Adam Husler cuts through the curated calm of wellness culture to explore what finding a grounded, balanced life really looks like — messy, moving, and unmistakably human, with clarity that’s always hard-earned.
Adam speaks with people who’ve dedicated their lives to helping others live better — yoga experts, founders, meditators, athletes, deep thinkers, and friends with great stories — uncovering the tools, lessons, and ideas that genuinely help us grow.
Each episode offers honest insight and practical takeaways to help you live with more awareness, integrity, and ease — even when life feels anything but balanced.
For the curious, the questioning, and anyone tired of surface-level self-help — welcome to the conversation.
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Adam Husler sits down on ep.146 with Tara Stiles (https://www.tarastiles.com/), co-founder of Strala Yoga, bestselling author and one of the most recognisable voices in modern yoga, to explore an idea that sounds simple but challenges much of modern wellness culture: softness.
For Tara, softness isn’t weakness or avoiding difficult things. It is the absence of unnecessary rigidity, using the energy you actually need, staying connected to yourself and learning to work hard without adding extra tension simply because struggle feels productive.
They discuss no-pain-no-gain culture, burnout, ageing, yoga versus Pilates, wellness extremism and the pressure to continually optimise our bodies. The conversation also moves into yoga’s history of gurus, abusive adjustments and unhealthy communities, how students can recognise red flags, and why real-world friendships and community can protect us from becoming trapped inside any one system. @tarastiles (https://www.instagram.com/tarastiles/?hl=en)
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1 Oct 2026
Yoga Is Not Just a Class — Ravi Dixit
Adam Husler sits down with Indian yoga teacher and retreat centre founder Ravi Dixit to explore what yoga actually means beyond postures and flexibility.
Ravi shares his unusual upbringing learning mantras from his grandfather, his perspective on how yoga is understood in India and the West, and the devastating road accident that left him in a coma and critically injured. They discuss karma, tradition, “authentic yoga”, the role of asana, and why Ravi believes yoga is ultimately less about what happens in class and more about how we live. @raviyoga_goa (https://www.instagram.com/raviyoga_goa/)
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“Yoga is not something you do once or twice a week. It is a lifestyle.”
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18 Sept 2026
#144 - Mark Walsh - The Meaning Crisis & What Actually Makes a Good Life
Sitting down once again with embodiment teacher, coach and author Mark Walsh to explore why modern self-help and wellness culture may not be addressing the deeper problems people are facing.
We discuss the modern “meaning crisis”, embodiment, community, spirituality, religion, trauma, coaching and the limits of constantly trying to optimise ourselves. Mark also explains why he believes human flourishing requires more than individual wellbeing — including connection to the body, other people, nature and something beyond ourselves.
A provocative conversation about what modern life is getting wrong, and what might actually help. @markwalsh (https://www.instagram.com/warkmalsh)
“We’ve got all this material success and technology, but spiritually and emotionally we’re a complete disaster.”
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