In this episode, I explore Ayurvedic medicine with Ayurvedic Health Counselor Katie Concannon. Katie shares her personal health journey, which began with health issues in her teens and led her to seek holistic solutions after years of conventional treatments.

We discuss how her corporate career, yoga teaching experience, and deep study of Ayurveda shaped her approach to health and wellness. Katie also talks about her work helping clients restore balance through Ayurvedic practices and her recent acquisition of Frost and Float Spa, a wellness collective in Massachusetts, offering therapies like cryotherapy, infrared sauna sessions, and float tank therapy.

Tune to gain insights into how Ayurveda offers practical tools for addressing the root causes of health issues and living a more balanced life. You can learn more about Katie’s work at Ayurveda with Katie and Frost and Float Spa.

Ever dreamed of ditching the 9-to-5 for a life of travel? In this episode of Curiously, I chat with seasoned digital nomad andIntrepid Times founder Nathan James Thomas about his book, Untethered: Living the Digital Nomad life in an Uncertain World. With over a decade of experience working remotely across continents, Nathan shares the realities of building a sustainable, location-independent career—beyond the Instagram-perfect moments. You can learn more about Nathan’s work at his digital travel writing magazine, Intrepid Times.

Did you know that the movie Her was set in the year 2025? What better way to kick off the year of Her than by interviewing AI itself? In this episode, I put OpenAI’s ChatGPT on the hot seat, exploring its capabilities and limitations in one long-form interview.

While ChatGPT obviously lacks emotions, human-inspired creativity and self-awareness, it proves to be an incredibly advanced artificial system. This thought-provoking conversation reveals both the potential of AI today and raises intriguing questions about what’s next in the evolution of artificial intelligence.

Modern psychiatry began with noble intentions: to heal, guide, and support. But has it lost its way?

In this episode of Curiously, I explore this question and much more with Dr. Bruce Levine, a clinical psychologist and outspoken critic of his profession.

Drawing from his latest book, A Profession Without Reason, Levine examines how psychiatry often medicalizes natural traits like curiosity, defiance and rebellion, sometimes to harmful ends. We discuss the history of the field, its missteps, and the dangers of labeling freethinkers as disordered.

You can learn more about Dr. Levine’s work at www.brucelevine.net.

In the world of tech titans, few know the pressures of the spotlight like Elon Musk. Recently, Musk opened up about his personal struggle with depression and his choice to use an unconventional treatment—ketamine. Once known as an anesthetic or party drug, ketamine is now emerging as a powerful mental health tool.

This episode explores the science, success stories, and big questions around ketamine therapy. Joining me again on the podcast is Dr. Sherry Sadighim, a clinical psychologist, who runs a private practice in Brooklyn, specializing in adult psychotherapy and psychological assessment. Together, we discuss ketamine’s history, neurobiology, and its potential as a future treatment for depression.

To learn more about Dr. Sherry Sadighim, and for more insights and resources, visit her website. You can listen to the previous episode with her on psychedelics and therapy here.

In this episode, I talk with Sherry Sadighim, Psy.D., a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in adult psychotherapy and psychological testing, to discuss the emerging field of psychedelics-assisted therapy (PAT).

While Dr. Sadighim is currently unable to legally practice PAT, she supports clients who choose to use psychedelics independently by providing information on the potential risks and benefits and by assisting them in understanding and processing their experiences as needed.

In our discussion, Dr. Sadighim delves into the importance of understanding a patient’s mental health history, setting intentions for the psychedelic experience, and helping patients apply their insights post-session to achieve lasting benefits. To learn more about my guest, and for more insights and resources, visit Dr. Sherry Sadighim’s website.

Exercise is good for us. It helps us sleep better, maintain our weight, and lowers the risk of many physical and mental conditions. So, after playing sports in high school and college, I stayed active. I did triathlons and marathons, attended spin classes and yoga classes, and for the last two years, I’ve been working out at Orange Theory, an exercise studio that involves high-intensity work on treadmills, rowing devices and weights.

But in my 30s, I started to notice that exercise, despite all its benefits, seemed to come at a cost. Whenever I exercised too hard, I paid for it the next day. It didn’t matter if I worked out in the morning or night, whether it was a spin class or yoga—after exercising, I’d go to bed wired, sleep badly and often wake up bone-crushingly tired, almost as I was hangover. I’d ask doctors about this phenomenon and they’d brush it off, or suggest working out in the morning, or drinking more water. But I knew something was going on with my body, and I decided to try and figure it out.

In this episode, I talk with three exercise and fitness experts—Brad A. Roy, Ph.D., FACSM, FACHE, FMFA, Kelly Malmin, PT, DPT, Cert DN, Cert SMT, FMS, SFMA, FCS, and April Terry, MS, LAT, ATC—who help me figure out what might be causing my post-exercise fatigue, a quest that could help us all exercise and recover better.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to transform a book into an engaging audiobook?

In this episode, I talk with actor and audiobook narrator, Sean Pratt, to explore the art and science of narrating audiobooks. With a career spanning 35 years in acting and 27 years in audiobook narration (also known by his pseudonym Lloyd James), Sean has recorded over 1,100 books across almost every genre. His work has earned him 9 AudioFile Magazine “Earphones” awards, 5 SOVAS nominations, and 5 “Audie” nominations from the Audio Publishers Association.

Most recently, Sean narrated Jonathan Haidt’s new book, “The Anxious Generation,” which topped the Associated Press’s list of ‘Top 10 Nonfiction Audiobooks.’ Beyond his narration work, Sean is the author of “To Be or Wanna Be: The Top Ten Differences Between a Successful Actor and a Starving Artist,” a must-read for aspiring actors that outlines the key behaviors and mindsets that differentiate success from struggle.

In addition to his narration and acting work, Sean dedicates his time to coaching performers on audiobook narration techniques, teaching classes, and writing articles about the business side of the industry. For more insights and resources, visit Sean’s website www.seanprattpresents.com. Follow Sean on X at @SPPresents and Instagram at @sppresents.