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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.

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18 hours ago

How Do We Grieve Honestly, Reinvent Ourselves, And Find Faith On The Road Again? With Lee Ann Walling

18 hours ago

In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, Avik sits down with author Lee Ann Walling to unpack The Salt and Light Express, a late life debut novel about grief, guilt, faith, and reinvention. Through the story of Chris, a woman in her sixties driving an RV across the United States to scatter her partner’s ashes, Lee Ann explores mindfulness, spiritual deconstruction, religious judgment, and the courage to love again. This is a grounded conversation for listeners navigating loss, questioning Christianity, rebuilding belonging, or considering indie publishing for their own story. If you are wondering whether it is too late to reinvent your life, this episode gives you a clear, honest reality check plus practical hope.

About The Guest:

Lee Ann Walling is a writer, former journalist, political and government strategist, land use planner, consultant, and now an indie author. At 69, she released her debut novel The Salt and Light Express, already earning praise from BookLife, Kirkus and Forward Reviews for its honest look at grief, spirituality, and late life transformation. Her own journey includes leaving, questioning, and reimagining Christianity across Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and progressive faith spaces while continuously reinventing her career and identity.

Key Takeaways :

Grief is not something to outrun. Chris’s RV journey shows how staying in motion can create space to sit with pain, guilt and love instead of spiritually bypassing it.
Mindfulness is not a buzzword. Chris’s guilt after the accident comes from distraction at the wheel, which becomes a wake up call about presence, attention and how easily life changes in seconds.
Faith can evolve without becoming fake. Lee Ann’s path through Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and back to a questioning Methodist community mirrors Chris’s shift to a simpler, more honest form of Christianity.
Honest dialogue breaks stereotypes. Chris’s ongoing conversations with a Southern Baptist pastor challenge both of them to rethink judgment, prayer, salvation and what following Jesus actually looks like in everyday life.
Reinvention has no age limit. Lee Ann wrote her debut novel in an MFA program in her late sixties, skipped a broken traditional publishing system, and built an indie path that keeps full creative control.

How To Connect With The Guest :

You can connect with Lee Ann Walling and learn more about The Salt and Light Express here.
Website: https://www.LeeAnnWalling.com

She personally monitors messages coming through her site and replies directly.

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Disclaimer

This video is for educational and informational purposes only. The views expressed are the personal opinions of the guest and do not reflect the views of the host or Healthy Mind By Avik™️. We do not intend to harm, defame, or discredit any person, organization, brand, product, country, or profession mentioned. All third party media used remain the property of their respective owners and are used under fair use for informational purposes. By watching, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer.

About Healthy Mind By Avik™️

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 shares powerful podcasts and grounded conversations on.

• Mental Health and Emotional Well being
• Mindfulness and Spiritual Growth
• Holistic Healing and Conscious Living
• Trauma Recovery and Self Empowerment

With over 4,400 plus episodes and 168.4K plus global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma and work toward a world where every story matters.

Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.

Contact

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Email. join@healthymindbyavik.com | podcast@healthymindbyavik.com
Website. www.healthymindbyavik.com
Based in. India and USA

Open to collaborations, guest appearances, coaching and strategic partnerships. Connect if you want to create a real impact around mental health and conscious living.

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19 hours ago

Can AI Help Us Build Self Agency And Thrive In A Tech Driven World In A Biased System? with Stephanie Sylvestre

19 hours ago

In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, Avik sits down with technologist and human strategist Stephanie Sylvestre to unpack the real question on everyone’s mind. how do we use AI to uplift humans, not replace them. Stephanie shares how digital twins, vetted data and human in the loop design can expand access to mentorship, grow self agency and help people in low resource environments rise inside a tech driven world.

From colorism and the erasure of Black history to job displacement fears and AI hallucinations, Stephanie calls out the realities without sugar coating, then reframes AI as a strategic tool for resilience, creativity and social mobility. This is a grounded, no nonsense conversation about using technology to scale belief, belonging and impact, especially for black and brown communities and anyone who has ever felt underestimated.

About The Guest:

Stephanie Sylvestre is a founder, innovator and strategist who builds AI solutions that center real people, not just algorithms. With a background in economic development and decades in technology and leadership, she now focuses on digital twins, AI mentoring and using vetted, bias aware data to increase self esteem, self agency and access to opportunity. Her work includes creating AI powered digital mentors and preserving Black history and lived experience in immersive, tech enabled ways.

Key Takeaways:

AI is not just about automation. when configured with vetted, high quality data and a clear purpose, it can act as a digital mentor, helping people take risks, grow confidence and see new paths.
Self agency is the real unlock. people who believe they can influence their lives ask different questions, negotiate differently and create options instead of accepting fixed limits from jobs, policies or social norms.
Many people self reject before the world rejects them. shifting from “I can’t” to “Let me see what’s possible” is a core mindset shift for careers, creativity and mental health in a tech driven world.
AI hallucinations are a feature to manage, not a reason to run away. just like human conversations, we should trust but verify, keep humans in the loop and use AI as “copy, paste, edit,” not as absolute truth.
Creativity and resourcefulness, especially in low resource environments, are underrated strategic advantages. these experiences train people to solve complex problems that AI alone cannot handle.
Tech can help heal identity and belonging gaps by scaling representation. digital twins and AI tools can make it normal to see black and brown leaders, shifting what younger generations believe is possible for themselves.

How Listeners Can Connect With Stephanie Sylvestre :

You can connect with Stephanie here.

LinkedIn. LinkedIn
or search “Avatar Buddy” and send a direct message referencing this Healthy Mind, Healthy Life episode
Email. stephanie@avatarbuddy.ai

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Disclaimer. This video is for educational and informational purposes only. The views expressed are the personal opinions of the guest and do not reflect the views of the host or Healthy Mind By Avik™️. We do not intend to harm, defame, or discredit any person, organization, brand, product, country, or profession mentioned. All third party media used remain the property of their respective owners and are used under fair use for informational purposes. By watching, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer.

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 And Emotional Well being
• Mindfulness And Spiritual Growth
• Holistic Healing And Conscious Living
• Trauma Recovery And Self Empowerment

With over 4,400+ episodes and 168.4K+ global listeners, join us as we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters.

👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.

Contact

💼 Brand. Healthy Mind By Avik™
📧 Email. join@healthymindbyavik.com | podcast@healthymindbyavik.com
🌐 Website. www.healthymindbyavik.com
📍 Based in. India And USA

🎙️ Open to collaborations, guest appearances, coaching, and strategic partnerships. Let's connect to create a ripple effect of positivity.

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19 hours ago

Can Hypnosis Really Heal Anxiety In Minutes For Autistic And Anxious Minds. With Lawrence Bartley

19 hours ago

On this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik talks with autistic hypnotist Lawrence Bartley about what actually happens when anxiety starts to rule your life and why traditional talk therapy is not always enough. Lawrence shares how a single hypnotherapy session shifted a lifetime of anxiety, how the emotional brain ignores logic, and why real change can sometimes happen faster than we have been told.

If you are dealing with anxiety, stress, fear or emotional baggage and you are curious about hypnosis, this conversation breaks down myths, explains how hypnosis works without mind control, and gives simple, practical tools you can try today. This is a grounded look at anxiety healing, hypnosis for mental health, and emotional regulation that you can apply in real life across work, relationships, and everyday stress.

About the Guest:

Lawrence Bartley is an autistic hypnotist who supports people. especially autistic individuals. to release anxiety, fear, stress, addictions and long held emotional pain through hypnotherapy. After years of anxiety that did not shift with therapy, counseling and lifestyle tools, he experienced a powerful change during a hypnotherapy training and decided to dedicate his work to helping others access the same level of emotional freedom. Lawrence focuses on practical subconscious work, emotional energy, and guidance that keeps the client in control of their own healing.

Key Takeaways:

Anxiety often comes from short childhood moments that the emotional brain never processed, so it does not always require years of work to shift.
Logic alone cannot dissolve anxiety or phobias. emotions are stored in the emotional brain, not the analytical brain, which is why “talking yourself out of it” rarely works.
Hypnosis is not mind control or movie style drama. in ethical hypnotherapy the client is always in control, following suggestions they agree to, and the goal is healing, not performance.
Lawrence describes healing his lifelong anxiety after a focused hypnosis session during a training, following several days of going in and out of trance and working on his subconscious patterns.
Emotional energy can be shifted by activating the anxious feeling, then imagining its movement in the body and reversing that movement to neutralize the charge.
A simple self tool he shares. notice where anxiety sits in your body, imagine its direction of spin, mentally reverse the spin, then fill your body with a “healing color” that feels safe and strong.
He also recommends Jin Shin Jutsu. a Japanese practice where you gently hold each finger to calm worry, fear, anger, sadness and low self esteem while you feel the pulse and let the nervous system settle.
Real healing starts when you stop fighting your mind and start listening to what it is trying to protect you from. awareness plus the right tools can turn anxiety from a life sentence into a solvable problem.

How to Connect with the Guest:

Listeners can connect with Lawrence Bartley here.

X: @law_Bartley handle: The Autistic Hypnotist
Website: https://lawrencebartley.com/ includes his daily email list and links to book hypnotherapy sessions

Please check his website and X profile for current offerings, sessions and contact details.

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• Mental Health and Emotional Well being
• Mindfulness and Spiritual Growth
• Holistic Healing and Conscious Living
• Trauma Recovery and Self Empowerment

With over 4,400 plus episodes and 168.4K plus global listeners, join us as we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters.

👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.

Contact

💼 Brand. Healthy Mind By Avik™
📧 Email. join@healthymindbyavik.com | podcast@healthymindbyavik.com
🌐 Website. www.healthymindbyavik.com
📍 Based in. India and USA

🎙️ Open to collaborations, guest appearances, coaching, and strategic partnerships. Let us connect to create a ripple effect of positivity.

CHECK PODCAST SHOWS and BE A GUEST.

🎧 Listen our 17 Podcast Shows Here. https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/healthymindbyavik
🤝 Be a guest on our other shows. https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/beaguest
🤝 Video Testimonial. https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/testimonials
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Because every story matters and yours could be the one that lights the way.

3 days ago

Can Grief Rewrite Your Immigrant Dream And Help You Find A New Sky? | Shivani Malik

3 days ago

In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, host Avik Chakraborty sits down with scientist, biotech leader and debut novelist Shivani Malik to unpack how grief can quietly reroute a life that looks “perfect” on paper.

Shivani shares how losing her mother. the person who championed her move from India to the US for a PhD and a career in cancer research. forced her to ask a hard question. Am I building the life I truly choose. or the one that was handed to me as the immigrant gold standard

Her debut novel “The Sky Is Different Here” becomes the container for that inquiry. blending STEM and storytelling to explore grief, ambition, belonging, identity, women in STEM and the emotional cost of chasing the immigrant dream. If you have ever hit your goals and still felt strangely empty. this conversation will land close to home and give you pragmatic language and tools to actually sit with your emotions instead of outrunning them.

About The Guest:

Shivani Malik is a scientist, immigrant, biotech leader and debut novelist. She moved from India to the United States for her PhD. trained at Stanford and UCSF and built a high impact career in cancer research and drug development.

After the sudden death of her mother. Shivani began writing as a way to process unresolved grief and question the version of success she had been running toward. That process eventually became her debut novel “The Sky Is Different Here.” a work of fiction rooted in real emotional truths about loss, belonging and the complexity of being a woman, immigrant and dream chaser.

Today she continues her work in biotech while using story as a way to build community around shared struggle, invisible expectations and the cost of never slowing down.

Key Takeaways:

Grief will not stay in the background forever. Shivani reached a point in her postdoctoral training where the “unopened package of grief” for her mother made it impossible to keep functioning on autopilot.
The immigrant dream can silently become an emotional contract. She names how passion for science and external expectations blend. making it hard to tell where genuine desire ends and cultural pressure begins.
Fiction gave her psychological safety. By fictionalizing roughly shaped versions of her lived experience. she could tell the emotional truth without exposing specific people, institutions or workplaces.
Science and storytelling share the same backbone. In the lab you still “tell a story” about how a cancer drug works and who it can help. That pattern of connecting dots translated directly into shaping a novel.
Healing required both solitude and community. Writing helped her sit with grief. but reading other grief stories and later sharing her own created a sense of community that science culture had not given her.
Everyone carries loss and dislocation. whether it is a person, a home or a sense of belonging. Shivani urges listeners to find some way to express it. through writing, conversation, walking, meditation or sitting with feelings instead of numbing them.
Expression is step one. sharing is step two. Naming your experience with someone who truly “gets it” becomes a powerful way to move forward rather than just cope.

How To Connect With Shivani Malik :

Shivani mentioned three primary ways to reach her.

Book
Personal Website : You can leave her a direct message and learn more about “The Sky Is Different Here.”

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Disclaimer: This video is for educational and informational purposes only. The views expressed are the personal opinions of the guest and do not reflect the views of the host or Healthy Mind By Avik™️. We do not intend to harm, defame or discredit any person, organization, brand, product, country or profession mentioned. All third party media used remain the property of their respective owners and are used under fair use for informational purposes. By watching, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer.

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. a storyteller, survivor and wellness advocate. this channel shares powerful podcasts and soul nurturing conversations on

• Mental Health and Emotional Well being
• Mindfulness and Spiritual Growth
• Holistic Healing and Conscious Living
• Trauma Recovery and Self Empowerment

With over 4,400 plus episodes and 168.4K plus global listeners. we unite voices, break stigma and build a world where every story matters.

Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.

Contact

Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™
Email: join@healthymindbyavik.com | podcast@healthymindbyavik.com
Website: www.healthymindbyavik.com
Based in: India and USA

Open to collaborations, guest appearances, coaching and strategic partnerships. Let us connect to create a ripple effect of positivity.

Check Podcast Shows and Be A Guest

Listen to our 17 podcast shows here: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/healthymindbyavik
Be a guest on our other shows: https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/beaguest
Video testimonial: https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/testimonials
Join our guest and listener community: https://nas.io/healthymind
Subscribe to newsletter: https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/

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3 days ago

Can Love Really Conquer War, Darkness and Covert Truths? with MD Selig

3 days ago

In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, Avik sits down with MD Selig, a former Marine combat jet attack pilot, historian, filmmaker and author of the novel Hush. They unpack what it means to live inside real conflict, sift through war narratives, intelligence briefings and media spin, and still choose to let the heart lead.

MD explains how flying combat missions, reading top secret intel and watching mainstream news side by side pushed him into a crisis of truth that logic could not solve. He shares how turning inward, using love as a compass instead of control or fear, changed the way he understands darkness, hidden histories and humanity’s future.

If you are feeling overwhelmed by global chaos, conspiracy noise or your own inner storms, this conversation offers a grounded reset. Not spiritual bypass. Not toxic positivity. Just a clear invitation to come back to your own heart and move from there.

About the Guest:

MD Selig (Michael David Selig) has lived multiple lives in one. He is a decorated Marine combat jet attack pilot, former intelligence officer, historian, musician and filmmaker with work appearing on Netflix, Showtime and Amazon Prime.

He is the author of Hush, a novel that blends covert operations, Roswell research, dark hidden histories and spiritual questions into a cinematic story where love is not a slogan, it is the final force that drives everything.

MD’s core message is simple and inconvenient. You cannot think your way out of a world on fire. You have to feel your way through it, with the heart as your primary compass and the mind as the decoder, not the other way around.

Key Takeaways :

Head vs heart in a chaotic world
MD describes trying to make sense of war using only his mind. Combat missions, secret intel and 24/7 news all told different stories. That cognitive overload pushed him toward the only stable reference point he could trust. his own heart.
Darkness as context, not destination
The research behind Hush dives into Roswell, covert programs and unsettling histories. MD is clear that the goal is not to glorify darkness or fear. It is to see reality clearly enough that we can choose love from an honest place, not fantasy or denial.
Media narratives vs lived reality
During Desert Storm, MD watched CNN coverage that did not match either the missions he flew or the top secret briefings he read. That three way mismatch woke him up to how easily public narratives can be shaped and why internal discernment is non negotiable.
Love as operating system, not sentiment
For MD, love is not a soft emotion you wait to feel. It is the core identity underneath the noise. When you move from that identity, your decision making, research, relationships and responses to crisis all shift into a different gear.
Your heart as the only reliable compass
Whether you are evaluating a leader, a story, or a friend. MD insists your heart can feel what is real. Words and data may look convincing, but your body and intuition will tell you when something is off. That internal calibration is a competitive advantage in a confusing world.
Future may intensify, but the assignment stays the same
MD believes the collective moment may feel heavier before it gets lighter. His advice is blunt. brace yourself gently, stop outsourcing your sanity to headlines, and keep returning to love as your base setting. That is how you stay steady while systems shake.

How to Connect with the Guest

Website. https://mdselig.com
Explore MD Selig’s novel Hush and the Audible version via links on his site.
Use the contact options on his website to learn more about his writing, research and creative work.

How to Connect with Healthy Mind By Avik and Be a Guest ?

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Disclaimer

About Healthy Mind By Avik™️

Mental Health and Emotional Well being
Mindfulness and Spiritual Growth
Holistic Healing and Conscious Living
Trauma Recovery and Self Empowerment

With over 4,400+ episodes and 168.4K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma and build a world where every story matters.

Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.

Contact

Brand. Healthy Mind By Avik™
Email. join@healthymindbyavik.com | podcast@healthymindbyavik.com
Website. www.healthymindbyavik.com
Based in. India and USA

Open to collaborations, guest appearances, coaching and strategic partnerships. Let us connect to create a real ripple effect for mental wellness.

Check Podcast Shows and Be a Guest

Listen to our 17 Podcast Shows. https://www.podbean.com/podcast-network/healthymindbyavik
Be a guest on our other shows. https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/beaguest
Video Testimonial. https://www.healthymindbyavik.com/testimonials
Join Our Guest and Listener Community. https://nas.io/healthymind
Subscribe To Newsletter. https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/

Our Services

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Can The Meraki Way Help You Heal Burnout And Chronic Inflammation From The Inside Out? with J'Nai Zugates and Stephanie Thorpe

4 days ago

In this episode of Healthy Mind, Healthy Life, guest host Pragya sits down with J'Nai Zugates and Stephanie Thorpe, the co-founders of The Meraki Way, an integrative healing method designed for high-achieving, burned-out women who are done being dismissed by traditional healthcare.

They break down how unresolved trauma, chronic stress and years of self-abandonment show up as autoimmune issues, long COVID symptoms, chronic pain, hormonal chaos and relentless fatigue. You will hear how Stephanie walked away from expensive medications and infusions that were not fixing the root cause, and how J'Nai went from being told she would never run again to completing a marathon after long COVID and multi-system damage.

Together they explain how functional lab testing, somatic work, energy healing, holographic memory resolution, epigenetics and nervous system regulation can work as one framework. If you feel misdiagnosed, gaslit or stuck in symptoms no one takes seriously, this conversation gives you a grounded, science plus spirit path back to your own body.

achieving women reduce inflammation, balance hormones and reclaim sustainable energy without sacrificing their ambitions.

Key Takeaways:

Chronic symptoms like fatigue, pain, autoimmune flares and long COVID complications are often the body’s response to years of unresolved stress, trauma and self-abandonment, not random bad luck.
The Meraki Way treats health like a bank account. Everything from ultra-processed foods to toxic products to suppressed emotions pulls from your balance, while sleep, real food, sunlight, community and nervous system regulation deposit back in.

Functional testing for hormones, gut health, food sensitivities and stress markers gives hard data that your brain and body are overloaded, and it also proves the

impact of healing work when you retest.
Holographic memory resolution and somatic work help locate the moment the nervous system froze during trauma, update the brain’s story and release pain, insomnia and chronic stress patterns that standard labs cannot explain.
Epigenetics shows that unhealed trauma can travel through generations. Working with mind plus body tools can shift patterns for you and your family line.
High-achieving women often burn out because they carry everyone’s problems. A core practice of The Meraki Way is giving those problems back energetically and learning that “no” is a complete sentence.
Their 90 day framework combines functional protocols with intuitive tools like human design so clients leave not only healthier but with a clear blueprint for how they are wired to live and decide.

Connect With J'Nai and Stephanie :

Website. https://merakifunctionalreset.com
Learn about The Meraki Way, their 90 day program and sign up for the free Meraki Walk nervous system reset practice.

Email: meraki.sacred.healing.co@gmail.com
Reach out to share your story, inquire about working with them, or ask questions about functional testing, holographic memory resolution, long COVID recovery and nervous system regulation.

They support high achieving women and sensitive leaders who are tired of being told it is all in your head and are ready for data driven, soul aware healing.

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