Shelly has shared her story with dozens media
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Shelly’s Media Appearances
Shelly on Live. Love. Engage.
with Gloria Grace Rand
How does a woman keep her sanity while helping her partner recover from mental illness? You’ll be hearing all about this today from guest Shelly Sood. She is a mother, wife, author, and entrepreneur who has had a unique experience of navigating mental struggles with her husband.
Shelly will tell us all about her husband’s diagnosis, how bipolar disorder can go unrecognized in a relationship, and how they overcame this experience together to build an even stronger marriage. She also talks about the exciting projects she’s working on now and shares details about her book “Untethered.”
Shelly on Mr. Biz Radio
with Ken Wentworth
Shelly on Shut Up and Grind! with Robert B. Foster
Shelly Sood Interview with Frankie Boyer, The Frankie Boyer Show
Frankie Boyer is the host of The Frankie Boyer Radio Show, carried on WADK Newport, WCRN 830 Worcester, and other stations. She is an impassioned voice for folks seeking information on traditional and alternative approaches to lifestyle, healthcare and wellbeing. Five days a week, Frankie speaks to experts to educate listeners on taking personal responsibility for their own health and graceful aging. Through engaging dialogue with Dr. Andrew Weil, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and thousands of other gurus Frankie seeks to explore effective solutions to diseases beyond superficial band-aids.
Shelly Sood appeared on Frankie’s show to discuss her success in helping her husband seek treatment for bipolar disorder – even after going through extremely acrimonious divorce proceedings. This experience, in turn, revealed to her the immense fulfillment in helping save another life, and spurred the launch of GIOSTAR Chicago, a leading stem cell therapy service provider. Further, she speaks about how meditation, mindfulness, and spiritual healing helped her find inner peace and greater mind-body health and happiness.
Shelly’s Media Appearances with Her Husband,
Nikhil Torsekar
Shelly and Nikhil on Discover More
Shelly Sood and Nikhil Torsekar are founders of GIOSTAR Chicago, a leading regenerative medicine company, and the Untether Your Life media company.
Their mission statement is to leverage cutting-edge medical science and their incredible mental illness journey to provide clinical breakthroughs and instill hope in seemingly hopeless circumstances.
Expect to learn about bipolar disorder, the unspoken reality of living with mental illness, how emotional functioning and optimal performance are interconnected, the inspiring journey that saved their marriage, the power of regenerative medicine, and much more.
Shelly and Nikhil on Resiliency Within, with Elaine Miller-Karas
Shelly Sood and Nikhil Torsekar, husband and wife, will share that with an understanding of mental health conditions and receiving support and guidance, and accepting help, health, and life can be transformed. They navigated a harrowing, but ultimately redemptive journey with the growing understanding of Nikhil’s Bipolar condition. Shelly went through a challenging ordeal to get Nikhil to accept what was hiding in plain sight: and that he suffered from undiagnosed bipolar disorder. It nearly destroyed their marriage - and their lives - until he agreed to get a proper diagnosis and seek treatment in 2016. This also inspired the launch of GIOSTAR Chicago - a leading regenerative medicine center. Six years later, they run a successful business, and have developed a robust content platform called The Shelly Story. This encompasses a book, a forthcoming movie, a blog, and a podcast where they speak with guests on a broad array of topics including mental health in the South Asian diaspora, technologies that can assist with managing bipolar disorder, advocacy efforts, and alternative treatment modalities such as Ayurveda and meditation
Shelly and Nikhil on
The Desi Condition, with Tanushree Sengupta
It is 2015, and Nikhil and Shelly are staying in a quaint cabin in Wisconsin. They had been fighting for some time, and are hoping that this is a chance to rekindle their marriage. But back at the cabin, Shelly encounters her worst nightmare. Nikhil's face turns to stone as he says, "I don't love you anymore. I want a divorce." Shelly enters into hysterics. Divorce proceedings follow.
But Nikhil and Shelly's story takes an unexpected twist when Nikhil is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. On this episode, we discuss their mental health journey as a family; sweeping issues under the rug, their marriage falling apart and coming back together, and coming to terms with seeking help. Shelly discusses her ability to separate Nikhil, the person, from his disorder even in the wake of all the hurt she faced. Nikhil shares his journey with his bipolar diagnosis and how Shelly helped him seek treatment. They describe how their kids and parents dealt with the diagnosis and their contentious divorce -- that never actually went through. Together, they weave a story of unwavering faith in the future and in each other.
Shelly Sood and Nikhil Torsekar on
The Bright Side of Life Podcast
Shelly and Nikhil on Immigrantly Podcast with Saadia Khan
Saadia Khan is the host of The Immigrantly Podcast, a weekly program that aims to deconstruct stereotypical narratives of immigrants, their second-generation kids, people of color, and change-makers with cross-cultural, nuanced conversations.
Nikhil and Shelly spoke with Saadia on a range of topics, including their journey of healing, the struggles of being a first generation immigrant, how their experience shaped their parenting philosophies, and the priceless gifts of abundance, awareness, and other elements of happiness.
To learn more about Saadia and The Immigrantly Podcast, please visit https://immigrantlypod.com/. You can find out more about Nikhil and Shelly at https://shellysood.com.