Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha Varma

Listen in to conversations that "swish" or shift your perspective! Journalist and Mindset Coach Anuradha Varma interviews a diverse cast of people who share their expertise and experiences on a range of themes, across spirituality, inclusivity, entrepreneurship, mythology, and popular culture. Follow and share to stay updated and grow the conversation. Anuradha is a journalist with nearly three decades of experience, having worked for media houses such as The Indian Express, The Times of India, and The Pioneer. She is also an internationally certified Mindset Coach with expertise in Mindfulness, EFT and NLP. Follow her on LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram Email: swishingmindsets@gma

Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha Varma is a education podcast hosted by Anuradha Varma, with 76 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #76

  Ep 76: Nancy Orlen Weber: Inside the mind of a psychic detective

  Jul 22, 202654 min

  When Nancy Orlen Weber was 10 years old, she stood outside her school waiting for a limo to take her to the UN. Except that she got the date wrong – she was 30 years too early. “I was in a trance,” recalls the "Psychic Detective", who has spent over 40 years working alongside American law enforcement. A former registered nurse turned medical intuitive, animal communicator, and author, she has helped crack cold cases, missing persons investigations, including one of New Jersey's most notorious serial killer cases. In this episode of Swishing Mindsets, the author of The Life of a Psychic Detective , and Soul Detective: How to Solve the Inner Mystery of You takes us behind her intuitive process and her deeply personal journey that shaped her ability to trust what "just comes to her." She opens up about talking to victims and animals on the other side, why she believes we're all "wireless", and shares a simple exercise anyone can try to find a lost object. Listen in! Follow Nancy: LinkedIn | Instagram | Website Timestamps 00:00 Introduction — Meet Nancy Orlen Weber, the "Psychic Detective" 05:47 How it started: nursing, intuition, and becoming a medical intuitive 11:25 Early cases — the karate instructor, the buried dogs, and the shotgun warning 16:40 The serial killer case — pieces, patterns, and an overlooked prosecutor 27:19 Childhood shyness and shock at her own abilities 28:51 Overcoming abuse and reclaiming personal power 31:03 Gratitude, perspective, and the mindset that keeps her grounded 32:19 Views on death, the other side, and her lifelong "teacher" 34:00 Talking to animals and connecting with loved ones who've passed 36:41 Synchronicity — "there are no real coincidences" 37:06 How psychics experience time differently 42:00 Learning to control the gift — belly breathing and retraining the mind 44:38 A simple exercise to help you find lost objects using intuition 51:06 Where to find Nancy's courses, workshops, and website To get in touch, email swishingmindsets@gmail.com Disclaimer: Views are personal. Listener discretion is advised. Want to be a guest on Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha Varma? Send Anuradha Varma a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1750746513391971e921bbda5

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  Episode #75

  Ep 75: Jason Lange, embodiment coach: Why all men need a men’s group

  Jun 23, 202652 min

  In this episode, Jason Lange — a US-based men's embodiment coach, group facilitator, and evolutionary guide — talks about why so many men live "from the neck up," disconnected from their bodies and emotions. Sharing his own breakthrough moment in a men's group that changed the course of his life and work, Jason unpacks the cultural conditioning behind the "man box" that teaches young boys that vulnerability is weakness, and how this shows up later as rumination, burnout, strained relationships, and even health crises. He explains how a men's group actually looks like in practice, why loneliness persists even among men with friends, the "provider trap", and his couples' programme designed to help partners reconnect. Listen in! Follow Jason: LinkedIn | Instagram | Website | Book a Call Timestamps: 00:25 – What is an "evolutionary guide" and "embodiment coaching"? 03:37 – The "man box": cultural conditioning and the rules of masculinity 04:22 – Research on what marks "boy to man" vs. "girl to woman" 06:34 – Schooling, boys' energy, and the "ADHD" mislabeling 08:14 – Adolescence, locker-room culture, and hiding vulnerability 08:53 – Workplace culture and the cost of overwork on men's health 09:42 – "Emotional robot": how disembodiment shows up in relationships 10:21 – Reaching outward (alcohol, porn, overwork) to regulate inner states 11:44 – Cross-cultural parallel: changing norms in India around boys/emotions 12:43 – What disembodiment actually feels/looks like 13:38 – Rumination, anxiety, and the toll of living "in the head" 14:43 – Emotions as physical sensations; the cost of not feeling 24:34 – Jason's personal story: therapy, men's group, and his breakthrough 26:04 – Working with men on past trauma and physical/emotional abuse 28:36 – Healthy sexuality, shame, and childhood conditioning 29:09 – The "snuffed candle" — boys' curiosity shut down young 30:03 – Power of group work: normalization and accelerated healing 31:44 – How a men's group actually works (structure, format) 32:14 – Why men join: pain, loneliness, and "triangulated" friendships 33:58 – Story: feeling lonely even surrounded by friends 34:08 – Teaching men to share what's "under the surface" 36:15 – Suicide statistics and the cost of emotional suppression 36:33 – Group accountability — calling out avoidance with compassion 41:50 – The circle format and its power (vs. side-by-side bonding) 43:19 – Men's groups aren't just heavy — celebrating wins too 43:47 – Couples work and "12 Epic Dates" program 45:34 – The "provider trap" and neglecting the marriage 46:31 – Empty-nest wake-up calls: "I haven't loved you for 10 years" 47:05 – What 12 Epic Dates offers couples 47:53 – Toolkit for stopping rumination: getting into the body 49:45 – Father energy, the "facing out" research, and resilience 50:53 – Online vs. in-person groups To get in touch, email swishingmindsets@gmail.com Disclaimer: Views are personal. Listener discretion is advised. Want to be a guest on Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha Varma? Send Anuradha Varma a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1750746513391971e921bbda5

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  Episode #74

  Ep 74: Upasana Sarraju, author: The strange science of Ig Nobel Prizes

  Jun 21, 202649 min

  In this episode, Upasana Sarraju, author of The Ig Nobel Prizes and The Science That Refuses to Behave (Penguin Random House India) talks about research that "makes you laugh, then makes you think". From zebra-striped cows (which reduced insect bites) to the science of crumpled bedsheets, a galloping horse encoded into bacterial DNA, Upasana takes us through the strangest, funniest, and most unexpectedly profound corners of science. She talks about her five-year correspondence with Ig Nobel Prize founder Marc Abrahams, the Indian scientists who've won the prize (including Dr. Chittaranjan Andrade, a psychiatrist who studies nose-picking and mountaineers in his spare time), and why the silliest-sounding questions often lead to the most meaningful discoveries. Follow Upasana: LinkedIn | Instagram | Website Timestamps: 00:58 – What prompted the book; discovering the Ig Nobel Prizes 02:55 – Mark Abrahams: five years of interviews, the founding of the Ig Nobel Prize/Improbable Research podcast 05:22 – The book cover: the zebra-striped cow study (Ig Nobel 2025) and insect-deterring stripes 08:01 – Tangent: do mosquitoes prefer certain blood types/sweat? 08:39 – Other Ig Nobel studies on the cover (banana peel, pizza slice) 09:02 – Why woodpeckers don't get headaches 11:32 – What the Ig Nobel limelight does for scientists' careers 12:28 – Encoding a galloping-horse movie into E. coli DNA using CRISPR 21:25 – Riffing on "movie piracy via bacteria" 23:12 – On book structure: each chapter as its own potential book 24:33 – Chittaranjan Andrade: mountaineering, magic, music, NIMHANS 33:38 – L. Mahadevan and the physics of folds, wrinkles, and crumpled bedsheets 35:49 – Knots, tangled earbuds, and the physics of hair 37:34 – Reflecting on minds like Mahadevan's 38:21 – "On a Lazy Sunday Morning" chapter — everyday science (soggy cereal, coffee spills, banana peels) 39:50 – What didn't make it into the book — cut personal stories (e.g., Dr. Manjula Reddy) 43:03 – Material held back for a future book (cats/animals) 43:29 – The footnotes — Easter eggs and tangents 45:00 – Household dust, shed skin, and dust mites living in our eyebrows 47:27 – Closing thoughts, future plans To get in touch, email swishingmindsets@gmail.com Disclaimer: Views are personal. Listener discretion is advised. Want to be a guest on Swishing Mindsets with Anuradha Varma? Send Anuradha Varma a message on PodMatch, here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/1750746513391971e921bbda5

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  Episode #73

  Ep 73: Regina Linke, The Oxherd Boy: Big ideas for little kids

  May 22, 202643 minS0

  <b>“Where does my reflection go when I walk away from the mirror?” This question from her toddler put Regina Linke, a Taiwanese American author and illustrator, on the journey of creating her children’s book The Oxherd Boy which started as a webcomic on Instagram. It was followed up by Big Enough and now Little Helper, which combine the East Asian philosophy of Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism with Chinese brush painting.<br /></b><b></b><br /><b>She talks about putting down big messages for little kids in simple language, reconnecting with her Taiwanese roots, and how her spiritual practi...

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  Episode #72

  Ep 72: Botox, Me Too & migration: Guruprasad Kaginele & Narayan Shankaran on 'Kaayaa'

  Feb 27, 202647 minS0

  <b>“Are all beautiful people happy? Are all happy people beautiful?” is something that Guruprasad Kaginele addresses in his book Kaaya, a satirical comment on beauty and identity through the story of a US plastic surgeon caught in the Me Too movement, inspired by a real life incident. It has been translated from Kannada to English by Narayan Shankaran. <br /></b><br /><b></b><b>Here, they both discuss getting the cultural beats right during the process of translation, such as deciding on the phrase “boob job”. Guruprasad, a doctor based in the US for the last three decades, confesses to Kannad...

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