Brain health. Longevity. The inner life. Seva: Science + Soul is where clinical authority meets genuine warmth — and where the science of living well meets the soul behind it all.
What if the science of living longer and the art of living well were never actually separate?
That question is at the heart of everything Angel Shannon does — and it is the soul of this podcast. Seva: Science + Soul is hosted by Angel V. Shannon, MS, AGPCNP-BC — Board Certified Nurse Practitioner, lifestyle medicine clinician, speaker, author, and Blue Zone retreat host with over 30 years of clinical experience including Johns Hopkins Hospital and the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.
Each episode sits at the intersection of the clinical and the deeply human. Some episodes go deep into the neuroscience — the gut-brain axis, glymphatic insufficiency, HPA axis dysregulation, the biology of burnout, the lab tests most doctors never order. Others go somewhere quieter — into the inner life, the practice of radical self-compassion, the rituals that restore us, the wisdom of the world's longest-lived communities, the small and sacred choices that add up to a life that is longer, sharper, and more deeply lived. This is not a podcast about hacks or quick fixes. It is a podcast for people who are ready to take their health seriously — not as a project to complete but as a practice to inhabit. For people who know that their labs can be normal and they can still not feel like themselves. For people who have been told they are fine when they know something is off. For people who are done settling for symptom management and are ready for root cause medicine, longevity science, and the kind of self-compassion that actually changes your biology.
What you'll find here:
Brain health and cognitive longevity — what the research actually says and what to do about it
The gut-brain connection — how your microbiome shapes your mood, your memory, and your mornings
Lifestyle medicine — food, movement, sleep, stress, connection, and purpose as clinical tools
Blue Zone wisdom — what the world's longest-lived people know that the rest of us have forgotten
The inner life — mindset, self-compassion, ritual, and the soulwork that underpins every other pillar
Conversations with fascinating people doing extraordinary work at the intersection of science and soul
This podcast is the audio companion to Seva Living Newsletter — Angel's free biweekly newsletter where longevity meets lifestyle and science meets soul. Subscribe free at joinsevaliving.com.
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