In Part 5 of the Mental Health Series, we chat with Dr Mala Kapadia, an expert on Indic psychology about perspectives on mental health from within the Hindu tradition. Dr Mala Kapadia, Ph.D. is Director, Anandi Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Palani, Coimbatore. She is Principal Investigator in a research project under IKS, MoE, Government of India. The project encompasses creating a framework and Index of Wellbeing and Happiness, based on Hitayu and Sukhayu constructs from Ayurveda. She has designed curriculums based on the same for higher education. Dr. Mala Kapadia’s academic journey is through Psychology, Literature, Human Resources, Yoga, Ayurveda, Film and Video Production. She was an adjunct professor at S.P. Jain School of Global Management at Dubai, Singapore, Sydney and Mumbai campuses from 2005 to 2020. Her career has been through research, education, journalism, HR and consulting. Dr. Mala’s area of research is Indic wisdom for the betterment of humanity. Her strength is integrating wisdom of India with modern theories and research in the fields of Wellness & Well-being, Emotional Intelligence, Positive psychology, Leadership and Feminine Energy. Education psychology through Ayurveda and Yoga is an integral research area and one of the focus areas of her current work along with creating Indic frameworks and course curriculums for integration into mainstream courses. General Information Subscribers are requested to look for The Hindu Parenting notification emails for new podcasts/posts in their email promotions/spam tab and personally move these into the main inbox. Thereafter all posts will be delivered to their main inbox. Thank you! For questions that you’d like us to address, please use the form below: Hindu Parenting Questions For comments and suggestions, please use the comments tab or write to us at [email protected] Please note that questions will not be answered on email. Do subscribe to our substack and follow us on our social media handles Twitter: hinduparenting Instagram: hinduparenting Telegram: t.me/hinduparenting Facebook: facebook.com/hinduparenting Facebook group: facebook.com/groups/hinduparenting Koo: hinduparenting This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit hinduparenting.substack.com