The Mindful Journey

Avik & Sana
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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.

  1. 4d ago

    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

  2. Jul 14

    Spiritual Awakening: How to Recognize Divine Guidance in Everyday Life, with Shawngela Pierce

    For anyone who senses a quiet voice asking "is this really it?" while everything looks fine from the outside. Sana sits with spiritual healer Shawngela Pierce to explore what awakening actually looks like: gentle, gradual, rarely dramatic. You will leave with a softer way to notice divine guidance, why the body holds what the mind avoids, and how to stay with an awakening long after the inspired moment fades. About the Guest: Shawngela Pierce moved from forensic science and biology toward naturopathic medical school before a personal awakening reshaped her path. She is now a spiritual healer who guides people to their own inner source of guidance. Key Takeaways: Awakening is usually slow and steady, not a lightning strike, and a gentler pace protects you from upheaval.The gap between who you think you are and who you truly are grows until something, body or mind, breaks.Divine guidance often arrives as feelings, a sense that something is off or right, if you are grounded enough to notice.Sustaining it comes from small daily choices and intention, not from wanting your whole life changed by next month.Sit still in nature with a journal, ask, and wait; answers may come as a quiet realization or later clarity. Connect With the Guest: Website: https://www.seekwithinyou.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawngela Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawngela.pierce Podcast: Embrace your Spiritual Power Episode Chapters: [00:00] The quiet voice that asks "is this really it?" [08:07] The biggest myth about spiritual awakening [10:04] Leaving the traditional path, and how it looked from the outside [13:05] Why the body breaks when the spirit is ignored [16:11] The fine line between divine guidance and "woo-woo" [22:15] Awakening is one thing; sustaining it is another [26:12] A first step for the listener who feels misaligned 🎙️ 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 #SpiritualAwakening #DivineGuidance #InnerHealing #Intuition #MindBodySpirit #SpiritualJourney #Mindfulness #Meditation #SelfHealing #TrustTheProcess #HigherSelf #SpiritualGrowth

  3. Jul 10

    The World Is Kind, Not Dangerous: Joe Hehn on The Mindful Journey

    This episode is for anyone who's been told the world outside is dangerous and quietly organizes their life around that fear. Joe Hehn, a mindset expert and consciousness teacher who spent a decade traveling after the loss of his wife, joins host Sana on The Mindful Journey to make the case for a different starting belief: that the world is kind. Joe shares what nearly 40 countries and years of travel taught him about strangers, why one bad headline shouldn't define an entire place or people, and how small daily moments, not grand meditation retreats, are where most of us will actually find enlightenment. About the Guest: Joe Hehn is a mindset and consciousness teacher, speaker, and author. After the death of his wife Jessica, he spent close to a decade traveling to nearly 40 countries, studying wisdom traditions across Nepal, India, and the Middle East, and rebuilding his life from the inside out. He now teaches mindfulness, manifestation, and mindset work. Key Takeaways: The belief that the world is dangerous is largely built from a small number of amplified bad stories, not lived statistical reality.Most strangers who approach you in public need help, not looking to harm you; assuming the worst says more about conditioning than about people.One serious incident shouldn't summarize an entire place, community, or person; true perspective means judging by the whole pattern, not a single data point.You can acknowledge real risk (like crossing a street) without living from fear; awareness and fear are not the same thing.Enlightenment doesn't require a retreat or years of meditation; it can show up in a conversation with a cashier or a stranger on a train. Connect With the Guest: Website: joehehn.com Instagram: instagram.com/joe.hehn Episode Chapters: [00:00] The Conversations We've Stopped Having — Sana opens on lost everyday connection (approx.) [04:00] Why Joe Left — grief, loss, and the decade of travel that followed (approx.) [10:00] The World Is Kind, Not Dangerous — reframing nearly 40 countries of experience (approx.) [17:00] The Zoo Analogy — why one dangerous animal doesn't make the whole zoo unsafe (approx.) [20:00] One Bad Story vs. a Billion Good Ones — how amplification distorts our view of people and places (approx.) [25:00] Forgiveness as Perspective — judging by the whole pattern, not a single incident (approx.) [27:00] Finding Enlightenment in Ordinary Moments — mindfulness beyond meditation (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 #consciousnesswork #griefandhealing #worldtravel #mindsetcoach #kindnessmatters #spiritualawakening #innerpeace #travelandtransformation #mindfulliving #personalgrowth #enlightenment

  4. Jul 9

    Go Out Living: Jonathan Brandt on Love, Loss, and Choosing Life

    This episode is for anyone facing something so heavy it feels impossible to carry, and wondering how to keep showing up anyway. Jonathan Brandt joins host Sana on The Mindful Journey to share his and his late wife Christy's story: back-to-back cancer diagnoses, and the philosophy they built together called Go Out Living. Jonathan reflects on the attitude that carried them through years of treatment, what he wishes he'd understood sooner about caring for the mind and spirit alongside the body, and how he's turning their story into a community for others walking a similar road. About the Guest: Jonathan Brandt is a cancer survivor, widower, and host of the Go Out Living podcast and community. He and his late wife Christy faced back-to-back cancer diagnoses together, going back to school during treatment to earn certifications in holistic health, and built Go Out Living as a philosophy and platform to help others navigate serious illness with education, humor, and hope. Key Takeaways: "Go Out Living" means choosing to keep showing up for the people you love, even mid-treatment, rather than waiting on the sidelines for things to get easier.Healing works best when mind, body, and spirit are all addressed together; skipping the emotional or spiritual side leaves gaps physical treatment alone can't fill.Humor and lightness don't diminish a serious situation, they can be part of what carries you through it.Slowing down to fully understand a diagnosis and treatment plan, rather than rushing straight into it, is worth the extra time.Turning pain into purpose can take shape gradually, one certification, one conversation, one community at a time. Connect With the Guest Website: gooutliving.com Instagram: instagram.com/gooutliving YouTube: youtube.com/@GoOutLiving X (Twitter): x.com/gooutliving Community: search "Go Out Living" on Skool.com Episode Chapters: [00:00] The Strength That Doesn't Announce Itself — Sana opens on quiet resilience (approx.) [04:00] Remembering Christy — her devotion as a mother (approx.) [06:00] Two Diagnoses, One Family — choosing education over despair (approx.) [10:00] Where "Go Out Living" Came From — the moment that named their philosophy (approx.) [18:00] Mind, Body, Spirit — what Jonathan wishes he'd understood sooner (approx.) [21:00] Laughing Through Chemo — why humor became part of healing (approx.) [25:00] Building a Community for Others — what's next for Go Out Living (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 #gooutliving #cancersurvivor #griefjourney #holistichealth #widowersupport #cancercommunity #mindbodyspirit #livingwithpurpose #healingjourney #mindfuljourney #hopeafterloss #cancerawareness

  5. Jul 2

    Beyond Surface-Level Mindfulness: What Quantum Hypnosis Can Help You Access, with Ali Christos

    There's a quiet frustration many people carry. They have done the work: meditation, journaling, therapy, books, podcasts. They know their patterns by name. And yet something keeps repeating, something that awareness alone cannot seem to reach. Ali Christos has spent years sitting with people in exactly that place. On The Mindful Journey, he joins Sana to explore what quantum healing hypnosis opens up beneath the surface, and why he believes the real shifts happen somewhere much deeper than the conscious mind. About the Guest:Ali Christos is a QHHT (Quantum Healing Hypnosis Technique) practitioner, author, and consciousness guide based in Canada. After over 15 years in New York real estate and personal coaching, he stepped fully into the world of inner work. His book What Happens in Quantum Hypnosis? Real Sessions, Past Lives & Higher Self Healing is available on Amazon. Key Takeaways:In Ali's view, patterns that keep returning after years of inner work may live in layers awareness and mindset work don't reach.Meditation is not just a practice; it's the experience of presence itself, and no one can hand that to you.What many call loneliness, in his framing, is a feeling of separateness from something deeper within us.QHHT doesn't require you to believe in past lives; it only asks you to be open to what comes up.Prayer, he suggests, is talking to God; meditation is the listening. Connect With the Guest:QHHT practice: QHHTwithali.com (sessions, book, and recordings) Books, music, and teachings: MySpiritualTeacher.ca Episode Chapters: (approx.)[00:00] When you know your patterns but they keep returning [03:30] From New York real estate to consciousness work [09:00] Near-death moments and the inner voice that kept calling [13:30] The book that changed everything, ten years too late [17:00] How spirituality and diversity are more connected than we think [21:30] Why mindfulness stays surface-level without lived experience [25:00] Loneliness, separation, and the internal GPS we've gone quiet on [34:00] Past lives, QHHT, and what his own sessions revealed [45:00] A pivotal time: what Dolores Cannon called the "golden ticket" [50:00] Where to connect with Ali 🎙️ 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 #quantumhypnosis #qhht #consciousness #pastliferegression #innerwork #meditation #higherself #spiritualawakening #soulhealing #mindfulness #alichristos #myspiritualteacher

  6. Jun 30

    Forest Bathing and Belonging: Coming Home to Yourself in Nature, with Frankie Edwards

    What if the body remembers belonging long before the mind does? What if the nervous system we keep trying to fix with advice and apps was simply waiting for something older: trees, soil, wind, the slow rhythm of a forest? Frankie Edwards joins Sana for a tender conversation on forest bathing as a path back to belonging, especially for the 2SLGBTQ+ community, and why this is less a wellness trend than a homecoming. About the Guest:Frankie Edwards is a nature-based nervous system specialist and the founder of Abundance World, building Canada's first 2SLGBTQ+ affirming nature sanctuary. Their work weaves neuroscience, somatics, and forest bathing to help people regulate stress and restore a sense of belonging. Key Takeaways:Forest bathing comes from the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku and isn't a luxury or a trend.In Frankie's framing, there are five lenses: curative, creative, culinary, recreational, and energetic.You don't need a forest; fresh air, a plant, water, or even a candle flame can be enough.Nature asks nothing of you, so the mask falls away and you simply get to be.For many in the 2SLGBTQ+ community, this can be nervous system repair and real belonging. Connect With the Guest:Website: abundanceworld.today (TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn linked there) Free: You Belong to the Land Challenge Episode Chapters: (approx.)[00:00] What if the body remembers belonging first [03:00] Frankie's path: degrees, COVID, and "who am I performing for" [10:00] Forest bathing isn't a luxury or a trend [11:00] The five lenses of forest bathing [22:00] You don't need a forest: working with what you have [30:30] Belonging and nervous system repair for queer folks [41:00] Where to connect with Frankie 🎙️ 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 #forestbathing #shinrinyoku #belonging #natureconnection #nervoussystem #2slgbtq #queerwellness #somatics #mindfulness #ecotherapy #frankieedwards #abundanceworld

  7. Jun 26

    The Power of Breath: Coming Back to Yourself and Resetting the Nervous System, with Julie Rea

    Most of us have spent so long living in our heads that we've forgotten a quieter intelligence moving through us all day, asking nothing. It's the breath, and this conversation is about coming back to it. Julie Rea, an intuitive energy healing practitioner, joins Sana to explore how slow, deep breathing settles the nervous system, and how something this simple can gently bring us home to ourselves. About the Guest:Julie Rea is an intuitive energy healing practitioner based in Canada with more than twenty-five years of experience. She combines intuitive insight, coaching, and energy healing in remote one-on-one sessions, helping people release what they've been carrying. Key Takeaways:Slow, deep breathing settles the nervous system and shifts the body into rest and digest.When we rush, our breath turns shallow, keeping the body in a fight-or-flight state.A simple practice: breathe in for four, out for four, and gently tell yourself you're safe.Practiced daily, the breath is there for you in harder, more uncertain moments.In Julie's view, unspoken emotions can settle in the body; she always recommends medical care too. Connect With the Guest:Website: juliereahealing.com Remote one-on-one energy healing sessions via Zoom (60 minutes) Episode Chapters: (approx.)[00:00] Living in our heads, and the quiet intelligence of the breath [03:10] The flight that changed things: helping a stranger breathe through panic [09:25] What deep breathing actually does: rest, digest, and the body's sigh [11:15] Breathe in for four, out for four, and remind yourself you're safe [18:50] When unspoken emotions settle in the body (Julie's perspective) [20:55] Inside a session: a gentle unfolding, not a quick fix [23:25] A simple daily practice: at your desk, before bed, on a walk 🎙️ 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 #breathwork #nervoussystem #deepbreathing #mindfulness #healing #energyhealing #wellbeing #anxietyrelief #calm #selfregulation #julierea #restanddigest

  8. Jun 23

    Non-Toxic Living Without the Overwhelm: Small Steps and Trusting Yourself, with Amy Hartshorn

    Sensitivity note: this episode includes the guest's personal health experience and her own critical views of conventional medicine and the food industry. These are presented as her perspective, not as medical advice. Listeners should consult a qualified professional for health decisions. The green-room political discussion was not part of the published episode and is not reflected here. We want to trust our instincts about our bodies and our health. We also know there are moments we need experts and systems we don't fully trust. So which voice do you listen to, and when? Amy Hartshorn has spent over thirty years in non-toxic, holistic living on a Vermont organic farm, and has leaned on conventional medicine when life left no choice. She joins Sana to explore living well without the overwhelm. About the Guest:Amy Hartshorn is a green living educator and certified organic farmer in Vermont with over thirty years in non-toxic, holistic living. She hosts the Green Living Now podcast and helps people see past marketing to what supports their health. Key Takeaways:Holistic living isn't about rejecting conventional medicine; it doesn't have to be either-or.When something hasn't resolved for a long time, that can be the signal to consider other options.Start with food. Reading labels matters more than the marketing on the front of the box.Words like "natural" can mean very little; learning to read claims is quiet self-advocacy.You can't control everything, but you can choose what you bring into your home. Connect With the Guest:Website: greenlivingnow.com (free resources) | Podcast: Green Living Now LinkedIn: Amy Todisco Episode Chapters: (approx.)[00:00] The quiet tension: trusting your instincts versus the systems you doubt [02:00] Amy's story: when a holistic path led her to conventional care [06:00] Why it doesn't have to be either-or [10:30] Start with food: reading labels over marketing [13:30] "Natural" means nothing: greenwashing and becoming a detective [19:00] Misinformation and the real cost behind organic food [24:00] Control what you can: small, empowering swaps at home 🎙️ 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 #nontoxicliving #holistichealth #foodismedicine #cleanliving #organicfood #greenliving #readthelabel #wellness #mindfulliving #healthyhome #amyhartshorn #smallsteps

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  • Creator
    Avik & Sana
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    240
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    Copyright 2026 © by Healthy Mind By Avik ™. All rights reserved.
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