We have been programmed — quietly, persistently — about how to think about our bodies, our lives, our worth, and our success. We are taught what health is supposed to look like, how to measure value, how to eat, how to age, how to appear. These imprints shape not only our choices, but our expectations…

In 1995, I dropped out of first-year medical school to join an ashram. I was unsatisfied with medicine and felt there was a deeper cause that wasn’t being addressed. I searched — and found a Vedic spiritual practice that made sense. I learned about healing and the nature of the Soul. I realized where the…

I am a doctor. For some, that brings reassurance. For others, suspicion. Sometimes even anger. What few people ever see is the path behind that word — the years, the questioning, the choices, the lines drawn quietly when no one was watching. Read this article and more on my Substack