KAJ Health & Wellness LIVE

What changes inside a person after years of living outside their home country? For Marc Alcobe, who left Barcelona at 24 to build a life across Germany, Greece, and Italy, the answer is both subtle and profound. In this conversation, Marc shares what it actually takes to stop feeling like a foreigner and start feeling "almost local" — drawing lessons from futsal, improv theatre, and UX design to explore culture, adaptability, and the surprising ways we find belonging in unfamiliar places. Join host Khudania Ajay (KAJ) to discover how designing a life abroad can reshape how you see identity, community, and the wo...

The Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and according to Dror Ben Ami, that's where much of its meaning lives—including in the New Testament, which he reads through a Hebrew lens. A scholar of comparative literature who studied in both the US and Israel, he explains what the original language brings to the text that translation can't fully carry, how the New Testament helps illuminate the Old, and where his reading differs from what both Christian and Jewish communities have taught for centuries. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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Weight loss drugs are everywhere right now—and most conversations skip the part that matters: whether they're actually the right choice for you. Health and wellness coach Ray Schloss brings both personal experience and a coach's perspective, having used these treatments himself after three years of mitochondrial impairment. He explains the different options available, the benefits and liabilities he's seen, what questions to bring to your own doctor, and where the conversation usually goes wrong. This is not medical advice—it's the context you need before you decide anything. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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Most people approach healing as a repair job—find what's broken, fix it, repeat. Dr. Guldal Caba argues that's the wrong starting point. A psychologist and naturopath who has spent more than two decades exploring trauma healing, neuroscience, and mysticism, she asks a different question: what if healing was never about fixing yourself? For her, healing becomes a doorway—not a repair, but a passage into a different way of living. She explains where science and spiritual experience genuinely meet, how trauma can become a doorway rather than only a wound, and what that looks like in an ordinary, fast-paced day...

You've done the work. You've achieved what you set out to achieve. And still something feels missing—or you land in the same struggle again, wearing a different outfit. Alexander and Viki work with high achievers in exactly that place: people whose outward success hasn't resolved an inner pattern. They claim the repeating struggles in a life follow a structure, one they say was hidden in plain sight for centuries, and that learning to read it turns struggle into strategy. This is their framework, offered as their experience rather than established fact. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for anyone wh...

Most families don't start preparing until something goes wrong—a fall, a diagnosis, a scam that drains an account. By then, decisions are being made in a crisis. Kim Brant-Lucich and Alexander Nury explain what to put in place before that moment: the legal documents every family should have, the financial scams targeting older adults and how to spot them, how to weigh healthcare and living options, and how to say no without guilt. They also make the case that the caregiver's own wellbeing isn't a luxury—it's part of the plan. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for anyone who...

Some people grow up in chaos—alcoholic parents, violence, a rough housing scheme—and quietly accept that this is just how life is. Eddie Gilmour didn't. He went from that childhood to the Royal Marines, then into covert policing, counter terrorism, and becoming one of the UK's most qualified surveillance trainers. He later built an award winning luxury security company serving the world's biggest fashion houses and celebrities.

This conversation is about what it actually takes to refuse the life you were handed—and build a different one. Eddie shares how he broke out, what sustained him through it, an...

You've said the affirmations, written the goals, repeated the phrases—and nothing changed. Jerry Levin thinks he knows why. A retired pharmacology professor turned massage therapist, he argues that the voice in your head has been telling you a story, much of it written before you were old enough to know you were writing it. Some of that story is worth keeping. Some of it is quietly ruining things. And you believe all of it as fact. He explains where it came from, why so much of it is fiction, and what it actually takes to rewrite it. Khudania Ajay (KA...

Bariatric surgery changes your anatomy. It doesn't change your habits, your identity, your relationship with food, or the addiction patterns that got you there. Shenelle Coplien lost more than 120 pounds after surgery—then discovered the harder work was only beginning. She built The Bariatric Rewrite to fill the gaps she saw in traditional post surgical support.

This conversation explores why so many people regain weight even when they know exactly what they're "supposed" to do, how addiction and recovery shape long term behavior change, and why building a life you don't need to escape from matters more than th...

Most people know the news makes them feel worse. They keep scrolling anyway. Samuel Brooks — games producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Rally News — recognized bad news consumption as an addiction and decided to do something about it. This conversation gets into what the bad news cycle is actually doing to your mental state, whether filtering your news is even ethical, how to stay genuinely informed without being consumed by what's broken, and what a daily habit of good news actually looks like in practice — not as a concept, but as something you build. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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You have a talented kid. They train hard, they show up, they perform. But talent doesn't protect them from burnout, injury, or the long term cost of ignoring rest and recovery—and most families, coaches, and schools don't see the warning signs until something breaks. Dr. Kindra Ingram explains what the support system around a young athlete consistently overlooks about their health and wellbeing, and what it actually takes to protect it.

This conversation covers why rest and rehab matter more than most people realize, how parents, coaches, and counselors can coordinate instead of working in silos, and ho...

You can be excellent at work and still feel disconnected at home. High achievers often assume success in one area will translate to the other. It doesn't. Army veteran and relationship coach Eric A. Williams explains why—and what actually closes the gap. He shares what it means to "run someone else's code," why so many people carry things alone even when they have people around them, and what healthy conflict looks like versus conflict that does long term damage. This conversation is for anyone doing everything "right" but still feeling alone in their most important relationships. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) le...

Everyone tells you to forgive. Nobody tells you how. Katharine Giovanni has spent years teaching people the actual process—not the platitude. She explains why "just forgive them" is the worst advice we give, whether you can forgive someone and still never speak to them again, and what it really means to get someone out of your head. This conversation is for anyone carrying emotional weight they've been told to release but never taught how to put down. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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Most people have no real way of knowing whether they're actually growing emotionally. They feel better, or they don't, and that's the whole measurement. Joshua Pritikin, PhD, is an Internal Family Systems practitioner with a doctorate in quantitative psychology—an unusual combination that makes him want to measure the things therapy usually leaves vague. He explains what IFS actually does, why working with "parts" matters, how to tell whether emotional skills are genuinely improving rather than just feeling different, and where psychedelics and mystical experience fit into real psychological growth. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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If relationships have always felt uncertain, unbalanced, or chaotic, you may have learned that pattern long before you ever chose a partner. Bev Mitelman grew up in an unpredictable home and built her practice around what she learned from it: attachment styles form in childhood, and they quietly shape who you trust, what you tolerate, and how you cope when things get hard. She explains what attachment styles actually are, how to recognize the difference between secure and insecure coping, why a secure relationship with yourself comes first, and what it takes to change a pattern you didn't choose. Khudania...

You can sit for years, follow every technique, and still hit the same wall—because the thing blocking you isn't your practice. It's what you're carrying. Scott Ambrose has spent nearly fifty years exploring meditation, breathwork, and mystical experience, and he argues that higher consciousness doesn't come from going up first. It comes from going down: facing the wounds, repressed emotions, and parts of yourself you've been trying to meditate around. He also explains how to tell a genuine shift in consciousness from wishful thinking—and why so many spiritual paths go sideways in ways nobody warns you about. Khudania Ajay...

Some people seem naturally calm. The rest of us assume we missed that gene. Health and resilience coach Olga Pinn says that's a lie. Calm isn't something you're born with—it's a skill you train, like a muscle. Drawing on her background as a Fortune 500 ecommerce leader and her MIT certification in AI systems, she shares strategies for training your nervous system, stopping overthinking, and building resilience as your baseline instead of just coping after burnout hits. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for high functioning professionals who are tired of managing stress and ready to actually feel better.

Most people assume intuition is a gift only a few possess. Jared believes otherwise—and he says the real blocker isn't talent, it's fear. An evidential psychic medium in recovery from addiction, he explains how fear shaped both his addiction and his recovery, and how learning to stop running from it changed everything. He shares what happens when you start facing the parts of yourself you've been avoiding, why he teaches while he reads, and what those experiences may suggest about consciousness and self trust. This conversation isn't about mediumship—it's about what fear costs us, and what becomes possible when...

When someone you love dies, the world offers advice, platitudes, and time. Most of it doesn't reach where you actually are. Warwick Dunnett knows this — he lost his son suddenly, and spent the next ten years searching the world's religions, spiritual traditions, and scientific theories for something that did. He's a former 747 Captain and author who comes to this conversation not as a theologian or grief expert, but as a father and a seeker.

This conversation covers what he found: what actually helps in the aftermath of devastating loss, what near death experiences and research into consciousness may su...

Some people don't become agreeable because they're easygoing. They become agreeable because it kept them safe. Bradley Gabbert traces that pattern back to a traumatic brain injury at two and a half years old—and to decades of silence, conflict avoidance, and handing his choices to other people. He explains how he came to recognize the pattern, why breathwork and hatha yoga reached something words alone could not, and what he means by the difference between recovery and healing. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for anyone who has spent a lifetime being agreeable and is only now wondering who th...

Most conversations about longevity focus on diet, exercise, or new drugs. Stuart Berkowitz is making a different argument: that the bigger opportunity may be in how existing medical evidence is analyzed. A math researcher and serial founder, he explains how Bayesian analysis applied to CDC medical records could, in his assessment, identify better treatment combinations for people with chronic illness. He walks through how it works, why he believes doctors aren't doing it, and what he says the results show. This is his perspective and his claims—not verified medical advice. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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One in four families is fractured by estrangement—and most people going through it feel like they're the only ones. There's no funeral, no closure, no script for what to do when a parent, sibling, or child is still alive but no longer in your life. Stephanie Weaver has lived it: her parents died, and the estrangement didn't. She speaks honestly about the ongoing fracture, the grief nobody validates, and what it actually takes to live with it.

This conversation explores why family estrangement is rising, what chronic illness and body image have to do with how we ca...

Most of us judge water by one question: is it clean and safe to drink? Robert Gourlay has spent more than 30 years asking a different one—what else is water doing inside living systems? A researcher and inventor, he explores water's structure, energy characteristics, and relationship with microbes, soil, plants, and human cells, drawing on hundreds of experiments. He explains where conventional water science ends and emerging research begins, what he believes we're overlooking about the water we drink, and why the conversation about water quality may be broader than most people assume. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

Founder burnout doesn't happen overnight. It builds quietly through ignored signals – emotional overload, loss of identity, fear masked as hustle. Tomide Akinola helps leaders decode their "internal data" to spot burnout before it crashes. He shares how to trade chaos for flow, eliminate fearfulness in decision-making, and scale joy – not just revenue. This conversation gives you a framework for renegotiating what success actually costs, so you can lead without losing yourself. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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Starting a virtual counselling clinic isn't just about booking software and a website. It's about scaling access to mental health care while holding onto the clinical ethics and values that make the work meaningful. Clinical counsellor, researcher, and founder Stephanie McAlister built Virtual Connect Counselling – a Canada wide practice – and learned firsthand how to balance business growth with quality care. She shares what it takes to start and run a virtual clinic, maintain ethical standards as you grow, and navigate the real world tension between revenue and client well being. This conversation is for anyone building a mission driven health busi...

Many people—entrepreneurs included—feel the world is changing faster than they can keep up. New technology, uncertainty, and constant pressure leave them stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed. Osteopath and author Tom Meyers sees this in his clinic daily, and he argues the fix isn't just mental. His approach starts with the body: it needs to reset into ease first, because clear thinking isn't available while you're running on stress. Only then, he says, can you stop copy pasting old methods onto new problems and start building a future wise mindset. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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Frequency healing is one of the most talked about—and misunderstood—approaches in wellness. Michael Upstone has spent 18 years exploring 25+ modalities, performing thousands of treatments, and training doctors and clinicians. He shares what frequency healing actually is, what it can and cannot do, and how it fits alongside conventional medicine. He explains the concept of the "sweet spot" in healing energy, why disease is often a "suspended adaptive response," and what beginners need to know before starting. This conversation separates practical insight from hype, helping you understand the potential—and the limitations—of this emerging field. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conv...

Most people only learn how their health insurance really works after they get a bill they didn't expect. Physician executive and former federal health leader Dr. Terry Adirim has seen the system from the inside—running healthcare for nearly 10 million people. She shares what every patient should understand about their plan before a claim gets denied, the steps to fight back when it does, and how often pushing back actually works. She also covers how to coordinate care across specialists, what AI in medicine means for patients, and one policy change that could make healthcare easier for everyone. This conversation gi...

You train hard. You sleep enough. You take the right supplements. Yet you still feel wrecked—sore, exhausted, and unable to bounce back. The problem isn't your muscles. It's your nervous system. Steve McGough, a neuroscience researcher and inventor of the hi® massage system, explains why recovery fails when the nervous system never gets the signal to stand down—and why most recovery tools work on the wrong system entirely. He also shares why your $400 massage gun ends up in the closet, what actually makes a recovery ritual stick, and the smallest thing you can do tonight to change how you f...

The world keeps asking for more—more achievement, more money, more proof that you're doing it right. And many people reach the success they were chasing, only to find it doesn't feel like a good life. Author and strategic life coach Kirana Sidin explains why meaning is built somewhere else entirely: in ordinary choices, essential questions, and timeless wisdom that outlasts the noise. She shares how to stay intentional in a world designed to distract you, how to make better decisions when life feels uncertain, and what the small daily choices actually do to shape who you become. Khudania Ajay (KA...

You changed your circumstances—new job, new city, new start—and still feel stuck. That's because the problem was never your circumstances. It was your identity. Transformational coach and hypnotherapist Leo Dulay explains why people carry the same anxiety, anger, and procrastination into every new chapter, and how to finally release the patterns underneath them. He shares what "The Release Exercise" is, why changing your identity matters more than changing your life, and what the first step looks like for anyone who feels defined by their past. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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Most couples don't need more love—they need a roadmap for repair. Kameran Alareqi, a marriage coach trained in the Gottman Sound Relationship House Model, explains why so many marriages get stuck in blame, lack emotional safety, and struggle through hard conversations. He shares practical tools for mastering your triggers, rebuilding friendship as the foundation of marriage, and a surprising baseball playbook for resolving conflict. This conversation delivers a clear framework for moving from feeling stuck to feeling connected. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conversation.

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Most people accept pain, stiffness, and weakness as inevitable parts of aging. Personal trainer and author Glen Owen disagrees—and he argues that "being careful" is actually making you weaker. He shares a practical framework for reverse engineering your fitness from what you want to be capable of in your final years, not just the next 12 months. He explains why cardio won't save you but muscle will, why most stretching advice is wrong, and how losing power—not strength—is what really costs people their independence. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for anyone who wants to stay strong, confident, and pa...

Many service based business owners reach a point where growth feels like it's costing them their health, relationships, and peace of mind. The business is growing, but they're burning out. Maggie Perotin, founder of Stairway to Leadership, helps founders scale profitably and sustainably—without sacrificing their wellbeing. She shares what she's learned from 20+ years leading global corporate teams, what stops most people from creating the life they love, and the difference between branding and marketing that actually stands out. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for anyone who wants to grow their business without losing themselves in the process.

Where you start in life does not have to define where you end up. Donald Williams grew up in a South Carolina cotton mill village, the first in his family to graduate from a major university, eventually earning three degrees and teaching thousands of students across three continents. He shares what he learned about breaking cycles of poverty, the power of faith and education, and why some people rise while others remain trapped by their beginnings. This conversation delivers a practical framework for anyone who feels stuck—and a reminder that your past does not have to determine your future. Kh...

Why do some people recover from chronic pain, trauma, and persistent symptoms while others remain stuck? Hollyanna Fisher—who escaped a high control religious cult, lost everything, became homeless, and later rebuilt her life—explores this question through her own body led recovery journey. She developed Bio Coding™, a method that treats symptoms not as problems to eliminate but as messages about adaptation, safety, and survival.

She explains how the body's adaptive intelligence communicates, why trauma and stress become physically stored, and how changing the questions we ask can open new paths to healing. This conversation challenges the conven...

Most people accept that stress affects health. But can a specific emotional shock actually lead to illness? Katherine Willow, a fourth generation naturopathic doctor, has spent more than 40 years exploring this question through German New Medicine and a body mind map that correlates conditions with specific shocks. She explains how to tell whether you're in an active or healing phase, why lab tests can miss the emotional root, and how she reframes illness—even cancer—and what that means for treatment. This conversation offers a different lens for anyone who has ever wondered if their body is responding to something deep...

Most people go through life on autopilot—distracted, rushing, and disconnected from their own surroundings. Farmer, engineer, and poet Matt Thomas makes the case that awareness itself is foundational to health and wellness. He explores how paying attention to where we live, how we make a home, and how we steward our environment affects our sense of time, our stress levels, and our overall wellbeing. This conversation connects the dots between land, creativity, and health—showing why the quiet act of noticing may be one of the most important things you can do for yourself. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads the conv...

Financial fear doesn't just affect your bank account—it affects your health, your sleep, your relationships, and your peace of mind. Mitch Abel lost $150,000 from his retirement portfolio, and the emotional toll was devastating. He rebuilt not just his wealth, but his emotional stability—and now helps others do the same. He shares what he learned about managing fear and greed, why emotional regulation matters more than technical knowledge, and how trading discipline can be applied to everyday stress. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for anyone who has ever felt their financial fears affecting their health.

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One day you're coping. The next, everything feels harder. You're not imagining it—and it's not just aging. Life strategist and author Jani Rundall explains Hormageddon™: the collision of hormones, brain wiring, nervous system, and life load that makes capable people suddenly feel like they can't keep up. She explains why your first instinct is "what's wrong with me" instead of "what's changed," what a Personal Operating Map is, and why this is a retention problem for organisations—not just a personal one. Khudania Ajay (KAJ) leads this conversation for anyone who feels like a different person and can't figure out wh...