The Habit Coach with Ashdin Doctor

Did you know? In the mid 15th century, the word 'frustration' meant 'nullification' which means to invalidate something. This use of the word was short-lived. In this episode on #TheHabitCoach Podcast, Ashdin Doctor talks about the origin of the word 'frustration. He explains what is its actual meaning and how do we perceive it in our daily lives. Ashdin even talks about what is the main cause of...

Do you know? Your rock bottom moments can make you stronger in life to deal with various situations. This episode on #TheHabitCoach Podcast, Host Ashdin continues the conversation with Surendran Jayasekar, Founder and CEO at Success Gyan. The topic of this conversation is about 'rock bottom moments from our lives'. Ashdin and Surendran talk about how failure is important for any success story and...

On this special episode on #TheHabitCoach Podcast, Host Ashdin answers an interesting question from the listener - Hassan Sayyed. He asks "I have always been an obedient, ready-to-help kind of person who never raises his voice even if it seems necessary, but now I feel I'm being used as a doormat. Why is it so that the submissives are the ones who are subjected to more pain and suffering whereas i...

Do you know how to invest in yourself? This week on #TheHabitCoach, Host Ashdin Doctor is in conversation with Surendran Jayasekar, Founder and CEO at Success Gyan. The topic of this conversation is 'Investing in ourselves'. Ashdin and Surendran start the conversation with his background and the story of how Brian Tracy motivated him to start Success Gyan. They even discuss how one spark can chang...

Did you know? Slow walking while doing a trek can enhance your endurance. This week on #TheHabitCoach Podcast, Ashdin Doctor started a mini-series called 'Mountaineering & Trekking Series' where he will share his experience while trekking and on this episode he is talking about 'how to deal with exhaustion' and shares his experience and learnings from his first two treks - Mount Everest and St...

Do you know? Trekking can change your perspective for life! This week on #TheHabitCoach, Host Ashdin Doctor starting a new mini-series called 'Trekking and Mountaineering' and in the introductory episode, he is sharing what will come in the future. It will be an audio blog where Ashdin will share his experience in real-time while trekking. He talks about how trekking plays an important role in his...

On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin continues his conversation with Nikhil Latey who is a physiotherapist and sports scientist. Nikhil gives us a great view on why people suffer so many injuries after running the marathon, why people seem to push themselves too much and not give their body the rest that it needs, how we should give rest to our feet, allow new tissues to mature and become st...

On this episode of The Habit Coach- Hot Seat, we have our listener, Sakshi Oswal asking Ashdin about getting overwhelmed by habits and routine, even if she starts trying with just two or three, and at the times she gets FOMO and wonders when will she finish it all. Tune in as Ashdin answers this question on how when we think about FOMO or about hitting our goal we get so obsessed with just that on...

On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin is joined by physiotherapist and sports scientist Nikhil Latey. Nikhil and Ashdin talk about Nikhil's early life, him getting a degree in physio, moving abroad for sports science, working with athletes during the London and Rio Olympics, working with Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom on their daily routines, and tons more. Nikhil also talks about how people shoul...

Did you know that the origin of marching started so that the soldiers would not get lost? Back in the day, the foot soldiers were the major fighting force of an army and to go to battle, the soldiers had to cover enormous distances on foot, setup camps, cross rivers and mountain passes, and deal with crazy weather. On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin talks to us about military marching, why...

Did you know that a serial dieter will lose more kilos than the entire weight of his body? This means that if they weigh 70kg and they lose, they gain back more than 70 kg over their entire lifetime. On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin talks about weight loss, how our society today is so obsessed with fat that they cannot see beyond it. It's fat loss first and health afterwards. When we foc...

On this episode, Kavita Rajwade joins us again for the second time this week. In this day and age, the way we approach work is extremely important. The way that we create our own identity for work and also having mentors is extremely important. In this episode, Kavita and Ashdin talk about working with people straight out of college, what she wishes that people coming for their first job knew, why...

On this episode of The Habit Coach- Hot Seat, we have our listener, Apoorva Amaresh asking Ashdin about how to pick a field, and work in it for rest of our life. The fact that we are supposed to know what to do and where to work only when we are 20-25 years of age is absurd. She also asks how can one experiment in different fields, at the same time fending for themselves? Skills can be learned in...

On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin Doctor is Joined by Kavita Rajwade- Co founder of IVM Podcasts. They speak about their early days, how they met through a friend and then worked on creating the show. We all have been through the lockdown life in general and Kavita has an interesting take on it about how she created one for herself. Further ,they discuss about what changed for her in this...

Did you know that the bureau of engraving and printing produces 8 million notes a day, with a total face value of 541 Million Dollars. But what is interesting is that 95% of the notes being printed will replace the old notes. On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin talks about the Dollar. We don't realize this but there is a constant churn of money taking place, and the way that money is made i...

Did you know that some psychologists believed that morals originate from our hormones? This is an interesting theory on the development of our morals. We often believe that morals are learnt from our parents. What is right, what is wrong, caring, kindess... On this Episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin talks to us about morals and morality. In order to survive and live together we need these hormones...

On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin is Joined by Anthony Trucks- Former NFL & Creator of The Shift Method. Today we have a very interesting episode where Ashdin and Anthony talk about the concept of identity. They try to understand what identity is, why throughout life we go through different identities as we make changes to our life, why it is important to understand how we make consci...

On this episode of The Habit Coach- Hot Seat, we have our listener, Tushar Ramachandran asking Ashdin about certain situations in life during which we just feel helpless. It could be something related to work, where we think we are going to get fired, or and exam that we didn't get through and don't know what to do next, or a relationship where we love someone but it doesn't go according to how we...

It's the 500th episode!! In the words of Ashdin Doctor, he still can't believe it! This episode is dedicated to all the listeners for being with us on this journey and sticking with us since our first episode. The whole idea was to create a community and we are so happy to have you be a part of it. The more people we invite, the more we share our ideas, the bigger our community will become and ult...

Did you know that the word 'inspire' comes from Latin? It loosely translates to 'breathe into'. Isn't that beautiful. On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin talks about inspiration, how it takes on so many different forms and the most common being external inspiration; and how the whole social media industry is based on this creating desire. You have to learn to create the feelings of not bein...

Did you know that there are three kind of perfectionisms- socially prescribed perfectionism, self oriented perfectionism & other oriented perfectionism. On this episode of The Habit Coach, Ashdin talks about how each of these perfect moments have a defined meaning to them. Have you ever met a perfectionist and noticed how they are always frustrated and so particular about getting things done....

On the second part of The Habit Coach with Ashdin and Alex Weber, Alex talks about comic cartoons - he listens to the them in his rock bottom moments. He further explains how we can approach these moments. Why decluttering is great for coming out of these moments, and we should constantly ask the questions 'why' and 'might?'. He talks about how the past does not define the future, only the choices...

Last week we started with our 'Hot Seat' episodes and we had a lot of requests and questions. This week we picked Malavika's question about how does one stay sane despite knowing the magnitude of challenges ahead? Ashdin tells her how we live in constant fear and that is leading to mental issues. Most challenges in our head don't exist yet and it is our mind that plays tricks on us. One must not g...

On this episode, Ashdin is joined by Alex Weber, International Keynote Speaker, Award-Winning Entertainer, and American Ninja Warrior. Alex tells us about his journey of life, they talk about self belief and confidence, choosing to believe in yourself, why people struggle with it, why opinions really don't matter, how the more challenges we put ourselves through the easier they becomes to deal wit...

Did you know that the feeling of love is the same as having drugs? The feeling of euphoria one feels when one is in love, is a heady mix of different hormones in the body. There is a mix of Adrenaline, Oxytocin, and Dopamine. And these are the same hormones that are released when a substance user gets high. But what exactly is Love? How would you define it? And what is its association with a perso...