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By Too Curious MDsHealth & Fitness
Too Curious MDs episodes
- Rewriting the Past: A Veteran’s Healing Journey with Ketamine Therapy
What does it take to finally unlock healing after years of carrying trauma? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Richard Wood, a veteran, joins us to share his moving journey with ketamine-assisted therapy for long-term depression and trauma. He discusses how the treatment served as a ‘key’ that unlocked his ability to re-envision and heal past trauma, emphasizing the power of clear intention and self-discovery.
Richard Wood is a proud veteran who embarked on a powerful journey of recovery after a long-term struggle with depression and the cycling nature of his mental health. He is a testament to the transformative power of deep self-work and achieving profound healing through ketamine-assisted therapy. Richard now openly shares his experience to inspire others to approach their own recovery with courage, clear intention, and profound curiosity.
Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shamynds/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pala_medicine/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palamedicine.pasadena/
Too Curious MDs
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
59 min - Your Body Can Heal Itself: The Truth About Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine isn’t magic—it’s biology done right. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. David Wikenheiser pulls back the curtain on regenerative medicine and explains how these therapies awaken the body’s natural repair intelligence. Tune in to hear real-world cases, simple nutrient protocols that reignite energy, and why supporting the microbiome may matter more than chasing the latest treatment trend.
Dr. David Wikenheiser is a naturopathic physician specializing in natural and regenerative medicine. His practice integrates advanced therapies such as platelet-rich plasma, prolotherapy with ultrasound guidance, and ozone therapy. He also offers low-dose immunotherapy for autoimmune conditions, personalized brain nutrition plans, and comprehensive general health programs. With decades of clinical experience, he helps patients reactivate their body’s natural ability to heal—safely, precisely, and sustainably.
Dr. David Wikenheiser, ND
Website: www.drwik.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidwikenheiser
Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shamynds/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pala_medicine/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palamedicine.pasadena/
Too Curious MDs
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
58 min - Physician Burnout and Coaching
Burnout almost ended his career—here’s what brought him back. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Joe Sherman, a physician coach, opens up about hitting burnout—and the simple shifts that brought him back to a sustainable career. He shares practical tools you can use now and a grounded take on psychedelic-assisted work with real-world integration.
Dr. Joe Sherman is a pediatrician, coach, and consultant helping physicians and healthcare teams thrive through wellness, leadership growth, and career clarity. A master certified physician development coach and trained facilitator with the Center for Courage and Renewal, he guides individuals and groups through coaching, retreats, and workshops that foster resilience and authentic connection.
With almost four decades of experience in pediatrics, he has devoted his career to caring for underserved and medically complex children in Washington, D.C., Tacoma, Seattle, Uganda, and Bolivia. He has held multiple academic roles and currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington.
Dr. Joe Sherman, MD
Website: https://www.joeshermanmd.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeshermanmd/
Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shamynds/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pala_medicine/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palamedicine.pasadena/
Too Curious MDs
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Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
52 min - What Saved Me: Psychedelics, Trauma, and the Long Road to Healing
At 19, Keith Kurlander faced a suicidal crisis that exposed hidden wounds and set him on a decades-long path through medication, meditation, psychotherapy, psychedelics, and integrative psychiatry. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, he shares how trauma theory, body-based healing, and ethical psychedelic use can foster growth when paired with preparation, support, and integration.
Keith Kurlander is a coach and psychotherapist who helps high-performing individuals break through long-standing patterns and create deeply fulfilling lives. He specializes in guiding people struggling with mood issues like anxiety and depression, relationship challenges, financial missteps, addiction, and complex PTSD.
Keith is the co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute and Integrative Psychiatry Centers and co-host of the Higher Practice Podcast. Holding a master’s degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University, he’s spent over a dozen years helping people integrate cutting-edge mental health practices with meaningful personal transformation. His own two-decade journey of overcoming severe mental illness fuels his mission to show what healing and thriving are truly possible.
Keith Kurlander, MA, LPC
Website: https://keithkurlander.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keithkurlander.ma/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keith.kurlander.1
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/higherpractice
Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shamynds/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pala_medicine/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palamedicine.pasadena/
Too Curious MDs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toocuriousmds?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
51 min - Invisible Wounds, Visible Healing: A Veteran’s Journey with Ketamine
The wounds were invisible. The pain was real. The healing? Unforgettable. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, we are joined by a courageous combat veteran who opens up about the invisible wounds of PTSD, the gut-punching triggers that almost broke him, and how ketamine helped turn his pain into progress. His journey is raw, real, and a reminder that healing isn’t about perfection—it’s about learning to ‘struggle well’ and reclaim life.
Tim is a combat veteran who has lived through the invisible wounds of PTSD. After years of denial and coping through overdrinking, he reached a breaking point during the isolation of COVID, when helicopters and empty streets triggered overwhelming body-based reactions. His healing journey began with ketamine infusions, but it was only through a therapeutic model that he experienced lasting transformation. Tim now shares openly about his path to ‘struggling well,’ encouraging others to embrace tools, support, and daily practices that make recovery sustainable.
Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drblogger123/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/
Too Curious MDs
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
54 min - Plant Medicine as Technology: Healing Spirit, Trauma, and Society
From a spontaneous awakening at 22 to becoming a maestro médico-vegetalista in the Amazon, Maestro Hamilton Souther shares how years of dieta, ceremony, and visionary diagnosis reshaped his understanding of healing, trauma, and the spirit. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, he reframes plant medicines as a form of technology, explores their resonance with meditation, and offers grounded guidance for young healers navigating fear, rupture, and the call to serve.
Maestro Hamilton Souther is a maestro médico-vegetalista trained in the Peruvian Amazon, where he apprenticed beginning in 2002 and was recognized in 2004 as the first Westerner to hold the title Maestro Medico Vegetalista under renowned healer Julio Llarena Pinedo. Over more than two decades and 15,000 client interactions, he has combined rigorous Amazonian training—dietas, hundreds of ceremonies, and visionary diagnosis—with a grounded respect for Western medicine, referring when appropriate. Through Blue Morpho Academy, he now trains sitters, facilitators, and master facilitators to work safely and ethically with plant medicines.
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Website: https://bluemorphoacademy.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueMorphoAcademy
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Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/
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Too Curious MDs
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Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
42 min - From Cancer Survivor to Inspire Coach in Fitness and Healing
Cancer, grief, and depression became the crucible for Shakil Beg’ transformation from a self-proclaimed arrogant twenty-something to a guiding light as The Inspire Coach. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, he shares how mindset, therapy, reading, faith, love, and contribution helped him transmute trauma into purpose—and why action beats intention every time.
Shakil Beg, also known as ‘The Inspire Coach,’ is an executive fitness and mindset coach, podcast host, and cancer survivor whose work blends practical health strategies with emotional, spiritual, and psychological growth. After a misdiagnosed illness at 24 and the sudden loss of his father, he rebuilt through therapy, disciplined learning, faith, and daily action—turning trauma into purpose.
Today, Shakil coaches clients to shift identity from competition to contribution, prioritize empathy and love, and anchor routines in nutrition, movement, and mindset. He co-hosts the Chasing 100now podcast and shares clear, actionable content across social media to help people become a better version of themselves than yesterday.
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Connect with Shakil
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theinspirecoach/, https://www.instagram.com/chasing100now/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theinspirecoach, https://www.tiktok.com/@chasing100now
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@chasing100now
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/theinspirecoach
Amazon Recommendations: https://www.amazon.com/shop/theinspirecoach
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Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drblogger123/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
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Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/
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Too Curious MDs
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
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Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
58 min - Menopause, Mood, and the Microbiome: What Every Woman Needs to Know
Menopause is more than hormones—and healing starts at the root. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Julia Ward shares how she is helping women navigate menopause through root-cause evaluation. She explains how bioidentical hormones, gut repair, mental health support, and everyday toxin reduction work together to ease symptoms like anxiety, brain fog, sleep disruption, hot flashes, and weight changes.
Dr. Julia Ward is a board-certified physician with over a decade of expertise in functional medicine and a background in urgent and emergency care through her distinguished service in the United States Navy. After earning her medical degree from the University of Southern California and completing an internship in Obstetrics and Gynecology, she practiced general and emergency medicine in California and Okinawa, Japan.Her own struggles with overwhelming fatigue led her to functional medicine, where she found answers conventional care could not provide. In 2016, she completed a fellowship with the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine (A4M) and has since dedicated her career to a root-cause, holistic approach. Today, she empowers patients through bioidentical hormone therapy, gut repair, lifestyle strategies, and toxin reduction—always with the goal of supporting the body’s natural ability to heal and thrive.
Julia Ward, MD
Website: https://drjuliaward.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjuliaward/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-ward-md-55b7672a/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dr.juliaward6691
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Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drblogger123/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
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Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/
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Too Curious MDs
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
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Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
50 min - The Hidden Trauma Behind Childhood “Behavior Problems”
What if your children’s “meltdowns” were really a message—and you had the tools to decode it? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Laura Fish, a therapist and educator, shares her journey from preschool teacher to private practice, exploring the vital role of attachment, trauma healing, and tools for parents and children. She explains why “seeing the child behind the behavior” and equipping adults with science-based strategies is the key to prevention, connection, and thriving.
Laura Fish is a licensed marriage and family therapist, educator, and consultant with over two decades of experience in early childhood development and mental health. Beginning her career as a preschool teacher, she recognized the unmet need for targeted social-emotional and behavioral health services for young children. She went on to provide consultation in classrooms, child welfare, and special education, advocating for inclusive, supportive environments for children of all abilities.
Today, Laura maintains a private practice while leading trainings and workshops for educators, parents, and professionals under her signature approach: Teaching and Parenting with the Brain in Mind. Her work integrates attachment theory, trauma-informed practices, and other tools that empower adults to heal themselves in order to show up for children. She also consults on psychedelic-assisted therapy integration for parents and adults seeking deeper healing.
Laura’s philosophy is simple: “Children are humans in need of understanding, not objects in need of fixing.” Through her heart-centered, evidence-based approach, she helps families move beyond behavior management into authentic connection, resilience, and thriving.
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Laura Fish
Website: https://laurafishtherapy.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurafishtherapy/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LauraFishTherapy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurafishconsulting/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LauraFishConsulting/
-----Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drblogger123/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
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Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/
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Too Curious MDs
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toocuriousmds?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
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Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
1 hr 8 min - "The No Excuse Mom", transforming through Story, through Cancer
She faced stage four cancer—and found strength in surrender, faith, and fierce self-trust. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Maria Kang, known as the “No Excuse Mom,” joins us to share her powerful journey of transformation after a stage four colon cancer diagnosis. She opens up about healing through storytelling, embracing vulnerability, and reclaiming the feminine power of intuition, faith, and self-leadership.
Maria Kang—fitness leader, author, and founder of the “No Excuse Mom” movement—dives into the power of resilience, discipline, and self-love in the journey toward health and wholeness. Known for sparking global conversations around fitness and motherhood, Maria shares raw and personal stories about balancing entrepreneurship, parenting, and wellness while staying true to her values.
Maria’s story is a testament to courage, faith, and the power of the human spirit. Her journey reminds us that healing is not just physical—it is emotional, spiritual, and deeply personal. By surrendering to God and trusting her intuition, she found not only recovery but also renewal.
“When you let go, you Let God. When you let God, you Surrender.” – Maria Kang
Maria Kang shares her powerful journey of navigating Stage 4 cancer while enduring deep personal loss, divorce, and life challenges. She opens up to the role of faith and intuition in her recovery, and the lessons she learned about surrender, resilience, and trust in God. Her story is one of courage, transformation, and hope.
Resources & Links
Follow Maria Kang on Instagram: @MariaMKang
https://www.instagram.com/mariakangfitness/?hl=en
Learn more about the No Excuse Mom movement: noexcusemom.com
Maria’s book: The No More Excuses Diet
Connect with the community: Facebook Group
Connect with Maria on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariakang/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mariakangfitness
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Dr. Alya Ahmad, MD, FAAP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alya-ahmad-md-0601b190/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drblogger123/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shamynds
Website: https://shamynds.com/
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Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, MD, FAAP
Website: https://palamedicine.com/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suraiya-rahman-palamedicine/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suraiya.rahman.md/
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Too Curious MDs
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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TooCuriousMDs
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Produced by DrTalks: https://drtalks.com/podcast-service/
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About Too Curious MDs
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Curiosity fuels discovery, and in medicine, it’s the key to transformation. Too Curious MDs explores the frontiers of healing through narrative medicine, integrative therapies, psychedelics, and patient-centered care.
Hosted by Dr. Alya Ahmad and Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, this podcast challenges the boundaries of traditional medicine, uncovering the untold stories, ethical dilemmas, and groundbreaking research shaping the future of healthcare.
Join the journey—because medicine is more than science; it’s a story.