The Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi is your personal audio prescription from integrative medicine physicians and Ayurvedic experts Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi. Each Sunday, they deliver clear, science-backed guidance that adapts to your body type and the season—so you can stop guessing and start feeling better. Rooted in modern medicine and Ayurveda, every episode focuses on the systems that matter most—your hormones, gut, circadian rhythm, and nervous system—giving you care that’s personal, credible, and effective.
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"Am I Doing It Wrong?" — Mood Series Q&A on Anxiety, Answered.
"It works in the moment but twenty minutes later the anxiety is right back." "Breathing exercises aren't going to fix what's wrong with the world." "I actually felt something — genuine sadness — and then the heaviness came back."
These are the real questions you sent us this month. And they deserve real answers — not generic FAQ responses, but answers from two physicians who understand your constitution, your biology, and what perimenopause is actually doing to your anxiety.
This week, Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi answer the three biggest questions from the mood series on anxiety — starting with the dosha who asked each one, then breaking down how the same struggle shows up completely differently across all five constitutions.
In this episode:
Why "the anxiety comes right back" doesn't mean you're doing it wrong — and the specific change that stretches your window of calm from minutes to hours
The honest answer to "this feels like a band-aid on a bullet wound" — why the doctors agree that breathing won't fix the world, and what it actually fixes that matters more than you think
What it means when you feel something for the first time in months and then the heaviness returns — and why that moment is actually the most important sign the work is landing
Why every dosha's anxiety hits the same wall for completely different reasons — and what to do about it for YOUR constitution
What to keep from this series, what to let go of, and why listening to your episodes again will hit differently the second time
Plus two announcements:
Live sessions with Dr. Kumar-Singh and Dr. Sethi over the next two weeks — real-time support for your anxiety and nervous system, real-time answers, together
The FOCUS series is coming — concentration, memory, cognitive clarity — and why you can't fix attention without first addressing the anxiety underneath it
This is the final week of our four-week MOOD series on anxiety. Starting this week, all doshas are in one conversation — same science, same personalized prescriptions, together.
Take the free Dosha Data Assessment at myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/) and subscribe at @weeklyhealthrx (https://weeklyhealthrx.substack.com/).
Finally — medicine that fits you.
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Website: myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/)
Connect with your hosts:
Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/avantikumarsingh/)
Dr. Tanmeet Sethi | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tanmeetsethimd/)
28 Feb 2026
You Know the Scrolling Is Making It Worse. Here's Why You Can't Stop.
You open your phone to check one thing. Thirty minutes later, you've read about six different crises, your chest is tight, and you can't remember what you originally opened the phone to do.
You're not weak. Your nervous system is doing exactly what it's designed to do—scanning for threats that never stop coming. And in perimenopause, the scrolling isn't soothing your anxiety. It's compounding it.
In this week's Weekly Health Rx by Arvasi, Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh and Dr. Tanmeet Sethi reveal why doomscrolling is a nervous system problem, not a willpower problem, and why the symptoms of perimenopause may be amplified by what you're feeding your body through a screen.
Listen now to learn:
Why every scroll re-triggers your stress cascade before the last one has cleared
The Ayurvedic concept that reframes everything you take in through your senses as "food" and what happens when that food is toxic
The difference between being informed and being consumed and why staying “resourced” with a regulated nervous system is so important
Why your dosha determines your specific media vulnerability
This is Week 3 of our four-week MOOD series.
Your dosha-specific episode, with YOUR media prescription and the specific protocol for how your constitution should consume information, is for paid subscribers. Take the free Dosha Data Assessment at myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/) and subscribe at @weeklyhealthrx (https://weeklyhealthrx.substack.com/).
Finally—medicine that fits you.
Take the Dosha Data Assessment: myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/)
Follow Arvasi:
Substack: @weeklyhealthrx (https://weeklyhealthrx.substack.com/)
Instagram: @myarvasi (https://instagram.com/myarvasi)
Website: myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/)
Connect with your hosts:
Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/avantikumarsingh/)
Dr. Tanmeet Sethi | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tanmeetsethimd/)
23 Feb 2026
What to Do When Anxiety Has Already Hit
Last week, we explained WHY your mood has shifted—the worn brakes, the sensitive thermostat, the biology no one warned you about.
This week, you asked the question we hear most: "Okay, but what do I actually DO when it's happening?"
"I know I'm spiraling but I can't stop." "I tell myself to calm down and it makes it worse." "I've tried breathing exercises. I've tried counting to ten. Nothing works."
Here's why those don't work: you can't think your way out of a nervous system problem.
When anxiety hits, your prefrontal cortex—the thinking, reasoning part of your brain—goes offline. The alarm system takes over. Trying to talk yourself down is like having a rational conversation while a fire alarm is blaring. The alarm has to be addressed first.
And in perimenopause, the alarm is louder, the brakes are weaker, and recovery takes longer. That's not a character flaw. That's biology.
Today we teach you about pattern interrupts—in-the-moment practices that work with your nervous system instead of against it. Not daily habits. Not "just breathe." Actual tools for the next 60 to 90 seconds when anxiety has already arrived.
Listen now to learn:
The three-phase stress cascade—and why it keeps re-triggering throughout the day
Why perimenopause makes the cascade fire faster, brake slower, and layer deeper
How pattern interrupts actually work (hint: they don't clear stress hormones—they do something more important)
Why generic stress advice fails—and why the tool has to match your constitution
This is Week 2 of our four-week MOOD series.
The general episode is free, always. Your dosha-specific episode—with YOUR pattern interrupt protocol, step by step—is for paid subscribers.
Don't know your dosha? Take the free Dosha Data Assessment at myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/) to find your type. It takes five minutes. Then subscribe at @weeklyhealthrx (https://weeklyhealthrx.substack.com/) for dosha-specific guidance built for your biology.
Finally—medicine that fits you.
Take the Dosha Data Assessment: myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/)
Follow Arvasi:
Substack: @weeklyhealthrx (https://weeklyhealthrx.substack.com/)
Instagram: @myarvasi (https://instagram.com/myarvasi)
Website: myarvasi.com (https://myarvasi.com/)
Connect with your hosts:
Dr. Avanti Kumar-Singh | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/avantikumarsingh/)
Dr. Tanmeet Sethi | Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/tanmeetsethimd/)
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