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Zain Ansari

Zain Ansari

Teen co-host of The Holistic Kids' Show podcast and co-author of The Teen Health Revolution; TEDxOak Park Youth speaker.

Jun 19, 2026

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Just do things outside.
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Can you talk about early morning sunlight? So you talk about this in the book.
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"We try and prioritize early morning sunlight.
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That's tricky with the school schedule." So can you, can you talk about why you try and do that, and how? I mean, technically actually with the school schedule, I'm already waking pr- waking up pretty early.
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Like, I wake up around, like 5:50 AM for, 'cause my bus comes at, like, 6:30.
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So I'm waking up a lot of times, especially in the winter, like, before the sun ri- has, like, risen yet.
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And I think that is so cool.
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Right.
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Thank
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you so much.
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And I think this really this story and this journey really just started from our background.
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So all of our parents, all of our aunts or uncles or grandparents, they're all in the medical field.
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But when we were sick, no one really knew what was going on.
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Like I dealt with uncontrollable mood issues.
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And there's also I know there's like all sinus issues and lots of brain issues.

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And
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What made the book come to be? Who thought of the idea we should write a
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book? So I think it really started during the pandemic when everyone was worried about their health.
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So we started the Holistic Kids Show, our podcast, because we wanted to specifically inform the neglected kids.
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So we were learning, we were talking to podcast, we were talking to experts, New York Times bestselling authors, world renowned experts, all these people about different tips that we can use for our health.
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And we were learning as well as a lot of kids are learning.
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But really, right when I came to school, that's when I received a terrible death threat from my best friend.
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What happened? So, yeah, he sent a death threat to me, and it made me so scared for my life.

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Tell us a little bit about gratitude and purpose.

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