Mind Over Matter

What if resilience isn't about being strong all the time, but about knowing how to keep moving forward when life doesn't go according to plan?

We often think resilient people are those who bounce back quickly, never lose confidence, and somehow remain unaffected by life's challenges. But real resilience is rarely that simple.

In this episode of Mind Over Matter, host Niharika welcomes Jobert E. Abueva, author of The Janus Plan: A No-...

Life keeps shifting, and certainty can feel out of reach. On Mind Over Matter, filmmaker Laurence Walsh explores what resilience really looks like when you’re struggling, and why it has little to do with powering through.

Drawing on her own journey through depression, Laurence shares how feeling your feelings, healing old core wounds, calming overwhelm and reaching out for support help you build steadiness, one obstacle at a t...

Have you ever made a decision that felt completely right at the time, only to regret it later and wonder whether you can trust yourself again?

In this episode of Mind Over Matter, host Sreemedha speaks with Lauren Salaun, a coach who discusses self-trust, relationships, self-worth, intuition and somatic approaches to personal growth.

Lauren explores why rebuilding self-trust isn't about making perfect decisions. It's about developing...

In this episode of Mind Over Matter, Sreemedha speaks with career transition coach Steve Barton about navigating career change without losing your identity, confidence, or sense of security. Pasted text

Steve challenges the idea that you need to have your entire future figured out before making a change. Instead, he encourages people to begin planning while they're still employed—exploring opportunities, updating resumes, dev...

What do you do when quitting starts to feel like the easier option? On Mind Over Matter, host Shraddha talks with resilience coach Willie Blake about what actually keeps people moving through uncertainty and setbacks.

You will learn why resilience is less about never failing and more about getting back up, and why changing your body first can shift your mindset faster than thinking your way there.

About the Guest:

Willie Blake is a re...

Ever feel your mind say no before you have even tried? On Mind Over Matter, host Sayan and coach Gazit Chaya Nkosi explore overcoming mental barriers by working with the body, not against it.

You will learn how the vagus nerve shapes fear, why calming down alone is not enough, and why struggling in a dysfunctional system is not a personal failing.

About the Guest:

Gazit Chaya Nkosi is a coach in Massachusetts and founder of The Roote...

Do you keep telling yourself "I am just not that kind of person"? On Mind Over Matter, host Sreemedha and coach Geoff Grant explore how negative self-talk shapes our choices and relationships.

You will learn where limiting inner stories come from, how to question them, and how to write a new narrative you can sustain.

About the Guest:

Geoff Grant is a consultant and coach in Massachusetts. He spent 25 years as a caregiver and brings ...

What if the walls holding you back are more like fog than stone? This episode of Mind Over Matter is for anyone stuck in fear, insecurity, or old thinking that outward success hasn't fixed.

Author Michael Muccio shares how teachability, deliberate gratitude, and repeating new truths until they replace old ones helped him move past fear, and why he believes connecting to a greater source makes change possible.

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What if joy was never about avoiding pain, but about growing through it? The host talks with speaker and coach Kate Heartsong about why sadness and joy can't really exist without each other.

Kate shares a simple breathing technique for calming down in the moment, why acknowledging a hard emotion has to come before releasing it, and a personal story about her daughter's long recovery that took her a decade to fully accept.

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What if the belief holding you back was never actually yours to begin with? Host Niharika talks with coach Anu Verma about where self-limiting beliefs really come from, and how to tell a genuine limitation apart from a belief that's just familiar.

Anu shares why self-awareness requires real honesty with yourself, a simple exercise for picturing your future self if a pattern continues, and why the discomfort of change is often a sign...

If uncertainty makes you want to hold everything together, this episode is for you. Boundaries coach Barb Nangle joins Mind Over Matter to explore what resilience actually looks like when life does not go according to plan.

Barb shares how internal safety, healthy boundaries, and emotional resilience help you stay with yourself through uncertainty, why setbacks do not erase your progress, and one practical way to move through transi...

If you keep chasing approval and still feel off, this conversation is for you. Author and coach Kirana Sidin joins host Niharika on Mind Over Matter to talk about what mental resilience actually means, and why it has less to do with never falling and more to do with choosing to come back.

Kirana unpacks the quiet cost of external validation, why self-respect is the real foundation of a stable mind, and one simple, practical way to s...

What if struggling to cope isn't a personal failing, but a sign that your body simply has less capacity to draw on right now? In this episode of Mind Over Matter, host Swati talks with Dr. Jess Armine, a healthcare provider of nearly 50 years and founder of The Center for Bio-Individualized Medicine, about why resilience has more to do with physiology than willpower.

Dr. Jess walks through why comparing yourself to people who seem t...

Our minds run patterns we rarely question, until we learn where they come from. Heart transplant survivor and relationship coach Gaylen Wilson joins host Swati to explore how understanding the primal brain can change how we respond to life.

Gaylen shares the Monument Method, a simple practice he and his wife Heather use to interrupt conflict before it escalates, and how the same principle helped him overcome decades of addiction and...

Self-doubt isn't a fixed trait, it's a story shaped by outside noise. Ellen Edmondson believes that story can be unlearned.

Ellen joins her host to explore where self-doubt really comes from, why quiet daily check-ins matter more than big dramatic shifts, and three simple questions that can reconnect you with your own inner truth.

About the Guest:

Ellen Edmondson is the author of A Place of Love & Light and an intuition coach who...

Real resilience isn't about never breaking down, it's about how you get back up. Chad Betz has spent his career studying exactly that.

Chad joins host Nalga to unpack why setbacks aren't failures, how sunk-cost thinking keeps us stuck in careers and relationships that no longer fit, and why it's never too late to redefine what success looks like.

About the Guest:

Chad Betz is the author of An Authentic Success: You Aren't Too Old and...

If you are currently caring for a partner or a family member with dementia, please know that support exists. Reaching for it is not a failure of love. It is an extension of it. Resources are available across many countries and organisations. Please do not carry it alone if you do not have to.

Most conversations about dementia are written from the outside. This one comes from someone who lived it with his wife for five years and chos...

There is a voice that tells you that you are not ready, not qualified, not strong enough. It sounds like reason. This episode is for anyone who has mistaken that voice for the truth.

Dr. Danielle Green unpacks where mental barriers actually come from, why they are not character flaws, and what daily practice turns self awareness into real change.

About the Guest:

Dr. Danielle Green is a psychoanalyst who has been in practice for decad...

If you've ever felt guilty after a meal or waited for "Monday" to eat right again, this one's for you.

Eating psychology coach R.L. Malpica breaks down why food freedom isn't about willpower, it's about trusting your body's ability to heal, one honest, incremental step at a time.

About the Guest:

R.L. Malpica, known as The E.A.T. Coach, is a certified detoxification specialist and natural health and lifestyle coach. He's authored a bo...