Wellness Reimagined

Most people think wellness is either a perfect morning routine or something too hard to bother with. In this episode, Niharika talks with author and executive coach Chad Betz about why that "all or nothing" framing is exactly what keeps wellness feeling out of reach.

Chad walks through why stress leads to self-sabotage, why scheduling wellness like an actual meeting works better than hoping to find time for it, and why the goal is to change the plan, not the goal, when something isn't working. If wellness has always felt like one more thing you're failing at...

Most of us think wellness is a routine we finally perfect and keep forever. In this episode, Yusuf talks with business coach Louis Swart about why that idea falls apart the moment life gets busy, and what it actually takes to feel well when you're running a business, a family, or both.

Louis shares how burnout sneaks in even when you're eating right and going to the gym, why mindset matters as much as any physical habit, and a simple exercise for figuring out what your time is really worth. If you've ever felt stuck despite doing...

What if the first question toward healing wasn't "where does it hurt" but "when's the last time you laughed?" In this episode, Shridha talks with Doug "Red Hail" Pineda, founder of the Church of Psychedelics, about what Indigenous approaches to wellness can teach a modern world that's grown used to quick fixes and short appointments.

This conversation moves through what wellness looks like when it's rooted in relationship, community, and ceremony rather than symptoms alone, and why integrating an insight matters more than the insight itself. If you've ever felt like modern healthcare treats the surface without...

Meet Kim Rogers, known online as the Worm Queen, who joins Wellness Reimagined to challenge one-size-fits-all wellness advice.

Listeners will hear how a health crisis led Kim to build her own wellness company, and why she believes overlooked practices like parasite cleansing deserve a second look.

About the Guest:

Kim Rogers, known as the Worm Queen, is CEO of RogersHood Apothecary and creator of the ParaFy Cleanse. With over 20 years in Western medicine and two healthcare degrees, she now focuses on parasite cleansing and self-advocacy after her own 2019 health crisis.

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Have you ever assumed wellness meant being happy all the time, only to feel like you were failing every time a hard emotion showed up? This episode is for anyone ready to let go of that picture-perfect version of wellness. Host Rhia sits down with personal development expert Cindy Shaw to explore what it really means for mind, body, and spirit to be in coherence, and why chasing constant happiness was never the point.

Cindy shares her Allow, Release, Transform approach for working with difficult emotions instead of repressing or reacting to them, along with why triggers...

We talk about willpower like it's the missing ingredient in every diet that failed us. Host Ria sits down with certified detoxification specialist R.L. Malpica to ask what's actually underneath our eating habits, and why the answer usually isn't discipline at all.

R.L. breaks down the conditioning behind our food choices, why junk food feels like comfort when we're stressed, and offers one simple, practical shift anyone can try today. If food has ever felt like a battleground instead of nourishment, this conversation reframes the whole fight.

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Wellness has become something we buy, track, and optimize until we think we've finally gotten it right. Host Niharika sits down with 28-year Ayurvedic coach Naomi Scott to ask what wellness actually is underneath all the marketing noise, and why doing everything "right" can still leave you stuck in survival mode.

Naomi unpacks why real wellness isn't a checklist but a relationship you build with your own nervous system, one built on capacity, curiosity, and self-worth rather than performance. If you have ever felt like you're doing all the right things and still not feeling well, this...

What if the biggest threat to your wellness isn't what you're doing, but what you don't know?

In this eye-opening episode of Wellness Reimagined, entrepreneur and technology innovator Jordan Robinson challenges the assumption that the food we buy is always safe, transparent, and aligned with our health goals.

Jordan explores the growing disconnect between consumers and the food system, explaining how misleading marketing, information overload, and limited access to real-time food safety information make it harder than ever to make informed choices. He also introduces his innovative app, Piece of Mind, designed to help consumers...

Ever feel exhausted chasing the next wellness trend? This episode is for you. Wellness coach Nancy Thompson explains why true wellbeing isn't something you buy, it's something you come home to.

Nancy and host Dhara explore how burnout builds quietly, why breathwork shifts your nervous system fast, and how self-compassion keeps a wellness journey sustainable when things feel shaky.

About the Guest:

Nancy Thompson is a wellness coach helping people move past wellness trends to reconnect with their own intuition, working on nutrition, movement, breathwork, and sustainable habits. She offers free consultation calls...

We treat wellness like something to buy or achieve in 30 days. Host Ria talks with building biology consultant Risa Suzuki about why your home environment might be working against your health, even when everything on paper looks fine.

Risa shares how she uncovered her own hidden home health triggers, why you don't need to overhaul your entire house, and a simple way to start with just one or two obvious changes.

About the Guest:

Risa Suzuki is a certified Building Biology Environmental Consultant and author of What the EMF? She spent 25+ years at...

This episode is for anyone who's checked every box on paper and still feels like something's missing. Host Navya talks with Shaman Usher, an elder in the ancient Siberian shamanic tradition, about why purpose isn't something we chase from the outside, but something we've often simply forgotten how to hear.

Through stories from his own childhood and decades of study across shamanic traditions, Usher explores why external goals rarely bring lasting happiness, how comparison quietly disconnects us from ourselves, and why simple daily practices, feeling nature, quiet reflection before sleep, can be the beginning of finding your...

Meet Arnold Beekes, founder of Brain Athletes, who joins Wellness Reimagined to challenge the idea that wellness is something you buy, achieve, or chase from the outside in.

Listeners will hear why real change starts on the inside, and why comparing your timeline or method to anyone else's rarely works.

About the Guest:

Arnold Beekes is the founder of Brain Athletes and CEO of Kabo Robotics. A former corporate executive turned entrepreneur, he now coaches people on personal transformation, inner alignment, and self-trust.

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What if the most powerful medicine for healthy aging isn't found in a prescription bottle, but in the way you move every day?

In this insightful episode of Wellness Reimagined, movement specialist and healthy aging advocate Karl Sterling explains why movement is about far more than fitness. It's one of the most effective ways to protect your brain, maintain independence, and improve your quality of life as you age.

Drawing from years of coaching people of all ages, including individuals living with Parkinson's disease, Karl explores the hidden dangers of a sedentary lifestyle, the importance...

Meet Wahida Mohamed, educator and founder of Wisdom Feast Ltd, who joins Wellness Reimagined to explore what it means to build a wellness practice that's truly your own.

Listeners will learn why introspection is the foundation of real self-care, and how small, consistent moments alone help you reconnect with who you are.

About the Guest:

Wahida Mohamed is an educator with over 30 years across secondary education, ESL teaching, and early years learning, and founder of Wisdom Feast Ltd. She is the author of Wisdom Feast and the upcoming book 5 Successful Strategies to Education...

Most of us chase wellness with more routines, more tools, more things to manage. This episode is for anyone tired of that treadmill and quietly wondering if the answer is actually less, not more. Host Navya and Jennifer Halls reimagine wellness as listening rather than performing.

You will walk away with a lighter approach, one built on grace and small acts of self-trust. Jennifer shares how ordinary moments, even a trip to the grocery store, can reconnect you with your own inner wisdom.

About the Guest:

Jennifer Halls is an intuition author and...

If the word "homeopathy" makes you picture either die-hard believers or total skeptics, this conversation is for you. Nationally certified homeopath Abby Beale joins Wellness Reimagined to unpack what homeopathic medicine actually is, and why so much of the confusion comes down to language, not evidence.

Abby walks through how energy medicine works alongside conventional care, what a good remedy match feels like in the body, and why chronic healing is a process, not a single dose. Expect a grounded look at integrative wellness that respects both curiosity and caution.

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We treat wellness like a checklist. Gym, macros, meditation app, step count. What if the pursuit itself has become the stressor? If chasing the perfect routine leaves you more depleted than when you started, this conversation is worth your time.

Dr. Roopa Chari brings a medical training grounded in Ayurveda and a family tradition of Ayurvedic physicians. She makes the case for flexibility over rigidity, awareness before action, and a set of unglamorous fundamentals: morning sunlight, slower meals, deep breaths, movement every hour, and gratitude before sleep.

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What if some of what you have been calling exhaustion or brain fog is your body carrying a load modern life keeps piling on without ever giving it a place to put down? If you eat well, move, sleep and still feel off, this conversation on toxic burden is for you.

Darci Frankel walks through the seven categories of toxins she has codified, why the skin, lymph, liver and kidneys are the four organs that matter here, and how a nervous system stuck in fight or flight quietly stalls rest, digestion and elimination. Practical, not alarmist.

Most of us believe we control our choices. On Wellness Reimagined, host Shreya sits with neurophilosopher Alan Bodnar, whose self-driving framework says most of our driving happens on autopilot, and that this is oddly freeing.

You will leave with a kinder relationship with your own mind, where you can pause between stimulus and response, take the wheel, and slowly rewire the patterns that no longer serve you.

About the Guest:

Alan Bodnar is a neurophilosopher and researcher who spent a decade studying over 500 books on neuroscience, behaviour, AI, and mindfulness. He is the...

We tend to believe that enough success on the outside will hold us up on the inside. This episode is about the moment that belief breaks, and what a stronger foundation looks like.

Structural engineer Jasper Calcara spent nearly 30 years building businesses and iconic structures before personal loss revealed the cracks he had ignored. He shares his framework, Be Good, Do Good, Evolve, for growth that lasts.

ABOUT THE GUEST:

Jasper Calcara is a structural engineer and entrepreneur with nearly three decades of experience. After profound personal loss, he developed the Be Good...

If you've had the surgeries, taken the hormones, followed every instruction, and the pain still comes back, this conversation is for you. Heather Yoshimura joins Shreya to question the model itself: find the lesion, remove the lesion, repeat.

Heather explains why chronic pelvic pain is generated by the nervous system, not just by tissue, and what shifts when you treat the whole system: inflammation, sleep, stress, unprocessed trauma, and the thoughts that quietly turn pain up. Educational conversation, not medical advice.

About the Guest:

Heather Yoshimura is a UCSF-trained nurse practitioner, founder of...

There is a particular exhaustion in doing everything right and still being told everything looks normal. This episode is for anyone whose body says otherwise.

Dr. Amelia R Cohn joins Shreya to explore what opens up when ancient and modern medicine stop being opposites, and why symptoms are better read as signals than problems to silence.

About the Guest:

Dr. Amelia R Cohn is a naturopathic doctor who blends functional lab testing, nervous system regulation, somatic work, and two decades in energy medicine. She arrived here through her own long search for answers.<...

A lot of people are chasing a version of wellness they never actually chose. This episode of Wellness, Reimagined questions that inherited picture directly. Host Nazish talks with Joel Polley, a registered nurse with 20 years of ICU and emergency medicine experience, about the difference between managing symptoms and actually understanding what is causing them.

Joel shares why asking "why" is often the most overlooked step in anyone's health journey, and how self-compassion, not perfection, is what makes a wellness practice sustainable over time. This conversation offers a more personal, less one-size-fits-all way to think about what being...

Wellness has quietly turned into another performance, another set of boxes to check. This episode of Wellness, Reimagined pulls that apart. Host Shriya talks with Bryan Bourgeois, inventor of the DaVinci Orthopedic Pillow, about questioning inherited ideas of what it means to be well, and why something as basic as sleep and sleeping posture is so often overlooked in that conversation.

Bryan shares his own decade-long journey with chronic neck pain, the choices he made to avoid invasive surgery, and how that experience led him to build a product around spinal alignment and better sleep. This conversation...

What if health is less a destination you reach after fixing enough things, and more an ongoing conversation between your body, your mind, and your daily choices? This is for anyone curious about a more whole-person way to think about wellness.

Andrew Scheim draws on decades of holistic bodywork to talk about movement, the body-mind connection, and becoming a more discerning, grounded participant in your own wellbeing.

About the Guest:

Andrew Scheim is a holistic bodywork practitioner and educator based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with more than thirty years of experience integrating bodywork...

You can be doing everything right with your body and still feel empty, anxious, or disconnected. That's the paradox at the center of this episode, where host Shreya sits down with licensed therapist Mary Rothwell to question one of wellness culture's biggest blind spots: the belief that being well is mostly physical. Mary shares how decades of clinical work taught her that emotional, mental, and spiritual health aren't extras layered on top of the body, they're the roots the whole tree grows from.

Using nature as her guide (a plant can look fine above the soil while...

We keep trying to fix our health one piece at a time, a supplement here, a new sleep routine there, and wonder why nothing ever really holds. This episode is for anyone stuck in that loop, doing all the right things and still feeling worn down.

Systems health strategist Sue McKinley joins the show to unpack why treating stress, sleep, and nutrition as separate problems keeps us stuck, and introduces a simple three-part framework, load, capacity, and rebalancing, for understanding wellness as one connected system instead of a pile of disconnected hacks.

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What happens when the wellness world's checklist of routines and protocols doesn't fit your body at all? This episode is for anyone who has quietly done everything right and still felt unwell, and for anyone wondering if wellness has to look one specific way. Disability advocate and motivational speaker Elisa Neven-Pugh, who lives with cerebral palsy, joins host Shriya to question that narrow picture entirely.

Elisa shares what it actually took to stop chasing other people's definitions of health, the role faith and self-compassion played in that shift, and why honoring her own body, even when it...

What if the thing you have been calling wellness was never really designed to make you well? In this episode of Wellness Reimagined, Dr. Noushin Izadifar Hart, a board-certified radiation oncologist and integrative healer, shares the journey that changed everything she thought she knew about health. After decades of Western medical training, it was her own body that finally asked her to stop optimising and start listening.

This conversation goes beneath the surface of routines and supplements and arrives somewhere quieter and more honest. Dr. Hart talks about childhood trauma, treatment-resistant depression, the myth of the mind-body-spirit...

There is a way of being well that no label or bottle can hold, it lives in how you relate to your body, your food, and the world you move through. This is for anyone seeking a wider, more honest definition of wellness.

Dr. Will Tuttle shares a life built around wholeness, gratitude, creativity, and compassion, and an invitation to question the assumptions you never chose.

About the Guest:

Dr. Will Tuttle is the author of The World Peace Diet and a former Zen monk with a PhD from UC Berkeley. A pianist...

Some healing never shows up on a lab report. It happens quietly, in the part of us that holds what the conscious mind has not yet processed. This episode of Wellness Reimagined is for anyone who has sensed that real wellness goes deeper than any single method, and who is curious about the role the subconscious mind plays in lasting inner change.

Quantum hypnosis practitioner Ali Christos joins the conversation to question the idea that healing is a transaction you complete and graduate from. Instead, he offers a more honest picture: healing as non-linear, embodied, and often...

If you've ever felt tired by 3 PM, lost in a maze of conflicting vitamin advice, or quietly wondered why the wellness rules keep changing every few years, this conversation will feel like a long exhale. Real wellness isn't a strategy. It's a conversation with the body you've been ignoring.

In this episode of Wellness Reimagined, Shreya sits with Certified Wholistic Health Coach Victor Dedaj to unlearn the myths around cholesterol, salt, eggs, and modern nutrition, and to rebuild a gentler, more honest relationship with our health. Expect clarity, not another protocol.

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Somewhere along the way, wellness turned into another job: more metrics, more products, more pressure. This episode is for anyone who has felt like they were failing a wellness plan that was never built for them, and is ready to ask what wellness could actually be.

Host Nazish sits with advocate and storyteller Thomas R. Wilson on reimagining wellness as a personal experiment rather than a product. Thomas speaks candidly about neurodiversity, depression, self-worth, and learning to listen to his own life instead of the mainstream script.

About the Guest:

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The word wellness gets printed on water bottles and yoga ads until it almost loses meaning. True wellness isn't a product, it's a relationship with your own life. This episode is for anyone tired of the industry's pressure. Host Shreya sits with Ana Smith.

A leadership strategist and executive coach, Ana unpacks why one-size-fits-all wellness fails, what real rest looks like, and why honest self-listening matters more than any program.

About the Guest:

Ana Smith is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and 2x TEDx speaker who created the mindset intelligence framework. Founder of...

So much of what we're sold as wellness is really performance in soft clothing: the optimized routine, the tracked sleep, the morning ritual. And underneath it, many people are quietly exhausted from being so well.

Trauma recovery coach Anu Verma unpacks the mask of "I'm fine," why real wellness is often about putting things down rather than adding more, and the small, honest micro practices that actually sustain you.

About the Guest:

Anu Verma is a UK-based certified trauma recovery coach, holistic therapist, and author of Victim to Victor. She is the founder...

The wellness industry runs on novelty: new protocols every quarter, a new version of yourself promised every Monday. Underneath the noise, real people quietly wonder why nothing actually sticks.

Richard Perry shares what wellness looks like when you take the trends out of it: choosing movement you love, practicing contentment over performance, and building a practice quiet enough to hold for decades.

About the Guest:

Richard Perry is a former Navy cook turned chef, entrepreneur, and founder of a red spinach supplement company focused on nitric oxide and healthy blood flow. He's also...

Some practices arrive softly. Others are forged in fire. For Fernando Ruiz, meditation did not begin in a quiet studio. It began in a prison cell, in the middle of trauma, addiction, and a life that had collapsed under the weight of an emotional language no one had ever taught him to speak.

On Wellness Reimagined, Fernando joins Nazish to talk about what it actually takes to come home to yourself. He shares the four practices that quietly rebuilt his life, taking responsibility, meditating, being present, and learning to let go, and offers something rare in the...

Surviving something life-threatening is one chapter. Rebuilding yourself afterward is another, and often no one prepares you for it. This conversation is for anyone left in a body that no longer feels like theirs, wondering what comes next.

Jonathan Brandt shares his story as a cancer survivor learning to rebuild across body, mind, and soul, and what he learned walking that road with his late wife. An honest look at healing that is never a straight line.

About the Guest:

Jonathan Brandt is a cancer survivor, certified holistic nutritionist and personal trainer, and...

We were never designed to sit in one position for nine hours, breathe shallowly into our chests, and wonder why our backs hurt and our minds feel foggy by 4 PM. Most of us have stopped listening to a body that has been quietly signaling for help. This conversation with Sheldon Victorine on Wellness Reimagined offers a softer way back.

Sheldon brings the unglamorous trio that holds almost everything else together: breath, movement, and recovery. Not another protocol, not a punishing regimen, just simple, time-tested practices any body can return to. If you have been overwhelmed by wellness...

What if your mind is not broken, just overloaded? On Wellness Reimagined hosted by Shreya, guest Andre Crabb shares how chronic stress, emotional overload, and constant mental noise quietly disconnect us from ourselves.

This episode is for anyone who looks “fine” on the outside but feels exhausted underneath. Andre opens up about his own breakdown, why traditional coping tools often fall short, and how the MindWorks Method helps people reconnect with calm, clarity, and emotional resilience.

About the Guest:

Andre Crabb is a former Silicon Valley engineer and creator of the MindWorks Method. Afte...