Healing Mindset

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The Healing Mindset is more than a podcast it’s a sanctuary for the soul. Here, we hold space for raw, honest conversations that explore the quiet battles we face and the courage it takes to heal. Through deeply personal stories, expert insights, and transformative moments, each episode invites you to reflect, release, and realign. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, grief, burnout, or simply seeking peace, this is where your healing journey finds resonance. Because your mind deserves compassion. And your story deserves to be heard.

  1. 17 hr ago

    Healing Isn't Becoming Perfect: Why Anxiety Is a Message, Not the Enemy

    We measure our slow, real healing against someone else's highlight reel. Ali Christos offers a gentler truth: healing isn't becoming perfect, it's returning to yourself. On The Healing Mindset, Ali and Nazish explore why anxiety is often a protective alarm, not an enemy, and why your healing only has to be honest, not loud. About the Guest: Ali Christos is a healer and practitioner of Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique (QHHT) and Beyond Quantum Healing (BQH). He guides clients into the subconscious to uncover the roots of fear and old patterns, and mentors other practitioners. Key Takeaways: Healing isn't becoming perfect or never triggered. It's a kinder, less reactive relationship with yourself.Healing is non-linear. Breakthroughs and hard days can live side by side.Anxiety is often an alarm, not the enemy. Ask what it's trying to protect you from.Build an inner GPS: discomfort signals misalignment, ease signals you're on your path.Stop comparing your healing to anyone else's. Meet yourself with compassion, where you are. Connect With the Guest: Website: QHHTwithAli.comMusic & books: myspiritualteacher.caInstagram: @qhhtwithali Episode Chapters: [00:00] When the Mask Gets Too Heavy — where real healing begins [03:00] A Real Day, Not a Highlight Reel — Ali on the pull toward a simpler life (approx.) [06:30] The Biggest Myth About Healing — it isn't about becoming perfect (approx.) [12:00] Comparing Your Healing — why the movie trailer lies (approx.) [16:00] Beneath the Anxiety — what the subconscious is really protecting (approx.) [22:00] The Inner GPS — emotion as alignment feedback (approx.) [26:00] Know Thyself — the one step to walk away with (approx.) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #thehealingmindset #healing #emotionalhealing #subconsciousmind #anxietyrelief #innerwork #selfcompassion #qhht #spiritualgrowth #nervoussystem #higherself #consciousness #wholeness

    29 min

  2. 1 day ago

    Everyone Has a Story Worth Writing: Nancy Jasin Ensley on Memory, Healing, and Purpose

    So many people quietly believe they have missed the window for the thing they were meant to create. This one is for anyone carrying a story they have never told, a grief, a memory, a chapter kept tucked away, who isn't sure it's worth writing down. At nearly 85, after a 54-year healthcare career, Nancy Jasin Ensley shares why life itself is what makes the writing possible. You will leave with a gentler view of your own story, the reassurance that everyone is an author of something, and the reminder that healing can begin the moment we let ourselves be heard, even if the only listener is a page. About the Guest: Nancy Jasin Ensley is an author, poet, and longtime healthcare professional with a 54-year career spanning registered nursing, hospice, legal nurse consulting, and teaching. Writing across memoir, fiction, science fiction, and children's literature, her work draws on a lifetime of service, observation, and quiet wisdom. Key Takeaways: Everyone has a story, and almost everyone is an author of something, for their family, their friends, or their work, whether or not it is ever published.Writing is a different way of seeing what's happening in your mind. Even private, unshared writing can surface a part of you that you never knew was there.Life experience is not a barrier to creating. It is the very thing that makes the writing possible, at any age.Real listening goes beyond hearing. Nancy describes reading body language, breath, and the fear underneath many emotions, as a nurse and as a writer.A small daily practice can shift everything: look in the mirror, say "I love you," and choose to have the best day you're allowed to have. Connect With Nancy Jasin Ensley: Website: nancyjasinensley.com (links to all books and social media)Books on Amazon and Barnes & Noble: The Tire Swing (memoir), Mitered Corners, Orphans, and the Bernard Bartholomew Bostlebean (3-B) children's seriesOn Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and TikTokAvailable for book clubs and group talks Episode Chapters: [00:00] The Quiet Moment at the Page — journals everywhere and writing at midnight [05:00] Reading People — body language, breath, and the fear beneath emotion [10:00] The Misconception About Becoming an Author — everyone has a story [16:00] From Doctor's Path to Nursing — The Tire Swing and a violent childhood [22:00] Writing Across Genres — observation, grandchildren, and the 3-B books [28:00] Where a Story Begins — trust, breath, and learning about yourself [34:00] Mirror, Mirror — a daily practice for a better day (timestamps approx.) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #HealingMindset #WritingForHealing #EveryoneHasAStory #MemoirWriting #AuthorJourney #LifeStory #HospiceNurse #HealingThroughWriting #NeverTooLate #SelfWorth #PurposeDriven

    32 min

  3. 2 days ago

    Spirituality in Recovery: Adam Vohra on Purpose-Driven Sobriety and Healing Shame

    Recovery looks like stopping something from the outside, but from the inside it is about beginning again, beginning to feel, to know yourself, to find a reason to stay. This one is for anyone in recovery, loving someone who is, or carrying shame they have never said out loud. Adam Vohra opens up about spirituality in recovery, not as religion but as a deeply human anchor, and the shift from consequence-driven to purpose-driven sobriety. You will leave with a gentler view of addiction, a reminder that most addicts are good people who need help, and the quiet truth that your hardest chapter is not the end of your story. About the Guest: Adam Vohra is the host of The Finding Purpose Podcast, a speaker, recovery coach, and community builder. Drawing on his own journey through adoption, identity, and sobriety, he helps others detach from shame and turn their story into strength. Key Takeaways: Often the biggest barrier to growth is internal. Getting out of your own way, and leaning on gratitude, can shift everything.Spirituality in recovery is not religion. It is customizable and personal, a toolbox of safe inner places you can reach for in moments of stress, fear, or hopelessness.Removing the "solution" of a substance leaves a hole that needs filling. Cultivating a connection to a higher power of your own understanding is what many lean on to get through the day.Consequence-driven sobriety fades once life looks good again. Purpose-driven sobriety, rooted in service to others, gives recovery lasting meaning.Take it one day at a time, and don't be afraid to reach out. A strong network of sober people adds accountability and care, because your success becomes theirs. Connect With Adam Vohra: Website: adamvohra.comInstagram: @adamvohra_Podcast: The Finding Purpose Podcast (Apple, Spotify, YouTube)LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adamrvohra Episode Chapters: [00:00] What Recovery Really Is — beginning again, not just stopping [03:30] Get Out of Your Own Way — the one thing Adam wishes he'd heard early [08:00] Defining Spirituality in Recovery — personal, not religious [14:00] The God-Sized Hole — filling what the substance used to solve [19:30] Addicts Are Good People Who Need Help — shame, stigma, and compassion [24:00] Consequence vs Purpose-Driven Sobriety — why service changes everything [29:30] For the Person Carrying Shame — one day at a time, and reaching out (timestamps approx.) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #HealingMindset #SpiritualityInRecovery #AddictionRecovery #Sobriety #PurposeDrivenLife #SoberJourney #RecoveryCommunity #MentalHealthAwareness #HealingFromShame #OneDayAtATime #FindingPurpose

    20 min

  4. 3 days ago

    Faith, Identity, and Lasting Healing: Dr. Katherine Lanning on Holistic Wellness

    Real healing is rarely just physical, and it's rarely just spiritual. So why do most of us still try to address them separately? In this honest, grounded conversation, Dr. Katherine Lanning shares what becomes possible when faith, mental health, and physical care are finally held together rather than treated as competing answers. In this episode of The Healing Mindset, Nazish sits with occupational therapist and ministry founder Dr. Katherine Lanning to explore why so many women carry inherited narratives of unworthiness, what it actually means to live from a place of received love rather than earned love, and how transformation, the kind that lasts, is built one small honest step at a time. About the Guest:Dr. Katherine Lanning, OTD, OTR/L is an occupational therapist based in North Carolina and the founder of Transformed for Life ministry. She is deeply committed to helping women experience holistic healing and transformation spiritually, mentally, and physically through faith, personal growth, and practical strategies. Her work bridges the clinical and the spiritual into something more complete than either alone. Key Takeaways:Holistic healing isn't physical-only or spiritual-only. A balanced view honours the body as something to steward, while remembering that lasting wholeness rests on a spiritual foundation underneath.Bad theology can deepen wounds. The idea that struggle equals weak faith has hurt many women. Strong faith doesn't immunise anyone from hardship. It prepares them to walk through it.For many women, the deepest healing work is identity work. The voice that whispers "you're not enough" usually started long before adulthood, and unlearning it takes more than positive thinking.The self-improvement movement can quietly become another form of striving. Living from received love instead of earned love is the shift that actually frees the nervous system.You cannot give from a place you have not yet received. A woman's own healing is the source of her capacity to serve others well, not a distraction from it.Transformation isn't a destination. It's a cyclical, lifelong process. Repeating the same steps each season can still produce new growth, because you arrive at them as a different version of yourself.Honour the seasons of life the way you honour the seasons of weather. Pushing against winter only burns you out. Adjusting to it is the wiser, gentler work. Connect With the GuestTransformed for Life ministry: https://www.transformedforlife.netInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformedforlife2517Contact email: transformedforlife2517@gmail.com Episode Chapters:[00:00] Welcome to The Healing Mindset — Why Holistic Healing Matters [02:45] From Occupational Therapist to Ministry Founder — The Bridge Between Two Callings [06:30] The Holistic Healing Misconception — Why "Faith Only" or "Body Only" Both Fall Short [11:00] Why Struggle Doesn't Mean Weak Faith — Unlearning a Painful Narrative [15:20] The Quiet Identity Wound Most Women Carry [19:10] Living From Received Love Instead of Earned Love [23:00] Transformation as a Lifelong Process — Why It's Not a Destination [26:30] Honouring the Seasons — Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual (timestamps approximate) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #thehealingmindset #holistichealing #faithandwellness #womenshealing #christianwomen #katherinelanning #transformedforlife #identityinchrist #spiritualwellness #mindbodyspirit #healingjourney #occupationaltherapy #lifeseasons

    26 min

  5. 4 days ago

    The Health Myths We've Been Sold: Victor Dedaj on Real Nutrition, Real Healing

    We've never had more health information, yet more people feel tired, anxious, inflamed, and lost than ever. If you've been quietly wondering why every diet, app, and protocol still leaves your body asking for something more, this conversation is for you. In this episode of The Healing Mindset, Certified Wholistic Health Coach and naturopathic practitioner Victor Dedaj sits with Nazish to unpack the holistic health myths that have shaped modern wellness, from the truth about fats, salt, and cholesterol to gut health, stress, and the quiet power of laughter. It's not a new protocol. It's a return to what your body has been waiting for you to remember. About the Guest:Victor Dedaj is a Certified Wholistic Health Coach, Certified Naturopathic Practitioner, and Health, Wellness & Nutrition Expert based in New York. He is also a Certified Trainer in the Success Principles and Canfield Methodology by Jack Canfield, and the author of How to Be Happy, Healthy and Whole along with several other books on success and personal growth. Key Takeaways:A calorie is not just a calorie. Calories from fats, proteins, and carbohydrates behave differently in the body, and high-carb low-fat diets have quietly fueled decades of chronic illness.Cholesterol, salt, eggs, and saturated fats have been wrongly demonized. Your brain, hormones, and immune system depend on the very nutrients you may be avoiding.Acid reflux often isn't caused by too much stomach acid, but too little. Reducing acid long-term can compromise digestion and weaken your body's defense against harmful pathogens.70% of your immune system lives in your gut. Real food, fewer ultra-processed ingredients, and good quality supplements matter more than any trendy protocol.Stress, isolation, and emotional suppression weaken immunity. People who live past 100 share one quiet habit: they protect themselves from chronic stress and stay connected to laughter, prayer, and joy.You don't need to overhaul your life overnight. Small consistent steps, walking 10 minutes, reading ingredient labels, sleeping enough, compound into real, lasting health. Connect With the Guest:Website: https://www.victordedaj.comFree Health Evaluation: https://www.yourfreehealthevaluation.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victordedajFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/victor.dedaj.3Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victordedaj/X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/victordedajEmail: victordedaj@victordedaj.comBook: How to Be Happy, Healthy and Whole (available on Amazon) Episode Chapters:[00:00] Welcome to The Healing Mindset — Why More Information Hasn't Made Us Healthier [03:15] What Genuine Health Actually Means — Mind, Body, and the Whole Person [07:40] The Biggest Health Myths We've Been Sold — Fats, Carbs, Salt & Cholesterol [13:20] Why Acid Reflux Is Often a Sign of Too Little Stomach Acid (Not Too Much) [18:05] Gut Health, Nutrient Absorption, and the 70% Immune System Truth [22:30] Stress, Laughter, Prayer — The Quiet Habits of People Who Live to 100 [26:15] Where to Begin When Life Isn't Slowing Down — Small Steps, Real Change (timestamps approximate) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #thehealingmindset #holistichealth #naturopathy #nutritionmyths #guthealth #wellnessjourney #mindbodyconnection #wholisticwellness #chronicdisease #immunityboost #healingjourney #realfood #mentalwellness

    22 min

  6. 5 days ago

    How Spiritual Growth Quietly Launched a Writing Career: A Conversation with Lana McAra

    Most writers believe they have to be healed first, ready first, wise enough first, then they can write. Lana McAra spent the first half of her life proving the opposite. On The Healing Mindset, Nazish welcomes Lana McAra, award-winning international bestselling author, ghostwriter of more than fifty books with over a million copies sold, and founder of Vendela Publishing, for a deeply honest conversation about how the inner work and the writing life quietly raise each other, one true sentence at a time. Lana shares the childhood she had to leave behind, the moment she rewrote her novel after her personality came back to life, the practice of checking her energy before she sits down to write, and the simple truth she wishes more new writers knew: you do not have to make it up, the calling is real. If you have been quietly waiting to write, this episode hands you a pen. About the Guest:Lana McAra is an award-winning international bestselling author and ghostwriter of more than fifty titles with over one million copies sold. Writing under her pen name Rosey Dow, she published with traditional houses for twenty-five years and won the national Christy Award for Reaping the Whirlwind, alongside the Silver Royal Palm Literary Award, the Literary Titan Silver Book Award, the Book Excellence Award, and the Global Book Award. Her historical mystery series Colorado sold more than 250,000 copies. She is the founder of Vendela Publishing, an author-owned, untraditional publisher with global distribution that keeps no royalties and holds no rights, and the host of The Fiction Writers Podcast with Lana McAra. She has spent more than two decades teaching fiction writing through her course How To Write a Novel That Sells, and she lives in North Florida after years on the Caribbean island of Grenada. Key Takeaways:Writing is a spiritual process because it comes out of you. The work itself can heal in real time while you wait to be "ready."You do not have to be healed before you start. You just need a pen and some paper. The writing will help do the healing as you go.Your identity is what is underneath the trauma, not what the trauma made you believe about yourself. Letting go of pain does not destroy who you are. It reveals it.The big breakthrough is not in grammar or technique. It is in the writer. When Lana broke an abusive family pattern and her personality came back, her characters sprang to life on the page.Check your energy before you write. The reader will feel what you brought to the page. If you are not in alignment, do not write that day. Honor what the work needs.It does not have to be perfect. Editors, beta readers, friends, coaches, publishers exist because writing is a team sport, even when the first draft is solitary.If a story or message keeps coming back to your mind, you are not making it up. That is a calling. Get a journal, find a time, and start. Connect With the GuestWebsite: lanamcara.comPublishing Company: vendelapublishing.comCourse: How To Write a Novel That SellsPodcast: The Fiction Writers Podcast with Lana McAraYouTube: Lana McAraPen Name (for fiction): Rosey Dow Episode Chapters:[00:00] Welcome to The Healing Mindset — the spiritual lane underneath a writing career [02:30] The spiritual question Lana was carrying before writing began [06:00] Surviving an abusive childhood and the religion that called her heart wicked [10:00] Why she did not wait to be healed before she started [14:00] The 14-year breakthrough — when her personality came back, the characters came alive [18:00] Why the page can tell when a writer is performing vs telling the truth [22:00] Checking your energy before you write [26:00] You do not need to be perfect — writing is a team sport [29:00] A closing word — if it keeps coming back, it is a calling (timestamps approx.) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #TheHealingMindset #SpiritualGrowth #WritingJourney #LanaMcAra #VendelaPublishing #FictionWriting #HealingThroughWriting #AuthorLife #GhostwriterLife #InnerWork #CreativeHealing #FindYourVoice #TheCallingToWrite #StartingOver #RoseyDow

    27 min

  7. 6 days ago

    Living with Invisible Pain and Refusing to Be Unseen with Davis Bain

    There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes from carrying something the world cannot see. The chronic pain that does not show up in your face. The exhaustion that does not register on anyone else's calendar. The invisible disability that, by its nature, asks you to keep proving it is real. On The Healing Mindset, Nazish welcomes Davis Bain, author of Chronic Pain Warrior and chronic condition advocate, for a tender, deeply honest conversation about post-concussion syndrome, medical dismissal, and what it actually takes to keep showing up. Davis shares the day a landscaping job in Minnesota's summer heat broke something open in him and made him sit down to write his book. He walks Nazish through what most people misunderstand about chronic conditions, why isolation deepens the wound that pain itself begins, and the small acts of self-respect, courageous quitting, asking for help, blessing yourself on hard days, that have carried him through. If you live with invisible pain, or love someone who does, this episode is a hand reaching back into the room. About the Guest:Davis Bain is an author and chronic condition advocate based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and a graduate of the University of Minnesota. Once on track to be an officer in the United States Air Force and later the Space Force through Air Force ROTC, his life shifted in a moment during his senior year of college after a sudden injury led to post-concussion syndrome. He has spent the years since navigating chronic pain, medical dismissal, and the deep emotional weight of living with an invisible disability. He is the author of Chronic Pain Warrior, a book written not from theory but from the trenches, offering companionship and practical wisdom to others walking the same path. Key Takeaways:The hardest part of an invisible condition is not the pain alone, it is the constant, quiet labor of having to prove it is real to people who cannot see it.The deeper wound under medical dismissal is the feeling of being told you are lying or making it up, even when no clinician means to convey that.Isolation deepens chronic suffering. Letting people in is messy, and not everyone responds well, but in the end the messiness is worth it.Trying to protect loved ones from your suffering is a fallacy that disguises itself as heroism. It hurts you, and it does not help them.Courageously taking care of yourself sometimes means quitting a job without notice, cancelling plans, or leaving a dinner. Health needs come first, even when others do not understand.Give people practical ways to help. "Can you grocery shop for me, here's a list" is more useful than "I'm not doing well." Most people who care will show up the moment they know how.Bless yourself on hard days. A nice meal cooked at home, a short drive with your favourite music, a call to a friend just to talk about old memories. Small acts of self-respect are real medicine. Connect With the Guest:Website: chronicpainwarrior.comEmail: davis@chronicpainwarrior.comBook: Chronic Pain Warrior (available via the website)LinkedIn: Davis Bain Episode Chapters:[00:00] Welcome to The Healing Mindset — holding space for what nobody hands you a manual for [02:30] Life before the injury — Air Force ROTC, soccer, engineering, the high-octane version [06:00] The landscaping day that broke open the decision to write the book [10:00] The biggest misconception about invisible chronic conditions [14:00] The deeper wound of medical dismissal [18:00] Why isolation makes chronic pain worse, and why letting people in heals [22:00] Courageous self-care — quitting jobs, cancelling plans, asking for what you need [26:00] Blessing yourself on the hardest days [29:00] A closing word — being unseen does not mean your pain is not real (timestamps approx.) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #TheHealingMindset #ChronicPainWarrior #InvisibleIllness #PostConcussionSyndrome #ChronicPainAwareness #MentalHealthAndChronicIllness #DavisBain #InvisibleDisability #MedicalDismissal #SelfCompassion #HealingJourney #ChronicConditionAdvocate #YouAreNotInvisible #NazishHealingMindset

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  8. 20 Jun

    Rebuilding Self-Trust After Emotional Trauma with Katharine Chestnut

    There is a quiet version of losing yourself that nobody warns you about. Not the dramatic moment, the slow one. The little times you talked yourself out of what you knew, the moments your own voice started to sound like a stranger. On The Healing Mindset, Archita sits with Katharine Chestnut for a tender, honest conversation about rebuilding self-trust after emotional trauma. Drawing from her own journey out of an emotionally abusive marriage and decades of guiding high achievers through inner work, Katharine reframes self-trust not as confidence, but as the willingness to hear yourself and not override what you hear. She offers the small, livable practices that gently bring you home: a single pause before responding, breath before sending an email, feet flat on the floor in a meeting. If you have been performing capability while quietly losing yourself, this conversation is the soft return. About the Guest:Katharine Chestnut is a mindfulness meditation teacher and personal growth guide who works with high achievers, the people who look strong on the outside while quietly struggling inside. After decades in a high-pressure career and her own journey through emotional trauma, she now helps busy professionals trade burnout for calm confidence and reconnect with themselves without losing their edge. Her guided meditations on Insight Timer, including the Power of No Contact and Detach and Release Toxic Ties, have supported thousands of people healing from narcissistic and toxic relationships. Key Takeaways:Self-trust is not confidence. It is the ability to hear your inner voice and not override it. Most people have not lost it, they have just stopped listening.Emotional trauma creates confusion between truth and survival. Ignoring your instincts can feel safer in the moment, even though it costs you later.You were adapting, not failing. The shame loop of "why didn't I see this" comes from fear, and fear drains your power.High achievers try to figure trauma out instead of feeling it out. Logic becomes a hiding place from what the body has been signaling all along.Self-disconnection leaks out as over-explaining, polling others for opinions, tolerating the intolerable, and calling fear-based decisions "logic."Rebuild through consistent safe internal experiences, breath, body scans, walks without headphones. The nervous system is the gatekeeper to self-trust.When you slip back, just start where you are. A single pause before responding, before sending, before saying yes or no, is enough. Connect With the Guest:Website: katharinechestnut.comYouTube: Katharine Chestnut (search for meditations and insight videos)Insight Timer: Katharine Chestnut on Insight Timer Episode Chapters:[00:00] Welcome to The Healing Mindset — quiet inner shifts that change everything [02:30] Katharine's own story — the marriage, the little moments, the crisis [06:00] What self-trust actually is, and the misconception most people carry [10:00] Why high achievers try to figure trauma out instead of feeling it out [14:30] How disconnection leaks out — over-explaining, polling, tolerating [18:30] How to rebuild — the nervous system, breath, and consistent safe experiences [23:00] When you slip back — starting where you are without shame [27:00] A closing word — the micro pause that interrupts the urgency (timestamps approx.) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows 🤝 Be a Guest 📩 Newsletter Substack 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.If you have concerns about any content, please contact us hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #TheHealingMindset #SelfTrust #EmotionalTraumaHealing #NarcissisticAbuseRecovery #HighAchievers #InnerWork #MindfulnessMeditation #KatharineChestnut #NervousSystemRegulation #PersonalGrowth #HealingJourney #CalmConfidence #SelfAwareness #MicroPause

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