Finding Balance From the Inside Out: Reconnecting With Your Inner Truth, with Ellen Edmondson

Finding Balance From the Inside Out: Reconnecting With Your Inner Truth, with Ellen Edmondson

We're good at moving through the day. Meetings, messages, the small fires we keep putting out. Somewhere in it, we lose touch with our own inner voice, not the one that schedules, but the one that knows. Ellen Edmondson joins Sana to talk about reconnecting with that inner truth, and finding balance from the inside out, especially when life feels too full to hear yourself think. ABOUT THE GUEST: Ellen Edmondson is an author and intuition coach, and a former senior executive who left that path to follow her inner guidance. She wrote A Place of Love and Light and now helps people reconnect with their own inner truth. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * We often chase balance by managing everything outside us; the more we do, the more disconnected we feel. * Three simple steps: pause and notice, listen for what feels true, then trust the small next step. * Clarity rarely arrives all at once; it builds as you act on small moments of inner knowing. * A gentle compass: ask what is the most loving thing I can do for myself right now. * Asking for help and setting boundaries isn't weakness; honoring yourself is its own quiet strength. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: Website: ellenedmondson.com [https://www.ellenedmondson.com/] (workshops and coaching) Book: A Place of Love and Light [https://www.ellenedmondson.com/book/] EPISODE CHAPTERS: (APPROX.) [00:00] Welcome to The Mindful Living: the inner voice beneath the noise [02:00] Ellen's story: a senior executive who reconnected with her inner truth [05:30] The biggest misconception, and three simple steps to begin [08:00] When you chase the wrong version: dis-ease, anxiety, and drift [15:00] No room to leave? Finding small moments inside a full life [20:00] How the body signals us, and the most loving next choice [22:00] Why asking for help and setting boundaries is real strength 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik [https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik] 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. > Refer a Guest > Know someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. > Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/DY4HFPYGHBYQN] 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows [https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork] 🤝 Be a Guest [https://www.podhub.club/beaguest] 📩 Newsletter Substack [https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/] 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14498362/] > 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. > If you have concerns about any content, please contact us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] here > > By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. [https://www.podhub.club/terms-privacy/standard-podcast-disclaimer] #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #themindfulliving #innertruth #balance #mindfulness #selfawareness #intuition #boundaries #selfcompassion #burnout #wellbeing #personalgrowth #ellenedmondson #slowdown >

Living in Harmony: Returning to Your Values in Mind, Body, and Spirit, with Polis Xinaris

We spend most of our lives running. Toward something, from something, or just to stay in place. Somewhere in it we forget the simplest thing: harmony was never meant to be earned, only returned to. Polis Xinaris joins Sana to slow down and ask what it feels like to live in tune with yourself. Harmony, he says, is not a calm life; it's living close to your values through whatever comes. ABOUT THE GUEST: Polis Xinaris is a mind, body, and spirit performance coach based in Cyprus, a Master Reiki practitioner, and a certified Wim Hof Method instructor. He helps people find their way back to a more peaceful, purposeful life. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Harmony is not a calm life; it's how you meet what comes, as a lesson or as a war to fight. * Start with your values; living out of harmony is mostly living far from your true self. * When your actions match your values, your bond with yourself and others steadies first. * Mind, body, and spirit are one system; treating only the symptom leaves the cause untouched. * Begin small, with something easy and enjoyable; a good habit tied to joy invites the next. CONNECT WITH THE GUEST: Website: polisxinaris.com [https://www.polisxinaris.com/] Socials: LinkedIn, Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/polisxinaris/?hl=en], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/polisxinarismbscoach], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@PolisXinaris], TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@polisxinaris](same name) EPISODE CHAPTERS: (APPROX.) [00:00] Welcome to The Mindful Living: the cost of always running [02:00] What is harmony? Balance, and the music of your own life [04:30] Harmony is not constant calm: lesson to grow, or war to fight [07:00] Start with your values: living close to your true self [10:00] Mind, body, and spirit as one connected system [13:00] Polis's journey: family business, evolving, and changing your environment [20:00] One gentle first step, and where to find Polis 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik [https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik] 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. > Refer a Guest > Know someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. > Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/DY4HFPYGHBYQN] 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows [https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork] 🤝 Be a Guest [https://www.podhub.club/beaguest] 📩 Newsletter Substack [https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/] 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14498362/] > 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. > If you have concerns about any content, please contact us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] here > > By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. [https://www.podhub.club/terms-privacy/standard-podcast-disclaimer] #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #themindfulliving #harmony #mindbodyspirit #balance #values #innerpeace #reiki #wimhofmethod #breathwork #wellbeing #personalgrowth #selfawareness #mindfulliving >

Why Willpower Fails: Living Intentionally and Healing Beneath the Behavior, with Erik Fredrickson

Most of us have tried to change through sheer willpower, made the lists and the promises, and ended up back where we started, quietly disappointed. This conversation asks a gentler question: what if the behavior was never the real problem? Erik Fredrickson shares 17 years on his own path out of addiction, and what it taught him about living intentionally: change is built in small daily habits, and in listening to what sits beneath the patterns we try to outrun. SECTION 3 — ABOUT THE GUEST Erik Fredrickson is a life and recovery coach, 17 years on his own recovery path and 12 coaching others, with 7,000-plus hours one-on-one. He hosts the Recovering Reality podcast and wrote the book Recovering Reality. SECTION 4 — KEY TAKEAWAYS * Everything we do, even what we avoid, is an investment in who we are becoming. * Transformation is rarely a quick fix; healthy mindsets take time to build, just as unhealthy ones did. * The behavior is the surface. Lasting change starts with the beliefs and identity beneath it. * Growth lives just outside the comfort zone, in small steps that compound over years. * Healing happens best in community; real accountability calls you higher, not into shame. SECTION 5 — CONNECT WITH THE GUEST Website: recoveringreality.com [https://recoveringreality.com/] Instagram: instagram.com/recoveringreality [https://instagram.com/recoveringreality] Podcast: The Recovering Reality Podcast Book: Recovering Reality: Freedom from the Torment of Addiction EPISODE CHAPTERS: (APPROX.) [00:00] The willpower trap: trying harder and landing back where you started [02:00] Erik's story: rebellion at 13, addiction, and the breaking point at 26 [06:00] Everything is an investment: living intentionally in the small daily things [11:00] Presence over a pinball mind, and the idea of spiritual fitness [14:00] From religion to relationship: how faith became the anchor [18:00] The behavior was never the problem: comfort, beliefs, and getting 1% better [26:00] Identity, community, and accountability that calls you higher 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik [https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik] 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. > Refer a Guest > Know someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. > Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/DY4HFPYGHBYQN] 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows [https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork] 🤝 Be a Guest [https://www.podhub.club/beaguest] 📩 Newsletter Substack [https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/] 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14498362/] > 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. > If you have concerns about any content, please contact us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] here > > By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. [https://www.podhub.club/terms-privacy/standard-podcast-disclaimer] #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #themindfulliving #intentionalliving #addictionrecovery #recoveryjourney #mindfulness #personaltransformation #healing #faith #habits #selfawareness #mentalwellness #innerwork #community >

When You Stop Fighting Your Healing: A Skeptic and a Believer's Story, with Will Rodriguez and Karen Endsley

This is for anyone quietly carrying a healing they keep trying to force. What happens when your old worldview stops fitting the life you are living? Host Sana sits with Will and Karen, a couple who entered healing from opposite doors. Their invitation is gentle: stop fighting, start listening, and let your spiritual awakening unfold at its own pace. ABOUT THE GUESTS: Will Rodriguez and Karen Endsley, married nearly twenty years, co-host The Skeptic Metaphysicians, a top 1% spirituality show. Will arrived as the skeptic and former TV executive; Karen was always open to the unseen. KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Healing is a spiral, not a straight line: the lows shorten and the highs lengthen as you stay with it. * Two people can hold different beliefs and still let each other's reality be valid. * Speak to your body with love; it has shown up for you for years and it answers back. * Get quiet, and notice the small signs of connection in nature around you. CONNECT WITH THE GUESTS: The Skeptic Metaphysicians * Website: SkepticMetaphysician.com [https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/] * Streaming (also on Roku & Fire TV): NewRealityTV.com [https://www.skepticmetaphysician.com/live-broadcast/] * Instagram: @skepticmetaphysician_podcast [https://www.instagram.com/skepticmetaphysician_podcast/] * Facebook: facebook.com/SkepticMetaphysician [https://www.facebook.com/SkepticMetaphysician] SECTION 6 — EPISODE CHAPTERS (timestamps approximate) [00:00] A Worldview That Stops Fitting: the quiet moment everything you believed feels too small [02:30] The Skeptic and the Believer: meet Will and Karen [09:00] When the Matchstick Box Falls Apart: Will's pragmatist undoing [13:30] Two Truths, One Marriage: letting each other's reality be valid [22:00] Your Body Was Never the Problem: healing, self-love, and the lie of "more" [32:00] A Spiral, Not a Straight Line: being patient with the ups and downs [38:00] Signs, Miracles, and the Dog That Walked Her Home: reconnecting with nature 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik [https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik] 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. > Refer a Guest > Know someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. > Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/DY4HFPYGHBYQN] 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows [https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork] 🤝 Be a Guest [https://www.podhub.club/beaguest] 📩 Newsletter Substack [https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/] 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14498362/] > 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. > If you have concerns about any content, please contact us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] here > > By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. [https://www.podhub.club/terms-privacy/standard-podcast-disclaimer] #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #themindfulliving #healingjourney #spiritualawakening #skepticmetaphysicians #mindbodyconnection #selflove #consciousliving #innerhealing #mentalwellness #stopfightinghealing #mindfulness #spiritualgrowth #higherconsciousness >

Why Connection Is Harder at Home Than at Work, with Sandy Gerber

There's a quiet loneliness we rarely name: you can hold a room and say all the right things at work, then come home and feel like a stranger in your own conversations. Award-winning author Sandy Gerber shares why connection starts with understanding yourself, the emotional needs that drive us, and simple tools to self-regulate so you can respond instead of react. About the Guest: Sandy Gerber is a TEDx speaker and best-selling author of Emotional Magnetism, named a top global guru in communication. She teaches emotionally intelligent communication for work and home. Key Takeaways: * You cannot connect with others until you understand yourself first * We are driven by four emotional needs: safety, achievement, value, experience * Emotion registers in the body before logic; name it to calm yourself * The EQ Switch: locate the feeling, name it, take a quiet steadying breath * Share honestly: what you feel, what you need, what helps going forward * Loneliness often eases by getting curious about why you feel it Connect With the Guest: Website: https://sandygerber.com/ [https://sandygerber.com/] Book, Emotional Magnetism (Amazon): https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Magnetism-Communicate-Connection-Relationships/dp/177458199X [https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Magnetism-Communicate-Connection-Relationships/dp/177458199X] Podcast: Magnetic Communication (weekly, on major platforms) Episode Chapters: [04:40] The Loneliness We Rarely Name (approx.) [08:00] Looking Back at the Scattered, Unhappy Version of Herself (approx.) [11:00] You Are the Repeating Pattern: Understanding Yourself First (approx.) [16:00] What Emotional Intelligence Actually Means (approx.) [20:00] The SAVE Emotional Magnets (approx.) [24:00] The Power of Intention and Mommy's Boyfriend List (approx.) [38:00] The EQ Switch: Locate, Name, Breathe (approx.) [44:00] Honest Communication: Feel, Need, Going Forward (approx.) 🎙️ Want to Be a Guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? Send me a direct message on PodMatch. 👉 DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik [https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik] 🌱 About Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Global Mental Wellness Podcast Network - focused, credible, no more identity clutter. 👉 Subscribe and be part of this healing journey. > Refer a Guest > Know someone who would be a great fit for one of our podcast shows? Email us at services@podhealth.club with the subject line “Refer a Guest.” Requests without this subject line cannot be catered to. > Support Our Podcast: Support this Podcast [https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/DY4HFPYGHBYQN] 📬 Contact & Links Brand: Healthy Mind By Avik™️ Contact Us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] Based in: India & USA 🎧 All Podcast Shows [https://www.podhub.club/podcastnetwork] 🤝 Be a Guest [https://www.podhub.club/beaguest] 📩 Newsletter Substack [https://healthymindbyavik.substack.com/] 👉 Join the LinkedIn Community [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14498362/] > 📌 Disclaimer - This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. > If you have concerns about any content, please contact us [https://www.podhub.club/contact] here > > By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. [https://www.podhub.club/terms-privacy/standard-podcast-disclaimer] #podmatch #healthymindbyavik #podhub.club #MindfulLiving #EmotionalIntelligence #Communication #SelfRegulation #Connection #Loneliness #MindfulCommunication #EmotionalMagnetism #SelfAwareness #Relationships #Wellbeing #Mindfulness >