The Swinging Palm Trees Podcast
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On the podcast I chat with diverse guests from all backgrounds, and they talk about their lived experiences & stories, and share the words, quotes or sayings that have shaped their mindsets. With all the stories that are shared, there is also the underlying theme of mental health and wellbeing, and in many instances, also discussing heritage, culture and their own unique individual outlook to life
Also, despite the serious tone of certain issues and themes discussed, a light-hearted approach is also injected into the conversations which also displays the resilience of the guests and their humour, despite the circumstance.
I hope you find the conversations educational and enriching to your wellbeing.
Keep Rising & Thriving, Aṣẹ!
Executive producer: Ashanti Omkar
The Swinging Palm Trees Podcast
Episode #9 with Sangheetha Parthasarathy
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In today's episode, Childbirth Educator, Birth Doula &
Somatic Psychotherapist Sangheetha has a chat with me
about her career change from the corporate world
to the birthing world. We discuss mental health &
mindsets, midwivery, dismantling the patriarchy,
and empowerment. We also talk about her love for music,
including her favourite raagas, and much more.
Sangheetha Parthasarathy is a Harvard Med School and MIT entrepreneurship graduate who runs worldoula.com, a birth and trauma focused platform. She has been recognized as one of the “Top 100 Global Healthcare Leaders” at the International Forum for Advancements in Healthcare (IFAH) in 2019. She is also a UPenn social strategy fellow, and co-founded a not-for-profit “Chennai Birth Network” focussed on pregnancy and birth choices.
After a very successful tech and strategy consulting career in the US and UK at Oracle, Accenture, and Adobe, Sangheetha found her life’s calling through the births of her own daughters, one of which was a homebirth. A passionate feminist, she trained under the world renowned Dr. Michel Odent to become a birth doula, a childbirth educator. She then studied to become a Somatic Experiencing practitioner and has advanced training in attachment, complex trauma, eating disorders, sexual issues and more.
All of Sangheetha’s work sits at the intersection of systemic issues - race, caste, gender,privilege individual. She facilitates the healing of women’s bodies in the realms of relationships, sex, pregnancy and postpartum, careers, and weight loss.
Thanks for listening to the episode. I'd like to thank my guest for their time, insight and being a great sport!
I would also like to thank my producer, Ashanti Omkar, for all her hard work.
If you'd like to be a guest, drop me a line at theswingingpalmtree@gmail.com.
Keep Rising & Thriving. Aṣẹ!