Diverse voices on meditation apps are hard to come by.
A handful of app creators have stepped up to create an equal listening experience for all.
But despite its loyal and growing consumer base and capital support, diverse voices on meditation apps are scarce.
She focuses on cultural psychiatry and teaches medical students how to provide culturally appropriate care to Muslim patients.
What does that say about the way these spaces are prioritizing my healing and mycommunitys mental well-being?
The same logic can apply to wellness practices.
Farha Abbasi, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan State. She focuses on cultural psychiatry and teaches medical students how to provide culturally appropriate care to Muslim patients.
What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?
For example, one of Dr. Yangs forthcoming studies asked participants to identify spoken sentences that were grammatically incorrect.
In reality, there was no difference in the sentences or grammar presented to the participants.
Parents dont realize it.
Children dont realize it.
Therefore, it gradually creates linguistic discrimination.
What this does over time is normalize for everyone else thatthisis what our world is.
This is who we are as a society.
Imagine the same level of diversity, but in a meditation apps library.
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