Let's be Rashional with Rashi

In this episode, my guest is David Ramms. David is a popular vegan/animal liberation activist who I came across last year just around the time I decided to opt for a vegan lifestyle. David and I spoke at length about the evolving vegan movement and how far it has come over the years. He shared his incredible experience of touring in India for about a year and we also talked about the controversial comments and claims Sadhguru has made when it comes to veganism. We also digressed a little bit and shared our concerns over the predominant 'cancel' culture that is impeding progress on important issues by suppressing and shutting down voices. I genuinely believe this podcast has a lot of important conversations that will interest many of you. So put your earplugs on and listen to this honest conversation. Enjoy!  

In this episode, my guest is Bri Mosquera who is a law of attraction mindset coach. Bri is a dear friend and a regular guest on the podcast. Bri talks about her current project 'Evolve' workshop that can help you self-reflect and dig deeper by learning various techniques to support your emotional, wellness, and spiritual journeys. She also shares some valuable inputs in detail on why mentorship and community are vital to seek at certain points in life when we feel stuck or unmotivated. We discuss how paid services are sometimes frowned upon and how you can make up your mind about seeking the right kind of support and coaching to help you push through your sticking points and get you on the road to success.  Hope you will find this podcast resourceful and motivating :) To listen to our previous podcast on manifestation and using it to achieve our goals here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CXEOLG7jHvtLJRDyRt3dl You can find Bri and about her workshop on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ThriveFromWithinSisterhood/ and on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bebold.befierce.beyou/  

If you liked this podcast, please follow me on Spotify.  Follow me on Instagram for more updates and info: iamrashiyadav In this episode of the podcast, I share my one and a half year journey as a vegan and what I have learnt along the way. It's not been an easy ride but definitely worthwhile. My life has transformed not only physically by spiritually too and I am constantly learning new facts and aspects of transitioning into a vegan lifestyle. Given the scope of the duration of the video, I tried to cover only a few things. But a part two and a more elaborate discussion on veganism and its philosophy will also be covered on my podcast in the near future. Hope you guys enjoy watching this video :) 

This episode features my dear friend Pabb who started his own podcast this year 'The Pabb Podcast'. Pablo is a genuine, happy soul who I love talking to because he holds an open, engaging space for different ideas and opinions. His positive energy and enthusiasm towards life is infectious and I wanted to share our very honest, open conversation with you. This episode didn't necessarily have a theme and went along as ideas came to our heads. In the process, we ended up sharing our life experiences on adulting; handling expectations of family, friends and society; covid lockdown; dating advice for men who are socially awkward in approaching women and so much more. He also shares his love for wines and dancing while we are were sipping on our individual wines when we recorded this. Hope you guys will enjoy this light-hearted, honest conversation :) Also, make sure you show some love to my friend on his instagram page and give his podcast a listen. You can follow his podcast on instagram handle 'thepabbpodcast' which you can also find on Spotify. 

The new hit rap song WAP featuring Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion has garnered attention for all the wrong reasons. Through this podcast I attempt to understand the logic behind a lot of opinions coming its way; why women are always subjected to a critical gruelling when it comes to how they decide to express themselves sexually; and why men are not held against the same standards when it comes to the field of hip hop and rap music.  Hope you'll enjoy this podcast :) If you like me content, please follow my podcast Let's be Rashional) on Spotify. It is also available on iTunes and YouTube (page: Rashi Yadav).    

On this podcast, I have my dear friend Günther Pardi who is a personal disruption mentor and a holistic healer. Günther is an amazingly talented and multifaceted individual who has gained tremendous wisdom living in 5 different countries. Apart from speaking 4 different languages, Günther has also co-authored a book 'Entrepreneurship in Latin America'. In this podcast, we dive into his personal life and uncover pieces of wisdom and learning he has had since a very young age of 10. He explains in depth how reading and learning from early childhood helped him explore different ideas and see the world differently. He shares how practicing discipline and developing daily habits enabled him to pursue a life of purpose and intent. Hope you guys will enjoy this conversation :) Follow me on Instagram for more updates and info: Instagram: iamrashiyadav

In this episode of the podcast, my guest is Angela Gomez who has started her own fashion label 'CLOTSY BRAND' in Spain. Angela while studying at Uni, realised she wanted to make a difference through fashion. And therefore, leaped into the journey of providing clothing that were designed and manufactured keeping sustainability and conscious living in mind. Angela talks other aspects of fashion and most importantly about slow fashion where she emphasises the need for more awareness amongst consumers, retailers, designers and buyers about their impact of products on workers, communities and ecosystems. You can find more about her and her startup CLOTSY BRAND on the FB page: https://www.facebook.com/clotsy.brand/ Instagram handle: clotsy.brand

In this episode, my guest is Bri Mosquera who is a law of attraction mindset coach. We discuss how it's important to not just dream about our goals but actively work towards them through intentionality, journaling and manifestation. Bri goes in great depths to explain how you can manifest anything that you truly want by incorporating intention-setting and by practicing daily habits like journaling and affirmations to keep you on your track to finding your true purpose.   Bri also has an ongoing June Intention Challenge running which helps you provide with journal prompts and a lot of other information that can help you start your journaling process. Hope you will find this podcast resourceful and motivating

Penny Mentiplay is a relationship coach and founder of Relationships Reconnect where she helps men and women to reconnect with themselves and with each other to build the most loving partnership. In this podcast, Penny shares with me her recent learnings about somatic experiencing and how it can help release and reduce stress and trauma that is inadvertently trapped in our bodies.

My guest today on the podcast is Cassandra Craddock who is a fitness model, personal trainer and the owner of Iluka Fitness. Cassie, as I like to call her, has an impressive track record when it comes to fitness. She only a couple of years ago started her fitness journey and with only 3-4 months of training went on to taking out 6 x First Places in every category at the ICN Natural Bodybuilding Show in 2018 as a first-timer. She also competed on a plant-based diet and has been a vegan for over 3 years now. Cass and I have an honest and an open conversation on how fitness can hep improve your physical as well as mental health and why it is important to make it a priority in order to achieve any fitness goals we set out for ourselves. We also discuss our vegan lifestyles and share our motivations when it comes to choosing a plant-based diet and how it has helped us in our journeys. If you like the content I create and want to support my podcast please make sure you follow it :) Thank you

My guest in this episode is a dear friend who I had serendipitously met in Bali. Marco Enrique Trujillo is a certified Ho'oponopono practitioner and a holistic and intuitive healer who began his spiritual journey 17 years ago when he felt he was at the lowest point in his life. With a broken heart, a drug addiction and a skin condition, Marco had a moment of spiritual awakening and knew he had to do something to turn around his life. Marco has not only fully recovered from his addictions but through spiritual practices of Shamanism, meditation, Qigong and holistic healing, he has almost healed his skin condition as well. His story is awe-inspiring and motivating. In this episode, Marco shares with us some very important practices and learnings he has had over the years. One of which is the Wim Hof Breathing Method. He also talks about how cold showers and cold water dipping can have some amazing benefits for your mind and body apart from boosting your immune system. Marco also briefly touches upon sacred sexuality and in this world of speed dating, crude pornography and highly graphic industries of media and entertainment, how we can better understand and reclaim our sexuality. We also did an episode last year on spiritual awakening. You can check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Tj4p2eSVXp8GueFI79X8S

Fear cripples us. Fear stops our growth. Fear paralyses us. It's time we recognise how we let the fear of failure, judgement and expectations to permeate our lives and harbour a sacred place in our minds. It's time we start understanding the origins of those fears and defeat them with perspective, action and intention. Through this episode, I bring to light various kinds of fears that obstruct us from feeling fulfilled and being happy and how you can overcome those fears just like I am constantly trying to do in my life.  

In this episode, my guest is Catalina Guerrero Torres. Cata is a self-love write and coach. I have known her for a few years now and she's one of the few people who motivated me to get on this podcast journey last year. Cata has had a growing number of clients who have sought help to love and accept themselves fully. She also specialises in healing work. If you want to reach out to her on Instagram, her handle is cata.thewalrus. Catalina also has an amazing website where you can access valuable information on mindset, self care habits, conscious living and so much more. The link to her website is: https://thewalrusintheroom.com/about/

My guest in this episode of Let's be Rashional podcast today is Monica Shepherd who is a mental health expert, a naturopath and also a nutritionist. I have the absolute pleasure of calling her a dear friend who I have had some amazing conversations with on all sorts of topics under the sun which usually can be a bit confronting when talked about. Monica has herself had an unfortunate experience of being a part of an abusive relationship and through this episode, she shares her experience as well as sheds some light on what it's like to be a part of one. We discuss how abusive relationships can be physical, emotional and psychological and what are the ways that can help you to get out of one. We also discuss why people stay in abusive relationships and why it is hard to leave.  Monica and I also did an episode last year where we talked about mental health, eating disorders, nutrition and so much more. You can find the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4gXnGGWr0CiwE2pEqj7oQR

Having taken complete charge of my mental health only recently, it was very important for me to talk about this subject with someone on my podcast. When my own family was going through huge turmoils of mental health conditions growing up, I just had no idea or understanding of why everything was unravelling the way it was. Now as a grown up, it all seems so obvious. Our mind is a muscle just like any other muscle in our body and needs constant conditioning and nurturing. But then why do we wait for our mental health to be at crossroads to finally be able to take charge of it? I had an absolute pleasure to have Monica Shepherd on my podcast to help understand mental health better. I love Monica and her undying love and spirit of helping people with their physical and mental health. As a practicing naturopath and someone who specialises in mental health, she uncovers the layers of mental health and how it reflects differently on each person. She delves deeper into the topics of nutrition, eating disorders and daily habits and how they can have a major impact on our mental health conditions. She also explains why we need to take charge of our mental health NOW and not wait to be at a crossroads to finally take steps to tackle it.

A dear friend of mine and a mother to four beautiful kids, Penny Mentiplay is a joy to speak with. Rarely you find people who you can bare your heart to and Penny is definitely one of those gorgeous souls who from day one has held an open, non-judgemental space for me to talk about my personal struggles. I love her spirit and her constant endeavour to help others to wake up to a higher purpose in life. For over four years, Penny has dedicated her time to help others to embark on a journey of healing, finding wholeness and experiencing relationships on a whole new level. She shares her own incredible journey of having to lose parts of herself after her marriage breakdown and then reclaiming those lost parts through finding a higher purpose in life, understanding the importance of community and support and much more. Hope this beautiful conversation will lift your spirits too as much as it did for me.  

It was through a hike that Rynhardt organised when I actually got to know him deeper in person and how he was so self-aware about the importance of embracing and healing our inner child. Rynhardt Smith is a meditation and mindfulness facilitator and a dear friend of mine who has helped me understand the importance of connecting with the nature to experience our authentic self and also through him I learnt how meditation and mindfulness are two practices that can help us do that and also make us lead better and productive lives. In this episode, Rynhardt not only talks about his learnings on these practices but only shares his personal experiences that led him to take the spiritual path of rediscovering himself and help others through the wisdom he is gaining each day.

HEARTBREAKS suck! But what would you think if I told you that sometimes they are necessary? I sit down with my dearest friend Chien Yu Yeh in this episode who I have on numerous occasions opened my heart to and have gained such amazing insights into understanding heartbreaks and focusing on healing and using those vulnerable, weak moments to get in tune with my true self. Chien Yu shares her stories of travel and how they have helped her spiritually heal and grow. She also shares her love of pottery making and how she uses this amazing art to express herself which has also given her a deep sense of purpose in life. The conversation is vulnerable, deep and fun at times. I am glad I could share about my heartbreak through this episode as it has helped me tremendously to transform my thinking and helped me grow. I hope you'll enjoy this very personal chat.

I met Marco serendipitously on a trip to Bali and we instantly connected. Our tough journeys of spiritual alignment and awakening brought us together to share some incredible wisdom with you in the form of this open and vulnerable conversation. Marco is an extremely calm and a self-aware human being who has been on a journey of discovering himself and healing over the last 2 decades after his life reached the lowest point because of depression, dysfunctional family, drugs and a failed relationship. The traumas were so deep that his only real option was to find a higher meaning in his life that would drive him towards a purpose and happiness. In this episode, Marco talks about how he is healing from his traumas and is bringing meaning to other people’s lives by sharing what he has learnt over the years. We talk about our individual spiritual awakening moments, Hoʻoponopono which is a Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness and also touch on spiritual bypassing. This is an incredibly personal as well as informative episode I’ve done so far. I hope you’ll enjoy listening to it.

So my dear friend is back after living in South Korea for about 3 years and I couldn't wait to get her on my podcast because she has the most outrageously funny and charismatic personality which has always inspired me. She is Donna Sherwani aka Donna Sparrow on socials. We studied together at post grad level and then she was taken away from me by her then boyfriend and now husband. When we recorded this episode she was more than 7 months into her pregnancy. To give you a gist of her life, Donna migrated to Australia from Kurdistan with her family when she was only 12 and the journey was no less than a hellhole. She goes on to to become this fearless and strong person despite all odds and who is now a lawyer. In this episode, we talk about everything. We discuss her migration journey, we explore how interracial relationships can have a positive and a bigger impact, we delve deeper into our journeys of living in Australia and we also talk about how we can overcome cultural identity barriers and own ourselves. We do get a little bit silly at times but it was only inevitable given that I had met her after such a long time. Hope you'll enjoy listening to it.  

On this episode of Let's be Rashional, I have a very special guest. He embodies such amazing qualities that I am keen to share him with my audience. My dear friend Zuhair Rehan is an independent singer and songwriter who already has three amazingly beautiful EPs under his name. They go by the titles Protege, Franklin Road and Stages. Not only that, one of his songs called Mannequin from the EP Protege has half a million listeners on Spotify and is my personal favourite track as well. Being work buddies, I don’t think I could have asked for a more inspiring and awesome human being who makes me want to push harder towards my dreams and goals. He is also one of the most calm, zen humble and honest person I have ever met. In this episode, Zu shares his journey of becoming an independent artist and how he uses his own share of struggles and experiences to help with his creativity and using it to further his dream of pursuing music as a career. This is also going to be a very musical one as I share some of his music throughout the episode.  You can find his music on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/search/ZUHAIR  

In this episode of Let's be Rashional, I sit down with my dear friend Catalina Guerrero Torres who is pursuing a career as a self love coach and writer. I have known Catalina for over 2 years now. But since a year or so I have seen her plunge into her deep self and embark on this incredible journey of self discovery and self love. This journey has led her to find her purpose of serving others by helping them realise their immense potential by peeling off those layers of self-doubt that have been accumulating over the years. When I was catching up with her 4 months ago for just a complimentary coaching session she generously offered me, I had no idea that she would offer such great insights that would help me deconstruct the kerfuffle in my head and connect with myself in such a meaningful way. Since then, I've truly become a big fan of hers and I have so much respect and love for her.