About

I’m Dr. Victoria Ranade and I believe that there is an inner light inside you that no darkness can overcome. The world teaches you to forget and doubt its existence—but it’s still there, waiting for you to come home.

I call this light an inner calling. Honoring it is one of the greatest responsibilities of your life, because it guides you toward the best within you, and to the life you alone are meant to live.

Philosophy, Approach & Credentials

innercalling is where I host conversations about what it means to trust the truths you know deep inside yourself, despite all the challenges that modern society brings. The people I invite are from my neighborhood—colleagues, friends, everyday people, healers, leaders, and scientists. They inspire me, and I think they might inspire you too.

Conversations are inspired by my work as a clinical psychologist.

I’m a Johns Hopkins-trained, board certified licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in providing evidence-based treatment of depression, anxiety, mood, and existential concerns in kids, teens, and adults of the highest quality. Many clients come to see me when they are struggling with life and finding a sense of meaning and purpose through it all.

I’m also passionate about business and leadership and hold an MBA from Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business.

I'm actually the least likely person to host a podcast. I'm Taiwanese American and grew up with many messages about being quiet, about how this was lesser than being extroverted. People didn't look at me as if I had anything to say, so I stopped expecting it of myself.

I'm also neurodivergent, which means my brain works differently than society is designed for. For example, many thoughts come at once, often extremely quickly. I have trouble remembering them all, so you'll notice I sometimes interrupt or circle back to ideas. I love nuance and hyperfocusing on wormholes. Growing up, things didn't make intuitive sense to me, so I learned to mask and follow societal rules to function. I'm still unlearning that, and this podcast is a space where I'm not pretending to be anyone but myself—and inviting you to do the same.

That’s why these conversations are messy, circular, and real.

I bring an existential, human-centered perspective from my work as a clinical psychologist into the public conversation—one that values meaning, humanity, and something larger than each of us alone. In our algorithm-driven culture obsessed with clicks and speed, creating space for real humans with all our messiness and ordinariness, isn’t just nice — it’s critical.

Show Topics

• Storytelling (I love listening to people tell stories from their lives about times they followed their intuition, inner knowing, and inner wisdom — and where it led),

• Psychedelic Plant Medicine (I am passionate about innovative, evidence-based treatments that are natural and holistic, to treat recalcitrant depression),

• Leadership;

• Existential Concerns Related to Life, Death, Mortality, Meaning, and Purpose;

• Mental Health in the Age of Rechnology

• AI

• Depression and Suicide Prevention

• Neurodivergence, particularly in women

• Asian American Contributions in Leadership, Science, and Creative Fields

• The Power and Beauty of the Human Voice and Spirit

Why I started the podcast

Short answer:

I'm following an inner calling. I started podcasting knowing nothing about it, but an inner voice guided me to show up—so that you would have a space to trust that same voice within yourself.

Long answer:

I grew up in a toxic household without reliable adults around me—everyone was consumed with their own pain and patterns of abusive coping. Learning to trust my inner voice is what helped me overcome those circumstances. That experience led me to become a child psychologist, where I help children and adults (who each have an inner child) reconnect with their own inner wisdom and light.

This podcast is a passion of mine: creating spaces where we explore intuition, inner wisdom, and trusting the inner callings within yourself to:

• Overcome darkness

• Receive guidance

• Find companionship

• Experience the love and peace that already exists within you

Values & Intentions

My values with the show are to share science in a relatable way, have fun, be authentic, and connect. Every episode is an invitation to blend evidence-based insight with real human experience. I love exploring what research can teach us, but I also believe in the wisdom that lives within stories, intuition, and our connection to something greater. My goal is to bring these together with honesty, curiosity, and joy.

My values are also to create space for nuance so that truth can be shared. I also aim to create a space of diverse voicesand perspectives.

A slower, more honest space where beauty lives in our imperfections and fragility

At its core, innercalling is a space to explore the heart of what it means to be human. This is a slower, more honest space, where human connection still matters, and where you can remember yourself beneath all the noise. It’s a place where you can simply be.

Thanks for listening!

With gratitude,