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Too Curious MDs
by Too Curious MDs
Curiosity fuels discovery, and in medicine, it’s the key to transformation. Too Curious MDs explores the frontiers of healing through narrative medicine, integrative therapies, psychedelics, and patient-centered care. Hosted by Dr. Alya Ahmad and Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, this podcast challenges the boundaries of traditional medicine, uncovering the untold stories, ethical dilemmas, and groundbreaking research shaping the future of healthcare.Join the journey—because medicine is more than science; it’s a story.
Episodes
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Not Feeling Like Yourself Anymore? The Truth About Perimenopause, Menopause, and the Female Brain and Body with Dr. Liz Lyster, MD
Dr. Lyster brings decades of experience in women's health and a particular focus on helping women navigate hormonal changes in midlife. In this episode, she joins us to explore the critical questions women face in their 40s and 50s. We discuss why perimenopause starts years before the last…
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Discovering the Alchemy of Story in the Body with Dr. Gina Dang, DAIM
Gina and I met in the healing world around Pasadena. She defines liberatory embodiment as work centered on the energy body, the site of transformation, moving toward the rhythms of a sovereign life. Her guiding line: knowing is not healing. Patients aren’t asked to retell anything — the work...
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Why Is the Hardest Part of Psychedelic Medicine Not the Molecule?
When I used sub-anesthetic ketamine in pediatrics for years, no one blinked. The moment I brought the same molecule to mental health, the stigma arrived, and that gap is really what this episode is about. Nick Nowak walked me through the machinery that sits between a promising psychedelic and a...
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Can Your Fingertips Reveal What Is Happening Inside Your Brain?
For most of medical history, we have asked patients to tell us how their brains feel, and then tried to read between the lines. Dr. Mark Tommerdahl offered us a different starting point: a way to measure it. He explained how Brain Gauge uses precisely controlled vibrations on two fingertips to...
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How can Music and Sound be the "Hidden Therapist" in Psychedelic Healing? with Shane Aspegren
The track at the end of the episode "Temple Garden Stream" by Shane Aspegren is available here: https://shaneaspegren.bandcamp.com/album/four-bowls-the-high-desert-field-recordings-in-northern-new-mexico In this episode, we explore sound as medicine with Shane Aspegren, who spent three decades as…
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How Patients Mask and Unmask their Mental Health Conditions in Depression, ADHD, and Generational Trauma
In this episode I talk with Felicia Johnson about what thirty years of depression actually looked like from the inside, and about the moment it started to lift. Felicia describes the daily, sometimes hourly, suicidal ideation she assumed was simply how life felt, the school that wanted her tested...
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What Do We Really Know About Psychedelic Safety? with Dr. Kelan Thomas
We came into this conversation expecting to talk about safety, and left thinking about humility. Kelan Thomas has spent years studying the pharmacology behind psychedelics, and what struck us most is how often the loudest fears (serotonin syndrome, for one) turn out to be less clear-cut than the...
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What If Your Whole Life Was Decided by Age 8? Unlocking the Subconscious with Laura Hanson
In this episode we followed our curiosity into one of the most fascinating questions in medicine: how much of who a child becomes is shaped before they can even remember it? Dr. Laura Hanson has spent about thirty years working with children's brains, and she walks us through her model of how the...
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What in the World Is Narrative Medicine? Listening as a Healing Art with Julia Schneider
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, I sit down with Julia Schneider, a narrative-medicine teacher, poet, and pain-care therapist I first met in our original narrative-medicine cohort at Columbia. Julia describes narrative medicine not as a fixed thing but as a mode of attention, a listening...
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How Does Physical Therapy Meet Breathwork and Spiritual/Emotional Healing? Cole Thorton from Atman PT
I have been curious about Cole Thornton for a while, so it was a joy to finally sit down with him. He's a doctor of physical therapy and the founder of Atman, a movement, breathwork, and meditation studio right down the street from us, and he has a gift for making an idea feel true in your body...
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What Travel Really Does to Your Cells (and How to Recover Faster) with Dr. Monisha Bhanote
In this episode, we explore travel resilience with Dr. Monisha Bhanote, who spends roughly half of every month crossing continents and time zones. She reframes travel as a physiologic event, one your cells register long before you feel it, and maps the five pathways that shift in transit:...
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We Are the Medicine: Why Psychedelics Alone Won’t Heal You
In this episode, I sit down with Lou Dorian and Josh from Psychedelist for one of the more honest conversations I have had about what psychedelic medicine can and cannot do. We talk about the difference between reaching for a substance as a ‘set it and forget it’ fix and doing the slower work of...
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Beyond the Diagnosis: A Neurologist on Functional Brain Health and the Power of the Story
In this conversation, I sit down with neurologist Ken Sharlin to ask what changes when you treat the person, not just the diagnosis. Ken spent years in conventional neurology before endurance sport, of all things, led him to functional medicine and a different way of practicing. He explains his...
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Are Normal Thyroid Labs Missing the Real Problem? with Dr. Daryl Turner
Welcome to Too Curious MDs — where medicine is more than science — it’s story, art, connection, and integration. What happens when your thyroid labs look normal, but your body keeps telling you something is wrong? In this episode, Dr. Alya Ahmad sits down with Dr. Daryl Turner, founder of NiTek...
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Is Psychedelic Therapy a Malpractice Risk? with Bill Green Malpractice Insurance Expert
Welcome to Too Curious MDs — where medicine is more than science — it’s story, art, connection, and integration. In this episode, Dr. Alya Ahmad sits down with Bill Green for a timely conversation about medical malpractice, standard of care, informed consent, documentation, patient advocacy, and...
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Rewriting the Story: Migration, Medicine, Motherhood, and Slow Healing with Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman
Welcome to Too Curious MDs — where medicine is more than science — it’s story, art, connection, and integration. In this episode, Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman steps into the chair as both interviewer and interviewee. She traces the chapters that shaped her life and work, from moving to the United Arab...
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Detoxification: How Toxic Burden, Stress, and Environmental Exposure Shape the Body’s Response with Jeff Hoyt
Welcome to Too Curious MDs — where medicine is more than science — it’s story, art, connection, and integration. In this episode, Dr. Alya Ahmad sits down with Jeff Hoyt, wellness innovator, founder of Zeolite Labs, and host of The Detox Experience podcast, for a nuanced conversation about...
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How does Yoga, The Gut-Brain Axis, and Stress Intertwine? - with Emily Wolbers
Welcome to Too Curious MDs — where medicine is more than science — it’s story, art, connection, and integration. In this episode, Dr. Alya Ahmad sits down with Dr. Emily Wolbers, naturopathic doctor, yoga teacher, and expert in gastrointestinal health and the gut-brain connection, for a deeply...
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How does Anti-Aging and Pyschedelic Medicine Harness the Power to Heal within? - Dr. Jordana Quinn
Healing becomes more powerful when the body, mind, and story are treated together. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Jordanna Quinn shares her journey from conventional physical medicine and rehab into longevity, regenerative medicine, and psychedelic medicine, explaining why she felt…
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Does the Art of Medicine Change in Low-Resource Settings - Pakistan?
What if medicine wasn't only about tests, protocols, and outcomes—but about story, art, and human connection? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, physician and poet Sumaiya Malik shares her lived experience practicing medicine in Pakistan, where resilience, listening, and care guide daily…
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"Listening to Earthsong: an artist in ceremony with Mother Earth” with artist & filmmaker Deborah Anderson
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Suraiya Rahman speaks with Deborah Anderson (Aura), an artist and filmmaker whose work has evolved from photography into immersive storytelling centered on Indigenous voices and the relationship between humanity and Mother Earth. The conversation explores…
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What We're Missing in Adolescent Mental Health
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Suraiya Rahman joins Dr. Andrew Greenland in Voices in Health and Wellness to share her journey from pediatric hospital medicine into integrative and psychedelic-informed care. The conversation explores how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is being used in...
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Can Spiritual Care Belong in Modern Medicine?
What if the healing medicine needs most cannot be measured by data alone? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Joe Tafur explores grief, spiritual care, ayahuasca, nature, and why suffering is pushing modern medicine to reopen the conversation around psychedelic healing. What's one unasked or...
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What Are You Carrying? Trauma, Healing, and Connection in Hard Times
Trauma is not just personal. It lives in families, communities, world events, and the body. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Suraiya Rahman and Dr. Alya Ahmad reflect on ancestral healing, generational trauma, and the emotional weight of living through a time shaped by conflict…
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What is Phantom Limb Pain, Phil Wolfson's Ketamine Free National Clinical Trial
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Phil Wolfson unpacks the mystery of phantom limb pain—a condition where the brain continues to project sensation, position, and intense discomfort from a body part that no longer exists. He explains how the brain can become 'stuck,' replaying the trauma as…
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From Meds to Meaning: A New Model of Mental Health
What if the biggest limitation in modern psychiatry isn't lack of tools… but lack of perspective? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Scott Shannon reflects on his journey through conventional and integrative psychiatry, challenging the narrow focus on diagnosis and medication. The…
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What Science Teaches Us About Spirituality
What if staying healthy today requires more than just avoiding disease and asks us to rethink how we live, eat, connect, and heal? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Russell Jaffe shares a wide-ranging conversation on toxicity, trauma, integrative medicine, and the human healing response.…
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Psychedelics, Hospice & the Law: What Physicians Need to Know
What if relief from end-of-life suffering already exists… but patients can't legally access it? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, lawyer and end-of-life care advocate Kathryn L. Tucker explores the legal barriers surrounding psychedelic-assisted therapy, particularly for patients facing serious...
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Breaking Habit Loops: The Fastest Way to Change Your Life (Part 2)
What actually changes when transformation happens? In Part 2 of this Too Curious MDs conversation, Jonathan Mozenter goes deeper into ego, metacognition, habit loops, and the practical mechanics of human flourishing. From neuroscience and psychedelic states to archetypes, trauma integration, and...
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Breaking Habit Loops: The Fastest Way to Change Your Life
Transformation isn't about adding something new, but remembering what you already are. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Jonathan Mozenter shares how identity, ego, discernment, and conscious awareness shape personal evolution, and why upgrading your 'operating system' may be the real path to...
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Are You Living Out of Sync With Your Biology?
Are we sick because modern life no longer matches human biology? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Daniel Chille breaks down how microbial depletion, modern toxins, and timing-driven metabolism shifts can quietly shape everything from anxiety and insulin resistance to autoimmunity and...
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Why Anxiety Is a Clue, Not a Flaw
Anxiety isn’t a character flaw. It’s often a biochemical signal that your body isn’t getting what it needs. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, functional nutritional therapist Laurie Hammer explains how targeted amino acid therapy restores neurotransmitter balance, reduces cravings, and supports...
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From No Excuse Mom to Sacred Becoming - Maria Kang's Journey
Healing starts with telling yourself the truth. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Maria Kang shares how writing ‘Sacred Becoming' during a stage 4 colorectal cancer journey became a process of release, alignment, and self-trust. What’s one unasked or curious question from your own story, your...
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What ADHD Actually Feels Like on the Inside
What if the thing you were ashamed of was never a character flaw at all? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Ryan Thom shares how a late ADHD diagnosis transformed his understanding of himself, reshaped his healing, and ultimately led him into the work of therapy. What’s one unasked or curious...
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How Psychedelics Reconnect Us With Our True Self
What if the part of you that feels broken is actually the doorway to transformation? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Jared ‘Rudrananda’ Turner shares how trauma, ritual, community, and embodied awareness can help us come back into the body, build a container for healing, and remember who we...
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Why Walk-and-Talk Therapy Works Better Than You Think
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Phil Sarpong explains walk-and-talk therapy, how movement and nature lower psychological barriers, and why integrating lifestyle, mental health, and medical care can create lasting change. What’s one unasked or curious question from your own story, your healing...
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Unmasking Autism: Emerging Science and Stories
What if autism isn’t a deficit, but a different way of experiencing the world? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Julia Mirer joins us to explore masking, missed diagnoses in adults, and how shifting from a deficit lens to a difference-based understanding can transform mental health, family...
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Mental Illness Isn’t Just in the Brain
Mental illness may look like a brain problem, but it can start as a body-and-energy problem. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Matthew Bernstein and Sophie Kwass join us to talk about metabolic psychiatry: how insulin resistance, mitochondrial function, and brain energy can shape conditions...
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Healing the Alarm: Dr. Russ Kennedy on Anxiety, Safety & the Inner Child Part 2
Anxiety isn’t caused by broken thinking. It’s driven by a nervous system stuck in alarm. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Russell Kennedy explains how early life stress wires the body for survival, why the mind creates endless worry in response, and what restores real safety from the…
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Healing the Alarm: Dr. Russ Kennedy on Anxiety, Safety & the Inner Child Part 1
Anxiety may not be a thinking problem at all. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Russell Kennedy, known as The Anxiety MD, joins us to explain why anxiety is often a mind-story layered over a deeper bodily signal and how early experiences shape adult symptoms. We also explore inner child…
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Opening the Gift of Life: A Psychoanalyst's Perspective on Healing
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Thomas Brod joins us to explore ketamine as a new kind of dreaming,’ ego dissolution, unitive experiences, and how safety, love, and loosening rigid defenses can open us back up to ourselves and the world. Dr. Thomas Brod is a psychoanalyst and ketamine...
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Reclaiming Your Story: A Ketamine Therapy Transformation
In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Lindsey joins us to share her experience with the ketamine-assisted psychotherapy program at ShaMynds. Tune in as she talks about how childhood and relationship trauma shaped her life, how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and equine therapy helped her reclaim...
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When Pets Mirror Their Humans: The Hidden Health Connection
Your pet feels your stress more than you think. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Nadine Encarnacion joins us to explore the connection between our mental health and the physical and emotional wellness of our pets. Tune in as we dive into how animals often mirror their humans’ stress,...
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Energy Powerhouse: Mitochondria and More!
What if you could mimic exercise… without exercising? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Sundeep Dugar joins us to explore mitochondria as the true engine of human life. He shares the story behind discovering a new endogenous mitochondrial steroid and a plant compound that mimics exercise by...
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Ketamine as a Spiritual Technology with Philip Wolfson
Is psychedelic therapy safe for teens? The answer is layered and essential to understand. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Philip Wolfson joins us to share how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy can help adolescents move from suicidality, trauma, and arrested development toward autonomy,...
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Breaking The Cycle: A Veteran's Journey of Healing, Purpose and Transformation
Ketamine didn’t erase his past—it gave it purpose. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Pranil Shankar, a veteran, author, and advocate, shares how ketamine-assisted therapy helped him break long-standing cycles of fear and grief after decades of trial-and-error care. He emphasizes the importance…
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From PTSD to Peak Performance: Rebalancing the Brain with TMS
Can tuning your brain’s rhythm unlock healing? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. Kevin Murphy joins Drs. Simi Rahman and Alya Ahmad to explore how personalized transcranial magnetic stimulation (Peak Logic pTMS) is redefining brain care—from PTSD and autism to chronic pain and peak...
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Music, Neuroscience, and Community
Can music, mindfulness, and psychedelics rewire the brain—and your identity? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. AZA Allsop joins us to explore how music, mindfulness, and psychedelics intersect to accelerate identity change, neuroplasticity, and healing. He also shares findings from his...
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Rewriting the Past: A Veteran’s Healing Journey with Ketamine Therapy
What does it take to finally unlock healing after years of carrying trauma? In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Richard Wood, a veteran, joins us to share his moving journey with ketamine-assisted therapy for long-term depression and trauma. He discusses how the treatment served as a ‘key’ that...
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Your Body Can Heal Itself: The Truth About Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative medicine isn’t magic—it’s biology done right. In this episode of Too Curious MDs, Dr. David Wikenheiser pulls back the curtain on regenerative medicine and explains how these therapies awaken the body’s natural repair intelligence. Tune in to hear real-world cases, simple nutrient...
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Curiosity fuels discovery, and in medicine, it’s the key to transformation. Too Curious MDs explores the frontiers of healing through narrative medicine, integrative therapies, psychedelics, and patient-centered care. Hosted by Dr. Alya Ahmad and Dr. Suraiya Simi Rahman, this podcast challenges the boundaries of traditional medicine, uncovering the untold stories, ethical dilemmas, and groundbreaking research shaping the future of healthcare.Join the journey—because medicine is more than science; it’s a story.
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