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Welcome to Healthy Mind By Avik ™ - ”Healthy Mind, Healthy Life”, a podcast that explores the connection between mental health and overall well-being. Join us each week as we delve into topics related to positive psychology, mindfulness, and personal development, and provide practical tips and strategies for cultivating a healthy and balanced mind.
Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send Avik a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik
Welcome to Healthy Mind By Avik ™ - ”Healthy Mind, Healthy Life”, a podcast that explores the connection between mental health and overall well-being. Join us each week as we delve into topics related to positive psychology, mindfulness, and personal development, and provide practical tips and strategies for cultivating a healthy and balanced mind.
Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send Avik a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik
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4 hours ago
4 hours ago
Most comeback stories skip the part that actually matters. The middle. The part where you don't recognize yourself anymore, where getting out of bed feels like a negotiation, where you isolate because you can't bear to be seen. This episode lives in that middle.
Sana sits down with Michael Bugary, former Boston Red Sox prospect, brain cancer survivor, motivational speaker, and author of The Disease of Me. Michael walks through losing his professional baseball career at 23, the opiate addiction that followed, the brain cancer diagnosis that stripped him down further, and the slow, difficult work of building self-worth from the inside out. They talk about identity foreclosure, why connection matters more than achievement, and the line that anchors the whole conversation: I am the disease, not the drugs. Honest, raw, and quietly hopeful.
About the Guest:
Michael Bugary is a former Division I and professional baseball player, brain cancer survivor, motivational speaker, mentor, and author of The Disease of Me: How Losing My Professional Baseball Career, Drug Addiction, and Brain Cancer Saved My Life. He played at UC Berkeley before being drafted by the Boston Red Sox organization. After a career-ending arm injury in his second professional season, he turned to opiates to cope with depression and the loss of identity. As his addiction progressed, he was diagnosed with a large malignant brain tumor and underwent multiple surgeries, intense chemotherapy, and radiation. Today he speaks and writes about what he calls the Triple Crown of Adversity — career loss, addiction, and cancer, and the path back to a life rooted in humility, recovery, and truth.
Key Takeaways:
- When your identity is built on one thing and that thing is taken away, the loss isn't just the dream. It's the person you thought you were. Psychology calls it identity foreclosure. Michael lived it.
- Addiction isn't always about substances. It can be the chase for validation, attention, or the version of yourself that the world used to applaud.
- "I am the disease, not the drugs." The substance is a symptom. The deeper pattern is the constant need for more, validation, attention, the next high, the next achievement.
- Isolation feels like protection but quietly becomes another form of suffering. Asking for help isn't financial. It's saying the real, honest thing out loud.
- Acceptance is not approval. It's acknowledging that something happened, that you can't change it, and that you can do better from here.
- Compare yourself only to who you were yesterday. The only person worth measuring against is your old self, not anyone else's version of success.
Connect With the Guest:
- Website: https://www.michaelbugary.com/
- Book The Disease of Me (Amazon paperback): https://www.amazon.com/Disease-Me-Professional-Baseball-Addiction/dp/B0GMYFNG4C
- Book The Disease of Me (Kindle): https://www.amazon.com/Disease-Me-Professional-Baseball-Addiction-ebook/dp/B0GMYBQZ3S
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bugary-29802a323/
- Instagram and Facebook
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Cold Open: The Quiet, Messy Middle Nobody Talks About
[03:00] Losing Baseball at 23 and What Actually Broke (approx.)
[06:00] Identity Foreclosure: When the Thing You Built Yourself On Disappears (approx.) [09:00] OxyContin, Numbing, and the Lies We Tell to Survive (approx.)
[13:00] The Difference Between Surviving and Living (approx.)
[15:30] "I Am the Disease, Not the Drugs": Naming the Real Pattern (approx.)
[18:00] Why Brain Cancer Made Michael Isolate Even More (approx.)
[22:00] Authenticity, Vulnerability, and Why Pretending Is Exhausting (approx.)
[26:00] Suffering as a Choice: Pain vs. Suffering, Connection vs. Isolation (approx.)
[30:00] Acceptance Is Not Approval (approx.)
[33:00] Final Reflection: Compare Yourself Only to Who You Were Yesterday (approx.)
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Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.
If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here. By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.
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, and wellness advocate.
With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters. Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.
Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™ | Email: https://www.podhub.club/contact | Website: https://www.podhub.club | Based in: India & USA Listen to all podcast shows: https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork | Be a guest: https://www.podhub.club/beaguest | Newsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/
#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #DiseaseOfMe #MichaelBugary #BaseballToRecovery #AddictionRecovery #BrainCancerSurvivor #IdentityFoiclosure #SoberLiving #MentalHealthPodcast #TripleCrownOfAdversity #AuthenticityHeals #IAmTheDisease #VulnerabilityIsStrength #FromSurvivalToLiving

9 hours ago
9 hours ago
You can say no clearly, communicate your needs, and still find yourself in situations you never wanted to be in. This episode is for anyone who has done the boundary work and wondered why it keeps not landing.
Sayan sits down with Kelly Gagalis, Marriage and Family Therapist, dating rehabilitation specialist, and creator of Swipe Safely and the Hero Dating Method. Kelly makes a sharp distinction most people have never heard: most of what we call "boundaries" are actually requests dressed up as rules, held in place by shame and nagging. They unpack the difference between prey behavior and confident deterrent, why early action keeps you safer than late communication, and what it actually takes to build a boundary that holds. A clarifying, no-fluff conversation for anyone dating, partnering, or rebuilding trust in their own instincts.
About the Guest:
Kelly Gagalis is a Marriage and Family Therapist with 15+ years of coaching experience, a monthly ABC TV dating and relationship contributor for 17 years, and the creator of the Hero Dating Method, Swipe Safely, and the Developmental Boundary System. She helps women and gay men rebuild trust, protect their peace, and attract partners who truly value them, through private coaching and a free safety app for online dating.
Key Takeaways:
- Most "boundaries" aren't boundaries, they're requests held together with shame, nagging, or inconsistency. A real boundary doesn't depend on the other person honoring it.
- A real boundary has a built-in repercussion. If you're not willing to change the relationship when the line is crossed, you've made a request, not set a boundary.
- Prey behavior is what gets us hurt. Predators succeed when their target sees the threat and doesn't respond early enough. Confident deterrent is responding the moment something crosses the line.
- Many of us were taught, as children, that asking for help or saying no would be punished. As adults, that script still runs underneath our adult relationships.
- The work is letting shame run through you and doing the protective action anyway. That's how you rewrite the developmental script.
- Safety isn't about what you say in the moment. It's about what you notice in your environment, what you choose consciously, and how early you act.
Connect With the Guest:
- Website: https://kelly.love
- Swipe Safely (free dating safety app and course): https://swipesafely.com
- Coaching site: https://www.kellymariehoffman.com
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Cold Open: When Boundaries Don't Work
[02:30] What Most People Get Wrong About Boundaries (approx.)
[05:30] Where the Confusion Started: Parenting, Shame, and the Last 70 Years (approx.) [09:00] The Difference Between a Boundary, a Request, and a Bullying Tactic (approx.)
[12:00] Why Insecure Attachment Quietly Sabotages Boundary-Setting (approx.)
[15:30] Prey Behavior vs. Confident Deterrent: A Wildlife Lesson for Dating (approx.)
[19:00] The Childhood Script Most People Are Still Running (approx.)
[21:30] Letting the Shame Run Through You and Doing It Anyway (approx.)
[23:30] Final Reframe: Safety Is Awareness, Choice, and Early Action (approx.)
Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM - Send me a message on PodMatch DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik
Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.
If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here. By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.
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, and wellness advocate.
With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters. Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.
Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™ | Email: https://www.podhub.club/contact | Website: https://www.podhub.club | Based in: India & USA Listen to all podcast shows: https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork | Be a guest: https://www.podhub.club/beaguest | Newsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/
#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #BoundariesDontWork #KellyGagalis #SwipeSafely #DatingSafety #HeroDatingMethod #DatingRehabilitation #OnlineDating #RelationshipCoach #MentalHealthPodcast #PreyVsPredator #DevelopmentalBoundary #EmotionalSafety #AttachmentHealing

11 hours ago
11 hours ago
What happens when the version of yourself the world handed you was the version you were taught to fear? This episode is for anyone who has ever quietly wondered if they were allowed to be loved as they are.
Sayan sits down with Dr. Joshua Caraballo, industrial-organizational psychologist and author of I'm Not Dead...Yet. Joshua walks through the conviction he made inside a prison cell, the years of believing God wanted to destroy him for being gay, surviving Hodgkin's lymphoma twice, and the slow, deliberate work of falling back in love with himself. They unpack the PERMA model from positive psychology, why questioning what you've been taught is a fruitful exercise even when you keep believing it, and what self-acceptance actually looks like in practice. Honest, unhurried, and quietly hopeful.
About the Guest:
Dr. Joshua J. Caraballo, PsyD, is an industrial-organizational psychologist, author, performer, and the founder of Dr. Josh Business Solutions. Based in Denver, Colorado, his career centers on inspirational storytelling and applied science for human betterment, particularly for historically marginalized communities. He is the author of the memoir I'm Not Dead...Yet: How I Turned My Misfortunes Into Strengths, which traces his journey through a strict Jehovah's Witness upbringing, mental health struggles, addiction, prison, surviving Hodgkin's lymphoma, and coming home to himself as a gay Puerto Rican man.
Key Takeaways:
- Survival can become a habit. At some point you have to ask whether the life you've been getting through is the life you actually want.
- Questioning what you were taught is not betrayal, it's a fruitful exercise. Sometimes it brings you back to the same belief. Sometimes it sets you free. Either way, the asking matters.
- Values aren't preferences. A real value can never harm yourself, others, or the world. If a "value" requires harm to hold, it isn't one.
- Identity is not always a choice. Some parts of who you are are as fixed as ethnicity. The work isn't changing them, it's recognizing them.
- The PERMA model: Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement and vitality. All five together build a life worth flourishing in.
- Real change is incremental, not sweeping. Self-love is built in small, repeated acts, not in a single breakthrough moment.
Connect With the Guest:
- Website: https://www.drjosh.solutions/
- Book I'm Not Dead...Yet (Barnes & Noble): https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/im-not-deadyet-dr-joshua-j-caraballo/1145420055
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-josh/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr_josh_solutions/
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Cold Open: When Survival Becomes a Habit
[03:00] The Conviction Joshua Made Inside a Prison Cell (approx.)
[06:30] Growing Up Jehovah's Witness, Gay, and Believing God Wanted to Destroy Him (approx.)
[10:00] The Power of Questioning What You've Been Taught (approx.)
[14:00] How a Real Value Is Different From a Borrowed Belief (approx.)
[17:30] Identity, Sexuality, and the Things That Cannot Be Changed (approx.)
[20:30] PERMA: The Five Pillars of Human Flourishing (approx.)
[24:00] Why Self-Love Is Built in Small, Repeated Steps (approx.)
[26:30] Final Reflection: Living for More Than Yourself (approx.)
Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM - Send me a message on PodMatch DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik
Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.
If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here. By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.
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, and wellness advocate.
With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters. Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.
Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™ | Email: https://www.podhub.club/contact | Website: https://www.podhub.club | Based in: India & USA Listen to all podcast shows: https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork | Be a guest: https://www.podhub.club/beaguest | Newsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/
#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #ImNotDeadYet #DrJoshuaCaraballo #SelfAcceptance #LGBTQMentalHealth #PERMAModel #PositivePsychology #CancerSurvivor #IdentityHealing #Resilience #MentalHealthPodcast #QueerLatinoVoices #FromSurvivalToFlourishing #RewriteYourStory

2 days ago
2 days ago
Most women don't ignore pain because they don't care. They ignore it because they were trained to keep going. This episode is for the woman who has been pushing through fatigue, heavy periods, pelvic pain, or burnout long enough that it has become her normal.
Sayan sits down with Jovonnie Ford, anti-inflammatory lifestyle coach, wellness educator, and host of Empowered Plates, Empowered Lives. After being dismissed for years and almost colliding with an 18-wheeler when stage 4 endometriosis pain hit while she was driving, Jovonnie was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, and fibroids. She rebuilt her relationship with her body and now teaches other women to do the same. The conversation walks through her M³ Healing Empowerment Formula, the SAFE mindset framework, and the reframe that opens everything: pain is information, not punishment.
About the Guest:
Jovonnie Ford is a Healthy Habits and Lifestyle Coach, anti-inflammatory wellness educator, and the Vibrant Visionary behind Forward Vibrations. She is the host of the Empowered Plates, Empowered Lives podcast and creator of the M³ Healing Empowerment Formula and the Empowered Vibration Method. After her own diagnosis with stage 4 endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, and fibroids, she now helps women break out of survival-mode patterns and reclaim leadership over their health and their lives.
Key Takeaways:
- Pain isn't punishment, it's information. Your body has been talking to you long before it had to scream.
- "Normal" is often just what's been normalized. Heavy periods, chronic fatigue, waking up tired after eight hours of sleep — none of that is a baseline you're required to live with.
- Survival mode has an identity. So does healing. The shift is whether you keep proving you're resilient or start being aware enough to actually heal.
- The M³ Formula: Mindset, Mindful Eating, and Movement. Mindset comes first because it shapes what you believe is possible, what you tolerate, and what becomes habit.
- The SAFE mindset model: Slow down the nervous system. Acknowledge pain as information. Frame new beliefs around healing. Establish emotional safety.
- Lifestyle isn't just what you eat or how you move. It's how you think, what you believe, and how you respond to your own life.
Connect With the Guest:
- Website: https://www.forwardvibrations.me/coach-jovonnie
- Spot Your Triggers Quiz: https://www.forwardvibrations.me/ (linked from site)
- Podcast Empowered Plates, Empowered Lives:
- https://forwardvibrations.com/pages/empowered-plates-empowered-lives-podcast
- Book a Healing Breakthrough Session
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Cold Open: When Pushing Through Stops Being Resilience
[02:30] What Jovonnie's Body Was Trying to Tell Her, Long Before the Crisis (approx.)
[05:30] The Night Before, the Drive, and the 18-Wheeler That Almost Hit (approx.)
[08:00] Why Women Normalize Pain, Fatigue, and Heavy Cycles (approx.)
[11:00] The M³ Formula: Mindset, Mindful Eating, Movement (approx.)
[13:30] The SAFE Mindset Framework, Step by Step (approx.)
[18:00] Whole Foods, Organic Eating, and Building a Real Relationship With Food (approx.) [20:30] When Symptoms Resurface: A Supportive Inner Dialogue vs. Survival Voice (approx.) [23:00] Final Word: From Self-Care, to Self-Love, to Self-Leadership (approx.)
Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM - Send me a message on PodMatch DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik
Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.
If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here. By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.
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, and wellness advocate.
With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters. Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.
Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™ | Email: https://www.podhub.club/contact | Website: https://www.podhub.club | Based in: India & USA Listen to all podcast shows: https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork | Be a guest: https://www.podhub.club/beaguest | Newsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/
#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #ForwardVibrations #Jovonnie #EndometriosisAwareness #PCOS #Adenomyosis #Fibroids #WomensHealth #AntiInflammatoryLifestyle #PainIsInformation #MentalHealthPodcast #EmpoweredPlatesEmpoweredLives #PelvicPain #HealingNotSurviving

2 days ago
2 days ago
After all the books, all the therapy, all the modalities, why does that quiet feeling of something is still wrong with me keep coming back? This episode is for the seasoned healer, the long-time seeker, and anyone who is starting to feel that the project of self-improvement might itself be the trap.
Sana sits down with Lacey K. Kelly, licensed clinical social worker, yoga therapist, and creator of the Unbecoming framework. They explore why anxiety, burnout, and relationship patterns aren't deficiencies but adaptations that once kept us safe, why mainstream wellness can quietly reinforce the belief that we are broken, and what it actually means to organize life around wholeness instead of repair. A warm, grounding conversation about rest, recognition, and remembering you were never the problem.
About the Guest:
Lacey K. Kelly, LCSW, is a licensed clinical therapist, yoga therapist, writer, and creator of the Unbecoming framework. Her work centers on nervous system orientation, identity as adaptation, and the idea that wholeness was never missing in the first place. She is the author of The Process of Unbecoming: A Different Relationship to Being Human, hosts The Unbecoming You Podcast, and runs a community for people ready to set down the weight of constant self-improvement. She lives in Arizona.
Key Takeaways:
- The premise of "I need to be fixed" is often the thing that keeps people stuck. Wellness culture quietly confirms what self-doubt already whispered.
- Anxiety, burnout, and recurring relationship patterns are adaptations, not defects. Your nervous system organized itself to protect what was vulnerable. That's intelligence, not pathology.
- The very patterns you don't like about yourself are evidence that something inside you was worth protecting in the first place.
- Healing often comes in temporary relief, then the discomfort returns. That's not failure of the modality, it's a signal that effort-based fixing has limits.
- Unbecoming isn't a method or a goal-oriented system. It's a recognition that you already have the inherent capacities you need, and life can reorganize around that knowing.
- New motherhood, leadership, identity shifts, all are surefire ways to fall back into the becoming paradigm. Notice the contraction, breathe, return to your own wisdom.
Connect With the Guest:
- Website / The Unbecoming Hub: https://www.theunbecominghub.com
- Book The Process of Unbecoming (Amazon): https://us.amazon.com/Process-Unbecoming-Different-Relationship-Being/dp/B0GSK4HYM4
- The Unbecoming You Podcast: https://www.theunbecominghub.com (linked from site)
- Substack and weekly essays: https://www.theunbecominghub.com (linked from site)
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Cold Open: What If You Don't Need Fixing?
[03:30] Why "Just Work on Yourself" Quietly Reinforces the Wound (approx.)
[07:30] When Healing Modalities Stop Working: What That Actually Means (approx.)
[11:00] Anxiety, Burnout, and Patterns as Adaptive Intelligence (approx.)
[15:00] Why Modern Life Hides the Fact That You Were Built to Adapt (approx.)
[18:00] The Patterns You Hate Are Evidence You Were Worth Protecting (approx.)
[21:30] What Unbecoming Actually Looks Like in Real Life (approx.)
[26:00] How New Motherhood Pulls You Back Into the Becoming Paradigm (approx.)
[28:30] Final Reflection: You Are Not a Project, You Are a Person (approx.)
Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM - Send me a message on PodMatch DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik
Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements.
If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here. By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.
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, and wellness advocate.
With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters. Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.
Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™ | Email: https://www.podhub.club/contact | Website: https://www.podhub.club | Based in: India & USA Listen to all podcast shows: https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork | Be a guest: https://www.podhub.club/beaguest | Newsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/
#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #ProcessOfUnbecoming #LaceyKKelly #YouAreNotBroken #NervousSystemHealing #WellnessFatigue #IdentityAsAdaptation #YogaTherapy #ClinicalTherapy #MentalHealthPodcast #UnbecomingHub #SelfHelpFatigue #InherentWholeness #HealingDifferently

2 days ago
2 days ago
There's a particular kind of quiet question that arrives once you've built the thing you said you wanted. Is this it? This episode is for the high-achiever who has done all the right things and is starting to feel a hairline crack in the story.
Avik sits down with Kate Kayaian, former professional cellist turned author of Beyond Potential, podcast host of Tales from The Lane, and career strategist for high performers in transition. Kate shares the moment she realised she didn't want to keep playing the cello she'd built her whole identity around, the framework she now teaches to help others reassess, redefine, and reignite, and the simple metaphor of the favorite jacket that no longer fits.
About the Guest:
Kate Kayaian is an award-winning cellist turned bestselling author, keynote speaker, and leadership coach. After two decades performing internationally with Grammy-winning ensembles, she pivoted during the 2020 pandemic to coach high performers navigating their own transitions. She is the author of Beyond Potential, host of the Tales from The Lane podcast, and President and Artistic Director of the Bermuda Philharmonic Orchestra. She lives in Bermuda.
Key Takeaways:
- Misalignment isn't failure. It's a signal that you've outgrown the version of success you originally chose. The goal that fit you at 20 isn't required to fit you at 40.
- Listen for the favorite-jacket feeling. The thing you loved that suddenly doesn't fit. That's information, not a problem.
- Decluttering often precedes deeper change. When physical things stop fitting, life things are usually next. Pay attention to the impulse.
- Don't jump to action first. Reassess the stories that brought you here, then redefine who you want to be, then reignite with aligned action. Order matters.
- Rewrite the script before you ask the body to follow. "Old me would go back to sleep, but I am someone who runs."
- Work in 90-day periods. Yearly goals get lost. Quarterly retreats keep alignment alive.
Connect With the Guest:
- Website: https://katekayaian.com
- Book Beyond Potential (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Potential-Creatives-Re-Assess-Re-Define/dp/B0DX8BZ62M
- Podcast Tales from The Lane: https://katekayaian.com (linked from site)
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kkayaian
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-kayaian
- Free quarterly retreat planning guide: DM "Avik" to Kate on Instagram (@kkayaian)
Episode Chapters:
[00:00] Cold Open: When Success Stops Feeling Like Yours
[02:30] The Terrifying Realisation: Successful and Still Not Right (approx.)
[06:00] Why People Misunderstand "Fulfilment Should Follow Achievement" (approx.)
[09:00] What Happens When You Ignore the Misalignment Signal (approx.)
[11:00] The Favorite-Jacket Test and the Decluttering Clue (approx.)
[13:30] The Three R's: Reassess, Redefine, Reignite (approx.)
[17:30] The Google-Engineer-Turned-Math-Artist Story (approx.)
[20:30] Why Kate Works in 90-Day Periods Instead of Yearly Goals (approx.)
[23:00] One Question for the Listener at a Crossroads (approx.)
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