KUSHAL CHOKSI started his career as a quantitative analyst with Goldman Sachs. He left his position as Vice President of Asset Management there to join Athilon, an investment fund. As a Managing Director of Athilon, he helped ramp up a $45 billion portfolio before the fund was acquired by EBF Associates. He then moved to India to join BlackRock’s Fixed Income business as a Senior Vice President, where he managed billions of dollars in the company’s flagship mutual funds. After returning to New York, he submitted to his passion for entrepreneurship and started his own tech startup. His content distribution venture, Hubbl, was acquired by Airpush within two years. He then started a proprietary trading venture, Clavileno Capital which later merged with ARB Trading Group. He and his wife now run Elements Truffles, a New York-based artisanal chocolate company built on values of Ayurveda, sustainability, giving back and ethical trade. Kushal is a trainer of personal development, meditation, wellness, and leadership programs for the Art of Living Foundation. He has taught secrets of breathwork and meditation to thousands across the US, Europe, and Asia. He serves on the US board of the International Association for Human Values (IAHV)
Learning points:
Why sometimes we need to look inwards for answers
The art & the science of breath work
Using the practice of meditation to focus and sharpen our purpose
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Dr. Anna Yusim is a world-renowned, Board-Certified Psychiatrist with a Private Practice in New York City and the best-selling author of Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life. She is on the Clinical Faculty at Yale Medical School, where she is creating a Mental Health and Spirituality Program.
Dr. Yusim completed her undergraduate education at Stanford University, where she studied Biology & Philosophy. She attended Yale Medical School & the NYU Residency Training Program in Psychiatry. She has traveled, lived and worked in over 60 countries and presented at numerous national and international medical conferences. Dr. Yusim has published over 70 academic articles, book chapters, scientific abstracts and book reviews on various topics in psychiatry.
Marla Maples
With more than 15 films roles, Broadway shows and dozens of magazine covers on her resume, Marla Maples firmly secured her place in popular culture.
With a focus on creating a quieter, more spiritual existence, Marla relocated to Southern California in 1999 with her daughter Tiffany. She released her first album, The Endless featuring Deepak Chopra, His Holiness the Dalai Lama & Michael Bernard Beckwith, and hosted a talk radio show, Awakening With Marla with specialists from the natural wellness world.
Marla returned to the spotlight, tangoing her way through Season 22 of Dancing With the Stars, co-hosting The View, The Doctors, and Good Day New York, and performed on Ballando Con Le Steele in Rome, Italy. Most recently, Marla also has a reoccurring role on the new hit HBO series, The Righteous Gemstones.
The humanitarian, who herself suffered from Lyme disease, was honoured for her work with the Global Lyme Alliance, and remains committed to supporting a multitude of non-profit organizations including AWARENYC.org, Spirituality for Kids, and The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine. Marla has had the privilege of speaking at the United Nations, Harvard University, the 2018 Summit of Peace, as well as, at the Global Summit on Science, Spirituality, and Environment in India. She also performed her single “One World of Love” on stage at Carnegie Hall.
Learning Points:
What are the key steps we need to take to move past the fear of Covid-19?
Will there be any positive takeaways from this experience?
Will we ever be able to return to life as it was or will we in fact be living a new normal?
Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada. Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.
If you have a health topic that you would like us to discuss or are a health care specialist who wants to be a guest on our show let us know!
Here is our email. We would love to hear from you! thh@radiomaria.ca
Jonathan Puddle is a Christian writer & blogger, and the host of “The Puddcast: Real conversations about life, love and God.” He’s also a children’s pastor and former publisher, marketer and charity administrator, who is passionate about seeing people walk in deeper love and freedom. With over 14 years in charity leadership and administration, and having lived in 5 nations, Jonathan brings a rich depth of practical experience to all his work and writing. Enjoying a wide range of Christian traditions, he teaches from a rich and inclusive perspective, regularly coaching and mentoring people one-on-one and in small groups, helping those hungry for abundant life walk away from small thinking.
As a children’s pastor, he and his wife are actively engaged in the leadership of a thriving community church in Kitchener, Ontario. Jonathan has a number of books currently in negotiation with publishers and has self-published one book, You Are The Solution to Someone’s Problem: Finding Meaning and Purpose When You Feel Passed Over, which is available for free on his website as well as Amazon, iBooks, and Kobo.
Learning Points:
What are spiritual children?
Why should we endeavour to raise spiritual children?
How can we begin to instill spirituality in our children?
Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada. Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.
Anna Yusim, M.D. is an award-winning, internationally recognized psychiatrist, keynote speaker, and best-selling author of Fulfilled: How the Science of Spirituality Can Help You Live a Happier, More Meaningful Life. She has a psychiatry practice in Manhattan where she has helped over 1,000 patients. After working as a neurobiology researcher with Dr. Robert Sapolsky, Ph.D. and completing her studies at Stanford University, Yale Medical School, and the NYU Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Dr. Yusim felt that something was missing from her life. In her quest to find it, she traveled, lived and worked in over 50 countries, while studying Kabbalah, learning Buddhist meditation, and working with South American shamans and Indian gurus. She lives in Manhattan with her husband.
Talking Points include:
Can we Integrate Science and Spirituality?
What is true fulfilment?
How can spirituality be integrated in to modern psychology?
Listen live or catch the podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud!
Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada. Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.
Herbie Kuhn, Public Announcer for the Toronto Raptors
If you have been to the Air Canada Centre in Toronto to see a Raptors basketball game then you’ve heard the voice of our guest this week Herbie Kuhn. Herbie is a native of Toronto, a graduate of Vanier College and has served as the hometown voice of the Toronto Raptors since the team’s inception in 1995. In our interview this week we are going to bring Herbie out from behind his microphone and talk to him about his lesser-known role within the Toronto Raptors organization, his ministry as chaplain to the team.
Talking Points include:
Life as the voice of the Toronto Raptors
The Ministry of Chaplaincy in Professional Sports
The Importance of attending to the spirituality of professional athletes
Listen live or catch the podcast on iTunes and SoundCloud!
Every Tuesday from 11am -12pm I host The Health Hub, an interactive, forward thinking talk show on Radio Maria Canada. Call, tweet or email your questions as together we explore health issues that are relevant to you from new and innovative points of view.