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Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

EFR 894: Why Modern Life Keeps You Suffering (and How to Break Free) with Ishan Shivanand

Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning

Chase Chewning

Healthcoach, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Wellness, Fitness, Humanoptimization, Resiliency, Holistic, Highperformance, Coaching, Biohack, Health, Military, Entrepreneurship, Mindset, Health & Fitness

5927 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

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Today we welcome spiritual teacher and mental health researcher Ishan Shivanand as he shares powerful wisdom from his new book The Practice of Immortality. Raised in a monastery in India, Ishan bridges ancient yogic science with modern mental health research. He reveals how practices like breathwork, mindfulness, and daily gratitude can help you overcome distractions, build resilience, and live with peace—without giving up the modern life you love. We also explore what true immortality means, why fear, competitiveness, and anger are the root causes of modern suffering, and how meditation can transform your relationship with yourself and the world.

Follow Ishan @ishan.shivanand

Follow Chase @chase_chewning

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In this episode we discuss...

(00:00) The Practice of Immortality Through Meditation

(15:19) Exploring Immortality Through Self-Awareness

(24:38) Embracing Fear as a Tool

(34:28) Mastering Fear Through Breath Awareness

(42:06) Balancing Creation and Dematerialization

(52:10) Navigating Anger and Reality Shifts

(59:19) Rediscovering Ancient Wisdom Through Inner Peace

(01:14:36) Unlocking Life's Lessons Through Yoga

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Episode resources:

If you’re curious about meditation, struggling with stress, or simply seeking more balance, mindset, stress relief, meaning nd purpose in your life then this conversation offers timeless tools to elevate your mind, body, and spirit.

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0:00.0

The following is an Operation Podcast production.

0:03.6

The body is a vessel and our consciousness is living through this body.

0:11.1

Pain and suffering is when we start to think we are the body.

0:16.0

And why it is pain and suffering because every joy that the body will get is a joy that will

0:22.3

be taken away from the body so we derive joy from our youth it will be taken away we derive

0:30.7

joy from our beauty it will be taken away so if all my understanding of the self is the body, then death is my constant companion

0:42.1

and loss and suffering are a daily reminder. Hello, I salute you, I salute the divine

0:50.5

within all of you. My name is Ishan Sh Shivan and I am at Evo Forward Radio, having a

0:57.7

wonderful conversation with Chase. This conversation is about meditation and the practice of

1:04.5

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