Is Your Supplement Stack Actually Helping You? | Ayurveda, Wellness Culture & The Hidden Cost of Too Much Input (Ep. 193)
Wisdom of the Body
This episode of Wisdom of the Body, “Is Your Supplement Stack Actually Helping You?”, explores the growing confusion around supplements, herbal medicine, and modern wellness culture. Author and Ayurvedic practitioner Heather Grzych explains why more supplements do not always lead to better health, unpacking the difference between targeted herbal support and compulsive accumulation, the Ayurvedic concept of agni (digestive and processing capacity), and why simplification is often more supportive than constant optimization. Using personal stories, practical examples, and character...
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Why You Still Feel Stuck Even When You Know What To Do | The Real Reason Change Doesn’t Happen
Wisdom of the Body
This episode, “Why You Still Feel Stuck Even When You Know What To Do,” explores the common frustration of knowing what needs to change but not being able to follow through. Author and Ayurvedic practitioner Heather Grzych explains why insight alone doesn’t lead to transformation, unpacking the gap between intention and daily patterns, the role of habit and repetition, and how overthinking can keep you stuck. Using relatable examples and a powerful reference to The Truman Show, she shows how people often stay in familiar routines even when they’re ready for something more. You’ll...
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Why Thinking About Fertility Isn’t The Same As Preparing For It I The Real Question Behind Having Children (Ep 191)
Wisdom of the Body
This episode explores The Real Question Behind Having Children, and why so many people feel stuck when deciding whether or when to have a child. Author and Ayurvedic practitioner Heather Grzych unpacks the deeper reasons behind declining birth rates, the real question people are asking about regret, and the reality that you can’t fully understand the experience of having a child until you’re in it. She addresses what’s often in the mind of people considering egg freezing and preserving fertility, and why daily patterns—not big decisions—determine how you move through major life...
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How to Move Through Change When You Don’t Feel Ready Yet | Refusal of the Call, Daily Rituals, and Embodied Transformation
Wisdom of the Body
Part 3 of of 3 in the series “Why Part of You Wants Change But Another Part of You Is Afraid,” this episode of Wisdom of the Body explores how to move through transformation when you don't feel ready yet. Author and Ayurvedic practitioner Heather Grzych introduces the concept of the “refusal of the call” and explains why hesitation is a natural phase of change, not a failure. Blending insights on physiology, identity shifts, and daily patterns, she shows how small, consistent rituals—not big, dramatic decisions—shape who you become and determine how you navigate major life...
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Your Body Is Already Preparing For The Person You’re Becoming (Ep.189)
Wisdom of the Body
Part 2 of the series “Why Part of You Wants Change But Another Part of You Is Afraid,” this episode of Wisdom of the Body explores how your nervous system and body begin adapting to personal transformation before your external life changes. Author and wellness leader Heather Grzych explains nervous system change, predictive processing, and identity shifts, alongside Ayurvedic insights into how attention and energy shape the body. You’ll learn to recognize subtle signs of transformation – like changes in sleep, posture, focus, and energy – and understand why your body may be preparing...
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188. Why Part Of You Wants Change But Another Part Of You Is Afraid
Wisdom of the Body
Author and wellness leader Heather Grzych explores why part of us feels ready for change while another part resists, and how our bodies often know before our minds — or sometimes the mind races ahead of the body. Drawing on neuroscience, Ayurveda, and real-life client experiences, she guides listeners to notice the subtle signals of excitement, tension, and readiness in the body. Stories from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Wild illustrate how courage, growth, and transformation often emerge step by step. This episode is especially helpful for those navigating major life transitions,...
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187. When Leaders Disappoint - How to Stay Grounded in a Time of Scandal
Wisdom of the Body
Ayurvedic practitioner and author Heather Grzych explores what happens inside us when leaders, teachers, or institutions disappoint us. Rather than focusing on scandal or personalities, she examines the nervous system response — the tight chest, the bracing, the fatigue — that arises when authority feels unstable. Using the cultural moment and the paradigm shift illustrated in the 2023 Barbie film as a backdrop, she invites listeners to reclaim internal authority instead of outsourcing certainty to charismatic figures. This episode offers a grounded, embodied framework for discernment,...
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186. What's My Purpose? Part 3 of 3
Wisdom of the Body
Ayurvedic practitioner and author Heather Grzych explores why the question “What is my purpose?” so often feels impossible to answer, and why trying to figure out your life purpose by thinking harder can actually make you feel more stuck, anxious, and disconnected. This episode examines the physical and emotional signs people experience when their life no longer fits, including burnout, fatigue, lack of motivation, and low-grade anxiety. Heather explains how purpose is not a mental decision or career choice, but something that reveals itself when you stop forcing answers and start...
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185. Why You Can’t Figure Out Your Purpose by Thinking About It - Part 2 of 3
Wisdom of the Body
Ayurvedic practitioner and author Heather Grzych explores why so many people feel stuck asking “What’s my purpose in life?” – and why thinking harder rarely brings clarity. Drawing on embodied wisdom, Ayurveda, and cultural storytelling, Heather explains how purpose isn’t a mental decision but a bodily signal that emerges when we stop forcing answers. Using contrasting film characters like Billy Elliot and Black Swan, she shows how listening to physical cues like energy, ease, and aliveness leads to meaningful direction, while ignoring the body leads to burnout and confusion. This...
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184. What’s My Purpose in Life? Why Nothing Feels Right Anymore - Part 1 of 3
Wisdom of the Body
Ayurvedic practitioner and author Heather Grzych explores the question so many people are quietly asking: What’s my purpose in life? Rather than offering a quick answer or career advice, this episode looks at why purpose feels so elusive right now, why so many people feel disconnected even when life looks “right” on paper, and how purpose actually emerges through small, embodied signals rather than logic or pressure. Drawing on cultural trends, a powerful statistic about meaning and direction, and the film Amélie as a metaphor, Heather explains why ignoring subtle inner cues leads to...
info_outlineAyurvedic practitioner and author Heather Grzych talks with novelist Sam Sussman, author of the bestselling novel Boy from the North Country, in a candid conversation about parents, family history, and the stories we inherit without choosing. Together they explore how personal loss becomes fiction, how caregiving rewires the body, and what it means to grow up in the long shadow of myth, especially when people can’t help but wonder if you might be Bob Dylan’s son. Sam reflects on transforming intimate family truths into narrative, while Heather brings her embodied lens to the ways lineage shapes identity, creativity, and the emotional patterns we carry. This is a conversation about grief, legacy, and the strange wisdom inside the histories we’re born into.
Heather Grzych, ADLC is an American author and expert in Ayurvedic medicine who was formerly the president of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and the head of product development for a multi-billion-dollar health insurance company. She also serves part of the faculty at Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda. Heather’s first book, The Ayurvedic Guide to Fertility, has sold thousands of copies worldwide, and her writing has been featured in Sports Illustrated, Yoga Journal, and the Sunday Independent. Her podcast, Wisdom of the Body, holds an average rating of 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and is in the top 2.5% of podcasts globally.
Sam Sussman is the author of the USA Today Bestselling debut novel Boy From the North Country. The novel was named Oprah’s most anticipated debut novel of the fall, hailed by Kirkus as “the most beautiful and moving mother-son story in recent memory," and Sam was recently profiled in the New York Times. Boy From the North Country is based on Sam's Harper's Magazine memoir The Silent Type on (possibly) being Bob Dylan's son. Sam graduated with a BA Swarthmore and M.Phil from Oxford and has lived in Jerusalem and Berlin. He lives in the Yorkville neighborhood of Manhattan and his native Hudson Valley. http://www.samevansussman.org/
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