Untether Your Life

Untether Your Life

Untether Your Life empowers listeners to own their health and break free of "templates" for related to career, relationships, and managing mental health, along with issues impacting the South Asian diaspora.

Nikhil Torsekar and Shelly Sood speak with experts in meditation, folks who have struggled with mental illness, clinicians with insights on the South Asian experience and other incredible guests.
Untether Your Life is part of The Shelly Story platform, which captures Nikhil and Shelly’s journey in a blog, book, and upcoming movie. For more info visit shellysood.com or untetheryourlife on social media.

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98: Neelu Kaur - Awakening Your Inner Cheerleader
Dec. 23, 2025

98: Neelu Kaur - Awakening Your Inner Cheerleader

This episode is a rebroadcast of a conversation originally released in August 2023. I'm bringing it back because the themes feel even more relevant today. My guest is Neelu Kaur , author of Be Your Own Cheerleader , speaker, ...
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97: The Brighter Mindset (Part 2 of 2) - Becoming Unshakeable with Shyambo
Dec. 16, 2025

97: The Brighter Mindset (Part 2 of 2) - Becoming Unshakeable with Shyambo

This episode is Part 2 of my conversation with Shyambo , founder of The Brighter Mindset . This week, we explore how practices labeled as biohacks (i.e., cold plunges) can double as powerful tools for spiritual discipline. Sh...
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96: The Brighter Mindset (Part 1 of 2) - How Shyambo Cultivates Inner Luminosity
Dec. 11, 2025

96: The Brighter Mindset (Part 1 of 2) - How Shyambo Cultivates Inner Luminosity

This episode explores how spiritual mentorship, emotional equanimity, and intentional social media use can transform an anxious, approval-seeking mind into what my guest calls a brighter mindset. On a day honoring Guru Nanak ...
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95: Dr. Jyothsna Bhat - Relationships: The "Secret Sauce" of Mental Health
Dec. 3, 2025

95: Dr. Jyothsna Bhat - Relationships: The "Secret Sauce" of Mental Health

This episode explores one of the most overlooked drivers of mental health: the quality of our relationships. With a former Surgeon General warning that chronic loneliness can impact the body the same way as smoking fifteen ci...
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94: Nikhil Torsekar - Don't Call It a Comeback
Nov. 18, 2025

94: Nikhil Torsekar - Don't Call It a Comeback

EPISODE SUMMARY In today’s episode, I talk about where I’ve been over the past year, why the show went on pause, and what I’ve learned along the way. From navigating the 2024 US presidential election to rediscovering the spar...
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93: Dr. Priya Nalkur - President, The Roundtable Institute on JEDI Leadership and "Stumbling Towards Inclusion"
Nov. 13, 2024

93: Dr. Priya Nalkur - President, The Roundtable Institute on JEDI Leadership and "Stumbling Towards Inclusion"

This episode was released on the heels of perhaps the most dramatic election of our time—one that will have a serious impact on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and leadership initiatives in corporations throughout the ...
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