Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Founder of Brown Girl Therapy, Shares Her Personal Story and Takeaways From Her Book ‘But What Will People Say?’

Today we sit down with Sahaj Kohli, a practicing therapist, writer, and speaker on a mission to make mental health care more diverse, equitable,accessible, and inclusive. As the first in her family to do a lot of things — be born in the West, go to therapy, and marry outside of her religion/race/culture — Sahaj has a unique understanding regarding the struggles of children of immigrants and uses her personal experiences to create original resources and content for this underserved population. She is the founder of Brown Girl Therapy, the first and largest mental health and wellness community organization for children of immigrants. Sahaj takes her role as a community advocate seriously, and through her career development, she has taken on additional roles as speaker, consultant, and educator. With a background in journalism, Sahaj continues to write as a freelancer in the weekly advice column with The Washington Post.  Her new book  But What Will People Say? is out now, which she beautifully discusses with us in today’s episode. You can follow along with her @browngirltherapy and find her book wherever books are sold. This episode is sponsored by Better Help. Get it off your chest, with BetterHelp. Visit https://www.betterhelp.com/cwpod today to get 10% off your first month. This episode is brought to you by MindHappy. Save 15% when you visit MindHappy.com, and use the code COURAGE15 at checkout. All MindHappy phone free activities, from music box building to coloring, are selected based on science–  restoring mental clarity, energizing connections, reducing anxiety and facilitating fulfilling moments. This episode is brought to you by Sprout Living. If you want to try Sprout Living Protein, you can save 20% with code: courageous while shopping at https://sproutliving.com/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices