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Have you ever felt alone? Even as you may be surrounded by other people, or interact with others on a regular basis? Do you want to make new friends and feel connected? Being physically alone is distinct from feeling alone, and the difference is a lack of connection and belonging. As humans we possess a […]

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Stress

Protecting Your Mental Wellness On Social Media

Welcome to the XO Conversations Podcast! I’m your curious host Rishma Walji. This podcast is all about personal growth and loving life, usually with a research and science twist.  If you want to live your own extraordinary life, take my free quiz to find out your decision style. And you can get insider access information […]

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Growth

Social Media: Love It or Leave It?

I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I’m perpetually on the verge of deleting all my accounts.  But even though many people want to limit their social media usage, it’s really hard to completely leave.  Let me start by confessing that a post on social media literally changed my life. Ok that might be […]

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Podcast

Learning to Living: Turning Information into Action

Information Overload Do you ever feel like you know too much?  You know you should exercise more, and take time for yourself more. You also know you should probably take that training or continuing education course, or read about parenting strategies.  Maybe if you’re self employed, like me, you feel like you should be doing […]

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Blog

Healing from Trauma

Today I’m talking with Dr. Aimie Apigian. She is a leading medical expert on how life experiences get stored in the body and restore the body to its best state of health through her signature model and methodology, the biology of trauma. In addition to her medical training, she’s also a functional medicine physician, and […]

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Mindset

Wouldn’t It Be Amazing?

“And I just finished and someone handed me a towel and put it over my head. And it just sat there really calm, but just really just thought I gave it everything I did my best. It didn’t work out. That’s okay. And then the team manager came along and read the title of my […]

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Finding Joy

Life Lessons From Looking Back

A great relationship with my grandfather When I was young, my Bapa, my grandfather used to call me mongi bai. It was his mother’s name. You see, his parents both died and he was orphaned at 2 years old. When I was growing up, he would say that I was his mother’s soul, come back […]

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Podcast

Moving Towards Your Goals Faster

Do you know what you want in life? Do you want more out of life? Regardless of what you want in your life, whether it’s more fun, more peace of mind, more achievement, it’s important to match your goals with your actions. And that’s the difference between letting life happen, and being intentional. Life is […]

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Finding Joy

Redefining Success (Part 3): Interview with Coco Ma

Today I’m including a bonus episode. It’s a departure from my usual podcast programming. If you’ve noticed, the past few episodes are really focussed on my kids.  It started with me re-defining success (if you haven’t listened to that one, it’s a good one). Then part 2 was an interview with my 13 year old […]

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Finding Joy

Redefining Success (Part 2): Interview with 13 year old author of The Shifters

This is what I’m calling an [Inspo] episode. I’ll be doing more of these types of episodes but this one is special. Not just because it’s the first one, but also because I get to interview … my daughter. If you haven’t listened to the story of how she started writing her novel, and how […]

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Hi, I'm Rishma.
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I ran a thriving healthcare practice as a Naturopathic Doctor and Acupuncturist for over 20 years. I also earned my PhD and spent time in academic research and teaching positions. Now, I read scientific studies because I'm passionate about personal growth. I use the insights to help me, and our community, live our own XO life.

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