Healthy Mind, Healthy Life

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Welcome to Healthy Mind By Avik ™ - ”Healthy Mind, Healthy Life”, a podcast that explores the connection between mental health and overall well-being. Join us each week as we delve into topics related to positive psychology, mindfulness, and personal development, and provide practical tips and strategies for cultivating a healthy and balanced mind.Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send Avik a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik

  1. 21h ago

    How Meditation, Music And Plant-Based Eating Shape Mental Health, with Dr Will Tuttle

    Send us Fan Mail Mental health can feel like a battle you fight inside your skull, but what if the fight is also happening on your plate, in your daily routines, and in the stories society trained you to accept? I sit down with Dr Will Tuttle, PhD (UC Berkeley), former Zen Buddhist monk, lifelong musician, and author of The World Peace Diet, to unpack a simple but challenging idea: a quiet mind is built through conscious living, not willpower alone.  We talk about creativity as a doorway into stillness, including how music can become a meditation practice when you stop forcing and start listening. From there, we connect the dots between vegan ethics, compassion, and inner peace, and we challenge common beliefs about nutrition, protein, calcium, and what “healthy” really means. If you care about mental health, mindfulness, plant-based nutrition, and building a life that feels aligned, this conversation offers a grounded framework you can test in your own day-to-day choices.  We also go deep on the long game: how to keep going when progress is slow, criticism is loud, and setbacks land hard. Dr Tuttle shares why challenges can strengthen spiritual growth, why reputation can become its own cage, and how gratitude is something we actively cultivate moment by moment.  If you want more, we share where to find Dr Tuttle’s work online. Subscribe for more conversations like this, share it with a friend who needs steadiness, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Connect With Dr. Will Tuttle: Website: willtuttle.comThe World Peace Diet: worldpeacediet.comYouTube: search "Will Tuttle" for his channel Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Towards Wellness CoachingOffer: 25% off | Code: POD2026. Available internationally in paperback and eBook formats.Avita YogaFree Avita Yoga class and exclusive interview with Jeff: Know Your ConstitutionVegout VoyageOffer: 15% off all personalized Armchair Iceland merch | Code: ICELANDGEAR15ConvergenceOffer: 50% off | TRANSFORM50Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

    27 min

  2. 1d ago

    Stop Managing Stress And Start Dissolving It, with Andre Crabb

    Send us Fan Mail You can build the career, hit the goals, and stay disciplined and still wake up with a tight chest and a fog that never fully lifts. That gap between “I’m doing everything right” and “why do I feel like this” is where this conversation lives, and it’s why we brought on Andre Crabb, a former Silicon Valley software engineer who rebuilt his life around somatic coaching, energy work, and what he calls the Mind Works Method through Top Human. We dig into the stress pattern many high performers miss: the difference between managing stress so you can keep pushing versus actually dissolving stress at the root. Andre breaks down how conventional approaches like productivity systems, motivational content, and even some forms of mindset work can stay superficial, giving you a short boost without changing the underlying conditioning. We talk about nervous system dysregulation, why “relapse” can happen when life gets intense again, and how deep beliefs and programming keep running in the background even when your intentions are strong. A major thread is alignment. When your life is built around what parents, teachers, coaches, or society want, the deviation from your real path can start small and become exhausting over time. We explore what that daily experience feels like and how rebuilding a practical mind-body connection can create real emotional regulation, clarity, and lasting change. If you’ve been high functioning and quietly exhausted, hit play, then share this with someone who needs it. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us: where do you notice stress living in your body right now? Connect With Andre Crabb : Website: tophuman.co Instagram: instagram.com/tophuman Free discovery call: calendly.com/andrecrabb/intro Towards Wellness CoachingOffer: 25% off | Code: POD2026. Available internationally in paperback and eBook formats.Avita YogaFree Avita Yoga class and exclusive interview with Jeff: Know Your ConstitutionThe Yielding WarriorOffer: Free book just pay for shipping | Code: TYWAEtherbalOffer: 20% off | Code: Tryfor20Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

    22 min

  3. 2d ago

    Raise Your Deserve Level And Stop Blocking Success, with Pat Pearson

    Send us Fan Mail You can want a better life and still block it with your own hands, and the scariest part is how invisible it can feel. In this conversation on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, we sit down with therapist and author Pat Pearson to name the real engine behind self-sabotage and to replace shame with a clear, workable framework for change. Pat shares how early pain pushed her to look inward, and how decades of helping clients revealed the same hidden structure across goals: people don’t rise to what they want, they rise to what they expect. She explains her concept of “deserve level,” an inner thermostat shaped by family messages, culture, and past experiences. When that setting is low, we unconsciously reject opportunity, pick partners we cannot trust, stall our health progress, or cap our income, not because we are lazy, but because success does not feel safe. We get practical, too. Pat offers a simple self-sabotage test you can do on paper, and we talk about why resistance shows up right where the “wound” lives. If fear is the root, the path forward is learning to face it with honesty, updating the old loop in your head, and choosing a new thought you can actually live from. If you’ve been stuck in repeating patterns, listen closely, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find the tools to raise their deserve level and build a healthier mind and life.  Connect With Pat Pearson : Website: patpearson.com Book (Stop Self-Sabotage, 2nd edition): available on Amazon Podcast: Stop Self-Sabotage with Pat Pearson, MSSW LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/patpearsonmssw YouExGet 50% off the first 6 months of YouEx.ai!Friending, IncOffer: 15% off our coffee as stated above | Code: Podcast10 Find friends in real-life in a verifiedThe Yielding WarriorOffer: Free book just pay for shipping | Code: TYWOur Protector DevelopmentOffer: $100 OFF ENROLLMENT | Code: ENROLL100Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

    19 min

  4. 3d ago

    How To Care For Your Inner Life When Everything Feels Heavy, with Laura Sharp Waits

    Send us Fan Mail Your life can look perfectly “fine” and still feel painfully quiet on the inside. When your prayers feel far away, your usual comforts stop working, and you can’t even explain what’s wrong, it’s easy to assume you’re failing or falling behind. We slow that story down and name what’s really happening: emotional exhaustion and spiritual tiredness often show up as silence long before they show up as collapse.  I’m Yusuf, and I’m joined by licensed minister  Laura Sharp Waits , whose work sits with people in unseen seasons when caring feels heavier than it should. Laura shares how a cancer diagnosis forced her to release the go-getter identity, let her body heal, and ask for help without shame. Together we explore a healthier reframe of quiet seasons, not as punishment or weakness, but as a place where growth can be happening underground, like seeds forming roots or bread dough rising out of sight.  We get practical about burnout recovery and inner life care: taking one tiny step instead of chasing quick transformation, turning down screen time, and using a paper journal to move swirling thoughts onto the page. Laura explains why handwriting can reveal the root beneath the symptoms and why grief isn’t only about death, it can be any major change, including the loss of a dream you never realised you were mourning. We also talk about reconnecting with God when you feel distant and why support systems matter when you feel unseen.  If this conversation helps, share it with someone who’s carrying too much, and please subscribe and leave a review so more people can find these grounded talks on mental health, spiritual growth, and healing in quiet seasons.  Connect With Laura Sharp Waits : Website: bakingpastor.com Free Soul Pause Journal (special edition for listeners): bakingpastor.com/special-edition Podcast (At the Counter): atthecounterwiththebakingpastor.buzzsprout.com Instagram: instagram.com/bakingpastorlaura Facebook: facebook.com/TheBakingPastorLaura Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Towards Wellness CoachingOffer: 25% off | Code: POD2026. Available internationally in paperback and eBook formats.The SoulfluenceFriending, IncOffer: 15% off our coffee as stated above | Code: Podcast10 Find friends in real-life in a verifiedAstrologer RoyaleOffer: Save $50 on your Natal Chart Reading | Code: POD50Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

    26 min

  5. 4d ago

    Survivor's Guilt And Caregiver Burnout After Loss, with Julie Barth

    Send us Fan Mail Grief doesn’t always arrive as tears. Sometimes it shows up as a perfect smile, a packed lunch, a calm voice on the phone, and a caregiver who never gets to be the one held. I’m joined by writer and nonprofit founder Julie Barth to talk about what happens when you love someone through an impossible season and you quietly wonder if you’re allowed to fall apart too.  Julie shares the emotional reality behind caregiving during long illness, including the hidden weight of caregiver burnout, the pressure to be “selfless,” and the private guilt that grows when resentment appears. We dig into survivor’s guilt that doesn’t fit the stereotype, the endless “if I had done more” thoughts, and how unprocessed grief can twist into harsh self-judgment that changes how you see yourself. If you’ve ever felt invisible while carrying a family, this conversation puts honest words to that experience.  We also handle a hard but vital topic: emotional abuse and financial abuse that can look quiet and ordinary, like money disappearing, fear of asking questions, and slowly learning not to trust your own mind. Julie explains why leaving is rarely simple, why outsiders often misunderstand what keeps someone stuck, and what can shift when you finally say out loud that you’re ready to go.  If this resonates, subscribe to Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, share the episode with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find support when they feel most alone. Connect With Julie Barth Website: juliebarthauthor.comCharity (Colin James Barth Outreach): cjboutreach.orgTaytem's art (supports the charity): Hope4Tayt.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/juliebarthauthorOur Protector DevelopmentOffer: $100 OFF ENROLLMENT | Code: ENROLL100Extraordinary People LLCAll free so we can get to know each other! ConvergenceOffer: 50% off | TRANSFORM50Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

    20 min

  6. 5d ago

    How To Navigate Career And Life Transitions, with Timothy Stobbe

    Send us Fan Mail The most confusing seasons of life are often the ones that change us the most: the old map stops working, the new one is not here yet, and you are left standing in the messy middle. We sit with that reality and talk about what career transition and personal reinvention actually feel like when you stop pretending it is all clarity and momentum. If you have ever changed jobs, questioned your direction, or felt shaken by a life shift you did not expect, you will recognise yourself here. I’m joined by  Timothy Stobbe, a pastor and speaker who has walked with many people through major turning points, and who is also living his own transitions in real time. We start with an honest story about family change and the quiet impact of an empty home, then move into the myth that the “right move” always feels certain. Tim shares a simple metaphor for uncertainty that sticks: crossing a foggy bridge where you can only see the next few steps, not the whole destination. From there, we dig into identity and work, including what happens when a job title has been carrying your sense of value, belonging, and purpose. We talk grief and loss that can accompany transitions, and why allowing the feeling is part of staying healthy. Tim also explains how faith can be a steadying force that brings peace without removing the unknowns, and why knowing your people matters as much as knowing your plan. If you find this helpful, subscribe, share it with someone who needs solid ground, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. Website: https://meetmeintheword.com  Podcast: Meet Me in the Word — The Daily Devotional with a Weekly Rhythm (available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Pocket Casts, and YouTube)  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2kbSd4dpieEgVm2JDWK9c5 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meet-me-in-the-word-the-daily-devotional-with-a-weekly-rhythm/id1866634200  Email: pastor.stobbe@gmail.com Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Extraordinary People LLCAll free so we can get to know each other! Our Protector DevelopmentOffer: $100 OFF ENROLLMENT | Code: ENROLL100The Yielding WarriorOffer: Free book just pay for shipping | Code: TYWTowards Wellness CoachingOffer: 25% off | Code: POD2026. Available internationally in paperback and eBook formats.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

    25 min

  7. May 30

    How To Break Free From Borrowed Identity, with Lauretta Zucchetti

    Send us Fan Mail A quiet thought can change everything: “This is not me.” If you’ve ever felt that whisper underneath a perfectly functional life, you’ll recognise the terrain we walk today. We sit down with writer, speaker, and coach Lauretta Zucchetti to talk about identity, conditioning, trauma, and the slow work of becoming real again. We start with the smallest doorway back to yourself: an ordinary morning. Lauretta explains why grabbing your phone, the news, or everyone else’s needs can pull you into stories that aren’t yours, and how a simple daily pause can become a quiet act of self respect. From there, we trace the deeper layers: how fear can steer us toward “safe” relationships and choices that don’t match our values, and why that mismatch often shows up as loneliness, embarrassment, or a sense of living someone else’s plan. Lauretta shares her personal story of growing up in foster homes, surviving abuse, and finding a few vital years of peace with her grandmother. We also talk about grief and the kind of life events that force truth, including the loss of her child and the decision to change course through women’s studies and transpersonal psychology. Along the way, we unpack trauma through a nervous system lens and why “just move on” rarely works when the body is still holding the past. If you’re searching for identity healing, trauma recovery tools, and a grounded mental health conversation about self worth and inner freedom, press play. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review with the one line that stayed with you. Website: https://www.laurettazucchetti.com  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurettazucchetti  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lauretta.zucchetti  All Links: https://linktr.ee/lzucchetti  Email: laurettazucchetti@gmail.com Towards Wellness CoachingOffer: 25% off | Code: POD2026. Available internationally in paperback and eBook formats.Avita YogaFree Avita Yoga class and exclusive interview with Jeff: Know Your ConstitutionConvergenceOffer: 50% off | TRANSFORM50The Yielding WarriorOffer: Free book just pay for shipping | Code: TYWVegout VoyageOffer: 15% off all personalized Armchair Iceland merch | Code: ICELANDGEAR15Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

    20 min

  8. May 30

    The Motherhood Identity Shift: Matrescence and Rebuilding Yourself with Mandy Cai

    Send us Fan Mail A 3 a.m. feeding can bring a question nobody warns you about: Who am I now that I’m someone’s mother? That moment isn’t always a crisis or postpartum depression. Sometimes it’s something quieter and harder to name, the sound of an old self stepping aside while a new self is still being built.  We sit down with Mandy Cai, founder of The New School of Motherhood, to talk about motherhood as a deep identity shift rather than a role you simply “do.” Mandy shares how growing up between Chinese and Western cultures shaped her view of sacrifice, independence, and what women are expected to carry. We unpack why so many mothers feel unprepared even when they have resources, help, or a supportive partner: our culture trains us to prepare for the baby, not for the mother’s inner transition.  From there, we go under the surface into the real foundation: trust, safety, and belonging. Mandy explains why those qualities often get disrupted in early motherhood, how disconnection can get passed down through generations, and why external inputs from experts, algorithms, and social media can become a trap when you haven’t built inner clarity first. You’ll also hear a practical reframe for the hardest seasons: instead of trying to “fix” motherhood with more strategies, start by pausing and listening inward, especially when you’re tempted to Google at 3 a.m.  If you know a mother who feels like nothing is solid yet, share this conversation, subscribe for more, and leave a review so more listeners can find it.  Website: https://www.thenewschoolofmotherhood.com  Podcast: The New School of Motherhood — available on Apple, Spotify, and major platforms  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenewschoolofmotherhoo LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mandycai521  SubStack: https://thenewschoolofmotherhood.substack.com Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Towards Wellness CoachingOffer: 25% off | Code: POD2026. Available internationally in paperback and eBook formats.Emotional MusingsOffer: Mention this ad listing & receive $15 off your 1st session | Code: Healthy mind/Healthy lifeThe Yielding WarriorOffer: Free book just pay for shipping | Code: TYWJennifer WestcottOffer: free hypnosis sessions Extraordinary People LLCAll free so we can get to know each other! Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? 👉  DM me on PodMatch  💬 Want to come on the show? Be a Guest  🌐 Explore the full network  | 📨 Newsletter | 👥 LinkedIn Community This isn't self-help. It's self-honesty. 💼 Sponsor Our Show | 🎬 Check Our Services 📌 Disclaimer This episode is for educational and informational purposes only. Guest views are personal and do not represent the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify or endorse guest statements. Nothing here is medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional. Engage critically. Third-party content referenced under fair use. Guests are responsible for their own statements. Concerns? Contact us | Full disclaimer. By listening, you accept this disclaimer in full.

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Welcome to Healthy Mind By Avik ™ - ”Healthy Mind, Healthy Life”, a podcast that explores the connection between mental health and overall well-being. Join us each week as we delve into topics related to positive psychology, mindfulness, and personal development, and provide practical tips and strategies for cultivating a healthy and balanced mind.Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send Avik a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik

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