Dr. Sayeh Beheshti: Unveiling the Conscious Feminine | The Hopeaholics Podcast

Sit down with Dr. Sayeh Beheshti, a psychiatrist whose extraordinary path from Silicon Valley software engineer to mental health advocate will inspire and uplift. Born in Iran, she immigrated to the U.S. at 16 after the Iranian Revolution and war closed universities, forcing her family to seek educational opportunities abroad. Facing cultural shock and emotional struggles, she leaned on her family’s resilience, later pivoting from a tech career—halted by a disabling repetitive strain injury—to medicine, where she discovered her true calling in psychiatry during medical school rotations. Dr. Beheshti opens up about the burnout she faced battling insurance companies’ restrictive policies while treating addiction for over a decade, sharing heartbreaking realities of the fentanyl crisis that claims lives daily, like the Stanford student who unknowingly took a laced Adderall. Her passion for conscious feminism shines through as she discusses her upcoming books, which explore restoring balance between feminine and masculine energies to heal individuals and societies, addressing how suppressed emotions fuel addiction and how awareness can break these cycles. With a spirituality rooted in the statistical marvels of genetics, she advocates for simple, powerful practices like five daily conscious breaths and intentional self-love acts—such as savoring a coffee outdoors or journaling—to ground listeners in their bodies and foster inner peace.

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Timestamps:
00:01:35 - Transitioning from Software Engineering to Medicine
00:03:57 - Discovering Passion for Psychiatry
00:05:15 - Describing Abusive Medical School Work Hours
00:08:00 - Gaining Intuitive Diagnostic Skills
00:10:08 - Recalling Emotional Struggles as a Teenage Immigrant to the U.S.
00:12:09 - Entering Software Engineering Due to Silicon Valley’s Influence
00:13:17 - Fleeing Iran for Educational Opportunities After Revolution
00:16:24 - Introducing Conscious Feminism
00:19:22 - Explaining Shadow Behaviors Like Silent Treatment
00:25:37 - Advocating Compassionate Responses to Online Hate
00:29:52 - Defining Feminine and Masculine Energies
00:35:34 - Linking Suppressed Emotions to Addiction
00:37:14 - Expressing Burnout from Insurance Companies’ Barriers
00:49:14 - Finding Spirituality in Science
01:02:34 - Recommending Daily Conscious Breaths and Self-Love Practices