The Mask with Abhiveer

Abhiveer Shekhawat

The Mask is a podcast about what lies behind success — the discipline, doubt, and identity shifts that shape men chasing greatness. Born from host Abhiveer’s own journey of losing his identity after a career-ending tennis injury, it explores the side of high performance no one talks about: the loneliness, pressure, and inner work required to rebuild. Each episode is an unfiltered conversation with athletes, founders, and creators learning to balance drive with peace — redefining what strength and masculinity look like in today’s world. It’s not about the wins. It’s about the cost of them.

  1. Aug 14 ·  Video

    Why Your Brain is Your Only Limit: Yogi on 29-Min Scorpion Pose, True Discipline & Breaking Barriers

    From Breaking Records to Breaking Limits: The Yogi Who Held Scorpion Pose for 29 Minutes and Discovered That Greatness Isn't About Proving the World Wrong, It's About Pushing Your Own Boundaries What happens when a Guinness World Record attempt becomes a lesson in unlearning everything you thought success meant? When a master tells his student, "I will not let you break that record," not because he doubts him, but because the why behind it was wrong? This is the story of a yogi who went from chasing validation to chasing his own human potential, from holding scorpion pose for 4 minutes to 29 minutes and 4 seconds, seven times longer than the previous world record, all because someone taught him that the goal isn't to prove someone else wrong, it's to break your own limits every single day. In this conversation, he reveals the mindset shift that changed everything: the moment his guru refused to support his record attempt until he found the right purpose, not to make his parents proud or prove the world he was someone, but to discover his true human potential. He explains why people stay stuck not because they can't move forward, but because they choose not to, why fear of failure keeps people paralyzed, why taking the first step is the only way to see the next one, and why pain is not something to avoid but something to choose for growth. He unpacks the difference between the pain you push through for your betterment and the pain you create that you need to let go, why discipline isn't about setting 30 day goals but about listing your top three priorities every night and showing up tomorrow, why he shuts down all devices at 11:11 PM no matter how important the work is, and why one round of Brahmari Pranayam before bed shifts your brainwaves into gamma frequency, the highest state where your mind empties from thoughts, worries, and memories, giving you the deepest sleep quality you've ever experienced. He talks about why greatness is an illusion, why there will always be someone better than you in any field, why comparison is the enemy of progress, why pain is the universe's greatest blessing because it defines pleasure, why tap and sadhana are painful processes you choose for your own growth, and why the moment you stop thinking long term and start thinking about tomorrow, habits become effortless. He shares the exact habit framework he uses: listing the top things he'll do tomorrow before bed, adding his habit to that list, and giving it the highest priority, proving that discipline isn't about willpower, it's about clarity, choice, and showing up one day at a time. ABOUT THE GUEST: A yogi, Guinness World Record holder, and founder who held scorpion pose for 29 minutes and 4 seconds, seven times longer than the previous record of 4 minutes and 20 seconds. Trained under a master who taught him that breaking records means nothing if the purpose is validation, and that true growth comes from breaking your own limits every single day. He believes pain is a blessing, discipline is a daily choice, and that the brain creates every barrier you think is real. He practices Brahmari Pranayam before bed, shuts down all devices at 11:11 PM, and builds habits by thinking only about tomorrow, not 30 days from now. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: the moment you stop chasing validation and start chasing your own potential, you take your life back. #GuinnessWorldRecord #ScorpionPose #BreakYourOwnLimits #Discipline #YogaPhilosophy #BrahmariPranayam #GammaWaves #PainIsGrowth #Sadhana #Tap #NishkamKarmaYoga #HabitBuilding #MindsetShift #HumanPotential #FearOfFailure #TakeTheFirstStep #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: The Biggest Mistake People Make When Building Habits 00:25 The Question That Changed Everything: When Your Guru Says No 01:32 Don't Break Records - Break Your Own Limits 02:49 From 4 Minutes to 29 Minutes: The Scorpion Position World Record 03:37 The Right Kind of Motivation: Purpose Over Proving 04:32 If You're Stuck, It's Your Choice: Taking the First Step 05:56 The Fear of Making the Wrong Choice Keeps You Trapped 06:24 Two Kinds of Pain: The Brain You Need to Choose for Growth 07:33 Tap and Sadhana: Choosing Pain as a Path to Power 08:27 The Secret to Real Discipline: Think Only About Tomorrow 09:40 The 11:11 Rule and Brahmari Pranayam: Shutting Down for Deep Sleep

    Why Your Brain is Your Only Limit: Yogi on 29-Min Scorpion Pose, True Discipline & Breaking Barriers

  2. Aug 12 ·  Video

    Bangalore's Party Scene vs. Career: Adil on Tennis Struggles, Dark Thoughts & Fighting FOMO

    From FOMO to Flight Anxiety: A Tennis Player's Journey Through Mental Health and Sport This episode features a professional tennis player opening up about life in Bangalore's party scene while training at 5 AM, and the discipline it takes to choose focus over distraction. He talks candidly about pickleball's explosive rise in India — matches drawing 500+ spectators compared to tennis's 150, and sponsors rushing toward pickleball while tennis players struggle for support. He warns that without major changes, pickleball could eclipse tennis within five to ten years. The conversation turns deeply personal as he describes a dark period in Germany, where he battled depression with no clear cause despite having a supportive family and a career many would envy. He recounts the guilt of not understanding his own sadness, eventually confiding in his parents and a psychologist, and learning that healing ultimately requires personal responsibility, not just external support. He also shares the traumatic flight experience 18 years ago that triggered lasting flight anxiety: an aborted takeoff in Hyderabad after another aircraft crossed the runway, with cabin crew shouting emergency instructions and his family bracing for impact. That moment left him needing medication just to fly, going so far as to research permitted substances to manage his anxiety before competitions. Topics covered: Balancing party culture with athletic discipline Pickleball's rapid growth vs. tennis's stagnation in India Sponsorship gaps facing tennis players Depression without an identifiable trigger Opening up to family and seeking professional help A near-crash experience and its lasting psychological impact Managing anxiety while traveling for competitions Moving from a victim mindset to taking ownership of healing 00:00 Opening: When the Party Scene Becomes Your Biggest Enemy 00:28 The FOMO Trap: Why Urban Life Makes Discipline Impossible 01:16 Pickleball's Threat: The Sport That's Stealing Tennis Players and Sponsorships 02:43 500 People vs 150: How Pickleball Already Won in India 03:36 You Against You: When Your Mind Becomes Both Friend and Enemy 04:06 The Knife on My Wrist: Dark Thoughts in Germany 05:35 The Victim Mindset Trap: Why Only You Can Save Yourself 06:11 Flight Anxiety and Benadryl: When Fear Controls Your Career 06:43 50 Meters From Death: The Runway Incident That Changed Everything 09:07 Booking Flights Four Days Early: The Banned Substance Desperation

    Bangalore's Party Scene vs. Career: Adil on Tennis Struggles, Dark Thoughts & Fighting FOMO

  3. Aug 5 ·  Video

    Why India Became the Product of West: Malika on AI, Data Sovereignty & AI job security

    From tennis courts to tech sovereignty: an architect on why AI won't take your job, but marketing convinced you it would. 250 million Indians use AI every week, feeding four companies that control the world's infrastructure, while everyone panics about ChatGPT taking their job. What if the panic is the product, the same playbook Google used to train you to search everything? Sam Altman, Microsoft, Meta and Baidu have 1.4 billion people convinced they'll be replaced unless they learn Python. Malika, tech architect and sovereignty advocate who has built digital infrastructure across 30 countries for 20 years, says the quiet part out loud: AI is not new, the chatbot is just marketing, and India is not the market, it's the product. Mistake a dashboard for an engine and you become a digital slave. Her tennis court taught her to read the ball before she hits it, to return to herself after every point, to trust reflex over panic. The universe is not an algorithm. Your qubit is out there. Bharat will not survive by renting someone else's army. In this conversation: why AI is uranium, not cloud. Why Microsoft leased a nuclear plant for 20 years. Why sovereignty means owning the car, not just the steering wheel. Why India sends a billion Canva designs a month while the company doesn't know your name. Why chemistry is not enough and compatibility never won a championship. Why your inner child is your qubit. Why Dharma Rakshati Rakshata means you protect what protects you. Why the NEP and Jadui Pitara are rewriting India's future in 22 languages. And why if you wrestle a pig, the pig enjoys it, and you end up dirty. ABOUT MALIKA Tech architect and sovereignty advocate, 30 countries, 20 years of digital infrastructure. Works on AI, machine learning and proctoring platforms scaling to 20 lakh concurrency, plus education systems for K12 students in 100+ countries. Runs Adput Samhita for IT skilling in rural India, trains coders in regional languages, and believes Bharat must digitize the world consciously, or become someone else's product forever. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: AI won't take your job, marketing sold you the panic, and the moment you stop performing and start returning to yourself, you take your life back. #Malika #DigitalSovereignty #BharatAI #AIIsNotNew #TechInfrastructure #ReturnToYourself #QubitTheory #TennisPhilosophy #NEP #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: AI Won't Take Your Jobs - The Marketing Panic Nobody's Talking About 01:54 The Qubit Mirror Effect: Why You're Never Alone and Science Just Caught Up 04:28 Tennis Ruined Us in the Best Way: What the Court Teaches About Life and Love 09:06 The Ball Theory: Reading People Like Shots and Choosing Your Response 14:28 Red Flags Are Hot: Why This Generation's Dating Language Is Destroying Connection 18:56 Playing Tennis With God: When Your Court Changes But the Rituals Stay the Same 24:07 COVID Revealed Bharat to the World: Modi Ji as Shivavatar in Kalyug 28:38 The AI Infrastructure Trap: Why India Is Building Interfaces Instead of Engines 30:42 Sam Altman's Genius Marketing: How Four Players Convinced the World AI Is New 34:04 India's Youth as the Product: Why Free Access to AI Isn't Free 38:57 Digital Sovereignty Is Not a Mistake Bharat Can Afford 44:50 The Steering Wheel Scam: Why Your LMS Is Not Digital Infrastructure 48:49 250 Million Indian Users Per Week: How We're Funding Their Nuclear Empire 50:47 Stop Being Their Salesperson: Canva, AI, and the 1 Billion Graphics India Gives Away 53:55 Coding in Rural Bharat: Training Sovereign Architects, Not Dashboard Designers 42:43 Real Sovereignty: Owning the Land, Building the House, Making the Decisions 1:01:50 Bharat Is Divinely Protected: Why Souls Are Screened Before Entering This Soil 1:03:21 Dharma Rakshati Rakshitah: You Protect What Protects You 1:03:40 Tennis and Tradition: Why You Can't Draw Lines on Circular Wisdom 1:09:42 Pretending to Be Awake: The Real Danger Isn't Ignorance 1:14:17 Prithvi Shekhar: India's Only Australian Open Singles Champion Nobody Acknowledged 1:15:32 Your Inner Child Is Your Best Friend: Never Outgrow Yourself While Growing Up 1:27:04 The Cerebellum Secret: How Racket Sports Build the Muscle That Governs Character 1:24:32 Trust Is Fundamentally Predictable: Training Your Nervous System to Stay 1:18:37 Your Mirror Is Waiting: Quantum Entanglement, Qubits, and Finding Your Person 1:29:52 One Thing You Can Do Today: Keep the Promises You Make to Yourself 1:30:48 Bharat Will Digitize the World: The Civilization That Does It Consciously 1:31:52 Don't Wrestle the Pig: What You Can Do Differently Starting Now

    Why India Became the Product of West: Malika on AI, Data Sovereignty & AI job security

  4. Jul 29 ·  Video

    Why Potato Juice Beats $1000 Creams: Malini on Dark Circles & What Brands Hide

    From $200 Billion Industry to Your Kitchen: The Ayurvedic Expert Who Says Your Skin Isn't Broken, the Beauty Industry Just Convinced You It Was What if 70% of skincare products contain parabens, mineral oil, and formaldehyde? What if the "natural" almond oil sold for 200 rupees is 95% paraffin, and the cream you trust reaches your bloodstream in 20 minutes, bypassing your liver and heading straight for your kidneys, hormones, and DNA? Malini Ori has spent 50 years proving the real medicine is already in your kitchen: potato juice erases dark circles overnight, haldi and mustard oil heal wounds the army hospital couldn't, and fermented rice water lightens pigmentation better than any serum. Your grandmother's recipes weren't old wives' tales. They were biochemistry we forgot how to read. In this conversation, Malini unmasks the industry: the sunscreen that leaches vitamin D and weakens bones while promising protection, the baby oil that's just mineral oil from petroleum, the ingredient list where formaldehyde and silicones hide at the bottom while brands market the top two lines. She explains why Botox betrays the natural philosophy she's built her life on, why baking soda strips pesticide residue better than any wash, why sea salt and neem clear scalp buildup in 10 minutes, why aloe vera and jojoba mimic your skin's own sebum, why multani mitti with yogurt and orange peel clears acne in two weeks, and why your skin absorbs 100% of what touches it while your stomach's acid actually filters what you eat. She talks about her daughter Mishti surviving meningitis when doctors predicted permanent damage, about Giloy crushed with almonds and black pepper breaking an eight month fever in three days, about her mother choosing haldi and sarsong ka tel over the army hospital, and about walking away from salon reps pushing paraffin. She studied under Shahnaz Husain for three years, trained in aromatherapy in the UK, and now teaches at India's government essential oil institute in Kannauj, where she discovered Ayurveda and aromatherapy are cousins, not competitors. ABOUT MALINI ORI: Health and beauty consultant, aromatherapist, Ayurvedic practitioner, Reiki master, and reflexologist based in Dubai. She ran a Dubai salon for 25 years before selling it to build natural skincare rooted in Ayurveda, using bakuchiol, white willow bark, jojoba, almond, and flaxseed. Her core belief: your skin absorbs everything within 30 minutes, natural doesn't always mean safe, toxicity shows on your face no matter your budget, and the moment you stop learning, you get old. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: the beauty industry profits from convincing you that you're broken. The moment you stop outsourcing your skin to chemicals and start trusting your kitchen, you take your face back. #MaliniOri #AyurvedicSkincare #NaturalBeauty #KitchenRemedies #PotatoJuice #AloeVera #Aromatherapy #EssentialOils #ParabenFree #Oxybenzone #NeemPowder #JojobaOil #MultaniMitti 00:00 The $200 Billion Lie 00:49 The Potato Juice Protocol 02:01 Haldi and Tel vs Army Hospitals 05:15 What Goes On Skin Enters Blood 12:21 The Almond Oil Scam 14:22 Essential Oil Rules Nobody Tells You 10:21 The Beeswax Death 15:33 Healing Burns With Potato and Aloe 20:31 Shahnaz Husain's Only Student 22:00 Can You Really Lighten Skin? 24:16 Why Indians Faced the Sun Through Water 25:39 Why Malini Quit Sunscreen 27:04 Toxicity Shows On Your Face 29:13 The Freckles That Taught Self-Love 30:20 Why I'm Against Botox and Fillers 31:53 Escaping the Calorie Counting Prison 33:00 Paratha vs Puff Pastry 34:26 Ingredients Destroying Your DNA 35:47 Read the Bottom Two Ingredient Lines 37:45 Why Sunblock Does More Harm Than Good 39:08 Ayurveda Did Retinol First 41:17 Jojoba Oil Mimics Human Sebum 42:26 Seeds That Build Hyaluronic Acid 43:01 The 2,600% Search Spike Explained 44:49 Kannauj: 5,000 Years of Essential Oils 45:43 Sanjeevani Booti and Hanuman Ji 47:15 Why Cats Don't Age Like Humans 48:48 Live Recipe: Acne 51:22 Live Recipe: Pigmentation 52:26 Live Recipe: Aging Skin 54:04 Rock Your Baby: Dancing for Joy 55:19 Dubai's Hair Fall Crisis 59:10 Scalp Scrub: Sea Salt and Neem 59:40 DIY Aloe and Flaxseed Ice Cubes 1:01:09 Potato and Baking Soda, Underused 1:02:23 Soaking Produce in Baking Soda 1:04:09 Few Friends, No Bling, Good Thoughts 1:06:24 Give Without Expecting the Phal 1:09:39 Giloy Cured Eight Months of Fever 1:11:00 Your Grandmother's Kitchen Was a Pharmacy

    Why Potato Juice Beats $1000 Creams: Malini on Dark Circles & What Brands Hide

  5. Jul 22 ·  Video

    Why Pain Doesn't Mean Game Over: Sidhart Uniyal on ACL Tears, 4 Surgeries & the Hunger to Fight

    From Three Surgeries to a Fourth Pending: The Footballer Who Learned That Injury Doesn't End a Career, It Teaches You to Become the Smartest Player on the Field At 18, a professional footballer tears his ACL. He's told surgery is his only option. He comes back in four months instead of the usual eight or nine — only to get hurt again in a college match, because nobody ever taught him how to actually heal, just how to perform. This is Sidharth Uniyal's story: three knee surgeries before the age of 25, a fourth one still pending, and a hard-won understanding that the sport you love doesn't always love you back. In this conversation, Sidharth talks candidly about the different faces athletes put on — the guy who works harder than anyone in the room and still ends up injured, the player who rushes back because a doctor gave the all-clear, the young athlete torn between chasing his passion and supporting his family, the competitor who keeps playing hurt because stopping feels like losing. He explains why almost no one tells injured athletes they can come back, why doctors lead with an MRI scan instead of reassurance, why ACL tears in sports like football and tennis are so often non-contact injuries, and why he pushed his own return to four months when the standard recovery is closer to nine. He walks through the second injury — a collision with a goalkeeper during an inter-college match in Malapur, Punjab — and the decision that followed: stepping away from professional football entirely. Not because he stopped loving the game, but because he realized love and happiness aren't the same thing, and sometimes walking away is what survival looks like. He describes football as more than a sport — a battlefield, in his words, where everything is fair game. Now, with a fourth surgery still ahead of him, Sidharth is still training, still running, still convinced he'll be the strongest version of himself even decades from now. He talks about how each injury, rather than breaking him, sharpened his understanding of the game — turning him into a more intelligent, more deliberate player every time he returned. Player IQ, he argues, is built in the recovery room as much as on the pitch. This episode covers: what nobody tells you about ACL tears, the disconnect between medical clearance and true readiness, why non-contact injuries are so common in pivoting sports, the pressure of balancing financial survival with athletic ambition, and why he believes an injury can teach an athlete more than years of winning ever could. ABOUT SIDHARTH UNIYAL: Sidharth Uniyal is a professional footballer who has undergone three knee surgeries and is preparing for a fourth. He started playing football at a young age and quickly became known as one of the most relentless workers on the field. After his first ACL and meniscus surgery, he returned to professional football in just four months — well ahead of the typical recovery timeline. A second injury during a college match in Malapur, Punjab, led him to step back from professional football, after coming to terms with the idea that passion and happiness don't always align. He now sees his injuries not as setbacks but as the foundation of a smarter, more resilient approach to the game — and to life. SUBSCRIBE for honest conversations that challenge how we think about setbacks: injury doesn't end you, it rebuilds you and the moment you stop chasing happiness for its own sake and start chasing growth, something shifts. 00:00 His Injury Story: 4 Surgeries, Doctors and the Truth They Don't Tell You 06:52 The Real Science of Pain: Biological, Psychological and Social 15:44 Testing Yourself: Simple Ankle and Hip Mobility Checks at Home 20:30 Busting the "Functional Training" and Muscle Isolation Myths 28:59 Belief Systems and Blame: Why Doctors, Physios and Patients All Get It Wrong 37:41 Real Problems vs Created Problems: The Business of Fear 45:02 Load vs Capacity: The One Rule Behind Every Injury 56:59 No Exercise Is Wrong: Deadlifts, Spine Training and Gym Myths 1:08:31 Weekend Warriors, Warm-Ups and How Athlete Training Has Evolved 1:20:06 Training Anywhere and the Final Lesson: Just Keep Breathing

    Why Pain Doesn't Mean Game Over: Sidhart Uniyal on ACL Tears, 4 Surgeries & the Hunger to Fight

  6. Jul 15 ·  Video

    Why Women Athletes Fight Harder for Less: Sravya on Money, Marriage & What Tennis Takes From You

    From Player Panel to Passport Problems: The Tennis Player Fighting the System Before She Even Steps on Court 80% of the world's tennis tournaments offer men hospitality and prize money that women at the same level never see. Indian players plan visas a year out while Europeans cross borders on a train ticket. Marriage often means retirement for a female athlete, but for a male athlete it means a wife waiting at home while he travels 40 weeks a year. Sravya is one of the few Indian players in the room where decisions about women's tennis actually get made, sitting on the ITF's global player panel while still competing on tour. She's climbed from rank 850 to 590 in three months under Sanya Mirza's Next Set program, proof of what happens when someone finally believes in you. She's also proof that Indian women succeed despite the system, not because of it, that there's no clear path to the top, and that the moment a girl turns 25, marriage pressure gets louder than any crowd. In this raw conversation, Sravya unpacks what nobody talks about: why ITF W50s skip the hospitality ATP Challenger 50s get as standard, why women need 12 match wins a year for a ranking while men need one, why she cooks vegetarian meals in secret on a hot plate in hotel rooms, why 47% of elite athletes struggle with mental health but nobody admits it until a panic attack hits mid-match, why male athletes have partners waiting at home while female athletes get asked why they're still single, and why family asks about marriage before they ask about ranking. She talks about why more tournaments in India finally gave players a real shot, why Sanya Mirza's program changed her life in weeks, why pickleball is stealing players from a sport that made itself too elitist, why Europeans take trains between tournaments while Indians wait months for visas, and why every Indian girl playing tennis today does it because Sanya Mirza exists. ABOUT SRAVYA: Indian professional tennis player, ranked 590 after climbing from 850 in three months under Sanya Mirza's Next Set program. She serves as Asia's representative on the ITF Women's Player Panel, six elected players advocating for tournament conditions, visas, hospitality, prize money, and player welfare on tour. She competes year round, traveling 40 weeks a year, cooking in hotel rooms on a portable hot plate, and hunting for practice partners match by match. She believes Indian athletes succeed in spite of the system, that marriage often means retirement for women in sport, and that if not her, then who. SUBSCRIBE for conversations that unmask the truth: the system isn't built for women like her, and she's competing anyway. #Sravya #IndianTennis #WomenInSports #ITFPlayersPanel #SanyaMirza #NextSet #WomensTennis #PassportProblems #VisaStruggles #HospitalityGap #PrizeMoneyGap #MarketingWomensSport #DespiteTheSystem #MentalHealthInSports #MarriagePressure #VegetarianOnTour #PickleballThreat #MoreTournamentsInIndia #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: The Room Where Decisions Get Made 02:15 The ITF Women's Player Panel 05:40 Passport Problems: 15 Day Deadlines 08:22 Not Enough Tournaments, Not Enough Prize Money 11:03 Hospitality Gap: Challenger 50s vs W50s 14:27 Ice Packs, Towels, and Flies on Court 16:50 Why Sponsors Care About Viewership 20:18 Marketing Female Athletes: Osaka and Raducanu 23:45 French Open Night Sessions: Women Left Out 26:30 1.4 Billion People, Still a Broken System 29:12 No Clear Path to the Top in India 32:40 Despite the System, Not Because of It 35:55 Women Need 12 Wins a Year for a Ranking 39:20 More Tournaments in India Change Everything 42:10 Home Court Advantage 45:33 A Week on Tour: Cooking and Messaging for Practice 49:18 Vegetarian on Tour: Half My Bag Is Protein Powder 52:05 Rehab and Recovery Every Single Day 54:40 The Glamorous Life That's Actually Repetition 57:22 The High of a 15-13 Super Tie Break 59:50 47% of Elite Athletes Struggle in Silence 1:02:35 Panic Attack on Court 1:05:10 Therapy Changed My Life 1:08:25 Physical Pain and Loneliness on Tour 1:11:40 Why It's Easier for Male Athletes to Have Partners 1:15:18 Object Permanence: Why Men Don't Wait 1:18:55 Why Female Athletes Don't Fit the Mold 1:22:30 Marriage Pressure Starts at 25 1:25:10 Getting Married Is Like Retiring 1:27:45 Sanya Married at Her Peak 1:30:20 We Play Because Sanya Mirza Exists 1:32:50 Fight for Your Joy 1:35:15 Closing: She's Competing Anyway

    Why Women Athletes Fight Harder for Less: Sravya on Money, Marriage & What Tennis Takes From You

  7. Jul 8 ·  Video

    Why Miscarriage is a Sperm Issue: Anushka on What Doctors Don't Test & How to Prepare for Pregnancy

    From Medical System to Motherhood Crisis: The Nutritionist Who Discovered Your Baby's Gut Health Starts With What You Eat, and Miscarriage Is a Sperm Problem, Not Just a Women's Issue What happens when 80% of mothers feel depleted after birth, 13% fall into depression, and nobody tells them their diet is the cause? Anushka, a Dubai-based maternal and infant nutritionist, reveals how medicine optimizes for babies while failing mothers: breast milk changes hourly, your body cannibalizes its own bones to feed your baby if undernourished, and miscarriages and placenta issues are often sperm fragmentation problems, not women's health failures. The first 1,000 days run on the mother's mineral stores and nervous system, yet no one teaches this. Anushka unpacks the myths: mothers told to add formula because their milk "isn't good enough"; women eating five foods because doctors only tell them to cut more; parents starting solids with apples and bananas at six months despite babies being unable to digest fiber; fathers unaware their sperm quality shapes their baby's brain and gut health. She explains why thyroid panels differ by sex, why socks stop postpartum night sweats, why seed oils harm babies' brains, why weekly postpartum bowel movements are wrongly called "normal," and why 49% of women hand over financial control, never told depletion is financial and emotional too. 🎧 ABOUT ANUSHKA: Anushka is a Dubai-based maternal and infant nutritionist helping mothers with low milk supply, reactive babies, and gut-healing approaches to solids, through a functional medicine and ancestral lens. She believes modern medicine has medicalized birth, that breast milk is live tissue from your blood and bones, that sperm fragmentation drives miscarriages, that pediatricians get almost no nutrition training, and that infant gut health shapes lifelong immunity, brain, and nervous system function. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for conversations with people unmasking the truth: medicine fails mothers from day one, your body breaks itself down to feed your baby, miscarriage is often a sperm issue, fiber-first solids harm babies, and stepping away from a broken system sets you free. #Anushka #MaternalNutrition #InfantNutrition #PostpartumDepletion #BreastfeedingSupport #LowMilkSupply #SpermFragmentation #MiscarriageIsASpermIssue #TraumaInformed #OnBreastProducing #BothBreastsProducing #MentalHealthMatters #BondingWithBaby #NourishYourself #RemoveTheMask #AuthenticMotherhood #TheMask #AbhiveerPodcast 00:00 Opening: Miscarriage Is a Sperm Issue - What Doctors Don't Test 02:45 The System Is Failing Mothers: Why Nobody Cares About a Healthy Mom 04:16 Birth Trauma: Lying Down, Starving, and Stressed Under Bright Lights 05:51 You're a Shit Mom From Day One: The Breastfeeding Pressure Nobody Talks About 08:51 The Formula Propaganda: Why Your Milk Was Always Good Enough 10:03 Breast Milk Is Magic: Self-Adaptive, Alive, and Built for Your Baby 12:00 When Mothers Are Starving: Eating Five Foods Because Baby Reacts to Everything 14:15 The Village That Doesn't Exist: Nuclear Families and Survival Mode Advice 16:49 Your Body Is Quietly Breaking Down: Calcium, Iron, and Bone Depletion 18:21 Thyroid, Hashimoto's, and Why Women's Parameters Are Measured for Men 21:49 Sperm Fragmentation: The 90-Day Prep Men Aren't Doing 25:42 Am I a Bad Mother If I Can't Breastfeed? The Question That Breaks Hearts 32:00 A Mother Who Isn't Nourished Makes Milk That Keeps Baby Alive - Not Thriving 34:15 Postpartum Depression: Intrusive Thoughts, Brain Fog, and Wanting to Be Alone 37:02 Warm Womb, Warm Health: Why Cold Foods Are Destroying Fertility 40:54 Omega-3 vs Omega-6: The Fats Building Your Baby's Brain 44:01 Seed Oils Were Made for Machines, Not Humans: The Industrial Revolution Lie 47:50 Modern Medicine Has Its Place - But You Can't Medicalize Everything 50:00 Asking for Help Is Not Failure: Building Your Own Village 50:52 Baby Gut Health: The Virgin Gut and Why You Can't Just Feed Them Anything 52:42 Introducing Allergens: Why Timing and Gut Readiness Matter More Than Studies 58:14 Pediatricians Get 20 Hours of Nutrition Training - And It Shows 1:01:19 Closing: Infancy Sets Up the Adult Gut - Don't Take It Lightly

    Why Miscarriage is a Sperm Issue: Anushka on What Doctors Don't Test & How to Prepare for Pregnancy

  8. Jul 1 ·  Video

    Why You're Attracted to Toxic Partners: Monica on Healing Wounds, Self-Love & Finding Queen Energy

    From Relationship Wounds to Radical Healing: The Coach Who Discovered That What You Call Love Might Just Be Your Inner Child Looking for a Parent What if the butterflies, obsession, and chemistry we call love are actually your nervous system recognizing familiar wounds? In this episode, Monica, a Dubai-based relationship and feminine embodiment coach, shares how two unhealthy relationships led her to discover that your past often chooses your partners, your "type" is often your wound, and real love begins when you stop abandoning yourself to earn someone else's. We explore devotion, subconscious patterns, inner child healing, financial independence, and why lasting relationships are built from wholeness, not lack. In this raw conversation, Monica unpacks the unconscious patterns that keep people stuck in unhealthy relationships, from giving away financial control and staying in relationships that no longer serve you, to confusing obsession with love and hiding behind emotional walls. She explores what real safety, devotion, and self-worth look like, why inner child work is the foundation of lasting change, and how healing is an ongoing journey of reconnecting with yourself rather than seeking someone else to complete you. 🎧 ABOUT MONICA: Monica is a Dubai-based relationship and feminine embodiment coach and the author of The Queen Treatment. After overcoming her own unhealthy relationship patterns, she now helps women heal childhood wounds, rewire subconscious beliefs, and build healthy, secure relationships through somatic healing, inner child work, and nervous system reprogramming. Her philosophy is simple: real love comes from wholeness, not desperation. 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more conversations with people who removed the mask of the woman outsourcing her worth to a man, the person mistaking obsession for love, the partner leaking sexual energy while calling it loyalty, the inner child disguised as an adult looking for a parent in every relationship and stepped into the uncomfortable, liberating truth that your past picks your partners, that chemistry might just be wound recognition, that devotion is measured in actions not words, and that the moment you stop abandoning yourself to earn love, you take your life back #Monica #RelationshipCoach #FeminineEmbodiment #TheQueenTreatment #PrincessVsQueen #DatingFromLack #DatingFromWholeness #InnerChildWork #YourPastPicksYourPartners #YourTypeIsYourWound #WoundRecognition #ChemistryIsTrauma #DubaiDating #TransientCity #LonelinessEpidemic #FinancialDependence #StayAtHomeMomsSalary #41PercentIncomeDrop #WhyWomenStay #GleedenApp #AffairCulture #HealingIsConstant #ShortTermPainVsLongTermPain #LeavingIsScary #RemoveTheMask #AuthenticLove #TheMask #AbhiveerPodcast CHAPTERS 00:00 Opening: What You Call Love Might Just Be Your Inner Child Looking for a Parent 01:34 Princess Energy vs Queen Energy: Dating From Lack or Dating From Wholeness 04:29 Why Self Sufficiency Comes First: You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup 06:52 What Queen Energy Actually Looks Like: Standards You Hold for Yourself 09:17 The Gold Digger Myth: It's About Discernment Not Provision 11:45 Women Are Visionaries: How the Right Woman Amplifies a Man's Abundance 13:20 He's Just My Type: What Your Childhood Wounds Are Actually Picking 16:08 Your Past Picks Your Partners: Why Familiar Feels Like Love 18:55 Genuine Connection vs Wound Recognition: How Do You Tell the Difference 21:37 The One Thing You Can Do Today: Spend Time With Your Inner Child 24:10 The Obsession Trap: When Your Inner Child Thinks He Can Make You Whole 27:42 Real Connection vs Addiction: What Divine Union Actually Feels Like 30:15 The Intensity Lie: Why Movies Sold You Toxic Love as Romance 32:48 What Men Get Catastrophically Wrong: It's Not About Money, It's About Safety 36:20 Emotional Safety: Holding Space for Your Emotions Without Exploding Them 38:44 What Devotion Actually Looks Like: Actions That Prioritize Her Well Being 41:29 Micro Cheating: The Normalized Betrayal No One Talks About 44:16 Why Men Mock Devotion: Calling Other Men Simps Reveals Deep Insecurity 47:35 The Victim or the Victor: Taking Responsibility vs Blaming the Opposite Sex 50:22 Dating in Dubai: The Transient City Where Loneliness and Money Collide 53:40 The Two Unhealthy Relationships That Changed Everything 56:18 Healing Is a Constant Journey: Two Years of Deep Inner Work 58:05 Connecting With Your Inner Child: The Relationship That Changes Everything 01:00:27 What Masks Do You Wear: The Light and the Shadow You Don't See 01:02:33 To the Woman Who Knows She Needs to Leave: Choose the Short Term Pain 01:04:11 Closing: What You Call Chemistry Might Just Be a Wound That Found Its Mirror

    Why You're Attracted to Toxic Partners: Monica on Healing Wounds, Self-Love & Finding Queen Energy
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The Mask is a podcast about what lies behind success — the discipline, doubt, and identity shifts that shape men chasing greatness. Born from host Abhiveer’s own journey of losing his identity after a career-ending tennis injury, it explores the side of high performance no one talks about: the loneliness, pressure, and inner work required to rebuild. Each episode is an unfiltered conversation with athletes, founders, and creators learning to balance drive with peace — redefining what strength and masculinity look like in today’s world. It’s not about the wins. It’s about the cost of them.

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  • Creator
    Abhiveer Shekhawat
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
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