Lisa Mattam is a former pharmaceutical executive turned natural skincare entrepreneur. She is the founder and creator of Sahajan Skincare, an evidence-based, Ayurvedic skincare line. Today, Lisa shares her upbringing in a South Asian family and the Ayurvedic lifestyle she grew up with. You’ll hear about her experience assimilating into western culture, and why she later came back to her roots in Ayurvedic medicine. Lisa shares her top skincare tips, ingredients, and DIY face masks that naturally help collagen production, skin rejuvenation, and overall skin health.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• The creation of Sahajan: Lisa’s evidence-based, Ayurvedic skincare line
• How gut health toxin buildup will reflect on the skin
• 3 skincare tips that are critical for healthy skin
• 3 of Lisa’s favorite Ayurvedic skincare ingredients for anti-aging
• Simple DIY Ayurvedic face mask recipes for skin rejuvenation

Resources:

• Sign-up to become a founding member of The Healing Catalyst Collective and access resources for this episode.
• Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Visit sahajan.com and use the discount code “avanti15” for 15% off!

Follow Lisa:

• Instagram: @sahajanskincare
• Website: sahajan.com ; lisamattam.com

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Terri Cole is a licensed psychotherapist and the author of “Boundary Boss”. Today, she’s unpacking how to get out of your own way and become empowered in your ability to create loving boundaries in your relationships. Hear her journey of moving from the entertainment industry into her career as a therapist, and why she’s so passionate about helping individuals create healthy boundaries with themselves and others. Terri provides an exercise for you to check in with the state of your boundaries, and shares what you can do today to start establishing boundaries in your relationships.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• Terri’s life changing moment at her first Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
• How we take on the feelings of others - learning to separate what’s yours vs. theirs
• The connection between internal boundaries and relationships
• The most important clues that you lack boundaries
• How to reflect on your relationship with saying ‘no’
• Actionable steps to start establishing boundaries in your relationships 

Resources:

• Sign-up to become a founding member of The Healing Catalyst Collective and access resources for this episode.
• Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen: The 3 Powerful Steps I Took To Heal My Depression… And 10 Signs You Might Need Help To Heal Yours

Follow Terri:

• Free Gift: boundarybossbook.com 
• Instagram: @terricole
• Website: terricole.com 
• Book: Boundary Boss
• Podcast: The Terri Cole Show

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

In today’s episode, Dr. Avanti opens up about her experience with depression and the 3 powerful steps she took to heal. She shares how she was actually a textbook case of major depressive disorder while in medical school, but was frequently excusing away all the signs she was experiencing. You’ll learn the 10 signs of clinical depression, how anxiety and depression coexist, and actionable steps to begin taking back control of your life.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How anxiety and depression coexist 
• The 10 warnings signs of depression 
• How Dr. Avanti “explained away” the signs of her depression
• The 3 powerful steps Dr. Avanti took to heal her depression
• How to increase serotonin and oxytocin to help ease depression 
• Why you want to get natural daylight every morning
• How to make small changes in your diet to help the gut-brain axis

Resources:

• Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Join The Healing Catalyst Collective 
• Dr. Avanti’s Referenced IG Post 
• Global numbers for depression: who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/depression
• NIMH numbers for depression in US: nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/major-depression
• Andrew Huberman, Stanford University: Huberman Lab
• Suicide prevention hotline: suicidepreventionlifeline.org

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Is your heightened stress leaving you chronically tired and anxious? If so, you aren’t alone in this—the epidemic of stress has increased significantly in the past year. To aid you in healing your fatigue, Dr. Avanti is unpacking how you can lower your stress response by healing your HPA axis (aka the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis that controls our stress response). By the end, you’ll know 5 simple, proven ways to begin regulating your stress hormones to optimize your health!

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How regulation vs. dysregulation of the HPA axis affects the body's stress response
• The symptoms of HPA axis dysregulation you may be experiencing daily
• How regulating sleep, blood sugar and inflammation influences stress hormones
• Using the Optimizing Health Pyramid™ to heal the HPA axis
• 5 specific ways to support the HPA axis and stress hormones

Resources:

• Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Avanti’s Book: The Health Catalyst
• Join The Healing Catalyst Collective to receive the Optimizing Health Pyramid resource!
• Stress in America: January 2021 Stress Snapshot” from the American Psychological Association (APA) 

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Dr. Amy Shah is a double board-certified medical doctor with training from Cornell, Columbia and Harvard, and she specializes in food allergies, hormones, and gut health. Her new book, "I’m So Effing Tired”, explores how exhaustion should not be your normal, and explains how to regain your energy through what and when you eat, and by managing stress. Today, Dr. Amy joins Dr. Avanti to break down how to heal the three sides of our “energy trifecta” to overcome fatigue and burnout, providing actionable steps you can begin implementing today!

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• The pressure of gender and cultural expectations
• How assimilating into American culture affected Dr. Amy’s view of medicine
• Misconceptions around “adrenal fatigue” & the concept of “miracle pills”
• Tips for healing your gut, immune system, & hormones for increased energy
• Dr. Amy’s one daily non-negotiable related to light exposure

Resources:

• Sign-up to become a founding member of The Healing Catalyst Collective and access resources for this episode.
• Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast

Follow Dr. Amy:

• Website: amymdwellness.com 
• Instagram: @fastingmd 
• Book: I’m So Effing Tired

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Book: The Health Catalyst
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Tara Stiles is the founder of Strala Yoga and the author of Clean Mind, Clean Body where she takes you through a 4-week reset for your mind, body, and spirit. In today’s episode, Tara shares how she got started in yoga, and how she’s evolved in the way she teaches and thinks about the practice. Dr. Avanti and Tara unpack their perspectives on healing, exploring the power of mindset and its role in health. They wrap up this nourishing and inspiring conversation with some fun and personal rapid-fire questions!

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How Tara found yoga & how her teaching style has evolved
• The path of bringing yoga and Ayurveda to more people
• Changing your mindset before your diet
• What Tara’s learned about slowing down & doing less
• The future of wellness with respect to representation

Follow Tara:

• IG: @tarastiles
• Website: tarastiles.com 
• Book: Clean Mind, Clean Body

Resources:

• Sign-up to become a founding member of The Healing Catalyst Collective and access resources for this episode.

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Book: The Health Catalyst
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

As nature begins to transition from winter to spring, we should do the same. In this episode, Dr. Avanti is bringing you 5 tools to support your body and mind during this seasonal transition. Promoting healthy digestion and gut health is important for immunity, and by implementing Dr. Avanti’s actionable tips, you’ll support the movement of toxins from your body and help decrease symptoms such as allergies or weight gain.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How seasonal transitions are connected to gut health
• Being gentle & kind to yourself as you change your seasonal routine
• How to reduce allergies, weight gain, & other seasonal change symptoms
• Why you want to move heaviness & moisture from the body
• Tea recipe for burning out toxins and moving mucus from the body
• Foods, movement, and breath practices for the winter to spring transition

Resources:

• Sign-up to become a founding member of The Healing Catalyst Collective and access resources for this episode.
• Rate and Review: The Healing Catalyst podcast
• Listen: 15. The Science of Habits and Helping Addiction ; 16. Spinning Thoughts? 3-Steps to Calm Your Mind

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Book: The Health Catalyst
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Are you feeling trapped or having anxious, spinning thoughts? Today, Dr. Avanti is sharing her 3-step process, The Counter-Balance Solution™, for calming your mind by dropping into your body. These simple, in-the-moment solutions will help you shift anxious thoughts and move into a grounded state of being.

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• Applying The Counter-Balance Solution™ for anxiety
• 3 remedies to help shift negative thoughts
• Ways to ground your body to the Earth
• How to extend your exhale to move from your mind into your body
• Using self-massage with oil to calm your mind

Resources:

• Sign-up to become a founding member of The Healing Catalyst Collective and access resources for this episode.
• Book: The Health Catalyst
• Click here to listen and subscribe to The Kelli Show!
• Listen: Overcoming My Own Limiting Beliefs

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Today, Dr. Avanti unpacks how our brain biochemistry leads us to abandon positive habits and New Year’s resolutions, not a lack of willpower. Through food, alcohol, shopping, and other behaviors, our brains get a rush of the feel-good hormone dopamine, which can result in cravings and even addiction. She provides resources and easy tips for bringing your brain biochemistry back into homeostasis so you can heal and calm your mind!

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How our brain chemistry leads us to abandon New Year’s resolutions 
• The common stressors that cause dopamine surges 
• Why processed foods can be addictive
• The change in brain chemistry that leads to addiction
• 3 ways you can calm your brain using Ayurveda
• Quick & easy food changes with profound effects

Resources:

• Sign-up to become a founding member of The Healing Catalyst Collective and access resources for this episode.
• Referenced article: The resolution solution
• Click here to listen and subscribe to The Kelli Show!
• Listen: Overcoming My Own Limiting Beliefs

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast
• Book: The Health Catalyst

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions

Kelli Tennant, host of The Kelli Show and CEO of Soulfire Productions, joins Dr. Avanti for a vulnerable conversation on limiting beliefs, cultural expectations, and being a woman in medicine. Dr. Avanti shares her experience with self-judgment, and what she’s learned about sitting with uncomfortable emotions. This is a heart-opening conversation on Dr. Avanti’s journey that you don’t want to miss!

Today on The Healing Catalyst:

• How limiting beliefs manifest throughout our lives
• Dr. Avanti’s journey with self-judgment 
• Balancing social & cultural expectations with staying true to yourself
• Being a woman in medicine & following her own path
• Showing grace & allowing yourself to change your mind
• How Dr. Avanti’s spiritual practice guides her

Connect with Dr. Avanti:

• Website: avantikumarsingh.com
• IG: @avantikumarsingh
• Podcast: avantikumarsingh.com/podcast
• Book: The Health Catalyst

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.

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions