Bridging Science and Spirit: Mind Wellness & Transformation with Niharika Rajnala

Host: Victoria JohnsonGuest: Niharika Rajnala, M.Sc., PhD (Candidate) – Health Science Professional, Certified Heal Your Life® Coach, Mind Wellness & Transformation Coach

In this empowering episode, Victoria Johnson welcomes Niharika Rajnala, a passionate Health Science Professional and Mind Wellness Coach based in Victoria, BC, Canada. With over 13 years of experience spanning mind wellness, clinical research, public health, academic research, and medical writing, Niharika shares how she blends Louise Hay’s transformational philosophy with her scientific background to help others heal from the inside out.

Niharika Rajnala holds a Master’s Degree in Medical Science and is currently pursuing her PhD. She is a Researcher at a leading cancer clinic, contributing to advancements across multiple therapeutic areas:

• Oncology: Lung Cancer, Cervical Cancer, Breast Cancer
• Neurochemistry: Alzheimer’s Disease
• Immunology: Psoriasis
• Infectious Diseases: Pediatric HIV

Her exceptional work has earned her several international awards and recognition in Research & Development and the Pharmaceutical Industry.

She offers insights into the connection between science and spirituality, the power of affirmations, and how to create mental and emotional balance through intentional daily practices.

“The point of power is in the present moment.” – Louise Hay

As a Certified Heal Your Life® Coach, Niharika is passionate about mind wellness, transformation, and emotional healing. Through her YouTube channel, she shares guided meditations, affirmations, and healing practices, inspiring a global audience to live consciously and joyfully.

• Science Meets Soul: How medical research and Louise Hay’s teachings work hand-in-hand to promote holistic healing.
• Affirmations as Medicine: Using positive thought to reframe stress and enhance mental clarity.
• Mind Wellness Practices: Simple daily rituals for balance, resilience, and self-love.
• Global Impact: Bringing healing to people worldwide through digital content and compassionate coaching.
• Presence and Power: Returning to the moment to access peace, awareness, and possibility.

“I bring together medical science and mind wellness to help people transform from the inside out.” – Niharika Rajnala“The point of power is in the present moment.” – Louise Hay“Our minds are powerful allies in healing when guided by love, not fear.” – Niharika Rajnala

1. Ground Yourself: Pause and take three slow breaths before your next task.
2.  Affirm the Positive: Repeat, “I am healthy, whole, and complete.”
3.  Learn & Reflect: Visit Niharika’s YouTube channel and explore a guided meditation that speaks to your current season.

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To learn more about Heal Your Life® Coach training with Victoria Johnson PhD, ⁠please visit our website. ⁠

Guest: Poliana Conti, Founder, Partners for Growth; Certified Heal Your Life Coach; Authorised Five Behaviors Partner; ICF member; 25+ years in global HR across 44+ countries

Links

• Website: ⁠PolianaConti.com⁠
• LinkedIn: ⁠Poliana Conti⁠

Leaders do not need to know everything. They need to be grounded, practise grace, cultivate gratitude, and uphold governance of self and systems. Coaching works best as a partnership that empowers expertise within the team.

00:00–01:16 Intro: Victoria frames the episode, discussing transformation stories, tools, and strategies for living your best life. Guest intro and credentials.

01:16–03:12 Why heart-centred leadershipPoliana traces her shift from classic HR to a human-centred approach built on trust, authenticity, and the ability to be vulnerable.

03:12–06:06 What vulnerability looks like at workPractical vulnerability equals honest uncertainty plus shared problem-solving

06:06–08:21 Coaching as partnershipPoliana’s Partnership Advantage: Coaches are not above or below the client. They walk alongside to enable decisions based on the client's needs.

08:49–10:19 Partners for Growth overviewTwo layers:

• Business, leadership, team, and individual growth
• The Four Gs of sustainable leadership: Grounded, Grace, Gratitude, Governance

10:19–12:07 Blending Heal Your Life® with corporate workAffirmations, authenticity, and a clear "Why" help leaders set safe, high-quality, on-time cultures. Ripple effects begin with the leader’s state.

12:07–15:33 Grounding before meetings and conversationsEnergy check, breath work, and a short “safety message” that includes mental readiness. Applies to both work and personal relationships.

15:33–18:28 Culture shift: Soft skills are now essential skills. Role-model moments from CEOs set norms for well-being and boundaries.

18:28–21:00 Personal transformation Training helped Poliana pause, exit autopilot, and navigate identity while moving from corporate America to entrepreneurship.

21:00–23:21 Continuous growth and self-governance. Every experience builds the next identity. Governance includes regularly checking if you have slipped back into automatic patterns.

23:21–24:33 Favourite affirmation“Everything is happening for my highest good. All is well in my world.”

24:33–25:20 Where to find Poliana, and how to support the show.

• “The best leaders are comfortable saying, ‘I do not know the answer. We will figure it out together.’”
• “Coaching is a partnership. I am not higher or lower. I am here to help you make the right decision from your expertise.”
• “Grounded leaders change the room before they say a word.”
• “Governance is not only process. It is self-management so you do not slip into automatic.”
• Four Gs of Sustainable Leadership Grounded, Grace, Gratitude, Governance
• Business Growth Pillars Business growth and culture, Leadership growth, Team growth, Individual growth
• Practices Brief breath work, energy check-ins, affirmations, stating safety and quality values out loud, clarifying Why
• Before your next meeting: take three slow breaths, then ask yourself, “How am I arriving?”
• If you lead: open by naming priorities that set culture, for example, “Safety, quality, on time.”
• If you feel impostor syndrome: list your leadership strengths and one place to rely on your team’s expertise this week.
• Daily governance check: “Where did I go on automatic today and how will I reset tomorrow?”

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Victoria Johnson speaks with attorney-turned-betrayal-recovery expert Lora Cheadle about healing after profound betrayal and reclaiming identity, joy, and agency. Lora shares how discovering her husband’s long-term infidelity dismantled her sense of self, how she rebuilt using her 5-step FLAUNT framework, and why accepting reality, feeling feelings, and trusting your own truth are the bedrock of recovery. Together they explore reframing anniversaries of loss, navigating setbacks without spiritual bypassing, and “closing scenes” in life like a screenwriter so you can move into the next act with intention.

• Betrayal can come from people, life events, our bodies, and self-abandonment through people-pleasing and perfectionism.
• Healing requires both regulation and meaning-making. Laughter and play help regulate the nervous system so the prefrontal cortex can engage.
• Spiritual bypassing slows recovery. Give yourself permission to feel fully, then use tools to move through.
• Progress is not linear. Navigation means pivoting, resting, and continuing with small course corrections.
• Trust your own filter. Seek advice, then decide from inner knowing and communicate clearly: “I valued your input, and I have decided to do X.”
• Find Your Fetish: Return to pure joy and play for its own sake.
• Laugh Out Loud: Use laughter to calm and re-regulate the nervous system.
• AU Accept Unconditionally: The golden centre. Accept yourself, others, and what has happened, without trying to change the past.
• Navigate the Negative: Expect storms and keep adjusting your course.
• Trust in Your Truth: Use your intellect and intuition as the final filter.
• Anniversary reframe: Mark difficult dates as milestones of reclamation and growth.
• Feel first, then frame: Allow the tears, nausea, and grief. Afterward, choose a supportive narrative.
• Five endings exercise: Journal five distinct meanings or endings for a hard event. Pick one and identify what lessons or “foreshadowing” you will carry into the next scene.
• Boundary script for advice-givers: “Thank you. I took it into consideration, and I have decided to do Y.”
• Micro-navigation: When plans stall, make a small shift rather than abandoning the plan entirely.
• “Joy is your natural state.”
• “The universe gave me the answer before it gave me the problem.”
• “You are the writer of your own screenplay.”
• “Accept unconditionally. Then navigate.”
• Books by Lora Cheadle:Flaunt: Drop Your Cover and Reveal Your Smart, Sexy, and Spiritual Self; It’s Not Burnout, It’s Betrayal.
• Program: Life Choreography.
• Website: laurachedle.com (as stated in the episode).

1. From Betrayal to Radiance: Lora Cheadle’s FLAUNT Framework
2. Feel, Accept, Navigate: Healing After Betrayal with Lora Cheadle
3. You Are the Writer: Reframing Pain and Choosing Your Next Scene

Betrayal-recovery expert Lora Cheadle joins Victoria to unpack FLAUNT, a five-step path from shock and self-doubt to joy, acceptance, and self-trust. Learn how to regulate your nervous system with laughter, avoid spiritual bypassing, and “close scenes” in your life like a screenwriter so you can move forward with clarity.

• 00:00 Welcome and guest intro
• 01:31 Lora’s story and the shattering of identity
• 06:10 FLAUNT overview and why joy and laughter come first
• 08:22 Accept Unconditionally without bypassing
• 11:40 Feeling feelings and letting tears end
• 12:36 Navigate the Negative and micro-course-corrections
• 15:50 Trust in Your Truth and handling pushback
• 18:44 Life Choreography explained
• 20:45 Screenwriting your next scene and creating meaning
• 23:40 The five endings journaling practice
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Writing Your Life’s Script: How Coaching and Storytelling Intersect

Podcast Summary:
In this captivating episode, Victoria Johnson talks with Carolyn J. Carpenter, licensed Heal Your Life® coach, accomplished screenwriter, story analyst, and co-founder of Hollywood Gatekeepers. Carolyn is a highly respected industry expert who teaches writers, producers, and creatives how to craft emotionally powerful stories while navigating the complex dynamics of Hollywood.

Carolyn shares how her work as a certified Heal Your Life® coach, rooted in Louise Hay’s principles, enhances her ability to develop authentic characters and foster meaningful human connection in an era where AI is transforming creative industries. Her unique approach blends psychology, emotional awareness, and storytelling to create compelling narratives both on-screen and in life.

Together, Victoria and Carolyn explore how the structure of a screenplay mirrors life’s transitions, from inciting incidents to the "Valley of Despair" and ultimate transformation. Carolyn encourages listeners to view themselves as the protagonist of their own story and embrace every chapter as part of personal growth and reinvention.

Packed with personal stories, practical affirmations, and tools like journaling and visualization, this episode will inspire anyone seeking creativity, clarity, and transformation in their own life story.

Key Highlights

• Integrating life coaching with screenwriting to create deeper, more authentic storytelling
• Using screenplay structure to navigate and embrace personal life transitions
• Shifting perspectives to overcome challenges and choose empowering thoughts
• Embracing creativity and connection in a rapidly changing, AI-influenced world
• Practical tools like affirmations, journaling, and visualization for personal growth

Resources and Links

• Hollywood Gatekeepers: hollywoodgatekeepers.com/action
• Victoria Johnson Coaching & Training: www.healyourlifetrainer.com

Shattered Illusions: Healing the Mind-Body Connection with Mandolin Brown

Guest: Mandolin Brown — Certified Heal Your Life® Coach, Workshop Facilitator, and Author

Host: Victoria Johnson

Episode Overview

In this heartfelt episode, Victoria Johnson talks with Mandolin Brown about her powerful journey through psychosomatic illness, emotional healing, and personal transformation. Mandolin shares insights from her upcoming book, Shattered Illusions, which guides readers through the mind-body connection and offers practical tools for healing.

From managing trapped emotions to shifting self-perception and cultivating daily practices for wellbeing, this episode is a must-listen for anyone exploring emotional and physical healing.

Resources and Links

• Mandolin Brown’s Website: ⁠www.mandolinbrown.world⁠
• Follow Mandolin on Social Media: ⁠@mandolin_brown⁠
• Victoria Johnson Coaching & Training: ⁠www.healyourlifetrainer.com⁠

Key Takeaways

• Unresolved emotions can manifest as physical symptoms
• Healing begins by slowing down and tuning into your emotional world
• Journaling, meditation, and nature walks are powerful tools for nervous system balance
• Empowerment comes from shifting self-perception and embracing self-love
• Awareness of psychosomatic illness is vital to supporting yourself and others

When we come face to face with our darkest moments, what is the spark that ignites change? Ray Windum, an addictions counselor and Heal Your Life coach, shares the story of his transformation from a troubled past to a beacon of hope. As a child exposed to hard times, Ray turned to addiction as his refuge, only to encounter a profound realization that steered him toward sobriety and aiding others in their battles against personal demons.

 Ray unveils the power behind those pivotal breakthroughs that reshape lives. We explore the intricate dance between past experiences, beliefs, and the present self, delving into how we react to life's boiling points—be it softening like a potato or hardening like an egg— Ray's insights into the nature of addiction, particularly alcohol, offer a stark look at the yearning for something beyond the substance. His wisdom casts a light on the essential first steps to recovery, understanding the allure of escape and the necessity of confronting what we seek to numb.

 Ray leaves us with a powerful reminder of the influence one's personal journey can have on the world. The episode is a tribute to the indomitable human spirit and its capacity to overcome and transcend life's myriad challenges. Ray's story is a catalyst for listeners to harness their inner strength and navigate their path to healing and growth.

To learn more about Ray, check out his Facebook group.
To learn more about Heal Your Life® training, click HERE.

Join the conversation as we sit down with Julie Marrast, a woman with a revolutionary perspective on parenting. Every parent feels the weight of shaping a life, and Julie's transformative experiences have birthed her  book, "Different Than Your Parents."  It is a beacon for those navigating the uncharted waters of raising emotionally intelligent children. Our discussion cuts to the core of parenting, challenging listeners to see their children as mirrors reflecting their deepest selves—a realization that turns every outburst and milestone into a chance for personal growth and a stronger parent-child bond.
To learn more about  Julie, visit her website HERE.
 

When the Universe whispers lessons of love and loss, are we ready to listen? Our latest conversation with Cheryle Maracle, a proud Mohawk woman, embraces just that – an odyssey through grief's shadows and the resilience it takes to emerge into the light. As Cheryle recounts the poignant chapters of her life, from the death of a sibling she never met to a family tragedy that echoes across generations, her spirit and wisdom wrap us in a blanket of empathy and understanding.

Together, Cheryle and I unravel the significance of Mohawk funeral customs, the creation of personal memorials, and the shared humanity that binds us in moments of profound sorrow.

The episode is framed by the nurturing roles of death and birth doulas, drawing symmetry in the eternal cycle of life. It's a reassurance that in the midst of our most vulnerable times, there is a community, a heritage, and a Universe affirming that we are safe and loved.

To learn more about Cheryle's coaching and workshops please email her at [email protected],  and for her leather products, visit HERE. 

In this captivating podcast episode, we delve into the profound and enlightening memoir journal penned by Annette Alix Roussin. Starting as a child in a remote First Nations community, Annette's life path took her from humble beginnings to the halls of academia at the University of Manitoba, where she pursued a Master of Social Work degree. This higher education expanded her knowledge and became a crucial vehicle for her to explore the profound impacts of colonization on Indigenous communities and her own personal journey.

Annette's memoir journal is a poignant narrative that reverberates with the generational effects of colonization on the mental health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples. It is a work grounded not only in her own experiences but also fortified by the insights of other Indigenous authors. Listeners will be moved by the candid accounts of how colonization deeply affected Annette's self-esteem and personal development.

Through her storytelling, Annette shares her own transformative journey of reconnecting with her culture and finding healing in the face of the painful legacy of colonialism. What makes this podcast episode truly unique is its invitation for readers to immerse themselves in this sacred space and reflect on their own relationship with colonization, self-identity as an Indigenous person, and their role as Canadian citizens. Journal prompts scattered throughout the book provide opportunities for introspection and engagement, making this memoir journal a powerful tool for personal growth and societal reflection.

Whether you are an Indigenous person navigating your own path to self-discovery or a non-Indigenous individual seeking to understand and empathize with the lasting effects of colonialism, this podcast episode offers valuable insights into Annette's remarkable journey and the broader implications of colonization. Join us as we unravel the pages of this compelling memoir journal, exploring the profound questions it raises about identity, healing, and the collective responsibility we all share in shaping a more inclusive and understanding future.

To learn more about Annette Alix Roussin's work and acquire her book, visit her website ⁠HERE⁠ and find "I Am My Culture: My Memoir of Self Determination, on Amazon, ⁠HERE ⁠in Canada and ⁠HERE⁠ on Amazon.com.

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