The Brave Table with Dr. Neeta Bhushan

Welcome back, Brave Table fam, this time for a different kind of episode! I’m switching seats and pulling up a chair to The Brave Table with the man behind the magic, podcast producer extraordinaire, Chris Van Loan.  Together, we reflect on what we’ve learned from our guests and the conversations we’ve had, what the next evolution of being brave looks like, and how to bring more courage, fearlessn...

Hey fam, we’re back today for another fiercely brave conversation—this time with the divine Davana May. Davana is a Radical Birth Keeper, the co-founder of Sacred Sisters Circle, and a fully embodied queen whose purpose is to share her innate wisdom of the sacred feminine and help women reclaim their birth.  What you’ll learn out of this episode…  - Following your intuition, reclaiming your power,...

Hey, Brave Table fam! Today we’re getting into a topic that has come up a lot not only in the communities I’m a part of but given the world we’re living in, is something all of us have likely done or experienced at some point: ghosting.    I’m going to talk about why we do it, why we need to stop doing it, and how ghosting actually has to do with how you create and set boundaries in your life. Let...

Hi Brave Table fam, thanks for tuning into another episode. Today I’m chatting with the queen of dreaming big and encouraging others to do the same, Emily Williams.  Emily is the Founder of I Heart My Life—a media, education, and lifestyle company dedicated to helping women love every aspect of their lives. She is also ​​a Money Mindset Expert, Success Coach, CEO, author, speaker, podcast host, an...

Hello, Brave Table fam, and welcome back. This week I’m riding solo to talk about something so many of you have asked me about: friendships. How to build them, nurture them, and, when it’s time, how to let them go to pursue ones that are aligned with your next evolution.  What you’ll get out of this episode…. - How to a create community aligned with your goals and shared experiences - Why it’s so...

Hello Brave Table fam, welcome back for another juicy episode. Today’s guest is Kelsey Chittick, a writer, mama, comedian, inspirational speaker, and author of Second Half: Surviving Loss and Finding Magic in the Missing. What you’ll get out of this episode…  - Reframing grief to experience joy, hope, and a zest for life  - Healing modalities for grieving, including alternative, psychedelics, and...

Hey Brave Table fam, and welcome back for another super juicy episode. My guest today is Regena Thomashauer, also known as Mama Gena. She is a teacher, a mama, the New York Times best-selling author of Pussy: A Reclamation , and Founder and CEO of The School of Womanly Arts, which began in her living room in 1998 and has since turned into a global movement.  Above all else—Regena believes that wom...

Welcome back, Brave Table fam! Joining me today all the way from Bali is the incredible Shayoon, a Trauma Specialist and Co-Founder of The Lightforce Center, a facility that uses ancient practices for deep healing. As a fashion icon from Los Angeles, to Ibiza, to Bali, she has been featured on the covers and in publications like Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Harper’s Bazaar, Travel + Leisure, plus many mor...

Welcome back for another super spicy episode of The Brave Table. Today’s guest is Amber Valdez, a former TV host and NFL cheerleader turned Spiritual Awakening Mentor & 5D Business Coach to lightworkers and entrepreneurs.  We kick off the episode with a question I know all of you ladies have asked yourself at some point in your life: how do you navigate relationships as an ambitious woman? When yo...

Welcome back, Brave Table fam. I’m so excited to share with you today this powerful conversation with Reshma Saujani, Founder of the Marshall Plan for Moms, Girls Who Code, and Author of Brave, Not Perfect. She also just dropped her latest book,' Pay Up: The Future of Women in Work, And Why It’s Not What You Think'. 'Pay Up...' is about the big lie we’ve been told about corporate feminism, why we...

Welcome back to The Brave Table! Question for you—do you ever feel not like yourself? I don’t just mean feeling off your game or in a funky mood—I’m talking about a deep, to-your-core, soul-level feeling of not being the real you.  Who are you when you’re not the person your parents expect you to be? Who are you when you’re not in a relationship with a partner who has certain projections of you? H...

Hey Brave Table fam, welcome back — you’re in for a goodie today! In this chat with Miki Agrawal, the ultimate girl boss queen, we go all in — touching on everything from infertility and motherhood; to deep healing and inner work; to navigating big challenges that may come up as an entrepreneur in your journey. Miki is the founder of Tushy, Thinx, and Wild. All of these companies have been disrupt...

Hi again, loves, and welcome back for part two of my conversation with @thatsexchick, Alexa Bowditch. We're going to dive even deeper into our discussion on sex — and what we really should know about it related to our pleasure, health, and relationships — not just the basics we learned in school.  I'm sure many of you mamas out there will agree when I say — it's scary thinking about what our child...

Welcome back, Brave Table squad - I hope you’re ready because today’s episode is an EXTRA spicy one. We’re going to talk about the one topic many of us avoid or feel uncomfortable with - sex - with @thatsexchick, Alexa Bowditch.  Before Alexa became a sex coach and business mentor, she grew up in the deep south of Louisiana in a Catholic household, trying to follow all the “rules” in order to live...

Hey Brave Table fam, I have a question for you: have you ever asked yourself if you’re truly pursuing your life purpose? This episode is for anyone who might be going through a life crisis right now or a pivotal shift. Maybe you’ve ended a relationship, just left your job, experienced a loss — whatever it is, you’re going through an initiation or awakening of some kind, and you know you need to ma...

Hey Brave Table crew - welcome back for another episode. Today I’m sitting down with one of my dear friends and the founder of Contrarian Thinking, Codie Sanchez. We’re going to dive into financial freedom, creating abundance, and building wealth through avenues you might have never even thought of.  Codie and I met during a weekend event and formed a sister bond immediately. We both shared the ex...

Hey loves, and welcome back for another episode of The Brave Table. This one is all about family trauma and why it’s important to heal generational wounds. If you’re from an immigrant family, you’ll probably already know what I’m talking about, or maybe you’re in a relationship with someone who is. But no matter what your background or culture, it’s likely that you have some generational trauma in...

Welcome back loves for another juicy conversation at The Brave Table. My guest in this episode is Payal Kadakia, Founder of ClassPass, Artist, and Author of LifePass .  Payal believes that your life purpose lies at the intersection of what you’re innately passionate about and what can impact others. At a young age, she was lucky enough to find her purpose — Indian dance — and used this as her Nort...

Hey there Brave Table squad! Welcome back for another super juicy episode, this time with the Rock-Star Shaman (and my rockstar friend), Alyson Charles.  Internationally renowned Shaman, best-selling author, and host of Ceremony Circle Podcast, Alyson’s story starts with a traumatic experience followed by a spiritual awakening that shifted her out of her life as a national champion athlete, top-ra...

Hello, loves! This is a BIG episode as I sit down to chat with a woman I’ve admired for a long time, Marisa Peer. Marisa is a globally acclaimed therapist, author, speaker, and founder of Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT), an award-winning technique that combines NLP, CBT, psychotherapy, and hypnotherapy for compelling results. So much so, that she’s taught it as a self-coaching tool to shift y...

Hey fam! Welcome to another episode of The Brave Table. In today’s episode, I’m pulling back the curtain to give you a behind the scenes look at a day in the life of a mamapreneur with 2 kids (both under 3 years old, eeeek). So many people often ask me - how do you do it all? And even though a lot of my life is online, what actually goes on in my home is something I usually keep pretty private. We...

Hey Brave Table soul fam! I’m SUPER excited for you to tune in to this episode as I sit down with my dear friend, sister, Goddess, and co-founder of Dharma Coaching Institute, Sahara Rose.  Sahara is the best-selling author of Discover your Dharma: A Vedic Guide to Finding Your Purpose, the host of the Highest Self Podcast - the #1 spirituality podcast on iTunes - and has been proclaimed by THE De...

Hi loves! This is the second part of my conversation with my husband Ajit on moving into a new chapter of our lives as parents to Arie and Aiyla and how our children are our greatest teachers.  We talk about the challenges of parenting during a move, a pandemic, and validating children's feelings. With the birth of Aiyla and this being our second rodeo in the parenthood game, I ask Ajit how having...

Hey team Brave Table! This week’s episode is a super fun one! I sat down with my boo, my baby daddy, my husband, and - also - serial entrepreneur, author, and coach, Ajit Nawalkha. This is part 1 of a 2-part episode! People often ask how we keep our relationship fun, juicy and fresh since we’re together so often as business partners, life partners, and now our most important roles of mom and dad....

Hey Brave Table squad, I have a question for you: what does it really mean to be brave? For this episode, I’m going all-in on what I think it means and why I decided to start a podcast about the topic.  Being locked down during the pandemic created opportunities to get cozy with my quaranteam and have amazing discussions about the human experience. Around the world, people were finding new ways to...