Nobody Told Me!

We're thrilled to welcome comedian, actor, director and podcast host Bob Saget to the show. You know him from Full House, Fuller House, How I Met Your Mother, America's Funniest Home Videos and so many other shows. In this episode, Bob shares his observation on the painful times we're going through.

Bob also has a podcast called, Bob Saget's Here For You.

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Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series. It originally aired in 2020.

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It's a joy to welcome back to the show serial entrepreneur and angel investor David S. Rose to talk about his impressions of the challenges and opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors during the pandemic.

David is the founder and CEO of Gust, the world's largest online platform for entrepreneurs and early stage investors. Gust is used by entrepreneurs all over the world to connect with early stage investors.

David is also the New York Times best selling author of both Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups and The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business.

** this show originally aired in May 2021 and is part of our 'Best Of' series **

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Talking with your boss about money—specifically your salary—can be a tough conversation! If you've ever felt nervous about negotiating a pay raise, you'll want to hear what our guest on this episode, David Buckmaster, has to say. David is an expert on pay who's led corporate compensation teams at Nike, Starbucks, and Yum! Brands, and worked with business leaders on pay projects all over the world.

David is the Director of Global Compensation for Nike and the author of the new book, FAIR PAY: How to Get a Raise, Close the Wage Gap, and Build Stronger Businesses.

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Our guest on this episode is someone we've wanted to have on the program for a long time: Dr. Shefali Tsabary, a renowned clinical psychologist and New York Times Bestselling author. She specializes in family dynamics and personal development integrating Western psychology and Eastern philosophy.

Her latest book is called, A Radical Awakening—Turn Pain into Power, Embrace Your Truth, Live Free. You can check out her websites at drshefali.com and aradicalawakening.com.

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On this episode, we're glad to welcome back our guest, psychiatrist Mark Goulston, who's been called a "people hacker". He's the author of several bestselling books, and was with us on Nobody Told Me! a couple of years ago discussing his book, Talking to 'Crazy': How to Deal with the Irrational and Impossible People in Your Life .

Mark is back with us again and has written two very timely new books as we emerge from the pandemic. One is called, "Why Cope When You Can Heal? How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD" and the other is "Trauma to Triumph: A Roadmap for Leading Through Disruption (and Thriving on the Other Side)"

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Welcome to Nobody Told Me! I'm Jan Black and I'm Laura Owens. Here's a question for you to think about. Do you practice self-compassion? Do you give yourself the same kindness and care that you'd give to a good friend? If not, why not?

Our guest on this episode, Dr. Kristin Neff, is one of the world's experts on self-compassion. She's the author of several books on the topic including the latest, which is called, FIERCE SELF-COMPASSION: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive. Her website is self-compassion.org.

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Joining us on this episode is award-winning journalist Michael Easter who's become a leading voice on how humans can integrate modern science and evolutionary wisdom to achieve improved health, meaning, and performance in life and at work.

You can find his work in Men's Health, where he's a contributing editor, along with Outside, Men's Journal, Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Scientific American, Women's Health and more.

Michael's latest book is called, The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self.

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Joining us on this episode is award-winning journalist and author Steven Petrow. You may know Steven's work from The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, All Things Considered and many other media outlets. His TED Talk called, "Three Ways to Practice Civility" has been seen close to two million times.

Steven's latest book is for everyone facing aging and the people—their adult children, in particular,—who love them. It's called, Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong .

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-- Pride Month special --

Have you ever felt shame? Our guest on this episode, psychotherapist and media commentator Joseph Burgo, says shame is a family of emotions ranging from mild embarrassment to deep humiliation, and most of us experience varying degrees of shame every day. He teaches us how to recognize shame, control it, and use it to our advantage. He's the author of a new book called 'Shame: Free Yourself, Find Joy, and Build True Self-Esteem' and is a regular blogger for Psychology Today.

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On this episode we'll get some expert insight into what it takes to succeed at the highest levels. Our guest is social psychologist Ron Friedman, who's developed a game-changing approach to transform the way you learn new skills, generate creative ideas and think about success.

He's written about it in the new book, Decoding Greatness: How the Best in the World Reverse Engineer Success.

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