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Fuel your emotional fitness, improve your well-being, and embrace your Awesome Human with Nataly Kogan -- best-selling author, international keynote speaker, and founder of Happier Inc.
Listeners call this their best-self podcast!
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In this 100th! and final episode, Nataly shares 5 life-changing lessons she's learned about reinvention as she reinvented her life and her business. - Your mindset determines your experienceYou don't have to know your final destination to beginLet what feels good and deeply meaningful to you be your guideIt helps (hugely!) to have a mentorReinvention is beautiful and challenging -- it's the essence of the human experience and you can thrive through it- Nataly also makes a BIG announcement abo...
Welcome to the first episode in the BRAND NEW Conversations With Your Future Series! - In this episode, Nataly shares the powerful research about how our possible future selves impact our decisions, choices, and motivations. - Then, two audience members join her in the "hot seat" and share a challenge they're dealing with. - Nataly then offers them suggestions and strategies for how to work through the challenge by using the concept of the future self! - Think a call-in radio show, modern day...
If you need a giant boost of positive energy, empowerment, and inspiration to embrace your authentic self, this episode is for you! - Nataly speaks with Ashley Longshore, a renowned pop artist known for her vibrant and bold creations that blend elements of pop culture with social commentary. - Regularly called a young, feminist Andy Warhol, Ashley Longshore has paved a colorful path for pop art and fashion to coexist. Through her art, she challenges conventions and champions individuali...
In this special impromptu episode, Nataly’s special guest is her husband, Avi Spivack. Nataly and Avi have been married for 23 years and share the lessons they’ve learned about work-life integration, boundaries, communication, and more! - Here’s what they talk about: Why work-life balance sets up the wrong construct and what works betterThe importance of the right kind of boundariesHow not sharing your work with your family might cause more stressGetting honest about the stories that keep you...
If you’re going through a lot of change or uncertainty in your life, this episode will inspire you. - Nataly speaks with Jenny Blake, career strategist and best-selling author of several books, including Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One. - Nataly and Jenny talk about how to handle career change, a failure of a business, and getting unstuck when you’re unsure about your next path. - You’ll learn about: The role of serendipity and how to create more serendipity in your own lif...
How do you face a terminal diagnosis with humor and grace? - Nataly's guest, Brooke Eby, has found a way and she shares her humor, deep wisdom and inspiring perspective in this episode. - Brooke was diagnosed with ALS at 33. It's a terminal disease that doesn't have a cure and the average life expectancy is 2-5 years after diagnosis. - But she has chosen to face this disease with her signature humor and resilience and to use her (awesome!) voice and growing platform (she has 100s of thousands...
This is a very special edition episode with Nataly’s daughter and BFF, Mia! - When you fuel yourself and honor your being, you have so much more love, capacity, and compassion to give to others. - This is the powerful and inspiring lesson Nataly and Mia share in their honest, vulnerable, and often funny conversation during this episode. - Mia (19) has witnessed Nataly’s burnout, recovery, and most importantly, her learning how to love and take care of herself. In this episode, Mia shares how ...
If you need hope and inspiration in your day, this episode will deliver 10x! - Nataly talks with Alysia Reiner, actor (you probably know her from Orange Is the New Black), creator, filmmaker, activist for women, volunteer firefighter, and hope dealer! - They talk about: How to be a hope dealer amidst all the darkness and challenges in the worldThe brain’s negativity bias and how to overcome itThe power of accepting vs. judging our emotionsWhat success means and why it’s not about accumulating...
Join Nataly for a conversation with one of the most original thinkers and scientists of our time, Ellen Longer, Ph.D., as they talk about groundbreaking concepts around health, mindfulness, and the ability of our thoughts to dramatically change our health and the quality of our lives. - Ellen shares many of her groundbreaking studies on stress, exercise, health, decision-making, the power of perception, aging, and more. This episode will give you a fundamentally fresh mindset with which to ap...
If your inner critic gets loud or if you’re holding back at work or in your craft because you don’t think you can do something perfectly, this episode is a must-listen! - Nataly shares the challenge she faced hand-writing and illustrating her new Awesome Human Journal and the powerful lessons it taught her about embracing and loving imperfection — and shutting up her inner critic! - In the second half of the episode, Nataly’s husband of 22 years joins her as a surprise guest! - What they shar...
Are you searching for more meaning in your life? Want to feel more purposeful and energized about your work? Then this episode is for you! - Nataly and Olivia take you on an inspiring and activating journey of uncovering your unique gifts and identifying more ways you can share them with others. It’s a workshop wrapped in a podcast episode and there’s even an interactive workbook to help you get the most out of it! - Here’s what you’ll learn: How to find more meaning in your work and life thr...
How can you find joy when life is challenging? Can joy and sadness sit side by side? - In this inspiring conversation, Nataly talks with Cyndie Spiegel, author of Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life Is Not Okay, about the choice we all can make at any moment: to access joy, even when life is difficult. - What you’ll learn: The concept of microjoys and how to find more microjoys in your daysGetting rid of the binary mindset around sadness and joy (you can choose to feel both!)How j...
1We’ve never had more ways to stay connected thanks to all of our technology, yet so many people are feeling isolated and lonely. - In today’s inspiring conversation, Nataly speaks with Susan McPherson, the author of The Lost Art of Connecting, about how we can find meaningful ways to connect with each other (even amidst the busy of our lives). - What you’ll learn: A powerful mindset shift that will help you create more meaningful connections - including at workSusan’s unique Gather, Ask, Do f...
If you’re looking for a new direction, a change, or are recovering from a loss and seeking ways to move forward, this episode will fuel and inspire you. - Nataly speaks with Richard Banfield, experienced product designer, advisor and artist, about his path of starting over after a devastating loss of his wife to cancer. Nataly and Richard both share their personal experience of moving forward after loss and failure, and how these difficult experiences helped them connect to and share their mo...
In this episode, Nataly shares her journey from suffering a severe burnout 6 years ago to where she is today. If you’re feeling burned out, or just overwhelmed, this episode will both inspire you and give you tangible actions you can take right now to fuel your energy and feel a little better. - In the episode, Nataly shares: Common symptoms of burnout and how she experienced them.3 powerful lessons she learned as she recovered from her own burnout.Small yet surprisingly powerful actions you ...
In this inspiring episode, Nataly talks with Lynne Twist, the author of The Soul of Money and Living a Committed Life, and a global visionary committed to alleviating poverty and empowering women and girls. - Nataly and Lynn talk about: The 3 myths of scarcity How to shift from scarcity into the mindset of sufficiency and feeling that you’re enoughThe power of taking a stand and making a commitment to something bigger than yourselfHow you can connect to your calling and how committing to...
How awe can make you happier? - In this awesome and inspiring episode, Nataly talks about the power of awe with Jonah Paquette, Psy.D., a psychologist specializing in the science of well-being and the author of Awestruck: How Embracing Wonder Can Make You Happier, Healthier, and More Connected. - What you’ll learn: How to practice awe on a daily basis?Research the positive effects of awe on your mental and emotional healthHow experiencing awe can improve your health by reducing inflammation ...
This special episode was recorded during Awesome Human Day, a live event to celebrate the Awesome Human inside ourselves and each other. - Jessi Hempel interviews Nataly and gets personal about her unexpected journey. - Jessi is the Senior Editor-at-Large at LinkedIn and host of the Hello Monday podcast. - For more about Jessi, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessihempel/
In honor of International Women’s Day, Nataly speaks with Wendy Whelan, one of the greatest ballerinas of our generation, a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet for 30 years, and now its Associate Artistic Director. - In this inspiring and fueling conversation, Nataly and Wendy talk about: How to break free of the limitations of perfection.Life’s work and the process of chiseling away to find our truest expression of ourselves.How to grow through transitions and change with humility...
This special episode was recorded on Awesome Human Day, a live event to celebrate the Awesome Human inside ourselves and each other. - Nataly interviews Matthew Del Negro about what we can learn about handling rejection from an accomplished actor. - Matthew is an actor, author of 10,000 NOs, and host of 10,000 NOs podcast. - For more about Matthew, please visit: https://www.matthewdelnegro.com/
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