Wellness Minutes

Wellness Minutes

By Dr. Gitika Talwar, PhDHealth & FitnessMental Health
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Wellness Minutes episodes

  • Day 22: Airplane mode and the case of the missing Episode 21
    Sometimes disconnecting from the phone seems like the best way to reconnect with reality. The concrete reality, not just the manifestation of reality (aka deluge of information) our internet-connected devices throw at us. 

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    Dr G

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    6 min
  • Day 19: A pinch of Spirituality, anyone?

    This is what happens when I have a super busy day and then end up in a Spiritual study group meeting and then wonder - do other people think about this too? 

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    5 min
  • Day 18: How Immigration can be one long process of grief

    Immigration, regardless of the motivation behind immigration, comes with such a string of losses. This episode is a reflection on what that grief can look like 

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    5 min
  • Day 17: Invisible work

    Recognizing the invisible work we do in our professions and in our homes and communities. 


    Read the poem I referenced:  https://pollycastor.com/2019/05/11/invisible-work-poem-by-alison-luterman/

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    5 min
  • Day 16: Reflecting on ways to defuse the inner critic

    The inner critic forgets we are doing our best and the best way to improve ourselves is through reinforcement in the form of kindness and compassion. In this episode I reference the work of Carl Rogers, one of the founders of the Humanistic movement in Psychology and discuss a few ways I have changed my self talk to defuse the inner critic. 

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    5 min
  • Day 15: Compassion towards Health anxiety
    Curiosity about our feelings is one form of compassion . today I bring curiosity to health anxiety.

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    Dr G

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    5 min
  • Day 14: finding hope in the little things
    Plants can teach us so much and give us so much. Hope you get a chance to reflect on how to plant these seeds of hope in your life. Here is a video from one of my favorite plant parents on YouTube, Garden Up: https://youtu.be/G-w2gpbyGaM

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    5 min
  • Day 13: Sitting with Fear, one breath at a time

    The difficult and sometimes highly unbearable feeling called Fear remains my achilles heel. It incapacitates me and makes it very hard for me to focus, don't know about you! In today's episode I speak a bit about fear and what I have learned from my teacher, Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk from Vietnam who sought asylum in France after being exiled from Vietnam. His teachings about sitting with our fear (accessed through the Plum Village Youtube channel) correlate well with what the neuroscience has to say about the power of breath and focussing on the present moment as being an important antidote to the overwhelming experience of fear. 

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    Thank you for listening, 

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    Dr G

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    5 min
  • Day 12: Extending compassion to the body

    Human civilization has "evolved" to prioritize the brain over the body, much to the detriment of our own holistic health as well as the health of our planet. Today's episode is a reflection on how compassion towards our body is a helpful and concrete tool to practice self compassion. 

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    5 min

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Looking for a short mental health podcast you can actually fit into your day? Wellness Minutes is designed for busy people who know stress, burnout, and overwhelm—but want quick, practical ways to…