The Awesome Human Podcast

Learning how to fail is a skill. Do you want to get better at it?
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In this episode, Nataly talks with Lan Nguyen Chaplin. Ph.D, Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, about recovering from failure, including Lan’s powerful article in Harvard Business Review, in which she courageously shared how she got through a big career set-back.
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What you’ll learn:

• How accepting all of your feelings about failure is the key to working through it
• A powerful 5-minute practice to refocus your mind on what’s most meaningful to you
• Specific strategies to help you move forward after a setback (and how to fuel your energy to do it)

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To learn more about Lan and her work, please visit:
https://lanchaplin.com/
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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

In this episode, Nataly shares her favorite ritual she does at the end of every year. It's a beautiful alternative to setting resolutions and big goals to help you achieve what is truly meaningful to you, in a more self-compassionate, self-affirming way.
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What you’ll learn:

• What a Sankalpa is and why it’s a powerful alternative (or addition) to your New Year’s resolutions?
•  How to create a simple statement of resolve and sacred commitment, your Sankalpa? 
•  How to use your Sankalpa statement to help guide your choices and energy and realize your deep desires?

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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

If you ever doubt the value you bring to others, this episode will change that in a powerful way.
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Nataly talks with Steve Pemberton, recent author of The Lighthouse Effect: How ordinary people can have extraordinary impact in the world, and the CHRO of WorkHuman.
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In this inspiring, deeply moving conversation, Steve shares his incredible life story and inspiration for all of us to share our own — so that it might help and inspire others.
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What you’ll learn:

•  What makes an ordinary human a lighthouse in someone else’s life
•  How to shift from doubt about your ability to have an extraordinary impact
•  How bringing our humanity and vulnerability to our interactions with others creates a meaningful impact

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As a bonus, Steve shares some fascinating facts about lighthouses!
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To learn more about Steve and his new book, check out: https://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Effect-Ordinary-People-Extraordinary/dp/0310362326
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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

Is your brain telling you about all the things you should do and feel during this holiday season — and it’s stressing you out?
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In this episode, Nataly shares her trusted tips and practices to help you stress less, find more joy, and take some pressure off.
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What you’ll learn:

• A simple and powerful practice to help you focus on what’s actually important to you (and let go of what isn’t)
• How to get less annoyed by family members and handle potential conflict
• How gratitude can help during tense times

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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

We’re all feeling exhausted from the past 2 years of the pandemic and just doing our best to make it through the day. But it’s time to shift from surviving to LIVING and this episode will help you do it!
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Nataly shares her perspective on shifting from surviving to living with more joy and spark — and takes you through a practice to give yourself permission to do it. We also have a special guest from the Awesome Human community join us live to share how he has practiced doing this in his own life!
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What you’ll learn:

•  What it means to practice aliveness and how to define what it means for you
•  A simple practice to give yourself permission to practice your joy every day
•  How gratitude can help you shift from living in a state of fight or flight to experiencing more meaning and joy

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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

No, you don’t need to find your passion to live a meaningful life!
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In this episode, Nataly talks with Terri Trespicio, recent author of Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life that Matters to You, about how to bust through the “should”, make your own choices and define a path in life and work that is meaningful to you!
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Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Why you should not feel pressured to find your passion and what you can look for instead
• The difference between making plans and learning how to plan
• How to create a bucket list that brings you joy vs. pressure and frustration

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To learn more about Terri and her new book, check out: https://territrespicio.com/unfollowyourpassion
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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

Stress is inevitable. But you can improve your ability to manage it by strengthening your emotional fitness.
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That’s what this episode is all about.
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Nataly dives into the definition of emotional fitness (as a skill) and shares specific strategies and skills to help you strengthen it - specifically to better manage stress.
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What you’ll learn:

• What is emotional fitness (and why it’s not about being strong and tough)?
•  A 1-minute powerful emotional awareness practice
•  How practicing acceptance can reduce stress?
•  How to use gratitude to counter your brain’s negativity bias?

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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

Is your worry switch always on?
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In this episode, Nataly shares powerful mindset shifts that will help you worry less by learning how to worry with less anxiety and stress and several science-backed practices to help you do it.
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What you’ll learn:

•  Why worry is a natural part of being human (your brain’s negativity bias and fear of uncertainty are at work!)?
•  5-10-minute Embrace Your Worry practice to reduce worry anxiety
•  How thinking about the worst-case-scenario you’re worried about can actually help you feel less anxious?
•  Why worrying about others is not an act of love (and what you can do instead)?

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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

Are you spending more time organizing your stuff than enjoying what’s meaningful in your life?
Do you find yourself overwhelmed with clutter and not sure what to do?
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In this episode, Nataly talks with Joshua Becker, the founder of Becoming Minimalist, about removing what’s less important from our lives to make room for living with more joy, meaning, and ease.
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What you’ll learn:

•  What does it mean to have a minimalist lifestyle (and how it fuels your joy)?
•  3 questions to ask yourself as you begin to declutter
•  How to handle sentimental objects?
•  The best way to encourage people you live with to get rid of stuff

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To learn more about Josh and his work, please visit http://www.becomingminimalist.com/
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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/

If public speaking stresses you out, this episode will help!
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Nataly has been a professional speaker for years and in the past year alone has given more than 200 talks. In this episode, she shares strategies to help you work through the fear of public speaking and let your awesome self shine through in any presentation.
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What you’ll learn:

•  Why public speaking causes so much fear and specific ways to work through it?
•  How telling a story makes any presentation 1000% more powerful?
•  What it actually means to be yourself during a talk?

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And much, much more!
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For more science-backed tips to help you struggle less and thrive more, visit www.happier.com and subscribe to Nataly’s weekly awesome newsletter! If you’d like to join our weekly Awesome Human Hour via Zoom, be part of our live, virtual audience and ask Nataly questions, sign up for free here: https://www.happier.com/Awesome-Human-Hour/