Unmute with Priya: Finding Your Voice at Midlife

A podcast ready to break free from cultural conditioning and reclaim their authentic voice. Each conversation blends real stories, expert insights, and practical tools to help you spot toxic communication patterns, listen deeply, and speak your truth with confidence.

Unmute with Priya: Finding Your Voice at Midlife is a health podcast hosted by Priya Sudarsanam, with 59 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Priya Sudarsanam hosts Unmute with Priya: Finding Your Voice at Midlife, a health show with 59 episodes published.

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  YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE ELSE, BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU? | JAMES KELLEHER | #peoplepleasing #podcast

  Oct 5, 202634 min

  When was the last time you stopped in the middle of everything you do for everyone else and asked yourself: What do I need? That question sits at the heart of my conversation with James P. Kelleher, licensed mental health counselor, life coach, and founder of JPK3 Counseling and Coaching. James challenges the idea that mental health is something we only address when we're in crisis or during an hour-long therapy session. It's showing up every day: in our relationships, our stress, the roles we play, the things we carry quietly, and those moments when we realize we've lost our spark. We also talk about why awareness has to come before change, the importance of having a space where you can show up without judgment, and why getting support doesn't mean something is wrong with you. In this episode: • Why mental health is an everyday conversation • The surprisingly powerful question: “What do I need?” • Recognizing when you've lost your spark • Why self-awareness comes before action • Finding support before you reach a breaking point Sometimes the first sign that something needs to change isn't a crisis. It's simply that quiet feeling that something doesn't fit anymore. Connect with James P. Kelleher Website: jamespkellard.com

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  When Your Life Is Built Around Everyone Else’s Expectations with John Chambers

  Oct 2, 202641 min

  What happens when you realize the life you've built isn't actually aligned with who you are? In this episode of Unmute with Priya , I sit down with John Chambers, founder of JC Coaching and Consulting and an ICF-certified professional coach, to talk about burnout, people pleasing, fear, shame, and the exhausting pressure to prove yourself. John shares how growing up as a pastor's son shaped his pursuit of perfection and external validation, and how therapy, loss, and his own experience with burnout eventually forced him to question the story he'd been living. We explore what it takes to separate who you truly are from who you learned you needed to be and why changing your life isn't about getting it perfect. In this episode, we discuss: • The connection between people pleasing, perfectionism, and burnout • How fear and shame can quietly shape your choices • Separating your own values from other people's expectations • Why the stories you tell about yourself matter • Creating a life and career you don't have to recover from If you've spent years becoming who everyone expected you to be, this conversation is an invitation to start asking what you actually want. Connect with John Chambers Website: coachingwithjc.com Social media: @CoachingWithJC

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  Your Life Isn’t a Final Draft | Candice Suarez | A story about Cancer Survival

  Sep 28, 202628 min

  What happens when life completely rewrites the story you thought you were living? In this episode of Unmute with Priya, I sit down with Candice Suarez, life drafting and transition coach and stage four tongue cancer survivor, to talk about navigating the plot twists we never saw coming and deciding what comes next. After having more than half of her tongue removed and reconstructed, Candice had to relearn something that had always come naturally to her: using her voice. Since then, life has brought even more transitions, from becoming an empty nester to separating from her husband of nearly 30 years. Through it all, Candice has learned to think of life as a draft, something we're allowed to edit, revise, and rewrite as we change. In this episode, we discuss: • Rebuilding your life when everything changes • Why you're allowed to change your mind • Letting go of the idea of a “final draft” • Finding yourself in the messy middle of a transition • The difference between optimism and toxic positivity • Why resilience isn't about returning to who you were • Taking the pen back when you've let others write your story • Creating a new normal instead of fighting for the old one Whether you're facing a major transition or simply realizing this isn't working for me anymore, Candice offers a powerful reminder: your story is still being written. Connect with Candice: https://www.lifedrafting.com/

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  Religious Trauma, Sexual Shame & Coming Back to Yourself with Reanna Dillon

  Sep 25, 202657 min

  What happens when you've your life learning to be good, follow the rules, suppress your desires, and disconnect from your body? In this episode of Unmute with Priya , I sit down with Reanna Dillon, founder of Align and Prosper and a trauma-informed somatic coach who works with high achievers navigating religious and sexual trauma. Reanna grew up as a Jehovah's Witness and left the religion at fourteen. But leaving the environment didn't mean leaving behind everything it had taught her about herself. We talk openly about religious conditioning, sexual shame, perfectionism, people pleasing, overachieving, and the ways we can become disconnected from our bodies without even realizing it. This conversation also became deeply personal for me. As Reanna shared her experience, I began recognizing parallels with my own upbringing as the "good Indian girl", following the rules, suppressing parts of myself, and carrying shame around sexuality and self-expression. Together, we explore what it can look like to come back to yourself. Reanna shares how somatic work helped her move beyond intellectualizing her experiences and begin reconnecting with her body, sensuality, desires, playfulness, and sense of aliveness. And we talk about something many women may rarely say out loud: what happens when shame has made it difficult to experience pleasure or even feel fully present in your own body. In this episode, we explore: • How religious and cultural conditioning can shape our relationship with our bodies • Sexual shame and the messages women receive about desire and pleasure • The connection between perfectionism, people pleasing, and overachieving • Why leaving a restrictive environment doesn't automatically undo its conditioning • Sensuality beyond sex: food, movement, touch, beauty, pleasure, and presence • Giving yourself permission to play, celebrate, move, and take up space • Beginning to identify your own desires underneath everyone else's expectations If you've ever felt like you had to shrink yourself to be accepted, be "good," or belong, this conversation may give you a new way to think about what it means to come home to yourself. Connect with Reanna Dillon website: https://www.alignandprosper.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alignandprospercoach?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&stkn=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== email: reanna@alignandprosper.org

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  Cancer, Hope & the Power of Becoming Your Own Advocate with Dr. Lisa Matejka

  Sep 21, 202635 min

  A cancer diagnosis can suddenly make it feel like everyone has an opinion about what you should do next. In this episode of Unmute with Priya , I sit down with Dr. Lisa Matejka, founder of New Moon Cancer Care, to talk about navigating cancer through a whole-person lens and why staying connected to your own voice matters when you're facing some of life's hardest decisions. After losing her father to pancreatic cancer, Dr. Lisa was drawn to naturopathic medicine and ultimately made cancer care the focus of her work. Today, she combines naturopathic support, energy work, and transformational life coaching in her practice. Our conversation goes beyond the physical side of cancer. We explore the fear and overwhelm that can follow a diagnosis, the role Dr. Lisa believes mindset and emotional well-being can play in the healing journey, and the importance of feeling empowered to ask questions, explore your options, and participate in decisions about your own care. We also talk about what happens when well-meaning family and friends have strong opinions about treatment and why sometimes the most powerful way to support someone is simply to listen. In this episode, we discuss: • Dr. Lisa's personal journey from losing her father to creating New Moon Cancer Care • What a whole-person approach to cancer support can look like • Mindset, emotions, spirituality, and their place in her approach to healing • Why a cancer diagnosis can leave people feeling like they've lost their voice • Advocating for yourself while navigating difficult healthcare decisions • How family and friends can better support someone going through cancer • Why Dr. Lisa sees herself as a facilitator rather than “the healer” • Holding on to hope while facing uncertainty • How a life-changing diagnosis can shift priorities, purpose, and perspective Connect with Dr. Lisa Matejka New Moon Cancer Care: https://newmooncancercare.net/ Meet Dr. Lisa: https://newmooncancercare.net/meet-dr-lisa/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-matejka-nd-ms-8aa41960 Email: dr.lisa@newmooncancer.net #CancerSupport, #CancerJourney, #PatientAdvocacy, #CancerCare, #FindingYourVoice, #UnmuteWithPriya, #Podcast, #Trending, #Trend, #viral, #fyp

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