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What if wellness isn’t something you chase, buy or optimize, but something you feel within? On Wellness Reimagined, Tamara Croes questions the trends and checklists and asks what it really takes to feel whole.

Tamara shares how noticing she was more away from home than with her family led her to change the way she lives, why breaking old patterns can feel isolating at first, and how to keep going when fear shows up.

About the Guest:

Tamara Croes lives in the Netherlands and is a mother of five. Together with her partner, she chose to step off the conventional path so her family could live, work and raise their children together, on their own terms.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness starts with how you speak to yourself, not the latest trend.
• The people around you shape your patterns, so notice who’s in your circle.
• Breaking a pattern can feel isolating; start with the small circle you have.
• Fear will speak up; let it, then choose not to stay there.
• You don’t need every step mapped out; life isn’t meant to be fully known.
• When someone you love slips back, give them space and hold the vision.

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined: wellness beyond apps and checklists

[01:30] The Biggest Wellness Myth: why we search for it outside ourselves

[03:00] Start in the Mirror: how you speak to yourself

[05:00] Patterns and the People Around Us: noticing what isn’t yours

[08:00] When Change Feels Lonely: accepting isolation and building a small circle

[11:00] Tamara’s Turning Point: choosing family time over the usual script

[16:00] Fear, Uncertainty and Slipping Back: giving space and holding the vision

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What if wellness isn't something you buy or achieve, but whatever truly helps you feel well? This episode of Wellness Reimagined questions the "shoulds" that turn self-care into another performance.

Rally News founder Sam Brooks shares why a practice that works for one person may drain another, how intentional media habits lower everyday anxiety, and why the goal matters more than the routine.

About the Guest:

Sam Brooks is the founder of Rally News, a positive news aggregator built as an alternative to social media algorithms. He is passionate about helping people be more intentional about the media they consume.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness is anything that helps you feel at peace, not a checklist of trends.
• If you keep asking whether a practice serves you, it may not.
• Be intentional about media, especially in the first minutes of your day.
• Give a new routine a few weeks. If it feels like a chore, replace it with another.
• Hold on to the intention. The routine is only the path to it.

Connect With the Guest:

Website and app: https://rally.news

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] What Wellness Really Means - an opening on trends, products, and performance

[01:30] The Biggest Wellness Misconception - why one practice doesn't fit everyone

[04:00] Listening to Your Body and Mind - asking if a practice serves you

[06:30] Intentional Media Habits - algorithms, mornings, and Rally News

[10:00] Why We Avoid Ourselves - perfectionism, gut feelings, and self-acceptance

[13:30] Lowering the Ambient Noise - a simple morning routine

[16:00] Intention Over Method - when to keep going and when to switch

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What if wellness isn't a destination you reach, but a way of living in line with who you really are? This episode of Wellness Reimagined is for anyone chasing a perfect routine or a life that looks good on paper but feels out of place.

Life coach Liz Coleman shares how to find your highest values, why molding yourself to others' expectations creates stress, and how asking "What would my highest self do?" helps you respond instead of react.

About the Guest

Liz Coleman is a New York-based transformational life coach. After a career that looked amazing from the outside but felt out of place, she learned to live as her true self.

Key Takeaways

• Find your highest values by asking what you'd do if no one asked.
• Perfection means something different to everyone, so chasing it keeps you stuck.
• Resisting who you are creates stress that tends to surface somewhere.
• When triggered, pause and ask how your highest self would respond.
• Swap "I have to" for "I get to" or "I'm choosing to."

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://www.lizcolemanlifecoach.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reallizcoleman/

Recommended read: Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself by Dr. Joe Dispenza

Episode Chapters (approx.):

[00:00] Wellness Isn't a Destination - an opening on chasing what was never meant to be caught

[01:30] What We're Really Asking For - feeling good, whole, and on purpose

[02:30] Living Your Highest Values - what you'd do if no one asked

[05:00] The Perfection Trap - other people's expectations and the stress they create

[09:00] Being Your True Self - Liz's story of leaving a life that looked perfect

[12:00] When Old Patterns Return - triggers and asking what your highest self would do

[15:30] Raising Your Frequency - gratitude, "I get to," and a book that rewires beliefs

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Does self-care feel like one more checklist you're failing? This episode of Wellness Reimagined is for anyone tired of chasing routines and quick fixes that never quite deliver.

Dr. Maria Van Der Maaten explores how productivity culture reshaped wellness, and offers a gentler path: community care, experimentation, simple floors instead of perfect ceilings, and a focus on process over results.

About the Guest:

Dr. Maria Van Der Maaten holds a PhD, has taught at university, and completed a holistic wellness and fitness coaching certification. Originally from the US, she now lives in Argentina.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness works best as a daily way of relating to yourself, not an occasional treat or performance.
• Much of modern self-care is sold to keep us productive. Ask what you actually want more time for.
• Do wellness with others. A walk with a neighbour covers movement, connection, and nature without feeling like work.
• Set a floor, not a ceiling. A small non-negotiable, like ten minutes of yoga, carries you through hard days.
• Treat setbacks as experiments. Each restart gets easier, and sustainable systems matter more than fast results.

Connect With the Guest:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariavandermaaten/

Instagram: search Maria Van Der Maaten

Episode Chapters (approx.)

[00:00] When Did You Last Feel Truly Well? - an opening invitation to rethink wellness

[02:30] Beyond the Spa Day - wellness as a daily way of being

[05:30] Self-Care and Capitalism - how wellness got tied to productivity

[09:30] Community Is the Real Hack - why wellness was never meant to be done alone

[13:30] Finding Your Why - what a pandemic pause revealed about worth and wellbeing

[18:30] Floors, Not Ceilings - experimentation, restarts, and a ten-minute yoga practice

[24:00] Process Over Results - saying no, keeping it simple, and noticing small shifts

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What if wellness was never about a fixed standard, but about what actually makes you feel alive? Host Swati talks with Grand Prix dressage rider Silvia Rizzo about why wellness has to be personal, not performed for anyone watching.

Silvia shares why skipping a workout usually comes down to excuses rather than real limits, a lesson from working with 700 kilogram horses about staying clear headed under pressure, and why the only thing you can truly control is your own reaction.

About the Guest:

Silvia Rizzo is a professional Grand Prix dressage rider and life coach who helps people make better decisions under pressure. She draws lessons from working with large animals, where staying calm and clear headed is essential, into how she teaches wellness.

Key Takeaways:

• Skipping a workout is usually an excuse, not a real physical limit.
• Wellness should be for yourself, not a performance for anyone watching.
• Staying clear headed under real pressure is a skill you can actually train.
• The only thing you can fully control in life is your own reaction.
• A wellness practice needs flexibility, since life and your needs keep changing.

Connect With Silvia Rizzo:

Website: hofmarabuntablog.com

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined (approx.)

[02:00] Meet Silvia Rizzo (approx.)

[06:00] The Biggest Misconception About Wellness (approx.)

[13:00] Excuses vs. Real Limits (approx.)

[20:00] Staying Clear Headed Under Pressure (approx.)

[28:00] Controlling Only Your Own Reaction (approx.)

[33:00] Where to Find Silvia (approx.)

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What if wellness is less about adding more habits and more about learning to stop? Host Naba talks with author Karen Bentley about the practice of becoming harmless, and why neutralizing a harmful thought takes ongoing attention, not one single decision.

Karen shares a personal story about neutralizing jealousy toward a family member over several weeks, why stopping a habit, even something small, builds the same skill you need for bigger changes, and why knowing what you actually want keeps you off autopilot.

About the Guest:

Karen Bentley is the author of more than 17 books, including her latest, The Warrior Strong Manifesto, about the conservation of life energy. She teaches three core skills for working with what she calls the ego robot, starting with the practice of stopping.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness is often about doing less, not adding more habits, journaling, or affirmations.
• Neutralizing a harmful thought can take weeks of repeated, deliberate attention, not one decision.
• Practicing stopping with a small habit builds a skill useful in bigger moments too.
• Harm isn't only physical, guilt trips and raised voices count too.
• Knowing clearly what you want keeps you from running on autopilot.

Connect With Karen Bentley:

Website: karenbentley.com

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined (approx.)

[02:00] Meet Karen Bentley (approx.)

[06:00] The Biggest Misconception About Wellness (approx.)

[13:00] A Personal Story of Neutralizing Jealousy (approx.)

[22:00] The Ego Robot and the Practice of Stopping (approx.)

[30:00] Harmlessness in Everyday Life (approx.)

[35:00] Where to Find Karen (approx.)

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What if looking healthy and actually being healthy are two completely different things? The host talks with Dr. Sean Altman about why true wellness lives beneath the surface, in both the body and the mind, not in how someone looks.

Sean shares the difference between internal and external motivation for healthier habits, why gradual changes tend to stick better than dramatic ones, and why sleep and exercise are the two highest-leverage places to start.

About the Guest:

Dr. Sean Altman is a functional medicine doctor specializing in orthopedic and regenerative medicine. He focuses on patient education, asking patients about their personal goals as part of building a wellness plan tailored to them.

Key Takeaways:

• Looking physically fit doesn't guarantee someone is actually healthy underneath the surface.
• Internally motivated habits, done for your own reasons, tend to last far longer.
• Gradual changes are usually easier to sustain than one dramatic overhaul.
• Sleep and exercise are the two highest-leverage places to start improving wellness.
• A supportive team, trainers, coaches, or clinicians, helps you recover from setbacks.

Connect With Dr. Sean Altman:

Website: drseanaltman.com

Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn: Dr. Sean Altman

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined (approx.)

[02:00] Meet Dr. Sean Altman (approx.)

[06:00] The Biggest Misconception About Wellness (approx.)

[13:00] Internal vs. External Motivation (approx.)

[20:00] The Small Daily Habits That Add Up (approx.)

[28:00] Sleep and Exercise: Where to Start (approx.)

[33:00] Where to Find Dr. Altman (approx.)

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What if wellness isn't something you build alone, but something you create together? Host Niharika talks with Dr. Steve McGough about why social connection matters for health, and why knowing yourself comes before finding a partner.

Steve shares the biology behind why in-person connection beats texting or video calls, a simple weekly practice he and his wife use to stay close after 27 years together, and why going out into nature can offer a real sense of community too.

About the Guest:

Dr. Steve McGough is the founder of Human Innovations and inventor of the Hi Massager, a therapeutic device originally developed to help his wife. He has worked with couples and individuals on relationship health for over 16 years.

Key Takeaways:

• Social isolation can be as harmful to long-term health as smoking daily.
• Know who you are and what you want before looking for a partner.
• In-person presence carries emotional information, through facial cues, that texting simply can't.
• Setting aside weekly time to fully focus on your partner can deepen the relationship.
• Time in nature can offer a real sense of community, even without other people.

Connect With Dr. Steve McGough:

Website: himassager.com

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined (approx.)

[02:00] Meet Dr. Steve McGough (approx.)

[06:00] Why Social Connection Matters for Health (approx.)

[14:00] Knowing Yourself Before Finding a Partner (approx.)

[22:00] Why In-Person Presence Beats Texting (approx.)

[30:00] A Weekly Practice for Staying Close (approx.)

[36:00] Where to Find Steve (approx.)

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Most of us treat wellness like a checklist: water, steps, sleep. But what if it's not about getting it right, but about actually experiencing your life?

On this episode of Wellness Reimagined, longtime caregiver Geoff Grant shares what 25 years of caring for his mother and wife taught him about grief, vulnerability, and staying grounded.

About the Guest:

Geoff Grant has spent 25 years as a family caregiver, first for his mother, then for his wife. He joins the show on the one year anniversary of her passing, reflecting on presence, grief, and self-compassion.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness is mind, body, and spirit, not a checklist to perfect.
• Vulnerability is strength. Revealing yourself is harder than hiding, and braver.
• You can go through grief, or grow through it. The choice matters.
• Stop measuring your life against someone else's idea of "perfect" wellness.
• Grounding can be free: a walk outside, a journal page, an honest talk.

Connect With the Guest:

Find Geoff Grant at geoffgrantconsulting.com, on Facebook (Geoff Grant Consulting), and on LinkedIn.

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Cold open, why "wellness as a checklist" misses the point (approx.)

[02:30] What wellness really means: mind, body, and spirit together (approx.)

[06:00] A caregiver's mirror: 25 years of learning who he is (approx.)

[09:15] The hardest anniversary: presence, grief, and being gentle with yourself (approx.)

[12:40] Vulnerability as strength, not a flaw to hide (approx.)

[16:00] Letting go of other people's idea of "perfect" wellness (approx.)

[19:30] Where to start: journaling, walking, and staying grounded (approx.)

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What if the way we've been taught to chase wellness is part of what keeps us from feeling well? On Wellness Reimagined, host Navya talks with clinical herbalist Bonnie D'Arcangelo about diet, stress, and sustainable habits.

Bonnie shares why restriction backfires, how small consistent steps beat all-or-nothing goals, and why unresolved stress can undo even the healthiest diet.

About the Guest:

Bonnie D'Arcangelo is a clinical herbalist and holistic health consultant based in Michigan. She works with clients managing chronic conditions using herbal medicine, and explores the emotional root causes that often sit underneath physical health issues.

Key Takeaways:

• Consistency beats intensity: a daily 30-minute walk often outperforms occasional hard workouts
• Set small, realistic diet goals instead of banning foods completely
• Keep a simple food journal to build awareness without judging yourself
• Look for the emotional or stress-related root behind a physical health issue
• Pair a calming scent, like lavender, with deep breathing to reset
• Give yourself grace after a setback and simply start again

Connect With the Guest:

Hub: bonniedarcangelo.com

Clinical practice: veusebeiaphytotherapycenter.com

Herbal products: aetherbal.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bonniedarcangelo

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Cold Open — What If Wellness Itself Is Part of the Problem?

[02:30] (approx) Meet Bonnie D'Arcangelo — Clinical Herbalist and Holistic Consultant

[07:00] (approx) The Biggest Misconception: Eating Healthy Isn't Always Enough

[13:00] (approx) Becoming the Observer: Food Journals and Small Steps

[19:00] (approx) The Hidden Role of Stress in Chronic Health Issues

[24:00] (approx) Turning Everyday Moments Into Intentional Meditation

[29:00] (approx) Closing Reflection — Your Path to Wellness Is Your Own

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What if the wellness we've been chasing was never really about optimizing ourselves at all? In this episode of Wellness Reimagined, host Niharika talks with osteopath and body-centred stress coach Tom Meyers about the growing mismatch between our ancient biology and today's fast-changing culture, and why that mismatch, not laziness or willpower, is often the real reason we feel stuck.

Tom walks through why our stress response fires for the wrong things, why getting help is a strength rather than a failure, and how defining what he calls your "DNA for the future" can give you something stable to return to even as everything around you keeps shifting. It's a grounded, curious look at what it actually takes to flourish in a world that no longer looks anything like yesterday.

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Tom Meyers is an osteopath and manual therapist who teaches practitioners how to bring autonomic regulation into their work, traveling to India three times a year to teach. He is the author of Futurize Yourself: How to Flourish and Thrive in Your Fast-Changing World.

Key Takeaways:

• Health isn't automatic or given, it's earned through the choices, decisions, and actions you make today.
• The stress response that once kept us safe from real physical danger now fires for emails and everyday pressure, turning the response itself into a stressor.
• Start with introspection: describe what you're actually feeling and what you want instead, not just what you don't want.
• Seeking help, whether a coach, mentor, or professional, is a sign of strength, not a personal failure.
• Define what stays stable in you (what you want to feel, and your core aspirations) so you have something solid to build on even as everything else changes.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://www.futurizeyourself.com

Instagram: @tommeyers.osteopath (https://www.instagram.com/tommeyers.osteopath/)

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meyerstom/

Book: Futurize Yourself, available on Amazon and futurizeyourself.com

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Cold open, rethinking wellness for modern life (approx.)

[03:00] Meet Tom Meyers, osteopath and wellbeing futurist (approx.)

[07:00] The biggest misconception about what wellness is (approx.)

[13:00] The evolutionary mismatch between biology and culture (approx.)

[19:00] Why getting help is a strength, not a failure (approx.)

[27:00] Spotting the difference between growth resistance and deviation (approx.)

[33:00] Building your DNA for the future (approx.)

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Anxiety usually gets talked about two ways: heavy clinical language or soft aesthetic wellness content. Psychotherapist Elke Scholz joins host Sana to explore what it feels like to live with anxiety and still function.

Elke shares her zero-to-ten awareness scale and the layers of anxiety she's mapped through years of practice and her own lived experience. You'll learn why the goal is noticing anxiety early, not eliminating it.

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Elke Scholz is a registered psychotherapist, internationally certified EMDR therapist, and expressive arts consultant based in Bracebridge, Ontario. She is the author of Loving Your Life Now and the Anxiety Warrior series, and manages her own generalized anxiety using the tools she teaches.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Use a zero-to-ten scale to notice anxiety before it builds.
• Anxiety often stacks in layers: physiology, perfectionism, self-doubt, memory.
• Dehydration can trigger anxious symptoms; a glass of water helps.
• Trust your own numbers; what overwhelms one person may not overwhelm you.

CONNECT WITH THE GUEST:

Website: elkescholz.com

Free calming techniques PDF: lovingyourlifebook.com

Books: Loving Your Life Now, Anxiety Warrior series

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

[00:00] Two Ways We're Taught to Talk About Anxiety (approx.)

[03:00] Elke's Story: Migraines, Stuttering, and a Hidden Secret (approx.)

[08:00] Discovering the Zero-to-Ten Anxiety Scale (approx.)

[13:00] The Layers of Anxiety: From Physiology to Perfectionism (approx.)

[19:00] Managing, Not Curing: What Anxiety Is Really Asking For (approx.)

[24:00] Empathy Across Generations: Anxiety Looks Different for Everyone (approx.)

[28:00] Where to Find Elke and Her Free Resources (approx.)

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Most people think wellness is either a perfect morning routine or something too hard to bother with. In this episode, Niharika talks with author and executive coach Chad Betz about why that "all or nothing" framing is exactly what keeps wellness feeling out of reach.

Chad walks through why stress leads to self-sabotage, why scheduling wellness like an actual meeting works better than hoping to find time for it, and why the goal is to change the plan, not the goal, when something isn't working. If wellness has always felt like one more thing you're failing at, this conversation offers a much gentler way in.

About the Guest:

Chad C. Betz is a financial services executive, certified executive coach, and author of "An Authentic Success: You Aren't Too Old and It's Not Too Late," "The Second Mouse Gets the Cheese!," "Late Bloomer: It's Not Too Late to Succeed!," and "Expertise Expedition." His work focuses on redefining success and building sustainable habits at any stage of life.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness feels out of reach mainly because we assume it requires a full overhaul, when small, consistent habits are what actually work.
• Stress often triggers self-sabotage, overeating, screens, overworking. Noticing that pattern is the first step to interrupting it.
• Schedule wellness like an important meeting. If it's not on the calendar, it usually doesn't happen.
• Give yourself permission to be bad at something before you're good at it. Progress starts with baby steps, not big leaps.
• When a plan isn't working, change the plan, not the goal.
• Setbacks are part of the process, not proof of failure. Staying consistent matters more than staying perfect.

Connect with Chad Betz:

Website: https://www.anauthenticsuccess.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chadcbetz

Facebook: facebook.com/chadcbetz.author

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined — meeting Chad Betz (approx.)

[02:00] The biggest misconception about wellness (approx.)

[05:00] Why stress leads to self-sabotage (approx.)

[09:00] Scheduling wellness like an important meeting (approx.)

[14:00] Giving yourself permission to be bad at something first (approx.)

[19:00] Changing the plan, not the goal (approx.)

[24:00] Wellness as a journey, not a destination (approx.)

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Most of us think wellness is a routine we finally perfect and keep forever. In this episode, Yusuf talks with business coach Louis Swart about why that idea falls apart the moment life gets busy, and what it actually takes to feel well when you're running a business, a family, or both.

Louis shares how burnout sneaks in even when you're eating right and going to the gym, why mindset matters as much as any physical habit, and a simple exercise for figuring out what your time is really worth. If you've ever felt stuck despite doing all the right things, this conversation offers a grounded, practical way back to yourself.

About the Guest:

Louis Swart is a business coach and founder of Ironbrij, a business coaching and virtual assistant company. Based in Australia, he has over 35 years of entrepreneurial experience helping business owners avoid burnout, delegate effectively, and build sustainable, freedom-driven businesses.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness is not one habit done well. It's your whole life in balance, work, relationships, sleep, and mindset together.
• Notice whether you're living "at cause" (things happen to me) or "at effect" (what is this situation trying to show me). The second one puts you back in control.
• Try the hourly-value exercise: divide your income goal by your working hours, then ask honestly whether a task is worth doing yourself or worth delegating.
• Short-lived happiness from buying things wears off fast. Internal happiness, built by working on yourself, tends to last.
• Everyone is on their own journey. You can offer advice, but it's not your job to fix people around you at the expense of your own health.

Connect with Louis Swart:

Website: louisswart.com

Business: ironbrij.com.au

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/coachlouisswart

Instagram: instagram.com/coachlouistswart

Facebook: facebook.com/louistswart

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined — meeting Louis Swart (approx.)

[02:30] The biggest misconception about what wellness actually is (approx.)

[05:00] Living at cause vs. living at effect (approx.)

[08:00] Why we chase happiness through things we don't need (approx.)

[11:00] Learning to trust your own signals again (approx.)

[13:00] The hourly-value exercise for deciding what to delegate (approx.)

[17:00] Real wellness as presence, alignment, and courage (approx.)

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What if the first question toward healing wasn't "where does it hurt" but "when's the last time you laughed?" In this episode, Shridha talks with Doug "Red Hail" Pineda, founder of the Church of Psychedelics, about what Indigenous approaches to wellness can teach a modern world that's grown used to quick fixes and short appointments.

This conversation moves through what wellness looks like when it's rooted in relationship, community, and ceremony rather than symptoms alone, and why integrating an insight matters more than the insight itself. If you've ever felt like modern healthcare treats the surface without touching the root, this episode offers a different lens, one grounded in thousands of years of observation rather than a prescription pad.

About the Guest:

Doug "Red Hail" Pineda is the founder of the Church of Psychedelics, based in Colorado. Of Native American heritage, he speaks and teaches on Indigenous approaches to wellness and humanity's relationship with plant medicine.

Key Takeaways:

• Indigenous wellness traditions often start with relational questions, when did you last laugh, dance, or sing with your community, rather than symptom-focused ones.
• Ceremony opens the door to healing, but integration, actually living out what you learned, is what does the real work.
• Wellness isn't a state you arrive at and check off. It's a daily practice of walking your talk and closing the gap between insight and action.
• Consider the difference between treating a root cause and simply managing a symptom, and where your own health routines fall on that spectrum.
• Plant medicine traditions carry generations of observed relationships between nature and the human body, a body of knowledge many cultures are only beginning to take seriously.

Connect with Doug "Red Hail" Pineda:

Website: thechurchofpsychedelics.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dougredhailpineda

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined — meeting Doug "Red Hail" Pineda (approx.)

[02:00] What people misunderstand about Indigenous wellness (approx.)

[06:00] Everyday integration: why the ceremony isn't the healing (approx.)

[09:00] Founding the Church of Psychedelics and Colorado's legalization of natural medicine (approx.)

[13:00] Comparing plant medicine and pharmaceutical approaches to health (approx.)

[16:30] The stigma around the word "psychedelics" (approx.)

[18:00] Where to find Doug and closing reflections (approx.)

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Meet Kim Rogers, known online as the Worm Queen, who joins Wellness Reimagined to challenge one-size-fits-all wellness advice.

Listeners will hear how a health crisis led Kim to build her own wellness company, and why she believes overlooked practices like parasite cleansing deserve a second look.

About the Guest:

Kim Rogers, known as the Worm Queen, is CEO of RogersHood Apothecary and creator of the ParaFy Cleanse. With over 20 years in Western medicine and two healthcare degrees, she now focuses on parasite cleansing and self-advocacy after her own 2019 health crisis.

Key Takeaways:

• Kim believes parasite exposure is more common than most realize, often through undercooked meat, seafood, pets, and tap water.
• She encourages people to become their own health advocates rather than rely only on conventional testing.
• Her ParaFy Kit uses herbs like wormwood, black walnut, and cilantro over a 30-day cleanse.
• She suggests care around raw seafood, handwashing after gardening, and grounding away from animal waste.
• Kim links heavy metal detox and parasite cleansing, believing metals can shelter other toxins.
• Her own health crisis, including unnecessary surgeries, shaped her mission to help others find root causes.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: rogershood.com
• Instagram: instagram.com/mrsrogers.hood
• TikTok: tiktok.com/@mrsrogershood
• Podcast: What's Eating U (YouTube and all platforms)

Episode Chapters:

• [00:00] Welcome & Introducing Kim Rogers, The Worm Queen (approx.)
• [03:00] Why Kim Left Western Medicine for Detox and Parasite Cleansing (approx.)
• [06:30] How Common Are Parasites, Really? (approx.)
• [10:00] Everyday Ways We're Exposed to Parasites (approx.)
• [14:00] Inside the ParaFy Kit: Herbs, Detox, and Die-Off Symptoms (approx.)
• [19:00] Kim's Health Crisis and the Making of a Health Advocate (approx.)
• [23:00] Where to Find Kim & Closing Thoughts (approx.)

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Have you ever assumed wellness meant being happy all the time, only to feel like you were failing every time a hard emotion showed up? This episode is for anyone ready to let go of that picture-perfect version of wellness. Host Rhia sits down with personal development expert Cindy Shaw to explore what it really means for mind, body, and spirit to be in coherence, and why chasing constant happiness was never the point.

Cindy shares her Allow, Release, Transform approach for working with difficult emotions instead of repressing or reacting to them, along with why triggers are often teachers in disguise. This is a grounded, honest conversation for anyone ready to build a more authentic relationship with their own wellbeing.

About the Guest:

Cindy Shaw is a personal development expert with more than 35 years of experience in mind-body wellness, blending cognitive behavioral therapy, HeartMath, brain health coaching, and psychedelic integration. Based in Canada, she helps people move from repressing emotions to processing them through her Allow, Release, Transform approach.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness isn't constant happiness, it's coherence between mind, body, and spirit, a state of contentment and peace rather than a permanent mood
• Triggers are information, not inconvenience, whatever upsets you is usually pointing to something unhealed within you, not something wrong with the other person
• The Allow, Release, Transform approach: acknowledge an emotion without acting on it, feel it fully in the body, then let it move through and transform
• Detachment isn't disconnection, it's awareness, shifting from this is happening to me to this is happening for me changes what you do with a hard moment
• Surrender isn't giving up, it's releasing your grip, like letting go of a kinked garden hose so life can flow again
• The quality of your life often tracks the quality of your questions, asking what you can learn shifts more than asking why this happened to you

Connect With the Guest:

Website: awakenedjourney.ca

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness, Reimagined. Rhia introduces Cindy Shaw

[03:00] (approx.) Beyond Happiness. Why wellness is coherence, not a constant mood

[08:00] (approx.) What Triggers You Is Teaching You. Reading discomfort as a signal, not an inconvenience

[13:00] (approx.) The Being Process. Cindy's mantra for allowing, releasing, and transforming emotion

[19:00] (approx.) Detachment Reframed. Why awareness, not disconnection, is the real goal

[24:00] (approx.) The Garden Hose. What surrender actually means when you're in a dark place

[29:00] (approx.) Asking Better Questions. How curiosity, not blame, changes your healing path

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We talk about willpower like it's the missing ingredient in every diet that failed us. Host Ria sits down with certified detoxification specialist R.L. Malpica to ask what's actually underneath our eating habits, and why the answer usually isn't discipline at all.

R.L. breaks down the conditioning behind our food choices, why junk food feels like comfort when we're stressed, and offers one simple, practical shift anyone can try today. If food has ever felt like a battleground instead of nourishment, this conversation reframes the whole fight.

About the Guest:

R.L. Malpica is a certified detoxification specialist, natural health and diet coach, and author of Detox Yourself, which explores the connection between detoxing the mind and detoxing the body. He has followed a fruit-based diet for over three years and a plant-based lifestyle for nine years, and has spent five to six years advocating for natural health.

Key Takeaways:

• Discipline matters less than detoxing your mind from the conditioning you've absorbed about food and health your whole life.
• Slip-ups are part of the process, not proof of failure. Notice your triggers (people, environments, stress) and adjust around them instead of relying on willpower alone.
• Junk food feels comforting because it's convenient, stimulating, and tied to a fight-or-flight response, not because you lack discipline.
• Try shortening your eating window to noon–8 PM as a simple, tangible first step toward working with your body's natural digestive rhythm.
• Build a support system of people on a similar path. If your environment isn't aligned with your goals, you have to consciously create your own alignment.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://www.theeatcoach.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rl_malpica/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theeatcoach

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theeatcoach

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined (approx.) — Ria opens with food as battleground vs. nourishment

[04:00] Willpower Isn't the Real Problem (approx.) — Why detoxing your mind matters more than discipline

[10:00] Slip-Ups Are Part of the Process (approx.) — Learning your triggers instead of blaming yourself

[16:00] Why Comfort Food Feels Like Comfort (approx.) — The fight-or-flight science behind cravings

[24:00] What Change Actually Feels Like (approx.) — Energy, sleep, and the "addictive" pull of feeling better

[31:00] Staying Grounded Amid the Noise (approx.) — Building your own support system and following intuition

[38:00] A Simple Place to Start (approx.) — The noon-to-8pm eating window explained

[43:00] Closing Words: You Are Powerful (approx.) — R.L.'s message and where to find him

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Wellness has become something we buy, track, and optimize until we think we've finally gotten it right. Host Niharika sits down with 28-year Ayurvedic coach Naomi Scott to ask what wellness actually is underneath all the marketing noise, and why doing everything "right" can still leave you stuck in survival mode.

Naomi unpacks why real wellness isn't a checklist but a relationship you build with your own nervous system, one built on capacity, curiosity, and self-worth rather than performance. If you have ever felt like you're doing all the right things and still not feeling well, this conversation offers a different way in.

About the Guest:

Naomi Scott is a Master Life Coach with over 28 years of experience blending Ayurveda, functional nutrition, meditation, and nervous system regulation. She has studied in India, co-owned a wellness clinic, and led international retreats, working with clients globally to help them build a genuine, non-performative relationship with their own health and vitality.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness isn't one fixed picture; it's a personal relationship with your own system. What works for someone else may not work for you, and that's the point, not the problem.
• Doing "all the right things" (diet, exercise, meditation) can still leave you in survival mode if you're doing them from performance instead of genuine care for yourself.
• Notice when you're chasing a wellness trend because it resonates versus because you're drawn to something sparkly that promises a result. Ask yourself honestly which one it is.
• Build your nervous system's capacity to hold stress and chaos, rather than aiming for a life where nothing ever goes wrong.
• Falling back into old coping patterns (scrolling, overeating, numbing) usually means you're disconnected from your own worth, not that you've failed at wellness.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://www.naomiscottcoaching.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naomiscottcoaching/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naomi-scott-5a08a827/

Free resource: Leadership Assessment (available via her website)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined (approx.) — Niharika opens with wellness as a conversation, not a destination

[04:00] The Biggest Misconception About Wellness (approx.) — How the wellness economy sells us a story instead of a system

[10:00] Beyond Perfection: What Wellness Actually Is (approx.) — Committing to the quality of your life as an ongoing investment

[16:00] Where the Gap Comes From (approx.) — Ayurveda, unique constitution, and why one wellness picture doesn't fit all

[24:00] Performing Wellness vs. Living It (approx.) — Why discipline without inner reverence only gets you halfway there

[32:00] Breaking the Effort-Collapse Cycle (approx.) — Survival patterns, coping mechanisms, and reconnecting to your worth

[40:00] Building Nervous System Capacity (approx.) — Naomi's India example and what true resilience looks like

[46:00] Closing Words: An Invitation to Imagine (approx.) — Naomi's message and where to find her

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What if the biggest threat to your wellness isn't what you're doing, but what you don't know?

In this eye-opening episode of Wellness Reimagined, entrepreneur and technology innovator Jordan Robinson challenges the assumption that the food we buy is always safe, transparent, and aligned with our health goals.

Jordan explores the growing disconnect between consumers and the food system, explaining how misleading marketing, information overload, and limited access to real-time food safety information make it harder than ever to make informed choices. He also introduces his innovative app, Piece of Mind, designed to help consumers stay informed about food recalls, restaurant inspection reports, and food safety alerts in real time.

Beyond technology, this conversation is about reclaiming personal responsibility for our wellbeing, building sustainable habits, and recognizing that wellness is not about perfection but making better choices one day at a time.

Whether you're trying to eat healthier, become a more informed consumer, or simply rethink your relationship with food, this episode offers practical insights that can transform how you approach everyday wellness.

About the Guest:

Jordan Robinson is an entrepreneur, technology innovator, and founder of Piece of Mind, a food safety and wellness platform designed to help consumers make informed decisions about the food they purchase and consume through real-time recall alerts, restaurant inspection reports, and personalized food safety information.

What You'll Learn:

• Why food safety is an overlooked part of wellness
• The hidden information gap between consumers and food producers
• How food recalls often go unnoticed
• Why wellness starts with informed choices
• The impact of marketing and information overload on healthy habits
• How technology can support better food decisions
• Why consistency matters more than perfection
• Practical ways to build sustainable wellness routines

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness begins with awareness, not assumptions.
• Food safety is an essential part of long-term health.
• Marketing claims aren't always the same as facts.
• Small daily habits create lasting change.
• Information empowers healthier decisions.
• Fear shouldn't stop you from building better routines.
• Gratitude and consistency are powerful wellness practices.
• Technology can simplify healthier living when used intentionally.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:00 Common misconceptions about wellness

05:30 The hidden risks in today's food system

10:00 Information overload and consumer confusion

14:30 How Piece of Mind works

19:00 Food recalls and restaurant inspections

24:00 Building sustainable wellness habits

28:00 Why gratitude and consistency matter

31:00 Where to connect with Jordan Robinson

Guest Resources:

🌐 Piece of Mind

Features include:

• Real-time food recall alerts
• Restaurant inspection reports
• Grocery receipt scanning
• Food safety notifications
• Nearby food bank locator
• Personalized wellness insights

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If you experience any issues applying the code, Jordan welcomes you to reach out through the contact information provided in the app.

Thank you, Jordan, for extending this generous offer to our community and for sharing your insights on creating a safer, more informed approach to everyday wellness.

Website:

https://pieceofmind.fyi

Memorable Quote"Wellness isn't about chasing perfection. It's about making informed choices every single day."

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Ever feel exhausted chasing the next wellness trend? This episode is for you. Wellness coach Nancy Thompson explains why true wellbeing isn't something you buy, it's something you come home to.

Nancy and host Dhara explore how burnout builds quietly, why breathwork shifts your nervous system fast, and how self-compassion keeps a wellness journey sustainable when things feel shaky.

About the Guest:

Nancy Thompson is a wellness coach helping people move past wellness trends to reconnect with their own intuition, working on nutrition, movement, breathwork, and sustainable habits. She offers free consultation calls through her website.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness spans physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health, and looks different for everyone.
• Ignored signals don't disappear, they build up until your body forces the conversation.
• Breathwork can shift you out of fight-or-flight in minutes.
• Comparing yourself to curated social media wellness sets you up to fail.
• Self-compassion, not stricter routines, makes any wellness practice sustainable.
• This is a lifelong practice, not a destination to arrive at.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: nancythompsonholisticwellness.com

Instagram: @NancyThompsonHolisticWellness

Facebook: Nancy Thompson Coaching

Book a free 45-minute consultation through her website.

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome and Introducing Nancy Thompson: setting up today's conversation on real wellness

[02:00] (approx.) The Biggest Wellness Myth: why buying a plan won't buy you wellbeing

[07:00] (approx.) Why We Ignore Our Own Signals: fear, busyness, and the vicious cycle

[13:00] (approx.) Rebuilding Trust With Your Body: small steps back to intuition

[18:00] (approx.) Breathwork and the Nervous System: a fast way out of fight-or-flight

[24:00] (approx.) Doomscrolling, Comparison, and the Perfection Trap: why social media wellness lies

[30:00] (approx.) Self-Compassion as the Real Anchor: grace over perfection on the journey

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We treat wellness like something to buy or achieve in 30 days. Host Ria talks with building biology consultant Risa Suzuki about why your home environment might be working against your health, even when everything on paper looks fine.

Risa shares how she uncovered her own hidden home health triggers, why you don't need to overhaul your entire house, and a simple way to start with just one or two obvious changes.

About the Guest:

Risa Suzuki is a certified Building Biology Environmental Consultant and author of What the EMF? She spent 25+ years at Microsoft before her own health journey led her to this work.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness includes your home environment, not just diet and exercise.
• If symptoms feel like a mystery and tests come back normal, check your environment.
• Start with the room you spend the most time in, not a full overhaul.
• You don't need meters and measurements to make meaningful progress.
• One small change, like unplugging a device, can meaningfully affect sleep and energy.
• Suggest one or two changes to family, not a total home renovation.

Connect with Risa Suzuki:

Website: risasuzuki.com | Free resource: risasuzuki.com/toxinfreehome

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Opening: what if we've been asking the wrong questions about wellness? (approx.)

[03:00] The biggest misconception about what wellness actually means (approx.)

[08:00] How Risa discovered her own home was undermining her health (approx.)

[15:00] Why "mystery symptoms" and normal test results often point to environment (approx.)

[22:00] A client story: one overlooked device and months of poor sleep (approx.)

[28:00] Where to start without overhauling your entire home (approx.)

[34:00] One simple takeaway for anyone ready to begin (approx.)

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This episode is for anyone who's checked every box on paper and still feels like something's missing. Host Navya talks with Shaman Usher, an elder in the ancient Siberian shamanic tradition, about why purpose isn't something we chase from the outside, but something we've often simply forgotten how to hear.

Through stories from his own childhood and decades of study across shamanic traditions, Usher explores why external goals rarely bring lasting happiness, how comparison quietly disconnects us from ourselves, and why simple daily practices, feeling nature, quiet reflection before sleep, can be the beginning of finding your way back. It's a reflective, cross-cultural conversation about remembering rather than achieving.

About the Guest:

Shaman Usher is an elder and teacher in the ancient Siberian shamanic tradition, with over three decades of study and practice. He has traveled extensively across Europe, India, Japan, and the Americas in search of indigenous wisdom and spiritual teachings, and is part of a spiritual community that produces books, films, and music to help people reconnect with themselves.

Key Takeaways:

• Purpose often isn't something to find outside ourselves. It's something we already sense inside, sometimes from a very young age, before external expectations bury it.
• Comparing yourself to others, especially through social pressure or family expectations, can quietly disconnect you from your own natural interests and instincts.
• External achievements like a car, a status, or a relationship milestone rarely bring lasting happiness on their own. Real contentment has to be felt in the present moment.
• Quieting the mind through practices like meditation, dance, or time in nature creates space for people to actually notice what they feel, rather than what they've been told to want.
• A simple nightly practice of pausing and checking in with yourself, before sleep, before eating, before any significant moment, can be a doorway back to presence.
• Helping others and creating community around shared practices, whether through teaching, art, or simple kindness, is described as one of the deepest sources of happiness.

Connect With the Guest:

Connect via WhatsApp (details shared directly by the guest during the episode)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Cold Open — What if purpose is something we've forgotten, not something we chase?

[01:30] Meet Ash — Decades studying Siberian shamanic tradition across the world

[04:00] What Alignment Actually Feels Like — Childhood interests and a traditional ritual of choosing

[10:00] Why External Goals Don't Bring Happiness — A simple law, according to Ash (approx.)

[15:30] The Roots of Disconnection — Comparison, conditioning, and losing touch with yourself (approx.)

[21:00] Finding Your Way Back — Nature, nightly reflection, and community practices (approx.)

[26:00] Closing Reflections — Purpose as something to remember, not achieve (approx.)

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Meet Arnold Beekes, founder of Brain Athletes, who joins Wellness Reimagined to challenge the idea that wellness is something you buy, achieve, or chase from the outside in.

Listeners will hear why real change starts on the inside, and why comparing your timeline or method to anyone else's rarely works.

About the Guest:

Arnold Beekes is the founder of Brain Athletes and CEO of Kabo Robotics. A former corporate executive turned entrepreneur, he now coaches people on personal transformation, inner alignment, and self-trust.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness and happiness aren't things to pursue directly; they're the byproduct of what you actually do each day.
• Real change starts on the inside and then shapes your outer life, not the other way around.
• Copying someone else's method rarely works the same way for you, since every person's context and timeline differs.
• Real transformation takes time and discipline; quick fixes and ten-minute promises are often just marketing.
• Being kind to yourself, even for small wins, matters more than most people realize.
• Trusting yourself means listening to your body and gut, not just an overloaded, conflicting head.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: brainathletes.club

Episode Chapters:

• [00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined & Meet Arnold Beekes (approx.)
• [03:00] What the Word "Wellness" Really Triggers, and Why That's a Problem (approx.)
• [07:00] Wellness Is a Result, Not Something to Chase Directly (approx.)
• [12:00] Why Copying Someone Else's Method Rarely Works (approx.)
• [17:00] The Myth of the Quick Fix and Why Discipline Still Matters (approx.)
• [22:00] A Simple Daily Practice: Being Kind to Yourself (approx.)
• [26:00] Head, Heart, and Gut: Learning to Trust Yourself Again (approx.)

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What if the most powerful medicine for healthy aging isn't found in a prescription bottle, but in the way you move every day?

In this insightful episode of Wellness Reimagined, movement specialist and healthy aging advocate Karl Sterling explains why movement is about far more than fitness. It's one of the most effective ways to protect your brain, maintain independence, and improve your quality of life as you age.

Drawing from years of coaching people of all ages, including individuals living with Parkinson's disease, Karl explores the hidden dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, the importance of preserving muscle mass, and why exercise should be viewed as preventive healthcare rather than simply a way to stay in shape.

The conversation also dives into neuroplasticity, cognitive health, fall prevention, and the simple daily habits that help us remain strong, mobile, and mentally sharp throughout life.

Whether you're in your 20s or your 70s, this episode is a reminder that the choices you make today shape the freedom you'll experience tomorrow.

About the Guest:

Karl Sterling is a movement specialist, Parkinson's exercise coach, author, and founder of Karl Sterling Health. He specializes in helping people improve movement quality, reduce fall risk, support brain health, and maintain independence through functional exercise and healthy aging strategies. Karl is also the host of The Parkinson's Experience Podcast, where he interviews leading experts in neuroscience, movement, and longevity.

What You'll Learn:

• Why movement quality matters more than simply exercising more
• How exercise supports brain health and neuroplasticity
• The connection between muscle strength and longevity
• Why falls become one of the biggest health risks as we age
• How inactivity quietly accelerates physical decline
• The importance of resistance training for healthy aging
• Why exercise is considered medicine for the brain
• Practical habits to help you stay mobile and independent for life

Key Takeaways:

• Movement is one of the most powerful forms of preventive medicine.
• Strong muscles help protect both mobility and independence.
• Brain health improves when the body stays active.
• Aging well begins decades before old age.
• Small, consistent daily movement creates lifelong benefits.
• Exercise supports both physical and cognitive resilience.
• Independence is built through healthy daily habits.
• The best time to start taking care of your body is today.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

02:30 Why movement quality matters

07:00 The hidden dangers of inactivity

12:00 Exercise and brain health

17:00 Preventing falls and preserving independence

22:00 Parkinson's disease and movement therapy

27:00 Healthy aging through functional exercise

31:00 Daily habits that support longevity

35:00 Final advice for lifelong wellness

Guest Resources:

Website

Podcast:

The Parkinson's Experience Podcast

Connect with Karl:

• Brain & Bones®
• Instagram
• Parkinson's movement coaching
• Healthy aging resources
• Functional movement education

Memorable Quote"There is no neutral. You're either moving toward better health or slowly moving away from it."

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Meet Wahida Mohamed, educator and founder of Wisdom Feast Ltd, who joins Wellness Reimagined to explore what it means to build a wellness practice that's truly your own.

Listeners will learn why introspection is the foundation of real self-care, and how small, consistent moments alone help you reconnect with who you are.

About the Guest:

Wahida Mohamed is an educator with over 30 years across secondary education, ESL teaching, and early years learning, and founder of Wisdom Feast Ltd. She is the author of Wisdom Feast and the upcoming book 5 Successful Strategies to Education Through the Power of Storytelling.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness is not one fixed checklist; it's the interconnected wellbeing of body, mind, and the people around you.
• Introspection, real time spent alone, helps you reconnect with who you were before adult life crowded it out.
• Signs like boredom or feeling stuck are often early signals that something needs attention.
• Putting yourself first isn't selfish; you cannot pour from an empty cup.
• Start small: even 30 minutes a day alone can begin to rebuild your sense of self.
• Commitment to self-care isn't rigidity; it's an appointment you keep with yourself.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: wahidamohamed.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/wahida-mohamed-9554a943
• Book: Wisdom Feast, available now on Amazon

Episode Chapters:

• [00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined & Meet Wahida Mohamed (approx.)
• [03:00] The Misconception That Wellness Is a Checklist (approx.)
• [07:00] Introspection: Reconnecting With Who You Were as a Child (approx.)
• [11:00] Recognizing the Signs Something Needs to Shift (approx.)
• [15:00] Letting Go of Guilt Around Putting Yourself First (approx.)
• [20:00] Facing What Introspection Uncovers, and Building Support (approx.)
• [25:00] Turning Commitment Into a Daily Practice & Closing Thoughts (approx.)

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Most of us chase wellness with more routines, more tools, more things to manage. This episode is for anyone tired of that treadmill and quietly wondering if the answer is actually less, not more. Host Navya and Jennifer Halls reimagine wellness as listening rather than performing.

You will walk away with a lighter approach, one built on grace and small acts of self-trust. Jennifer shares how ordinary moments, even a trip to the grocery store, can reconnect you with your own inner wisdom.

About the Guest:

Jennifer Halls is an intuition author and consultant whose work helps people access their own inner guidance. She no longer takes new clients and instead shares her approach through her book, a collection of true stories drawn from roughly two decades of this work.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness is subtraction, not addition. The shift is from doing more to listening more, and offering yourself grace.
• Practice intuition in the ordinary. At the grocery store, notice what your body is drawn to instead of running the checklist.
• Watch your language. When you hear yourself say should, would, or could, that is a signal you have left your own truth.
• Try the bedtime attunement: rest a hand below your navel, ask your intuition for guidance, and sleep with that intent.
• When the noise gets loud, move. Dance, sing, or make something to get out of your head and back into your body.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://youknow.net

YouTube

Book: You know. How to Invite and Nourish a Relationship with Your Intuition

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] From Chasing to Listening. Rethinking what wellness actually asks of us

[04:00] Subtraction, Not Addition. Why doing more can pull you further from well

[09:00] Intuition at the Grocery Store. Practicing inner listening in ordinary moments

[15:00] Should, Would, Could. Spotting the language that signals disconnection

[20:00] A Hand Below the Navel. An ancient bedtime practice to attune to yourself

[25:00] Dancing It Out. Moving through setbacks without self-judgment

[28:00] The Paradox of Perfect. Letting messiness make room for transformation

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If the word "homeopathy" makes you picture either die-hard believers or total skeptics, this conversation is for you. Nationally certified homeopath Abby Beale joins Wellness Reimagined to unpack what homeopathic medicine actually is, and why so much of the confusion comes down to language, not evidence.

Abby walks through how energy medicine works alongside conventional care, what a good remedy match feels like in the body, and why chronic healing is a process, not a single dose. Expect a grounded look at integrative wellness that respects both curiosity and caution.

About the Guest:

Abby Beale is a nationally certified classical homeopath and author of Homeopathy Primer, a home-prescribing guide co-created with more than 35 contributors. She has spent over two decades helping people use homeopathic remedies for both acute and chronic health concerns.

Key Takeaways:

• Homeopathic remedies are taken sublingually (under the tongue), not swallowed with water like conventional medicine.
• A "good remedy match" means the remedy's symptom profile mirrors what you're experiencing mentally, emotionally, and physically, not a guessing game.
• Acute issues like stings, bumps, and minor burns often respond within minutes to hours; chronic conditions such as anxiety or IBS take longer and need reassessment.
• "Maintaining causes," like smoking or unresolved stress, can block healing no matter which remedy or treatment you use.
• Before starting any new approach, research it yourself rather than relying solely on any one practitioner's opinion, including a homeopath's.
• Foundational habits, sleep, hydration, movement, and a whole-food diet matter as much as any remedy or protocol.

Connect with Abby Beale:

Website (mentioned in episode): https://homeopathyprimer.com

Website: https://homeopathyhealings.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbymarksbeale

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/homeopathyhealings

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined: setting up tonight's open-minded look at homeopathy

[03:00] (approx.) The Biggest Misconception: why "energy medicine" sounds strange until you feel it work

[08:00] (approx.) Finding the Right Remedy: what a true symptom match looks like

[14:00] (approx.) Everyday Homeopathy: from bee stings to the Homeopathy Primer home guide

[19:00] (approx.) Integrative by Design: how homeopathy fits alongside conventional and natural medicine

[24:00] (approx.) When Progress Stalls: communicating through plateaus and chronic healing

[28:00] (approx.) Making Your Own Decision: Abby's final word on choosing any wellness path

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We treat wellness like a checklist. Gym, macros, meditation app, step count. What if the pursuit itself has become the stressor? If chasing the perfect routine leaves you more depleted than when you started, this conversation is worth your time.

Dr. Roopa Chari brings a medical training grounded in Ayurveda and a family tradition of Ayurvedic physicians. She makes the case for flexibility over rigidity, awareness before action, and a set of unglamorous fundamentals: morning sunlight, slower meals, deep breaths, movement every hour, and gratitude before sleep.

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Dr. Roopa Chari is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician specialising in Integrative and Functional Medicine, with over twenty-five years in practice. She is Medical Director and co-founder of the Chari Center of Health, which she runs with her brother Deepak Chari, and her work bridges conventional medicine with Ayurveda and mind-body approaches.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Wellness is physical, emotional and mental at once. Stress in one shows up in the others.
• Start the day by giving something back to yourself before you give it to anyone else.
• Morning sunlight helps set the rhythm that supports better sleep at night.
• Eating slowly and chewing properly is where digestion actually begins.
• Perfectionism about routines becomes its own stressor. Flexibility and grace matter more.
• Awareness comes before action. Step back and read the whole picture first.
• Symptoms are a signal, not a verdict. Tiredness and mood shifts are worth noticing.
• Movement breaks up stress. Stand and walk every hour rather than saving it for the gym.
• Technology fasting at night protects sleep quality.
• Stay a beginner. The more you learn, the more you realise how much is still unknown.

CONNECT WITH THE GUEST:

Website: https://charicenter.com

Email: info@charicenter.com

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined: what if the pursuit of wellness is the problem (approx.)

[02:00] Indian roots, a steamboat in 1955, and a family line of Ayurvedic physicians (approx.)

[05:30] Why she went into medicine: becoming the bridge between two traditions (approx.)

[09:00] The biggest misconception, and wellness as thoughts, emotions and body together (approx.)

[13:00] A morning routine that starts with a hug in the mirror and morning sunlight (approx.)

[18:00] Staying a beginner, and why the more you learn the less you know (approx.)

[22:00] A regular Tuesday: flexibility, grace, and symptoms as a fire alarm (approx.)

[27:00] Breath, hourly movement, technology fasting and gratitude before sleep (approx.)

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What if some of what you have been calling exhaustion or brain fog is your body carrying a load modern life keeps piling on without ever giving it a place to put down? If you eat well, move, sleep and still feel off, this conversation on toxic burden is for you.

Darci Frankel walks through the seven categories of toxins she has codified, why the skin, lymph, liver and kidneys are the four organs that matter here, and how a nervous system stuck in fight or flight quietly stalls rest, digestion and elimination. Practical, not alarmist.

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Darci Frankel has spent more than 32 years in Ayurveda, detoxification and wellness. She is the founder of the Serious Cleanse Method and the managing owner of Hanalei Day Spa on Kauai, and has worked with thousands of clients trying to understand why they still feel off despite doing everything right.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Most people have never assessed their toxic burden or which exposures they actually carry.
• Her four organs of detoxification: the skin, the lymphatic system, the liver and the kidneys.
• She groups exposures into seven categories, including one for mental and emotional load.
• Negative self-talk and being gaslit sit in that emotional category, not outside it.
• Stuck in fight or flight, the body does not rest, digest or eliminate well.
• The physiological sigh is her simplest entry point: deep breath in, top it up, long exhale.
• Everyday sources she flags: laundry detergent, nicked non-stick pans, foil, antiperspirant.
• The sequence is learn, cleanse, track, then prevent. Prevention is the part people skip.

CONNECT WITH THE GUEST

Website: https://seriouscleanse.com (free Assess Your Toxic Burden quiz, three to five minutes)

Instagram: @seriouscleanse

Spa: https://hanaleidayspa.com

Telehealth consultations are available in limited numbers alongside her programmes

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined: exhaustion as a load, not a personal failure (approx.)

[02:30] Why good habits are not enough if the four organs of detoxification are ignored (approx.)

[07:00] What an intoxicant actually is, and the seven categories she has codified (approx.)

[13:00] Mental and emotional toxins, and why they belong on the same list (approx.)

[16:00] The nervous system link: fight or flight versus rest, digest and cleanse (approx.)

[18:30] The physiological sigh, humming and singing as accessible daily practice (approx.)

[21:00] The toxic burden quiz, hair testing, and the household audit nobody does (approx.)

[26:00] Her five day and thirty day programmes, and where to find Darci (approx.)

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Most of us believe we control our choices. On Wellness Reimagined, host Shreya sits with neurophilosopher Alan Bodnar, whose self-driving framework says most of our driving happens on autopilot, and that this is oddly freeing.

You will leave with a kinder relationship with your own mind, where you can pause between stimulus and response, take the wheel, and slowly rewire the patterns that no longer serve you.

About the Guest:

Alan Bodnar is a neurophilosopher and researcher who spent a decade studying over 500 books on neuroscience, behaviour, AI, and mindfulness. He is the author of The Self-Driving You.

Key Takeaways:

• Most of your thoughts run on autopilot. Seeing them as automatic, not personal, creates room for self-compassion.
• Consciousness is a supervisor, not a constant driver. It engages through deliberate attention.
• The pause is the point. A slow breath activates your brake before you react.
• Potential is not found, it is wired. Attention plus thousands of hours builds mastery.
• Do not stop. Change comes from staying with the practice until one insight reframes everything.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://theselfdrivingyou.com

Book: The Self-Driving You, available on Amazon and Audible

Instagram is the best way to reach Alan, and he is also on LinkedIn and TikTok

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] The myth of full control: you are more automatic than you think

[04:00] Why autopilot is always running in the background

[09:00] System one and system two: meeting your conscious driver

[14:00] The frustrated email: taking the wheel before you react

[19:00] Mindfulness as mental training, not mysticism

[24:00] Potential you cannot see until you wire it

[28:00] Staying on the path when it feels like nothing is changing

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We tend to believe that enough success on the outside will hold us up on the inside. This episode is about the moment that belief breaks, and what a stronger foundation looks like.

Structural engineer Jasper Calcara spent nearly 30 years building businesses and iconic structures before personal loss revealed the cracks he had ignored. He shares his framework, Be Good, Do Good, Evolve, for growth that lasts.

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Jasper Calcara is a structural engineer and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience. After profound personal loss, he developed the Be Good, Do Good, Evolve framework to help high performers build lives strong enough to hold what they carry.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Well-being and success are not a trade-off. Investing in both amplifies each.
• Like buildings, we accumulate cracks under stress. Ignored too long, they show first in close relationships.
• Two loads test any structure: the slow weight we keep adding, and shocks we cannot prepare for.
• Healing starts with acknowledgment, then releasing shame and forgiving yourself, then accepting real help.
• Be Good, Do Good, Evolve: stand in a solid place, act for the right reasons, keep evolving.

CONNECT WITH THE GUEST:

Website: https://jaspercalca.com

Instagram: @jaspercalcaofficial

YouTube: search Jasper Calca

Book: forthcoming (targeted for release in the coming months)

EPISODE CHAPTERS: (approx.)

[00:00] Why Outer Success Doesn't Protect the Inside

[04:00] What High Performers Get Wrong About Being Okay

[09:00] Reading the Cracks Before They Break You

[14:00] The Weight We Add and the Shocks We Can't Predict

[20:00] Acknowledge, Forgive, Then Ask for Help

[25:00] The Be Good, Do Good, Evolve Framework

[31:00] Skills From Personal Growth That Strengthen Your Work

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If you've had the surgeries, taken the hormones, followed every instruction, and the pain still comes back, this conversation is for you. Heather Yoshimura joins Shreya to question the model itself: find the lesion, remove the lesion, repeat.

Heather explains why chronic pelvic pain is generated by the nervous system, not just by tissue, and what shifts when you treat the whole system: inflammation, sleep, stress, unprocessed trauma, and the thoughts that quietly turn pain up. Educational conversation, not medical advice.

About the Guest:

Heather Yoshimura is a UCSF-trained nurse practitioner, founder of a telehealth practice focused on endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain, and author of The Endo Dilemma. After two surgeries and years of treatment left her still in pain, she started asking a different question.

Key Takeaways:

• Pain severity doesn't track disease stage: stage four endometriosis can be painless, stage one excruciating.
• Inflammation sensitises the nervous system, so sleep, movement, and food are levers, not afterthoughts.
• Catastrophising thoughts strengthen pain pathways; pain reprocessing work helps decouple sensation from fear.
• Unprocessed trauma and chronic stress live in the body and show up as pain.
• Track small wins, not just pain scores. That's how you can see healing while it's still slow.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://luteal.health

Instagram: @the.endo.np

Episode Chapters: (approx.)

[00:00] What the Old Model Keeps Missing: find the lesion, remove it, repeat

[04:10] Pain Is Made in the Brain: phantom limbs and stage four without pain

[09:20] Inflammation as the Driver: sleep, food, stress, movement

[14:05] The Part Nobody Checks: nervous system, trauma, and the mind-body split

[19:15] Pain as a Signal: what Heather's own pain was asking her to change

[24:00] Advocating in a System Still Running the Old Playbook

[27:30] For the Woman Who's Lost Faith: recovery is possible

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There is a particular exhaustion in doing everything right and still being told everything looks normal. This episode is for anyone whose body says otherwise.

Dr. Amelia R Cohn joins Shreya to explore what opens up when ancient and modern medicine stop being opposites, and why symptoms are better read as signals than problems to silence.

About the Guest:

Dr. Amelia R Cohn is a naturopathic doctor who blends functional lab testing, nervous system regulation, somatic work, and two decades in energy medicine. She arrived here through her own long search for answers.

Key Takeaways:

• Normal was never the same as well. One lab snapshot cannot hold a body that naturally ebbs and flows.
• Symptoms are signals. One symptom can have many causes, and the source is often somewhere else entirely.
• You live inside ecosystems: family, work, community. Those questions matter as much as lab results.
• Two of the most empowering tools are free: the breath, and asking "what is underneath that?" again and again.
• Progress rarely shows up where you want it first. Look at what else has shifted while you waited.

Connect With the Guest:

Instagram: @dr_amelia_nd | LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mynaturopath

Episode Chapters: (approx.)

[00:00] The Exhaustion Nobody Names: doing everything right and still hearing "everything looks normal"

[03:45] Not Opposites: what the thyroid looks like through both a lab panel and the throat chakra

[09:00] The Snapshot Problem: why one blood draw cannot hold a body that fluctuates

[14:00] The Ecosystems You Live In: family, work, community, and the questions nobody asks

[19:00] The Breath and the Question: two free tools that go deeper than another supplement

[24:00] Symptoms as Language: reading the body as communication rather than malfunction

[28:00] When It Feels Like Nothing Is Working: setbacks as data, and looking for the shift you didn't expect

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A lot of people are chasing a version of wellness they never actually chose. This episode of Wellness, Reimagined questions that inherited picture directly. Host Nazish talks with Joel Polley, a registered nurse with 20 years of ICU and emergency medicine experience, about the difference between managing symptoms and actually understanding what is causing them.

Joel shares why asking "why" is often the most overlooked step in anyone's health journey, and how self-compassion, not perfection, is what makes a wellness practice sustainable over time. This conversation offers a more personal, less one-size-fits-all way to think about what being well actually means.

About the Guest:

Joel Polley is a registered nurse with 20 years of experience in ICU and emergency medicine, and a naturopathic practitioner. He is the founder of BraveWorks RN, where he focuses on root-cause thinking and lifestyle education alongside conventional medical care.

Key Takeaways:

• Managing symptoms and truly resolving them are not the same thing. Asking why a symptom is happening is often the more useful first question.
• Simple daily habits, sleep timing, hydration, stress, are frequently the hidden drivers behind common symptoms like headaches or elevated blood pressure.
• Give yourself grace when adopting new habits. Guilt and shame after a failed attempt often do more harm than the habit itself would have helped.
• Wellness is not one-size-fits-all. What works well for one person may not serve another, even with the same symptoms.
• Learning to listen to your own body's signals, alongside guidance from professionals, is a more sustainable foundation than following any single external protocol.

Connect With the Guest:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/braveworksrn

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@braveworks_

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness, Reimagined — meeting Joel Polley (approx.)

[03:00] Where our common definition of wellness goes wrong (approx.)

[08:00] Symptoms versus root causes (approx.)

[14:00] What asking "why" looks like in an ordinary day (approx.)

[20:00] Telling apart nourishing habits from guilt-driven ones (approx.)

[25:00] Why wellness isn't one-size-fits-all (approx.)

[28:00] Holding onto your own definition of wellness over time (approx.)

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Wellness has quietly turned into another performance, another set of boxes to check. This episode of Wellness, Reimagined pulls that apart. Host Shriya talks with Bryan Bourgeois, inventor of the DaVinci Orthopedic Pillow, about questioning inherited ideas of what it means to be well, and why something as basic as sleep and sleeping posture is so often overlooked in that conversation.

Bryan shares his own decade-long journey with chronic neck pain, the choices he made to avoid invasive surgery, and how that experience led him to build a product around spinal alignment and better sleep. This conversation is a reminder that real wellness often starts with the basics we have stopped paying attention to.

About the Guest:

Bryan Bourgeois is the inventor of the DaVinci Orthopedic Pillow, a patented support pillow designed to ease neck, back, and shoulder tension through improved sleep posture. He built the product after his own decade-long experience with chronic neck pain from herniated discs.

Key Takeaways:

• Sleep is often the most overlooked pillar of wellness, even though it shapes nearly every other part of how we function day to day.
• Sleeping posture matters more than most people realize, and simple positioning changes can ease tension in the neck, back, and shoulders.
• Wellness culture can turn health into another performance to optimize. Real wellness makes room for being human, not chasing perfection.
• When facing a health decision, getting more than one perspective and understanding all your options is a reasonable and empowering step.
• Everyday basics, movement, time outdoors, and nourishing food, remain some of the most dependable foundations of feeling well.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://www.davinciorthopedics.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davinciorthopedics

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness, Reimagined — meeting Bryan Bourgeois (approx.)

[03:00] What wellness means when you strip away the noise (approx.)

[08:00] Bryan's own journey with chronic neck pain (approx.)

[15:00] Rethinking assumptions about health and treatment options (approx.)

[21:00] Why sleep and posture deserve more attention (approx.)

[26:00] What a more human definition of wellness looks like (approx.)

[29:00] Closing thoughts on redefining wellness on your own terms (approx.)

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What if health is less a destination you reach after fixing enough things, and more an ongoing conversation between your body, your mind, and your daily choices? This is for anyone curious about a more whole-person way to think about wellness.

Andrew Scheim draws on decades of holistic bodywork to talk about movement, the body-mind connection, and becoming a more discerning, grounded participant in your own wellbeing.

About the Guest:

Andrew Scheim is a holistic bodywork practitioner and educator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with more than thirty years of experience integrating bodywork, movement, and mind-body approaches. He shares teachings on his YouTube channel.

Key Takeaways:

• Think of wellness less as a fixed destination and more as an ongoing conversation between body, mind, and daily choices.
• Movement matters, gentle daily practices like rebounding or light shaking can help the body release stored tension.
• The body holds onto stress and old patterns, and gentle, consistent attention can help loosen their grip.
• Be a discerning consumer, understand why a wellness tool helps before you spend money on it.
• Prevention and working with your body tend to matter more than chasing the next quick fix.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: https://bluezwater.com
• YouTube

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Wellness as a Conversation, Not a Destination: reframing health

[03:00] The Mountain Stream and the Swamp: why flow and movement matter (approx.)

[09:00] The Body Remembers: how stress and old patterns get stored (approx.)

[15:00] Everyday Movement as Practice: rebounding, gentle shaking, release (approx.)

[20:00] Becoming a Discerning Consumer: understanding why before you buy (approx.)

[24:00] Where to Begin: curiosity, prevention, and working with your body (approx.)

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You can be doing everything right with your body and still feel empty, anxious, or disconnected. That's the paradox at the center of this episode, where host Shreya sits down with licensed therapist Mary Rothwell to question one of wellness culture's biggest blind spots: the belief that being well is mostly physical. Mary shares how decades of clinical work taught her that emotional, mental, and spiritual health aren't extras layered on top of the body, they're the roots the whole tree grows from.

Using nature as her guide (a plant can look fine above the soil while its roots are struggling underneath), Mary walks through what a fuller, whole-person approach to wellbeing actually looks like in everyday life. This is a conversation for anyone who has checked every box on the physical side and still feels quietly unwell inside.

About the Guest:

Mary Rothwell is a licensed therapist with decades of clinical experience, drawing on psychology, nature, and integrative wellness practices in her work with clients. She uses the metaphor of plants and gardens throughout her work to help people understand emotional and physical health as deeply connected.

Key Takeaways:

• An unresolved emotional wound doesn't disappear, it tends to resurface later as a physical symptom, so tending to feelings early matters as much as tending to the body
• Use the "wellness wheel" (intellectual, emotional, environmental, spiritual, financial, and more) to see at a glance which areas of your life are thriving and which are quietly running empty
• Notice your self-talk. Speaking to yourself with the same harshness you'd never use on a struggling plant makes it harder, not easier, to move forward
• Build a support ecosystem on purpose. The people closest to you can either drain your emotional health or help bolster it, so choose that circle with care
• When you slip back into old patterns after a setback, treat it as information, not failure. Take a quiet pause, then recommit gently rather than pushing through
• Physical wellness plans (sleep, nutrition, movement) are often the hardest to sustain consistently, so building small boundaries around them matters more than intensity

Connect With Mary Rothwell:

Website: https://maryrothwell.net

Live Like a Plant Quiz: https://maryrothwell.net/llapquiz

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maryrothwellofficial

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/maryrothwellofficial

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined — Shreya opens with the question of what gets left out when wellness means only the body

[02:30] (approx.) Mary's Touchstone — why nature and plants ground her definition of feeling well

[05:45] (approx.) The Narrow Picture — when Mary first realized physical health alone wasn't the full story

[10:00] (approx.) Roots You Can't See — how unresolved emotional pain shows up as physical illness

[14:30] (approx.) The Wellness Wheel — a practical tool for spotting which parts of life are running empty

[19:15] (approx.) Falling Back and Getting Up — staying committed to whole wellbeing after a setback

[24:30] (approx.) A Strong Body, A Starving Spirit — Mary's closing message for anyone who looks well but feels hollow inside

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We keep trying to fix our health one piece at a time, a supplement here, a new sleep routine there, and wonder why nothing ever really holds. This episode is for anyone stuck in that loop, doing all the right things and still feeling worn down.

Systems health strategist Sue McKinley joins the show to unpack why treating stress, sleep, and nutrition as separate problems keeps us stuck, and introduces a simple three-part framework, load, capacity, and rebalancing, for understanding wellness as one connected system instead of a pile of disconnected hacks.

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Sue McKinley is the founder of the Wellness System Roadmap, a framework built on systems thinking, human load and capacity, and holistic modalities. Her work began through her youngest son's health journey, which led her from a career in enterprise consulting into systems-based wellness.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• Wellness isn't a collection of quick fixes. It's an interconnected system where sleep, stress, and nutrition constantly affect each other.
• The exhausted "always working on my health" feeling often comes from a compounding health debt, not a lack of willpower.
• A helpful first step: understand your personal load before adding anything new. Load looks different for everyone.
• Support your body's capacity in small, sustainable, micro changes rather than big overhauls that overload the nervous system.
• Rebalancing tools like nervous system regulation, acupuncture, or acupressure work by supporting what the body already knows how to do.
• Start by subtracting load before adding anything in. Small, repeatable changes compound over time.

CONNECT WITH THE GUEST:

Website: https://wellnesssystemroadmap.com

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

[00:00] The Wellness We've Been Sold — quick fixes, one problem at a time

[03:00] (approx.) Sue's Story — a son's sudden illness and the shift from consulting to systems health

[09:00] (approx.) Why the Quick Fix Model Fails — how disconnected efforts quietly work against each other

[14:00] (approx.) The Hidden Connection — how stress, sleep, and nutrition talk to each other

[19:00] (approx.) The Compounding Health Debt — why fatigue is the body's honest feedback

[24:00] (approx.) Load, Capacity, Rebalancing — a three-step framework for reimagining wellness

[29:00] (approx.) Where to Start — subtract before you add, and hold onto hope

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What happens when the wellness world's checklist of routines and protocols doesn't fit your body at all? This episode is for anyone who has quietly done everything right and still felt unwell, and for anyone wondering if wellness has to look one specific way. Disability advocate and motivational speaker Elisa Neven-Pugh, who lives with cerebral palsy, joins host Shriya to question that narrow picture entirely.

Elisa shares what it actually took to stop chasing other people's definitions of health, the role faith and self-compassion played in that shift, and why honoring her own body, even when it didn't match conventional expectations, became the real foundation of her wellbeing. It's a conversation about authenticity, acceptance, and choosing presence over comparison.

About the Guest:

Elisa Neven-Pugh is a disability advocate, certified crisis worker, and motivational speaker living with cerebral palsy quadriplegia. She offers life coaching and short-term crisis stabilization support through her platform, Positively Adaptive.

Key Takeaways:

• True wellness isn't about fitting a societal mold, it's about recognizing your own strengths and working with your body instead of against it.
• Self-worth that depends on external validation will always feel unstable; lasting peace comes from defining your own version of "okay."
• Suppressing emotion doesn't make it disappear, it just shows up later in the body. Letting yourself cry or feel fully is part of healthy processing.
• Ask yourself what emotion you might be avoiding when you feel the urge to overthink or over-prepare.
• Limiting news and comparison input can ease anxiety more than another wellness routine ever will.
• Respecting other people's choices and boundaries, including the systems that have let you down, protects your own peace without requiring you to pretend everything was fair.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://positivelyadaptive.com

YouTube: Positively Adaptive Services

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined — questioning what "being well" really means

[02:30] (approx.) What genuine wellness feels like in Elisa's own words

[05:00] (approx.) The moment the conventional path stopped working for her

[10:00] (approx.) What mainstream wellness gets wrong about uniqueness and ability

[15:00] (approx.) Small daily practices that actually restore her, prayer, rest, and honest tears

[20:00] (approx.) The one question to ask yourself instead of chasing another protocol

[25:00] (approx.) Staying rooted in self-worth when old pressures creep back in

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What if the thing you have been calling wellness was never really designed to make you well? In this episode of Wellness Reimagined, Dr. Noushin Izadifar Hart, a board-certified radiation oncologist and integrative healer, shares the journey that changed everything she thought she knew about health. After decades of Western medical training, it was her own body that finally asked her to stop optimising and start listening.

This conversation goes beneath the surface of routines and supplements and arrives somewhere quieter and more honest. Dr. Hart talks about childhood trauma, treatment-resistant depression, the myth of the mind-body-spirit divide, and why the most radical health act for many people is simply learning to hear their own intuition again. If you have ever done all the right things and still felt quietly unwell, this episode was made for you.

About the Guest:

Dr. Noushin Izadifar Hart is a board-certified radiation oncologist with over 30 years of clinical experience, trained at Washington University in St. Louis. After her own journey through childhood trauma, treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and insomnia, she discovered the Kundalini Activation Process (KAP) and the MAP Method, which became the foundation for her integrative healing practice. She now runs two practices: Healing by Hart, focused on holistic and energy-based healing, and Heart to Heart Cancer Consultants, specialising in trauma-informed oncology.

Key Takeaways:

• The division between body, mind and spirit is a myth. Dr. Hart describes how treating them as separate kept her unwell for decades. Healing happened only when she started addressing all three as one interconnected system.
• Success culture can be the thing making you sick. Overwork, under-sleep and constant productivity were things society called achievement. Dr. Hart recognised them as an imbalance that cost her health, and eventually her peace.
• Intuition is not a feeling — it is a signal. When we fill every quiet moment with noise, we lose access to the body's most honest feedback. Moments of stillness are not optional extras; they are how we stay guided.
• Simplicity is the rule, not a retreat. Our ancestors had clean air, clean water, whole food, sleep aligned with sunrise and sunset. Most of what feels complicated in wellness is noise we have added on top of something that was always simple.
• Start with what keeps you alive. Before any wellness protocol, breathwork comes first. Then hydration with filtered water. Then whole food. Then sleep quality. Then the air you breathe. These four or five basics are the foundation everything else rests on.
• Your definition of well is yours alone. What works for one body may not serve another. Listening to external rules without checking them against your own experience is the most common way people keep getting lost.

Connect With the Guest:

Mentioned by Dr. Hart in the episode:

• Healing by Hart (holistic and energy healing): https://healingbyhart.com
• Heart to Heart Cancer Consultants (oncology practice): https://h2hcc.com

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Questioning the Rulebook — Why this episode exists and what Wellness Reimagined is really asking (approx.)

[03:30] What Wellness Actually Means to Her — Dr. Hart redefines healing as reconnecting with body and intuition (approx.)

[08:00] Thirty Years of the Wrong Answer — How a radiation oncologist's own health broke down despite doing everything Western medicine said (approx.)

[15:00] The Myth We Were Never Told — Why treating body, mind and spirit as separate things was the root of the problem (approx.)

[22:00] Society's Definition of Success — On overwork, motherhood, burnout and the oxygen mask you keep forgetting to put on yourself (approx.)

[30:00] The Optimization Trap — When the pursuit of health starts costing you your peace (approx.)

[38:00] Where to Start Tomorrow — Breathwork, water, food, sleep and air: five basics that form the honest foundation of well-being (approx.)

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There is a way of being well that no label or bottle can hold, it lives in how you relate to your body, your food, and the world you move through. This is for anyone seeking a wider, more honest definition of wellness.

Dr. Will Tuttle shares a life built around wholeness, gratitude, creativity, and compassion, and an invitation to question the assumptions you never chose.

About the Guest:

Dr. Will Tuttle is the author of The World Peace Diet and a former Zen monk with a PhD from UC Berkeley. A pianist and vegan since 1980, he lectures worldwide with his wife, the artist Madeleine Tuttle.

Key Takeaways:

• Wellness is not only what you do for yourself, it is the quality of attention you bring to everything you touch.
• A meditative start and close to the day, gratitude, breath, and stillness, can anchor everything in between.
• Creativity is part of a whole life, music, writing, art, and time in nature are not extras.
• Food grown and prepared with care becomes a relationship with the living world, not just nutrition.
• Questioning inherited narratives gently, and for yourself, is where a wider definition of wellness begins.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: https://www.worldpeacediet.com
• Website: https://www.willtuttle.com
• YouTube: search "Will Tuttle"

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Wellness That No Label Can Hold: the conversation mainstream wellness skips

[03:00] Raised to Take Responsibility: a childhood that shaped his path (approx.)

[08:00] The Pilgrimage and the Turn Inward: walking across a country, finding stillness (approx.)

[13:00] A Whole Day, Lived Consciously: the morning ritual that sets everything (approx.)

[19:00] Food, Garden, and Loving Kindness: growing wellness from the soil up (approx.)

[24:00] Questioning the Story We Inherited: trusting your own inner authority (approx.)

[28:00] What to Carry Forward: doing everything with love (approx.)

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Some healing never shows up on a lab report. It happens quietly, in the part of us that holds what the conscious mind has not yet processed. This episode of Wellness Reimagined is for anyone who has sensed that real wellness goes deeper than any single method, and who is curious about the role the subconscious mind plays in lasting inner change.

Quantum hypnosis practitioner Ali Christos joins the conversation to question the idea that healing is a transaction you complete and graduate from. Instead, he offers a more honest picture: healing as non-linear, embodied, and often ordinary. You will leave with a gentler, more grounded way to think about inner work, self-compassion, and what it actually looks like to stop treating yourself like a problem to solve.

About the Guest:

Ali Christos is a quantum hypnosis practitioner who works with clients globally through phone and Zoom sessions. His path moved through years in real estate, business, coaching, and personal development before turning inward toward consciousness, meditation, nervous system healing, and subconscious work. He is also an author, with books published on Amazon under a pen name.

Key Takeaways:

• Healing is not a transaction you purchase and complete. When people treat inner work like a productivity project, the journey itself becomes another source of pressure and self-rejection.
• Real change often begins the moment you stop treating yourself like a problem to solve and start meeting your own humanity with compassion.
• Inner work rarely looks dramatic. It shows up in small choices: pausing before reacting, resting without guilt, setting a boundary, choosing honesty over performance.
• Giving up on yourself is usually quiet, not loud. It can look like staying somewhere that drains you, numbing out, or speaking harshly to yourself until that becomes normal.
• Many people do not need more pressure to improve. They need reconnection, safety, and permission to feel again after years of running on survival mode.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website and bookings: https://www.qhhtwithali.com/ (Instagram, YouTube, and consultation booking are linked there)
• Book: What Happens in Quantum Hypnosis? available on Amazon

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] A Kind of Healing That Skips the Clinic, where the conversation begins beneath the surface (approx.)

[03:30] Ali's Ordinary Morning, meditation, movement, and staying grounded while spreading the work (approx.)

[08:00] The Question That Would Not Leave Him, how external success stopped feeling like enough (approx.)

[14:00] The Misconception That Sabotages Healing, why the transaction model sets people up to feel broken (approx.)

[19:00] How We Quietly Give Up on Ourselves, naming the subtle forms of inner self-abandonment (approx.)

[24:00] What Inner Work Looks Like in a Normal Week, the unglamorous, embodied reality of change (approx.)

[28:30] Trusting the Quiet Shifts, where real transformation actually lives (approx.)

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If you've ever felt tired by 3 PM, lost in a maze of conflicting vitamin advice, or quietly wondered why the wellness rules keep changing every few years, this conversation will feel like a long exhale. Real wellness isn't a strategy. It's a conversation with the body you've been ignoring.

In this episode of Wellness Reimagined, Shreya sits with Certified Wholistic Health Coach Victor Dedaj to unlearn the myths around cholesterol, salt, eggs, and modern nutrition, and to rebuild a gentler, more honest relationship with our health. Expect clarity, not another protocol.

About the Guest:

Victor Dedaj is a Certified Naturopathic Practitioner, Certified Wholistic Health Coach, and the author of How to Be Happy, Healthy and Whole. Based in New York, he has spent over two decades helping people separate genuine nutritional truth from the noise of the modern wellness industry.

Key Takeaways:

• Cholesterol is not the villain we've been told. Your liver makes about 80% of it daily because your brain, hormones, and vitamin D production depend on it. Lower cholesterol levels are often associated with shorter lifespans, not longer ones.
• Eggs are a near-perfect food. The yolk holds most of the nutrients and 40% of the protein. Eating only the whites means missing what makes the egg actually nourishing.
• Salt isn't the enemy either. The countries with the highest salt intake, like Japan, South Korea, and France, have some of the longest longevity rates. Healthy kidneys handle salt with ease.
• The body whispers before it screams. Low energy, persistent small pains, and afternoon crashes are early signals worth listening to, not dismissing.
• 70% of your immune system lives in your gut, and 80–90% of serotonin plus 50% of dopamine are produced there. Healing the gut often heals more than digestion.
• Consistency beats intensity. The compound effect works for you or against you. Small daily choices, food, sleep, sunlight, gratitude, become real results over months, not days.
• Work on the subconscious mind in the first hour after waking and the last hour before sleep. That's when you are most impressionable, and where lasting change quietly takes root.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: https://www.victordedaj.com
• Free Health Evaluation: https://www.yourfreehealthevaluation.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victordedaj
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victor.dedaj.3
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victordedaj/
• X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/victordedaj
• Email: victordedaj@victordedaj.com
• Book: How to Be Happy, Healthy and Whole (available on Amazon)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined — Why the Rules Keep Changing

[03:00] How Victor Found Holistic Health — The Books That Broke His Beliefs

[06:45] The Cholesterol Myth — Why Eggs and Animal Fats Were Wrongly Demonized

[12:15] The Salt Story — What Japan, South Korea & France Quietly Got Right

[16:40] Why We Outsource Our Health — The Brain's Filter and Modern Overwhelm

[20:30] The Body's Whispers — Early Signals Most People Miss

[24:10] Gut Health, Serotonin & the Compound Effect of Small Choices

[27:50] Setbacks, Patience, and the Truth About Real Healing

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Somewhere along the way, wellness turned into another job: more metrics, more products, more pressure. This episode is for anyone who has felt like they were failing a wellness plan that was never built for them, and is ready to ask what wellness could actually be.

Host Nazish sits with advocate and storyteller Thomas R. Wilson on reimagining wellness as a personal experiment rather than a product. Thomas speaks candidly about neurodiversity, depression, self-worth, and learning to listen to his own life instead of the mainstream script.

About the Guest:

Thomas R. Wilson is a writer, advocate, storyteller and speaker who founded R&H Creative Advocacy and Storytelling. Drawing on lived experience of neurodiversity and mental health, he uses storytelling to build inclusive spaces around wellness.

Key Takeaways:

• Mainstream wellness is often sold as a product. When it fails, question the product, not yourself.
• There is no single path to wellness. Finding your own is the point.
• Listening to your body starts with self-worth, not more rules.
• Reframe setbacks by asking what you can learn from them.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: rhcreativeadvocacyandstorytelling.net
• LinkedIn: Thomas Wilson (linkedin.com/in/thomas-wilson-42762927b)
• Instagram: instagram.com/rhstorytelling
• All links (Linktree): linktr.ee/ndttrpg

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined: what if wellness is not what we were told?

[03:30] The Reset on the Couch: depression, neurodiversity and a hard, honest question (approx.)

[09:00] Wellness as a Product: the most underrated problem with mainstream wellness (approx.)

[14:00] When the Model Was Never Built for You: the strange freedom of that realization (approx.)

[19:00] Listening to the Body: why self-worth comes before the signals (approx.)

[24:00] Treating Life as an Experiment: reframing risk and failure (approx.)

[28:00] Still, Not Stagnant: what a long-term wellness life looks like (approx.)

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The word wellness gets printed on water bottles and yoga ads until it almost loses meaning. True wellness isn't a product, it's a relationship with your own life. This episode is for anyone tired of the industry's pressure. Host Shreya sits with Ana Smith.

A leadership strategist and executive coach, Ana unpacks why one-size-fits-all wellness fails, what real rest looks like, and why honest self-listening matters more than any program.

About the Guest:

Ana Smith is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and 2x TEDx speaker who created the mindset intelligence framework. Founder of Brightflare Performance Solutions, she blends neuroscience and leadership to help people perform without burning out.

Key Takeaways:

• A perk isn't a system. Yoga classes or a gym stipend won't fix wellness if the root goes unaddressed.
• Under stress, do you react or respond? Mindset intelligence is noticing your patterns and choosing differently.
• Protect your sleep. No screens an hour before bed, a cooler room, and sunlight and water on waking.
• The deepest practice is honest self-listening. The answer is usually inside, not in the next protocol.

Connect With the Guest:

Connect with Ana Smith:

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anasmithtalentstrategist
• Website: brightflare.com
• Book a call: calendly.com/anasmith-yourcoach

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] The Word That Lost Its Meaning — reclaiming wellness from the noise

[03:00] Meet Ana Smith — beyond marketing, into the human question (approx.)

[05:00] Why Sleep Became Her Foundation — memory, toxins, and rest (approx.)

[12:00] When the Routines Stopped Working — burnout and mindset intelligence (approx.)

[18:00] Where the Industry Gets It Wrong — perks vs. a holistic system (approx.)

[24:00] The Deepest Practice — honest self-listening over protocols (approx.)

[28:00] Integrate and Release — assessing what to keep and what to let go (approx.)

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So much of what we're sold as wellness is really performance in soft clothing: the optimized routine, the tracked sleep, the morning ritual. And underneath it, many people are quietly exhausted from being so well.

Trauma recovery coach Anu Verma unpacks the mask of "I'm fine," why real wellness is often about putting things down rather than adding more, and the small, honest micro practices that actually sustain you.

About the Guest:

Anu Verma is a UK-based certified trauma recovery coach, holistic therapist, and author of Victim to Victor. She is the founder of Victim2Victor and host of its podcast, helping people heal and reclaim their power.

Key Takeaways:

• Mindset and body go hand in hand; wellness is holistic.
• The "I'm fine" mask blocks the very energy that keeps you well.
• Real wellness is often putting things down, not adding more.
• Micro practices, a few mindful minutes, beat elaborate routines you can't sustain.
• Healing isn't linear; slipping back signals there's still more to learn.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: https://victim.victor.net/

Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn: Anu Verma (Victim 2 Victor)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Questioning Inherited Wellness — Shreya opens on a slower, more honest well-being [01:57] Mindset as Medicine — Anu on why a healthy mind and body go together

[03:22] Conditioned to Perform — Shame, family reputation, and burying the truth

[06:53] The Mask of "I'm Fine" — How high-functioning busyness hides exhaustion

[11:54] Wellness in a Real Week — Micro practices for present, ordinary days

[16:40] The Inner Posture — Honest coping over performing wellness

[19:28] When You Slip Back — Why healing isn't linear, and how to return (timestamps approx.)

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The wellness industry runs on novelty: new protocols every quarter, a new version of yourself promised every Monday. Underneath the noise, real people quietly wonder why nothing actually sticks.

Richard Perry shares what wellness looks like when you take the trends out of it: choosing movement you love, practicing contentment over performance, and building a practice quiet enough to hold for decades.

About the Guest:

Richard Perry is a former Navy cook turned chef, entrepreneur, and founder of a red spinach supplement company focused on nitric oxide and healthy blood flow. He's also an author and lifelong guitarist.

Key Takeaways:

• Choose movement you genuinely enjoy; obligation rarely lasts.
• Most of healthy living is common sense you already know; the hard part is acting on it.
• Contentment matters more than looking a certain way for other people.
• Meditation lets you watch thoughts rise and pass without getting hooked.
• The practice that lasts is the boring one you'd never post online.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: richardjperry.com (book, bio, and supplement company)

Author of In Search of the Perfect Guitar Founder of Red Spinach Company (Coming Fall 2026)

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Off the Wellness Treadmill — Shreya opens on why nothing seems to stick

[03:00] The Habit That Held — Richard on training his brain to love walking

[07:00] What Optimization Misses — Wellness starts in the mind with a long view

[13:00] The Story Underneath — Contentment over performing for others

[18:00] Watching the Thoughts — How meditation reveals the patterns we cling to

[24:00] Return to the Breath — The practice that has held for thousands of years

[28:00] Triggers and Waking Up — Using birdsong, sound, and the guitar to stay present (timestamps approx.)

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Some practices arrive softly. Others are forged in fire. For Fernando Ruiz, meditation did not begin in a quiet studio. It began in a prison cell, in the middle of trauma, addiction, and a life that had collapsed under the weight of an emotional language no one had ever taught him to speak.

On Wellness Reimagined, Fernando joins Nazish to talk about what it actually takes to come home to yourself. He shares the four practices that quietly rebuilt his life, taking responsibility, meditating, being present, and learning to let go, and offers something rare in the wellness world: a lived account of why none of this is performance, and all of it is permission to meet who you really are underneath the noise.

About the Guest:

Fernando Ruiz is the founder of TRUhope Recovery, a meditation teacher trained in the Vedic tradition under Swami Ganand, and the author of two books with a third on the way, including Addiction, Prayers & TRUhope. He works in the medical field, teaches self-inquiry meditation in the lineage of Ramana Maharshi, and brings the rare credibility of having lived through addiction, homelessness, and incarceration before finding the practice that quietly rebuilt him.

Key Takeaways:

• Meditation is not about emptying the mind. It is about bringing focus to one point so the mind can find a little space from broken emotions and racing thoughts.
• Sitting is the practice. Some days you will not meditate the way you want to, but you still sit, and that discipline is what carries you through grief, loss, and setbacks.
• Underneath addiction, chaos, and reactivity is almost always an emotional language nobody taught us. Behaviour is the outside, emotion is the inside.
• Four practices to live by: take responsibility, meditate, be present, learn to let go. Each one opens the door to the next.
• A good morning routine is the foundation. How you wake up sets the tone for what you reflect outward to everyone around you all day.
• You are not becoming someone new. You are taking off the sheaths, the ego, the layers of hurt, until what remains is the person who was always there.

Connect With the Guest:

• Website: truhoperecovery.com
• Book on Amazon: Addiction, Prayers & TRUhope
• Also available at: Barnes & Noble and Waterstones

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] Welcome to Wellness Reimagined — meditation forged in the hardest places

[02:30] Fernando's morning practice at 4:30 AM and self-inquiry meditation

[06:15] The biggest misconception about meditation in the Western world

[10:00] Sitting through prison — the discipline that started everything

[14:30] The trauma underneath addiction and the ego that protected the boy

[18:45] Four practices: take responsibility, meditate, be present, let go

[23:00] The setback weeks, the grief, and why you still get up and sit

[27:30] A closing word — you are not becoming, you are taking off the sheaths

(timestamps approx.)

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Surviving something life-threatening is one chapter. Rebuilding yourself afterward is another, and often no one prepares you for it. This conversation is for anyone left in a body that no longer feels like theirs, wondering what comes next.

Jonathan Brandt shares his story as a cancer survivor learning to rebuild across body, mind, and soul, and what he learned walking that road with his late wife. An honest look at healing that is never a straight line.

About the Guest:

Jonathan Brandt is a cancer survivor, certified holistic nutritionist and personal trainer, and host of the Go Out Living podcast. He went back to school during treatment, studying holistic practice alongside his late wife, Christy, and now helps others navigate the long road back to health.

Key Takeaways:

• Surviving is one chapter. The quieter work of rebuilding afterward is what few people prepare you for.
• Holistic healing means tending the whole person, body, mind, and soul, not just one piece of it.
• Staying curious and learning for yourself is a powerful tool in your own recovery.
• Healing is not a straight line. It is a series of returns, and a slip does not erase your progress.
• Self-compassion matters more than perfection after a setback.

Connect With Jonathan Brandt:

• Podcast, Go Out Living: on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and all major platforms
• Website: goutliving.com
• Community: skool.com/goutliving

Episode Chapters:

[00:00] After the All-Clear, why surviving is only the beginning

[03:00] Coming Home Weaker Than Before, the reality of rebuilding (approx.)

[08:00] When the System Steps Back, side effects and unanswered questions (approx.) [14:00] Healing the Whole Self, body, mind, and soul one step at a time (approx.)

[19:00] What Christy Taught Him, healing alongside someone you love (approx.)

[24:00] Starting Where You Are, learning, goals, and self-advocacy (approx.)

[28:00] Where to Find Jonathan, the Go Out Living podcast and community (approx.)

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