Shanti Das Turns From Helping Musicians to Helping Minds

As a big player in the recording industry, Shanti Das provided a
lot of help in bringing artists like Usher, OutKast, and TLC to
national audiences. Ultimately, she needed a lot of help herself
and left her high profile career behind to work on her own mental
health. Shanti went through a dark time in the early to
mid-2010s, with the loss of her sister and the death by suicide
of her best friend, and she was considering suicide. Then some
things went her way, including a chance encounter with a friend
at home goods store, some sage advice from Rev. Raphael Warnock,
and good therapy. Today, Shanti Das runs Silence the Shame, a
nonprofit advocating for mental health.


You can read more about Silence the Shame at
https://silencetheshame.com


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