In this New Year’s episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó offers an alternative to resolutions and rigid intentions, inviting listeners into a quieter, more meaningful way of entering the year ahead. Through a personal ritual rooted in reflection, embodiment, and compassion, she shares how looking back on the year we’ve lived can become one of the most powerful tools for living with intention. Rather than striving to fix or reinvent ourselves, this episode centers on integration. Dr. Anikó walks thr...
In this episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó explores how conflict when met with curiosity rather than defensiveness can become a powerful pathway to deeper connection. Through a nuanced discussion of apology, forgiveness, and emotional accountability, she unpacks why curiosity is the missing ingredient in most relational breakdowns. At the heart of this conversation is a crucial distinction: accepting an apology is a relational act, while forgiveness is an internal process that unfolds in its own...
Meditation isn’t about stopping your thoughts, it’s about changing your relationship to them. In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó breaks down what meditation really is, why so many people believe they “can’t” meditate, and how simple body-based awareness can radically shift the way you respond to stress, emotions, and daily life. Through clear explanation and a guided sensory exercise, this episode shows how bringing attention into the body creates a pause between stimulus ...
In this powerful episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó expands on a key idea raised in last week’s conversation about grief and emotional suppression: the very real and measurable harm that unprocessed emotions create within the body. Through research, clinical insight, and lived experience, this episode explores why emotions that aren’t felt don’t disappear they embed themselves physically, increasing inflammation, disrupting hormones, altering the gut microbiome, and raising ...
In this deeply moving episode of "Nourish with Dr. Anikó," grief specialist and board-certified chaplain Amar Atma Singh Khalsa joins Dr. Anikó to explore the transformative power of grief. Together, they redefine loss as a path to healing, self-awareness, and deeper connection. About AmarAtma Singh Khalsa: Amar Atma Singh Khalsa is the founder of the Institute for Compassionate Grieving, a sought-after speaker, retreat leader, and author of the upcoming book "The Tender Art of Grieving." Wit...
In this heartfelt episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, we explore how our deepest gratitude often springs from the connections we nurture with others. Dr. Anikó reflects on a powerful conversation with a friend and how the podcast itself has become a bridge to more meaningful relationships both with guests and listeners. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why connection is at the heart of gratitude, and how even virtual conversations can create real, lasting bonds.The importance of honest, reson...
In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, host Dr. Anikó Gréger opens a vital conversation about one of the most pressing challenges facing families today: screen use, device dependence, and the ways our digital habits quietly shape the mental, emotional, and physical health of both parents and children. Through compassionate insight and grounded neuroscience, she reframes screen use not as a moral failing or a parenting flaw, but as an addiction engineered by design. She explains h...
In this deeply reflective episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó Gréger explores the powerful intersection between neuroscience, compassion, and generational healing. Speaking from personal insight and professional expertise, she reflects on how her own journey as a parent has reshaped her understanding of her parents, revealing how empathy and awareness can help us rewire long-held emotional patterns. Dr. Anikó unpacks the science behind how trauma and emotional experiences are store...
In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, host Dr. Anikó Gréger explores the tender, universal experience of grief and the deeper truths it reveals about love, control, and what it means to be fully alive. Through reflective storytelling and compassionate insight, she invites listeners to consider how healing and acceptance can unfold even when those we’ve lost are no longer here, reminding us that peace and integration are found within ourselves. Dr. Anikó shares how our desi...
In this powerful episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó Gréger is joined by integrative medicine physician and mindfulness mentor, Dr. Siri Chand Khalsa, for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, midlife transitions, and the emotional awakening many women experience in the second half of life. Together, they explore the “hard stop” many women reach when years of caregiving, emotional labor, and self-sacrifice catch up with the body, mind, and spirit, especially for those in heal...
In this inspiring episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, host Dr. Anikó Gréger welcomes Dr. Reshma Shah, pediatrician, parent coach, and award-winning co-author of Nourish: The Definitive Plant-Based Nutrition Guide for Families. Together, they explore what it truly means to feed your family in a way that supports both health and happiness without rigidity, guilt, or overwhelm. Dr. Shah shares her personal and professional journey from a traditional vegetarian upbringing to becoming a leading v...
In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó concludes her powerful three-part vaccine series with an in-depth look at the devastating diseases vaccines were designed to prevent: polio, pertussis, and measles and why remembering their true impact is essential to protecting future generations. With her signature blend of medical expertise and heartfelt storytelling, Dr. Anikó brings these illnesses to life through vivid history, global context, and real patient stories. From t...
In this week’s episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó continues her powerful three-part series on vaccines, autism, and misinformation this time turning the focus to the diseases themselves. Building on last week’s exploration of scientific truth and the spread of misinformation, this episode dives deep into the devastating illnesses vaccines were created to prevent and why so many in modern society have forgotten their true impact. With her signature mix of compassion, medical expert...
In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó tackles one of the most heated and misunderstood topics in modern medicine: vaccines, autism, and the machinery of misinformation. With honesty and depth, she unpacks how one falsified study in the 1990s fueled decades of fear, why misinformation continues to spread, and what the science actually shows about vaccines and autism. Through clear examples, compassionate perspective, and a call for deeper conversations, Dr. Anikó explores the ...
In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó steps away from her planned topic to dive into one of the most powerful and often misunderstood tools for self-discovery and healing: shadow work. Drawing from Carl Jung’s teachings, the wisdom of psychotherapist Terry Cole, and her own reflections, she unpacks how the parts of ourselves we resist, deny, or even despise hold the keys to our freedom and wholeness. Through honest conversation and practical practices, Dr. Anikó explains why ...
In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, Dr. Anikó invites you into the power of simple rituals that connect us more deeply to ourselves, to nature, and to one another. Inspired by a recent talk blending shamanic traditions with Western medicine, she explores how practices like welcoming the sun, grounding through the earth, and gentle movements such as Qigong can shift the way we carry ourselves through hard and uncertain times. Through personal stories, dreams that crossed into waking l...
When most of us hear the words PMS or menopause, we think of struggle, discomfort, or even loss. But what if these phases of life were actually sacred transitions, times of heightened perception, honesty, and wisdom? In this episode of Nourished, Dr. Anikó invites you to see PMS and menopause through a radically different lens. Drawing from cultural traditions, ancestral wisdom, and her own integrative practice, she reframes these experiences not as deficits but as doorways into deeper truth ...
Adolescence is one of the sacred stages of development. In this episode of Nourished with Dr. Anikó, integrative pediatrician and postpartum consultant Dr. Anikó Gréger explores how parents can best support tween and teen girls as they transition from childhood to adulthood. Dr. Anikó explains why adolescence should be viewed as a sacred window, similar to the postpartum period where young people are “birthing” a new sense of self. She dives into the importance of individuation, the nor...
In this final part (for now) of the anti-inflammatory diet series, Dr. Anikó brings everything together and shows how an anti-inflammatory lifestyle is more than just what’s on your plate; it’s about how you live, connect, and nourish yourself and your family. Instead of focusing on restriction, Dr. Anikó encourages us to start by adding: more whole foods, more vegetables, more community, more rest, and more joy. By adding these elements first, the less supportive foods and habits naturally t...
The Anti-Inflammatory Diet Part 2: Real Food, Lifestyle Shifts, and Lasting Health When it comes to inflammation, last week’s episode showed us that it isn’t always the enemy it’s actually one of your body’s greatest tools for healing. But when inflammation becomes chronic, it drives disease and drains vitality. In this second part of Dr. Anikó’s anti-inflammatory series, she explores what the anti-inflammatory diet really looks like in practice and how cultures around the world have been liv...