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.

Recent Episodes

Nov. 13, 2024

93: Dr. Priya Nalkur - President, The Roundtable Institute on JEDI Leadership and "Stumbling Toward 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…
Oct. 30, 2024

92: Sundarri Rodriguez - The Power of Sound Healing, Kriya Yoga, Breathwork, Music, and Much More

Since moving to Southern California last year, I've been blessed to cross paths with many souls on a similar journey of spirituality and wellness. I had one of these folks on the podcast a year ago, Kyle Peche , and am now d…
Oct. 15, 2024

91: Nikhil Torsekar Gets Happy, Human, and Untethered

To comemorate the 90(ish)th episode of Untether Your Life, I'm rebroadcasting my appearance on the Happy and Human podcast. I always walk away from my exchanges with the hosts - my friends Dinesh Melwani and Dr. Seema Desai …
Oct. 9, 2024

90: Mitul Desai, The Care Hack - A Powerful Champion for Caregivers of Adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI)

This episode gives credence to the saying that "there are no coincidences in life." It's being released on the eve of World Mental Health Day , October 10th. Every year on this date, I marvel at the mental health journey I'v…
Sept. 18, 2024

89: Amy Green Smith - Hypnotherapist, Life Coach, Keynote Speaker on Being "Enough"

As busy, hard-working professionals with families, demanding jobs, and multiple other obligations, we often go into auto-pilot. We mindlessly follow scripts and templates that were passed onto us about what success looks lik…
Aug. 21, 2024

88: Sam Kabert - Overcoming the Overwhelm through BREATH to Achieve SOUL/Life Balance

Always love connecting with folks who share my passion for everything from breathwork to podcasting to cold plunges to the iconic So Cal rock group Sublime. So it was a sincere treat to host this week's guest Sam Kabert . Sa…