The Nishant Garg Show

Terri Lonowski earned a degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Nebraska and has made significant professional contributions throughout her career. These include serving as Chair of the American Counseling Association Foundation. As an expert consultant on US Department of Labor special projects, Terri has been at the leading edge of innovation, evolving nationwide workforce initiatives. She had the distinct privilege and honor of participating in two events held at The White House, showcasing innovative projects which embraced empathy and Design Thinking (a change management methodology). She created Soulful Listening™ by incorporating Active Listening and Empathy elements, then added missing pieces, to address communication disconnect in the workplace and in personal relationships. Terri is a practitioner of Soulful Listening™, a Master Facilitator, and a highly sought-after national and international speaker.

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Cindy Vuu is the CEO of an 8000 employees company Biti’s, it's a national heritage footwear brand in Vietnam. The brand is so well-known there that nearly all Vietnamese have likely worn Biti’s shoes at some point in their lives. Cindy also is known for driving the successful comeback of the company amidst the fierce foreign brand competition. Much of this comeback is attributed to the marketing campaign of the Biti’s Hunter line in 2017. By collaborating with massive Vietnamese musical artist and promoting a message seeped in mindfulness and connection, the initiative transformed the brand back up to its current top spot as Vietnam’s #1 footwear company.   Cindy is passionate about shoes. She also loves to contribute & create a happy, loving, compassionate, and green community. In this episode, Cindy talks about meeting the basic necessities in life to build the foundation of happiness, her interaction with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, travel tips to Vietnam, her grieving process after the death of her husband, Sitting on Emptiness, and much much more.

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This is a dream interview with this episode guest Debbie Millman. She is named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie is also an author, educator, curator, and host of the podcast Design Matters. As the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the world’s first and longest-running podcasts, she has interviewed nearly 500 artists, designers, and cultural commentators over the past 14 years.  Debbie has interviewed guests including Tim Ferriss, Malcolm Gladwell,  Steven Pinker, Amanda Palmer,  Brene Brown, and many, many more. Her new book Why Design Matters: Conversations with the World's Most Creative People is coming up on Oct 26th, 2021 and you can preorder the book on amazon and I will link it up in the show notes and in the description.

In this episode, debbie talks about the the role of therapy in her life, being hopeful and optimistic in challenging times, important aspects for growth and creativity,   about love and relationship relationship with her spouse Roxanne Gay who's an American writer, professor, editor, and social commentator.

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Her new book: link: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Design-Matters-Conversations-Creative/dp/0062872966/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=why+design+matters&qid=1623270115&sr=8-2

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Sarah Sarkis received her MA from Boston College where  she studied Counseling Psychology. and then began her doctoral training at George Washington University with an emphasis on Adult Psychotherapy from a psychoanalytic perspective. Upon completion of her doctoral studies,  she completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship training at two inpatient psychiatric hospitals in the Boston area. There,  she worked with people who were suffering from the most severe and retractable forms of mental illness. Those experiences taught her the deep and enduring value of comprehensive and collaborative care from a multi-disciplinary perspective. In addition to her psychology training, she has studied extensively the use of mindfulness, functional medicine, hormones, and how food, medicine, and mood are interconnected. This is a very juicy conversation with Sarah and we cover many grounds. Please be patient and Feel free to take breaks to digest the richness of awareness and wisdom Sarah shares. Without further ado, please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation

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Jeremy Hunter is the great-grandson of a sumo wrestler. He serves as the Founding Director of the Executive Mind Leadership Institute as well as Associate Professor of Practice at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management. For over a decade, he has helped leaders develop themselves while retaining their humanity in the face of monumental change and challenge. He created and teaches The Executive Mind, a series of demanding and transformative executive education programs. They are dedicated to Drucker’s assertion that “You cannot manage other people unless you manage yourself first.”. He has designed and led leadership development programs for a wide variety of organizations, including Fortune 200 aerospace, Fortune 50 banking and finance, accounting, the arts, and civic non-profits.  

In this episode, Jeremy talks about this connection with Japan, Japan Bathing Culture, what does it mean to live a meaningful, engaged, and effective life, fostering the quality of attention and life, the practices of self-management, and much much more.

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Daphne Rose Kingma is a beloved therapist and relationship expert and the author of a dozen books about love, relationships, and living through crisis. She is the author of 12 best-selling books about love and relationships, including Coming Apart, The Future of Love, and The Ten Things to Do when Your Life Falls Apart. She has been a psychotherapist, six-time guest on Oprah, partner in a publishing house, studio painter, and poet. This conversation with Daphne is very close to my heart. We talk about relationships, love, connection, finding true love, How does someone become aware of the origin of their trauma and their childhood issues? and much more.

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Dr. Marisa Porges is known for her work on gender and education, leadership, and national security and is the author of What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women (Viking Press, 2020). She is currently the eighth Head of School of The Baldwin School, a 130-year-old all-girls school outside of Philadelphia, that is renowned for academic excellence and preparing girls to be leaders and changemakers. She is an alumna of Baldwin and personally understands the power of its approach to educating girls. Prior to joining Baldwin, Dr. Porges was leading counterterrorism and national security expert. Most recently, she served in the Obama White House as a senior policy advisor and White House Fellow at the National Economic Council, where she oversaw the development of domestic cybersecurity and consumer protection policies. 

In this episode, we talk about her experience flying US NAVY jets and military experiences, traveled throughout the Middle East and Afghanistan, conducting research on counterterrorism—including interviews with former members of Al Qaeda and the Taliban, how to raise bold, courageous, and resilient women and men, about carrying a notebook in your hand while at airports, develop this habit of obsessive note-taking. and much more.

Book: What Girls Need: How to Raise Bold, Courageous, and Resilient Women

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Dr. Jannell MacAulay is a U.S. Air Force veteran who has managed human performance under high-stress situations for over two decades. As a military leader and combat pilot, she experienced the same stress, frustration, and fears that leaders and teams in corporate America face daily in their personal and professional lives. Her own personal journey led to earning her Ph.D. with work in the field of strategic health and human performance. With her innovative leadership style, she was the first leader to introduce mindfulness as a proactive performance strategy within the US military. Jannell is a TEDx speaker and mother of two, who is on a mission to help leaders and organizations excel in high-stress and rugged environments, by showing them how to lean into each moment. In this conversation, we cover many grounds to achieve high performance in our everyday lives. I highly invite you to revisit this episode in the future

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Anthony Trucks is a former NFL Athlete, American Ninja Warrior on NBC, an international speaker, and the founder of Identity Shift coaching. He uses cutting-edge science and psychology to upgrade how you operate so you can elevate your life and business to reach your full potential. After being given away into foster care at 3 years old, losing his NFL career to injury -he learned how to shift at a very young age, and now his life mission is teaching others how to Make Shift Happen in their lives. He teaches people the power of using their identity to start attaining their most ambitious desires. He created The Shift Method, A process and a company focused on helping people close their “Identity Gaps” that are responsible for the shortfalls in their potential and lack of success. It’s time to Make the Shift Happen.

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Scott Shute sits at the intersection of ancient wisdom traditions and the business world. He currently leads Mindfulness and Compassion programs at LinkedIn. After twenty-five years of customer-oriented leadership roles, he found his dream job, where he gets to utilize his entire skillset and embrace his passions. In this work he explores the possibility of human potential, helping employees become the very best version of themselves. I enjoyed this conversation so much with Scott and I am sure you'll enjoy it too. Scott discusses his new book Full Body Yes, his passion for photography and creative process, how he serves as the head of mindfulness and compassion programs at LinkedIn, and much more. You can find his book link and show notes at nishantgarg.me/podcasts

Full Body Yes book link https://www.scottshute.com/the-book

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