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Sept. 30, 2026

104. How GLP-1 Drugs Really Work (and Where Ayurveda Fits In)

So many of you have written in asking about GLP-1s, the Ozempic class of drugs. This week Kate talks with Dr. Sheena Sooraj, chief clinical officer at Kerala Ayurveda Academy and Wellness Center, who sees clients on these medications every month. Dr. Sheena explains how GLP-1s work in the pancreas, stomach and brain, who tends to need them long term and who may be able to come off them with their doctor, and how Ayurveda supports digestion, hydration and the enjoyment of food while someone is on

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104

Sept. 30, 2026

104. How GLP-1 Drugs Really Work (and Where Ayurveda Fits In) [VIDEO]

So many of you have written in asking about GLP-1s, the Ozempic class of drugs. This week Kate talks with Dr. Sheena Sooraj, chief clinical officer at Kerala Ayurveda Academy and Wellness Center, who sees clients on these medications every month. Dr. Sheena explains how GLP-1s work in the pancreas, stomach and brain, who tends to need them long term and who may be able to come off them with their doctor, and how Ayurveda supports digestion, hydration and the enjoyment of food while someone is on

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336

Sept. 29, 2026

The Performance Trap: Chad Herst on Success, Grief, and Coming Home to Himself

What happens when the thing that saved your life becomes the thing you have to heal from? Chad Herst has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since his twenties — authorized to teach by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois himself in 2003 — and coaching high-performing founders and executives since 2008. From the outside, he'd figured it out. From the inside, he was running the exact pattern he now helps his clients name: the drive that builds something real, and then keeps running long after it stops feeling like

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336

Sept. 29, 2026

The Performance Trap: Chad Herst on Success, Grief, and Coming Home to Himself [VIDEO]

What happens when the thing that saved your life becomes the thing you have to heal from? Chad Herst has been practicing Ashtanga yoga since his twenties — authorized to teach by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois himself in 2003 — and coaching high-performing founders and executives since 2008. From the outside, he'd figured it out. From the inside, he was running the exact pattern he now helps his clients name: the drive that builds something real, and then keeps running long after it stops feeling like

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103

Sept. 23, 2026

103. The Ayurvedic Signs You're Out of Balance This Fall (and What to Do) [VIDEO]

Every year around this time, Kate notices it first in her eyes. A little heat, a little dryness, a little irritation — the same early signal, right on schedule. In this solo episode, she uses that personal example to explain one of Ayurveda's most practical seasonal concepts: sandhi, the juncture between seasons, when the body is considered most vulnerable to imbalance. Kate walks through why the accumulated heat (pitta) of summer can tip into aggravation as the weather turns — through hot, aci

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103

Sept. 23, 2026

103. The Ayurvedic Signs You're Out of Balance This Fall (and What to Do)

Every year around this time, Kate notices it first in her eyes. A little heat, a little dryness, a little irritation — the same early signal, right on schedule. In this solo episode, she uses that personal example to explain one of Ayurveda's most practical seasonal concepts: sandhi, the juncture between seasons, when the body is considered most vulnerable to imbalance. Kate walks through why the accumulated heat (pitta) of summer can tip into aggravation as the weather turns — through hot, aci

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