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Rahul Sharma

@rahulsharmapsyd

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Dad. Husband. Psychologist. Musician. Strategist. Messy Chef. I transform work cultures by coaching leaders on emotional intelligence & inclusion.

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At this year’s gala, we will be recognizing our second annual Mental Health Champion and Storyteller awardees! 🏆

Our Mental Health Champion this year is Dr. Rahul Sharma, PsyD, an experienced and in-demand keynote speaker, coach, consultant, licensed clinical psychologist, and musician. He is founder of Strategic Inclusion Consulting, an agency that transforms work cultures through coaching, consulting, and training.

He is the founder and bassist/sitarist for the intercultural music group Funkadesi, a 10-member band that is comprised of diverse members who are musicians, advocates, educators, and healers.

Dr. Sharma has been working in South Asian health since 1989, including on sexual violence prevention, challenging gender roles and socialization, and integrating mental health, music, and social justice frameworks.

We are grateful to him for his contributions to our community in so many different ways! taken in Chicago, Illinois by @rahulsharmapsyd

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Recognize the producer in every member of the ensemble. As in music as well as work & life, you maximize your potential for flow in the project. @strategicinclusion @funkadesi #flow #strategicinclusion #emotionalintelligence #leadership by @rahulsharmapsyd

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Our South Asian communities have always been diverse, complex, and evolving. Long before colonization, many South Asian societies recognized gender identities beyond the binary and made space for expansive understandings of gender.

Yet today, transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer people often face stigma, exclusion, and misunderstanding within our own families and communities.

At a time when transphobia, anti-trans violence, and anti-trans legislation are on the rise, silence is political. Creating safety for transgender and gender-expansive people is not a passive process. It requires us to listen, learn, show up, and take responsibility for the communities we are building.

Join us on Friday, November 13, for a community conversation centering trans and genderqueer South Asian stories, safety, and belonging.

Together, we will hear from transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer artists, practitioners, activists, and community leaders whose work reflects a deep commitment to justice, belonging, and collective care.

The evening will also include creative offerings rooted in storytelling, resistance, joy, and community.

#savethedate #transally #southasian #gendernonconforming #gendernonbinary by @rahulsharmapsyd

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My date in Roma taken in Piazza Madonna Dei Monti by @rahulsharmapsyd

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I'm heading to Cincinnati Friday to deliver a plenary address for this wonderful music and medicine conference. Though it says registration deadline has passed, you can still join! CEUs available. @strategicinclusion @funkadesi MUSICANDWELLNESS.NET or link in @strategicinclusion bio. by @rahulsharmapsyd

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALEEF!!!! Jeremiah Sutton you light it up EVERY TIME with Funkadesi! We are forever proud as ancestors smile. I hope you always feel our pride - check out your babas & auntie at the very end of this clip. We love you. Always. by @rahulsharmapsyd

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I catch myself doing this more than I'd like to admit. Someone in a meeting starts venting about an issue, and my brain jumps to solutions before they finish the sentence. This video is about why the instinct, while well meaning, can quietly erode trust. The pivot might just be about sequencing: acknowledge first, solve second. The advice doesn't disappear – it just waits its turn. Try it this weekend and tell me how it lands. Follow @strategicinclusion for more on trust, accountability and belonging at work. #emotionalintelligence #leadership #activelistening #psychologicalsafety #workplaceculture by @rahulsharmapsyd

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What. A. Night.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the second annual SASM Summer Soirée! It was a very special evening, rooted in joy, connection, and community care.

This was a record-breaking turn out! We are all trying to hold steady during this period of uncertainty, pain, and injustice, and it was life-giving to gather with a community passionate about building a more just, inclusive, and liberated world.

We’re deeply grateful to everyone who has supported us through the years, and to all who continue pushing forward the work of justice in ways big and small, every single day.

If this was was your first time coming to one of our events, please stay in touch! We will be sending out a follow up email to get your feedback.

The SASM team will be returning in the fall with new programming that we can’t wait to share. Until then, stay connected and stay rooted. ✊🏾

Wishing you a season full of rest, joy, renewal, and resistance.

With gratitude, The SASM Team
(Ammara, Cindu, Rahul, Shanta, Rebekah, Ankur, and Pooja)

#summersoirée #joyisresistance #joyinjustice by @rahulsharmapsyd

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Tomorrow getting to sip & chat with other men about belonging. @strategicinclusion @brownmantherapy @ankurv27 let's do this! by @rahulsharmapsyd

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In Pursuit of Belonging.

That’s the theme for our August edition of Pints & Perspectives, and it’s the question a lot of brown men are quietly carrying and rarely getting to name out loud.

Pints & Perspectives 🍻🧠 brings men together for honest conversations about mental health over a casual drink. No speeches, no pressure, just real stories, shared experiences, and space to be yourself.

This month we’re joined by two facilitators who don’t need much of an introduction around here: psychologist Dr. Rahul Sharma and licensed therapist Ankur Varma, LCPC. If you followed our first episode of Guys N’ Chai, you already know Rahul. This is your chance to be in the room with him.

🗓 Thursday, August 27
🕕 6:30 to 8:30 PM
📍 The Dandy Crown, 694 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago
🍺 First drink is on us before 7 PM

Free to attend. Registration keeps the space safe, welcoming, and aligned with our mission to break stigma and build community.

Link in bio to RSVP. Bring a friend who needs it.

Thank you @rahulsharmapsyd for joining us to lead this event!

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#PintsAndPerspectives #BrownManTherapy #SouthAsianMen #MensMentalHealth #ChicagoEvents taken in Chicago, Illinois by @rahulsharmapsyd

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The values are easy to name. Living them every day? That’s the real work.
Protect a little time this week to reflect on what you actually cherish — then notice how close (or far) your days are from it.
#authenticleadership #valuesbasedliving #facilitation #leadershipdevelopment #StrategicInclusion @rahulsharmapsyd by @rahulsharmapsyd

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Most ground rules stop at “assume good intentions.” I add four words that change the whole room. 🎥

How do you hold intent and impact together? @strategicinclusion

#EmotionalIntelligence #Leadership #Facilitation #InclusiveLeadership #Belonging by @rahulsharmapsyd

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