perspective on how to use this global momentum that we now have regarding race relations. We also want to highlight the connection between Racism & mental health and explain how it affects us.And we hope to empower our li...
2020-06-081h 10#BlackcoffeeS1 EP02 - Parlare di salute mentale nelle comunità nereIn questo episodio Ariam ed Emmanuelle hanno deciso di esplorare una tematica molto delicata e che viene poco affrontata , ovvero la salute mentale nelle comunità nere. Una questione estremamente importante che abbiamo cercato di affrontare mettendo il focus su un caso specifico. Abbiamo cercato di esplorare le diverse dinamiche e i diversi traumi, grazie allo scambio con Mikal Woldu, co-fondatrice della campagna di sensibilizzazione EriWellBeing indirizzata alla comunità eritrea in diaspora.
#Blackcoffee è un podcast settimanale che esplora alcune delle tante sfumature del contesto delle diaspore africane in Italia. Seguite @blackcoffee_pdc su Instagram per esplorare cos'è essere una...
2020-05-211h 18
The Eriwellbeing PodcastHow to Manage your Mental Health during the COVID pandemic with Dr Kemal IbrahimWe are back again with another Corona special, this time with Dr Kemal Ibrahim, a Psychiatrist from London. In this conversation, we talk about how to take care of your mental health during the corona pandemic if you have a pre-existing mental health condition/diagnosis. This episode will also speak directly to anyone that might be a caretaker of a loved one or a family member that is struggling with a mental health condition.We say this often but it’s worth repeating, we are always so grateful when we get to speak to and lea...
2020-05-111h 10
The Eriwellbeing PodcastCOVID-19 Special with Dr Haben GhezaiWe had the opportunity to speak with Dr Haben Ghezai, a Clinical Psychologist from London.This is an important conversation about how to take care of our mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Haben shares invaluable advice about how to take care of ourselves during these times, we are always so grateful when we come across Eritrean/Ethiopian/Black mental health professionals that we can learn from.Please do share this episode with your loved ones that might be struggling with the lockdown.______________________________Get in touch with Dr Haben
2020-04-2639 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastMale Mental Health with special guest Adonay BerheIn this episode, we explore Male Mental Health from an Eritrean male's perspective with our very special guest Adonay BerheWe got to know Adonay through the @eriwellbeing IG community. After having several conversations with Adonay we realized that it would be so beneficial for Adonay to share his story on the podcast since it's so rare that we get to hear in detail about Eritrean men's experience with mental health.This is an open conversation where Adonay shares his story with mental health since his teenage years all the way to present day, where...
2020-03-231h 25
The Eriwellbeing PodcastFeel Empowered in Helping Loved Ones with special guest VivaIn this episode, we explore how to feel empowered while helping loved ones on their mental health journeys with a very special guest, Viva. Viva is a friend of ours, part of the Eriwellbeing community and amongst many things, she is a mental health advocate. It was important for us to have this conversation with Viva as she has a lot of knowledge and experience when it comes to caring for loved ones with mental health illnesses. This is a topic that we know that some people in our audience are dealing with, so we really wanted t...
2020-03-191h 19
The Eriwellbeing PodcastParental Expectations with special guest Eritrea GhebrehiwetIn this episode, we explore parental expectations with our special guest Eritrea Ghebrehiwet.Eritrea is a @eriwellbeing community member, we really wanted to have her on the show as she does a lot of mental health awareness work. It's very important for us to be able to make this conversation and platform inclusive so we're very grateful to Eritrea for coming on our podcast to share her story and explore the topic of parental expectations against the backdrop of Eritrean culture with us.Often as children of conservative/traditional/collectivist cultures, we...
2020-03-191h 08
The Eriwellbeing PodcastIn Tigrinya: How to Speak with Our Children about Mental health? with special guest Dr Yacob TekieBy popular demand, we recorded an episode in Tigrinya! Our goal is to reach as many people as possible within the Eritrean community with the message of mental health so an episode in Tigrinya felt very appropriate. This episode is really for all but with a special message for parents on how to relate to their kids, speak with their kids and create space for understanding mental health. Misunderstandings and stigma are connected to a lot of trauma and tragedy in our community when it comes to mental health. Our hope is that if we can start t...
2020-03-191h 00
The Eriwellbeing PodcastHow to Speak to Our Parents about Mental Health ? with Dr Yacob TekieAnother conversation with Eritrean - American psychologist Dr Yacob Tekie on the topic of mental health. In this episode, we hone in on why it's so difficult to speak to our parents about our mental health? Get in touch with Dr Yacob and follow his workInstagram @dr.yacobtekieWebsite Tesfa House PsychotherapyRacial Literary Project - Lions Story---Help us grow this podcast by word of mouth so please send this episode to your sister, friend, aunt, brother, your partner…..Let’s grown in wellness as a...
2019-12-2155 min
The Eriwellbeing PodcastA Mental Health Conversation with Dr Yacob TekieThis is a mental health conversation with Dr Yacob Tekie, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania and Ruthie Zerai, Coach & Mental Health & Wellness advocate. This conversation is a continuation of the mental health awareness campaign that we've been involved in, targeting Eritrean, Ethiopian youth. In this conversation, we get to know Yacob better and he shares more insights about Mental Health from an Eritrean perspective. Happy listening and thank you for being here.Get in touch with Dr Yacob and follow his workInstagram @dr.yacobtekieWebsite Tesfa House Psychotherapy
2018-10-161h 06