#318 Neuroscientist Reveals How Intuition, Purpose and Spiritual Health Can Heal | Dr Tara Swart
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.8 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
“In order to have maximum wellbeing, it’s not enough to sleep, eat well and exercise, you also need to have a purpose, including one that transcends yourself”
This conversation is so important for me personally as I navigate the complex relationship between two parts of my brain. The rational, data driven skeptical side that is unwilling to accept anything without complete proof; and the spiritual side that is inexplicably drawn to certain things and leans into a belief that we are connected to the universe in ways we cannot explain.
Tara and I have known each other for a few years, but as you can tell on this podcast we’re quite close. She unfortunately lost her partner 4 years ago to cancer, which she describes in detail in her latest book. But after his death she began to experience what she intuitively believed were signs from her partner. Highly improbable coincidences, chance happenings and events that were simply impossible to ignore.
At first, this led her down a path of first questioning her mental state, but using her experience as a medical doctor and neuroscientist she began to explore the science of consciousness and explored the possibility of trusting her instincts and intuition of what she believes to be true.
According to Tara, these strange nudges and connections with people who have died are not random, and it’s time we took them seriously.
We explore what we’ve lost in our modern lives, how our brain filters reality and what we might be missing, how to sharpen your intuition so you can spot the signs around you and finding purpose, meaning and connection in your own life.
We explore ancient practices like drumming, humming and vows of silence, as well as spending as much time in nature to connect with the wider universe and tap into our instincts, to live happier and more enriched lives.
We explore the science of terminal lucidity, near death experiences, the art of noticing and what they can teach us about life after death and why leading a spiritual life can be so healthful and healing.
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| 0:00.0 | In order to have maximum well-being, it's not enough to sleep, eat well and exercise. |
| 0:07.0 | You also need to have a purpose, including one that transcends yourself. |
| 0:13.0 | We're going to be exploring this today with my good friend Dr. Tara Swar, neuroscientist |
| 0:19.0 | and Oxford University- University trained medical doctor. |
| 0:24.1 | Hi, I'm Dr. Rupi, I'm a medical doctor and nutritionist. And when I suffered a heart |
| 0:29.3 | condition years ago, I was able to reverse it with diet and lifestyle. This opened up my eyes |
| 0:35.2 | to the world of food as medicine to improve our health. |
| 0:39.1 | On this podcast, I discuss ways in which you can use nutrition and lifestyle to improve |
| 0:44.6 | your own wellbeing every day. I speak with expert guests and we lean into the science, |
| 0:50.3 | but whilst making it as practical and as easy as possible so you can take steps to change your life today. |
| 0:57.2 | Welcome to the Doctor's Kitchen podcast. |
| 1:05.1 | This conversation is so important for me personally because I constantly navigate the complex relationship |
| 1:13.5 | between two parts of my brain. There's the rational, data-driven, skeptical side that is |
| 1:19.2 | unwilling to accept anything without complete proof. And there's the spiritual side that is |
| 1:26.6 | inexplicably drawn to certain things and |
| 1:29.0 | leans into a belief that we are in some way connected to the wider universe in ways that we |
| 1:36.0 | cannot explain. Tara and I have known each other for a few years as you can tell on this podcast |
| 1:42.0 | and we're really quite close. She unfortunately lost her partner a few years, as you can tell on this podcast, and we're really quite close. She unfortunately lost her |
| 1:46.2 | partner a few years ago to cancer, which she describes in detail in her latest book, Signs. |
| 1:51.8 | But after his death, she began to experience what she intuitively believed were communications |
| 1:59.0 | from her partner, highly improbable coincidences, chance happenings, |
| 2:05.0 | and events that were simply impossible to ignore. |
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