Colette explores the deeper roots of people pleasing through the lens of Ayurveda, nervous system regulation, and emotional healing. This conversation goes beyond simply “setting boundaries” and looks at how people pleasing can become a survival strategy shaped by childhood conditioning, fear of rejection, hypervigilance, and the nervous system’s fawn or freeze responses.

Colette shares how chronic people pleasing can aggravate Vata dosha, contribute to anxiety, burnout, exhaustion, overthinking, hormonal imbalance, digestive issues, and emotional disconnection, while also revealing how Pitta patterns can manifest as perfectionism, overworking, and over-responsibility.

If you struggle with boundaries, self-abandonment, anxiety, or feeling disconnected from who you truly are, this episode offers a grounded and soulful path back to authenticity, balance, and inner safety.

Colette explores why so many people struggle to truly rest, even when they are physically and emotionally exhausted. Through the lens of Ayurveda, this conversation examines the deeper relationship between nervous system dysregulation, chronic stress, Vata and Pitta imbalance, burnout, overstimulation, and the modern pressure to constantly achieve and stay productive.

As we move into the summer season, a time associated with Pitta dosha in Ayurveda, this episode offers gentle Ayurvedic wisdom for slowing down, restoring balance, calming the nervous system, and reconnecting with more nourishing rhythms of life.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, unable to relax, emotionally depleted, or disconnected from yourself, this episode will help you understand why rest can sometimes feel uncomfortable and how Ayurveda supports true healing through presence, rhythm, simplicity, and restoration.

In this episode, Colette explores Sadvritta, the ancient Ayurvedic teachings on right living, conscious behaviour, and ethical conduct, and how these timeless principles can help us navigate modern life with more awareness, compassion, and balance.

Discover how Ayurveda goes far beyond diet and daily routines, teaching that our thoughts, beliefs, speech, and interactions with others all influence not only our mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing but the collective wellbeing of society.

Colette discusses Sadvritta in our beliefs, mind and in society while exploring the connection between the doshas, mental health, emotional balance, ojas, and social harmony.

Learn practical Ayurvedic tools for reducing reactivity, cultivating contentment, improving relationships, and bringing more conscious living into your daily life through small but powerful shifts in awareness and behaviour.

In this episode, Integrity in Ayurveda, host Colette is joined by Dr. Jayarajan Kodikannath to explore the ethical foundations of this ancient healing system and why integrity is essential in today’s global wellness landscape. They discuss the role of dharma, practitioner responsibility, and how integrity can be embodied in both personal practice and professional life.

You’ll learn how to recognize ethical, aligned Ayurvedic practitioners, navigate the modern wellness space with discernment, and understand the challenges of maintaining authenticity as Ayurveda becomes increasingly globalized.

This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in Ayurveda, holistic health, and cultivating integrity on the healing path.

Not all stress is the same and understanding your unique stress pattern can change how you support your body and mind. In this episode, we explore stress through the lens of Ayurveda and how it manifests differently across the three doshas of Vata, Pitta, and Kapha.

You’ll learn how to recognize your stress type and why generic self-care routines may not be working for you, along with simple, practical Ayurvedic tools to restore balance naturally. If you’re feeling stressed, burned out, or stuck, this episode will help you take a more personalized, holistic approach to healing.

Is Ayurveda really strict, vegetarian, and anti-coffee and alcohol? Think again. Colette is joined by Dr. Sujatha Kekada to debunk popular Ayurveda myths and misconceptions. Discover how Ayurveda aligns with modern science, its true perspective on diet (including animal protein, vegetarian and vegan lifestyles), and how it evaluates coffee, alcohol, garlic, onions, and flexibility in daily living.

Colette is joined by Sharmistha Guha Majumdar to explore mushrooms through the lens of Ayurveda. While mushrooms are not widely discussed in the classical Ayurvedic texts, Ayurveda offers a powerful framework for understanding any substance through its qualities, energetics and ecological patterns.

We discuss how mushrooms can be evaluated through Ayurvedic principles, their potential influence on the subtle energies of prana, tejas and ojas, and why observation is essential for understanding their actions in the body.

We also explore the energetic patterns of popular medicinal mushrooms including Lion’s Mane, Cordyceps, Reishi and Chaga, along with important considerations when incorporating mushrooms into your diet from an Ayurvedic perspective.

As winter transitions into spring, many people experience brain fog, sluggish digestion, congestion, allergies, cravings, and low energy.

In this episode, discover the 7 signs your body may be asking for an Ayurvedic spring reset and learn how seasonal kapha accumulation and weakened digestive fire (agni) can lead to these symptoms.

You’ll also learn simple Ayurvedic practices to clear ama, support digestion, and restore clarity and energy during the spring season.

Feeling tired, heavy, or unmotivated? In this episode, discover the key difference between Kapha imbalance and true fatigue in Ayurveda.

Colette shares a recent personal experience of waking up feeling heavy, slow, and mentally foggy, not depleted, but stuck. At first she thought she needed more rest, however, when she looked at the qualities she was feeling through an Ayurvedic lens she realized it was an accumulation of Kapha.

Learn how to recognize signs of stagnation vs. depletion, why more rest isn’t always the answer. Understanding this distinction can prevent you from unintentionally moving further out of balance.

Erica shares her inspiring journey of healing through Ayurveda and how the Reset–Restore–Renew Program helped her move from fatigue and sluggishness to renewed energy, awareness, and balance.

In this conversation, Colette and Erica explore the power of cleansing, the role of self-compassion in healing, and how embracing an 80/20 approach makes an Ayurvedic lifestyle sustainable in a busy modern life.

Erica’s story is a beautiful reminder that true transformation happens through awareness, consistency, and kindness toward ourselves.

In this episode, discover how Ayurveda explains the Spring Equinox and seasonal transitions and why early spring is a critical time for supporting digestion, immunity, and energy.

Learn how Kapha accumulation during winter can lead to symptoms like congestion, allergies, brain fog, and sluggish digestion, and how strengthening agni (digestive fire) helps the body naturally reset.

This episode explores the deeper concept of seasonal awareness in Ayurveda and how aligning with nature’s rhythms can support a gentle spring cleanse, renewed vitality, and long-term health.

In this episode, Colette is joined by her client Jenny, who shares her journey with Ayurveda and her recent experience on the Digestive Reset Cleanse. They explore her early connection with nature, what drew her to yoga and Ayurveda, and how a personalized cleanse supported her digestion, creativity, and self-awareness. A heartfelt conversation about listening to the body and rediscovering balance.

Colette is joined by Vaidya Princy Prasad to explore hormone regulation through the lens of Ayurveda.

Learn how stress and burnout disrupt hormonal balance, how the doshas influence endocrine health, and how to build awareness of your own hormonal patterns.

If you’re looking for natural hormone balance, Ayurvedic support for perimenopause, or holistic solutions for stress-related hormonal imbalance, this episode offers practical, classical insight.

Colette explores how to rebuild trust with your body when awareness feels muted after years of stress and overriding internal signals.

If you struggle to clearly feel hunger, fatigue, fullness, or emotional shifts, this episode explains why that disconnection is not a failure, it’s physiology. Chronic stress and long-term sympathetic nervous system activation can dull interoception (the ability to sense internal body signals), weaken agni (digestive and perceptual fire), and lead to a loss of awareness known in Ayurveda as prajnaparadha.

This episode is especially helpful for anyone experiencing burnout, emotional numbness, digestive imbalance, chronic stress, or decision fatigue around health choices. Rebuilding body trust is not about forcing clarity. It’s about restoring safety so awareness and integrity can arise naturally again.

In this episode of the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast, Colette explores how awareness builds integrity from the inside out. Learn how Ayurveda understands integrity as responsiveness rather than discipline, how prajnaparadha reflects a loss of awareness, and how listening to the body supports digestion, nervous system regulation, and prevents dis-ease.

In this episode, Colette explores what Ayurveda really teaches about love, not the fleeting or idealized version we’re often sold, but the steady, nourishing love that begins within.

Drawing on Ayurvedic wisdom, this episode reframes love as a state of balance, regulation, and inner union, rather than something we chase or seek outside ourselves. You’ll learn how daily habits, digestion, rhythm, and self-care practices quietly shape our capacity to give and receive love in all areas of life.

Feeling overwhelmed by Ayurveda, stuck in perfectionism, or struggling to stay consistent with self-care? In this Ayurveda Q&A episode, Colette explores how daily habits, nervous system regulation, and seasonal rhythm support long-term healing.

Learn where to begin with Ayurveda, how Vata and Pitta perfectionism affect wellbeing, and practical ways to stay grounded and consistent during busy or stressful times without pressure or burnout.

In this episode, Colette speaks with Sita Severson, Director of the Soul of Yoga Institute, Ayurvedic Practitioner, and Certified Yoga Therapist, about trauma-informed yoga and nervous system healing.

They explore how chronic stress, grief, burnout, and addiction recovery show up in the body and how Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and breathwork can gently restore trust, balance, and emotional resilience.

Sita shares insights from her decades of teaching and personal experience, emphasizing the slow, participatory approach to healing that honors the body and nervous system.

This conversation is a must-listen for anyone seeking holistic mental health, embodied self-care, and sustainable stress recovery.

In this episode, Ayurvedic physician Dr. Sujatha Kekada joins Colette to explore winter wellness through a classical Ayurvedic lens.

Discover why winter is considered a powerful season for deep tissue nourishment (dhatus), how the body’s channels (srotas) are affected during the colder months, and the role of ojas, the essence of vitality, immunity, and resilience.

This conversation highlights how aligning diet, daily routines, and mindset with winter’s qualities can support long-term balance, clarity, and overall wellbeing.

Ayurveda offers a compassionate, holistic approach to Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.), viewing seasonal low mood as a natural response to winter’s changes rather than a disorder to fix.

In this episode of the Elements of Ayurveda Podcast, Colette explores how digestion, nervous system regulation, and mental qualities like Tamas guna influence mood, energy, and emotional resilience.

Learn practical Ayurvedic tools, such as warming foods, daily rhythm, light exposure, movement, and gentle cleansing to support mental health and restore balance during the darker months of the year.