The Mindful Living

In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with David Coupland, the creator of Qu and the Qu Anytime app, to unpack a real problem in modern life. We are hyper-connected, yet emotionally underfed. David shares how he walked away from a successful film and TV career when “success” started feeling like self-betrayal, then rebuilt his life around mindful connection, communicat...

On the Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with nervous system coach and speaker Aaron Gambel to get real about men’s mental health, childhood trauma, and what it actually takes to rebuild your life after hitting a breaking point. This episode unpacks nervous system regulation in plain language. Fight or flight, emotional shutdown, and why “just push through” is a failing strategy for mode...

On The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Donna Hartley, a plane crash survivor who rebuilt her life through grit, mindset, and spiritual practice. Donna shares what it felt like to survive a DC-10 crash and how that near-death moment reshaped her identity, her relationships, and her purpose. She also opens up about navigating stage 3 melanoma as a single mom, plus multiple heart sur...

In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Sana sits down with Caleb Matthews to talk about what happens when a long-held dream ends, a chapter closes, or your “calling” suddenly feels like it is slipping away. They unpack the real-life psychology and spirituality of transition, from layoffs and identity loss to the slow grind of corporate seasons that feel like a detour. Caleb breaks down w...

In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode host Sana sits down with Mike Wood to talk about the subconscious mind. How early life moments can wire negative core beliefs that drive anxiety, depression, self doubt, and “autopilot” living. Mike shares his personal journey. Including learning to read at 25 and doing the inner work that helped him reclaim clarity and purpose. You’ll hear practical mind...

In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Sana gets real about fear, doubt, stress, money anxiety, late-night spirals, and the constant noise of news and culture. Reverend Dr. Steven Golden breaks down his practical one-minute practices. Simple breathwork, internal affirmations, morning and bedtime routines, and a “6-breath reset” designed to help listeners shift thoughts, calm the nervous...

In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Dr Jonathan Locust, founder of ConsciRise, to unpack what mindful resilience really looks like when life has already broken your body and your bandwidth. This is not about fake positivity or hustle culture. It is about how to move from quiet burnout into honest, strategic, sustainable healing. Dr Jonathan shares how a full-bod...

This Mindful Living Podcast episode goes straight into the deep end of mental health, suicidal pain, and spiritual healing through A Course in Miracles. Host Sana sits down with author and suicide prevention advocate Susan Michel to unpack what it really means to say “I cannot take this pain anymore” and how that is different from truly wanting to die. Susan shares how unprocessed childhood abando...

On this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with food systems strategist and creator of My Mindful Kitchen and The 3 Ingredient Kitchen, Janet Irizarry, to unpack a simple but uncomfortable truth. Your kitchen is a mirror. From overstuffed fridges and endless takeout bags to mindful leftovers and shared meals, Janet shows how our food habits quietly reflect stress, values, m...

In this episode of The Mindful Living with Yusuf , we cut through the movie myths around hypnosis and get into how it actually works in real life. Certified clinical hypnotherapist and medical hypnosis specialist Craig Meriwether, founder of Sacred Mystery Hypnotherapy and author of Past Lives Guidebook , explains what an altered state of consciousness really is, how brainwave states like alpha an...

*This episode contains discussion of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse, addiction and self medicating, poverty, systemic neglect, death and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. Please take care of your nervous system while listening. Pause, skip sections or step away at any time if you feel overwhelmed. If you are in immediate distress or crisis, reach out to a quali...

In this episode of The Mindful Living, host Sana sits down with Human Design and Gene Keys guide Miranda Mitchell to unpack what actually happens when you stop treating your life like a personality quiz and start using it as a mirror. They talk about Human Design as a deconditioning tool, how Gene Keys moves through shadow, gift, and Siddhi, and why trying to “skip the shadow” keeps you stuck. Mir...

In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Tracy Austin, founder of Elevated Talent Consulting and host of the People Strategy podcast, to unpack what mindful leadership actually looks like on job sites in the trades. Instead of treating mindfulness as a buzzword, Tracy breaks it down as clear intention, safety focused decision making, and the shift from autopilot to c...

In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Sana sits down with Rachel Brown to unpack a hard truth. if we do not deal with our own trauma, stress, and people pleasing, our children end up carrying the emotional bill. Rachel shares how chronic illness, IVF, career burnout and a full nervous system finally forced her to stop chasing the next fix and start listening to her body. Together, they...

Mindfulness sounds peaceful in theory. Quiet rooms. Slow breathing. A still mind. But for an ADHD brain that runs on rapid fire, the traditional version feels unrealistic. In this The Mindful Living episode, host Sana cuts through the noise with ADHD educator and dopamine strategist Jorie Houlihan, who brings a ground level understanding of what presence looks like when distraction is the default....

In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Melissa Deally, integrative mind body health practitioner, NLP trainer and Timeline Therapy trainer, to break down how our unconscious mind quietly drives our emotional patterns, anxiety and even dis-ease in the body. They unpack what Timeline Therapy actually is, how it integrates with mindfulness, and why endlessly retelling...

This episode of the Mindful Living Podcast cuts through the noise and gets straight into the big existential debate. Why are we here? What is our purpose? And why does modern life keep pulling us away from the answers already sitting within us? Sana sits down with global spiritual teacher and bestselling author Hans Wilhelm, whose visual teachings have reached millions. Together they unravel karma...

Feeling is data. In this conversation on The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana and guest Tera Ajeet unpack how a non-visual life builds precise intuition. Tera explains training sensitivity like a muscle. grounding practices that keep spirituality practical. and why embodiment prevents “woo” from becoming escapism. We cover navigating a hyper-visual culture. choosing work and food that actually fe...

On this The Mindful Living episode, host Sana and transformation coach Andrew Wilson cut through self-help noise to examine the “inner mirror”—the honest feedback loop between our thoughts, bodies, and choices. Andrew shares how grief, addiction, and toxic work culture pushed him to rebuild from the inside out, and how tools like NLP, timeline work, and hypnosis can help high performers shift from...

In this The Mindful Living episode, host Sana talks with Michelle Houston, founder of To Be Honest Beverage Co., about choosing mindfulness over default drinking. Michelle explains how a short pause for mental health turned into four years alcohol-free, what actually changes in your brain and routines, and why inclusive, non-alcohol-centered spaces matter. We dig into behavior change, replacing tr...

On this The Mindful Living episode, host Sana sits down with therapist and former corporate high-achiever Alicia Zielinski-Straub to talk about what it really takes to “unmask” — moving beyond people-pleasing, stress autopilot, and cognitive overdrive. Alicia explains how nervous system regulation, breath-led practices, and present-moment sensing help dissolve emptiness, expand our window of toler...

On this The Mindful Living episode, host Sana sits down with Jennifer Edwards—Certified Financial Planner turned financial therapist—to unpack mindful spending beyond budgets and hacks. We explore how childhood money scripts, nervous-system triggers, relationships, and culture shape everyday financial choices. Jennifer walks through her 7-Layer Financial Wellness Framework (societal, relational, e...

On The Mindful Living, host Avik speaks with executive coach Yosi Kossowsky about using curiosity to interrupt snap judgments, reduce reactivity, and improve leadership, relationships, and daily decision-making. Yosi explains why we’re not mind readers, how “backstories” we invent create friction, and how to retrain attention to what’s actually known versus assumed. You’ll hear concrete experiment...

In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast , host Sana sits down with Rahul Karan Sharma, a leadership strategist, Forbes Coaches Council member, and creator of the CLIMB Framework. Rahul shares how mindful leadership goes beyond authority and metrics, emphasizing presence, purpose, and performance. Discover how to navigate corporate challenges, build confidence without ego, foster an inclusive...

On this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Nazish (filling in for Sana) sits down with psychotherapist and author Lisa Gray, LMFT, to get practical about love when chronic illness enters the relationship. We unpack what acceptance really means in Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), how to renegotiate intimacy beyond sex, why caregiver–patient dynamics can quietly erode connection, and...