Finding Order in Disorder

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Inspired by Ishaa Vinod Chopra's memoir, 'Finding Order in Disorder, ' and a project of the Non-Profit Finding Order in Disorder Foundation, this podcast aims to utilize digital storytelling and multidisciplinary arts to dissect the advice of professors, scholars, scientists, doctors, artists, dancers, filmmakers, coaches, and experts on living life in the pursuit of well-being and how one might find their own balance in life.

  1. 5d ago

    Dr. Stuart Matan-Lithwick I Father I Scientist I Teacher ~ A Disability Pride Month Special

    We are delighted to welcome Dr. Stuart Matan-Lithwick as our feature for Disability Pride Month. Dr. Matan-Lithwick is a passionate genetics researcher, biology teacher, advocate, and father. At the heart of his work is a deep curiosity about the world and a genuine sense of wonder about what we can discover when we learn together. Whether he is teaching, researching, mentoring, consulting, or advocating, Dr. Matan-Lithwick brings a powerful commitment to making a difference and helping create a world that is more accessible, inclusive, and built for everyone.His scientific work has contributed to a better understanding of how childhood brain cancers can migrate to the spine, as well as genetic factors connected to depression at the end of life. As an educator, he has helped learners find joy, meaning, and curiosity in the process of discovery. And in one of the most personal and meaningful parts of his work, Dr. Matan-Lithwick has supported people newly diagnosed with blindness-related conditions, helping them find their way back to hope and the reassurance thatthey will be okay, just as others once did for him.He brings heart, experience, insight, and a clear belief that big visions become possible when we take them one SMART step at a time.We’re honoured to have Dr. Stuart Matan-Litwick Join Us for Finding Order in Disorder Podcast!

    Dr. Stuart Matan-Lithwick I Father I Scientist I Teacher ~ A Disability Pride Month Special

  2. Jun 30

    Finding Order in Disorder I S. 2 Ep. 3 I Ft. Arshi - Founder of QSA- Queer South Asians

    S. 2 Ep. 4. Ft. Arshi—Founder of Queer South Asians- QSA.Arshi explores the intersectional identities of being queer, trans, neurodivergent, and an immigrant from Bangladesh settled in Canada. Through community-engaged praxis, Arshi has built Queer South Asians and other community ventures, such as Kotha_to—a conversation circle for queer Bangladeshi folks to overcome the barriers and divisions of culture and queer identity through the lens of an immigrant. Arshi shares early childhood tales, explores family relations and challenges, and explores the silver lining of hope and faith, fueled by love for one's family against all odds. A leader in Toronto and the broader Canadian landscape for queer and/or trans people of South Asian background and/or otherwise, Arshi utilizes community events in the form of conversation circles and fundraisers, as well as a recent venture into culinary arts, vis-à-vis 'Arshi's Dokan'—or Arshi's shop. Follow Queer South Asians on their website at:https://queersouthasians.ca/ You can follow Arshi on IG here: @arshi_saFounder of @queer_southasiansSelling stuff on @arshidokan - Bangladeshi Maker in Toronto Selling snacks and crafty things DM to order Hosts @kotha.to - Monthly Bangla Conversation Circle in Toronto hosted by @arshi_saOrganizing @minabazaarto - A market for first timer and new vendors from South Asian and QTBIPOC communities in Toronto - Launching May 24th, 2026

    Finding Order in Disorder I S. 2 Ep. 3 I Ft. Arshi - Founder of QSA- Queer South Asians

  3. Jun 18

    Finding Order in Disorder I S.2. Ep. 2- Ft. Matthew Jackman- PhD Candidate I WHO Consultant

    Welcome to Finding Order in Disorder! This episode we're joined by Matthew Jackman (they/them), a Mad studies scholar, mental health activist and PhD candidate at the University of Sydney. Matthew is the founder of The Australian Centre for Lived Experience (TACFLE) and Mad Collective, and serves on a number of international mental health and lived experience initiatives, including the Lancet Commission on Lived Experience in Mental Health Research and Western Pacific Advisor to the Global Mental Health Action Network. Their work explores the history, politics, and future of international Mad movements, drawing on both academic scholarship and lived experience. Matthew is passionate about human rights, social justice, and reimagining mental health beyond traditional psychiatric frameworks. They are currently an international visiting scholar in the Mad Studies Hub at York University.--Emerging Themes: Queer Identify, Mad Studies, Manic Depressive Lived Experience(s) , Family relations , Mental Health Activisim with WHO & United Nations and Global Mental Health Action Network--

    Finding Order in Disorder I S.2. Ep. 2- Ft. Matthew Jackman- PhD Candidate I WHO Consultant

  4. Season 2, Episode 1 Trailer

    S. 2 Ep. 1 Ft. Billion Strong & Green Disability: Climate & Disability Justice Praxis ft. Puneet Singh Singhal

    Finding Order in Disorder Podcast – Season 2. Ep. 1 Ft. Puneet Singh Singhal (he/him) Co-founder Billion Strong | Empowering Young Innovators with Disabilities | Curator, "Green Disability" | Exploring Conscious AI for Social Change | Advaita Vedanta | SDGs 10 & 17 | In Puneet’s own words: “My primary focus is on increasing the "Discoverability" of persons with disabilities, especially those hailing from the Global South. In a world where being seen and heard is not a given for everyone, "Discoverability" is a gift. And it is our highest aim to bestow this gift on as many individuals as we can. I am committed to amplifying voices with a focus on embracing intersectionality and equity. I believe every story is a mosaic of challenges and triumphs, and my duty is to foster an environment where all these stories can be told and celebrated." “Building the "Green Disability" community, as I have observed the fact that the disability community is ignored when it comes to Climate Conversations. Now we all are saying one sentence in Solidarity: Climate Crisis is our crisis too!!! Accessibility goes hand in hand with Sustainability Being the largest minority of the world (17-22%) of the world's population it is our right and duty to be part of the solution. Our community is being marginalized and vulnerable in times of Climate Disasters, There is no Climate Justice Without Disability Justice. We share stories, challenges, potential solutions, victories and everything in-between. I also run a page and a newsletter with the same name. ‘Green Disability’”

    S. 2 Ep. 1 Ft. Billion Strong & Green Disability: Climate & Disability Justice Praxis ft. Puneet Singh Singhal

  5. 12/13/2025

    Women Empowerment Special Ft. Sinthu N. - Season 1 Finale

    Sinthu is a Mother, Dancer and Social Worker who is a Survivor of Gender Based Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, who has endured this injustice for a decade and is now giving back to the community. This talk was filmed on Women's Day and is in remembrance of the Canadian gender-based violence (GBV)- 16 Days of Activism, an International campaign running annually from November 25 (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to December 10 (Human Rights Day), involving global actions to prevent and end GBV. Key days within this period include November 29 -Women Human Rights Defenders Day to December 6 - Canada's National Day of Remembrance for the Polytechnic Massacre.

    Women Empowerment Special Ft. Sinthu N. - Season 1 Finale

  6. 10/11/2025

    World Mental Health Day Fireside Chat Ft. Aastha Kothary aka SlowdownwithAastha

    A Fireside Chat with Aastha Kottary, a Mental Health Advocate and Podcast Host of Slow Down with Aastha - an award winning audio podcast for mental wellness discussions, self-growth, and emotional development. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Elevate - a homegrown brand that promotes Indian craftsmanship by combining spiritual jewellery with healing gemstones.IG: @slowdownwithaastha Podcast- Spotify: Slow Down with Aastha 01:15 Aastha's Introduction02:18 Neuro-coaching?18:00 Trauma, scope, and referrals20:00 Tools: challenging core beliefs22:00 Adverse Childhood Experiences -ACEs and Self-Stigma23:00 Aastha's lived experiences 28:00 Mind–body–spirit connection29:00 Buddhism and Power of Acceptance31:00 Starting the Podcast 37:00 India vs. Canada: Systems & History50:00 Dance and Expressive Arts in healing57:00 Collaborative Care Model: Support systems01:00:07 Thyroid, PCOS without Medicines 01:02:00 No support? Build community & Connect with resources 01:03:00 Community, Honesty and Boundaries01:04:00 World Mental Health Day GratitudeNeuro-coaching Aastha discussed her journey into neuro-coaching, explaining how it addresses self-limiting beliefs and negative thought patterns by exploring their roots in past experiences. She emphasized the importance of challenging these beliefs and using tools like understanding brain chemistry and circadian rhythms to empower individuals. Mental Health JourneysPower of Therapy and alternative approaches like meditation in recovery and how founding a podcast to help break the stigma around mental health in India served as a catharsis. Stigma exists in both India and Canada; the conversation around mental health is more open in Canada.Challenges in Mental Health CareHistorical and current issues surrounding mental health treatment in Canada, highlighting the systemic problems of isolation, coercion, and restraint in emergency units and hospitals. Intergenerational trauma caused by past atrocities against Indigenous peoples and those with mental health issues, noting the lack of proper funding and support for mental health care. Global Mental Health Awareness Ishaa shared her personal mental health journey, highlighting how dance and yoga played crucial roles in her recovery. She emphasized the importance of a collaborative and community approach to mental health care, rather than relying solely on biomedical treatments. Aastha discussed the differences in mental health perceptions between India and the UK, noting that while each country faces unique challenges, there are also global issues like work-life imbalance. Support Networks Importance of support systems in mental health, highlighting how a strong support network can help individuals avoid unhealthy coping mechanisms like drugs and alcohol. Aastha shared her personal experience of receiving unwavering support from her family during challenging times, which helped her persist through therapy and medication trials. They emphasized that while professional help is valuable, support can also come from chosen family, friends, or even nature, and encouraged people without traditional support systems to seek help in various forms. Role of social media in creating peer support groups and emphasized the importance of awareness and access to mental health resources. Ishaa advocated for the collaborative care model, emphasizing the need for authentic relationships and addressing early childhood trauma as part of prevention. Art and Expression for Mental HealthIshaa and Aastha discussed the importance of letting go of past burdens and the role of acceptance in mental health. They explored how various forms of art and expression, such as dance and journaling, can help release emotions and improve well-being. Ishaa expressed a passion for fostering community and honesty, while Aastha shared her journey of managing health issues through lifestyle changes and emotional expression.

    World Mental Health Day Fireside Chat Ft. Aastha Kothary aka SlowdownwithAastha

  7. 09/13/2025

    Rajeev Balasubramanyam aka the.mind.revolutionary on Literature I Spirituality I Politics I Art

    Rajeev Balasubramanyam was born in Lancashire and studied at Oxford, Cambridge, and Lancaster universities. He is the prize-winning author of In Beautiful Disguises. He has lived in London, Manchester, Suffolk, Kathmandu, and Hong Kong, where he was a Research Scholar in the Society of Scholars at Hong Kong University. He was a fellow of the Hemera Foundation, for writers with a meditation practice, and has been writer-in-residence at Crestone Zen Mountain Center and the Zen Center of New York City. His journalism and short fiction have appeared in The Washington Post, The Economist, New Statesman, London Review of Books, The Paris Review, McSweeney’s, and many others. He currently lives and works in Berlin. Connect with the Author: https://www.instagram.com/the.mind.revolutionary?igsh=dDd3YjR5NGlnNDls --Topics Discussed: WHAT ROLE DOES OUR INNER CHILD PLAY IN OUR ADULT LIFE, AND HOW MAY WE ATTAIN ACCESS TO GETTING IN TOUCH WITH OUR INNER CHILD? HOW DOES INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA IMPACT THE WAY WE NAVIGATE FAMILY RELATIONS? HOW MAY WE ADDRESS, ACCEPT AND CREATE COMPASSION FOR EACH OTHER, ESPECIALLY WITHIN FAMILIES? WHAT ROLE HAS PATRIARCHY PLAYED IN YOUR LIFE AND HOW HAS THAT INFLUENCED BOTH YOUR WRITING AND EXPERIENCES IN FATHERHOOD? AS SOUTH-ASIANS, WE EXPERIENCE DYSFUNCTION WITHIN OUR FAMILY SYSTEMS REGARDLESS OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS- WHY DO YOU FEEL WE OFTEN RESORT TO MASKING AND SUPPRESSING EMOTIONS? INTERSECTION OF POLITICS AND SPIRITUALITY – ACCORDING TO RAJEEV: “WE NEED HEALED WARRIORS, HEALED ACTIVISTS AND HEALED HEALERS IN POLITICS” : WHAT IS THE PATH TO ACHIEVING THIS? HOW MAY ONE VIEW POLITICS DEVOID OF HATRED, AGGRESSION AND FEAR? THE CONCEPT OF : ‘MYTH OF THE NATION’ AND THAT NATIONS ARE A CONSTRUCT – IT MAY BE EASIER SAID THAN IMPLEMENTED. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE FOR OUR CIVILIZATION TO UNLEARN CENTURIES OF OUR OWN WRONGDOINGS? WHEN YOU SAY THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTS IS TO HAVE COMPASSION FOR ABUSERS ON A MICRO LEVEL OR FOR OPRESSORS ON A MACRO LEVEL- HOW MAY ONE DEVELOP THIS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY SUSTAIN IT? HOW DID YOU GET TO PRACTICE ZEN AND HOW HAS THIS IMPACTED YOU AS AN ARTIST, HUMAN-BEING, PHILOSOPHER AND NOW FATHER?

    Rajeev Balasubramanyam aka the.mind.revolutionary on Literature I Spirituality I Politics I Art

  8. 07/30/2025

    Disability Pride Month Ft. Leah Giorgini- ISPS-US

    🎙️ As July Disability Pride Month comes to an end, Ishaa converses with Leah Georgini, Executive Director of ISPS-US- International Society of Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis- US Chapter, to explore mental health, psychosis, advocacy, and healing from both clinical and lived experience perspectives. Dive into topics like stigma, psychiatric trauma, community care, and reclaiming purpose! 🔗 Learn more about ISPS-US: https://www.isps-us.org #MentalHealth #Psychosis #LivedExperience #ISPSUS #Stigma #MadStudies #HealingJourney 01:30 Chapter 1: Leah’s Journey & ISPS US MissionLeah Georgini introduces herself as Executive Director of the U.S. chapter of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (ISPS US). 02:00 Chapter 3: Occupational Therapy in Psychosis SupportLeah outlines the role of occupational therapy (OT) in mental health, emphasizing the “doing, being, becoming, belonging” framework. 00:06 Chapter 4: Purpose & Meaning: Finding Your IkigaiDrawing on the Japanese concept of Ikigai, Ishaa and Leah explore how identifying purposeful roles and routines can anchor recovery. They connect this to real-world examples—bridging educational gaps, managing medication side-effects—and stress that healing extends beyond clinical interventions to encompass purpose and meaning. 00:07 Chapter 5: Building Daily Structure & Community RolesLeah challenges capitalist views of productivity, arguing that meaningful occupation isn’t solely about paid work. She advocates beginning with basic self-care—nutrition, sleep rhythms—and exploring volunteer or caregiving roles that align with personal values, thereby restoring structure, predictability, and social connectedness 00:11 Chapter 6: Confronting Coercion & Trauma in Psychiatric CareIshaa raises the issue of forced isolation and restraints in psychiatric settings. Leah labels these practices as grave human rights violations and discusses her master’s research on self-stigma. 00:24 Chapter 7: Bridging Advocacy & Clinical PracticeThey turn to strategies for uniting advocates and clinicians. Leah remains optimistic that most practitioners want to help but are hampered by systemic constraints—contrasting the U.S. and U.K. models. Together, they underscore how small acts of compassion (preferred foods, therapeutic foot-baths) can rebuild trust and humanize care pathways. 00:33 Chapter 8: Language, Labels & Self-IdentificationThe conversation shifts to the power of terminology—psychosis, schizophrenia, spiritual awakening—and the inescapable link between any chosen label and stigma. Leah argues for honouring each person’s right to self-identify and construct existential meaning, rather than imposing externally defined medicalized labels. 00:35 Chapter 9: Embracing Mad Studies & Historical MemoryIshaa reflects on her engagement with Mad Studies and recounts visiting an exhibition commemorating long-term institutionalized patients buried on campus grounds. She discusses reclaiming “mad” identity, confronting the dark history of involuntary confinement, and leveraging historical awareness to rights-based advocacy. 43:00 Chapter 10: Normalizing Psychosis vs OverpathologizationLeah draws parallels within neurodiverse experiences and advocates rare instances of hearing voices or transient paranoia should not be deemed pathological. She critiques pharmaceutical influences that medicalize everyday cognitive lapses, cautioning against defaulting to medications and the biomedical model as a sole solution.

    Disability Pride Month Ft. Leah Giorgini- ISPS-US
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Inspired by Ishaa Vinod Chopra's memoir, 'Finding Order in Disorder, ' and a project of the Non-Profit Finding Order in Disorder Foundation, this podcast aims to utilize digital storytelling and multidisciplinary arts to dissect the advice of professors, scholars, scientists, doctors, artists, dancers, filmmakers, coaches, and experts on living life in the pursuit of well-being and how one might find their own balance in life.

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    2024 - 2026
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