The Awesome Human Podcast

Aug 08 2024 100 ep. 49 mins 31

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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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5 Lessons About Reinvention

Aug 08 2024 51 mins

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 -- i

Conversations with your Future Self

Jun 24 2024 52 mins

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 w

The courage to be boldly yourself - with Ashley Longshore

May 13 2024 51 mins

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 f

Lessons on work-life integration from a 23-year marriage - with Avi Spivack

Apr 29 2024 62 mins

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 bounda

Finding your path through uncertainty - with Jenny Blake

Mar 25 2024 64 mins

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

Finding lightness in the hard - with Brooke Eby

Feb 19 2024 59 mins

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 sig

Why self-care is never selfish - with Nataly's daughter, Mia

Jan 15 2024 56 mins

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, reco

How to be a hope dealer - with Alysia Reiner

Dec 11 2023 59 mins

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 ov

Thinking your way to chronic health - with Ellen Langer, Ph.D.

Nov 13 2023 59 mins

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

Embracing Imperfection

Oct 30 2023 62 mins

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 crit