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PODCAST

Healthy Mind, Healthy Life

Avik Chakraborty

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

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22:21

Regenerate, Don’t Degenerate: Natural Habits for...

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2025/09/19

On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty talks with Dr. Shirley Piccarreto—doctor of naturopathy and bestselling author of “Healthy, Lean, and Sexy at Any Age”—about practical ways women over 50 can rebuild energy, reduce inflammation, and feel stronger. Dr. Shirley shares routines that helped her recover after surgery: gentle detox practices, nutrient-dense morning smoothies, movement (yoga, walking, hiking), stress regulation through meditation, and mindset tools. We also discuss

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33:48

Mindset Metamorphosis: How Discipline, Consistency,...

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2025/09/19

When life collapsed—his wife’s cancer diagnosis, job loss, and mounting debt—author and martial artist DK Kang rebuilt from the ground up. In this Healthy Waves episode, we cut through motivational fluff and get tactical: growth vs. fixed mindset, stacking tiny habits, training when motivation is gone, celebrating small wins without turning into your own drill sergeant, and why faith, movement, and nutrition helped DK stay steady through chemo caregiving and financial stress. Direct, practical, and

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24:26

Lead at Home, Lead at Work: Parenting Through...

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2025/09/19

On this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, Marine officer, father, and award-winning author Olaolu Ogunyemi lays out a clear, practical playbook for leading at home and at work. We dig into how leadership principles—clarity of vision, consistent routines, and respectful boundaries—translate directly into better parenting and stronger teams. Olaolu explains why small, repeatable habits (morning routines, journaling, intentional check-ins) create emotional safety and mental clarity for adults and

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21:52

Addiction, Trauma & the Discipline of Fitness:...

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2025/09/18

On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with John Carter—survivor of a near-fatal gunshot, former addict, ex-inmate, now author of Triggered to Change: A Life Full of Turbulence and owner of Titanium Health & Fitness (Boston). John breaks down how structured planning, community support, and consistent training turned rock bottom into recovery. This episode is a direct, practical look at addiction, trauma, relapse risk, and why strength training can stabilize mood, rebuild

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47:50

When Emotions Become Illness: Healing the Hidden...

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2025/09/18

On this episode of Healthy Waves Podcast, host Sana speaks with healer and guide Mridula Agarwal about how unprocessed emotions manifest as physical illness. From diabetes to thyroid disorders to persistent weight and autoimmune conditions, Mridula explains how emotional wounds—feelings of being unloved, shame, self-blame, or unworthiness—can shape our health in ways medicine often overlooks. Together, they unpack why quick fixes rarely address the root and how real healing begins with awareness,

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20:11

Teen Mental Health, Silent Moms & Real Recovery |...

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2025/09/18

Teen anxiety, depression, and self-harm aren’t abstract headlines—they’re inside our homes. In this direct conversation on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty talks with Jennifer (Jen) Robb—nurse practitioner, author of Warrior Mom Rising, and mom—about recognizing early signals, navigating counselors and crisis moments, and why moms must stop burning out in silence. You’ll learn practical first steps (10–15 minute daily self-care, nutrition, sunlight, movement), what effective CBT

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47:32

Sleep, Stress, and Oral Health: The Overlooked Link...

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2025/09/17

On this episode of Healthy Waves, host Avik Chakraborty explores a topic that rarely gets the spotlight but impacts every one of us—the hidden connection between sleep, stress, oral health, and mental well-being. Joining the conversation are John Huff, a lifelong biohacker, inventor, and creator of the Floating Bed, and Dr. Edward Feinberg, a master of restorative dentistry with over 40 years of experience. Together, they uncover why restorative sleep and oral health are not just medical concerns

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22:17

Schizophrenia, Trauma, and Choosing Hope: A Candid...

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2025/09/17

On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Adrienne Caldwell, author of Unbroken: Life Outside the Lines, for a direct conversation about growing up with parental schizophrenia, the realities of trauma, and what resilience actually looks like day-to-day. Without sensationalizing, Adrienne unpacks the stereotypes around schizophrenia, the impact of untreated mental illness on families, and the small steps that move a person from surviving to rebuilding. This episode offers

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20:27

Uncomfortable Either Way: Why Choosing Growth Over...

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2025/09/17

On this Healthy Mind, Healthy Life episode, high-performance coach and speaker Brett Eaton unpacks the core idea from his upcoming book, Uncomfortable Either Way: you can choose short-term comfort and live with long-term regret—or choose productive discomfort and earn growth, confidence, and momentum. We dig into comfort traps (like all-or-nothing thinking), fitness-to-life parallels (discipline, consistency, standards), and Brett’s mountain challenges—from Mount Washington to the 29029 Everest

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22:40

Your Biology, Your Breakthrough: Genetics,...

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2025/09/16

On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Julie Alsaker, founder of Lux Bioanalytics and holistic genetic specialist, to unpack how nutrigenomics, methylation pathways, and nervous system regulation shape clarity, energy, and resilience. We move beyond generic wellness advice to explore DNA-informed strategies for burnout, brain fog, and “doing everything right” yet still feeling off. If you’ve wondered why breathwork, journaling, or clean eating sometimes stall, this

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42:14

Healing Beyond Diagnosis: Transforming Personality,...

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2025/09/16

In this episode of Healthy Waves, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Greg Vorst and Michael Nolan, co-founders of Embodied Recovery, to explore the deeper roots of addiction and mental health struggles. Together, they unpack the powerful idea that “the illness is often in the personality,” and how true recovery requires more than abstinence—it demands transformation of how we live, breathe, and relate to ourselves and others. The conversation covers the role of learned helplessness, how body-based

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17:30

Burnout Isn’t Just Overwork: Misalignment, Continuous...

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2025/09/16

Burnout isn’t always about “too much work.” In this Healthy Mind, Healthy Life episode, leadership advisor and former Nike executive Nick Montalbine breaks down three overlooked forms of burnout—overload, under-challenged, and neglect—and explains why misalignment and weak feedback loops quietly drain teams. We dig into early signals (withdrawal, sharper tone, Sunday dread), how continuous listening beats annual surveys, and a practical 90-day challenge any company can run to rebuild trust and

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26:57

Rewriting Harmful Religious Programming: From Shame...

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2025/09/15

On this episode of Healthy Waves with host Avik, spiritual architect Reginald Martin breaks down how negative religious conditioning (“I am broken,” “I am a sinner”) quietly shapes self-worth, health, and relationships long after leaving organized religion. Drawing from Kemetic metaphysics and practical psychology, Reginald explains why identity frames matter, how “paradoxical HEKA” can recalibrate your energy, and what spiritual sovereignty looks like day-to-day—living authentically,

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23:02

Reinventing at Any Age: From RN to Award-Winning...

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2025/09/15

On this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik speaks with Joni Marie Iraci—a registered nurse turned award-winning novelist—about late-life reinvention, earning an MFA in her 60s, and the craft behind her thriller Vatican Daughter. Joni breaks down how life experience fuels better storytelling, why continuing education can restart a creative career, and how rigorous research (including miles of walking Rome) elevates fiction. We also discuss mindset shifts from “victim” to “survivor,”

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20:16

From Hustle to Flow: Aligning Business with Your...

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2025/09/15

On this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty talks with Lillian (Lilly) Field—entrepreneur, mentor, and founder of WombWise and the Founder Flow Accelerator—about replacing hustle culture with a cyclical, body-aligned approach to work. Lillian breaks down how women entrepreneurs can map strategy and marketing to the four phases of the menstrual cycle: vision during menstruation, planning in follicular, visibility in ovulation, and analysis in luteal. We discuss burnout

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22:39

Beyond Retirement: How to Design an Encore Career...

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2025/09/14

On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty digs into what really happens after you step away from the career you spent decades building. Guest Jack Calhoun, Founder & President of Encore Career Lab, explains why financial freedom alone doesn’t equal fulfillment, how identity loss creeps in post-exit, and how to build an intentional second act that blends purpose, autonomy, and meaningful impact. We cover the pitfalls of the “endless vacation” myth, the value of structure and

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49:55

The Biology of Mental Strength: Genes, Beliefs &...

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2025/09/14

In this episode of Healthy Waves, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with three powerful voices—Julie Alsaker, Trey Tijerina, and Thomas R. Wilson—to unpack the deeper dimensions of resilience. We often hear that grit and mindset define strength, but what if resilience is also written in our genes, our beliefs, and our stories? This conversation bridges science, spirituality, and storytelling, showing how biology influences stress, how inner scripts shape transformation, and how community and belonging

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25:39

Overcoming Adversity with Resilience, Discipline, and...

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2025/09/14

On this Healthy Mind, Healthy Life episode, host Avik Chakraborty speaks with Australian health and fitness expert Heath Jones—founder of Active & Ageless Fitness Centers—about building resilience through disciplined daily habits. Drawing from 20+ years of chronic back pain and three spinal surgeries, Heath explains how micro-routines, structured goals, and community help people (especially over 50) move better, feel better, and live fully. We cover the first steps when you feel stuck, how to

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26:55

Faith, Thrillers & Clean Fiction: How The Well...

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2025/09/14

On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty talks with David L Cary, author of The Well Chronicles—including Maria’s Shadow and The Veil Strikes. We unpack why he writes fast-paced, clean thrillers rooted in faith, justice, and resilience, how he portrays human trafficking without graphic detail, and why Book 3 aims for a decisive “good wins” conclusion. A direct conversation for readers who want suspense without explicit content, and for creators navigating moral stakes, hope, and

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23:14

Breaking Free from “Good on Paper” Careers: How to...

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2025/09/13

High-achieving and still 30% happy at work? In this Healthy Mind, Healthy Life episode, career coach and therapist Rachel Spekman unpacks why smart professionals stay in roles they secretly hate—status, salary, identity—and how to exit without chaos. We cover permission to want more, navigating identity shifts, handling judgment, and practical, income-safe pivots (including fractional work). Direct, actionable, SEO-friendly guidance for YouTube/Facebook/Instagram/LinkedIn audiences who want purpose,

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