The Light In My Shadow
Where Medical Insight Meets Yogic Wisdom on the Path to Healing
My Story: Living with BPD, Bipolar, Manic Depression, Complex Trauma & Suicidal Ideation
In this raw and vulnerable episode, I open up about my journey living with multiple mental health diagnoses—how they’ve sabotaged my relationships, fed my addiction to emotional pain, and kept me spinning on a merry-go-round of trauma and shame. I explore how these shadows became constant companions—sometimes seductive, sometimes suffocating—and how I’ve slowly, painfully, but purposefully learned to face them.
Through the healing lenses of yoga and Ayurveda, I’ve begun to untangle the web. It hasn’t been easy. It’s been messy, teary, and filled with setbacks—but also breakthroughs. If you’ve ever felt like your mind was working against you or that your pain had its own personality, this episode is for you.
“Unless we heal the wounds that shame creates, especially wounds from childhood, we carry this crippling shame into our adulthood…” This is the work. And this is my truth.
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Ep:54 Establishing a Healthy Routine with Ayurveda. 7 Steps to Optimal Health with Ayurveda Part 3: The Importance of Meditation
In this episode, we integrate meditation into our daily routine practice. In our last episode, you chose one thing to add or begin for a daily routine.
As we grow together over the next 7 weeks, we will expand on our daily routine to add or refine another area or the same area of our life.
If you slip back, no worries, just keep going. It all falls into place as intended.
Follow along over the next 21 days to begin and sustain your new healthy Ayurvedic-inspired habits.
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Ep:53 Establishing a Healthy Routine with Ayurveda. 7 Steps to Optimal Health with Ayurveda Part 2: Meditation
What does a "daily routine" look like? We have so much going on throughout the day that the thought of establishing and committing to a daily routine does not seem to "fit in" to the daily routine that we already have. Instead of looking at it as a "daily routine," let's change the vocabulary to Lifestyle Enhancement. In this episode, we go over what an Ayurvedic daily routine looks like and the importance of establishing and maintaining one. Honoring this aspect in your life will improve your overall outlook on the relationship you have with yourself, and the relationship you will nurture with other. "Once can only give to others, to the extent one can give to themselves only." Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. We go over some tips to help you get started. 21 days is all you need to formulate a new habit and integrate a new routine.
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Ep:52 Establishing a Healthy Routine with Ayurveda. 7 Steps to Optimal Health with Ayurveda Part 1: Daily Routines
In this episode: We dive into Ayurvedic/ Yoga or Sattvic lifestyle by exploring the various lifestyle changes and why they are important.
This a gentle reminder to commit to yourself.
Day 1: Any yoga style for 5-30mins a day for 7 days and take a moment to jot down how you feel before and how you feel after.
Day 2, Meditate for 30 secs - 20mins a day for 7 days (2x daily for max results)
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Ep:51 The Relationship between Consciousness and Health through Ayurveda
In this episode, I go over why knowing your Doshas and understanding how we get “imbalanced” can effect how we process foods. I break down the Doshas in a high-level overview and give some quick “hacks” at the end to nurture yourself back to health.
Use the free Ayurvedic Diet Workbook in our free resource library to learn about what foods to integrate into your diet, what to remove, and how to create meals to help you get and stay healthy.
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