Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

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...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

What if the root of healing isn’t in pills or protocols — but in consciousness itself? In this powerful episode of Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired, Dr. Connie Cheung sits down with Dr. Tony Nader, neuroscientist, author, and global leader of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement.  Together, they explore the profound science of consciousness, the limitations of symptom-based medicine, and how awakening the deeper operating system within us leads to true health, peace, and power. Dr. Nader, with a background from MIT, Harvard, and decades of Vedic study, breaks down how our...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

Are you stuck in cycles of burnout, chronic illness, or self-sabotage — even though you’re doing everything right? In this powerful episode of Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired, Dr. Connie Cheung unpacks the hidden force driving most of our health breakdowns: your Default Operating System — the unconscious patterns wired into your brain and nervous system. Drawing from 25+ years in functional medicine, physical therapy, yoga, and lived experience with autoimmune illness and kidney failure, Dr. Connie explains: - What the “default mode” is in your brain & body - Why you’re...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

What do you do when everything falls apart—your health, your business, your identity? In this powerful episode of Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired, Dr. Connie Cheung shares the raw and unfiltered story of the moment everything in her life broke—and the defining choice she made to rise. From battling kidney failure and running a business while on dialysis, to confronting decades of trauma and perfectionism, this is not just a story of survival—it’s a blueprint for personal transformation. You’ll discover: Why breakdown often comes before breakthrough How chasing control...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

In this unapologetically honest episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on our so-called “healthcare” system—and why it’s failing so many of us. I share my personal experience of waiting hours for a 5-minute doctor visit, navigating systemic red tape, and facing medical negligence, dismissal, and even emotional harm from practitioners who were supposed to help. 🌿 This system wasn’t built for wellness—it was built for crisis. For code-based billing. For symptom suppression. And if you’ve ever felt unseen, unheard, or unsafe in a doctor’s office, you’re not imagining it. But...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

In this deeply personal episode, I open up about the toxic relationship I once had with my own body—masked as “health.” What looked like discipline and dedication was actually self-rejection, shaped by cultural expectations, internalized shame, and a fixation on being thin over being well. 🌿 I share how chasing perfection and attaching my worth to a number on the scale led to physical imbalance, emotional depletion, and a complete disconnect from my body. But now, in my 50s, I see clearly: true health has nothing to do with aesthetics—and everything to do with how we treat ourselves...

Human OS™: Mind Your Health, Rewired

We’ve been told that protein is the ultimate health hack — that we need to hit a specific number of grams each day or risk losing muscle, energy, or progress. But what if this hyper-focus on protein is actually pulling us away from real nourishment? In this episode, Dr. Connie breaks down the science behind protein needs — separating fact from fitness-industry fiction. You’ll learn: What the RDA actually means (and why it’s often misunderstood) How much protein is enough — and when it’s too much The impact of protein obsession on gut health,...