How to Improve Your Health & Happiness with Better Relationships

Human connection and relationships are often overlooked as part of your wellness. A peak performance lifestyle involves optimizing all parts of your health. Communication, self-awareness, and resilience are all skills that you can learn to help you perform at the highest level.
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In this episode I talk to Evy Poumpouras, former Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, co-host of Bravo TV’s competition series Spy Games, and author of the best-selling book Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, Live Fearlessly. Evy holds a Master of Arts in Forensic Psychology as well as a Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University. She teaches Criminal Justice and Criminology as an Adjunct Professor at the City University of New York and Leadership and Negotiation at the Athens University of Economics and Business.
Evy and I discuss:
- How does human connection affect your health and well-being?
- Techniques to become more emotionally resilient.
- Is understanding human behavior the key to success?
- The dangers of social isolation and a poor mindset.
00:00:00 - Protecting Yourself in the Digital Age
00:10:49 - The Dangers of Identity Theft and Online Scams
00:12:58 - The Psychological Impact of Online Harassment and Cybersecurity
00:18:00 - The Pressure to Post on Social Media and the Importance of Meaningful Content
00:21:35 - Coping with Emotions under Pressure
00:32:28 - The Dangers of Reliance on Therapy
00:43:14 - Making Good Judgments in Relationships and Business Deals
00:53:49 - The Importance of Face-to-Face Communication
00:55:00 - The Resilience Benefits of Human Contact
01:00:53 - Paying Attention to Behavior, Not the Person
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[@Mandajo7]

I love listening to Evy!

[@liatkan]

love this but the sound is off

[@LouisaNicola]

what do you mean the sound is off?

[@heymrsrobinson2389]

Yes it keeps glitching- words jumping and repeating throughout 46.30-46.40 for an example. It’s worse in the second half of the video. (Absolutely love Evy and the interview though!)

[@liatkan]

In the "dangers of reliance there are many gliches in sound like the commetator said (thank you), but i loved the talk itself. ♡

[@Yamina_]

Omg so glad that i read this because i thought that the weird sound came from my phone😂

[@Tina-wk2pr]

yes!! the sound sounds like bad editing

[@MelindaR328]

I would like to be half as smart and half as brave as she is! She is just wonderful.

[@stacylogan7265]

The irony when the video starts off with Evy saying not to try to sell things/make a salesy pitch, then it cuts off to your ad trying to sell 😂

[@AneteKramina]

😂😂😂😂

[@AneteKramina]

Talking about bad timing 😂

[@SammySinglewide]

I love her outfit ❤

[@alcudiababe1]

I've learnt the best way through working in retail don't be in their face because people think you're trying to sell them something. However you can go on up to them and say hello and then add "I'm just over here if you need anything." So they are not as put off by you. I find they smile and thank you and are more appreciative because of that

[@leighleigh9279]

She’s the best!

[@siglla6456]

Excellent interview with world class guest!Thank you...

[@LouisaNicola]

Thank you so much for listeninig

[@sofiami5385]

Good interview. I really like Evy. A smart, strong and beautiful woman.

[@LouisaNicola]

Thank you! She is wonderful.

[@hrabmv]

Evy talks a lot like what Jesus teaches, very wise!! and inspiring....and a proof that by serving people we get to happines

[@andreaviola8675]

Evy worked for the government and learned how to be a master manipulator. Use critical thinking.

[@afcafavec]

Evy being Evy ❤

[@krazykirl1129]

I'm pretty sure Evy has thought of this already, but posting a photo of your daughter... If they're old enough to have social media, make sure the photo you posted isn't the one they used for their profile photo. It's so easy to take that photo and use facial recognition via Google to find out who the person is. It happened to me and my stalker found out a lot about me 🤦🏻‍♀️ Tip: if you're on a dating site, don't use the same photos that you use on social media, they're easy to trace.

[@GD-cr5um]

This is so true i had a friend who spend thousands on therapy because of a wrong marriage and continued living with the toxic spouse. She became sick and i had to just leave tbe friendship as my engagement with her also became toxic

[@mleon77]

You said it right right there lady where is the genuine people out anymore for real

[@bookwormchats]

I agree with evy's point on level of guilt physical or online abuse. Also when you abuse physically that person saw you, even though I say this and you could wear masks and shit like that but your voice can also give away. Although online people create fake accounts maybe use photos of others for profile pics. Online we don't see the person so people can likely feel lack of guilt there.

[@matthewthehawk1066]

Great podcast

[@AugustEternity]

Amazing episode! You two women are such role models to me thank you for this and keen for more in future! :) Just some feedback, unsure if it was on my end however the audio was tripping up through the whole episode, like little hiccups. xx

[@LouisaNicola]

I am so happy you enjoyed the episode. You will love the one next week!

[@carolcaplinger5991]

I am getting hiccups too!!!

[@JamieE76]

Great interview!

[@LouisaNicola]

Thank you!

[@mitaev1]

Love the interview but the audio keeps glitching. :(

[@LouisaNicola]

Hi, I am so sorry, is this only happening on YT for you? It seems clear on my end.

[@sammyparadero8762]

@@LouisaNicolait was glitching on mine and on any devices I use

[@NM-mc4rj]

For people who work from home you can always work out of co-working spaces. It gives you that feeling of having colleagues without having to go every single day.

[@angelicadelashmette803]

@louisanicola - tons of people on this comment thread are experiencing glitching audio, I am as well. So it’s not just one person.

[@LouisaNicola]

Thank you for letting me know. I let my producer know

[@x3AnnyLinh]

Will it be re uploaded?

[@saitajaved4573]

Great interview

[@LouisaNicola]

Thank you!!! Don't forget to subscribe on Apple iTunes

[@Vivreavecpassion]

It's interesting when you talk about being emotionnal Louisa ! Personnaly, i found you very genuine, beautiful and passionnate. You are a passionnate person and being a passionnate person myself, you have that rage that comes from your passion ! Now it's important for you and me to control that rage to live with passion. I see that you have a strong emotionnal intelligence. God bless you and thank you for your passion ! Have a great day Louisa ! 😃

[@LouisaNicola]

Thank you for your beautiful comment. It's definitely something i am working on everyday

[@Vivreavecpassion]

My pleasure Louisa ! What help me a lot to control that rage is to work out ! It's a therapy for me ! I love it, i release all the cortisol (rage) out of my body to replace it with dopamine and i practice a lot of combat sport like karate, krav maga and tai chi to know when to strike, talk, not talk, walk away ! I breath also and i discipline myself with the using of electronic devices ! It's amazing to control the beast ! I listen to podcast like yours ! I feed my mind and body with great and healthy words ! I eat healthy and i am in a process to have a better sleep thanks to your podcast ! I do all of that for living with passion ! It's a process and i beautiful and passionnate process ! Have a great Louisa and God bless you and your family ! 😃

[@Vivreavecpassion]

​@@LouisaNicola Hi Louisa ! I realise by the word of God that God heal our wounded heart. He did it for me and i hope and pray that he does the same for you ! Have a great day ! God bless you ! 😃

[@George-bq5uz]

Ok i will think about it....

[@poimamasalosalo392]

❤️🔥

[@phillipharding6610]

Louisa , I hope you learnt from her ! You definitely need it !

[@LouisaNicola]

😂 In what way?

[@alcudiababe1]

I guess we will have to listen and find out what she does in those three sessions. Perhaps do something to show us by break down common problems because I'm just thinking about something like narcissistic abuse where even DR Ramani says herself she could tell people do this, do that and tell people they're going to be fine but then will always add, it's more complex because there's the trauma bond, the rumination, the am I a Narcissist? Was I more codependent? (I know a lot of people don't like that word) and breaks down terminology, and narcissistic parents like Narcissistic Father's and the effects it has on young girls to potentially seek the bad parts out to date narcissistic men. So I don't want to come across like a know it all or arrogant but if for example Dr Ramani is saying that it's more complex how can someone be fixed in three days depending on what they have gone through? Even some one like Marissa peer she can break down your problem very quickly by how you speak to yourself and giving yourself affirmations say and hypnosis but you won't be fixed in three days it's over a period of time like a month and she says therpists have always come to her when they don't know what to do with a client

[@BonBonHassan]

That's how I've felt about posting, I don't have anything to add yet so I don't feel the need

[@NiinaSKlove]

Wanted to listen to the whole video, but the sound glitch that happens all the time is too annoying. It would have been nice if you had made a new upload with a better audio, but I can’t find that on your channel.

[@LouisaNicola]

Have you listened on the actual podcast platform? there's no glitches there.

[@NiinaSKlove]

@@LouisaNicola No, - I’m new to your channel, this is the first video/podcast that I have listened to. But I will check out the audio version. 😊👍🏼

[@carolgerber6375]

Stop the ads

[@LouisaNicola]

excuse me?

[@andreaviola8675]

Stop selling and start manipulating....got it

[@tommac21]

Who do you tell this to. And who are you to tell anybody anything. This is a bunch of nonsense. What makes people like her believe they know anymore then the next person about relationships. Nobody knows any more then the next person. Especially with silly advice like this. If you both just sit there and listen. I guess theres no conversation

[@danielapineyro1998]

I loved this interview. Keep doing the good work! ❤️🫂 Evy is so inspiring and she is highly intelligent. I loved this interview. Thanks for doing it!