Healthy Mind, Healthy Life

This episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life cuts through the noise and delivers a grounded reality check. What if your biggest performance metric isn't your strategy deck or your calendar. It's your nervous system. Today, Loren Cellentani flips the success script and challenges the hustle mindset with a body-first lens that leaders rarely talk about but desperately need.
We unpack the truth behind performing success instead of embodying it, why burnout keeps recycling through the body, how emotions convert into business magnetism, and why many spiritual and high-achieving women get stuck in initiation, imposter and visibility wounds.
This episode positions embodiment as a true differentiator. It is an honest breakdown of leadership presence, emotional range, somatic regulation and what actually creates results in the real world.

About the Guest  :

Loren Cellentani is a somatic success strategist, podcast host of The Sovereign Self Show, and a guide for spiritual, high-achieving women who want to lead with presence instead of performance. She helps entrepreneurs break free from the initiation wound, imposter wound and visibility wound so they can embody confidence, regulate their energy and step into authentic leadership.

Key Takeaways  :

• Most people perform success instead of embodying it. The real signal is in the body, not the to-do list.

• Entrepreneurs often operate from lack, which drives burnout and recycled self-doubt. Presence disrupts that loop.

• Emotional regulation before action creates magnetic leadership. Your state drives the outcome.

• The initiation wound shows up when women question their right to lead. It is a catalyst, not a setback.

• The imposter wound is a somatic cue. It asks you to meet the deeper story underneath the thought.

• Visibility wounds surface when nervous systems shut down under attention. Practicing presence rebuilds safety.

• Somatic alignment delivers stronger business results than traditional over-strategizing.

• Real manifestation happens when leaders slow down, trust and hold energy rather than hustle through fear.

• Embodiment creates resonance that clients feel, respond to and invest in.

• Entrepreneurship is a personal development initiation. Every emotional trigger is data.

 

Connect with the Guest  

Instagram: https://instagram.com/lorencellentani
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@lorencellentani
Podcast. The Sovereign Self Show
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Healthy Mind By Avik™ is a global platform redefining mental health as a necessity. Born during the pandemic, it has become a sanctuary for healing, growth and mindful living. Hosted by Avik Chakraborty. storyteller, survivor and wellness advocate.
Featuring deep conversations on mental health, emotional well-being, trauma recovery, spirituality and conscious living.
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This episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life dives straight into what keeps so many people stuck. Feeling trapped in the same emotional patterns, repeating the same habits, and postponing their dreams can quietly drain years off someone’s life. Liv Colbert, former secondary school teacher turned life, health, and mindset coach, joins Avik to unpack how mindset medicine can interrupt these loops. The conversation explores identity, subconscious programming, identity lag, and the real courage it takes to choose alignment over comfort. This episode brings a grounded, practical, and forward-thinking take on self reinvention across mental health, mindset coaching, and personal transformation.

About the Guest  :

Liv  Colbear  is a certified Life, Health, and Mindset Coach who left her teaching career to rebuild her life with purpose. She specializes in NLP, subconscious reprogramming, and practical mindset work that helps women break unhelpful patterns, strengthen confidence, and create aligned lives without overwhelm. After a year of traveling and redefining her identity, she now empowers others to make decisive, courageous shifts through mindset mastery and self leadership.

Key Takeaways  :

• Feeling stuck often comes from subconscious programming that keeps people in familiar patterns even when the conscious mind wants change.

• Comfort is often disguised as stability. Reinvention requires stepping into discomfort so a new identity can take shape.

• Identity lag is real. The mind needs time to catch up with the new version of you.

• Procrastination masked as “one day I’ll do it” is a subtle form of self sabotage.

• Awareness is the first step. Mapping repeated emotional patterns or life experiences reveals where subconscious habits drive behavior.

• Courage is not the absence of fear. It is choosing alignment despite fear.

• You always have a choice. Owning that choice is the foundation of all mindset change.

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• Mindfulness and Spiritual Growth
• Holistic Healing and Conscious Living
• Trauma Recovery and Self Empowerment

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On today’s episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, we drill into a conversation everyone thinks they understand but barely anyone actually practices. letting go. Author and somatic therapist Melanie Smithson unpacks why the body always knows before the mind does. We challenge the cultural obsession with “move on” advice and explore what real release looks like when it’s built on nervous system safety, curiosity and sensory intelligence.
This episode is a grounded walkthrough of somatic practices, emotional processing, letting go without re-traumatizing, and remembering the innate freedom we had as children. Expect a no-fluff exploration of embodiment, stuck emotions, and why playful movement might be one of the most underrated healing tools on the planet.
 

About the Guest  :

Melanie Smithson is a somatic therapist, movement practitioner, and author of Shake Yourself Free. Her work blends body awareness, emotional release, conscious movement, and playful practices to help people access authentic freedom and process stored emotional patterns.

Key Takeaways  :

• Somatic healing starts with listening to where emotions show up in the body

• The body whispers first. when ignored, it escalates signals until we pay attention

• Many adults lose access to emotional fluidity due to conditioning, not capability

• Movement like shaking, grumbling, slow pacing, or free dance supports emotional release

• Suppressed childhood emotions often remain stored in the cellular body

• Letting go requires vulnerability and nervous system safety, not force

• “Hoarding upset” keeps us trapped in old stories while embodiment moves us forward

• Safety must come before surrender. emotional processing is not a race

• Somatic exploration prevents re-traumatization by meeting sensations exactly as they are

• Healing becomes more effective when practices are playful rather than punitive

Connect with the Guest  :

Explore Melanie’s work, download the first chapter of her book, or order Shake Yourself Free here.
https://www.smithsonclinic.com/podcast 

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Healthy Mind By Avik™️ is a global platform redefining mental health as a necessity, not a luxury. Born during the pandemic, it has become a sanctuary for healing, growth, and mindful living. Hosted by Avik Chakraborty. storyteller, survivor and wellness advocate. this channel delivers conversations on mental health, emotional well-being, conscious living, trauma recovery, and spiritual growth.
With 4,400+ episodes and 168.4K+ global listeners, the platform continues to unite voices and build a world where every story matters.

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On this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik sits down with career ownership coach Stephanie Cordes to unpack what really drives stress during career transitions. Spoiler. it is not the change itself, it is the uncertainty. Stephanie breaks down a practical, no fluff framework for moving from fear to informed decision making. She explains how awareness, clear goals, and education can turn anxiety about leaving a corporate role, starting a business, or pivoting careers into strategic clarity. If you are stuck in a job that drains you, burned out from the corporate grind, or curious about business ownership and franchising but scared to even look, this episode gives you structured tools to reduce fear by getting better information. Real talk on mindset, money, work life goals, and why curiosity is the real career superpower.

About the Guest  :

Stephanie Cordes is a career ownership coach with The Entrepreneur Source, a 40 year old organization that helps professionals explore what is next in their careers. After two decades in corporate life and her own experience of burnout and misalignment, she now guides people through a structured discovery process so they can understand their goals, explore vehicles for success, and make informed choices about W 2 roles, consulting, business ownership, or franchising. Her approach is simple. knowledge over fear, data over drama.

Key Takeaways  

• Stress in career transitions is usually not about the change itself. it is about uncertainty and not knowing your real options

• Awareness is step one. get brutally honest about your goals in four areas. income, lifestyle, wealth, and equity, instead of just chasing the next job title

• Most people have not revisited their career goals since college. you need to reassess what matters now, not at 18

• Reframe “vehicles for success”. W 2 roles, consulting, buying a business, franchises, e commerce, and investing are all different ways to reach the same life goals

• Fear often shows up dressed as logic. “It is not the right time” or “I should just be grateful” can be False Evidence Appearing Real if you never gather data

• Curiosity is a real career superpower. staying open minded lets you explore paths you have zero prior experience in, which is where most people end up thriving

• Confidence comes from information. a structured discovery process, real data points, and validation calls with owners beat gambling your future at the career “craps table”

• You can be grateful for your current life and still decide it is time to pivot. gratitude and ambition are not mutually exclusive

Connect with the Guest  

You can connect with Stephanie Cordes and explore her complimentary career ownership coaching here.

• Website: http://stephahead.com/

• On her site, you can also schedule a consult and access her free resources and book she offers to clients

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Novelist and creative entrepreneur Kern Carter breaks down a practical creative blueprint for turning ideas into finished books and sustainable income—without chasing virality. We cover the path from self‑publishing to indie (Cormorant) and major houses (Scholastic, Penguin), how community-first marketing outperforms algorithms (Cry Magazine, a 5K+ Substack), and why emotion-led storytelling plus industry awareness wins. Kern explains how a middle‑grade novel aimed at young boys sparked word‑of‑mouth among teachers and helped move 15,000+ copies in a single year, and he shares direct advice: study your craft and study the industry.

 

About the Guest:

Kern Carter is a novelist, essayist, and filmmaker. He’s written for Penguin and Scholastic, sold 15,000+ books in a year, founded Cry Magazine, and writes the Substack Writers Are Superstars. A creative entrepreneur who became a father at 18, Kern builds platforms that elevate new voices.

 

Key Takeaways:

• At eight, Kern declared he’d be a novelist; publishing later felt “like magic” realized.

• He self‑published two novels, then vowed not to self‑publish again until traditionally published.

• Landing an agent took years; 2020 brought an indie deal (Cormorant), then offers from Scholastic and Penguin.

• He wrote two books in parallel; both released the same year, expanding reach and credibility.

• Sales crossed 15,000 largely via a Scholastic middle‑grade novel intentionally speaking to young boys.

• Teachers embraced the layered story and shared it; Scholastic’s school distribution amplified exposure.

• Growth came from community, not algorithms: Cry Magazine, a Substack newsletter (5K+), direct emails.

• His process starts with emotion; characters’ journeys ground even elements of magical realism.

• Writing is a necessary release, not a burden; burnout comes from life, not books.

• He builds platforms to open doors for other creators; storytelling deserves access, not gatekeeping.

• Core advice: study your craft deeply and study the industry with equal intensity.

• Creatives must make informed business choices—distribution, trends, costs—every creative decision is commercial.

• Community‑first marketing beat follower counts; real relationships outperformed vanity metrics.

• He invites writers to claim authority—every creative choice is both art and strategy.

 

Connect with the Guest  :

• Website : https://www.kerncarter.com/

• Substack: Writers Are Superstars 

• Discover his books: search “Kern Carter” on your favorite bookstore platform

 

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Healthy Mind By Avik™️ is a global platform redefining mental health as a necessity, not a luxury. Born during the pandemic, it’s become a sanctuary for healing, growth, and mindful living. Hosted by Avik Chakraborty—storyteller, survivor, wellness advocate—this channel shares powerful podcasts and soul-nurturing conversations on:

• Mental Health & Emotional Well-being

• Mindfulness & Spiritual Growth

• Holistic Healing & Conscious Living

• Trauma Recovery & Self-Empowerment

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On Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with Jake Kennington. a licensed structural engineer turned performance coach. to unpack what it really means to redefine success when the resume looks great but life feels off. Jake shares how he moved from billion-dollar projects to Actively Human, his coaching brand for mid-career professionals who want alignment, energy, and relationships that actually work. We cover identity shifts, burnout recovery, delegation, and a practical cadence to rebuild habits fast. If you’re juggling career growth, family, and health. this is your blueprint for a life that performs on the inside and looks good on the outside.

 

About the guest  :

Jake Kennington is a licensed structural engineer who has led high-pressure projects. including $100M builds. After realizing his definition of success no longer fit his life as a husband and father of four. he re-engineered his path. Today he runs Actively Human, helping professionals realign goals, restore relationships, and reclaim health.

 

Key takeaways  :

• Redefine success per season. Your values change across life phases. clarity beats autopilot.

• Identity drives outcomes. Adopt the identity first. then behaviors follow. “I am a healthy person. so I make healthy choices.”

• Jake’s REDAC method.Redefine success. Realign actions. Reconnect with self and loved ones. run this over 8 weeks for traction.

• Leadership shift beats tactics. Many founders fail from clinging to the IC identity. step into the CEO hat. delegate. and lead through others.

• Case study. A client working 70+ hours weekly for years regained margin by test-driving time off. trusting the team. then planning a full week away.

• Design for uncertainty. Like earthquake-ready structures. resilient lives are built on engaged work and meaningful relationships. keep both top-tier.

• Simple daily lever. Take a 30-minute distraction-free walk. ask. “What does success look like for me in this phase of life.” write the answer.

• Entrepreneurship without chaos. You can transition gradually. e.g., reduce salaried days and ramp the mission business with clear guardrails.

• Systems over sprints. Restore sleep, movement, and presence blocks on the calendar. protect relationship time like a client meeting.

• Resource. Grab Jake’s free Own Your Life Playbook at activelyhuman.com slash hashtag playbook. then execute week one today.

 

Connect with the guest  :

Website: https://activelyhuman.com/
Free resource: https://activelyhuman.com/#playbook
To inquire about coaching or speaking. use the contact form on his site.

 

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