The Habit Coach with Ashdin Doctor

Episode #768 Fun Fact: Did you know that it is impolite to eat while walking in Japan and Italy? If you bought food from a vendor, you would have to stand near the outlet and eat. As adults, we usually lose our sense of wonder. We evaluate ideas too fast before trying them out. In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin talks about why is it important to ask the question - what if? and how it can b...

Episode #767 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Dating, Intimacy, and Sex Coach - Aili Seghetti. They talk about different sexual identities and understand different sexual preferences. Aili shares the 5 pillars of sex - breath, eye contact, touch, words, and action. She says that breath and eye contact are the foundation of it all and you should try and practice syncin...

Episode #766 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is asked various questions around existential crisis by our hot seat guest for today - Gaurav. Answering his question about 'Who I am?', Ashdin shares that this questions is not meant to get you an answer, but just to get you to think and understand that there are deeper states that you can go to by just asking this question over and o...

Episode #765 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Dating, Intimacy, and Sex Coach - Aili Seghetti. They talk about how dating works in today's day and age and how to define dating. Sharing some tips for dating, Aili shares that one of the most important things to make your date successful is to be curious about the other person, otherwise nothing works out. Without curios...

Episode #764 Funfact : Did you know that the croissant is not originally from France? In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin shares a habit that helped me in his weight loss journey. He shares that whenever he was out for dinner, he just couldn't say no to the bread baskets served to him before his food came. We try and test our will power by keeping on staring at it and trying to lower...

Episode #763 Funfact : One of the most famous monuments in Spain is an unfinished church called the Basilica La Sagrada Familia. If you look at it, every single thing around you started by being an idea. But before it was an idea, it was an idea seed - an idea that is not completely formed. Idea seeds are constantly being formed and destroyed in our mind, knowingly or unknowingly. In this episode...

Episode #762 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin Doctor is joined by skipping world champion - Chetan Tambe. They talk about about understanding the mindset of a world champion. Talking about some skipping habits for beginners, Chetan shares that you need to figure out how many skips you can do in one go and repeat 10 sets of it. Second, he shares that you can try to play some music and try...

Episode #761 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is asked by Shubhadeep how we can get rid of afternoon slumps and make the most out of our afternoons? Believe it or not, this slump is caused by the food we eat. More often than not, we eat our afternoon meals which are super high in carbs - which eventually makes us feel sleepy. Ashdin shares that one of the top advices would be to k...

Episode #760 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin Doctor is joined by skipping world champion - Chetan Tambe. They talk about about Chetan's journey of starting skipping and making his way around being the world champion. Chetan shares that when you start, it's important to find the little things you win at before moving ahead and working on the hard ones. For Chetan, his win was Karate. He s...

Episode #759 Fun fact : Did you know that the one of the most successful treasure hunters of our time, found his first treasure at the age of 12? As kids, we've all played treasure hunt sometime or the other. Finding your treasure with clues and taking all the efforts to reach your goal! But can you imagine having to find a treasure without clues? That's what happens to a lot of us too, trying to...

Episode #758 Fun fact : Did you know that the singer Tom Jones once took out an insurance policy on his chest hair? And the claim was for 7 million dollars. In one of the Indiana Jones movies, there is a scene where the protagonist has to steal a golden idol from a tomb, but replace it with something of the same weight or else the whole temple will collapse killing everyone. In this episode of #Th...

Episode #757 There are so many changes that are taking place in our understanding on what gender is, what sex is, and understanding the way in which fluidity takes place. In this #Pride month special episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Dr. Yuvraj Jadeja, a fertility specialist and queer friendly gynecologist. They talk about understanding gender, sexual preferences, it's various...

Episode #756 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin is asked two questions by Deepika - first, why the world is hard for introverts and second, how to forgive yourself for mistakes. Ashdin shares that as introverts, we have to make our space in this social world. There is a time to show up in the world, and that part of showing up is something that introverts have to practice, otherwise they'll...

Episode #755 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast, Ashdin is joined by Dr. Yuvraj Jadeja, a fertility specialist and male and female wellness specialist. They talk about the deteriorating fertility health and how to improve it naturally. Dr. Yuvraj shares that the key factor to improve fertility is to maintain a healthy lifestyle - maintaining and keeping a track of what you consume, doing a...

Episode #754 Funfact : Did you know that the word Doppelgänger means people who look alike but aren't related to each other. Ask yourself this : when you meet someone for the first time, where does your mind go first? How they're different from you and how your thoughts and ideologies are poles apart, and eventually form prejudices? When we do this as a society, we become a fragmented society - wh...

Episode #753 Funfact : Sir John Bowring, an ex-governor of Hong Kong, was set to know 200 languages and was known to speak 100 languages. Sometimes, we underestimate how much of an impact our mother tongue has on the way we think. If our mother tongue is like a the frame of a pair of glasses, the words we've listened to growing up are the lenses - good or bad, joyful or depressing. But you need to...

Episode #752 Following the World Yoga Day episode with Sunaina Rekhi, this episode of #TheHabitCoach podcast is a special follow-up one where Ashdin shares 5 of his favourite Yoga habits. These easy habits are for people who're just getting into Yoga or want to incorporate Yoga in their everyday lives! Ashdin also emphasizes that the most important thing about doing Yoga is bringing the focus back...

Episode #751 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin is asked by Ishita - how to make good choices and decisions? And why is there always confusion? Ashdin shares that to make good choices, its important to objectively evaluate and rank the options in front of you. The next step is to remove all doubts from your head, which will help you make the decision smoothly. It's also imperative to keep i...

Episode #750 This World Yoga Day, Ashdin Doctor is joined by Global Yoga Icon and Lifestyle Influencer, Sunaina Rekhi on #TheHabitCoachPodcast, where they discuss Yoga and how you can take your Yoga practice beyond and evolve it into a way of taking care of yourself and feeling young. Sunaina shares that the one hour you spend on the Yoga mat everyday, must be able to take you off the mat for the...

Episode #749 Funfact : Did you know that the first mirrors were made out of water? In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin breaks down a quote from Aristotle - "Wisdom is an equal measure of experience plus reflection." He shares that to achieve wisdom, we need to choose a quite time everyday for our reflections, and then just sit and ponder about our experiences. It's important to observe the e...

Episode #748 Funfact : Did you know that the film industry has a 12 hour shift? Actors usually take multiple takes of the same scene, even after getting the first take perfectly - just so that they can enhance their performance even more. In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin Doctor shares that this is a habit that we should add in our day-to-day lives as well. Even when we think that we've pe...

Episode #747 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin Doctor is joined by author, speaker, business leader and investor - S. Venkatesh. They discuss mindfulness at workspace and how we can achieve it. S. Venkatesh shares that the first step is to learn meditation. The second part consists of two things - first, being aware - understanding what drives your actions, understanding your reactions and...

Episode #746 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin Doctor is asked by Dahrini - How to bring back your morning routine? Ashdin shares that your perfect morning starts a day before, so its equally important to focus on how you spend the night before to have a great morning the next day. In case you don't have a good morning, you need to start thinking of your day in 4 segments - 6-10 am, 11-2 p...

Episode #745 In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin Doctor is joined by author, speaker, business leader and investor - S. Venkatesh. They discuss about the power of creativity and their philosophies behind creativity. Talking about unlocking creativity, S. Venkatesh says that it's important to focus on unlearning rather than learning - which is actually harder. He also mentions that if you wan...

Episode #744 Funfact : Did you know that the original swiss knife design was not swiss? We all know how multi-purpose and useful Swiss Knives are, but imagine if we skilled ourselves like Swiss Knives, having the ability to be prepared for anything that life throws at us. In this episode of #TheHabitCoach, Ashdin shares how we can learn life skills from Swiss Knives! Send questions to Ashdin Docto...