Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire Podcast hosted by Meena Puri

In episode 80 of the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast hosted by Meena Puri, titled "Addiction - Love is the Path," Meena and her guest, Dr. Donna Marks, explore addiction and the path to recovery driven by the power of love.

Dr. Donna Marks is a renowned psychotherapist and addictions counselor from Palm Beach, Florida, with over 30 years of experience. In 1989, Dr. Marks developed a chemical dependency training program at Palm Beach Community College, which has grown into a four-year degree and received the Florida Governor’s Council Award. In addition to being a certified gestalt therapist, psychoanalyst, hypnotist, and sex therapist, Dr. Marks also teaches A Course in Miracles and shares her expertise with thousands of listeners on podcasts and radio shows.

In this insightful episode, Dr. Marks shares her unique perspective on addiction and recovery. Rather than approaching addiction as merely a symptom that needs treating, Dr. Marks views addiction as a symptom of a deeper underlying issue. She explains that addiction is often rooted in a lack of love, and therefore recovery largely depends on addressing this fundamental issue.

Dr. Marks highlights the power of love to heal addiction by emphasizing the importance of self-love and self-care. She encourages listeners to recognize the power they have to transform their lives by choosing self-love and believing in their inner strength.

Join Meena and Dr. Donna Marks on this transformative episode as they explore addiction and how love is the path to recovery.

In this episode of the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast, Meena Puri explores the transformative journey of emotional healing. She delves into the significance of addressing emotions such as regret, resentment, and forgiveness in this process.

Emotions are not just emotions, they are everything that is nonphysical in our being.  Made up of emotions, thoughts, beliefs, trauma, experiences past and present – the sum total makes up this field of energy.  When this energy is sick, body gets sick.

When we don’t consciously learn how to navigate and manage our emotional world, our emotions then run our life subconsciously.  

Emotions are how we navigate our inner and outer world, they are the inner compass guiding us.  When we get triggered, feel off, it is nothing to ignore rather to take guidance from.

In episode 78 of "Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire," Meena Puri explores the idea of living from the inside out. Meena encourages listeners to realize that the answers we seek are found within us, and we can only stray from ourselves for so long before we return home.

We all must come to the realization that the answers we seek are only found inside.  We can only stray from ourselves for so long. Sooner or later, we must return home to ourselves.  

 I can say this with conviction. 

Being born and raised in a family in India - a place of rituals and norms and the only guide seemed to be what others would say.  Keeping quiet was applauded, being a martyr was admired.  My journey was to shed all of it. It wasn't easy, but it was so worth it.  

 I often wondered who these other people were only to realize that it was nothing but a mere reflection of our own lack of courage - others were a mere crutch.   

 The joy and success we seek is born out of freeing our soul from the conditioning and programming so we can live a life that is internally driven and not externally imposed. 

Humanity is at cross roads where the old ways are at odds with the new vision.  Our soul will choose light.  

A new day is dawning! Can you sense that? 

In episode 77 of the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast, titled "Trauma and Love," host Meena Puri explores the profound connection between trauma and love.

Meena emphasizes that trauma and love are two sides of the same coin. When we have unresolved experiences that we haven't fully processed or metabolized, our longing for love often becomes a chase. We tend to seek love externally, disconnected from the love that resides within ourselves.

The unprocessed experiences occupy our subconscious mind and drain our energy, similar to undigested food. However, Meena suggests that by metabolizing our experiences, we can transform them into their highest expression, which is love. Metabolizing involves fully processing and integrating our past experiences, allowing us to release their hold on us and tap into the highest energy of love.

Join Meena Puri on this enlightening episode as she explores the intricate relationship between trauma and love, providing valuable insights and guidance on how to reconnect with love within ourselves.

In episode 76 of the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast, titled "FREE Will - is not FREE," host Meena Puri explores the concept of free will and the factors that often hinder us from exercising it fully.

Meena highlights the fact that we often forget our inherent ability to make choices and take action in our lives. We can leave a painful relationship, quit a job that no longer serves us, or disengage from conflicts. While this may seem straightforward, many of us find ourselves unable to take these steps. Meena poses the question of why this is the case, suggesting that it may be due to fear of the unknown, lack of courage, or a combination of various factors unique to each individual.

Although we possess the freedom to pursue our desires, there is always a price to be paid. Meena emphasizes the importance of understanding what price we are willing to pay and encourages listeners to embark on an exploration of their motivations and reasons behind their choices. It is not about judgment, but rather about gaining insight into our decision-making processes. Meena asserts that what truly matters is not necessarily the choice we make, but the underlying why behind it.

Join Meena Puri on this thought-provoking episode as she delves into the complexities of free will and encourages listeners to delve deep into their motivations and desires.

In episode 73 of the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast, titled "6 Differences in Healing and Talk Therapy," Meena Puri dives into the distinction between deeper healing work and traditional talk therapy.

This episode was inspired by a concerned mother who feared her daughter might be retraumatized through therapy, based on past experiences. Meena reassures the mother by explaining her approach to healing.

Meena highlights the following differences between healing work and talk therapy:

1. Understanding the Bigger Picture: When discussing the past, the focus is on gaining a deeper understanding, asking significant questions, and recognizing our energetic contributions to our experiences. This shift in perspective directs attention to personal experiences rather than dwelling on external factors.

2. Healing Beliefs, not Just Behaviors: The goal of healing work is not to merely change external behaviors but to address the underlying beliefs that drive those behaviors. By focusing on internal transformation, individuals experience genuine change from within.

3. An Organic Healing Process: Healing does not adhere to a fixed schedule. When we commit to healing ourselves, what needs attention and what we are ready to address naturally emerges.

4. Therapist Consciousness: The level of consciousness of the therapist significantly influences the healing process. Meena emphasizes that her work is not merely a career but a calling, rooted in her own deep inner healing journey.

5. Oneness of the Body and Mind: Healing work recognizes the inseparable connection between the body and the mind. Physical symptoms can be manifestations of unhealed traumas, urging us to pay attention for true healing to take place.

6. Moving Beyond Behavior Management: Healing work goes beyond managing behaviors; it involves deep healing that ultimately removes the need for constant management. This allows individuals to flow with ease and align with their truest nature.

Join Meena Puri on this eye-opening episode as she uncovers the distinct features of healing work and its powerful impact in transforming lives.

Welcome to another empowering episode of Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire, hosted by the amazing Meena Puri. In this episode, Meena is joined by a truly inspirational guest, Gayle Nowak, who is on a mission to help individuals embrace their true selves and lead with authenticity.

Gayle Nowak is the visionary founder of Sage Sensation ™ Retreats and the esteemed marketing agency, The Story Stylist. With a passion for creating transformative experiences, Gayle guides healers, lightworkers, and conscious leaders to break free from the silencing influences that hold them back.

Together, Meena and Gayle explore the concept of daring to be visible and the profound impact it can have on our lives. They discuss the importance of speaking up, claiming space, and unmasking our magic as we carry out our mission to create a more conscious and connected world.

As an award-winning marketer and transformational coach, Gayle brings her unique expertise to the conversation, providing practical tips and insights for individuals seeking to step into their true power and express themselves authentically.

Join us for this enlightening episode as Meena and Gayle navigate the journey of embracing visibility and living as our true selves. Prepare to be inspired, motivated, and empowered to unleash your own magic and make a positive impact on the world.

Tune in to the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast and discover how to dare to be visible and create the New Earth you envision. Welcome, Gayle!

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Welcome to the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast hosted by the warm and insightful Meena Puri. In this week's episode, Meena guides us through the deeply personal and transformative experience of feeling and healing.

Trauma can leave us feeling closed off and unable to connect with our emotions, impacting our physical and mental well-being. Meena shares an incredible meditation technique that can help open and cultivate the heart, allowing emotions to be felt again.

Meena then delves into the nuances of the healing process and how it can look different for everyone. She empowers us with the belief that healing is accessible to anyone and that it can take time and patience to navigate the journey.

Most importantly, Meena emphasizes the significance of feeling safe during the healing process and diving deeply into our pain to heal.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to harness the transformative power of yoga and Ayurveda. Meena's healing guidance and personal stories create a safe space for anyone on their own journey of self-discovery and growth.

Tune in to the Igniting Change, Finding Your Fire podcast and discover how to feel and heal, transforming your life from the inside out.

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Andrea Hayley-Sankaran (a.k.a. the Joyful Chef) is a teacher, community leader, and creator of courses, protocols, and tools that empower women to take control of their eating, and their health. As an Ayurvedic Nutrition and Digestive Health Counsellor, she has helped hundreds of women Eat, Live, and Feel Better as a result of her strategies, passion, and compassion to advance their success.

The wide space, the long wait, the never ending birthing canal can test the best of us.  It surely has tested me a few times.  What to do during this time?  How to navigate the tumultuous inner terrain?  Tune into today’s episode as I share my top 5 things I do to stay sane during this time.

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When I was growing up, my dad told us not to eat when we were angry. There is so much wisdom in this.  Today, in a culture where we are eating all the time, we are also eating our emotions.  Gut and our emotions are closely linked.  If you can’t heal your gut, it’s because you haven’t healed your emotions.  Tune in to today’s episode to connect the dots.

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This is a trick question!  We need both, or course!  We are talking about emotional Hunger here.

Food the source of comfort and satisfaction is the obvious choice when we don’t know how to digest our emotions.  Food provided immediate comfort but the feeling of guilt and shame soon follow, now requiring more food for satisfaction.  Hence the perpetual cycle of emotional eating.  Listen to today’s episode as we talk about this sensitive topic – straight from my book, “Healing Your Relationship With Food:  The Ayurveda Answer”  Get your copy here

Why is it that in spite of having information galore, we continue to struggle with eating, nutrition and our health?  Perhaps it's not in the information on what we eat rather how we relate to food.  Over the decades when corporations took over the food supply, our cooking and nutrition needs, we got lost in the choices, drowned in the information and perpetually got on the path of weight loss and ongoing feud with food.  Tune in to learn how you can establish a healthy relationship with food and use food as medicine to heal, to nurture, to nourish and sustain your vitality.

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If we look around our circles and tune in, we may find a lot of complaints about physical and mental ailments that are near and dear ones are having.  From body ache, to low grade anxiety, from relationship complaints to worry ...It may feel like this is the norm when everyone is complaining but is it really?  

Many  chronic conditions are easily cured, prevented and managed with the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda.  Tune in to find out how.  

What to do when we feel scattered, overwhelmed and out of sorts. I share some of the things I do.

Body is the best medicine for the mind; but looking for something always outside of us, we seldom pay attention to where out thoughts/emotions land in the body. Listen to some of the ways that you can pay attention to the body and disperse the energy that has accumulated there.

Our chakras have imrints of all of our thoughts/emotions. Healing is about clearing the chakras of the old energy and fill it with light.

Ultimately, the merging and healing of all emotions happen in the heart.

This is all Ayurveda, it has solutions for our Mind Body and Soul. We are integrated beings, when we bring consciousness into everything we do, our whole mind body and soul is involved.

Upcoming FREE webinar on Ayurveda: Answers to MIND BODY SOUL, register to attend

Lacking inspiration to do what we know to do feels like a dark hole that sucks us in.  We know better.  We should do better.  But we don't.

We are all unique in what inspires us.

We all have certain tendencies.

How do we tap into our own uniqueness, our tendencies but even this is not enough.

Where does the ultimate inspiration comes from?  Tune into today's episode - you might just get inspired.

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It's no mystery that we are going through the most unstable and tumultuous times as we birth the new earth.  In the meantime, most all are experiencing confusion, chaos, overwhelm and are confronted with the myriad of health issues.  

We need direction. We need answers and solutions to our everyday struggles, without the overwhelm and without understanding everything. What we want and need is peace of mind, vitality in the body and a purpose to our existence. A sum total of this is happiness that we all ultimately seek. We can! Ayurveda is the answer! Ayurveda is the need of our times. 

Ayurveda, a 6000-year-old science and wisdom of life, a study of Consciousness has solutions for our everyday struggles of mind body and soul. It’s a complete system of health, longevity and disease prevention with ancient wisdom that is as vast and deep as the sea yet highly practical and the need of every household. 

Our recent FREE Masterclass Webinar Series on “The Intelligence of Emotions” were hugely successful and well attended.  The wisdom shared is much needed for our time.  It’s for this reason that we have decided to share them with our podcast community. In this webinar, we will explore The role of our childhood experiences in our emotional world today, can we truly heal from all childhood trauma, how to trust our emotions to navigate our life, and how to cultivate emotional resilience.

To heal at emotional level is to heal the energy and to heal all illnesses of mind and body at the root. Now is the time to heal and we invite you to take this opportunity with my upcoming course - 6 Steps to Emotional Freedom, held on Tuesdays, July 19th and July 26th, from 12-2:30pm EST

The course has limited seats available and I encourage you to register NOW.  Here is the link for details and registration

Our recent FREE Masterclass Webinar Series on “The Intelligence of Emotions” were hugely successful and well attended.  The wisdom shared is much needed for our time.  It’s for this reason that we have decided to share them with our podcast community.  In this webinar, we will explore the role of our subconscious, how triggers are an invitation to Wholeness and what our unique patterns of response reveal to us.

To heal at emotional level is to heal the energy and to heal all illnesses of mind and body at the root. Now is the time to heal and we invite you to take this opportunity with my upcoming course - 6 Steps to Emotional Freedom, held on Tuesdays, July 19th and July 26th, from 12-2:30pm EST

The course has limited seats available and I encourage you to register NOW.  Here is the link for details and registration

Our recent FREE Masterclass Webinar Series on “The Intelligence of Emotions” were hugely successful and well attended.  The wisdom shared is much needed for our time.  It’s for this reason that we have decided to share them with our podcast community.  Some of the topics discussed are:

What are emotions?  Why do we tend to ignore, neglect or talk ourselves out of feeling what we feel?  Where have we been?  Understanding the mental flow and role of conditioning in our emotional health today.  And the importance of differentiating between mind made and real emotions.

To heal at emotional level is to heal the energy and to heal all illnesses of mind and body at the root. Now is the time to heal and we invite you to take this opportunity with my upcoming course - 6 Steps to Emotional Freedom, held on Tuesdays, July 19th and July 26th, from 12-2:30pm EST

The course has limited seats available and I encourage you to register NOW.  Here is the link for details and registration

The inner experience of most, the lack of Self Worth comes with our birth.  The oldest energy, everyone gets a little dallop of it in their blue print. Sold a bill of goods that we are inherently broken, only reinforces our experience of worthlessness. Tune in to this episode to understand how this lack of Self Worth shows up in our life and how we can regain it back.

If you missed our last webinar of the Intelligence of Emotions Series, you can still get the replay by registering below

Anger is the most potent energy, emotion.  It has the power to move deeper emotions within us.  Perhaps this is why we fear anger and suppress it.  Listen to find you what those reasons might be.

Join our last FREE Webinar of the Masterclass Series, The Intelligence of Emotions.

Tune into today’s episode to learn about emotional addiction and emotional resilience.  Yes, we can become addicted to feelings of fear, shame and overwhelm when we grow up in unsafe and unpredictable environments.  Familiarity brings comfort and it’s this comfort can keep us stuck in the old patterns and resistant to change and to heal.  We recreate the kind of relationships that bring forth the familiar feelings.  We can all ask ourselves this question?  Is there an emotion that I am addicted to?  The way out is always awareness and doing the inner healing work.  Until we heal, the patterns will repeat; another attempt from our Higher Self to grab our attention and heal this time.  Feeling what we feel is an important step in the process of healing and this results in emotional resilience – an ability to be present to a wide range of emotions without being attached and moving through them.

Ever wonder why we swing in between 2 extremes in many areas of our life?  Either all in or all out, withdraw or explode.  Our emotional world is no different.  Avoiding unpleasant feelings is so natural that we hardly notice when we avoid. As children, when we see our parents argue, we leave or move away.  This innocent way of dealing becomes our habit of avoiding all unpleasantness in our adult life.  It’s not uncommon for one person to pack their bags and leave every time there is a disagreement.  The experience inside, the intensity of emotions is too much to handle.  But the reality is even when we “run away”  the experience has already happened, it gets imprinted in our energy, our nervous system.

How to we manage our emotions and stay in the middle, noticing them, feeling them but not getting swept away with them.  Tune in to today’s episode.

Be sure to register for mu upcoming Masterclass Webinar Series on Intelligence of Emotions – June 14th, 21st, 28th, register for all 3 individully.

Listen to this solo podcast on what happens when we get emotionally triggered.  We are in the kindergarten stage when it comes to navigating our emotions, it’s because we are coming from the times when we were not allowed to express our emotions, rather to tuck them away and to make everything look like all was under control when in fact, it wasn’t.  We now have a great opportunity before us during this time to reach emotional maturity.  This work is personal, painful and messy as all of our past trauma will show up and it actually is due to the past trauma that we get triggered in the first place.

Hence the reason for me to launch and offer my Masterclass Webinar Series on The Intelligence of Emotions.  These are FREE 3 part Webinar, offered on June 14th, 21st, 28th from 12-1pm EST.  Click the link below for more info and to join

This is a solo impromptu  episode which I felt to share with you.  Our New World is already here. How are we participating in creating it?  I had written about my dream of a new world in my first book, “Healing Your Relationship With Food:  The Ayurveda Answer” The same dream is stirring in my heart now which led to me creating a book club to discuss my second book, “Wake Up and Heal: 6 Steps to Emotional Freedom” – the bigger vision is to create healing communities so those who hesitate to reach out for help can do so with confidence and ease.  What are we being called to do during this time – is a question worth asking?  No act is big or small.  What is we take an action in becoming part of the solution.  We can start anywhere.

Our personal stories transform us and help transform others.  Tune in as Susan shares her personal story of emotional break-down and how she used that gift to listen to her soul calling.  Real confidence comes when we align with our soul.  The journey can be tumultuous, never-ending but is the one we are here to do.  It’s though this journey of seeing ourselves, that we find our gifts, our passion that fuels our work in this world.  In the time of division and polarity, we are being called to hold all aspects of ourselves with love and see our wholeness in a whole new way.

To get a 75 minute session with Susan, connect with her in KS Media Group App, available both in Apple and Google Play.

If you don’t have your copy of my new book, “Wake Up and Heal:  6 Steps to Emotional Freedom”, you can get your copy on Amazon.

And stay tuned for one of a kind, once in a lifetime, this break through Year Long Program that I am currently curating for you.

Our struggles with food and weight are directly related to our relationship with food.  Our relationships are a result of our mindset which in turn is a function of our conditioning and programming.  Raising our level of awareness is key in getting to know our unique challenges when it comes to eating and food.  Through food, we can journey into ourselves, get to know ourselves and know our own pitfalls and strengths.  This knowing will help us in changing our mindset and the programming we have around food.

I also share my unique challenges and insight on food and maintaining weight that I feel my best at.  This podcast was recorded on Day 3 of my water fast, doing it second time with greater insight and awareness.  Maintaining our weight, staying healthy and robust is the result of becoming more aware, having deeper insights and be willing to adjust our eating according to the new awareness that we now have.  This is the human journey, fun and not so much at times.  Be sure to get a copy of my book “Healing Your Relationship with Food:  The Ayurveda Answer”  available on amazon.

Clear boundaries help us create authentic connection with others.  Boundaries that naturally come from a place of self-love, self-value and self-connection keep us connected to others as well.  When we have healthy boundaries, we are sovereign and we recognize that others are sovereign as well.  When we feel disconnected from others, it’s time to ask whether the same boundary that protected you is also isolating you?  Is it a boundary or a wall?  The truth is in order to break away the wall or to be vulnerable, we must feel strong enough.  This is a process; it’s a freeing process as bit by bit we can remove away the layers that we have had to put on to stay safe and comfortable.  To be vulnerable is not always comfortable, but we are seeking to be awake to who we are; we are seeking deep connection with ourselves and that’s not a comfortable process.

Our soul journey is the Yoga; is what we are here to do.

Meet David George Brooke – That Gratitude Guy.  A speaker, author and story teller, David shares his own personal story of transformation with focusing on gratitude.  Join in the conversation and get ready to be inspired and tune into what you can be grateful for in your life.