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:58 Establishing a Healthy Routine with Ayurveda. 7 Steps to Optimal Health with Ayurveda Part 7: The Importance of Sleep
Cognitive functioning is based on the well-being of your brain health. If you are overworking the engine without caring for it, it will die on you. If we are not resting our minds, we will experience the dreaded "burnout." In this episode, we chat about the importance of sleep and what happens as we sleep. Give a listen and start to make sleep a priority in your life. I share some tips on how to get to sleep and stay asleep throughout the night.
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Ep:57 Establishing a Healthy Routine with Ayurveda. 7 Steps to Optimal Health with Ayurveda Part 6: Agni the Fire of Your Life. 4 Main Agnis that Impact Digestion.
Sama, Vishama, Tikshna, and Manda Agni play a significant role in your digestive health. They also rely a lot on your surroundings. How do you sustain a balanced Agni with so much going on? Listen in, and let's discuss. Be sure to head over to the website and get your free Dosha quiz and take the Ama assessment to see where you need to come back to balance and how to do just that.
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Ep:56 Establishing a Healthy Routine with Ayurveda. 7 Steps to Optimal Health with Ayurveda Part 5: Diet According to Your Dosha
We discuss indigestion and its causes along with the “why” behind having a proper diet is so vital.
Head over to the JBYF Blog and read through the “Diet According to Your Dosha” BLOG along with the “The Fire of Life, Agni" Blogs.
Be sure to download the free resource library and Ayurveda Diet and Nutrition workbook to use as a guide.
I’ll be sharing recipes this week to stabilize the Doshas. Our resource library and membership are full of recipes to support your Ayurvedic Diet and Nutritional journey.
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Ep:55 Establishing a Healthy Routine with Ayurveda. 7 Steps to Optimal Health with Ayurveda Part 4: Yoga Poses to Balance the Doshas
This week we are focusing on dosha balancing yoga asanas. Vata: grounding poses; Pitta: cooling poses; Kapha: motivating poses
Feel free to combine any of these poses to establish balance for yourselves as you integrate them into your daily routine. Remember to do one percent at a time and one day at a time. Head over to our YouTube channel to see the full flows and sequences. Join our memberships to get access to all the resources to help you establish or begin your Ayurvedic Daily Routine and Yoga journey.
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