In this episode Nicoleta explores emotions and happiness with Andy Brown, author and leadership coach from England.

Happiness in balance and equity

Jumping with joy growing up in Brighton

Curiosity is key to create happiness

Attending the inner child 

Feeling chosen as an adopted child

Living with a strong desire to serve

About the emotional overdraft

Investing in work at the cost of your mental health

The factors that create emotional overdraft

Why your thinking created your emotions

How your emotions create your behaviour

When your behaviours lead to certain outcomes

Changing habits to rewire the brain

Expanding our emotional vocabulary

Happiness is infinite and has no limits

Do not hold the happiness, spend it without fear

Connect with Andy here: https://emotionaloverdraft.com/

In this episode Nicoleta explores healing and happiness with Holly Copeland, scientist, coach and healing practitioner from California, USA

The youth and the false idea of happiness 

Missing the feeling of wholeness within

Happiness as the inside out job

Aligning with the love within

When you naturally connect with the joy in life

Life near a sibling with mental health struggles

From conservation work to Buddhist teachings

Finding purpose and helping others

When you stop expecting the world to change

Embracing kinship in our shared humanity

The bridge between science and spirituality

Meditation and the life beyond the mind

How the nature of our mind is pristine

Working with the energy of our universe

Sound healing and tuning forks to let energy flow

The power of frequency healing devices 

Freeing from programming and indoctrination

Ancient teachings for chronic illness and inflammation

The importance of readiness for healing 

Honour the breath for peace and wellbeing

Great each day intentionally

Allow yourself to feel the truth into your heart

Connect with Holly here: https://www.hollycopeland.co/

In this episode Nicoleta explores health and happiness with Mark L Fox, entrepreneur, scientist, and former Space Shuttle Chief Engineer, from Coco Beach, USA. 

Looking forward to waking up in the morning

Happiness in helping others

When you see the half full glass

From love of chemistry to rocket science

Why NASA is not progressive in its production

16 years in the space shuttle industry

What inspired the interest in energy work

How everything in the universe involves an energy exchange 

Energy in the magnetic field, electrical current, sound, vibration and light

The science of DNA and the energy of human cells

Modern technological energy devices that promote health 

Balancing the energy source in the body for healing

Frequencies for illness and frequencies for wellbeing

The VIBE device with protocols that send therapeutic vibrations

How an MP3 player can send healing energy through vibration

Helping with toxicity, inflammation, PTSD, anxiety, sleep, blood sugar regulation

How to switch between different brain waves

High success rate in the medical clinical trials

The miracle of human body healing

Harmonising the brain with meditation and the energy work

How different frequencies stimulate the vagus nerve

Healing through other devices like watches, chairs and grounding matts

A future where various frequencies can be accessed through the lighting system

Connect with Mark here: https://resona.health/

In this episode Nicoleta explores relationships and happiness with Corey Lyon Folsom, relationship coach from Venice Beach, USA.

Happiness in improving the self

Joyfulness in helping others 

Childhood contentment exploring forest and wildlife

Joy in the connection with the self 

Three divorces revealed the need for personal development

Increasing awareness for relational attunement

Sibling relational trauma

Coaching women and couples

Slowing down to dissolve conflict

Anchoring and kind communication

How to argue without wounding

Focus on your feelings and needs and not on the “why”

Your answers are at the core of you

Connect with your soul statements

Why today is the best day of your life

Connect with Corey here: https://corerelationship.com/author/corefolsom/

In this episode Nicoleta explores relationships and happiness with Jessica Fern, psychotherapist from North Carolina, USA.

How we grow up with the unconscious expectations of fun, pleasure and excitement

When the happiness is more the byproduct than the goal itself

Presence, contentment and gratitude as the source of happiness

The neglect surrounding an “easy child” perceived as not-needy

Understanding transgenerational trauma

Why our nervous system is key in happiness

Connected with people and feeling alive supporting others

From psychology to somatic healing and international conflict resolution

How education and mentoring shapes our choices and actions in life

Are there many ways to do love and relationships?

The romantic ideal as the fairy tale happiness

Why statistically 25% to 50% of people pretend to be monogamous 

The experience of consensual non-monogamy  

Monogamy between default programming and the conscious choice 

Deconstructing the social construct of monogamy

We are in the early stages of accepting polyamory

When states and cities see polyamory as a protected characteristic

How to cultivate secure attachment and feel polysecure?

Polyamory as an expression of who you are

The stress of opening relationship in the paradigm of love

How to deal with a reluctant partner to open a relationship

When you feel “I love you, but that does not mean we are compatible”

More love, more diversity, more sexual experiences and more resources in polyamory

Using polyamory as a path to awakening 

Alternative sexuality and the move towards the non-binary 

Healing trauma in the LGBTQ and polyamorous communities 

Reembody, connect with the earth, and be grateful

 Connect with Jessica here: https://www.jessicafern.com

In this episode Nicoleta talks about wellness and happiness with Heather Heynen, counsellor and weight loss coach from South Dakota, USA.

Love for rock climbing and psychology

The impact of divorce on teenagers

Insight into binge eating and exercise addiction

Sitting with emotions and self-regulating

Inspired to heal by our own children

The power of mindfulness in healing

Integrating therapeutic tools and interventions

Spirituality and the connection with the outside world

Psycho-education and awareness 

Find more about Heather here:

https://www.heatherheynen.com/

In this episode Nicoleta explores culture and happiness with Philosopher and Professor Jason Lee from Leicester, UK

Is it good to define happiness?

Is happiness the opposite of unhappiness?

Seeing happiness as a mental illness

Drawing joy and happiness from creativity and relationships

Going into teaching to share knowledge and help others

How is culture promoting both madness and wellbeing

Group collective madness and modern social trends

How doubt can make you a better thinker and leader

Modern man prioritising thinking over feeling

Programmed from birth to believe in the capitalist scenario

Transcending time on social media

AI as the hopeful tool for our future collective happiness 

How the unconscious mind is ahead of the conscious 

Buddhism as the path to personal freedom and happiness

Finding happiness in the present moment, in friendships and spirituality

Connect with Professor Jason Lee here: https://cjplee.com/

In this episode Nicoleta is talking about gender and happiness with Ann Pellegrini, psychoanalysts, author and Professor at New York University.

How happiness is shaped by the social and cultural norms

Personal questioning around struggle and flourishing

When early life experiences drive our career choices

Happiness despite sexism, misogyny and homophobia 

How a tomboy learns to live in gender

Why all gender arises out of a relationship with normative trauma

Trauma and its impact on happiness

Why trauma is constitutive to what it means to be human

How our sense of self and identity develops

Insight into gender internalisation 

Why everyone is gender nonconforming

Societal discrimination and prejudice around gender fluidity

Healing trauma through gender affirmative care

Solidarity and common cause for support, catharsis and healing

Connect with Ann here: https://annpellegrini.com/

Order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Without-Identity-Avgi-Saketopoulou/dp/1942254199

In this episode Nicoleta explores dating and happiness with Mat Boggs, dating expert, speaker, best-selling author, from California USA

Happiness as the differential between your expectation and reality

Joy in what is happening in the present moment

Peacefulness when you give up the resistance to what is

Living in an infinite field of goodness

Challenge as the seed of an equal and greater opportunity

Helping thousands of women manifest their love

The greater the challenge, the greater the opportunity

A romantic at heart dreaming about finding the love of his life

From heartbreak to awakening

Our results in life are the result of our level of awareness

The secret of grandparents married for 63 years

Grow a love abundance mindset and feel worthy of love

Use imagination to create a vision for your love and happiness

Self-love and self-compassion and a healthy attachment style

Grow a love abundance skillset for happy relationships

Managing healthy masculine and feminine energy

When the content of our life is the curriculum of our evolution

Collective openness towards healthy relationships

Online dating between the opportunity and the choice bias

Love as the most rewarding business

When discouragement kills your love dreams

Give yourself the permission  to get the support you need

Every relationship moves you into the direction of your love story

It only takes one and what if it’s easy?

Connect with Mat here: https://www.bti.com and https://www.bravethininginstitute.com

In this episode Nicoleta talks about mindset and happiness with Juan Campoo, mindset & behavior expert, author, TEDx speaker from Argentina, living in Netherlands.

Happiness, as contentment and wellbeing 

When health struggles lead to coaching training 

Doctors prescribing yoga for life

Using intuition to work with people for people 

Happiness has nothing to do with circumstances

The impact of epigenetics in happiness

Trauma coming to the surface at 40

Autoimmune disease healed through mindset

Insight into the compassionate leadership

How mindset influences our emotions and behaviour

Make the unconscious conscious to drive your life not be driven

The coach as a mirror for clients

Self-empowerment as a way to free yourself from limitations

How would I see today in 20 years from now?

The power of personal leadership

Shifting from victim to the creator

Life as the sum of the present moments

Happy life as the sum of happy moments

Connect with Juan here: https://juancampoo.com/