The Healing Catalyst

Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, both integrative medicine physicians, are building the Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, a weekly audio prescription for women in perimenopause and menopause. It’s physician-led, science-backed, built around your biology and your mind-body constitution, your dosha.

Weekly Health Rx just wrapped a five-week series on energy

Here's a highlight from the series.

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram at @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more at avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

You want to heal, and you want it fast. Something feels off, so you take the ibuprofen, push through the week, and tell yourself you'll rest once the deadline passes.

But eight months after the surgery you still don't feel like yourself. The cold that used to take three days now takes two weeks. And when you go looking for the reason, you land where everyone lands. I'm tired. I need more sleep.

In this episode, Dr. Kumar-Singh sits down with Victoria Maizes, MD, founding executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and author of the new book Heal Faster. Dr. Maizes has spent decades studying what she calls the rapid recovery reflex, the systems already running in your body to bring you back to balance, and what modern life does to interfere with them.

Together, they explore why suppressing every kind of inflammation can work against the healing you're trying to create, what recovery actually looks like during cancer treatment, and why both Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda named the depletion women carry into midlife long before conventional medicine had language for it. Avanti also shares what she learned navigating her own breast cancer, and the distinction that reshaped how she thinks about recovery. Treatment is what's done to you. Recovery is what your body does with the conditions you give it.

The question this conversation asks is not what's wrong with you. It's what's in the way.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• (07:10) Why "heal faster" was never really about speed
• (10:56) The rapid recovery reflex, and where it's already running in your day
• (20:18) Why women arrive at midlife already depleted, and why sleep isn't the whole story
• (25:21) The kind of inflammation you actually want
• (48:41) Prehab, and why rehab may be starting too late
• (54:43) The one daily practice Dr. Maizes wants everyone to have

About Dr. Victoria Maizes:

Victoria Maizes, MD, is the founding executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and a professor of medicine, family medicine, and public health at the University of Arizona. An internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes lectures worldwide to academic and community audiences on women's health, vitality, environmental health, nutrition, and cancer. She is the author of Be Fruitful and Heal Faster, the editor of the Oxford University textbook Integrative Women's Health, as well as the co-host of the Body of Wonder podcast.

Connect with Dr. Victoria Maizes:

• Website: drvictoriamaizes.com
• Book: Heal Faster
• Podcast: Body of Wonder

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get the Fall Reset Kit
• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more: avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx.
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, both integrative medicine physicians, are building the Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, a weekly audio prescription for women in perimenopause and menopause. It’s physician-led, science-backed, built around your biology and your mind-body constitution, your dosha.

Weekly Health Rx is currently in a five-week series on energy. Here's a highlight.

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram at @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more at avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

You've spent your whole life being good. The good daughter. The good partner. The good mother. The friend who always shows up. The one who holds it all together. You put everyone else first, over and over, until one day someone asks what you actually want, and you go completely blank.

All of that goodness comes at a price, and so often your body is the one paying it. The rest you skip. The hunger you override. The anger you swallow. The wanting you talk yourself out of.

In this episode, Dr. Kumar-Singh sits down with Elise Loehnen, the New York Times bestselling author of On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good. Her central argument will stop you in your tracks: women are conditioned for goodness the way men are conditioned for power. And once you see it, you can't unsee how much of your life has been organized around being good enough.

Together, they explore what it actually means to be whole instead of good, why so many women have no idea what they even want anymore, and the myth of balance that gets sold to women and sets them up to fail. Elise and Avanti have each faced breast cancer this past year, and they talk about the quiet story so many women carry, that if you just optimize everything and do it all perfectly, nothing bad will happen to you. And they get into the reframe on envy that turns a feeling you were taught to be ashamed of into the clearest signal you have about what you actually want.

This is a conversation about coming home to your whole self, and it will change how you view the wanting you may have been quieting your whole life.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• (07:40) The difference between being a good woman and a whole one
• (09:28) Why so many women have no idea what they actually want
• (16:01) Being nice versus being kind, and why it matters
• (22:38) The myth of balance that sets women up to fail
• (24:26) What breast cancer taught Elise and Avanti about being cared for
• (62:45) The reframe on envy that points you to what you want

About Elise Loehnen:

Elise Loehnen is the New York Times bestselling author of On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good and the host of the podcast Pulling the Thread, where she interviews cultural luminaries about the big questions of today, including Joy Harjo, John and Julie Gottman, Dr. Gabor Maté, and Esther Perel. She is also the author of the companion workbook Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness, written with coach Courtney Smith. She has co-written fourteen books, including five New York Times bestsellers. Elise lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Rob, and their sons, Max and Sam.

Connect with Elise Loehnen:

• Website: eliseloehnen.com
• Podcast: Pulling the Thread
• Instagram: @eliseloehnen
• YouTube: @PTTwithEliseLoehnen
• LinkedIn: Elise Loehnen
• Books: On Our Best Behavior and the workbook Choosing Wholeness Over Goodness

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more: avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx.
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, both integrative medicine physicians, are building the Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, a weekly audio prescription for women in perimenopause and menopause. It’s physician-led, science-backed, built around your biology and your mind-body constitution, your dosha.

Weekly Health Rx just wrapped a five-week series on food, nutrition, and health, exploring inflammation, spice medicine, GLP-1s, and how to align your diet with your dosha.

Here's a small piece from week three of the series.

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram at @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more at avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, both integrative medicine physicians, are building the Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, a weekly audio prescription for women in perimenopause and menopause. It’s physician-led, science-backed, built around your biology and your mind-body constitution, your dosha.

Weekly Health Rx just wrapped a five-week series on food, nutrition, and health, exploring inflammation, spice medicine, GLP-1s, and how to align your diet with your dosha.

Here's a small piece from week one of the series.

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram at @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more at avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

Originally published 5/28/24.

In this episode, Dr. Avanti welcomes integrative pediatrician Dr. Elisa Song to discuss the mental health of children and teenagers. They explore the alarming rise in anxiety and depression among youth, emphasizing the critical role of the gut-brain connection. Dr. Elisa shares insights on the impact of the microbiome on mental well-being, the significance of resilience over static wellness, and practical tips for parents. Their conversation also highlights the importance of the vagus nerve and heart rate variability in maintaining mental health.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• The increasing rates of anxiety in children and teenagers
• The role of the gut microbiome on mental health
• The connection between early antibiotic use and increased risk of mental health issues
• Building resilience in the microbiome for mental well-being
• Importance of the vagus nerve and heart rate variability in stress resilience
• Dietary, hydration, sleep, and activity advice for parents

Connect with Dr. Elisa Song:

• Book: Healthy Kids, Happy Kids
• Instagram: @healthykids_happykids
• Website: healthykidshappykids.com

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more: avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx.
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

Mentioned in this episode:

Come join us at the Weekly Health Rx at weeklyhealthrx.substack.com

Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, both integrative medicine physicians, are building the Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, a weekly audio prescription for women in perimenopause and menopause. It’s physician-led, science-backed, built around your biology and your mind-body constitution, your dosha.

Early this year the Weekly Health Rx produced a five-week series on focus, exploring the science of perimenopausal cognitive decline, introducing the nervous system flexibility framework that makes dosha-specific prescribing possible, and sharing their own constitutions as the entry point.

Here's a small piece from week three of the series.

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram at @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more at avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

Originally published 12/16/25.

In this powerful and practical episode of The Healing Catalyst, Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh sits down with nationally recognized dietitian Maya Feller to unpack how nutrition can be one of the most effective tools for navigating perimenopause and menopause. Together, they break down how food influences hormones, metabolism, mood, hot flashes, and bone density, and what women can do right now to support themselves through these changes.

Maya helps cut through the noise and misinformation around midlife eating, offering a clear, compassionate approach rooted in evidence and culture. She also shares insights on the rising use of GLP-1 medications, how they affect appetite, muscle mass, and micronutrient needs, and why intentional nourishment becomes even more important when using these tools.

You’ll learn what visceral fat really is, why it often increases during midlife, and how food, not restriction, can help reduce it. Dr. Avanti and Maya explore which foods soothe hot flashes and inflammation, which can worsen symptoms, and why extreme approaches like very high-protein or ultra low-carb diets may backfire in this stage of life.

Throughout the conversation, they highlight the importance of culturally relevant, minimally processed foods as powerful medicine for hormone balance, heart health, and emotional wellbeing. With science, soul, and stories, this episode offers a grounded, trustworthy guide to eating well and living well through midlife and beyond.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• Why your usual eating habits stop working in midlife
• How hormones shift your metabolism and insulin response
• What visceral fat is, and why it matters more than appearance
• Foods that ease hot flashes and inflammation (and those that don’t)
• Why it’s time to stop chasing skinny and focus on nourishment
• Why restrictive diets often fail during perimenopause
• How cultural foods can support hormone balance
• How GLP-1s affect hunger, nutrients, and muscle

About Maya Feller:

Maya Feller, MS, RD, CDN is a nationally recognized dietitian and the founder of Maya Feller Nutrition, where she and her team provide inclusive, culturally sensitive nutrition care for a range of conditions including hormone and metabolic health, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, disordered eating, and more. Her patient-centered approach emphasizes anti-bias, culturally humble education to help people make informed, sustainable food choices.

Maya shares her approachable, food-based guidance with millions through her YouTube series, Where Wellbeing Meets Flavor which features cooking demos, expert interviews, and Q&As. She also teaches on-demand masterclasses, speaks regularly at events, and serves as a national nutrition expert on Good Morning America.

She is a Healthline Medical Advisor, sits on the advisory boards of SHAPE and Parents, and has been featured in The New York Times, TODAY, Tamron Hall, Well+Good, mindbodygreen, Food Network, Cooking Light, EatingWell, SELF, and more.

Maya is the author of the acclaimed cookbook Eating from Our Roots: 80+ Healthy Home-Cooked Favorites from Cultures Around the World (Goop Press, 2023), a celebration of global flavors and nourishing traditions.

Connect with Maya Feller:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mayafellerrd/
• Website: https://mayafellernutrition.com/
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy_DdOEnyk_qWEv6zOsVtTA
• Newsletter: https://mayafellernutrition.com/newsletter/
• Masterclasses: https://mayafellernutrition.com/on-demand-masterclasses/
• Book: https://www.amazon.com/Eating-Our-Roots-Home-Cooked-Favorites-ebook/dp/B09YQZNVVY
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-feller-ms-rd-cdn-7a98a340

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram: @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more: avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx.
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.

Mentioned in this episode:

Come join us at the Weekly Health Rx at weeklyhealthrx.substack.com

Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi, both integrative medicine physicians, are building the Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, a weekly audio prescription for women in perimenopause and menopause. It’s physician-led, science-backed, built around your biology and your mind-body constitution, your dosha.

Early this year the Weekly Health Rx produced a five-week series on focus, exploring the science of perimenopausal cognitive decline, introducing the nervous system flexibility framework that makes dosha-specific prescribing possible, and sharing their own constitutions as the entry point.

Here's a small piece from week one of the series.

Connect with Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh:

• Get Dr. Kumar-Singh’s Weekly Newsletter: https://avantikumarsingh.substack.com
• Follow Dr. Kumar-Singh on Instagram at @avantikumarsingh
• Order Dr. Kumar-Singh’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health Catalyst
• Explore more at avantikumarsingh.com

More Resources:

• Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you.
• Visit and Subscribe to the Weekly Health Rx
• Explore more at myarvasi.com

Explore More of The Healing Catalyst Podcast:

• Leave a voice message for Dr. Kumar-Singh
• Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen to more episodes on your favorite platform
• Watch clips and past episodes on YouTube

The content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Podcast episode production by Dante32.