"Wellness is just as unique as the expression of consciousness." 

Show Notes:

In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas explores wellness not as a checklist, but as a living, evolving identity. With warmth and grounded wisdom, he shares how personal well-being is shaped by both daily choices and life’s inevitable shifts. Topics include:

• Why wellness isn’t “one size fits all” — and how it’s defined by what makes you feel full, present, and embodied

• How seasons, weather, and environment influence mind-body balance

• The Ayurvedic practice of pañcakarma for seasonal reset and renewal

• Why resisting change leads to burnout — and how to move with life’s rhythm instead of against it

• The power of simple wellness practices (like warm lemon water in the morning) to create lasting impact

• The role of ritual and daily touch points in building self-awareness and resilience

• Wellness as both an art and a science — a skill you practice, refine, and live

Nicholas invites you to see your own wellness as a dance — one that evolves with you and asks for presence, curiosity, and a whole heart.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

Quote from Epidsode:

"Nobody can make you be, feel, or do anything that you're not giving permission to." 

Show Notes:

In this candid and unfiltered DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas reflects on the deeply personal nature of identity — and the societal pressures that try to define it for us. Speaking from his own experience and observations, he unpacks:

• How identity evolves over time and why it’s more about what we recognize in ourselves than external labels

• The harm of forcing binary systems — and why intersex and non-binary realities challenge rigid norms

• The irony of “freedom” in cultures that limit self-expression from birth

• Why debates on gender, race, and immigration often miss the core issue: equitable humanity

• The importance of holding your ground against imposed labels while respecting the personal journey of others

Nicholas invites listeners to consider who has influenced their own identity — and whether those influences align with their truest self.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

Quote from Episode:

"Embrace it and release it — giving it a hug, goodbye. Thank you for doing the things you were meant to do for me, and now I will say goodbye and watch you as you go." 

Show Notes:

In this reflective episode of DIVOted Talks, Nicholas explores the reality that everything in life is fleeting — people, experiences, situations. The moment something begins, it’s already moving toward its end. Through the lens of grief and impermanence, he shares:

• Why resisting endings often intensifies suffering

• The empowering role of acceptance in processing loss

• How to embrace emotions fully while also releasing them with grace

• Constructive ways to channel grief — from journaling to conversation

• Why patience, presence, and openness to unexpected insights are key in times of change

Nicholas invites listeners to consider their own relationship with impermanence, and to find practices that allow them to both hold and let go of life’s inevitable transitions.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

Quote from the Episode:

"Listening to your body, noticing where you have energetic leaks…and then trying to plug those holes by using systemic or holistic methods that help restore."

Show Notes

• Seasonal & Energetic Drain

  • Dreary, rainy, kaphic weather can slow energy, mood, and motivation—especially for kapha-dominant types.

  • Environmental conditions (temperature, light, humidity) directly influence our physical and mental states.

• Parallels Between the Yoga Room & the Body

  • Just as the yoga room heater works harder to keep temperature up on cold days, our bodies must work harder when energy is leaking or being depleted.

  • Energetic “drafts” can show up physically (fatigue, sluggishness), mentally, emotionally, or spiritually.

• Ayurvedic Awareness

  • Kapha, Pitta, and Vata doshas respond differently to environmental changes.

  • Identifying your dominant dosha helps you choose the most effective balancing methods.

• Self-Care Strategies for Energy Restoration

  • Warm water, teas, and heating foods/spices to counter kapha heaviness.

  • Practices that uplift mood and circulation when energy is low.

  • Granting permission to adjust output without guilt when your body asks for rest.

• The Essence of Yoga & Ayurveda

  • Developing the awareness to spot energy leaks early.

  • Choosing balancing actions so you can return as your whole self, not a diminished version.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

Quote from Episode:
"Can you detach from your emotions enough to ride them for the vehicles that they are?"

Show Notes:
In this DIVOted Talks episode, Nicholas explores how the principles of energy and matter apply not just to science, but to our emotional and spiritual lives. Drawing from Sāṅkhya philosophy, Purusha and Prakṛti, and the concept that energy is never created nor destroyed, he shares how this constant transformation shows up in relationships, daily experiences, and inner states.

Key points include:

• Matter ↔ Energy Flow: How everything—physical or emotional—is in constant transformation, shifting between energetic and solid states.

• Sāṅkhya Philosophy Connection: The journey of consciousness into matter and back, and how it mirrors the cycles in our own lives.

• Emotions as Energy in Motion: The risks of unexpressed feelings taking root as distortion or disease.

• Riding the Wave: How to leverage emotions instead of resisting them, using their momentum for growth and clarity.

• Practical Application: Recognizing when to act, when to rest, and how to make choices in coherence with what you truly need—without guilt.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

💬 Quote from the Episode:

“Being able to practice regularly, consistently, and with discipline allows for this bhakti, this devotion to self… allows you to come to know yourself more deeply and more fully through the changes that you notice in relation to the static or the consistent things.”

🌀 Show Notes:

What happens when your environment turns up the heat—literally and energetically? In this reflective DIVOted Talk, Nicholas shares the real-time lessons that surfaced while navigating a season of excess fire: broken plumbing, relentless temperatures, and stacked days in a hot yoga room.

Through the lens of doṣa, endurance, and depletion, this episode explores:

• Why Kapha types can burn out too—and how to recognize it

• The Ayurvedic wisdom of seasonal cleansing (ṛtu sandhi)

• How Dinacaryā builds internal guideposts for self-awareness

• Why overstimulation leads to disconnection—and how practice restores coherence

• The spiritual science of discipline as bhakti (devotion)

This episode invites you to consider:
What consistent practice—done for 65 days—might reveal your next layer of self-knowledge?

Whether it’s prāṇāyāma, writing, or walking, the message is clear: your rhythm is your refuge.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

A DIVOted Talk on Death, Desire & Doing What We Asked For

💬 Quote from the Episode:

“You were begging to have more to do… and now you do have more… and you’re doing something you really are passionate about—then being mad at the thing you’ve wanted and are passionate about because it’s asking and requiring of you things that you don’t necessarily want to give.”

📌 Show Notes:

🎢 What if the things we prayed for became the very things we now resent? What if paradise arrived—on schedule—and we were just… tired?

In this tender and transparent DIVOted Talk, Nicholas opens the floodgates on life’s most disorienting paradox: the weight of getting what you asked for. Through reflections on recent life transitions, long-held grief, and the irony of dream-come-true exhaustion, this episode becomes a field guide for holding intensity without collapse.

You’ll hear musings on:

• How grief sneaks into the very moments we should be celebrating

• Why not taking things too seriously might be the ticket to freedom

• The difference between adapting to what is and resenting what is

• The yogic call to presence—not productivity—as our real life’s work

• And how ānanda and sorrow might sit at the same table

This one’s a permission slip to feel it all. To meet the season you’re in. To love the life you’ve built—even when it asks more of you than you planned to give.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

A DIVOted Talk on Duality, Delays & Doing the Work Anyway

💬 Quote from the Episode:

“Each situation you find yourself in presents you with different work or different shades or different masks of the work that you will be participating in.”

📌 Show Notes:

🪵 What if healing meant holding both ends of the stick—grief and grace, chaos and calm, effort and ease—without losing your grip?

In this soulfully sharp DIVOted Talk, Nicholas explores the paradox of progress in yoga, business, and life. Whether it’s navigating the seasonal slowness of July or the illusions of certainty, he reminds us that the real work is presence—not prediction. Not control.

You’ll hear reflections on:

• The fatigue of “future-tripping” vs. the freedom of the now

• Samādhi as disillusionment—not disappearance

• Why carrying water and chopping wood never goes out of style

• The Vedic and Abrahamic metaphors of duality: “opposite ends of the stick”

• How to hold conflicting truths without collapsing into either

Whether you’re growing a business, grieving a version of yourself, or simply choosing your next right action—this episode invites you to do the work... again and again... from right where you are.

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

💬 Quote from the Episode:

“We are the experts of ourselves—but sometimes we may be confused about what it is we like or what we need.”

🌐 Description:

In this episode of DIVOted Talks, Nicholas Wade Kimps explores Ayurveda, craving, and consistency through the playful lens of a KC & The Sunshine Band classic. Learn how distorted desires, routine, and mindful structure shape wellness, yoga philosophy, and self-awareness in a distracted world.

🎶 “Uh huh, uh huh, I like it…”

📌 Show Notes:

When a song loops in your head, is it trying to tell you something? In this playful-yet-profound episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps riffs off the KC & The Sunshine Band anthem to explore Ayurveda, craving, and consistency. He reveals how what we “like” isn’t always aligned with wellness — sometimes it’s just the echo of imbalance (vikṛti becoming our new norm).

Through reflections on kapha comfort, the 26&2 Bikram yoga sequence, and the cluttered distractions of modern life, Nicholas highlights how routines, journaling, and mindful observation help us reclaim awareness. Rather than autopilot cravings, we can create rituals that realign us with health and self-knowing.

This DIVOted Talk reminds us that movement is medicine, and that noticing what we “like” is the first step to discerning what truly serves.

🔑 Highlights:

• 🎶 Songs as Signals: What looping lyrics may reveal about cravings and awareness

• 🪞 Vikruti vs. Prakruti: How imbalance can disguise itself as preference

• 🌱 Kapha Wisdom: Comfort, consistency, and the beauty (and danger) of predictability

• 🔥 Yoga as Feedback Loop: Using the 26&2 Bikram series to notice shifts and changes in the body-mind

• 📓 Journaling & Tracking: Practical tools to study your own patterns like a case study

• 🌊 Distraction vs. Awareness: How modern noise hijacks attention — and how to reclaim rhythm

• 💡 Regret vs. Regrettable: Why wishing things were different doesn’t have to mean living in regret

💬 Reflection Prompt:

Where in your life are you confusing “what you like” with “what’s familiar” — and what might shift if you listened more deeply to your body’s true needs?

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way

Quote from Episode:

“What permission slips are you waiting for right now—to allow yourself to feel better, move on, or offer forgiveness to yourself or others?”

Description:

Nicholas Wade Kimps explores permission slips, identity, and readiness through yoga, Ayurveda, and personal story. This episode reveals how unseen shifts prepare us for transformation long before change becomes visible.Show

Notes:

In this candid and expansive episode, Nicholas Wade Kimps reflects on the subtle thresholds of identity and transformation. What began as a story about upgrading podcast equipment unfolds into a meditation on worthiness, trauma loops, and the quiet ways we legitimize ourselves.Drawing on both personal experience and the wisdom of yoga and Ayurveda, Nicholas explores how “permission slips” shape healing, why trauma-informed beliefs keep us waiting for external validation, and how true readiness often builds below the surface. Like an iceberg slowly turning, transformation is silent until the dramatic flip. Through consistency, ritual, and awareness, we learn to see that we were ready long before we knew it.This episode is a reminder that healing is less about instant change and more about the subtle, often invisible compounding of practice.

🔑 Highlights:

• 📝 Permission Slips: Why we wait for external validation to feel legitimate or ready.

• 🧠 Unconscious Loops: How early beliefs and trauma shape self-perception. • ❄️ Iceberg Flip: Transformation as a long unseen process before sudden visible change.

• 🔄 Practice & Ritual: The difference between a single effort and compounding consistency.

• 🧘 Yoga & Ayurveda: Discipline and daily rhythm as anchors for readiness.

• 🌊 Overnight Success? The unseen years of effort that make sudden shifts possible.

💬 Reflection Prompt:

What “permission slip” are you waiting for—and how would life feel if you stopped waiting?

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— 🧡 DIVO Wellness — Movement is the Way