It’s been a little over a year since we all ended up working from our homes and while I do prefer the ability to be able to do more things in my day thanks to a drop in commute time, the increasing work demands presented a different kind of challenge. Of course, there are several reports of people facing burnout, mental health challenges, and straight up quitting jobs to take much needed breaks from professional life. A word many of us have been seeing lately is, resilience. Resilient people, re...
Jun 30, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 31
I have been obsessed with the topic of Health and Wellness for the better part of a decade and it is only over the past 2-3 years where I have begun to finally understand that there is more to this than just physical fitness and proper nutrition. We are moving towards a new paradigm where we are focusing on all the possible means available to us to live healthier, happier, and longer lives - physically, mentally, socially, spiritually, and environmentally. The trouble is, we have so much informa...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 30
Those who know me and know this channel, are familiar with my love for martial arts. I have been training for the past 10 years and during this period, I have exposed myself to various systems. I have also witness debates about what martial arts represent and unfortunately, the true essence of martial arts, which is beyond (but does include) fighting is rarely discussed. So I decided to speak to the man who is the source of my knowledge - Shifu Kanishka Sharma. Most of you know him as the first ...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 29
This is an episode for me! Why? Because I love the learning that a meandering conversation can bring. There is a certain level of curiosity one needs to find the nuggets of learning in most inane conversations and believe me, the lesson is always worth it. But I wasn't always like this. Thankfully, I had Adarsh to whip my ass in shape over every single phone call we had. Adarsh Nalam is a communication consultant and corporate ghostwriter by profession and (as much as he would hate me for saying...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 58 min•Season 3Ep. 28
The statement, "I'll sleep when I'm dead" may very well be the reason you die early. Sleep is essential for optimal health. In fact, it's a non-negotiable. But not all sleep is equal. A number of factors need to be taken into consideration when we're talking about optimal sleep. So I brought in Aprameya Rajput to help me understand how to sleep better. Aprameya is India's first BRPT certified clinical sleep health expert. He has has more than 7 years experience in patient counseling for those re...
Jun 30, 2022•42 min•Season 3Ep. 27
It has been a while since I did this. I took a break to deal with some personal issues and now, we're back. And who better to get back to this with than Ashdin Doctor? Ashdin Doctor is a Habit Coach. He believes that awesome lives start with awesome habits. Five years ago Ashdin was unhealthy, overworked, stressed and sleep-deprived. Till it caught up with him and he found himself collapsing on the floor in a puddle of sweat unable to move. It’s then that he realised that his life needed to chan...
Jun 30, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 26
There are very few times that you end up meeting someone who has been relentless in her pursuit to rebuild herself and yet be so humble. I met Navjot in 2012. We worked together for a few months and I moved on to a different path in my life. And while we barely spoke, we stayed connected on social media and I saw her transform into the force that she is today. Navjot, like me, believes that true health and fitness is not limited to the physical realm or the mental realm. It is a complete process...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 25
There are very few times that I get to meet a person who I could call a mirror of who and what I am. I've been looking into a number of healing practices but the one I would call my personal go-to modality, would be movement. As a martial artist, movement is essential to my practice, but movement is not restricted to martial arts. In fact, movement is what all of us have been doing since the day we were born. Movement is expressive, it's healing, it's expansive, freeing, playful and so much more...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Kindness and empathy are two of the most important things we need in the world right now. And seeing someone so driven to bring these two qualities back in our lives, made me want to learn from and about them. Maria Kassova is a a motivational speaker, facilitator, and executive coach and has dedicated her life to bringing Kindness and Empathy into people's lives, especially the workplace. In this episode, Maria and I try and decode what these words truly mean and why it is increasingly importan...
Jun 30, 2022•53 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Competing in martial arts can be grueling. Running a martial arts academy in India, even more so. Team Relentless is one of the top MMA teams in the country, producing champions across the sports of Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and MMA, not just in India, but at the international stage as well. And the man leading the charge is Jitendra Khare - Head Coach & Manager of Team Relentless and the founder of Evolution Fitness and Combat Sports Academy in Mumbai. Having met and trained with him ...
Jun 30, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 22
I've been working in the communications industry since 2012 and in that time, I've loved it, hated it, questioned it, avoided it, gotten back to it, loved it some more and questioned it again. And this time, I decided to ask the man who has shaped the lives of many professionals like myself when it comes to strategic communications. Frank J. Oswald is a communications strategist and writer who has worked with the likes of Yahoo and Accenture, to name a few. Frank is also a lecturer at the presti...
Jun 30, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Here we are at episode 20. It's been a while. We started this in January and your support has been instrumental to our success and consistency. Thank you so much for your response to show. In this episode, I take a look at the year so far, what has happened since episode 10 and where we are headed. We will be back with more guests soon. As always, your feedback is appreciated and we hope the show is serving you as well as it is serving us in our journey. Do share your feedback on the show with u...
Jun 30, 2022•6 min
I have had a love/hate relationship with the communications industry for about 8 years now. I have questioned it, expressed my disdain, realized what it has given me in terms of learning and opportunities, fallen in love with it, questioned it again....you get the idea. So I decided to find my why by talking to a man who has helped me navigate this relationship with my profession. Tushar Bajaj is a Senior Vice President at one of the largest PR firms in the country and also, my boss and someone ...
Jun 30, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 19
I look at combat sports, tactical combat systems, and traditional martial arts as ONE PART of a larger whole. And I have been lucky enough to be trained by a man who has explored the arts in pursuit of truth. But martial arts has been riddled with politics, whataboutery, chest-thumping, and a whole lot of bullshit. So I decided to speak to a man who is on a mission to keep martial arts and martial artists HONEST. Paulo Rubio started two of the top martial arts exploration channels on Youtube cal...
Jun 30, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Food can heal. Correction, the right food can heal. But what is right? How do we know? I decided to try and find out by asking my friend Jayati. Now, Jayati is not a nutritionist by profession. Dr. Jayati Dureja, MBBS is an Obstetrician-gynecologist by profession who decided to utilize her medical training to understand nutrition and its effects on healing the body with respect to PCOS, cardiovascular conditions, and weight loss. Since this is just an overview, we are going to do more episodes a...
Jun 30, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Healing looks different for everyone. For a lot of us, healing is a physical experience. For others, it is mental. But there are many who would look at healing from a spiritual lens. I was quite the cynic when it came to esoteric practices until a very dear friend said, "absence of evidence, is not evidence of absence". And my meeting with Jas was all about that statement. Jaspreet Bhatia is an NLP practitioner, a corporate psychologist, and trainer, but that's not the fun part. She's also a Sha...
Jun 01, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 16
We're experiencing an unprecedented time. There are several reports that people are working a lot more, now that they are working from home. This is started to take a toll on us and that is why it is important to establish and enforce boundaries with our clients and our colleagues. And Divya is here to talk about just that. Divya Khanna is the AVP for Strategy and Insights at one of the top Communications Agencies in the country. She's been working in the industry for 12 years now and has experi...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 15
Mark Pollard is one of the leading media and communication strategists of our time. He founded Australia’s first full color hip-hop magazine called Stealth in 1999. He’s worked with Leo Burnett, TBWA, McCann and many more agencies. He has consulted the likes of Apple and VaynerMedia to name a few. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. As the host of Sweathead and the author of strategy is your words, Mark Pollard has a unique take on strategy. In this episode, we look at his journey, his thoug...
Jun 01, 2022•42 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Gautam Khetrapal has been breaking cycles all his life. And he understands the concept so well, he's been trying to break one of the toughest cycles for humanity for a considerable amount of time. Having worked at Mindvalley, which he considers his second home, with the legendary, Vishen Lakhiani, Gautam decided to create, what he calls the Disneyland of Learning and Development. Having never met him in person and only followed his journey through Lifeplugin on Instagram, this conversation was a...
Jun 01, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Sneh Sharma is the founder of Vividhta - a consultancy that is empowering companies to build their Diversity and Inclusion programs. At the root of these programs, is the identification of our biases. But all biases are not conscious and they are not equal. In this episode, Sneh and I dive into what biases are in the professional, personal, and social realm and how the key to change is to begin to identify, realize, and consciously choose your biases. You can follow her work at (https://www.inst...
Jun 01, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 12
It's hard for me to describe Ayesha Mahanti. She's an author who doesn't identify as one anymore. She's a practitioner of Tarot reading, also something she doesn't identify with. But here are a few things that she does identify with - she's an eternal believer of love, a seeker of truth, and someone who has sat with her discomfort long enough to find out that it is the first step to healing. In this episode, Ayesha and I discuss how true happiness lies in the work - the work being the journey to...
Jun 01, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Here we are. Episode 10. It's been a fun ride so far and it felt right to remember why Break The Cycle began in the first place. As we close this phase of this podcast, it's time to look ahead and see what else we want to learn. Thank you for your support. Do share your feedback on the show with us at - aadharmalhotra@gmail.com or on Instagram (www.instagram.com/aadharmalhotra/) Enjoy the episode. Music by KOMODi www.soundcloud.com/KODOMOiMusic/ www.youtube.com/c/KODOMOiMusic www.facebook.com/KO...
Jun 01, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Shardul Mehta is one of the biggest names in the Indian Music scene. From playing with bands like Joint Family, Faridkot, Cyanide, and Pirate Radio to playing for acts such as Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale, Shardul has played every possible genre of music. In this episode, Aadhar and Shardul discuss his journey as a musician and producer, why less is actually more, his criteria for playing with other musicians, and why Aadhar wanted to interview him in the first place. You can reach out to Shar...
Jun 01, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Aashish Mehrotra is the Chief Video Officer at a communications firm who has worked on some stellar campaigns for top brands in the country. But that's NOT the important part. What is important? His truth. Aashish is someone who unabashedly lives his truth. In this episode, Aadhar and Aashish discuss relationships, specifically polyamory; bisexuality; how he's been using his platform to normalize conversations around both subjects; how he takes his life advice from his dog, Lucifer, and how you ...
Jun 01, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Anika Verma is someone who has been working intensely to break the cycle of patriarchy - a system that a lot of need to understand and actively break out of. Anika works with an organization called Breakthrough India which is working to create a cultural shift and make discrimination and violence against girls and women unacceptable. In this episode, Anika and Aadhar discuss the core of patriarchy, how a person's gender acts as a privilege, and how we can all start to identify patriarchal behavi...
May 31, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Tanvii Bhandari is a counselor and mental health professional who has been helping people improve their relationship with themselves through her organization - Anchorage Counselling Services. She has been a therapist for around 3 years and has constantly pushed the boundaries of her profession to explore concepts of spirituality, angel tarot for therapy, and more in addition to conventional psychology. Aadhar and Tanvii go over the subject of therapy, mental health, the illusion of control and w...
May 31, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Rahul Kaul is the founder of the popular fitness boxing/kickboxing studio, Boxfit. A former financial analyst (or is he?)in South America, Rahul fell in love with the sweet science of Boxing. He decided to leave his high-paying 'secure' job (in the traditional sense) and go all in to set up Boxfit, leaving the safety net that most of us hang on to when setting up a business. Aadhar and Rahul go over his journey, how Boxfit came to be, his view on fitness and how he helps his clients become a bet...
May 31, 2022•29 min
Join Aadhar Malhotra as he interviews Adulting author Neharika Gupta in finding the keys to unlocking your hidden creative self. Soundtrack Licence: Home by Vlad Gluschenko @ vgl9 Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/home-vlad-gluschenko Music promoted by Audio Library youtu.be/FEEQg-ROHJc...
May 31, 2022•26 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Persistence - "the fact of continuing in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition" Persistence is a quality I have always desired and to a great degree, had. But persistence has levels. And Rajneesh, my guest today, has demonstrated this quality at some of the highest levels imaginable. Rajneesh Raveendran is a renowned Boxing coach in the Delhi/NCR region. He is the co-founder of Knox Studio in Delhi and has coached some phenomenal fighters. He was due to turn profess...
May 31, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Sustainability has been a huge topic of discussion over the past few years and I have to admit, I don't know nearly enough to support this cause. Sustainability is affects us across fields - Food production, Industry, Power generation and fashion. And it starts with consumption. It is our consumption levels that need to be looked at critically in order for us to sustain the planet. And I know nothing about that either. But my friend and former colleague, Zoya Wahi, does. Zoya is the founder of A...
May 30, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 2
