JiVA Talks: Unfiltered

JiVA Talks: Unfiltered

We were raised to be strong. To push through. To never let anyone see us struggle.3 out of 4 South Asians who need mental health support never get it. Not because we do not struggle. Because we were never given the space to say so.JiVA Talks: Unfiltered is a 4-part series airing every Sunday in May on Rukus Avenue Radio, iHeart Radio's Activate Your Listening platform. Hosted by Ektha Aggarwal, licensed psychotherapist and founder of JiVA Mental Health, and Huma Qureshi, psychiatrist and JiVA Impact Board Member, this series was built for every South Asian who has ever said "I am fine" and meant something completely different.Each week, we sit down with real people. Not professionals. Not perfect people. People who have survived something, built something, and chosen to stop carrying it alone. From loneliness and generational trauma to divorce, grief, identity, humor, and hope, these are the conversations our parents never got to have. We are having them now.This series is produced in partnership with Rukus Avenue Radio and Activate Your Listening in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and AAPI Heritage Month.New episodes every Sunday at 10am, starting May 10. South Asian mental health, finally unfiltered.Find us at jivamentalhealth.com or @jivamentalhealth on Instagram.

Episodes

June 9, 2026 • 60 mins
Umna Khan is the founder of UMNA, a purpose-driven crystal clutch brand rooted in creativity, community, and charity. A Pakistani-American creator and marketer, Umna transforms personal experiences of advocacy, reinvention, and healing into meaningful storytelling and impact-driven design. Through her work, she hopes to remind others that rebuilding your life and speaking your truth can also be an act of self-honor.

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In this raw, unfiltered conversation, psychiatrist Dr. Huma Qureshi sits down with writer and Netflix personality Vyasar Mamudha Dennison for a deeply honest exploration of what it means to grow up South Asian in America — carrying secrets, shame, and the weight of a family history no one will name out loud. Vyasar opens up about discovering, alone in grad school, that his father had been imprisoned for conspiracy to commit murder;...
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Kausar Mohammed is a queer, Muslim, Pakistani actress, writer, comedian, and equity consultant based in LA. She co-founded The Get Brown, an all South Asian sketch comedy troupe. She wrote and starred in a queer Muslim romcom that premiered at TIFF. She has spoken publicly about using humor as liberation and therapy. She has a wife. She is your humor and identity episode. 

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Ektha Agarwal founder of Jiva Mental Health sits down with Dr. Huma Quereshi psychiatrist and impact board member for Jiva have a conversation about breaking the stigma around mental health, and their four part series in honor of Mental Health Awareness month. 
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