10 - Ramsha Siddiqi - Mental Health Stigmas and Sustainable Fashion

Trigger warning: The following episode deals with sensitive topics like mental health and suicide.  Ramsha Siddiqi is an Islamabad-based advocate for mental health, and one of Pakistan's few alternative-fashion influencers. In our conversation with her, we discuss the various stigmas related to mental health in Pakistan, as well as some of the steps you can take to get the help you need (or help someone else). Ramsha digs deep into her personal experiences, and shares some of the key learnings her research has unearthed.  We also spend a lot of time talking about fashion, and sustainability in particular. Ramsha tells us all about "thrifting," the problems with fast fashion, and taking better care of the things we own so we can use them for longer. 

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