37 episodes
Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary Attika Choudhary
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- Health & Fitness
In March 2020, the UK went into lockdown as did most of the world. As people reached out to Attika, about feeling anxious and confused, she wanted to do something helpful and the “Positive Solace” podcasts were born.
Mental health has been her concern for some years and this led to the creation of a team which would make it happen. Hosted by BBC’s Attika Choudhary, Positive Solace is a podcast that will empower your mind, spread positivity and wisdom.
After finding success with Season 1 & 2, the podcast has found a new home on Podbean for season 3! The guests are from different backgrounds, cultures, experience and learning. In their own, unique way they are doing what they can to help their community overcome the challenges and lead people to a better place. The conversations are not scripted: they are raw and show vulnerability and create a place where these voices can empower us all. So come join us as we laugh, get emotional and travel the world!
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Reframing Relationships with Ismael Gomez III
In this season finale of Positive Solace Attika opens the conversation to see how men see and view women.
Ever found yourself checking in to the Heartbreak Hotel? Maybe a past relationship has broken down, and you're still experiencing the pain long afterward?
Attika turns to Speaker, Author and Film Director, Ismael Gomez III, whose advice-type videos on relationships, dating and emotional intimacy have amassed millions of views on Instagram and TikTok.
Ismael holds the view that every relationship yields a learning curve, even when they don't end as intended.
Together with Attika, they muse over how men and women perceive love, respect and intimacy differently from one another.
It's an intriguing and thought-provoking episode that encapsulates this season's investigation into love and healing this time from a man's viewpoint.
Check out more of Ismael's advice and wisdom on his website - www.savethemessenger.com
We'd like to thank you for listening to Positive Solace season 3! We're going to take a short break, and we'll be back with season 4 soon - see you on the other side!
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Constellations of Love with Marwani Hassan
In this, the penultimate episode of Season 3, Attika speaks with Mawarni Hassan, in what is an undoctored and revealing conversation about her experiences of love, pain and loss.
After suffering the pain of losing her first love, in 2022, Mawarni had even more poignant and powerful perspective from which to view her journey of love in all its different facets: the twists, turns and, in her case, the ultimate, unforeseeable, final resting point.
Mawarni is a very successful entrepreneur based in Malaysia who runs her own consultancy while also helping start up businesses. She has worked in the corporate sector and in the cosmetics industry.
She continues to explore and discover what love is, and the balance she is searching between faith and her working life. She uses a new book, Seeking A Life Balance by Mohammed Hussein, which she is marketing but currently it is only available in Malaysia. Check out the limk here: https://www.seekingalifebalance.com/
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Breaking the trauma cycle with Dr Mariel Buqué
In this thought-provoking and stirring episode, Attika gets to the bottom of overcoming trauma. Dr Mariel Buqué is a successful, black, psychologist originally from the Dominican Republic; she is also an author and world-renowned in the treatment of intergenerational trauma - the concept of generational challenges within families. Attika questions Dr Buqué about trauma and how to heal.
Dr Buqué has integrated holistic methods into her work, along with indigenous healing practices which have helped to uncover layers of trauma for an entire generation of clients as well as delving into her own personal experience of identity, trauma and healing as someone of Afro-Latina roots.
The question is who are you? What exactly does intergenerational trauma entail? And how can we, in our everyday lives, help one another heal the wounds and resultant trauma and break the cycle through loving and understanding of each other.
If you've listened to this episode, and can relate to the discussed topics, Dr. Mariel recommended these links to us for your reference:
https://www.betterhelp.comhttps://www.drmarielbuque.com/#resources
You can order Mariel's book, "Break The Cycle", here:
US Orders: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714176/break-the-cycle-by-dr-mariel-buque/
UK Orders: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Break-Cycle-Intergenerational-intergenerational-abundance/dp/1785044281/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2HLMXBHYUYQD8&keywords=break+the+cycle+dr.+mariel&qid=1681472364&sprefix=break+the+cycle+dr.+mariel%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-2
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Laughter, Grief and Identity with Eshaan Akbar
In this funny and energising episode Attika reconnects with Eshaan Akbar, a British comedian, writer and actor of Bangladeshi-Pakistani heritage.
Eshaan's story is quite unique - working initially as a banker, he found his true calling in stand-up comedy after suddenly losing his mother, and has been steadily growing in stature from performing at open mic nights, leading to appearances on prime time BBC shows on QI and Mock The Week, to now having his very own tour - 'The Pretender' and playing a role in the upcoming season 4 of Netflix's 'Sex Education'.
Attika and Eshaan explore identity, the language used to describe them and what their heritage means to them both, as well as the labels and tropes they've had to endure growing up as people of South Asian descent in Britain. And how impactful their roles in the media have been to date.
Check out tickets and locations for Eshaan's first ever national tour, 'The Pretender' here: https://www.eshaanakbar.com/tour
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Belonging to Kashmir with Ahmer Khan
This week, Attika explores freedom and fulfilment with two time Emmy nominated journalist Ahmer Khan.
Growing up in the region of Jammu and Kashmir, Ahmer has seen his paradisiacal homeland be the epicentre of a conflict between India and Pakistan, which has been ongoing since the partition of India in 1947.
Despite these troubles at home, and the lack of resources and contacts, Ahmer has become an award-winning journalist, telling stories of humanitarian crisis, conflict, human rights issues and migration particularly in South Asia.
Attika and Ahmer dive into an open conversation on one's identity, healing that is needed, as a consequence growing up, living and working in a region wracked with tension and uncertainty - something that Ahmer says he is 'used to' - should that be the case?
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Finding Love after Divorce with Nadia Ali
In this raw episode, Attika speaks with a married woman, divorcee and a mum and explores the judgements behind us women, as well as the healing process when faced with life’s challenges.
Attika catches up with close friend and fellow BBC broadcaster Nadia Ali who, through her own experiences, supports people through social enterprise. In this candid chat, Nadia opens up in about her past reflecting on the breakdown of her first marriage, the stigmas she faced in her community and the solace she's found through her family's support, her eventual decision to remarry and having a daughter bring joy.
It is hoped that you, like Nadia, will be able to find the strength to traverse any similar obstacles you may face in your life.
Nadia is also a big supporter of these charities:
Restless Beings:
https://www.restlessbeings.org/
NourDV:
https://www.nour-dv.org.uk/
With thanks to the Positive Solace team. Be sure to subscribe and never miss an episode.
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