The Mindful Journey

What we expect about our health may matter more than we realise. This episode is for anyone curious about the mind and body connection and the quiet power of expectation.Dr. Janey Little explains the placebo and nocebo effects through a hospital story and her own practice, and shares her views on belief, hope and prognosis. It is a perspective to reflect on, not medical advice.About the Guest: Dr. Janey Little spent 22 years as a veterinary surgeon before becoming a natural medicine practitioner who supports clients on their healing journeys. She is the author of Cancer... You Can Heal Yourself!Key Takeaways:Placebo is the positive effect of belief and expectation. Nocebo is the negative one.Dr. Janey tells the story of Mr. Wright to show how hope and belief can move alongside health.Her three pillars: address the cause, work with the body’s inner wisdom, and treat the whole person.A prognosis is a statistical estimate about a population, not a verdict on you.She values conventional medicine and recommends guided support on any healing journey.Connect With the Guest: Website: drjaney.co Book: Cancer... You Can Heal Yourself! by Dr Janey LittleEpisode Chapters (times from the raw recording): [08:40] Why Belief Matters for Health: An opening question [10:45] From Veterinary Surgeon to Natural Medicine: A journey shaped by loss [13:44] Three Pillars of True Healing: Cause, harmony and the whole person [22:03] What the Placebo Effect Reveals: Mind, body and expectation [25:35] The Story of Mr. Wright: Placebo and nocebo in one life [35:51] Nocebo in Everyday Life: How words and prognosis land [46:14] False Hope or False Despair: Rethinking what we are told🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life?Send me a direct message on PodMatch.👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter.👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to.Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast📬 Contact & LinksBrand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️Contact UsBased in: India & USA🎧 All Podcast Shows🤝 Be a Guest📩 Newsletter Substack👉 Join the LinkedIn Community📌 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 hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #placeboeffect #noceboeffect #mindbodyconnection #powerofthemind #holistichealing #naturalmedicine #healingjourney #mindfulness #mindset #wellness #innerhealing #TheMindfulJourney #beliefandhealth

Have you ever frozen before a big decision, or replayed a mistake long after it was over? On The Mindful Journey, host Sana sits with Silvia Rizzo to explore how we respond to pressure, uncertainty and error.Silvia shares why fear fills the empty spaces of uncertainty, how to decide from reality rather than imagined outcomes, and why every mistake is simply new information.About the Guest:Silvia Rizzo is an international Grand Prix dressage rider, entrepreneur and certified life coach. Her experience in elite sport and business shapes how she thinks about leadership, high performance and personal growth.Key Takeaways:We cannot predict the future. Notice when fear is filling the gaps of uncertainty.Feel your emotions, but decide from what is real in front of you right now.Treat a mistake as information. Ask why it happened so you do not repeat it.Honesty with yourself and others saves energy that pretending quietly drains.Grow step by step, like adding weight in the gym, and stay flexible enough to adapt.Episode Chapters (approx.):[00:00] Frozen at the Crucial Moment: opening reflection on pressure and mistakes [02:00] Meet Silvia Rizzo: elite sport, business and coaching [03:30] Why Fear Takes Over: uncertainty and the stories our minds create [07:00] Stay With Reality: feeling emotions without letting them decide [11:00] Mistakes as Information: analysing what went wrong without self-pity [15:00] Honesty and Small Steps: why pretending wastes energy [19:00] No Textbook Formula: decide with what you know and adapt🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life?Send me a direct message on PodMatch.👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter.👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to.Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast📬 Contact & LinksBrand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️Contact UsBased in: India & USA🎧 All Podcast Shows🤝 Be a Guest📩 Newsletter Substack👉 Join the LinkedIn Community📌 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 hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #themindfuljourney #silviarizzo #decisionmaking #handlingpressure #mistakesasinformation #highperformancemindset #emotionalawareness #fearofuncertainty #lifecoaching #dressage #personalgrowth #mindfulness #resilience

Mindfulness now arrives as apps, courses and checklists. What did it look like before all that? This episode is for anyone who practises mindfulness and wonders what the techniques grew from.Dr. David Lee Fish traces mindfulness back to the Zen teaching “only go straight, don’t know” and shows how it speaks to performance anxiety. You leave with a quieter question to sit with, not another method to add.About the Guest: Dr. David Lee Fish is a saxophonist, music professor and performance coach. He teaches online courses on speaking, performing and competing with confidence, and studied Zen for decades under the same Korean Zen master as Jon Kabat-Zinn.Key Takeaways:Notice “don’t know mind”, the moment before thinking adds meaning and judgment.“Only go straight” means staying with the task in front of you. When you eat, only eat.Performance anxiety needs three things: an audience, being judged, and a felt threat.Anxiety often undermines confidence you already have, so you may not need more of it.Techniques are a path, not the destination. Use them, then return to the source.Connect With the Guest: Website: https://riseupeight.com/ (courses, coaching and social links in the footer) LinkedInEpisode Chapters (times from the raw recording): [06:11] Mindfulness Before the Apps: Why the origin matters [09:15] Only Go Straight, Don’t Know: Seung Sahn and Kabat-Zinn [15:48] When Technique Is Not Enough: What gets smoothed away [18:05] It Is Not a Lack of Confidence: Performance anxiety explained [21:41] Three Ingredients of Performance Anxiety: Watched, judged, threatened [25:03] What Zen Points To: Flow, tarab and the before-thinking self [30:31] Your Thinking Is Not You: The whole problem in one line 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life?Send me a direct message on PodMatch.👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter.👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to.Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast📬 Contact & LinksBrand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️Contact UsBased in: India & USA🎧 All Podcast Shows🤝 Be a Guest📩 Newsletter Substack👉 Join the LinkedIn Community📌 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 hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.#podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #mindfulness #zen #zenmeditation #performanceanxiety #stagefright #mindfulnesspractice #innerwork #meditation #mentalwellness #flowstate #publicspeaking #TheMindfulJourney #dontknowmind

Have you ever been told you're too sensitive, take things too personally, need too much rest, or should simply toughen up?What if sensitivity isn't something you need to eliminate?In this episode of The Mindful Journey, Swati speaks with Kathryn Riordan, a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach who works primarily with neurodivergent women experiencing burnout.Kathryn explores what it can mean to live as a highly sensitive person in a culture that often celebrates constant productivity, long hours, pushing through exhaustion, and emotional restraint.For someone who needs more recovery time, processes emotions deeply, becomes overstimulated by noise or busy environments, or is strongly affected by the people around them, that culture can create a painful conclusion:Something must be wrong with me.Kathryn challenges that story.Drawing partly from her own experiences, she discusses how highly sensitive people may need more rest, more “white space” between demands, different environments, and relationships where their emotional depth isn't treated as an inconvenience.She also explores the importance of language and self-validation. Instead of immediately attaching judgment to sensitivity—I'm weak, I'm broken, I'm not tough enough—Kathryn encourages people to first notice what they're experiencing and begin asking where their sensitivity might actually support them.The goal isn't necessarily to become less sensitive.It's to understand yourself well enough to build a life where you don't constantly have to apologize for the way you experience the world.About Kathryn Riordan:Kathryn Riordan is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach who says she currently works primarily with neurodivergent women experiencing burnout, particularly those who haven't found sufficient support through traditional wellness approaches.Kathryn describes her professional path as emerging from her own long experience with chronic health symptoms and her exploration of more holistic approaches to wellbeing.Her work focuses on helping sensitive individuals better understand their needs, environments, energy and experiences rather than automatically treating sensitivity as something that must be overcome. Pasted textKey Takeaways:Sensitivity isn't automatically the same thing as fragility.A productivity-driven culture can make people with different needs believe something is wrong with them.Highly sensitive people may require more rest or recovery after demanding environments.Noise, bright lights, crowds and high levels of activity may feel overstimulating for some sensitive people.Emotional experiences and criticism may also be processed more deeply.Kathryn emphasizes that high sensitivity is a trait, not a diagnosis.Being highly sensitive doesn't mean every reaction or interpretation is automatically correct.Self-validation can help separate the experience itself from the negative story attached to it.Instead of immediately thinking “I'm broken,” begin by noticing what you're experiencing.Ask where your sensitivity actually helps you.If you struggle to identify benefits, Kathryn suggests considering whether you're spending enough time in environments where those qualities are valued.“White space”—time between demands with nothing expected of you—can be valuable.Recovery time doesn't necessarily mean doing absolutely nothing.Old habits of apologizing for your needs may take time to change.Supportive environments and relationships can reinforce a healthier understanding of sensitivity.Pay attention to people who respect your boundaries rather than challenging them every time.Kathryn believes growth doesn't have to look perfectly linear.Self-validation matters, but human beings also need supportive relationships and community.You don't necessarily need to become less sensitive. You may need to understand your sensitivity better.Chapters:What does it mean to be highly sensitive?Why society often treats sensitivity as weaknessProductivity culture and the pressure to keep pushingThe evolutionary perspective on sensitivityGrowing up being told you're “too sensitive”Why “it's not that deep” can feel invalidatingLearning to validate your own experienceSeparating sensitivity from shameWhere does sensitivity actually help you?Finding environments where sensitivity is valuedWhat high sensitivity can look like every daySleep, rest and recoveryNoise, crowds and overstimulationTaking criticism personallyWhy your physical environment mattersCreating more “white space”Stop trying to fix your sensitivityWhat happens when self-doubt returns?Choosing people who respect your needsWhy you aren't moving backwardsThe importance of being truly seenWhere to connect with Kathryn Riordan🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life?Send me a direct message on PodMatch.👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter.👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to.Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast📬 Contact & LinksBrand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️Contact UsBased in: India & USA🎧 All Podcast Shows🤝 Be a Guest📩 Newsletter Substack👉 Join the LinkedIn Community📌 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 hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.#TheMindfulJourney #KathrynRiordan #HighlySensitivePerson #HSP #Sensitivity #SensitivityIsStrength #Neurodivergent #Burnout #Overstimulation #SelfAcceptance #SelfValidation #Mindfulness #EmotionalWellbeing #HealthyMindByAvik #Podhub

In this episode of Mindful Journey, host Yusuf talks with manifestation expert and career coach Baiba Wisse about what it really means to find purpose. Baiba unpacks the common misconception that purpose equals a job title, and shares how her own path started with a simple longing to feel enthusiastic about each new day instead of just getting through it. The conversation moves through childhood soul fracturing and disconnection, the physical and emotional warning signs of living out of alignment, and why gentleness, not force, is what actually helps people reconnect with their own voice. Baiba closes with a practical starting point: carving out daily space for spontaneity and listening to what genuinely pulls at you, rather than waiting for a breaking point to make a change.About the Guest:Baiba Wisse is a manifestation expert and career coach based in Raleigh, North Carolina, who helps professionals move from draining corporate roles into work that genuinely energizes them. She hosts the podcast Career In Technicolor, a mix of solo episodes and guest interviews exploring how people pursue and express their own sense of purpose. Her own path included a layoff that forced her off the track she had been running on, which became the turning point for the one-on-one purpose and reconnection work she now offers.Key Takeaways:One of the biggest misconceptions about purpose is treating it as synonymous with your job. Purpose is closer to a daily sense of aliveness than a title on a business card.Disconnection from purpose often starts early, including from unsafe or unstable childhood circumstances that sever a person's trust in their own inner knowing.Warning signs of disconnection show up as chronic stress, fatigue, and even unexplained physical aches that do not show up on medical tests.Gentleness, not forcefulness, is what rebuilds a severed connection to purpose, even though forcefulness is often what gets rewarded in school and in business.A practical first step is protecting daily time, ideally an hour, for unstructured spontaneity: following small impulses (tea, a walk, a drawing) as a way of relearning how to listen to your own voice.Connect With Baiba Wisse:Instagram: @careerintechnicolor Podcast: Career In Technicolor, available on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyChapters:00:00 Opening reflection on the quiet question of purpose 00:42 Welcome and guest introduction 01:26 The biggest misconception people hold about purpose 03:37 Recognizing purpose that is already within you 05:13 Why we are taught to look outward instead of inward 06:31 What keeps people disconnected from their own voice 11:00 Everyday signs of disconnection: stress, fatigue, and unexplained pain 13:16 Steps toward reconnecting with yourself and your purpose 19:04 Where to connect with Baiba and her podcast 20:03 Final message: becoming your own biggest authority 21:18 Closing thoughts🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life?Send me a direct message on PodMatch.👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter.👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey.Refer a GuestKnow someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at [email protected] with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to.Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast📬 Contact & LinksBrand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️Contact UsBased in: India & USA🎧 All Podcast Shows🤝 Be a Guest📩 Newsletter Substack👉 Join the LinkedIn Community📌 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 hereBy listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here.#MindfulJourney #BaibaWisse #CareerInTechnicolor #FindYourPurpose #PersonalGrowth #ManifestationCoach #CareerTransformation #SelfDiscovery #InnerVoice #PurposeDrivenLife