In this episode of The Vibrant Woman Show, Ashika sits down with Nishma Karim, registered holistic nutritionist, TEDX speaker, mom and wife to discuss body image, emotional eating, and sustainable weight loss for women over 40.

They unpack how social media, comparison culture, and the weight loss industry impact self-worth and long-term health. Nishma shares her powerful journey of stress-related weight gain, discovering celiac disease, and transforming her health through holistic nutrition and mindset shifts.

Ashika explains the science behind sustainable weight loss, including gut health, serotonin production, lean muscle development, and nervous system regulation — critical factors for women navigating midlife, hormonal changes, and metabolic shifts.

This conversation goes beyond calorie counting. It addresses emotional regulation, self-validation, balanced nutrition, cardiovascular health, bone density, and building lasting confidence from the inside out.

If you’re struggling with body image, emotional eating, or feeling disconnected from your health, this episode offers practical insight and science-backed guidance to help you reclaim control and create long-term well-being.

Key Takeaways from This Episode

1️⃣ Body image is not a surface problem — it’s a nervous system and identity issue.

2️⃣ Sustainable weight loss requires metabolic health, not calorie obsession.

3️⃣ Self-care and boundaries are not luxuries — they are essential health strategies.

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In this opening solo episode of The Vibrant Woman Show, Ashika, registered nutritionist, women's mentor and author of Naked with Myself, introduces the new direction of the podcast and breaks down the deeper reason women struggle with hormones, food noise, weight-loss after 40, anxiety, low sex drive, burnout, and self-trust.

This conversation moves beyond symptoms and explains how chronic stress, nervous system dysregulation, and identity shifts disconnect women from their bodies over time.

Rather than blaming hormones or willpower, this episode reframes women’s health through biology, psychology, and lived experience.

This episode also sets the foundation for what wellness and identity look like in 2026: a nervous-system-led, body-aware approach to health that integrates hormones, sex, relationships, and personal identity instead of treating them as separate issues.

Hosted by Ashika, The Vibrant Woman Show is a woman-led podcast decoding women’s health with clarity, honesty, and depth. Upcoming episodes will include solo conversations, expert interviews, and select male perspectives to explore relationships, masculinity, and modern partnership — without shame, polarization, or surface-level wellness advice.

If you’ve ever felt confused by your body, disconnected from yourself, or frustrated by conflicting health advice, this episode will help you understand why — and where the conversation is going next.

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Key Takeaways

• Most women aren’t broken — they’re disconnected from their bodies due to chronic stress and survival-mode living

• Hormones are messengers responding to environment, stress, and emotional load — not the enemy

• Nervous system dysregulation impacts metabolism, appetite, libido, mood, and motivation

• Peri-menopause and midlife transitions are not failures, but signals that identity and lifestyle need to evolve

• Desire, energy, and self-trust return when the body feels safe — not when it’s controlled

This is wellness that integrates hormones, sex, and identity — because women do not live in compartments, and neither does their health.

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In this deeply transformative episode of The Vibrant Woman Podcast, host Ashika, a holistic nutritionist turned feminine leadership coach, sits down with Anu, founder of Victim2Victor. Together, they dive into one of the most misunderstood topics in modern relationships — compatibility versus chemistry — and how your healing journey shapes the way you love, attract, and connect.

Anu shares her powerful work helping survivors of trauma and PTSD reclaim their lives and break free from toxic relationship cycles. Ashika opens up about her own transformation — from divorce and emotional abuse to radical self-love and feminine empowerment — guiding women to regulate their nervous systems, rediscover their confidence, and attract healthy relationships rooted in respect and abundance.

This episode will change the way you date, see yourself, and define love. Tune in to learn how inner healing and self-respect set the foundation for emotional intimacy, confidence, and connection — not just in love, but in every area of your life.

Key Takeaways

• The truth about compatibility vs. chemistry — and why we confuse the two
• How trauma patterns influence attraction and attachment
• The link between abundance and self-love
• Why nervous system regulation is essential in dating and relationships
• Healing emotional wounds to attract healthy, respectful love
• Reclaiming your power after narcissistic or emotionally abusive relationships

Learn more about our guest Anu Verma.

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Ready to follow your calling and transform your life? In this episode of The Vibrant Woman Podcast, Ashika sits down with Victoria  Apkan to uncover her inspiring journey from corporate employee to full-time author and thriving entrepreneur.

Victoria shares how a childhood passion for writing turned into a purposeful career, the importance of listening to your inner voice, and how surrounding yourself with the right mentors and like-minded networks can accelerate your growth.

You’ll learn how to:

1. Leave behind a career that no longer serves you
2. Pursue your passion while balancing life and responsibilities
3. Build meaningful networks and mentorships for entrepreneurial success
4. Navigate challenges, setbacks, and rejections with persistence
5. Prioritize self-care, emotional balance, and personal growth
6. Break generational patterns and unlock your full potential

Perfect for writers, entrepreneurs, and women ready to step fully into their calling, this episode will inspire and guide you to create the life you were meant to live.

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In this raw episode of The Vibrant Woman Show, I sit down with Kamal Atwal, a long-term client, mother, and South Asian entrepreneur whose journey will resonate with any woman rebuilding her life after divorce. Kamal shares how the end of her marriage became the beginning of her entrepreneurial path, and how she navigated motherhood, cultural expectations, and the heavy weight of shame and guilt tied to divorce in South Asian communities. This conversation is a raw, inspiring look at resilience, identity, and the power of choosing yourself. Whether you’re a woman navigating entrepreneurship, motherhood, or cultural pressure, this episode will remind you that your story is not the end. It’s your beginning.

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She Hit Rock Bottom Postpartum — Now She’s Empowering Mothers Worldwide

In this powerful episode of The Vibrant Woman Show: Entrepreneurial Edition, Ashika sits down with bestselling author, speaker, and mother of three, Nishma Karim. Nishma is a personal trainer, holistic nutritionist, TEDx speaker, and mother of two, and married to her best friend. She is the Co-Founder of Be Light to Raise Light, a global movement devoted to illuminating mothers and their stories. She open's up about what it really means to rebuild your identity after motherhood.

From crippling postpartum symptoms and a surprise celiac diagnosis to publishing a book that’s now giving voice to mothers globally, Nishma shares the raw, messy, and beautiful truth about choosing yourself and why that choice saved her life.

They talk motherhood, entrepreneurship, emotional healing, conscious parenting, and how letting go of control can change your entire family dynamic. Whether you’re in the middle of your own transformation or just starting to ask, “Is this all there is?” This episode will light a fire under your self-worth!

Order Nishma’s book “Battling the Worst, Awakening the New: A Mother's Story of Postpartum Depression Leading to Celiac," available of Amazon.

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Highlights from the Episode:

1. Postpartum Rock Bottom to Purpose: Nishma opens up about her darkest season after childbirth and the breakthrough moment that led to her writing a book.

2. How to Let Go Without Losing Yourself: Learn how surrendering control in relationships created more connection in her home — and more peace in her mind.

3. Mothers as Leaders: Why healing yourself is the most powerful way to raise confident, emotionally intelligent kids.

4. Building a Business After Motherhood: Nishma shares how she went from photography to podcasting to launching her coaching practice with real clients and real revenue.

5. Stage-Worthy Self-Belief: The behind the scenes story of how Nishma landed her TEDx talk and the mindset shift that helped her own the stage.

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What if the discipline you’ve built in the gym is the very thing that makes you unstoppable in business?

In this episode of The Vibrant Woman Podcast: Entrepreneurial Edition, Ashika reveals the game-changing connection between physical training and entrepreneurial courage. If you’ve ever questioned your ability to lead, take financial risks, or grow a business — but you’ve also pushed yourself through a hard workout — this episode will show you:

You’ve already trained for this.

Ashika breaks down how fitness shapes your nervous system, sharpens your decision-making, and builds the emotional intelligence required to lead. And she speaks directly to the woman who’s tired of playing small and ready to step into her next level with boldness, clarity, and embodied self-trust.

Whether you’re lifting weights or lifting a business off the ground, this episode is your reminder that strength isn’t just physical — it’s your competitive edge.

EPISODE TAKEAWAYS

1. Understand how fitness and sport create a mental blueprint for handling pressure, failure, and uncertainty in entrepreneurship.

2. Learn why women, in particular, benefit from using physical resilience as a tool to rewire their relationship with risk, money, and self-worth.

3. Discover how to translate your physical grit into bold decisions, leadership energy, and wealth-building behaviors.

4. Unpack how conditioning (people-pleasing, perfectionism, fear of judgment) dissolves through somatic action like training.

5. Walk away knowing that if you’ve ever trained your body, you’re already more than capable of thriving in business.

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In this episode of The Vibrant Woman Podcast, host Ashika opens up about her personal journey from burnout, survival mode, and toxic relationships to becoming a self-led, embodied woman and mentor.

She explores how hustle culture, emotional exhaustion, and trauma can silently sabotage your success—no matter how “together” things look on the outside.

If you’re a coach, CEO, mother, or healer who feels chronically fatigued, disconnected, or like you’re constantly doing but never arriving… this episode is your invitation to pause and rewire.

You’ll learn why nervous system regulation is the missing piece in most women’s success journeys and how to start healing your body, reclaiming your energy, and building true feminine power from the inside out.

Whether you’re just starting to wake up to your patterns or you’re deep in the work, this episode is an important reminder: You are not broken. You are simply ready for a new way.

Key Takeaways:

• Success isn’t sustainable without a regulated nervous system—your body must feel safe to receive, create, and lead.

• Survival mode often disguises itself as hustle, overachievement, or people-pleasing.

• Healing your nervous system requires more than mindset shifts—it needs somatic rituals, emotional safety, and energetic discernment.

• Your relationships and the culture around you directly impact your regulation—preserve your energy.

• You don’t need to heal overnight. Start small. Start now. One breath at a time.

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What do your sex drive, glowing skin, and feminine lubrication all have in common?

They’re all messages from your body… and they’re all deeply influenced by what you eat, how you nourish your nervous system, and how safe your body feels to receive.

In this episode of The Vibrant Woman Podcast, I get real about what’s happening inside a woman’s body when she’s feeling burnt out, dry, disconnected, or like her glow has gone missing. As a registered holistic nutritionist and coach, I break down what no one’s teaching women about hormonal health, lubrication, libido, and the nervous system and how to turn it all back on naturally, sensually, and safely.

This is the conversation your inner woman has been craving. No shame, no fluff, no filters! Just wisdom, nourishment, and the truth about what’s possible when you feed your body the right way.

💡 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What’s really behind low sex drive (and why it’s not your fault)

• The link between stress, skin dullness, and feminine dryness.

• How to eat for hormonal balance, natural lubrication, and glowing skin.

• Specific nutrients your body needs to feel turned on, juicy, and radiant

• How to support your nervous system so your body shifts out of survival and into softness.

This episode is for the woman who’s done with feeling disconnected from her sensuality — and ready to reclaim her vibrancy, her juiciness, and her glow from within.

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Wondering how to heal after a breakup? Start here.

In this intimate conversation, I sit down with love coach Eleni Kouloumou, a certified in Conscious Uncoupling, Rapid Transformational Therapy, NLP, and Belief Coding, blending these tools with her intuition and experience. Lets explore the real work of healing after heartbreak — the kind that rebuilds your self-worth, sharpens your boundaries, and reawakens your feminine power!

We unpack the emotional, energetic, including mindset layers that come with breakups, divorce, and romantic grief — from confronting childhood conditioning to breaking the cycle of people-pleasing and emotional self-abandonment.

Whether you’re navigating the silence after a breakup or untangling years of disconnect, this episode is your permission slip to come home to yourself — softer, stronger, and more self-led than ever.

🔥 5 Takeaways You’ll Walk Away With:

1. How to rebuild your self-worth after heartbreak.

2. Why healthy boundaries are key to emotional safety and magnetic relationships.

3. How to recognize and release people-pleasing patterns rooted in childhood.

4. The truth about feminine empowerment in healing — beyond surface-level affirmations.

5. How to embrace self-desire and feel at home in your own body again.

This episode is for the woman who’s ready to stop spiralling and start rising.

🎧 Listen now — your breakthrough is waiting.

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