The Habit Coach with Ashdin Doctor

Episode #793 Fun fact: Did you know that helicopters have a built-in safety feature to keep the blades spinning when the engine dies? If we have long weekends or vacations, it's usually difficult to keep up with our habits! Our habits fail when there's an interruption in our routine. You can't complete your habit in full in times like these, so what do you do? Ashdin shares a simple solution for s...

Episode #792 In this episode of the #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin Doctor is joined by one of our very own members, Varun Duggirala. Varun is the co-founder of The Glitch and also the host of Advertising Is Dead and Think Fast podcasts on the IVM Podcasts network. Varun further shares how during his journey to find happiness, he came across how his current calming mechanisms link back to his child...

In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is asked by Sakshi how she can deal with negativity and stay away from negative people. As you guys know, we become who we hang out with! Sometimes, this can be a boon! But other times, it can be a little dangerous if you're around negative people. In this situation, it's important to create insulation between ourselves and these negative people. A...

Episode #790 In this episode of the #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin Doctor is joined by one of our very own members, Varun Duggirala. Varun is the co-founder of The Glitch and also the host of Advertising Is Dead and Think Fast podcasts on IVM Podcasts. Ashdin and Varun talk about his journey of happiness. Varun starts by quickly sharing his professional journey and how he stumbled upon a course on...

Episode #789 Fun fact: Did you know that in the middle ages, if a ship hoisted a long red streamer, they were ready for a battle? It meant that the ship will fight to its death and was called a Birkin. In this episode of the #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin talks about what a red flag means in today's day and age. He shares his thought on how just looking at red flags in any kind of relationship can...

Episode #788 Fun fact: Did you know that space is not empty? It is filled with stuff that one cannot visually see but can only be measured. In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin talks about holding space for a loved one. He explains what he means by holding space and how it can help build your relations with your loved ones. He also explains how easy it is for somebody to screw up whil...

Episode #787 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin Doctor is joined by addiction expert - Dr. Robb Kelly. They deep dive into different types of addiction and how we can overcome them. It's always difficult to have confrontational conversations with people who are close to us, especially if it's in a hostile situation. Dr. Robb shares how we can start the dialogue about addiction and a...

Episode #786 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is asked a bunch of questions by Serena about what she can do about hitting rock bottom? Ashdin shares that hitting rock bottom is actually a fantastic thing, because the only place you go from there is the top. You can only make things better from there, but that will only happen if you take action. Could be anything from going on a j...

Episode #785 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin Doctor is joined by addiction expert - Dr. Robb Kelly. They deep dive into different types of addiction and how we can overcome them. Dr. Robb, also known as the Addiction Doctor, was a chronic alcoholic who recovered, and then started studying alcoholism and addiction using neuroscience. He shares how addiction is one of the most misu...

Episode #784 Funfact : Did you know that the most amount of questions that Ashdin gets on #TheHabitCoach podcast is about anger management? Ashdin shares an amazing quote by Swami Sachidanand about what anger is - "Reality being mismatched from your idea about reality." That's when anger triggers. And it starts with our expectations. In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin shares how you...

Episode #783 Funfact : Did you know that the oldest pottery discovered dates back to 18,300 years? There's an amazing quote that Ashdin came across recently, that goes like, "The value of the pot is not in the walls of the pot, but in the emptiness in the middle." So even if the pot is made filled with gold, technically adding more value, it becomes useless. In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podca...

Episode #780 In this episode of the #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Ravi Shroff, Founder & Dr. Gautam Das, Advisor at Microbiome Pvt Ltd. Now that you know about gut health, what are the habits that you should inculcate to improve it? They talk about two scientific questions that they are quite passionate to research about, the first being how can alcohol even if it is one night of...

Episode #781 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is asked by Sasha about habits that changed his life. Ashdin shares that he has tried all the habits that he has talked about in his 750+ episodes at some point or the other in his life. Ashdin shares 3 of his core habits that have stuck by - first is gratitude, second is bringing constant movement into your life, and third is focusing...

Episode #780 Do you listen to your gut, literally? In this episode of the #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Ravi Shroff, Founder & Dr. Gautam Das, Advisor at Microbiome Pvt Ltd. They will talk about what is the microbiome and will explain the gut and how we can change it. The microbiome is a collection of all the microbes in a certain environment of the body. In other words, a comple...

Episode #779 Funfact : Did you know that the pigeons never nest in trees? Unlike pigeons who never nest in tree, we, have the choice to decide our environment at any point. Aristotle Onassis, one of the richest people on the planet at one point of time, said that he would advise people to spend time in the fanciest hotel in town. Order the cheapest thing at the coffee shop or just sit in the lobby...

Episode #778 Funfact : Did you know that there is a huge difference between the meanings of the words - envy and jealousy? In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin shares the difference between envy and jealousy and how we often use them interchangeably. Envy is when we see something that someone else has and we feel that lack in ourselves, whereas jealousy, he explains, is when we have something...

Episode #777 In this episode of the #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Andrea Lowell, Self Mastery Coach. They discuss about what exactly is 'Ego' and the various misconceptions its meaning carries. Ego, in Andrea's word, is the sense of worthiness that drives our action. And to understand ego completely, the first step would be to have no awareness at all - egocentric unawareness that's...

Episode #776 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is asked by Anuj, how to get out of victim mindset? Ashdin shares that it's more common than what you would think. A lot of people have this mindset where you think that you have no charge of what's happening in your life. Although, you can get out of it using the stoic method of radical ownership - where you create an internal belief...

Episode #775 In this episode of the #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Andrea Lowell, Self Mastery Coach. How do you define self-mastery? What is your purpose in this world? How does one master their life? There are a lot of questions that one can ask themselves only a few can really get the answers. Today on the #TheHabitCoach podcast Andrea shares her awakening journey about how she bec...

Episode #774 Fun Fact: Did you know that children's nursery rhyme 'itsy bitsy spider', was actually written for adults? Do you guys remember when we were taught this rhyme in school? They were trying to teach us two things - 1. to work hard and 2. to never give up. In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin shares how this rhyme means even more if we go about it again as adults, as it tries...

Episode #773 Fun fact: Did you know that there is one continuous sheet of muscles from the top of our head to the bottom? In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin explains what are Kegel exercises and how they target the muscles of your pelvic floor, also known as your Pubococcygeal (PC) muscles which may help restore bladder control after prostate surgery. For some men, they may also hel...

Episode #772 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by his dear friend, actor, and debut author - Kubbra Sait. They talk about Kubra's newly launched book, Open Book: Not Quite a Memoir . Kubbra shares with us the experience of writing a book, what was her first thought behind writing at all, and how it was a very introspective process that couldn't have made her pandemic expe...

Episode #771 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin talks about the 5 stages of grief in regard to the story shared by our hot seat guest for today - Divya. Talking about the pain and grief from a loss, Ashdin explains the various five normally accepted stages, the first being denial, the next comes anger, then comes bargaining, followed by depression, and then lastly is acceptance. How...

Episode #770 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by his dear friend, actor, and debut author - Kubbra Sait. They talk about Kubra's newly launched book, Open Book: Not Quite a Memoir . Kubbra shares with us the experience of writing a book, what was her first thought behind writing at all, and how it was a very introspective process that couldn't have made her pandemic expe...

Episode #769 Fun fact: Did you know that the word 'sandwich' comes from Earl of Sandwich? In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin talks about the 'sandwich method of feedback'. Feedback is something that has to be communicated very delicately or else it can become a blunder, it can quickly turn into a blame game! This is where the 'sandwich method of feedback' comes in! It means to add t...