Fresh Leaf Forever

Emma Fishman is a vibrant young professional working in the field of photography. She exudes confidence in what she does and her work is amazing! She is a staff photographer at Bon Appetit and her work has made their cover art on multiple issues. In this episode I talk to Emma about * how her passion for photography came about * her family's role in nurturing her passion * educational backgro...

My guest Anastasia Eden and I talk about the endless possibilities that exist with vegan cooking, veganism and a vegan lifestyle. As the author of multiple books, running online courses and as organizer of retreats as a retreat chef, Anastasia walks us through very nicely as to how one can embrace a vegan lifestyle with ease, simplicity and transform their lives. We discuss and focus on the follow...

My guest Brandon Shintani is the founder of the organization Mind Design Sports, created by a teenager and run by support from a team of like minded teenagers. This organization focuses on the most important aspect in a young athlete's life - the often overlooked mental side and sports psychology that is much needed for an athlete to succeed. We see so many promising young athletes who are ex...

Jamie Alix Barber is a highly creative and unique solopreneur who has carved a niche for herself in the realm of photography as an art. With an education background in STEM, jobs in pharmaceutical sales, teaching and immense passion for photography, Jamie has shown  that it takes "courage to be creative"- her intuitive eye has led her to believe in herself and create a trendy, online, an...

Mitch Savoie Hill is the founder and owner of SavHill Consulting and is an expert coach and mentor. She is a renowned public speaker, Tedx speaker, book author, does organizational workshops and is the guest this week on the podcast. Mitch and I discuss the following aspects to turn adversity situations into one of opportunity and overcome roadblocks in anyone’s life. This may be personal life sit...

In this discussion, top junior golfer Maxwell Ford, a High School Senior in Ga, USA  talks about his game;  how it evolved over the years and aspects that are crucial for anyone to be successful. Maxwell and host Vai discuss - how a junior can start playing golf and sort of chalk their path upward Mental side of the game Choosing the right equipment and how one achieves best fit Consistency and ho...

Camryn Bryant is the Founder and CEO of House of Beverly. She is a teenage success story in the digital media space. In this conversation, Camryn and Vai chat about how her creativity and ideas evolved over the years, right from her elementary school days. Her journey in middle and high school; how her being a Creative Director for feature films helped her transition into forming her own company....

My guest Sriram Sundararajan is the founder of Hypergrowth Labs, based in CA, USA and is an avid researcher in emerging tech landscape. His global industry experience and consulting experience makes him a very sought after Adjunct faculty at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University and at Stanford University. In this episode, Sriram and host Vai talk about : * Mentors and mentees * Ne...

Looking to get insights on what Ayurveda is, how the science views one's anatomy, metabolic typing ? This episode explores all of that in detail and guest Kate O'Donnell is an expert who clearly brings out the distinction and categorization of individual body types. Kate and Vai talk about what one should eat to maximize their energy and well being based on their body type, the different...

Candace Swanson, a return guest on the show, talks about her journey with COVID-19 and what symptoms she faced and how she's getting her body back in good health. With her experience in Nutrition Response testing and seeing patients who have had COVID as well, Candace tells us about - 1. Common COVID symptoms and what she has seen majorly in her patients 2. What are some ways one can cope up...

OctoGifts was founded by Sebastian Flores, stemming from his passion areas - origami and engineering, technology. In this interview, Sebastian along with his mom Melanie Flores, an engineer herself and Tedx speaker, engage in a dialogue about the company and how it evolved over the years. It's the story of a young entrepreneur, who at 15 years of age, is making headlines selling his patent pe...

Dr. Micah Yu talks about auto immune illnesses, the role of Diet and lifestyle and how one can achieve well being tweaking certain things they do. Focus areas in the discussion include - Auto immune illness and types of auto immune conditions Environment, geographic impact, polarity Vitamin mineral deficiencies and impact Role of Vitamin D, B12 Role of diet in anyone’s life ; Dr. Yu’s personal jou...

David Ford is a Senior in High school at Rivers Academy  in GA, USA. He has played multiple sports and transitioned to golf later and is now the world's #1 junior golfer in the Rolex AJGA rankings. In this conversation, David highlights * his involvement in multiple sports and transitioning to golf at age 14 and being very successful. * parents, their involvement in making him successful; par...

Have you always wanted to know all about Yoga right from a Yoga 101 to an in depth discussion ? This episode is totally the one you're looking for. - What is Yoga, its origin, different forms of yoga - Who can do Yoga and what is the correct way to do Yoga - Benefits of doing Yoga - Incorporating correct breathing practices into a Yoga routine - Meditation and how to get started with it - Yog...

Ayurveda originated several thousand years ago in India and is an alternative/integrative form of healing. Special guest Myra Lewin explains very clearly the origin, what the science and healing is about and how food is a major component of how Ayurveda helps address the well being and vibrant health of an individual. In Ayurveda, food combining guidelines stipulate  what foods go together and wha...

Meet Shobha Swamy, a returning guest on the show. Shobha talks about how one can heal themselves while on a plant based diet. Many individuals, she highlights here,  with chronic illnesses like heart conditions, diabetes, auto immune conditions and several others have tremendous results changing to a plant based lifestyle. Shobha shares some success stories of her patients who have encountered suc...

For anyone passionate about gardening and growing their own vegetables, fruits and herbs, this is the episode. Guest Stephanie Hafferty is an organic no dig kitchen gardener, plant based cook, award winning food & gardening writer, small scale homesteader . She’s the author of 2 great books “No Dig organic gardening with Charles Dowding” and “Creative Kitchen”. In this episode, Steph talks abo...

 Youth change maker Divya Nori is an internationally-recognized scientific researcher, and founder of Safer With STEM, an organization that works towards gun violence prevention by applying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.  Divya is a high school senior and  talks about her mobile app development and the idea behind it in combating gun violence in schools and in the community and...

In this episode, meet our guest Dethra Giles, an international consultant, book author, host of a thriving podcast  and keynote speaker. Dethra talks about the importance of self esteem, building one's own brand as an employee and how successfully one navigates the journey in their career as an "employee-preneur". She's the guru in teaching one to not feel stuck in their career...

Special guest Hannah Testa is a High School Senior in Ga, USA and is extremely passionate about several causes that impact our daily lifestyle. She's not just an advocate for causes that are impactful to humans, but Hannah also takes pride in voicing her part towards animal welfare. She has been instrumental in bills at State and Federal level for all her causes, including making the situatio...

This episode features the story of Radhika Murari and how her personal needs evolved into a business that is now popular and successful. She's the CEO of OmMadepb, a company that she named combining the essence of her product and her culture highlighting her roots from  India, that she's so proud of. Radhika discusses her journey navigating her career from the IT industry to running busi...

Dr. Roy Benaroch is a renowned Pediatrician in the Atlanta, Ga area in USA. He's board certified in Pediatrics, has written two books, is a pediatric expert on WebMD and has his blog  Pediatric Insider on his website www.pediatricphysicianspc.com. Dr. Roy is on Twitter @PedInsider; www.pediatricinsider.com is the website for his blog.    In this SPECIAL & INFORMATION ONLY episode, Dr. Roy...

In this episode, my guest Chris Ruttle has this very important conversation that's always a perplexing topic to many students and parents alike. Host Vai Kumar and Chris Ruttle engage in a dialogue on several aspects that makes a student well rounded and ready to face the challenge that high school, college and career presents versus what a student faces in elementary or middle school. Factor...

Our guest Dr. Jayne Morgan is the Clinical director COVID-19 Taskforce at Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA . She’s a  cardiologist by background, has several certifications on pilates, is well known and recognized for - Spearheading early innovation and device development  Leading robust clinical development programs to innovate scientific platforms and create novel compounds and devices Vetting n...

Our guest Melvyn Williams is the  managing partner and director of Human Performance for the Infinite Sports Performance Group since 2003. Melvyn has trained and consulted over 200 professional athletes across the NFL, NBA, MLB, ATP/WTA and several Olympic athletes. He holds advanced certifications in performance enhancement, strength and conditioning, behavioral science, coaching and corrective e...