Fresh Leaf Forever

Dr.Jarrod Spencer is a clinical psychologist who's passionate about improving the emotional health of athletes and business leaders. He is the author of the famous book "Mind of the Athlete    Clearer Mind,Better Performance".

In this episode, host Vai and Dr.Spencer focus on Mental Health as it relates to employee well-being and businesses, AND his other area of expertise;  working with athletes.

Discussion focus areas include:

* Crucial factors impacting business performance in the present day context
* Overcoming these roadblocks
* Role of anxiety, fear of the unknown
* Developing resiliency, confidence and how significant these are in present day scenario
* Strength psychology methods of Dr.Spencer for businesses and employees to feel at their best and perform
* Focus areas for business leaders as it relates to mental health
* Ensuring trust and building confidence in an era of Great Resignation
* Role of sleep, impact on health and performance
* Cultural shift as it relates to better Mental Health and performance
* Empathetic leadership and significance
* Dr.Spencer's main area of expertise working with athletes and his book "Mind of the Athlete"
* Building positivity and improving athletic performance
* Sports culture and Mental Health
* Aspects often ignored
* Dr.Spencer's journey as an IFit doc and its impact on people's lives

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Combining food that we put on our plate and planning meals lot of times can be daunting. 
Our guest Divya Alter, who owns the famous Manhattan restaurant Divya's kitchen, and co-founder of Bhagavat Life, an Ayurvedic culinary school, walks us through aspects of food combining in this episode.
Vai and Divya discuss how best one can do this across different cuisines of the world.
Here are some areas we focus on, in this wonderful dialogue -

• Divya’s introduction to Shaka Vansıya Ayurveda, & her journey
• Mixing and matching ingredients the correct way to create delicious meals in any cuisine
• Eating based on seasons, geography and crucial factors
• Examples of good food combinations and common mistakes 
• Cultures and eating habits and role of habitual, routine eating practices
• Role of spices(across the world) in ensuring digestive compatibility
• Autoimmune conditions and eating
• Impact of bad eating practices on health
• Easy ways to resolve and achieve food compatibility
• Body types and feeding according to one's needs
• Creating meals ideal for everyone in the family
• Reasons why cooking fresh and eating warm meals is necessary
• About Divya's book "What to Eat for How You Feel : The New Ayurvedic Kitchen" and her upcoming book release "Joy of Balance  An Ayurvedic Guide to Cooking with Healing Ingredients"
• Her upcoming Master Class on everything relating to cooking healthy and feeling one's best
• Divya's website (http://www.divyas.com) and information on workshops, classes

DISCLAIMER: This podcast episode is for informational purposes only. Please consult your physician for individual health needs, specific to your condition.

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Linda Sparrowe, our guest, is a coach, developmental editor, collaborator and ghostwriter.

This episode is about how Yoga and mindfulness inform her unique approach to the writing process. She shares how her clients are able to incorporate this into their journey as a book writer and make it very authentic, bringing out their unique voice and message.

Linda and host Vai talk about the following in this delightful conversation :

• Linda’s journey as a writer, how it evolved and how it shaped into what it is today.
• Brainstorming and refining ideas while writing a book.
• Our guest as an author of books on Yoga and her writing approach.
• How Yoga and Mindfulness helped  hone Linda's writing skills and how she's able to impart that to people  she works with.
• Her talks on Body image, women’s health, anxiety, depression and intertwining with yoga.
• Mindful approach to client's writing and how it translates to their message coming out more effectively.
• Overcoming foggy mind etc, flow of thought, refining thought process, presenting a different angle or viewpoint as an author.
• Yoga and mindfulness contributing to an author’s success.
• This approach and how it relates to any write up(articles, blog posts and such).
• Role of mentors and book coaches like Linda in honing the rhythm , style of writing.
• Different genres, cutting out the external noise and achieving focus.
• Linda's “Your voice, Your Story, Your Book” online course and all about it.
• Aspects to focus on in a book proposal.
• Being a ghostwriter; what it is and what kind of a flavor one can impart as a ghostwriter.
• Manuscript writing. polishing.
• Tips for listeners to bring their unique voice, message, out in a book or inspiration for them to come out with their story

Linda Sparrowe's  may be reached  via her website  www.lindasparrowe.com with questions or client projects.

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This episode is with our guest Paige Roberts who  is currently assisting athletes all over the world ranging from youth, teen, NCAA, USA National Athletes, MMA, NFL, MLB, NHL and weekend warriors in reaching their full sports and life performance potential! 

Paige uses  Performance Neuro training to provide sports injury intensive recovery sessions, and sports and life performance coaching. Having been a collegiate athlete herself, this discussion is highly engaging and relatable to every current athlete and aspiring athletes, to harness tools that can help in their journey. 

Vai and Paige talk about the following in this  very meaningful, eye opening and insightful episode: (Check Chapter listing of this episode  for specific discussion areas and start times)

• Paige Roberts' journey in sports psychology and neuro science further to being an NCAA athlete
• Performance wellness and her roles as athlete, trainer, coach, social worker
• Athletes, support system around athletes
• Injuries in athletes and why they tend to manifest more and more
• Significance of psychological side as it relates to performance
• Physical vs mental
• Quality over quantity
• Recovery methods and protocols
•  Nutrition, mind and body and techniques
• Brain Spotting, light therapy and Audio Visual Entrainment techniques
• Breaking the stigma and bringing the much needed focus to mental health of athletes
• Signs of deterioration in athletes and contributing factors like sleep etc.
• Sports culture in locker rooms, support system 
• Inner circle of athletes - coaches, training staff, parents - their role in ensuring well being of athletes
• Role of empathy for coaches and support staff in this
• Tips for athletes to focus on and  feel better everyday
• Paige's  docu- series on this and other work related info, contact information

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Our guest Jenna Banks is a social entrepreneur, public speaker, author, host of The Jenna Banks Show video series, real-estate investor, and self-love advocate focused on women’s empowerment and gender equality.

This conversation with Jenna comes out on the day her book “I Love Me More: How To Find Happiness and Success Through Self-Love” is scheduled to release , commemorating Interational Woman’s Day.
Having survived a traumatic upbringing, Jenna was able to thrive in the business world, despite the fact that her educational background was only a high school equivalency diploma.

In this highly engaging episode, Jenna and host Vai cover aspects crucial to every human being, especially women, to build self esteem and worthiness to be successful in every walk of life.

Here are some highlights from the episode:
- What self love is and what are some ways we sabotage self love.
- What makes women sacrifice the importance of their own self or think it's selfish to do so.
- Jenna's story and how it relates to one's need to practically emphasize on this to be able to look after their well-being or put themselves first.
- Do women only tend to do this or is this across the board & unisex.
- Ideal stage in life that one should start developing this aspect of "valuing themselves".
(Men, women, children)
- Self love as a vitamin, role of how we treat ourselves being significant.
- Trusting intuition, need to not look for external approval.
- Role of imposter syndrome as it relates to one ignoring their worthiness.
- Importance of tuning into one's energy & power to build self esteem & be successful.
- Navigating workplace scenarios, personal finances.
- Handling relationships-how to do it best as mom, caregiver; yet not compromising.
- Realising your inner potential - "Inner Worthiness Goddess" as Jenna terms it in her book

and much more .....
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Ayurveda is the ancient science of Indian medicine and everything we do in life is treated as components of mind, body being in harmony. Our guest Nidhi Pandya comes from a family of Ayurvedic practitioners and she shares her expertise on how one can do everyday basics right to be able to lead a robust, invigorating life.

Host Vai and Nidhi talk about the following aspects in this enlightening conversation-

• Initiation into Ayurveda for Nidhi
• What Gunas, Doshas  are and how it relates to Prakruthi(birth) and Vikruthi(current status or present times of an individual)
• Ways an  Ayurvedic practitioner could evaluate an individual to understand their body type and health.
• Aspects that are crucial for healthy living for an individual.
• Role of hydration, digestion and the importance of digestive fire and building it.
• Warm vs cold food intake and benefits.
• Microwave, refrigeration, freezing and impact on nutrition.
• Tips on keeping meals simple, yet nutritious and fresh, in a fast paced world.
• Snacking - what is ideal and what are some ways to control cravings and the need to be mindful.
• Role of body, mind and integration in achieving health.
• Exercising, role of emotions - fear, anger, overthinking and how they play into one's well-being.
• Raw foods vs cooked foods, what is ideal and why.
• Role of honey as a sweetener and ideal ways to use honey; why honey is not to be used with hot beverages and substitutes.
• Healthy start to day, alkalinity.
• Best fats to consume.
• Meal ideas and what our guest does to stay on course during her day.
• Building alkalinity and Nidhi's take on it.
• Importance of sleep and how it can help rejuvenate an individual.
• Ayurveda and athletes.
• Achieving homeostasis and  general tips to maintain a healthy body and mind.

And much more....
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Our guest Nicole Meier is the author of three critically acclaimed women's fiction novels. In this episode, Nicole and I talk about the aspects one needs to focus on to be able to write their first book in their genre of choice.
Episode focuses on:

• How it all began for Nicole as a book author and book coach
• Patterns to observe in an individual for any story to come out , genres.
• Types of genres and fiction vs non fiction.
• Catching a reader's attention and capitalizing on it.
• Developing a narrative.
• Role of research, timeline and accountability.
• Nicole's 3 books and  passion for fiction as a genre.
• What if someone gets stuck? 
• Areas where a book coach can help.
• Finding an editor, publisher -how do you go about all this?
• Steps involved in writing to publishing
• Purpose, goals, end result.
• Visibility to top publishing houses.
• Tying it all together and coming out with the book.
• Typical coaching session and Nicole's role in polishing someone’s concept.
• Importance of trust, encouragement, motivation and support system.
• Role of editors and publishers
• Criticism, doubts and risk taking
• Being authentic for a very natural messaging and delivery.
• Mistakes that happen during writing, overcoming them.
• Creativity and being focused, motivated and turning it all into something fruitful
• Aspects like cover design, forming a launch team and marketing
• Self publishing, hybrid publishing.
• Contact info - https://www.nicolemeierauthor.com

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Neha Gupta is the CEO and Founder of College Shortcuts and she, along with her team help students find their dream fit as far as college applications/admission.
She is a Ted-x speaker, three time best selling book author.

In this episode, Neha and host Vai talk about:
* Neha's initiation into the stream of college admissions counseling as a career
* Achievement culture and self discovery
* A student's path to college admissions - when to start the process and how to go about it
* College tours and other factors involved
* Testing and application requirements
* Test optional, test blind, test flexible requirements
* College essays and resume building as well as supporting documents
* Choosing a major and its importance
* Course rigor, AP, IB, in person vs virtual classes
* Admissions angle and decisions
* Early action, early decision, regular decision and implications
* Private, public universities, Ivy League, scholarship opportunities
* Neha's role in the community and giving back, her books and contact info

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Our guest Dr.Judyth Reichenberg-Ullman is a board certified homeopathic and naturopathic physician, practicing for over 35 years. 
Along with her husband Dr.Robert Ullman, she has co-authored several books on homeopathy including the best selling "Ritalin-free kids" and "Homeopathic Self Care: the quick and easy guide for the Whole family". She has written another best selling book "Whole woman homeopathy".

In this episode, Dr.Reichenberg-Ullman and I discuss about :

• What is homeopathy and what is the underlying principle behind it.
• Who founded homeopathy and where this is mostly practiced.
• "Law of similars" and whether it mimics anything conventional medicine does.
• Her journey and how it all began for her in homeopathy.
• Who can benefit  from homeopathy, how a patient is treated and about history taking.
• Whether there are side effects to homeopathic medications.
• Getting certified in homeopathy.
• Acute illness care, chronic illness care.
• Homeopathy for humans, pets, plant life.
• Common remedies, basic kit, self practice and whether it is safe to do at home.
• Importance of understanding physical, emotional, mental side .
• The Sensation method used by Dr.Reichenberg-Ullman
• Over the counter homeopathic medications and is it safe to use them.
• Taking homeopathy along with conventional medicines.
• Her books, practice, contact info.

Dr.Judyth Reichenberg's website is https://www.healthyhomeopathy.com .

DISCLAIMER: This episode is not a substitute for in person or one or one consultations with a homeopath or a doctor for any illness and this is not to be construed as direct medical advice.

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Our guest Dr.Bindu Alexander is a renowned Atlanta area doctor practicing both internal medicine and an integrative approach using functional medicine.
She is board certified with ABIM(American Board of Internal Medicine) and IFMCP (Institute of Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner).

In this episode, Dr.Bindu Alexander and host Vai discuss the role of functional medicine in addressing root causes of illnesses and how every practitioner can possibly do both conventional medicine and functional medicine.

Episode highlights include, but not limited to:
1. Care regimen as a functional medicine practitioner vs only internal medicine previously.
2. About functional medicine and the underlying principle.
3. How root causes of illnesses can be addressed.
4. functional labs, parameters and application to clinical practice.
5. Genetics and illnesses.
6. Diet, nutrition and lifestyle choices for individuals and their impact on health.
7. Achieving optimal wellness.
8. Chronic illnesses and why anyone falls prey to autoimmune conditions and such.
9. Management of the above.
10. Gut microbiome, women's health, pre natal wellness, teen girls issues.
11. Factors impacting health of men
and much more .....

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