Episode Notes

Rohit's six-word story: "Comfort. Resilience. Love. Growth. Learning. Sadness." Listen in to hear more of Rohit's story! "It’s enough to put something on a piece of paper. Don’t fabricate your words—base them on true, raw, authentic experiences. They’re the best. That’s your story." This week, Mikaela speaks with Rohit Doel. Rohit is an Autistic Content Creator who creates content speaking and sharing their experiences of what it's like being autistic. He also creates content on his big interests, which are Sonic The Hedgehog and music. He writes film/TV reviews as well.

Rohit is also an advocate for mental health and speaks passionately about mental health, specifically in the Asian community and other marginalized areas about what needs to change. His dream ultimately is to work in film/television either as a scriptwriter or as a development researcher, as he wants to inspire and make people happy through creativity and brilliant storytelling.

In this episode, we reflect on poetry, music, and making time for ourselves. Here are a few tidbits of our conversation:

We can grow with our younger selves.
The process of crafting poetry as a puzzle/sequence to getting unstuck—a means of sharing your story by connecting words with thoughts & feelings.
Be creative no matter what! You don’t have to be a “perfect poet.”
Explore music’s ability to transport us to memories!
Celebrate with & seek support from people you care about (and who you want to build good memories with). Be mindful of who you share your story with and who you let into the deeper layers (sometimes this isn't your family/who you’re told it should be, and that's okay).
Mental health doesn’t discriminate—nobody is immune.
It is valid to feel anything you’re feeling right now.
Figuring out therapy takes time.

Connect with Rohit here!

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