Healthy Mind, Healthy Life

Send us Fan Mail In this energizing episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik chats with Alessa Caridi, founder of JobuFIT and certified Pilates instructor, about breaking the myth that a weekly workout is enough. They explore how micro-movements throughout the day can prevent burnout, improve focus, and combat desk-induced body pain. Alessa introduces her “50-10 ratio” for integrating mind...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, guest host Pragya steps in to speak with Edwin Endlich (CMO at Wysh; President, National Alliance for Financial Literacy & Inclusion) about the collision of AI, GLP-1 weight-loss costs, and personal finance. Edwin explains why money conversations work better when they start with your story—then shows how AI can act like an “Iron Man suit” for eve...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty is joined by internationally recognized coach and speaker Camilla Calberg, founder of the Authentic Leadership Movement. Together, they explore the power of emotional regulation, self-awareness, and nervous system calm as tools to move from victimhood to resilience. Camilla shares how to break free from self-limi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Rooney Niemi—entrepreneur, coach, husband, father, and survivor. Rooney’s journey includes overcoming cancer, stroke, and more than 40 surgeries, experiences that shaped his philosophy of resilience and discipline. He shares how shifting from a “what-if” mindset to an “even-if” mindset changed ever...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty speaks with David Mestemaker—a trial lawyer turned novelist—about the twenty-year journey behind his gripping spy thriller, The Bomb Quest. From a dream that sparked the story to the discipline of daily meditation that fueled its completion, David shares how resilience, imagination, and inner peace shaped his wri...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty speaks with Dr. Evette Rose, internationally renowned trauma expert and best-selling author of Solving Pain Without Pills. The discussion challenges common assumptions about chronic pain, showing how unresolved emotions, learned pain responses, and suppressed anger can keep pain cycles active even after the origi...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik speaks with Avonley Lightstone, author of Strength of Scars, about rebuilding identity after early childhood trauma, adoption, and years of abuse. Avonley explains how faith, honest forgiveness, and telling the truth (without glamorizing pain) helped her move past suicidal ideation, break family patterns, and turn scars into service. This d...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Waves by Healthy Mind By Avik™, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with David Hunter, founder of Global Phytoplankton Alliance, to uncover the untapped potential of marine phytoplankton for human health, brain function, and sustainability. David shares how a microscopic ocean plant, often invisible to the naked eye, may hold the foundation for human vitalit...

Send us Fan Mail Entrepreneurs don’t lack ambition; they lack capacity under pressure. In this direct conversation on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, Roy Castleman—Wim Hof Method instructor, skydiver, and founder of the Elevated 360 approach—breaks down how breathwork, meditation, and targeted use of AI can free time, restore mental bandwidth, and sharpen decision-making. From surviving a drunk-driver...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Stefanie Carlstedt—Human Design strategist and certified high-performance coach—to unpack how founders and teams can ditch one-size-fits-all playbooks and lead by design, not default. We cover what Human Design is (and isn’t), how it differs from personality questionnaires, practical ways to reduce burnout by alig...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Waves, host Sana speaks with Clara Schroeder, ecotherapist, resilience trainer, and author of the upcoming book Re-Nature. Clara shares her journey of healing after a traumatic brain injury and how nature became her greatest teacher. Together, they explore how reconnecting with the natural world fosters emotional balance, builds resilience, and offers ac...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Waves, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Dr. Braxton Nguyen, chiropractor and clinic owner of Access Health Centers (Portland & Beaverton), to break down why posture isn’t cosmetic—it’s structural and neurological. We cover the most common desk mistakes, simple daily corrections, how core strength and ergonomics protect your spine, and why “structure affects func...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty talks with Becca Eve Young—former corporate strategist turned author and transformational coach—about navigating burnout, dismantling the “societal script,” and rebuilding a life anchored in intuition. Becca shares how losing the job, marriage, and familiar identity in quick succession became the opening to stillness, journaling...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty speaks with Richard Tierney, founder of Tierney Therapy and creator of Trauma Recovery Anonymous, about reframing childhood trauma and releasing the grip of painful memories in the present. Richard outlines a cause-and-effect view of trauma, a focused “give the past back” process, and a 12-step framework to unlearn survival beha...

Send us Fan Mail Technology should serve us—not run us. In this direct, no-fluff conversation on Healthy Minds, Healthy Life, host Aanya speaks with Colin Corby (TEDx speaker, leadership well-being and digital detox coach) about reclaiming attention in an always-online world. We unpack how persuasive design shapes identity, why AI-assisted convenience can erode core skills, and how to build realis...

Send us Fan Mail On this Healthy Waves episode, host Avik digs into how aerospace-level problem-solving meets wellness tech. Guest Mark Fox (former Space Shuttle chief engineer, hot-air balloonist, and airplane builder) explains why he shifted from aircraft to energy-based wellness devices. We unpack what pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) and resonance-frequency approaches claim to do, how proto...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Patrick van der Burght, persuasion expert and founding member of the Cialdini Institute, to explore the science of ethical influence. From workplace negotiations to everyday decision-making, persuasion plays a vital role in our lives—but it doesn’t have to rely on manipulation. Patrick shares pract...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, Avik speaks with psychotherapist and reclamation coach Joshua Dvorkin about rebuilding identity after seismic change—chronic illness, disability, injury, or any life detour. Joshua shares a practical, trauma-informed path he calls “resilience without romanticism”: acknowledge reality, stabilize body and mind, rewrite your narrative with compassion an...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Reginald Martin, creator of Kametaphysics, to unpack how “inherited code”—religion, culture, family scripts—quietly shapes our choices long after we think we’ve moved on. Reginald introduces Paradoxical Heka, a practical, Kemetic-inspired method using breath, voice, and ritual phrasing to hold two truths at once (...

Send us Fan Mail Miscommunication isn’t fate—it’s fixable. In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, marriage counselor Raffi Bilek, author of The Couples Communication Handbook, breaks down why most fights spiral (fight-or-flight, solving too soon) and how to replace them with a clear, repeatable process. We cover the two-conversation framework (explore first, solve second), listening that l...

Send us Fan Mail On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, we explore how theater can be both mirror and hammer—reflecting our times while shaping them. Playwright–director Karen Malpede discusses her forthcoming memoir Last Radiance: Radical Lives, Bright Deaths (out in October), caregiving for her late husband and collaborator George Bartenieff, and why nonviolent traditions (Gandhi, MLK) still matter. We...

Send us Fan Mail In this powerful episode of Healthy Waves, we explore the deep intersection of gut health, cardiac coherence, and nervous system transformation through two very different yet profoundly aligned lenses. Functional Medicine Health Coach Angie Gallagher breaks down the myths around cholesterol and heart disease, while Energy Priestess and veteran Susannah Rose Stokes unveils the emot...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Avik Chakraborty talks to Sue Day—ADHD coach, author of ADHD Brilliance, and founder of Pathways Forward Coaching. Diagnosed in 1988, Sue shares her raw, real, and insightful journey from burnout in nonprofit finance to thriving as a coach, writer, and entrepreneur. Together, they explore the chaotic brilliance of ADHD, the challenges of navigating a neurotypical...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty speaks with Kristine Duncombe, a guide, mentor, and advocate for emotional well-being. Kristine’s story reflects the courage of transformation — moving through life’s challenges, embracing vulnerability, and creating pathways of resilience for herself and those she serves. Together, Avik and Kristine explore them...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Joanna Blair, an artist and creative guide who helps people reconnect with themselves through the power of art, imagination, and self-expression. Joanna shares how creativity becomes more than a skill — it’s a pathway to emotional release, resilience, and authentic living. This conversation explore...