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Brown Girls Don't Do Therapy

Diviya Lewis 7 Episodes Oct 28, 2025

A podcast designed by a brown girl who happens to be a therapist to educate, empower, and support listeners to reconnect with their authentic self. Diviya Lewis, a Registered Psychotherapist, invites BIPOC guest therapists and clients to experience how internal family systems (IFS) therapy or "parts work" can support people to find peace, harmony, and love in their life. This podcast is born from the need to break down the continued stigma of going to therapy in many BIPOC communities, and normalize that mental health IS health.

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Decolonizing Self in IFS Oct 28, 2025 01:03:44 On this podcast, we are connecting with guest speaker, Alexis Kamakanoe Ornellas (now going by Kamakanoe), and we explore the concept of Self from a more critical and reflective lens. This podcast episode is a MUST LISTEN TO for anyone using IFS in their practice, whether you're a coach, therapist, practitioner or healer. We discuss misconceptions, misunderstandings and ways that things can go

Healing Your Mother Wound with Monika Carless May 22, 2025 00:52:51 On this podcast, we are connecting with guest speaker Monika Carless, Hay House author of Transforming the Mother Wound, and learning about the Mother Wound, spoiler alert* it is NOT just about our biological mothers. We explore many ways a ‘mother wound’ can show up in our lives, weaving in the systems we belong to that inform our worldviews, and we link these theme to some of the notions foundat

Neurodiversity in South Asian Communities Feb 24, 2025 00:42:02 In this episode, I welcome Pavna Sodhi, a psychotherapist, author, speaker, and adjunct professor in Ontario. She is the author of Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy for BIPOCCommunities: Decolonizing Mental Health . We discuss neurodiversity, what it is, some of the causes, as well as how it impacts our lives, personally and professionally. We explore how Internal Family Systems conceptualizes it, and

Attunement & Bypassing Dec 12, 2023 00:47:36 After a long break, with a lot of inner processing and exploration, I've felt inspired to share what has been a core learning on this journey. In this episode, I describe what attunement is, and overlay IFS terms onto it. I talk about why attunement is so important, especially for people of colour, and I introduce the concept of bypassing. The inspiration and importance of this, for me,

Queerness in the Brown Community Sep 28, 2021 00:38:58 In this episode, I (Diviya) am the therapist to a queer Brown client who wants to be known as Khadija (she/they). They reflect on coming out to their caregiver and we explore the parts of them that are emerging now. Coming out is a complex layered process and it has taken Khadija a LOT of inner work to get to the place she is now. As you listen to the session, notice what shows up in your experien

Introducing the Podcast & Meeting the Host May 5, 2021 00:23:13 Welcome listeners! In this episode, you will meet the host, creator and producer, Diviya Lewis (that's me!). I share a bit about myself, about the podcast, and why I am creating it. I also share a short introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, as well as an example from my own life (spoiler alert, you get to learn about my inner critic).  As mentioned in the episode, this is th

Brown Girls Don't Do Therapy Trailer May 5, 2021 00:01:05 Welcome listeners,  This is a short trailer/introduction to the podcast, and why it is important to me to create a resource like this. In this podcast, guest therapists use internal family systems (IFS) therapy or 'parts work' to support Black Indigenous and People of colour (or BIPOC) guest clients on real issues they’re facing. I'll also be sharing IFS meditations, psychoeducation about p

Brown Girls Don't Do Therapy

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