Episodes

102: Amy Green Smith - Self-Worth, People-Pleasing, and Nervous System Survival
Jan. 29, 2026

102: Amy Green Smith - Self-Worth, People-Pleasing, and Nervous Syste…

Many of the beliefs that govern our adult lives were formed long before we had the ability to question them. Ideas about worth, safety, obedience, and belonging often take root in childhood and early environments where approv...

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101: Freeman Fung - Travel for Transformation, Identity, and Intention
Jan. 14, 2026

101: Freeman Fung - Travel for Transformation, Identity, and Intention

I first connected with this week's guest - Freeman Fung - through the Mindvalley community. At the time, both of us were actively questioning inherited templates around success, identity, and growth. What began as a conversat...

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100: Mas Vidal Maheshananda - Rethinking Evolution and Vitality
Jan. 7, 2026

100: Mas Vidal Maheshananda - Rethinking Evolution and Vitality

In this milestone 100th episode of Untether Your Life, we revisit a wide-ranging and timely conversation with Mas Vidal Maheshananda - teacher, author, and founder of Dancing Shiva. In today's climate of intense geopolitical ...

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99: Robert Pardi - Grief, Impermanence, and Possibility in Action
Dec. 30, 2025

99: Robert Pardi - Grief, Impermanence, and Possibility in Action

This episode originally aired in March 2023 and is being resurfaced now with added context. Robert Pardi reached out to me on LinkedIn after listening to a previous conversation I'd had on the show with Prison Break author an...

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98: Neelu Kaur - Awakening Your Inner Cheerleader
Dec. 23, 2025

98: Neelu Kaur - Awakening Your Inner Cheerleader

This episode is a rebroadcast of a conversation originally released in August 2023. I'm bringing it back because the themes feel even more relevant today. My guest is Neelu Kaur , author of Be Your Own Cheerleader , speaker, ...

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97: The Brighter Mindset (Part 2 of 2) - Becoming Unshakeable with Shyambo
Dec. 16, 2025

97: The Brighter Mindset (Part 2 of 2) - Becoming Unshakeable with Sh…

This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Shyambo , founder of The Brighter Mindset . This week, we explore how practices labeled as biohacks (i.e., cold plunges) can double as powerful tools for spiritual discipline. Sh...

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96: The Brighter Mindset (Part 1 of 2) - How Shyambo Cultivates Inner Luminosity
Dec. 11, 2025

96: The Brighter Mindset (Part 1 of 2) - How Shyambo Cultivates Inner…

This episode explores how spiritual mentorship, emotional equanimity, and intentional social media use can transform an anxious, approval-seeking mind into what my guest calls a brighter mindset. On a day honoring Guru Nanak ...

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95: Dr. Jyothsna Bhat - Relationships: The "Secret Sauce" of Mental Health
Dec. 3, 2025

95: Dr. Jyothsna Bhat - Relationships: The "Secret Sauce" of Mental H…

This episode explores one of the most overlooked drivers of mental health: the quality of our relationships. With a former Surgeon General warning that chronic loneliness can impact the body the same way as smoking fifteen ci...

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94: Nikhil Torsekar - Don't Call It a Comeback
Nov. 18, 2025

94: Nikhil Torsekar - Don't Call It a Comeback

EPISODE SUMMARY In today’s episode, I talk about where I’ve been over the past year, why the show went on pause, and what I’ve learned along the way. From navigating the 2024 US presidential election to rediscovering the spar...

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93: Dr. Priya Nalkur - President, The Roundtable Institute on JEDI Leadership and "Stumbling Towards Inclusion"
Nov. 13, 2024

93: Dr. Priya Nalkur - President, The Roundtable Institute on JEDI Le…

This episode was released on the heels of perhaps the most dramatic election of our time—one that will have a serious impact on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and leadership initiatives in corporations throughout the ...

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92: Sundarri Rodriguez - The Power of Sound Healing, Kriya Yoga, Breathwork, Music, and Much More
Oct. 30, 2024

92: Sundarri Rodriguez - The Power of Sound Healing, Kriya Yoga, Brea…

Since moving to Southern California last year, I've been blessed to cross paths with many souls on a similar journey of spirituality and wellness. I had one of these folks on the podcast a year ago, Kyle Peche , and am now de...

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91: Nikhil Torsekar Gets Happy, Human, and Untethered
Oct. 15, 2024

91: Nikhil Torsekar Gets Happy, Human, and Untethered

To comemorate the 90(ish)th episode of Untether Your Life, I'm rebroadcasting my appearance on the Happy and Human podcast. I always walk away from my exchanges with the hosts - my friends Dinesh Melwani and Dr. Seema Desai -...

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90: Mitul Desai, The Care Hack - A Powerful Champion for Caregivers of Adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI)
Oct. 9, 2024

90: Mitul Desai, The Care Hack - A Powerful Champion for Caregivers o…

This episode gives credence to the saying that "there are no coincidences in life." It's being released on the eve of World Mental Health Day , October 10th. Every year on this date, I marvel at the mental health journey I've...

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89: Amy Green Smith - Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, Keynote Speaker on Being "Enough"
Sept. 18, 2024

89: Amy Green Smith - Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, Keynote Speaker on …

As busy, hard-working professionals with families, demanding jobs, and multiple other obligations, we often go into auto-pilot. We mindlessly follow scripts and templates that were passed onto us about what success looks like...

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88: Sam Kabert - Overcoming the Overwhelm through BREATH to Achieve SOUL/Life Balance
Aug. 21, 2024

88: Sam Kabert - Overcoming the Overwhelm through BREATH to Achieve S…

Always love connecting with folks who share my passion for everything from breathwork to podcasting to cold plunges to the iconic So Cal rock group Sublime. So it was a sincere treat to host this week's guest Sam Kabert . Sam...

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