The Mindful Journey

Join us on "The Mindful Journey," a transformative podcast guiding you through the landscape of mindfulness, self-awareness, and personal growth. Each episode, our host and thought-provoking guests share insightful stories, practical techniques, and inspiring wisdom to help you cultivate a deeper connection with yourself and the world around you.

  1. 3 days ago

    Survival Mode: What Becomes Possible When You Stop Just Surviving

    You can be functioning, even impressively, and still not be living. Survival mode is quiet like that. It stops feeling like a crisis and starts feeling normal. Paul Padgett has spent four decades rebuilding lives after disasters, and his own more than once. He sits with Sana to name the loop and explore what shifts when clarity replaces confusion and action replaces reaction. ABOUT THE GUEST: Paul Padgett is the founder and chief executive of Blueprints to Success, a transformational speaker and coach. He started his first company at eighteen in disaster reconstruction, later served as a chief of marine operations, and writes the Squirrelsville children's books. KEY TAKEAWAYS: Survival mode is not loud. It is the loop that quietly starts feeling normal.Ask what you are doing differently and what evidence proves it, not whether you feel different.Insight alone does not move anything. Change needs scheduled, measurable action.Choose the identity you are rebuilding toward. Nobody can choose it for you.Twenty one days can build a habit. Support is what keeps it in place. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: Website: https://www.blueprintstosuccess.com Children's books: https://www.squirrelsville.com Free seventy point self assessment available on his website EPISODE CHAPTERS: (approx.) [00:00] Naming the Thing: survival mode as a way of living, not a crisis [02:45] A Life Carved Differently: Oklahoma, a struggling mother, an early start [04:15] I Need You to Dream Again: rebuilding lives after tornadoes and floods [10:25] One Hundred Countries: what simpler lives revealed about contentment [12:52] The Loop Nobody Coaches You Out Of: why the day keeps repeating [19:26] Thriving By Design: reveal, rebuild, execute, reinforce [30:42] Where to Start: the free seventy point self assessment 🎙️ 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 #TheMindfulJourney #SurvivalMode #InnerWork #SelfAwareness #PersonalGrowth #EmotionalResilience #Burnout #MindfulLiving #IntentionalLiving #HealingJourney #SelfHonesty #LifeByDesign

  2. 3 Aug

    When the Body Feels Uncertain: Finding Steadiness Through Illness, with Jihane Laraichi

    Meet Jihane Laraichi, energy coach and certified therapist, who joins Mindful Journey to talk about staying grounded through serious illness, including cancer diagnosis and recovery. Listeners will hear gentle grounding practices to sit alongside medical care, not replace it, for moments fear feels loudest. About the Guest: Jihane Laraichi is an energy coach and certified therapist in Barcelona, with 11 years helping people navigate illness and conflict with steadiness. Key Takeaways: Trying to force positivity early in a diagnosis often works against what the body needs.Allowing fear, grief, and anger to be felt, rather than suppressed, is part of moving toward acceptance.Self-compassion, including simple acts of acknowledging your body with kindness, is a real, practical support.Simple grounding techniques, like calm breathing, gentle tapping, or slow eye movement, can ease acute anxiety.Healing isn't linear; hard days and renewed fear are a normal part of the process, not a sign of failure.These practices are meant to sit alongside your doctors and treatment team, never in place of medical care. Connect With the Guest: Website: jihanelaraichi.comSessions: via the Luminary Adapt Care appFree support: WhatsApp group for people with cancer 9available on the website)Courses and live sessions: on Insight Timer Episode Chapters: [00:00] Welcome to Mindful Journey & Meet Jihane Laraichi (approx.)[08:00] Why "Stay Strong" Isn't What the Body Needs First (approx.)[16:00] What's Really Underneath the Fear of a Diagnosis (approx.)[24:00] What People Are Surprised to Still Carry After Treatment (approx.)[30:00] A Simple Grounding Practice for a Hard Night (approx.)[33:00] Why Healing Isn't a Straight Line (approx.)[36:00] Closing Reflections & Where to Find Jihane (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 #mindfuljourney #cancersupport #groundingpractices #selfcompassion #illnessjourney #copingwithfear #emotionalsupport #mentalwellness #healingjourney #survivorsupport #energywork #mindbodyconnection #innerpeace

  3. 29 Jul

    Befriending Your Emotions: Elisa Neven-Pugh on Faith, Disability, and Being Real

    This episode is for anyone who learned early to keep their emotions tidy and useful instead of honest. Author and disability advocate Elisa Neven-Pugh joins The Mindful Journey to talk about what it actually means to be real with what you feel, especially in the middle of something hard. Elisa shares how her faith reshaped her relationship with strength and vulnerability, why she calls anger and grief untapped power rather than weakness, and how small, consistent practices, not one grand breakthrough, are what actually make honesty with yourself stick. About the Guest:Elisa Neven-Pugh is an author, life coach, and motivational speaker who lives as a quadriplegic. She grew up in a family of service and describes her Christian faith as the place where she learned to be honest with her emotions instead of performing strength. Her book is For Heaven's Sake, Get on the Boat, A Quadriplegic's Guide to Walking by Faith. Key TakeawaysBeing real with your emotions isn't falling apart, it's befriending them like you would a colleague.Suppressing anger and grief wastes power that could be used constructively instead.Small, consistent practices like journaling and prayer work better than one grand reckoning.Letting go of anger doesn't mean ignoring real obstacles, it means choosing your next step clearly. Connect With the Guest:Website: PositivelyAdaptive.com YouTube: Positively Adaptive Services Book: For Heaven's Sake, Get on the Boat, A Quadriplegic's Guide to Walking by Faith Episode Chapters:[00:00] Welcome to The Mindful Journey and today's topic [06:37] What being real with your emotions actually means [10:11] Where the instinct to perform okayness comes from [13:34] Growing up quadriplegic and learning to overcompensate with strength [14:22] How coming to faith changed her relationship with honesty [24:10] Turning tools like journaling and prayer into daily practice [29:20] Where to find Eliza and closing thoughts 🎙️ 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 #themindfuljourney #emotionalhonesty #disabilityadvocate #faithandhealing #quadriplegiclife #toxicpositivity #innerhealing #christianfaith #resilientliving #emotionalregulation #selfacceptance #mindfulliving

  4. 28 Jul

    How to Negotiate With Your Chatty Mind: Claudia Gallegos on Overthinking and Inner Peace

    This episode is for anyone whose mind won't stop talking, replaying conversations, rehearsing worries, and second-guessing decisions before they're even made. Life coach and Akashic Records consultant Claudia Gallegos joins The Mindful Journey to talk about negotiating with an overactive mind instead of being run by it. Claudia shares why suppressing your thoughts only makes them louder, how a simple pen-and-paper journaling practice can quiet the noise, and why treating your mind like a colleague, not an ultimate authority, changes your whole relationship with overthinking. About the Guest:Claudia Gallegos is a life coach, writer, and Akashic Records consultant who helps people live what she calls the art of a good life, building a life around what brings you joy rather than others' expectations. Key Takeaways:Thinking isn't the problem, trying to perfect it before you act is.Treat your mind like a colleague giving input, not an ultimate authority.Suppressing a thought makes it resurface, acknowledging it quiets it instead.Pen-and-paper journaling works better than typing, even without a plan for what to write. Connect With the Guest:Instagram: @theartofagoodlife TikTok: @theartofagoodlife Website: claudiamgallegos.com Facebook: facebook.com/ClaudiaMGallegosBE Episode Chapters:[00:00] Welcome to The Mindful Journey and today's topic [06:08] Meet Claudia and the question behind the chatty mind [08:50] Where the art of a good life actually comes from [13:25] Why thinking isn't the problem, perfecting it is [16:46] Treating your mind like a colleague instead of an authority [19:40] Silence practice and old-style pen and paper journaling [22:36] Where to find Claudia and closing thoughts 🎙️ 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 #themindfuljourney #overthinking #chattymind #akashicrecords #innerpeace #journaling #mindfulliving #selfawareness #lifecoaching #mentalclarity #personalgrowth #spiritualcoaching

  5. 27 Jul

    What About Me? The Question Underneath Everything, with Tom Anderson

    There is a question almost no one says aloud, though most of us are asking it. It shows up as an ache at the end of a long day. What about me? Am I enough? Do I matter? Tom Anderson joins host Sana to sit with that question. Where it comes from, why it is so universal, and what it actually wants from us when it shows up. About the Guest:Tom Anderson is a writer and speaker on identity and spiritual formation, married to Nancy for over fifty years. He is the author of From Sinnership to Sonship: The Story of Becoming. Key Takeaways:The question "what about me" is not selfish by default. Often it is honesty.Anxiety, unworthiness and insignificance can each be a version of that same question.So much striving is doing. He describes a shift from doing to simply being.He reads his own story through Scripture, finding himself in Adam, Peter and Abraham.Significance is often found in small, hidden service, not on a stage.People-pleasing to be liked is exhausting. Knowing who you are lets your walls define, not defend. Connect With the Guest:Website: https://tomanderson.in Substack: Looking With Fresh Eyes (lookingwithfresheyes.substack.com) Book: From Sinnership to Sonship: The Story of Becoming (Amazon) Episode Chapters:[00:00] What about me: the question that finds everyone (approx.) [02:00] Defect or design: is the question a flaw or a call (approx.) [05:00] From doing to being, and the hunger for identity (approx.) [09:00] Significance found in a small garden, not on a stage (approx.) [16:00] Questioning the systems we were born into (approx.) [24:00] Working with men, and the ten-out-of-ten no one feels (approx.) [32:00] The kindest thing he has learned to say to himself (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 #TheMindfulJourney #identity #selfworth #spiritualformation #faith #belonging #innerwork #menandemotions #healing #purpose #christianspirituality

  6. 23 Jul

    A Hike Is Something You Finish. A Pilgrimage Finishes You, with Reino Gevers

    Twelve walks on the Camino de Santiago, and the same discovery each time. Weeks of walking strip away everything that is not essential, until what is left is you. Reino Gevers joins host Sana to talk about burnout, buried memory, and the difference between covering history and finally sitting with your own. About the Guest:Reino Gevers is a South African born journalist, author and speaker based in Mallorca. He covered the fall of the Iron Curtain and South Africa's transition to democracy, and has walked the Camino more than twelve times. Key Takeaways:A hike is something you finish. A pilgrimage is something that finishes you.Weeks of walking surface memories the body held for decades.Prepare gradually. Fifteen minutes a day beats twenty kilometres on day one.Religion tells you what to believe. Walking gives you experience instead.Stillness is not withdrawal. It is how you hear what noise drowns out.Age matters less than expected. Pilgrims in their eighties and nineties walk it. Connect With the Guest:Website: https://reinogevers.com Podcast: Living to Be (Spotify and Apple Podcasts) Books: Deep Walking for Body, Mind and Soul; Walking on Edge; Sages, Saints and Sinners Episode Chapters:[00:00] A hike you finish, a pilgrimage that finishes you (approx.) [03:00] 2007: burnout, a marriage on the rocks, a book read in one night (approx.) [06:00] An ancient route, and the priest with a bucket of yellow paint (approx.) [13:00] Why walk it twelve times: the same path is never the same walk (approx.) [16:00] Dark tunnels, released memory, and the walk turning light (approx.) [23:00] Preparing well, and why age matters less than you think (approx.) [25:00] Reporting history, then walking off what it cost him (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 #TheMindfulJourney #CaminoDeSantiago #pilgrimage #deepwalking #burnoutrecovery #innerwork #mindfulness #solitude #selfdiscovery #walkingmeditation #spiritualgrowth

  7. 23 Jul

    When Healing Becomes a Checklist: Nutrition, Mindset, and Letting Love In, with Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod

    If healing has started to feel like one more thing you are failing at, this conversation is for you. The protocols, the routines, the quiet pressure to do it all correctly. Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod joins host Sana to explore holistic nutrition, the core beliefs we form about food, and what changes when wholeness is something you remember rather than earn. About the Guest:Dr. Ellyn Hilliard-McLeod holds a doctorate in holistic nutrition and works through Sedona Solution. She is the author of It Takes More Than Carrot Juice, drawn from decades of counselling work. Key Takeaways:Exhaustion is information. If your healing practice feels like performance, pause there.Core beliefs about food often form in early childhood and quietly shape eating for decades.Unresolved relationships carry real emotional weight. Forgiveness is inner work, not a shortcut.Bring questions, and an advocate if you need one, to every practitioner appointment.A quiet moment of gratitude before eating is available to everyone, whatever the budget. Connect With the Guest:Website: https://sedonasolution.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellyn-hilliard-mcleod-80b94419 Book: It Takes More Than Carrot Juice (Amazon, Kindle, IngramSpark) Episode Chapters:[00:00] What if healing is something you remember, not something you perform (approx.) [02:30] The noise around healing, and what it hides (approx.) [06:00] Removing what stands in the way, instead of adding more (approx.) [11:00] Holistic versus clinical: where the two models part company (approx.) [15:00] Love as a frequency, not a slogan (approx.) [19:30] The core beliefs we form about food between ages zero and seven (approx.) [23:00] Access, privilege, and gratitude at the table (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 #TheMindfulJourney #holisticnutrition #mindbodyconnection #emotionalhealing #innerwork #selfcompassion #foodandmood #forgiveness #wellbeingjourney #mindfuleating #healingjourney

  8. 18 Jul

    Living Inside the Question: Chronic Illness, Silence, and Self-Advocacy | Dr. Jeffrey Bone

    For over twenty years, Dr. Jeffrey Bone sat across from people whose bodies had stopped cooperating with their lives. Then his own diagnosis asked him to walk the same road. In this Mindful Journey conversation, Jeffrey and Sana move slowly through what it means to heal inside a world built for productivity, not humanness. On silence, on being disbelieved, and on finding your own voice again. About the Guest: Dr. Jeffrey Bone is a chronic illness mentor and coach with more than two decades of experience. He lives with Common Variable Immune Deficiency and is the author of The Restless Human: Meaning in a Fractured World. Key Takeaways: Accepting pain is not surrender. It means ending the resistance to what you cannot solve, so the parts of your story still alive can be found.We see trees as nature but forget we are nature too. Healing follows nature's pace, not society's demand for units of productivity.Silence is an underrated healing modality. Walk without headphones, write by hand, and let your own thoughts surface instead of an echo of the culture.When you are disbelieved, even by yourself, turn to solidarity. Find others living your condition, without handing over your own voice.Mortality makes the moment precious. This conversation happens once, and that is exactly what makes it matter. Connect With the Guest: Website: https://www.drbone.live/ Podcast — To The Bone: Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTubeYouTube: https://youtube.com/@ttbonepodcast?si=wPx58df9tbxuks0E SubStackBooks on Amazon: Search "Dr. Jeffrey Bone" for Broken Bone, Carved Out of Bone, Breath Between Battles, and Healing Horizons Episode Chapters: (approx.) [00:00] The Safest Place Is the Here and Now : grief for the past, alarm for the future [03:30] Let the Story Start Now : accepting pain without giving up [06:45] We Are Nature, Not Above It : healing at the pace we were built for [09:10] The Boiling Frog : how the culture turned up the heat while we scrolled [11:30] Domesticated Thoughts : whose voice is really in your head [13:50] Starting From Death : why finitude makes the moment precious [15:15] Solidarity, Not a Cult : self-advocacy when the world won't believe you 🎙️ 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 #themindfuljourney #chronicillness #invisibleillness #healingjourney #existentialpsychology #mindfulness #chronicpain #selfadvocacy #innerpeace #mentalhealthmatters #acceptance #spoonie #therestlesshuman

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Join us on "The Mindful Journey," a transformative podcast guiding you through the landscape of mindfulness, self-awareness, and personal growth. Each episode, our host and thought-provoking guests share insightful stories, practical techniques, and inspiring wisdom to help you cultivate a deeper connection with yourself and the world around you.

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