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Welcome to another captivating episode of SeroTunein! Join your host, Kurien Thomas, as he embarks on a riveting conversation with Jaspreet Singh, an accomplished aviation marketer, travel enthusiast, content creator, and author of the heartwarming children's novel, "Aya and Avi's Airplane Adventure." Jaspreet shares his inspiring journey from a childhood passion for airplanes to...

Throughout history, various cultures have harnessed the power of psychedelic substances for ritualistic, spiritual, and healing purposes. From the ancient rituals of indigenous tribes to the counterculture movement of the 1960s, psychedelics have long been associated with altering perceptions and expanding the mind. Having interviewed folks before on these topics of identity and psychedelic-assist...

What if we could describe our mood and emotions objectively the same way we translate mathematical equations or measure physical phenomena? Tune into my IG Live with Clement Decrop, founder of the Idea Space. In this epidose, we chat about the similarities math and science have with the mind and consciousness, the cultural notions of mindfulness, and the role an Idea Space plays in building a coll...

We often ask each other “what are you in the mood for?”, yet we sometimes have no idea ourselves how we’re feeling or what our intuition is telling us. But, maybe there’s other forces out there that can help us understand ourselves a bit better… Tune into my IG live chat with Amalia Natalio, Founder of Karmic Kindness, about the planets, their energy, and what it can teach us about navigating our...

In this epidose of SeroTunein, Kurien talks about his interest in magnetism and how this natural phenomenon can be experienced in our existence. Follow the show: https://linktr.ee/serotunein Please subscribe and leave a rating! Also, connect with me on social media, or reach out to collab! I love making friends :) 

In this epidose of SeroTunein, me and my friend Kritika explore the varieties of our cross-cultural confusion as Indian Americans. We first acknowledge the differences in our cultural identity: her being raised Hindu in a family originally from the North Indian state of Maharashtra and me being raised Christian in a family originally from the South Indian state of Kerala. One of us grew up on the...

In this epidose of SeroTunein, my conversation with Kavi taught me to understand how experiencing a creative fulfillment in art requires you to reconcile with your identity. For a lot of South Asian creatives like Kavi, that process doesn’t usually come easy: when children born to Indian parents who have begun as immigrants to the United States, they feel a weird disconnection to their Indian heri...

In this episode, I talk to financial coach and my long-time mentor, Heath Carelock, about the emotional side of money. We learn about money’s relationship with our mental health and its relevance to our self-development goals. We talk about the difference between financial counseling and coaching, and later we talk about its relevance in helping people to move upward in society and navigating thei...

In this epidose, we chat with Dan O'Brien, marketing manager for MindMed. MindMed is a biotech company that discovers, develops, and deploys psychedelic-inspired medicines to improve health, promote wellness, and alleviate suffering. Together, we learn about the gaps in healthcare psychedelic-assisted therapies are filling, what MindMed is doing to expand and provide psychedelic treatments, and wh...

Think back to a time you were meeting someone for the first time. What did this person do? What did this person say? More specifically, what did they do or say to make you think a certain way about them?  In this epidose of SeroTunein, I go solo to explain the Fundamental Attribution Error: a common cognitive bias in which we judge others on their personality or fundamental character, but we...

In this epidose, I explore how Emily (@urnovafoodie), grew her TikTok, posting videos of her visits to different restaurants local to the DC-Metro Area.  Follow Emily on TikTok, Instagram, and more: @urnovafoodie My website: www.serotunein.com My Instagram: @serotunein

Lots have happened over the past few months! New place, new job, and a new set of responsibilities. In this epidose, I give a quick life update and I set out my intentions for SeroTunein, discussing the various kinds of content I want to create and stories I want to share. Think of it as a sort of rebrand. I'll still share amazing interviews with brilliant people along the way, but I'll take some...

In this epidose, we talk about alcohol and the prevalence of drinking culture. We also get to speak with a self-made, female entrepreneur who decided to reinvent drinking culture. Fay Behebani is the creator and founder of Bonbuz, an LA-based futurist beverage innovation company. Bonbuz is a functional social spirit that is alcohol-free and full of energizing compounds that harness the power of pl...

In this epidose, we’re talking to Lindsay Gordon. Having served as Chief Operating Officer for Silver Bay Capital, Lindsay managed multi-million dollar portfolios of mortgage loan debt and commercial property in the United States and Puerto Rico. Lindsay’s been investing in small, medium and large cap stocks, bonds, and mutual funds for over 15 years. She began purchasing and rehabilitating proper...

In this epidose, I interview Jimmie Chengo. Jimmie is a 23-year old social entrepreneur who started Afribuk Society. Afribuk Society is a non-profit organization committed to promoting literacy within under-resourced communities. By supporting college and university students to share books and stories from their own lives with younger children, Afribuk Society promotes joyful literacy experiences...

In this epidose, I interview Avery Michaelson. Avery is an entrepreneur who started his career in investment banking. His background in finance fueled a passion for implementing market-based solutions to address the world’s biggest challenges. His company, UCapture, helps users actively reduce their carbon footprint and do so in a seamless way that harnesses the power of affiliate marketing and su...

Zap Chen Somatics might look like play.  We yawn, and nap, we laugh and jiggle, but beneath these playful exercises are deeply healing practices used for centuries by all cultures to bring about healing.  We are not only connecting with other journeyers as we practice, but our deep-felt sense that reminds us what it felt like to be a child; full of confidence, comfort, and conviction.&nb...

In this epidose, I interview Jennifer Lentfer. Jennifer Lentfer is a farm girl turned international aid worker turned coach and communications strategist. As the creator of the blog, how-matters.org in 2010, she was named as one of Foreign Policy Magazine’s “100 women to follow on Twitter” at @intldogooder in 2012. In her career in the international aid and philanthropy sector, she has served with...

Erin Lee Henshaw, Co-founder and Lead Instructor of The Mind Body Project, provides an introduction to Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness. Visit The Mind Body Project: https://www.themindbodyproject.com/ Follow SeroTunein: https://www.serotunein.com/ Support the Show on Patreon for Bonus Content: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=38411845&fan_landing=true

In this epidose, I interview Justin Pogue, the Author of Rental Secrets, who teaches us how to choose and rent a home through lessons he’s learned as a property developer and manager. We begin our show learning about Justin’s time as a Graduate student at the University of Virginia and then explore his path to investing in homes and renting them out to people. He then talks to us about common mist...

Isn't it spooky how we can fall into certain routines and habits, yet not know how bad they are for us? Or have you ever wanted to pick up a new habit or routine, but struggled to find the will power to do so? In this epidose, my guest is gonna help us learn how we can build healthy and sustainable habits and routines using methods grounded in science and mindfulness practices. His name is David L...

This week’s episode focuses on Kerala: a southern state of India that has received much praise for how it controlled the spread of coronavirus during the beginning stages of the global pandemic. This show focuses on the need to make changes to healthcare systems around the world and the lessons we can learn from Kerala’s onset of controlling COVID-19. In this episode, we talk to public health expe...

This week’s episode we learn about Vinegar Hill: the infamous story of eminent domain that eradicated a thriving African-American community in Charlottesville, Virginia. In this episode, we talk to two changemakers, Yolunda Harrell, the CEO of New Hill Development Corporation, and Bernard Whitsett, a financial coach for Operation HOPE, to learn about the structural changes needed for black people...

This week’s episode focuses on using an open and collaborative framework to improve community solutions and drive innovation. In this episode, we learn about Faircap: The Open Water Filter Project from its founder and CEO, Mauricio Cordova.  Check out FairCap: www.faircap.org Grab a Kinetic Reactor (Special Offer) - Use code kurien10 - https://www.kineticreactor.shop/

This week’s episode focuses on showing appreciation in our lives in order to build a better life that leverages the positive aspects of our given circumstances. We link the concept of appreciative intelligence to personal development by exploring the opioid-ridden, yet culturally rich region of Central Appalachia. In this episode, we learn about George Mason University Professor, Tojo Thatchenkery...