Open To Happiness

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/

In this episode Nicoleta explores relationship and happiness with Lisa Tahir, licensed therapist from New Orleans, USA.

When we measure happiness in units of hertz

From peace and joy to happiness in the little things of life

The old and the new therapy and compassion fatigue

When we integrate spirituality in our therapy practice

20 years in therapy focused on the past

Hope as a precursor to change

Empathy and self-forgiveness key in healing 

Follow your intuition, open to the divine and ask for more

Connect with Lisa here: https://www.nolatherapy.com/author/ltahir504/ 

In this episode Nicoleta explores sex, intimacy and happiness with Dominique D’Vita, Registered Nurse and Trauma-Informed Master Coach from Texas, USA.

Childhood trauma around alcoholic parents

Happiness in peace and in moments of joyful human connection

Survivor of trauma afraid to go to therapy

Searching for a career to bring purpose and meaning

When you immerse yourself into work rather than healing

Discovering the path of tantra after three decades of nursing

Healing through making love to someone’s soul

Expand consciousness and raise energy through tantra

Love making as a bypass of tantra

The three tenets of tantra: breath, sound and movement

Between the white, red and black tantra

From surviving to thriving and self-regulation

The fear based non-education around sexuality

Tantra and the soulgasms of 5 hours 

Honouring the divine in your lover in sacred sexuality

Connect with Dominique here: https://yestantra.com/

In his episode Nicoleta talks about relationships and happiness with Mateusz Bajerski, fellow psychotherapist, from London.

Life through the eyes of a millenial therapist
When happiness is a choice and internal discipline
The jurney of self-love and self-acceptance
From cognitive science to Reiki 
Awakening to spirituality through an Ayuhasca ceremony
Insight into the human consciousness 
When awakened people are perceived as black sheeps
The forgiveness and appreciation of self
Hardship happens for you not to you

 Connect with Mateusz here: https://mateuszbajerski.co.uk/online-hypnotherapy/

In this episode Nicoleta explores sexuality and happiness with the author of EXODAI Elizabeth Hendrick, British national living in Tokyo.

Happiness as the 100% contentment with who you are

Starting life in a happy loving family 

Discovering interest in girls at puberty

Fantasies of bondage at the age of 10

Identified as a lesbian at 13

Discomfort within due ingrained religious conditioning

Feeling miserable with own sexuality

Unconsciously attracting dysfunctional relationship 

Hitting the rock bottom at 35

7 years of seeking and self-discovery

How religion and politics shapes our perception of sexual fluidity

The myth that being gay is an abomination before God

Why is BDSM still stigmatised and misunderstood?

How 50 Shades of Grey is not a real representation of BDSM

Theories linking birthing process and BDSM

BDSM as an innate experience

The euphoria in the addiction to torture

Pain as a strong source of arousal in sadomasochism

Sexual (dis)harmony between a BDSM and not non BDSM partners

Fulfilling unmet needs outside of the relationship

The codependency in bending to please the BDSM partner 

In love and tortured by a sadistic Japanese dominatrix

Hardcore BDSM torture to bruises and cuts

The delusion of saving the dominatrix from her demons

The unconscious guilt and shame fuelling self-loathing

When BDSM becomes a vehicle to therapy and healing

Self-awareness that the disconnect over the sexuality led to self-punishment

The symbolism and hidden message of dreaming

Past live regression as a channel to relieve burdening emotions

Coming out from darkness into self-love, gratitude and mindfulness

Sharing the experience in the memoir book EXODAI

Find out more about Elizabeth here: https://exodai.co.uk/

Order the EXODAI book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJDKPZMT


EXODAI awards:

🏆 WINNER in the 2024 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS (Sexuality)

🥈 FINALIST in the 2024 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS (LGBTQIA Non-Fiction)

🥈 FINALIST in the 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS (LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction)

🥈 FINALIST in the 2024 NEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS (Best Cover in Non-Fiction)

In this episode Nicoleta talks about dating and happiness with Ruth Schwartz, the founder of the Conscious Girlfriend Academy, from California USA.

Exploring the many flavours of happiness

Happiness as joy and satisfaction

Happiness as a feeling of aliveness

Happiness in living your purpose

Happiness in sharing the message with the world

Childhood happiness in the relationship with the universe

Drawing happiness in adolescence from romantic relationships

When as an adult you remain a student of the mysteries of life

The longing for romantic connection

Between romantic attraction and sustainable love

Infatuation, limerance and delusion in dating

Abusive relationships and shattering breakups

Insight into the particularities of lesbian dating

Rapid bonding and premature commitment in lesbian dating

Healing childhood trauma to create conscious relationships

Homophobia and claiming the gay identity

The need for a conscious girlfriend school

Retraumatization and relational trauma in romantic relationships

Healing through compassion, awareness and tolerance

Healing through non-violent communication 

Healing through the openness to learn and grow

The levels of compatibility: commonalities, chemistry and vision

Find more about Ruth here: https://www.consciousgirlfriendacademy.com/about

In this episode Nicoleta talks about hardship and happiness with Elaine Glass, intuitive coach, speaker and author from Arizona USA.

When happiness is living your soul’s person.

The gift of a blessed happy childhood.

Moving through hardship in the 20s.

Surviving as a single mom with 2 children.

Offering emotional support to patients as a hygienist.

Training in coaching and coming back “home”.

When the quietness is not silence.

Overcoming a stress related autoimmune disease.

From re-embodiment to cleaning the environment.

Mental landscaping and embracing resting and receiving.

Healing the relationship with ourselves.

The power of surrendering.

Remember your beginnings. 

Trust that you are not alone.

Playfulness is your true nature.

Connect with Elaine here: 

https://dankuschell.clickfunnels.com/eg-home