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The Healing Catalyst

The Healing Catalyst

By: Dr. Avanti Kumar Singh
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 If you’ve ever felt dismissed, confused, or overwhelmed when it comes to your health — you’re not alone. And you don’t have to keep guessing. Welcome to The Healing Catalyst Podcast, where science meets soul — and healing meets real life. Hosted by Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh, a Western-trained physician and lifelong practitioner of Ayurveda, this podcast is your invitation to take your health into your own hands. With over two decades of experience integrating modern medicine and ancient healing traditions, Dr. Avanti is on a mission to change the way we think about health — making it more holistic, more inclusive, and more human. Each week, you’ll hear conversations with leading experts in integrative medicine and mind-body healing — along with authors, teachers, and thought leaders — to explore what it really takes to cultivate health and longevity. Dr. Avanti simplifies the science of the core pillars of well-being — gut microbiome, nervous system balance, hormonal regulation, and circadian rhythm — all through the lens of time-tested practices that support the whole person: body, mind, and spirit. And because women’s health is too often overlooked or misunderstood, she focuses on it here — with real, actionable guidance for navigating burnout, fertility, sexual well-being, perimenopause, and menopause with clarity and confidence. The Healing Catalyst Podcast is your home for knowledge, tools, and inspiration to stop chasing symptoms, and start living in true health and wellbeing. New episodes drop on Tuesdays. Follow now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen — and start your journey to empowered, sustainable health.Copyright 2026 Dr. Avanti Kumar Singh Hygiene & Healthy Living Physical Illness & Disease Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
Episodes
  • There’s So Much Coming At You Right Now—And It’s Affecting Your Nervous System (Here’s How to Take Care of Yourself)

    There’s So Much Coming At You Right Now—And It’s Affecting Your Nervous System (Here’s How to Take Care of Yourself)
    Mar 31 2026
    You open your phone to check one thing. Thirty minutes later, you've read about six different crises, your chest is tight, your jaw is clenched, and you can't remember what you originally opened the phone to do. You know the scrolling is making you feel worse. And you do it anyway.Here's what no one is talking about: that's not a willpower problem. It's a nervous system problem. The same pattern that kept you safe as a child—the scanning, the absorbing, the holding—is now being hijacked by your phone. And it's compounding the inflammation that's already living in your tissues.In this solo episode, Dr. Avanti goes deeper than ever before, connecting the dots between emotional outsourcing, childhood patterns, media consumption, and the inflammation showing up in your body right now. Building on her recent conversation with Béa Albina, she shares her own story as a first-generation daughter and breast cancer survivor, and reveals why your inflammation has two sources, not one.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:(00:00) Why your inflammation has two sources—and you've probably only been addressing one(07:16) The science of neuroception: how your body detects threat before your mind knows(10:07) Why scrolling is a nervous system problem, not a willpower problem(11:49) How doomscrolling symptoms mirror perimenopause symptoms(16:26) Why women are 2-3x more likely to develop autoimmune conditions(21:15) The difference between being informed and being consumed(21:45) Why healing yourself is one of the most generous things you can do(23:18) Five specific protocols to start todayThis episode will change how you think about your health, your scrolling habits, and your role in the collective healing we all need.Connect with Dr. Avanti:Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcastListen to more episodes on your favorite platformWatch clips and past episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Avanti on Instagram at @avantikumarsinghGet Dr. Avanti’s Weekly Letter: avantikumarsingh.com/join-my-newsletterLeave a voice message for Dr. AvantiResources:Listen to Ep. 170: Emotional Outsourcing with Béa AlbinaTake the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you. myarvasi.comOrder Dr. Avanti’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health CatalystExplore more at avantikumarsingh.comThe content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.Podcast episode production by Dante32.
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    33 mins
  • Why Avoiding Conflict Is Destroying Your Relationships (and Your Health) with Baya Voce

    Why Avoiding Conflict Is Destroying Your Relationships (and Your Health) with Baya Voce
    Mar 17 2026
    You're not fighting. There's no big blowout. You just… stopped reaching for each other. The conversations are about logistics. The evenings are parallel screens. And lately you're more irritable, more reactive and snapping over nothing and then lying awake wondering what's wrong with you.Here's what nobody tells you: when you avoid conflict instead of repairing, it doesn't just hurt your relationship. It hurts your health because your nervous system stays stuck in threat because it never got the signal that it's safe again.In this episode, Dr. Avanti sits down with Baya Voce, one of the leading experts on relationship repair. Baya holds an MSW from Columbia University, is mentored by Esther Perel, and is a Co-Investigator on groundbreaking research with MAPS and Columbia University studying MDMA-assisted couples therapy. Her TEDx talk on loneliness has over 5 million views, and her core belief is that repair, done well, is the antidote to loneliness and disconnection.Together they explore why repair is a nervous system response, not the communication skill we've been told it is. They also discuss why the power struggle phase of relationships isn't a sign that something is wrong, how loneliness shows up inside partnerships even when you're not alone, and one simple practice you can start tonight that can shift any relationship in your life.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:(06:33) Why avoiding conflict destroys relationships(17:25) Why repair is a nervous system response, not a communication skill(23:10) Why a real boundary requires nothing of the other person(​​35:46) How relational loneliness shows up even when you're not alone(42:06) How MDMA-assisted couples therapy works(53:44) One simple relationship practice you can use today: “complaint to request”If you've been wondering whether your relationship is broken, it's probably not. You just never learned how to come back to each other.About Baya Voce:Baya Voce is a relationship repair expert helping couples come back together after conflict. She holds an MSW from Columbia University, with advanced training in Relational Life Therapy under Terry Real, and is in ongoing supervision with Esther Perel. She collaborates with Rick Doblin, MAPS, and Columbia University on pioneering research into MDMA-assisted couples therapy. Her TEDx talk "The Simple Cure for Loneliness" has over 5 million views. Her core belief is that repair, done well, is the antidote to loneliness and disconnection.Connect with Baya Voce:Website: bayavoce.comInstagram: @bayavoceLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/bayavoceThe Repair Lab: repair.bayavoce.com/repair-lab-ai-aConnect with Dr. Avanti:Subscribe, Rate & Review The Healing Catalyst podcastListen to more episodes on your favorite platformWatch clips and past episodes on YouTubeFollow Dr. Avanti on Instagram at @avantikumarsinghGet Dr. Avanti’s Weekly Letter: avantikumarsingh.com/join-my-newsletterLeave a voice message for Dr. AvantiResources:Take the free Dosha Data Assessment to get your personalized Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi. Rooted in tradition. Backed by science. Personalized for you. myarvasi.comOrder Dr. Avanti’s books: The Longevity Formula, The Health CatalystExplore more at avantikumarsingh.comThe content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.Podcast episode production by Dante32.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • "Am I Doing It Wrong?" — Mood Series Q&A on Anxiety, Answered.

    "Am I Doing It Wrong?" — Mood Series Q&A on Anxiety, Answered.
    Mar 12 2026

    "It works in the moment but twenty minutes later the anxiety is right back." "Breathing exercises aren't going to fix what's wrong with the world." "I actually felt something — genuine sadness — and then the heaviness came back."

    These are the real questions you sent us this month. And they deserve real answers — not generic FAQ responses, but answers from two physicians who understand your constitution, your biology, and what perimenopause is actually doing to your anxiety.

    This week, Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi answer the three biggest questions from the mood series on anxiety — starting with the dosha who asked each one, then breaking down how the same struggle shows up completely differently across all five constitutions.

    In this episode:

    1. Why "the anxiety comes right back" doesn't mean you're doing it wrong — and the specific change that stretches your window of calm from minutes to hours
    2. The honest answer to "this feels like a band-aid on a bullet wound" — why the doctors agree that breathing won't fix the world, and what it actually fixes that matters more than you think
    3. What it means when you feel something for the first time in months and then the heaviness returns — and why that moment is actually the most important sign the work is landing
    4. Why every dosha's anxiety hits the same wall for completely different reasons — and what to do about it for YOUR constitution
    5. What to keep from this series, what to let go of, and why listening to your episodes again will hit differently the second time

    Plus two announcements:

    1. Live sessions with Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi over the next two weeks — real-time support for your anxiety and nervous system, real-time answers, together
    2. The FOCUS series is coming — concentration, memory, cognitive clarity — and why you can't fix attention without first addressing the anxiety underneath it

    This is the final week of our four-week MOOD series on anxiety. Starting this week, all doshas are in one conversation — same science, same personalized prescriptions, together.

    Take the free Dosha Data Assessment at myarvasi.com and subscribe at @weeklyhealthrx.

    Finally — medicine that fits you.

    Follow Arvasi:

    1. Substack: @weeklyhealthrx
    2. Instagram: @myarvasi
    3. Website: myarvasi.com

    Connect with your hosts:

    1. Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh | Instagram
    2. Dr. Tanmeet Sethi | Instagram
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    20 mins
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