In this episode of Getting Open, Andrea Miller sits down with Nidhi Pandya, Ayurvedic practitioner and wellness educator, to explore a gentler, more personalized approach to health. Nidhi explains why modern nutrition and wellness advice often leads to confusion and burnout, and how Ayurveda focuses on balance, digestion, and self-awareness rather than restriction. This conversation dives into intuitive eating, stress, daily rhythms, and how understanding your unique body can help you build sustainable well-being without extremes.

Chapters:
00:00 Why modern wellness feels so confusing
02:05 Meeting Nidhi Pandya
05:18 What Ayurveda actually is (and isn’t)
08:42 Why one-size-fits-all health advice fails
12:06 Understanding your unique body type
15:30 Food, digestion, and true nourishment
18:55 Why restriction disrupts balance
22:10 The connection between stress and digestion
25:48 How modern lifestyles throw the body off
29:05 Healing through rhythm, not rules
32:40 Why intuition matters in nutrition
36:12 Supporting your body instead of controlling it
39:45 Daily practices that create balance
43:10 Letting go of extreme wellness trends
46:25 How to build sustainable health habits
49:40 What Ayurveda teaches about long-term health
53:05 Advice for people feeling overwhelmed by wellness
56:20 Final reflections on balance and self-trust

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In this episode of Getting Open, Andrea Miller sits down with Nidhi Pandya, Ayurvedic practitioner and wellness educator, to explore a gentler, more personalized approach to health. Nidhi explains why modern nutrition and wellness advice often leads to confusion and burnout, and how Ayurveda focuses on balance, digestion, and self-awareness rather than restriction. This conversation dives into intuitive eating, stress, daily rhythms, and how understanding your unique body can help you build sustainable well-being without extremes.
Chapters: 00:00 Why modern wellness feels so confusing 02:05 Meeting Nidhi Pandya 05:18 What Ayurveda actually is (and isn&rsquo;t) 08:42 Why one-size-fits-all health advice fails 12:06 Understanding your unique body type 15:30 Food, digestion, and true nourishment 18:55 Why restriction disrupts balance 22:10 The connection between stress and digestion 25:48 How modern lifestyles throw the body off 29:05 Healing through rhythm, not rules 32:40 Why intuition matters in nutrition 36:12 Supporting your body instead of controlling it 39:45 Daily practices that create balance 43:10 Letting go of extreme wellness trends 46:25 How to build sustainable health habits 49:40 What Ayurveda teaches about long-term health 53:05 Advice for people feeling overwhelmed by wellness 56:20 Final reflections on balance and self-trust
Follow us on INSTAGRAM :
✨ Getting Open: https://www.instagram.com/gettingopen&nbsp;
✨ Andrea Miller: https://www.instagram.com/andreamilleryourtango&nbsp;
✨ YourTango: https://www.instagram.com/yourtango
Catch new episodes of Getting Open with Andrea Miller every Tuesday at 3 PM ET: https://www.youtube.com/@GettingOpenPodcast
🎧 Listen on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/7fFUVNB4cA91iWIvbPXee0?si=7ff5b8283d2d4784&nbsp;
📩 Have a relationship issue or topic you'd like to discuss on the show? Email us: gettingopen@yourtango.com
#mindbodybalance #holistichealth #wellnesspodcast&nbsp;
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Getting Open with Andrea Miller is a new video podcast from YourTango and iHeartRadio. Its mission is to help us all transform in our lives through truly opening up emotionally in our relationships. Each highly entertaining episode offers an opportunity to increase self-awareness and make critical changes in how we relate to each other that allow us to truly connect and thrive as a result. 

In an era plagued by extreme divisiveness and political polarization, a mental health crisis, and a loneliness epidemic, Getting Open with Andrea Miller offers a refreshing, helpful tonic to its audience. 

Early guests feature luminaries like Marianne Williamson, Dr. Helen Fisher, Dr. Sue Johnson, Dr. Guy Winch, Dr. Stan Tatkin, and other incredible thought leaders. 

Andrea, joined by renowned guests and a set of lively co-hosts, dives into the deep waters of relationships, self-awareness, and personal growth. In their illuminating, energetic conversations, they fearlessly tackle hard truths, ask the tough questions, and explore ways to learn and grow, all in the name of opening up and transforming together!

The show endeavors to improve relationships of all kinds - with loved ones, colleagues, friends, and, crucially, with ourselves. Expect laughter, insights, and actionable takeaways in every episode.

Future shows will feature an array of artists, authors, researchers, leaders, and change-makers who share our ethos for opening up and understand the critical importance of rebuilding America's emotional core.

Getting Open with Andrea Miller is a new video podcast from YourTango and iHeartRadio. Its mission is to help us all transform in our lives through truly opening up emotionally in our relationships. Each highly entertaining episode offers an opportunity to increase self-awareness and make critical changes in how we relate to each other that allow us to truly connect and thrive as a result. 
In an era plagued by extreme divisiveness and political polarization, a mental health crisis, and a loneliness epidemic, Getting Open with Andrea Miller offers a refreshing, helpful tonic to its audience. 
Early guests feature luminaries like Marianne Williamson, Dr. Helen Fisher, Dr. Sue Johnson, Dr. Guy Winch, Dr. Stan Tatkin, and other incredible thought leaders. 
Andrea, joined by renowned guests and a set of lively co-hosts, dives into the deep waters of relationships, self-awareness, and personal growth. In their illuminating, energetic conversations, they fearlessly tackle hard truths, ask the tough questions, and explore ways to learn and grow, all in the name of opening up and transforming together!
The show endeavors to improve relationships of all kinds - with loved ones, colleagues, friends, and, crucially, with ourselves. Expect laughter, insights, and actionable takeaways in every episode.
Future shows will feature an array of artists, authors, researchers, leaders, and change-makers who share our ethos for opening up and understand the critical importance of rebuilding America's emotional core.

Teaching us how to be more OPEN and honest in our relationships, and how we communicate with one another

Getting Open with Andrea Miller

Getting Open with Andrea Miller is a new video podcast from YourTango and iHeartRadio. Its mission is to help us all transform in our lives through truly opening up emotionally in our relationships. Each highly entertaining episode offers an opportunity to increase self-awareness and make critical changes in how we relate to each other that allow us to truly connect and thrive as a result. 

In an era plagued by extreme divisiveness and political polarization, a mental health crisis, and a loneliness epidemic, Getting Open with Andrea Miller offers a refreshing, helpful tonic to its audience. 

Early guests feature luminaries like Marianne Williamson, Dr. Helen Fisher, Dr. Sue Johnson, Dr. Guy Winch, Dr. Stan Tatkin, and other incredible thought leaders. 

Andrea, joined by renowned guests and a set of lively co-hosts, dives into the deep waters of relationships, self-awareness, and personal growth. In their illuminating, energetic conversations, they fearlessly tackle hard truths, ask the tough questions, and explore ways to learn and grow, all in the name of opening up and transforming together!

The show endeavors to improve relationships of all kinds - with loved ones, colleagues, friends, and, crucially, with ourselves. Expect laughter, insights, and actionable takeaways in every episode.

Future shows will feature an array of artists, authors, researchers, leaders, and change-makers who share our ethos for opening up and understand the critical importance of rebuilding America's emotional core.

Getting Open with Andrea Miller is a new video podcast from YourTango and iHeartRadio. Its mission is to help us all transform in our lives through truly opening up emotionally in our relationships. Each highly entertaining episode offers an opportunity to increase self-awareness and make critical changes in how we relate to each other that allow us to truly connect and thrive as a result. 
In an era plagued by extreme divisiveness and political polarization, a mental health crisis, and a loneliness epidemic, Getting Open with Andrea Miller offers a refreshing, helpful tonic to its audience. 
Early guests feature luminaries like Marianne Williamson, Dr. Helen Fisher, Dr. Sue Johnson, Dr. Guy Winch, Dr. Stan Tatkin, and other incredible thought leaders. 
Andrea, joined by renowned guests and a set of lively co-hosts, dives into the deep waters of relationships, self-awareness, and personal growth. In their illuminating, energetic conversations, they fearlessly tackle hard truths, ask the tough questions, and explore ways to learn and grow, all in the name of opening up and transforming together!
The show endeavors to improve relationships of all kinds - with loved ones, colleagues, friends, and, crucially, with ourselves. Expect laughter, insights, and actionable takeaways in every episode.
Future shows will feature an array of artists, authors, researchers, leaders, and change-makers who share our ethos for opening up and understand the critical importance of rebuilding America's emotional core.