Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
In March 2020, the UK went into lockdown as did most of the world. As people reached out to Attika, about feeling anxious and confused, she wanted to do something helpful and the “Positive Solace” podcasts were born. Mental health has been her concern for some years and this led to the creation of a team which would make it happen.
Hosted by BBC’s Attika Choudhary, Positive Solace is a podcast that will empower your mind, spread positivity and wisdom. The guests are from different backgrounds, cultures, experience and learning. In their own, unique way they are doing what they can to help their community overcome the challenges and lead people to a better place. The conversations are not scripted: they are raw and show vulnerability and create a place where these voices can empower us all. So come join us as we laugh, get emotional and travel the world!
Positive Solace with Attika Choudhary
The Perils of Pregnancy with Armeena Khan
Welcome back to Positive Solace!
After a hiatus, we're back with Season 3.
In the next 12 episodes, Attika Choudhary will be exploring the themes of love and healing in an endeavour to discover more of what it means to be human. By hearing her guests' contributions on these subjects, we hope to learn the importance of healing, the things we need to heal and how we can improve our lives with love, knowing the right way to act and be.
To begin our exploration of these words, Attika talks candidly with Pakistani-Canadian actress and activist Armeena Khan, about her pregnancy, becoming a mother and addressing the subject of toxic patriarchy. For the first time, Armeena opens up about the reality of her pregnancy including what it was like to have pre-eclampsia, and the complications she faced mentally and physically as she began her journey to motherhood.
Armeena is an avid supporter of the Graham Layton Trust who's mission it is to treat curable blindness and visual impairment by providing high quality free eye surgery and ophthalmic care for the poor and underprivileged of Pakistan.
You can read more here: https://www.glt.org.uk/