Routes of Healing

In this week's episode of Routes of Healing, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Anik Cockroft, a board-certified pediatrician, sports medicine physician, and the creator of Mama Mindset, a space devoted to empowering expectant and postpartum mothers. A Maui mama of three including a toddler, Anik brings to her work a deeply holistic lens shaped by her medical training and a master's in menta...

In this week's episode of Roots of Healing, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Janeeka Benoit, a board-certified internal medicine and sports medicine physician and the founder of InVessel Health and Wellness. Dr. J's work focuses on helping high-achieving women navigate the metabolic, hormonal, and identity shifts of perimenopause and menopause through a comprehensive, personalized approach...

Pause, Presence, and What Wants to Emerge with Dr. Jessie Mahoney In this week's episode of Roots of Healing, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Jessie Mahoney, a board-certified pediatrician, certified physician coach, mindfulness and yoga teacher, and the founder of Pause & Presence. After nearly two decades as a pediatrician and physician leader at The Permanente Medical Group, Jessie...

In this week’s episode of Roots of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Tracy Paeschke , a board-certified cardiologist and health coach whose work is devoted to helping people understand their cardiovascular risk before a crisis occurs. Through her integrative cardiology practice, Dr. Paeschke blends advanced lab testing, wearable technology, cardiac imaging, and the pillars of life...

Show Notes In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Rashmi Kudesia, a triple board-certified physician in reproductive endocrinology and infertility, obstetrics and gynecology, and lifestyle medicine, whose work bridges advanced fertility care with prevention, education, and whole-person health. Together, they explore the deeper dimensions of reproduct...

Show Notes In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing, Dr. SiriChand sits down with Dr. Minako Abe, Lifestyle Medicine Director and Vice-President of Tokyo Cancer Clinic, for a compelling conversation on prevention, immune resilience, and what it means to help patients thrive, not just survive. Together, they explore Dr. Abe’s journey from more than 15 years in emergency medicine in New York and...

Menopause Weight Loss Without Shame: Insulin Resistance, Visceral Fat, and the End of “Good/Bad” Eating Show Notes Menopause is not a small hormonal footnote; it’s a whole-body metabolic transition that changes how women store fat, process glucose, and experience appetite, mood, and energy. In this episode, host Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Heather Awad, MD, family physician, certified coa...

Nourish as a Clinical Intervention: Plant-Forward Feeding, Family Systems, and the Pediatric Long Game Show Notes In this episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with pediatrician, parent coach, and award-winning author Dr. Reshma Shah to explore what it actually takes to translate nutrition science into family life without ideology, shame, or unrealistic expectations. Dr. S...

In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Michelle Quirk, a board certified pediatrician and certified run coach through the Roadrunners Club of America. Dr. Quirk is the founder of Mindful Marathon, where she helps busy professionals make running feel approachable, enjoyable, and sustainable through practical coaching and a mindset rooted in recovery, f...

In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Wendy Schofer, a pediatrician, lifestyle medicine physician, and founder of Family in Focus. Dr. Schofer helps parents recapture joy, strengthen relationships, and build healthier family systems at any size by centering emotional health as the foundation of lifelong wellbeing. Together, they explore how many clin...

Show Notes In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Michelle Gordon , a triple board-certified physician (Surgery, Obesity Medicine, Lifestyle Medicine) and menopause expert who helps high-performing midlife women feel like themselves again. Together, they explore what happens when women hit the “second act” collision course: menopause, body changes th...

Healing Takes Time: Trauma-Informed Medicine, Cultural Identity & Rewriting the Health Story with Dr. María Colón-González Show Notes In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. María Colón-González , founder of saludRevisited , an Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine practice in Texas. Dr. María shares the personal and professional turning points that...

In this episode of Roots of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Robyn Tiger , a double board-certified physician in Diagnostic Radiology and Lifestyle Medicine, and a trauma-informed mind-body expert. As founder of the wellness practice StressFreeMD , Dr. Tiger shares how chronic, unrecognized stress can masquerade as dozens of unrelated symptoms, even when labs and imaging are norm...

Episode 10 In this episode of Roots of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with integrative pediatrician Dr. Noemi Adame, known as the Veggies Over Pills Doctor, for a deeply grounded conversation about why healthy children cannot exist without healthy, resourced adults around them. Dr. Adame shares her journey from growing up in a Mexican immigrant household shaped by matrilineal “kitchen t...

Show Notes (Episode 9) — Dr. Christine Gibson In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Christine Gibson, a family physician, trauma therapist, and author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit . Known online as TikTokTraumaDoc, Dr. Gibson has built a wide-reaching educational platform grounded in nervous system science, practical somatic tools, and a strong comm...

Show Notes In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Audrey Wells , a sleep medicine physician, obesity medicine specialist, and professional mindset coach who helps high performers—and especially clinicians—recover their relationship with sleep without sacrificing comfort, dignity, or sanity. Together, they explore the real terrain of insomnia and midd...

Show Notes In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Diana Londoño , a board-certified urologist, physician coach, and integrative healer whose work bridges surgical excellence with deep attention to dignity, trauma, burnout, and the mind–body–spirit connection. Together, they explore what happens after the early years of medical training, when clinicia...

Show Notes In this week’s episode of Routes of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Nishi Bhopal, a triple–board-certified psychiatrist, sleep medicine physician, and integrative holistic medicine doctor who has become a leading voice in translating sleep science into accessible, actionable tools for clinicians and patients. Together, they explore the winding journey that brought Dr....

Show Notes In this episode of Roots of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa speaks with Dr. Michelle Thompson, an osteopathic family physician, integrative and lifestyle medicine leader, and founder of Wholehearted Medicine. Together, they explore what happens when we stop seeing ourselves as the healer and begin to recognize that every patient is their own best healer . Dr. Thompson shares her unconve...

When When Physicians Remember to Dream: Rediscovering Purpose with Dr. Leybelis Padilla From Gastroenterology to Game Beyond the Game: Rediscovering Dreams, Healing, and High-Performance Living Show Notes In this episode of Roots of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa speaks with Dr. Leybelis Padilla , a gastroenterologist, lifestyle medicine physician, and co-founder of Game Beyond the Game. Together...

Adventure Travel and the Journey Toward Renewal with Dr. Stacey Funt From Radiology to Wellness Travel: Healing Through Nature, Community & Adventure In this episode of Roots of Healing , Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa MD speaks with Dr. Stacey Funt , a radiologist and wellness travel curator who designs nature-based, lifestyle-medicine-inspired adventures for women and couples. Together, they explore...

Episode 2: Becoming the Kind of Doctor I Want to Be | Dr. Amanda Scott on Lifestyle Medicine and Whole-Person Care Episode Summary / Show Notes In this episode of Routes of Healing , host Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa sits down with Dr. Amanda Scott , a board-certified internist and lifestyle medicine physician redefining what modern medicine can be. From her early studies in physical anthropology at UCSB...

Healing the Healer: Integrative Psychiatry and Whole-Person Care with Dr. Arwen Podesta, MD In this inaugural episode, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa welcomes Dr. Arwen Podesta , a psychiatrist and addiction-medicine specialist whose career bridges biochemistry, forensic psychiatry, and integrative care. They explore how mind–body connection , lifestyle medicine insights , breathwork, community, and compas...