The Price of Empathy | Elizabeth Jean Thomas on Building Phonologix

Описание: Deep Impact Story | Episode 11

Elizabeth Jean Thomas is building Phonologix

Speech therapy services for children with communication challenges.
She gives voice to those who have none.
But there's a price.

Parents tell her: "I'm a special parent. How can you charge so much? You have to be empathetic."

An investor at a pitch competition said: "I won't invest in such a company because you're making money out of people's misfortune."
She couldn't reply.

What she wanted to say: "Do you tell your doctor they're profiting from your pain?"

This is why speech pathologists leave India. It's not lucrative. They go abroad.

25 million children need help. Only 10,000 professionals in India.

Elizabeth is trying to solve this. Online therapy. Accessible. Affordable.

But the judgment follows her.

The quiet mental toll of being told you shouldn't earn while helping.

She was always an introvert. She says "I will never go on stage. I will faint."
The same person is working silently behind the scenes, empowering others to find their voice.

What is the price of empathy when everyone expects it for free?

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CREDITS

Hosted by: Sreehari Venugopal
Edited by: Nikhil Venu
Cinematography: Vishnu Vijay
Location: Tapas Living
Creative Direction: Nisha Nandakumar
Produced By: Mettle Minds