Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

Why does it feel so hard to change—even when you know what’s good for you? In this episode of Human OS: Mind Your Health, Rewired, Dr. Connie Cheung dives into the neuroscience of resistance and explains what happens in your brain when you try to step into a new identity. Whether you're: Setting boundaries for the first time Leaving a toxic cycle Trying to rewire patterns that keep you stuck —your amygdala will scream to keep you in the familiar. But you’re not broken. You’re just wired for survival. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why fear...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

Gut Health: Beyond Diet to True Nourishment We’ve been taught that gut health is all about what you eat. But at Functional Yoga Medicine™, we know the truth runs deeper: 🌀 Healing the gut isn’t just about food—it’s about nourishment. In this episode, Dr. Connie Cheung unpacks the profound difference between fuel and true nourishment—and why restrictive diets and elimination plans may be doing more harm than good. You’ll learn: Why food and nourishment are not the same thing How to decode your body’s signals (like cravings, fatigue, and...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

There was a moment — in the sterile hum of a dialysis clinic — when Dr. Connie Cheung realized everything she had built, every identity she held, was breaking. Her education, her training, her health, her motherhood, her womanhood — all felt stripped away. And yet… in that breakdown, something else awakened. In this intimate and powerful episode, Dr. Connie shares the full story of how kidney failure forced her into stillness, grief, surrender — and ultimately, transformation. You’ll hear what saved her when nothing else could, what healing actually looks like...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

You can have all the credentials — the degrees, the protocols, the frameworks — and still feel like something is missing. In this raw and powerful episode, Dr. Connie Cheung shares what happened when she hit the edge of evidence-based care, both as a practitioner and a patient. With decades of training in physical therapy, dietetics, functional medicine, and somatics, she still found herself burning out — and ultimately breaking down. What she discovered? Healing isn’t about fixing symptoms. It’s about reconnecting the system — body, mind, and spirit. This episode is for the...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

The most overlooked truth in healing — and how to reclaim your power. You've tried the protocols, followed the experts, taken the supplements, booked the healers — and you're still stuck in the same patterns.  Why? Because true healing doesn't come from outsourcing your power. It comes from rebuilding your internal sense of safety. In this episode, Dr. Connie Cheung shares the hard truth she learned through personal illness and professional expertise: most people are stuck not because they lack tools, but because they’ve never been taught how to feel safe in their own body. This...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

You’re doing everything “right” — eating clean, taking supplements, exercising — but you’re still bloated, exhausted, anxious, or stuck in a fog. What if it’s not your willpower? What if your gut is running the show? In this episode, Dr. Connie Cheung unpacks one of the most overlooked but powerful connections in healing: the gut-brain axis. You'll learn how chronic stress, trauma, and inflammation in the gut hijack your mental clarity, emotional stability, and energy — and what to do to finally break the cycle. This isn’t just about probiotics or food sensitivities —...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

In this powerful and heart-opening episode, I sit down with my dear friend Chrissy — a woman whose generosity and spirit changed my life forever. Chrissy is not only a dedicated student at Functional Yoga Medicine, she’s also the living donor who gave me her kidney. Together, we share the evolution of our friendship, from casual connection to sacred sisterhood, and how our community held space for both of us through one of the most vulnerable and transformative chapters of our lives. We dive into: - How FYM created a safe space for breath, embodiment, and ease - Chrissy’s journey from...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

For years, I believed yoga would save me. And for a while — it did. Until it didn’t. In this episode, Dr. Connie Cheung opens up about the point in her journey when her beloved practice stopped working — when meditation became too hard, movement felt disconnected, and her body could no longer be “fixed” through willpower. What followed was a radical redefinition of what healing really is. You’ll hear how Functional Yoga Medicine™ was born — not as another method, but as a reclamation. And how most people are practicing yoga with a nervous system still stuck in survival… which...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

If you’ve been feeling stuck — like your body isn’t responding, your efforts aren’t working, and your mind keeps spinning — you’re not broken. You’re in survival mode. In this episode, Dr. Connie Cheung decodes how your nervous system silently drives your habits, health, and healing — and why most wellness approaches fail because they ignore this root-level operating system. You’ll learn the 4 Nervous System Archetypes, how to recognize them in yourself and others, and what it really takes to reset your body and mind from the inside out. This is the episode to bookmark,...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

When credentials weren’t enough, I chose to rise as medicine.  In a world that celebrates trends over truth, what happens when everything you’ve built — your degrees, your credibility, your reputation — suddenly feels invisible? In this powerful opening episode, Dr. Connie Cheung shares the deeply personal story of what happened when her advanced education and experience began to feel irrelevant in the age of AI and algorithms. What followed wasn’t just a professional crisis — it was a spiritual awakening. This episode is a call to every practitioner, healer, teacher, or soul...