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Episode 17 of The Raw Onion podcast. The Aging Brain Series Part 1. Title: The Developing Mind, Whose Responsibility Is It? Featuring guest Dr. Punam V. Saxena.
Episode 17

The developing Mind, Whose Responsibility Is It?

The Aging Brain Series Part 1: Building from Being ‘The Other’

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Episode 15
A cinematic modern scene of a woman in 40s sitting at a desk in a chaotic environment. The subject is sharply in focus with warm lighting, while blurred figures, motion streaks, and glowing screens surround them, symbolizing overwhelm. Subtle neural light patterns around their head represent brain activity and conscious control. Strong contrast between stillness and chaos, conveying hope, agency, and clarity in a fast-moving world.
Episode 16

Hope, Agency & The Discipline of Optimism

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Episode 13
A woman in 40s standing at a window, her back to the viewer, looking out at a soft, blurred landscape. Early morning light. Calm and still. On the windowsill beside her, a phone face-down. The feeling is not sadness but quiet presence. Muted purple and warm neutral tones. Painterly, soft-focus, no text.
Episode 15

This one is for the last generation before endless information

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A grounded woman in 40s in lotus pose in yoga clothes at center, exhaling soft blue calm waves that dissolve incoming red stress clouds from smartphone screens, news headlines, and tense crowd silhouettes. Subtle mirror neuron icons connect figures, warm earth tones with cool highlights, vertical format.
Episode 14

Is What You’re Feeling Really Yours?

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A minimalist line drawing of a serene woman silhouette with a glowing calm core, surrounded by faint, swirling neural pathways overloaded with jagged red alert icons and fragmented news headlines, fading into soft blue recovery waves at the edges. Gentle earth tones, clean vector style, evoking nervous system discernment in chaos
Episode 13

The experience of collective untethered emotions

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Episode 12 of The Raw Onion podcast. The Run: Aligned Action and the Courage to Be Seen, The Recode Series Part 4. Special guest GiGi Hahl.
Episode 12

The Run: Aligned Action and the Courage to Be Seen

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Fiery lunar night sky with a glowing constellation horse made of flame and starlight, a faint shedding snake skin at its hooves, a calm woman silhouette holding their heart with gentle light radiating outward, subtle brain-outline constellations above, cinematic, mystical, high contrast, podcast cover art.
Episode 11

The Freeze Before the Run: Why Knowing Isn’t Enough

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A woman in her 40s, depicted in profile facing left, with her face in a three-quarter view, wearing modern clothing. She is perfectly still within a transitional space. To one side, visual elements such as flowing fabric, dissolving patterns, and soft shadows of an older self evoke a sense of release and letting go. On the other side, emerging light and energy, dreamlike and unformed, hint at future movement. The area immediately surrounding her body pulses with soft, glowing light, symbolizing internal recalibration and the reordering of values. Her expression is peaceful, devoid of struggle. The color palette features light purples, golds, teals, and warm amber tones. The style is contemporary, blending photographic realism with painterly, fluid elements.
Episode 10

When You Put Yourself First, Your Values Change

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Illustration of a woman in an orange dress standing between a large ethereal snake on the left and a large ethereal horse on the right, both made of glowing fire and smoke in warm golden tones. The woman stands on a stone path beside water, facing the transition between the two creatures against a luminous sky.
Episode 9

Why You're Not Who You Were Anymore

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Episode 8 of The Raw Onion podcast: "Forgiveness as a Nervous System Reset" with special guest Christa Skinner, a woman in a white blazer on a dark studio background. Part 4 of Realignment Over Resolutions Series.
Episode 8

Forgiveness as a Nervous System Reset

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Silhouetted woman walking toward a luminous doorway framed by ornate geometric patterns, with raised hands visible on both sides, symbolizing a transformative journey or threshold moment
Episode 7

Why Everyone Around You Keeps You Stuck

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Artistic illustration showing the silhouette profile of a woman's head and shoulders facing left, rendered in deep purple and blue tones. The image features a double exposure effect with intricate neural network patterns overlaid throughout the head and upper body, depicting interconnected nodes and pathways in vibrant pink, orange, and purple hues. Flowing abstract shapes in warm peach and mauve tones sweep across the composition, creating a sense of movement and depth. Geometric line patterns appear in the background. The Raw Onion podcast logo is positioned in the bottom left corner.
Episode 6

Your Brain Wasn't Built for New Year's Resolutions

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Podcast episode cover image for The Raw Onion Episode 5 titled "Behaviors Behind Boundaries" featuring special guest Sara Wald. The image shows a circular portrait of Sara Wald, a woman with long brown hair wearing a blue top, smiling warmly. The Raw Onion podcast logo appears at the bottom with the subtitle "Realignment Over Resolutions Series 1." Background shows a dimly lit podcast studio setup.
Episode 5

Behaviors Behind Boundaries

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A jar of cream-colored ointment with a single fly on the surface. The jar's label reads "NEW YEAR OINTMENT 2026" in elegant gold lettering. Clean product photography with soft lighting on a neutral background.
Episode 4

Leave them, love them, let them (when there’s a fly in your proverbial new years ointment)

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Warm candlelit holiday dinner table with blurred figures of people gathered together, soft bokeh lights in background, intimate and cozy atmosphere emphasizing human connection over perfect presentation
Episode 3

Connection Over Perfection—Why Your Presence Matters More

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Two overlapping silhouettes (caregiver and elderly person) with intertwined neural pathways between them, representing dysregulated nervous systems trying to connect. Earth tone color palette.
Episode 2

Holiday Triggers—The Caregiver's Brain, Their Brain, and How to Survive Both

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A cross-section of a red onion revealing glowing golden neural pathways in the shape of a tree within its deep blue core. The onion's concentric layers frame the luminous branching network, symbolizing the hidden psychological patterns and connections beneath the surface. Dark teal background.
Episode 1

Peeling Back the Corporate "Family" Myth (+ Your 72-Hour Boundary Hack)

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