From Adversity to Advocacy: Tanya Marwaha on Mental Health & Inclusion

In this episode of the SAFR Podcast, we sit down with Tanya Marwaha, a lived experience equality, diversity, and inclusion consultant, speaker, and advocate. Tanya shares her personal journey of growing up in a non-diverse community, experiencing racial discrimination, and living with significant mental and physical health challenges. She reflects on how these experiences shaped her advocacy work and led her to build an EDI consultancy grounded in lived experience, authenticity, and impact. The conversation explores mental health in the workplace, psychological safety, inclusive leadership, and how organisations can move beyond performative diversity initiatives to create genuine cultures of belonging. Tanya also discusses spirituality, resilience, and self-awareness, offering honest reflections on her journey so far. This episode is essential viewing for anyone interested in mental health, diversity and inclusion, lived experience, inclusive workplaces, and social change.