Breaking Barriers & Building Futures: Mental Health, Cultural Identity & Unlocking Youth Potential

Host: Pri – Speak Your Truth, Alive 90.5FM

Guest: Aman Singh – Founder & Director, Noor Pathways

Episode Summary:

This episode of Speak Your Truth shines a spotlight on the intersection of mental health, cultural identity, and the often unseen challenges faced by CALD youth in Australia. Host Pri is joined by Aman Singh—a mental health advocate, psychologist, and founder of Noor Pathways, an organisation dedicated to trauma‑informed, culturally responsive youth programs.

Together, they unpack:

• Why mental health remains taboo in many multicultural households

• The emotional and identity struggles CALD youth navigate daily

• Barriers such as stigma, language limitations, and generational divides

• The alarming statistics around CALD mental health and domestic violence

• The need for culturally grounded mental health practices

• Noor Pathways’ research‑based youth programs in schools and communities

• How safe spaces, sport, mentoring, and cultural awareness build resilience

Listeners will gain insights into the real challenges CALD children face and the practical pathways families, educators, and organisations can take to support healthier, stronger futures.

This is a powerful, necessary conversation for educators, parents, community workers, and anyone passionate about youth empowerment and inclusion.

Breaking Barriers &amp; Building Futures: Mental Health, Cultural Identity &amp; Unlocking Youth Potential
Host: Pri &ndash; Speak Your Truth, Alive 90.5FM
Guest: Aman Singh &ndash; Founder &amp; Director, Noor Pathways
Episode Summary:
This episode of Speak Your Truth shines a spotlight on the intersection of mental health, cultural identity, and the often unseen challenges faced by CALD youth in Australia. Host Pri is joined by Aman Singh&mdash;a mental health advocate, psychologist, and founder of Noor Pathways, an organisation dedicated to trauma‑informed, culturally responsive youth programs.
Together, they unpack:
&bull; Why mental health remains taboo in many multicultural households
&bull; The emotional and identity struggles CALD youth navigate daily
&bull; Barriers such as stigma, language limitations, and generational divides
&bull; The alarming statistics around CALD mental health and domestic violence
&bull; The need for culturally grounded mental health practices
&bull; Noor Pathways&rsquo; research‑based youth programs in schools and communities
&bull; How safe spaces, sport, mentoring, and cultural awareness build resilience
Listeners will gain insights into the real challenges CALD children face and the practical pathways families, educators, and organisations can take to support healthier, stronger futures.
This is a powerful, necessary conversation for educators, parents, community workers, and anyone passionate about youth empowerment and inclusion.

Speak Your Truth

Presented by Pri Abayakoon conversing with real life heroes around physical & mental health topics, money matters, educational, environment & life as it happens. 

Let all of us have the courage to speak our own truth with conviction

Speak Your Truth
Presented by Pri Abayakoon conversing with real life heroes around physical &amp; mental health topics, money matters, educational, environment &amp; life as it happens. 
Let all of us have the courage to speak our own truth with conviction