The Mindful Living

The Mindful Living

Welcome to The Mindful Living, where we explore mental health and mindfulness. I’m your host, Sana, and in each episode, we’ll hear from inspiring guests—experts, thought leaders, and individuals with remarkable stories—who share their insights on living a healthier, more mindful life. We’ll dive into managing stress, overcoming challenges, and finding balance. Whether you seek inspiration, support, or a moment of relaxation,.Want to be a guest on The Mindful Living? Send The Mindful Living a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/themindfulliving

Episodes

December 26, 2025 25 mins

In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Richard Smith to unpack what “navigating awareness” actually looks like in real life. They break down Richard’s Orbits of Consciousness framework. A practical map for how we move through fear, judgment, survival mode, compassion, connection, and those rare moments of awe. If you feel like your growth is messy, non-linear, and full of repeat patterns. Thi...

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In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Charu breaks down “evolving human consciousness” into real life signals. More synchronicity, better alignment, fewer reactive choices. Guests Alexander and Viki share how they use the Deck of 52 and Source Cards as a mindfulness framework for high achievers who look successful on paper but still feel something missing.

You’ll hear why they push back on fortune-telling, how “t...

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In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with David Coupland, the creator of Qu and the Qu Anytime app, to unpack a real problem in modern life. We are hyper-connected, yet emotionally underfed. David shares how he walked away from a successful film and TV career when “success” started feeling like self-betrayal, then rebuilt his life around mindful connection, communication, and curiosity.

They br...

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On the Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with nervous system coach and speaker Aaron Gambel to get real about men’s mental health, childhood trauma, and what it actually takes to rebuild your life after hitting a breaking point. This episode unpacks nervous system regulation in plain language. Fight or flight, emotional shutdown, and why “just push through” is a failing strategy for modern relationships and career...

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On The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Donna Hartley, a plane crash survivor who rebuilt her life through grit, mindset, and spiritual practice. Donna shares what it felt like to survive a DC-10 crash and how that near-death moment reshaped her identity, her relationships, and her purpose. She also opens up about navigating stage 3 melanoma as a single mom, plus multiple heart surgeries, and the real, unfiltered re...

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In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Sana sits down with Caleb Matthews to talk about what happens when a long-held dream ends, a chapter closes, or your “calling” suddenly feels like it is slipping away. They unpack the real-life psychology and spirituality of transition, from layoffs and identity loss to the slow grind of corporate seasons that feel like a detour. Caleb breaks down why “closed doo...

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In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode host Sana sits down with Mike Wood to talk about the subconscious mind. How early life moments can wire negative core beliefs that drive anxiety, depression, self doubt, and “autopilot” living. Mike shares his personal journey. Including learning to read at 25 and doing the inner work that helped him reclaim clarity and purpose. You’ll hear practical mindset tools like box breathing, detac...

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In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Sana gets real about fear, doubt, stress, money anxiety, late-night spirals, and the constant noise of news and culture. Reverend Dr. Steven Golden breaks down his practical one-minute practices. Simple breathwork, internal affirmations, morning and bedtime routines, and a “6-breath reset” designed to help listeners shift thoughts, calm the nervous system, and build emotional...

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In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Dr Jonathan Locust, founder of ConsciRise, to unpack what mindful resilience really looks like when life has already broken your body and your bandwidth. This is not about fake positivity or hustle culture. It is about how to move from quiet burnout into honest, strategic, sustainable healing.

Dr Jonathan shares how a full-body collapse, a 24 day water fast, an...

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This Mindful Living Podcast episode goes straight into the deep end of mental health, suicidal pain, and spiritual healing through A Course in Miracles. Host Sana sits down with author and suicide prevention advocate Susan Michel to unpack what it really means to say “I cannot take this pain anymore” and how that is different from truly wanting to die. Susan shares how unprocessed childhood abandonment, betrayal, and perfectionism ...

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    On this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with food systems strategist and creator of My Mindful Kitchen and The 3 Ingredient Kitchen, Janet Irizarry, to unpack a simple but uncomfortable truth. Your kitchen is a mirror.

    From overstuffed fridges and endless takeout bags to mindful leftovers and shared meals, Janet shows how our food habits quietly reflect stress, values, money stories and even our hop...

    In this episode of The Mindful Living with Yusuf, we cut through the movie myths around hypnosis and get into how it actually works in real life. Certified clinical hypnotherapist and medical hypnosis specialist Craig Meriwether, founder of Sacred Mystery Hypnotherapy and author of Past Lives Guidebook, explains what an altered state of consciousness really is, how brainwave states like alpha and theta impact healing, and why your ...

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    *This episode contains discussion of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, physical and emotional abuse, addiction and self medicating, poverty, systemic neglect, death and suicide. Listener discretion is advised.

    Please take care of your nervous system while listening. Pause, skip sections or step away at any time if you feel overwhelmed. If you are in immediate distress or crisis, reach out to a qualified mental health professional or ...

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    In this episode of The Mindful Living, host Sana sits down with Human Design and Gene Keys guide Miranda Mitchell to unpack what actually happens when you stop treating your life like a personality quiz and start using it as a mirror. They talk about Human Design as a deconditioning tool, how Gene Keys moves through shadow, gift, and Siddhi, and why trying to “skip the shadow” keeps you stuck.

    Miranda shares how childhood condition...

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    In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Tracy Austin, founder of Elevated Talent Consulting and host of the People Strategy podcast, to unpack what mindful leadership actually looks like on job sites in the trades. Instead of treating mindfulness as a buzzword, Tracy breaks it down as clear intention, safety focused decision making, and the shift from autopilot to conscious leadership.

    You will...

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    In this The Mindful Living Podcast episode, host Sana sits down with Rachel Brown to unpack a hard truth. if we do not deal with our own trauma, stress, and people pleasing, our children end up carrying the emotional bill. Rachel shares how chronic illness, IVF, career burnout and a full nervous system finally forced her to stop chasing the next fix and start listening to her body.

    Together, they explore how generational stress, pe...

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    Mindfulness sounds peaceful in theory. Quiet rooms. Slow breathing. A still mind. But for an ADHD brain that runs on rapid fire, the traditional version feels unrealistic. In this The Mindful Living episode, host Sana cuts through the noise with ADHD educator and dopamine strategist Jorie Houlihan, who brings a ground level understanding of what presence looks like when distraction is the default. This episode reframes mindfulness ...

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    In this episode of The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana sits down with Melissa Deally, integrative mind body health practitioner, NLP trainer and Timeline Therapy trainer, to break down how our unconscious mind quietly drives our emotional patterns, anxiety and even dis-ease in the body. They unpack what Timeline Therapy actually is, how it integrates with mindfulness, and why endlessly retelling your trauma story is not the only ...

    This episode of the Mindful Living Podcast cuts through the noise and gets straight into the big existential debate. Why are we here? What is our purpose? And why does modern life keep pulling us away from the answers already sitting within us? Sana sits down with global spiritual teacher and bestselling author Hans Wilhelm, whose visual teachings have reached millions. Together they unravel karma, reincarnation, soul lessons, and ...

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    Feeling is data. In this conversation on The Mindful Living Podcast, host Sana and guest Tera Ajeet unpack how a non-visual life builds precise intuition. Tera explains training sensitivity like a muscle. grounding practices that keep spirituality practical. and why embodiment prevents “woo” from becoming escapism. We cover navigating a hyper-visual culture. choosing work and food that actually feel good. and setting bou...

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