Welcome to the Find your ultra podcast Episode 12. I hope you’re doing well!

New episodes are meant to come out every Friday, but man life challenges you. Despite best efforts I couldn’t release a new episode. But, here’s your new episode before the week ends.

What you’re about to listen to is a long and insightful conversation between me and Dr Raqib Ali on psychology.

Dr Raqib Ali is a Clinical psychologist and a Psychotherapist. He helps people cope with emotions though counseling and therapy. He runs this own clinic by the name of CUBBE clinics based out of Ghaziabad. CUBBE with a double B.

He also freelances with some hospitals of repute that include the likes of BLK max super speciality, & Apollo Cradle & Children’s hospital.

Besides clinical work, he is an assistant professor who  teaches students of psychology at various institutes and universities.

The point is that he is a subject matter expert with a special ability to break down concepts of psychology in simple language that a lay person can understand.

I thought this will be a discussion on mental health, and IT IS.  But this discussion ended up becoming a lot richer as we went with the flow and touched upon a wide variety of topics from the origin of psychology to parenting, to the paradox of choice, to small actions we can take everyday to look after our mental health.

The episode is over two hours long, so I recommend listening to it at 1.5x speed. 

Without further ado, here’s me and Dr Raqib Ali on Find your ultra podcast episode 12. Enjoy!

Connect with Dr Raqib Ali on instagram

https://www.instagram.com/psy.raqib/

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Welcome to the find your ultra podcast episode 11. 

If you’re a regular listener of this show you already know that I’m deeply interested in the science of Longevity. How can we all live longer, and improve our health spans. Two of the biggest factors that we have under our control to a large extent are Nutrition and Exercise.

According to Dr Peter Attia, someone I follow and admire, Exercise is hands down the best thing we can do to improve our health, offset some of the effects of the environment, prevent or delay the onset of the diseases that kill us.

So I want all my listeners to incorporate exercise into their routine. Now Let’s be honest, Not everyone loves running, not everyone likes the Gym. But fortunately there are alternate ways to stay fit. 

In this episode, we speak with AdhirajNeogi who’s a former national level badminton player

He was National Rank #2 in sun-junior doubles, national rank #6 in Singles, and #3 in Juniors Badminton. Adhiraj is also an SRCC, ISB Hyderabad Alumni.

In this conversation, Adhiraj talks about his life journey where he played badminton, got close to the top, why he had to give it up and get into a corporate life where he consulted with the likes of EY and Deloitte, and then how a small incident reignited his love for the sport and led him to found Raquet Ninja.

Adhiraj’s story is a case study itself on how playing a sport can boost the overall quality of one’s life and improve not only physical health but also works wonders for our mental health.

It is time to dive right into this short and insightful conversation. Here’s me and Adhiraj Neogi in the Find your ultra podcast episode 11, indulge away!

#Newepisodealert #Raquet_Ninja #AdhirajNeogi #Badminton #Sportsbasedfitness #Alternativefitness

Find Your Ultra Podcast episode 10 आपको मिलवाएगा एक बहुत ही दिलचस्प शख़्सियत से!

मैं बात कर रहा हूँ vishwas Sindhu की जिनको भारत की रनिंग community बहुत अच्छे से जानती है,

vishwas एक entrepreneur हैं, जिनके खेत भी हैं, मिठाई की दुकाने भी हैं, पर वो सबसे famous हैं अपने venture hell race की वजह से! 

Hell Race एक adventure sports company है, जो ultra distance races organise करती है भारत के अलग अलग हिस्सों में. Inki tagline है - "NOT FOR THE WEAK OF WILL"! 

ये वो races नहीं हैं जो आप थोड़ी सी training करके हंसते खेलते finisher मेडल घर ले जा सकते हैं. hell race का मेडल लेने केलिए आपको hell से गुज़रना होता है, पहले training में और फिर race के दौरान!

काफ़ी साफ़, देसी, raw, unfiltered और honest conversation है, और आप हैरान हो जाएँगे कि इस simple सी बातचीत मेंकितने life lessons और entrepreneurship lessons हैं! हमने हरयाणवी में भी बात की है, आख़िरी तक सुनेंगे तो मज़ा आएगा!

पेश है, find your ultra podcast episode 10, this is me and Vishwas Sindhu. Enjoy!

#TheHellRace #Ultrarunning #Trailrunning 

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Today’s guest Is an entrepreneur, an angel investor, an art collector, a metal head, a bird photographer and not the least of all, A runner. This is Munish Jauhar, who’s lived most of his life in Chandigarh.

I loved this conversation. In the first half we talk about all the lesser known aspects of Munish’s life and in the second half we talked about how he has managed to transcend his game from a run of the mill Ultrarunner to someone who has become good enough to qualify for the world’s most iconic ultra marathon - the spartathalon. 

We recorded this conversation early march and at that time, he had only met the qualification criteria for sparta. But as of today, the day we’re releasing this interview, his name is in the final lineup. So he will be toeing the start line of this iconic race this year.

Munish’s journey is a confirmation of the fact that if you have the desire and you’re willing to apply yourself, anything is possible. Do listen to this entire episode, if nothing else, I promise it will make you believe in yourself just a little more.

Enough said, let’s go straight to the conversation. This is Me and Munish Jauhar in the Find Your Ultra Podcast episode 09, Enjoy!

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Find your ultra podcast ka ye bahot hi important episode hai. 

Important होने के दो कारण हैं, पहला और chhota कारण ये है कि मेरी पॉडकास्ट का ही आठवाँ एपिसोड है!

Research बताती है कि जीतने लोग podcasting शुरू करते हैं उसमें से 98% लोग 7वें episode तक ही पहुँच पाते हैं और उसकेबाद इसे छोड़ देते हैं, क्योंकि उन्हें पता चलता है कि अच्छा content बनाना उतना आसान नहीं है, बहुत मेहनत लगती है।

तो आज आठवाँ episode है, इसके साथ ही हमने पहला पड़ाव पार कर लिया है! मेरी कोशिश यही रहेगी कि जितने लोग अभीpodcast को सुनते हैं, उन्हें अच्छा content provide दूँ! उनकी ज़िंदगी में कुछ value add कर सकूं.

आप साथ दीजिए और मुझे यक़ीन है ये podcast भारत की सबसे valuable podcasts में एक बन जाएगी!

इस episode के important होने का दूसरा कारण ये है कि ये mental health के बारे में है। मेरी नज़र में ये एक बेहद ज़रूरी विषयहै। podcasting के लिए मेरी preferred भाषा english है, और मेरे आज के guest भी बहुत अच्छी अंग्रेज़ी बोलती हैं, लेकिन फिरभी हमने ये episode हिन्दी में किया है, सिर्फ़ इसलिए के मैं चाहता हूँ इस बातचीत को ज़्यादा से ज़्यादा लोग सुन पायें! ये बहुत हीज़रूरी बात है, ज़रूरी सब्जेक्ट के बारे में है!

आज की guest Dr Aruna Broota हैं, जो की trained psychologist हैं (मनोविज्ञानिक हैं). ये काफ़ी famous हैं, तो मुझेज़्यादा बोलने की ज़रूरत नहीं है, अगर आपने 1980, ya 90 के दशक में देखें हैं, तो आप इनके बारे में ज़रूर जानते होंगे।

डॉ broota, was perhaps India’s first mental health professional, even if she wasn’t the first, she was definitely one of the first prominent voices in this space. 

Dr Broota TV, Radio, Magazines, Newspapers - हर जगह अभी भी mental health के programs करती हैं, इनकाopinion लिया जाता है, और इन्हे बहुत सारी speaking engagements के लिए बुलाया जाता है, and she’s given multiple TED talks.

बहुत ही insightful है बातचीत, काफ़ी सोचने पर मजबूर करेगी आपको, पर साथ ही ये मुझे अपनी ज़िम्मेदारी लगती है कि मैं यहीं पर एक trigger warning या एक चेतावनी दूँ, अगर आपका मानसिक स्वास्थ्य ठीक नहीं है, अगर आप किसी गंभीर हादसे की बात सुनकर trigger हो जाते हैं, या  परेशान हो जाते हैं तो आप इस episode को ना सुनें, और किसी mental health professional कीमदद लें! और इस program में की गई बातचीत का मकसद mental health को लेकर जागरूकता लाना है, पर ये professional मदद का substitute नहीं है, ये उसका विकल्प नहीं है. आप इसे सुनकर अपना इलाज करने कि कोशिश मत कीजिएगा, expert कीमदद लीजिएगा!

इसीके साथ पेश है एक बेहद ज़रूरी विषय पर बातचीत. Find your ultra podcast Episode 08, this is me and Dr Aruna Broota. Indulge away!

#Mentalhealth #Psychologist #Therapy #Trauma #Depression #Addressyourself #SeekHelp #Mentalhealthawareness

Find Your Ultra podcast is going to surprise you a little bit today because we’re bringing this episode to you in Hindi.

जी हाँ! As funny as that Jee haan sounds.

मेरी हिन्दी बहुत बुरी नहीं है, पर मैने formal कम्युनिकेशन में हिन्दी का बहुत कम इस्तेमाल किया है, और इसी की वजह से थोड़ी झिझक है बोलने में! जैसे ही हिन्दी बोलने लगता हूँ काफ़ी फनी लगने लगती है!

बहरहाल, मुझे यक़ीन है कि बोलते बोलते ये झिझक भी दूर हो जायेगी.

आज के जो मेहमान हैं उनके साथ ऐसी कोई समस्या नहीं है, उनकी हिन्दी बेहतरीन है!

इस एपिसोड में हमने बात की कुलविंदर रूहिल से।

कुल्विंदर एक बहोत ही इंट्रेस्टिंग इंसान हैं। ये एक प्रोफेशनल चार्टर्ड अकाउंटेंट हैं, पर मुझे खेद है के ये एक ऑडियो पॉडकास्ट है, और आप इन्हें देख नहीं सकते, अगर देख सकते तो आपको एहसास हो जाता के कि ये देखने में कहीं se भी chareterd अकाउंटेंट नहीं लगते!

देखने में ये रणदीप हूड़ा या किसी उसकी तरह के मॉडल जैसे दिखते हैं!

He’s perhaps the most good looking chattered accountant you’ll ever see. 😀 Ladies, you might want to head over to his Instagram page right after this.

kulvinder एक फिटनेस एन्थुजिअस्ट हैं, जिन्होंने ना केवल अपनी physique बहुत बेहतरीन बनायी है पर अनगिनत लोगों को इन्स्पायर किया है फिटनेस और सेहत को अपनाने के लिये।

कुल्विंदर ने एक जिम की चेन शुरू की - सेहत वर्ल्ड के नाम से, और साथ ही साथ एक कैफ़े की चैन शुरू की सेहत कैफ़े के नाम से. सेहत वर्ल्ड काफ़ी अलग तरीक़े से design किया गया जिम है, अगर आप दिल्ली एनसीआर में हैं तो ज़रूर जाइएगा, आपको पता चलेगा इसमें काफ़ी इंट्रेस्टिंग एलीमेंट्स हैं, ज़ैसे की जहां एक्सरसाइज equipment रखी है उसके चारों तरफ़ एक circular track बनाया हुआ है ताकि आप अपना सेट ख़त्म करके जब रेस्ट लेते हैं तो वो walking रेस्ट ले सकें, जो की और भी अच्छा है आपकी सेहत के लिये। ये तो एक बात बतायी है मैंने आप जाएँगे तो आपको दिखेगा कितना ध्यान दिया गया है हर आस्पेक्ट पे।

इसी तरह से इनके कैफ़े भी कोई रेगुलर कैफ़े नहीं हैं, उनमें सभी traditional फूड्स serve किए जाते हैं क्लीन ingredients के साथ! सेहत कैफ़े से आप ऑर्डर भी कर सकते हैं किसी भी फ़ूड डिलीवरी app के द्वारा।

और जीतने intesresting ये दोनों concepts हैं, उतना ही interesting है एक fictional (काल्पनिक) superhero character jo inhone conceive kiya जिसका नाम है सेहत singh। sehat सिंह आपसे सेहत की बातें करता है एक बहुत ही फनी, लाइट, humorous टोन में, बिना preachy बोरिंग hue।

सेहत singh को social media की duniya में बहुत प्यार भी मिला है, जो की ज़ाहिर है उसकी social मीडिया following से। क़रीब 1 लाख लोग sehat singh को फॉलो करते हैं सोशल मीडिया के अलग अलग platforms पर।

इस episode में हमने बात की सेहत singh की journey के बारे में, फिटनेस और सेहत को लेकर जो ग़लत धरणाये हैं उनके बारे में, अगर आप ek sportsperson हैं तो कौनसी चीज़ें आपके खेल में आपको और बेहतर बना सकती हैं,

हर उम्र के लोग कैसे फिटनेस lifestyle अपना सकते हैं. अगर आपने अभी तक अपनी ज़िंदगी में जिम में कदम नहीं रखा है, या एक पुश अप तक नहीं किया है तो आप कैसे अब इसे अपना सकते हैं, कौनसी ग़लतियाँ आपको avoid करनी हैं, और भी बहुत कुछ.

लंबी बातचीत है, पर podcast का नाम भी find your ultra है, अल्ट्रा एक marathon से भी लम्बी होती है!

ज़रूरी बातें,

अर्थपूर्ण बातें

गहरी बातें

संजीदा बातें लंबी ही होती हैं

जितनी हिन्दी मुझे आती थी वो सारी मैंने बोल डाली है परिचय देने में ही! अब episode की शुरुआत करते है!

चाहे 1.5X Speed पर सुनियेगा पर सुनियेगा आख़िरी तक।

इसी के साथ पेश है Find your ultra podcast episode 07, this is Me and Kulvinder Ruhil. Enjoy!

#newepisodealert #sehatworld #sehatsingh #fitnesscontent #hindipodcast #strengthtraining #fitnessforallagegroups

#Gymlife #Fitnessmotivation

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Follow Sehatworld

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Follow Sehat world green

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This is a conversation close to my heart because in this episode I speak with someone I call a close friend, a brother, an inspiration, and someone I can count on. His name is Biplab Mukherjee. I met him in 2017 when I joined a startup he was already working for. We were colleagues who became friends because we share the common love for long distance running.

A part of the reason we connect well is also that we’re at a similar stage in life. Both entering middle age, haven’t made it anywhere in life, still finding our feet, still hustling. And also, I look up to him because he’s just like me, but better. Like in everything whether that’s running, or life in general.

Now moving on from my general admiration to some of the specifics of why you should listen to this episode till the end;

Even if you’re not interesting in running at all, you should listen to this guy because he’s a fighter. When he was laid off from his job during pandemic, he started a youtube channel from scratch, not knowing what it’ll lead to, but he kept hustling and his channel gained immense popularity with over 65000 people subscribing in a short span of time.

He is also a precision nutrition certified nutrition coach. This is your quintessential

regular guy hustling every single day managing Family, running, a full-time job, youtube, and his nutrition coaching practice.

Just in case you’re still not convinced that you should sit through the entire two hours, let me tell you that he’s an excellent storyteller. Stick around till the end, my friends. You’re in for a treat.

Connect with Biplab on Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/rockandrollrunner/

Check out Biplab's Youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@rockandrollrunner

Connect with the host Vipin Sharma

https://www.instagram.com/ultravipin/

#Running #Nutritioncoach #Youtuber #Stories #Storyteller #Ultrarunner #FamilyMan 

Find your ultra podcast Episode 05 brings you a wide ranging conversation with Jatin Arora covering his own journey that led to him quit his day job, pursue endurance sport, help people and eventually make his life entirely about it.

About Jatin

Jatin is an inspiring individual who left his corporate life to pursue his calling which was to build a life around Fitness and outdoors.

In addition to being a 4X- Ironman 70.3 finisher, and the founder of a couple of outstanding communities, Jatin is

And still hungry and constantly learning.

To provide his skills and learnings an expression and to share his knowledge and help people, Jatin has built a couple of outstanding communities.

He founded Bootcamp Yellow (BCY), which is an outdoor fitness community. And another one called Triclub Gurgaon which is essentially a community of triathletes.

What started as a personal pursuit has now become a lot bigger than himself. It is now a community of folks who are inspired to head outdoors everyday working on becoming their best selves.

I cannot wait to learn about how he’s done all of this, what drives him, and what specific advice he has for people starting out and for established runners and triathletes.

You can follow all of us on Instagram at the following handles:

Guest: Jatin Arora

https://www.instagram.com/jatin_arora77/

Bootcamp Yellow

https://www.instagram.com/bootcampyellow/

Triclub Gurgaon

https://www.instagram.com/triclubgurgaon/

And the host: Vipin Sharma

https://www.instagram.com/ultravipin/

Without further ado, dive right into the episode.

In Episode 04 of Find Your Ultra Podcast I speak with Ashima Gera who is a certified personal trainer and a nutrition coach with an uncomplicated approach to life. Ashima has a high flying career (not just metaphorically ;), and despite that she’s hungry to learn more and help as many people as she can.

This short, honest, no frills conversation is all yours to be indulged in. #Fitness #Strengthtraining #Fitnesscoach #FitIndia #Nutritioncoach 

Follow and engage with Ashima on Instagram @witnessmyfitnesswmf 

Enjoy the episode!

My next guest is a vastly experienced endurance athlete who has run numerous ultra distance runs, completed the coveted Ironman triathlon 4-times, and then gone on to finish the big daddy of triathlons - the Ultraman in Florida, USA.

Abhishek Mishra has had a very interesting life journey where he quit his corporate job to immerse himself fully in the world of endurance sport where he dabbled into event consulting, corporate speaking, coaching to name a few.

Abhishek is also a published author. His first book ‘Run to realize’ makes an inspiring read for not just runners, but anyone considering a path less traveled.

In this episode we talk about Abhishek’s life adventures, his learnings, and the big story - his Ultraman triathlon experience.

Episode 03, all yours to indulge in! Head over to the link in bio NOW, and get ready to get inspired!:)

#FindYourUltra #Ultraman #Triathlons #Endurance

Show notes

0.00 - Intro

5.35 - Quitting job

7.35 - Importance of life evaluation

11.25 - Examine, but Heal first

13.40 - Quit your job, but know this

20.40 - Event organization journey

23.50 - Kuchh desert ultra - Reaction Vs response

30.05 - The toughest race

31.01 - What is Ultraman

35.30 - Training for Ultraman/ Or the lack of it

41.58 - Fear and it’s role!

45.50 - Ultraman Day 1

50.40 - Ultraman Day 2

53.35 - Ultraman Day 3

55.20 - The anti-climax

1.03.37 - Emotions post finish

1.05.20 - The real reason I cried

1.08.35 - Birth of Hawkman triathlon

1.10.45 - If I could go back in time, this is what I would change.

1.11.28 - How you can find your ultra

1.14.10 - Two most powerful tools you can use

1.15.55 - How to get clarity

1.19.55 - Next goal

1.22.05 - Where to find Abhishek