YANA LV on WDIY: How Two Teens Are Changing the Mental Health Conversation
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Brannagh Breslin & Diya Sharma – Hosts of YANA LV on WDIY 88.1 FM
In this episode of the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast, host George Wacker sits down with Moravian Academy seniors Brannagh Breslin and Diya Sharma, co-hosts of YANA LV, a youth-led mental health radio show airing monthly on WDIY 88.1 FM: https://www.wdiy.org/show/yana-lv
Brannagh and Diya explain how they started YANA LV with little more than an idea, a few iPhone recordings, and a shared belief that their generation needed a safe space to talk about mental health. The podcast, now supported by the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley, features candid conversations with students, educators, and community leaders—tackling mental health from every angle.
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Teen Voices, Real Conversations: Inside YANA LV on WDIY
“You are not alone.” It’s more than a title—it’s the foundation of YANA LV, the student-led mental health show created by Moravian Academy seniors Brannagh Breslin and Diya Sharma.
Their journey began in the summer before junior year with a few iPhone recordings and an idea. “We decided to start this podcast because we both had interest in mental health,” Diya says. “Our stories individually were so different, but they overlapped with the idea of mental health and giving it to a bigger audience.”
Mental Health Is Personal
The show is rooted in lived experience. “For example, if a girl is smiling to the world, happy, seems like the most bubbly person in the world—it’s not true,” Diya says. “She might be dealing with the most deepest things herself, and she’s afraid to tell other people.”
“And that’s another reason we started this podcast,” she adds. “Because the idea of You Are Not Alone means that we’re a community, and we’re going to support one another.”