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Beating CHRONIC FATIGUE: a fascinating journey from desperation to HEALTH.
In this episode, Rani chats to John El-Mokedem, a breakthrough coach helping people facing significant challenges in life. Some of the conversation highlights of this fascinating conversation are: The story of John's own journey from being a chronic fatigue syndrome...
Clarity about True Mental Health – Dr Rani Bora on the Inner Wisdom podcast
Gill Christison, a Clarity Coach recently spoke to Rani for the Innate Wisdom podcast. In this episode, we bring you a segment of that conversation. Rani talks about her own journey from struggling with low self-esteem to having an insight into what is behind our...
Bullying at the workplace – ways to resolve
In this podcast episode, Rani interviews Dr Adam Harrison who is a GP, medical educator, qualified barrister, ex-medical director, and life, leadership and executive coach. He has experienced first-hand the consequences of working within poorly led environments, and...
Change your Diet, Change your Life
Dr Erica Lin and Dr Linda Mizun are the founders of Afternoon Tea With Docs, an evidence-based community platform empowering patients to take control of their lives and beat chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and mental health problems. Erica is...
Your Inner Strength When You Need It
Every now and then we get to guest on other people's shows. This episode was recorded live with Sentinel Assam Online recently for their Get Set Global show hosted by the brilliant Hiramoni Sarma. There were several light-hearted moments and we spoke about our life as...
Despair to Miracles: How Kathryn Bonney Found Her Way Home
For this week’s podcast, we share with you this conversation 🎤 about a subject that we don’t talk much about. Rani recently met Kathryn Bonney on the Clubhouse social network and invited her over for a conversation. Kathryn is a spiritual teacher, visionary coach, and...
Being Not Doing – conversation with Dr Giles P Croft
Well, it finally happened, we had the one and only Dr Giles P Croft on our podcast! Giles is a former surgeon who gave up an assured surgical career to establish himself as a skilled and experienced innate health and resilience coach. There was much hilarity and over...
Mental Wealth Mastery chat with Amanda O’Shea
Rani was interviewed by Amanda O'Shea, the Loving Life Coach and the founder of The Serendipity Experience, her amazing coaching programme - offered online and in-person. Amanda is also a founding member of our new Mental Wealth Mastery community where we work with...
All About Death and Love with Dr. Agapi Ermides
Dr. Agapi Ermides is an anesthesiologist 🩺 in Bronx, New York. She received her medical degree from Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine. We speak to Agapi about her long-standing interest in end-of-life work and her experience of setting up...
Inspiring Story of Survival – relationship expert Debra Simmons
Rani speaks to Debra Simmons, a Relationship Expert who takes us on a journey of how she came through a personal experience of domestic abuse and violence to coaching those feeling lost in life. Listen to Debra’s story of resilience, unconditional love and thriving -...
Functional Medicine and Innate Health – with Dr Indra Barathan
Dr Indra Barathan, CEO of Dr Indra Specialist Functional Medicine Practice - Together Transforming Health. Moving from the National Health Service after 17 years as a GP, she started the practice with the goal of offering an alternative way to support patients with...
Finding True Heaven – with Daniel B. Levin
If you’ve loved The Alchemist and The Celestine Prophecy, then you will love Daniel Bruce Levin! A rare blend of ‘mystic and business guy’ whose ability to see the world differently has drawn people, companies and governments to invite him to work with them to...
Thrive and Shine – with Nicky Bartley
Nicky Bartley is an award-winning Transformation Coach and Trainer. She works with business leaders, collaborating with and supporting them as they wake up to their innate capacity to thrive - and to create the life, business and relationship of their dreams. Nicky...
Let LIFE be your teacher and HEART your guide – with Dr Andrew Tresidder
Rani talks to Dr Andrew Tresidder in this episode. Andrew is a medical doctor and GP by background. He is a strong advocate of patient empowerment and of holistic and complementary approaches in healthcare. Andrew qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1983 and trained as a...
Gratitude – how to bring that to your life
Is gratitude an act, a habit or a practice? We share our take on the subject of gratitude and how we have come to see it. Listen 🎧 to the episode. Leave a review >> Click here Mental Wealth Mastery Community Join Us Today - a new learning community for...
Reconnecting A Whole Community To Wellbeing – with Liz Scott and Stuart Newberry from Inner Compass
In this episode, we speak to Liz Scott and Stuart Newberry, wellbeing coaches who are actively involved in sharing the message of innate wellbeing in their local community of Ivybridge, Devon, England. We find out what has inspired their work and learn how a community...
Sleep Better, with these proven strategies
Can there be optimal health without good sleep? We don't believe so. Like water is a must for our survival, sleep is too! We have worked with hundreds of clients with sleep issues over the years and come to appreciate the strategies that help the most. Give this...
Hope In a 10 Minute Consultation – with Dr. Bryan McElroy, GP
It's our privilege to bring you this conversation with our friend Dr. Bryan McElroy. Bryan works as a General Practitioner with a special interest in psychiatry and the spectrum of human psychological and emotional experiences. He incorporated a Diploma in Clinical...
Stress and Overwhelm – a lesson from the three little pigs
How do you manage stress and anxiety - that's the topic of this episode. We look at the three different ways people can go about this, from the common to the arcane. Follow us on Facebook: https://byndm.in/facebook Follow us on Instagram: https://byndm.in/instagram ...
The Best Time To Listen Into Your Wellbeing
In season 2 episode #1, we explore why listening into wellbeing during these challenging, uncertain times is the best way forward. Being impacted by the second Covid lockdown in England, we discuss how by asking a different question and taking action we can make...
#24: Why do we keep losing our sanity?
We pay a lot of attention to the dynamic nature of our surroundings, looking for satisfaction, joy and happiness in the world of form, in the other or in the material world. This episode discusses the common reasons why we keep losing your sanity i.e. our peace of...
#23: Sticky Labels and Identity
In this episode, Rani talks about how our identities get shaped by our limiting beliefs that we don't question. SUBSCRIBE + Leave a REVIEW on Apple Podcasts. CONNECT with us: Instagram: @drs.raniandsuraj Email: mail@drsranisuraj.com
#22: How to support someone in psychological distress if you are not a therapist
Here's a question we often get: "How can I be helpful to anyone, as I'm not a therapist?". Rani addresses this very question in this episode. SUBSCRIBE + Leave a REVIEW on Apple Podcasts. CONNECT with us: Instagram: @drs.raniandsuraj Email: mail@drsranisuraj.com
#21: Why doing NO-THING makes sense for your wellbeing
If you don’t practice your wellbeing strategies for a period of time, do you get depleted of wellbeing? In other words, does wellbeing come and go? SUBSCRIBE + Leave a REVIEW on Apple Podcasts. ⭐️ CONNECT via Facebook and Email. Facebook: https://byndm.in/facebook...
#20: Why entrepreneurs need to rethink Resilience
We discuss innate resilience in this episode, from the perspective of an entrepreneur. If you're an individual looking to lead and grow in the new economy, this understanding of innate wellbeing and resilience will be key to your grounding and ultimately thriving in...
#19: Are we all creatures of Habit?
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. - Buddha. We discuss Habits in episode 19 of the podcast. Repetitive patterns and practices are part of us as living beings. There's no question that we highly value an excellent habit cultivated early in life. It's helpful to...
#18: Suicide – a permanent solution to a temporary problem?
"Suicide is not a blot on anyone’s name; it is a tragedy." — Kay Redfield Jamison We dedicate this episode to the loving memory of Sushant Singh Rajput who died from reported suicide on 14 June 2020. Sushant was a man of many talents, best known for his work as an...
#17: Understanding and Dealing with Change
“The measure of intelligence is the ability to change” - Albert Einstein. We explore CHANGE from our understanding of innate wellbeing and also refer to an interesting book called "Who Moved My Cheese" by Dr Spencer Johnson, an international bestseller. Listen &...
#16: Why seeking a cause ‘to fix’ doesn’t end suffering
This week's episode explores the myth that if we can identify a reason for our suffering, we can stop our suffering. Suffering ceases not because we have found a reason, someone or something to blame, but when we move beyond seeking to the exploration of our true...
#15: Psychiatry to Innate Health – a personal story
This is part 2 of the interview on the Peaceful Ease podcast by Ela Crain. Here Suraj talks about his journey of studying medicine, psychiatry to discovering the essence of wellbeing. We hope you'll find the conversation interesting and helpful. Listen &...
#14: Kindness – discover your innate gift!
We discuss - Kindness, which is the theme of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week 2020. In this episode, we talk about what we commonly see when kindness becomes another activity to do. We then try to point to a deeper understanding of what kindness is. Listen...
#13: How to Handle Disagreements the Impersonal Way
What is your view about disagreements? Is it healthy or unhealthy? Should people try to just keep agreeing with one another just for the sake of it, or is there something more to see here? Rani and Suraj explore this intriguing subject in this episode. Listen &...
#12: Why Self-doubt is not such a bad thing after-all!
Having self-doubt is good, it stops us from getting too ahead of ourselves - but can there be another important reason or purpose? Let's pause for a moment - why is the 'self' being doubted? Check out this podcast episode to get our perspective on it. Listen &...
#11: Our Ego-mind, our Experiences and Consciousness are all inseparable bedfellows
This is an excerpt from an episode of the Peaceful Ease podcast, hosted by the lovely Ela Crain and where Dr Suraj Gogoi was interviewed as a guest a few months ago. We hope you enjoy this and find it of value. Listen & SUBSCRIBE to the show on Apple Podcasts. If...
#10: Discovering Our Essence During Challenging Times
We haven't seen a change and disruption of this scale like the one triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic in most of our living memory. This has unified us with such experiences as collective fear, panic and anxiety to courage, compassion, love and gratitude. We explore...
#9: Limitations of Wellbeing Strategies, Acronyms & a whistle-stop Tour of the Taj Mahal
What are some of the limitations of wellbeing strategies in the context of psychological and spiritual wellbeing? Rani and Suraj explore how far these strategies can take you and how those fail at being able to guide us to our true nature and wellbeing. (They also...
#8: Stigma In Spirituality, and Why It Matters?
Spirituality can mean different things to people. In this episode, we have an honest conversation about the stigma that we often see attached to spirituality. We explore it sharing what it means to us and how we see spirituality as a way of Being. Listen &...
#7: The Fantasy of A Fixed Mindset
Is it possible to adjust and fix our minds at a certain setting? Join Suraj and Rani in this podcast episode exploring the popular ideas about developing a growth or a positive mindset and why it is perhaps more useful to consider having an open outlook. Listen &...
#6: Hope In Challenging Times (COVID-19 Special Episode)
Rani and Suraj chat about their own experience as psychiatrists trying to understand, support and guide through the fear, anxiety and insecurity that a lot of people are experiencing worldwide. They talk about what can help us understand our psychology and cope in...
#5: Getting More Done With Less (thinking)
Is it possible to actually get more done with less? Why is it that despite great advances in communication, transport and digital technology, a lot of us struggle with finding enjoyment and an authentic sense of accomplishment in daily work and life? We briefly...
#4: The Power in a Mid-Life Crisis
What if the "midlife crisis" is not a crisis but a blessing in disguise? What can it tell us? Can this be an invitation to look inwards? Rani and Suraj explore this interesting subject in this episode. They reflect their own experience of being part of that age...
#3: You Can’t THINK Your Way Out of Stress
Stress is an integral part of our existence. The Body's Stress Response is something we all need for our very survival and protection. Often that system gets hijacked by our intellect, our practices and beliefs. You can't THINK your way out of stress. Trying to do...
#2: Discover Your Innate Wellbeing
Most of us have been conditioned to see well-being as a certain FEELING that comes from DOING or HAVING more of something e.g. knowledge, experience, 'enlightenment', wisdom and so on... Nothing can be further from the truth! “Looking for peace is like looking for a...
#1: Listening Into Wellbeing {Intro Episode}
Welcome to the very first episode of our podcast! Here we share with you our aims with the podcast and what you can expect from our conversations in the future. When we say Listening Into Wellbeing it brings with it a sense of freshness. We have learned that it's not...