# @yourmindandme on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CU73AtmJHOo - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12267467-yourmindandme-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/11085205f0.jpg - **Posted:** 2021-10-12T16:29:14.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** Pooja Mamidanna (@yourmindandme) โ€” https://gondola.cc/yourmindandme ## Caption dosaanline ๐…๐ˆ๐‘๐’๐“ ๐‚๐Ž๐๐…๐„๐‘๐„๐๐‚๐„ โฃ โฃ โฃ โฃ โœจThrow back to October 2018 weekend ( 3 years ago ) where I spent it at dosaaonline ( first conference EVER ๐Ÿ˜.Huge shout out to Dr. Srivastava who was the master mind behind creating an amazing first conference . โฃ โฃ โฃ โœจSo grateful that I was able to be part of conference planning committee to organize it. It was such an amazing experience to be able to see many fellow South Asian Professionals,and to hear about the amazing work they did within our community. โฃ โฃ โฃ โœจHuge shout out to Dr. Shah for helping me face my fears of public speaking. That was my first ever public presentation in the ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ.โฃ โฃ โœจDr. Shah and I presented on : โฃ โฃ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐•๐จ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ : ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š ๐—ช๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.โฃ โฃ โฃ โœจAlso of course another shout out to mannmukti for being the inspiration in choosing this topic . Thank you tubbyabhi and swaglessh for helping me brainstorm what the presentation could be about .... and guiding me .I was glad to share my experience of how I used digital activism, in helping reduce the stigma within our community having been part of Mann Mukti. โฃ โฃ โฃ โœจ Crazy to think about this , fast forward โฉ 3 years later through this pandemic; how technology has helped us reach a wider audience in our different spaces . It has let us to continue seeing our clients during these challenging times and engaging in our advocacy work .It has also allowed me to pursue my Ph.D! Never imagined starting a Ph.D program online through a pandemic ๐Ÿ˜ท. Grateful for some of the benefits of technology โœŒ๐Ÿฝ.โฃ โฃ โฃ โœจHereโ€™s to hoping we can see each other IRL back at in person conferences soon ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿฝโค๏ธ.โฃ โฃ โฃ #womenofcolor #mentalhealthconference #divisionofsouthasianamericans #asianamericanpsychologicalassociation #diversityandinclusion #diversity #womeninleadership #womeninleadershiproles #psychology #womeninstem #breaktheglassceiling โฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃโฃ #digitalactivism #technology #technologythesedays #telehealth #teletherapy #teletherapist #pandemic #covid_19 #southasian #southasianmentalhealth ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 78 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 7 ## Tags southasian, breaktheglassceiling, digitalactivism, divisionofsouthasianamericans, teletherapy, psychology, womeninleadershiproles, pandemic, asianamericanpsychologicalassociation, womeninleadership, technologythesedays, diversityandinclusion, mentalhealthconference, southasianmentalhealth, covid_19, womenofcolor, teletherapist, technology, womeninstem, telehealth, diversity --- Copyright (c) Gondola