Mosaic Identity Introduction: What is this all about?

Episode 1: Welcome to Mosaic Identity Welcome to Mosaic Identity, a podcast for Arabs in the diaspora—and for anyone living between cultures, languages, expectations, and versions of themselves. In this first episode, Micheline Maalouf shares the heart behind the podcast, the meaning of the name Mosaic Identity, and why culturally grounded mental health conversations matter. As an Arab American therapist and somatic practitioner, Micheline speaks about the gaps she experienced in healing spaces that overlooked culture, family dynamics, and survival responses. This episode explores identity, otherness, masking, people-pleasing, inherited trauma, and the nervous system, while setting the foundation for future conversations centered on nuance, belonging, and coming home to yourself. Follow Micheline on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube: @micheline.maalouf