Send us a text Explore transformative healing in life after addiction with Dr. Supatra Tovar on ANEW Insight. This episode delves into forgiveness, neuroplasticity healing, and a body positivity approach alongside holistic health practices that support addiction recovery. Dr. Tovar highlights how self-forgiveness and purposeful action can rewire the brain through neuroplasticity, promoting nervous-system healing and family restoration. From surviving 27 years of incarceration to pioneering tr...
Send us a text In ANEW Insight Episode 133, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with Addiction Recovery Specialist Lance Wright, whose powerful journey from childhood abandonment and untreated ADHD to meth addiction, incarceration, and eventual recovery reframes addiction as a survival response to unresolved trauma—not a moral failing. With over 32 years of sobriety and founder of Life Over Addiction, Lance explains how his first encounter with meth created profound clarity and emotional relief, f...
Send us a text In this powerful second half of the ANEW Insight interview, Dr. Supatra Tovar and trauma expert Dr. Meg Haworth dive deep into healing trauma stored in the body, focusing on somatic recovery from narcissistic abuse. They explore how the body holds trauma from narcissistic abuse and reveal what it truly takes for healing trauma and effective recovery. Dr. Meg begins with a vital insight: “The body remembers what the mind forgets.” Survivors of narcissistic abuse experience chron...
Send us a text In this compelling first half of a two-part ANEW Insight conversation, Dr. Supatra Tovar delves into the complex realities of narcissistic abuse and childhood trauma with transpersonal psychologist and trauma expert Dr. Meg Haworth. This episode explores the symptoms of narcissistic abuse—such as chronic self-criticism, identity confusion, and emotional dysregulation—as well as the profound impact these experiences have on survivors. Dr. Meg, a survivor of severe trauma...
Send us a text In this second half of their powerful conversation, Dr. Supatra Tovar and quadruple board certified psychiatrist Dr. Vikas Gupta, founder of Wellness Psychiatry, tackle the topics that most GLP-1 discussions avoid: compounded medications, people who do not respond to GLP-1s, the explosion of disordered eating, and why a multidisciplinary, weight neutral approach is urgently needed. Dr. Gupta begins by addressing the reality many patients face. When FDA approved GLP-1 medication...
Send us a text In this powerful first half of a two-part conversation, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with quadruple board-certified psychiatrist and founder of Wellness Psychiatry, Dr. Vikas “Vic” Gupta, to explore one of today’s most urgent and misunderstood topics: how GLP-1 medications intersect with mental health, metabolism, nourishment, and whole-person wellness. Dr. Gupta’s clinical work spans psychiatry, obesity medicine, lifestyle medicine, and metabolic health. Having served on the fa...
Send us a text What turns a promising modality into a true game-changer? In Part 2, Dr. Supatra Tovar and trauma psychologist Dr. H Haugen (Dr. H) go deeper into Multichannel Eye Movement Integration (MEMI)—how Dr. H discovered it, why she now trains clinicians to use it, and what makes results feel more durable than exposure-heavy approaches. You’ll hear how MEMI engages the entire visual field to disrupt stuck recall loops, why clients don’t have to retell their story, and the exact safety ...
Send us a text In this illuminating episode of The ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar welcomes trauma psychologist and Multichannel Eye Movement Integration (MEMI) pioneer, Dr. H Haugen, for an in-depth conversation that bridges neuroscience, psychology, and compassion. Dr. Haugen — affectionately known as Dr. H — has an extraordinary background that blends data analytics, leadership consulting, and trauma psychology. After earning her MBA from Columbia University and a PhD in psychology...
Send us a text In Part 2, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her conversation with Rosie Aiello—Women’s Life & Transformation Coach, international speaker, and bestselling author—on how survivors can break generational conditioning, stop people-pleasing, and rebuild a life rooted in kind love. We unpack the cultural scripts that silence women (“be nice, keep the peace”), why love-bombing is an early red flag, and how trauma responses like people-pleasing keep you in unsafe dynamics. Rosie ...
Send us a text In this powerful and deeply human episode of The ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with Women’s Life & Transformation Coach, Speaker & Author Rosie Aiello — a woman whose story moved the world, changed laws, and inspired a national movement of hope for women everywhere. Rosie lived through 25 years of emotional, verbal, financial, and psychological abuse while living in the Middle East. For nearly two decades, she believed she had to endure it. She belie...
Send us a text In this deeply thought-provoking second half of our conversation, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down once again with Dr. Tatyana El-Kour, Senior Psychology Research Fellow and Registered Dietitian-Nutritionist, to unpack one of the most urgent issues of our time: how artificial intelligence, social media algorithms, and digital culture are reshaping our relationship with food, body image, and self-worth. Building on Part One, this episode exposes how the constant flood of “What ...
Send us a text In this thought-provoking episode of The ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar welcomes Dr. Tatyana El-Kour, Senior Research Fellow in Psychology and Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, for an eye-opening exploration of how media, technology, and artificial intelligence are reshaping our eating behaviors, body image, and health beliefs. Dr. El-Kour—whose groundbreaking research spans over 25 years and 100 scholarly publications—unpacks how digital culture and diet cultur...
Send us a text When conception stalls, the male partner is half the story. In this advanced, practical follow-up, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her deep dive with Dr. Kian Asanad to map the male side of fertility, sexual function, and recovery—linking lifestyle, toxins, and treatment choices to real-world outcomes. You’ll learn why men are overlooked in fertility care, how stress, heat, chemo, and environmental exposures degrade sperm, and what modern urology can do—from onco-fertility preserva...
Send us a text In this compelling episode of The ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with Men’s Health Specialist Dr. Kian Asanad, fellowship-trained urologist and Director of the USC Fertility and Men’s Sexual Health Center, to unpack the science and solutions behind male infertility, low testosterone, and erectile dysfunction. Together, they explore how lifestyle, hormones, and even diet converge to influence men’s vitality, longevity, and reproductive potential. Dr. Asanad re...
Send us a text In Part Two of this illuminating conversation, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her deep dive with addiction and trauma specialist Dr. Kenneth Skale to explore the psychology of food addiction, emotional regulation, and behavioral recovery. Together, they unpack how modern food systems, emotional dysregulation, and unresolved attachment wounds drive addictive patterns with food, substances, and even habits like gaming or social media. Dr. Skale explains how food addiction mirrors su...
Send us a text What if addiction isn’t about weakness or willpower—but about how we learned to soothe pain, seek safety, and feel alive? In this illuminating episode of The ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with licensed clinical psychologist and addiction and trauma specialist Dr. Kenneth Skale to explore the psychology behind addiction, attachment, and the emotional roots of compulsive behavior. The conversation dives into the “seeking system,” a powerful brain mechanism tha...
Send us a text In Part Two of this ANEW Insight conversation, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues with psychotherapist, speaker, and anger expert Bronwyn Schweigerdt to unpack what it really means to reverse trauma—and why validation, healthy anger, and embodied integration are central to healing. Bronwyn explains why two people can live through the same event yet have very different outcomes: it’s not only the incident, but the “trauma behind the trauma”—the unvalidated anger, self-directed rage, av...
Send us a text What if anger wasn’t something to fear or suppress—but a vital signal from your body calling for truth, boundaries, and healing? In this powerful episode of the ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with psychotherapist, speaker, and anger expert Bronwyn Schweigerdt to explore the surprising connection between suppressed anger, depression, and physical health. Bronwyn’s groundbreaking work challenges the myth of the “angry person” and reframes anger as an essential,...
Send us a text Food, health, and healing go far beyond calories and numbers. In this second half of the ANEW Insight Podcast interview, Dr. Supatra Tovar continues her deep dive with Vandana Sheth—registered dietitian, nutritionist, certified diabetes care and education specialist, media contributor, and author of My Indian Table—to explore practical strategies for sustainable nutrition, mindful eating, and navigating today’s weight loss medication era. Vandana shares how home cooking, meal p...
Send us a text Diabetes and weight management are surrounded by confusion, cultural challenges, and diet myths. In this episode of the ANEW Insight Podcast, Dr. Supatra Tovar sits down with Vandana Sheth—registered dietitian, nutritionist, certified diabetes care and education specialist, seasoned media contributor, and author of My Indian Table—to explore practical, culturally sensitive strategies for preventing and managing diabetes. Drawing on nearly three decades of clinical experience, V...