The ONE Thing That TRANSFORMED My Life: Unlock Happiness NOW! | Nataly Kogan

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A leading expert on emotional fitness, Nataly Kogan is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker on a mission to help millions of people struggle less and thrive more in work and life.
Nataly's science-backed Happier Method™ and her contagious energy have helped over a million people live, work, and lead with more connection, joy, and meaning-even during difficult times. She and her work have been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, TEDx, and SXSW.
Her new book is The Awesome Human Project: Break Free from Daily Burnout, Struggle Less, and Thrive More in Work and Life.
Stop struggling and start living your best life-with the inspiring, proven program that's transformed over a million people.
We are all experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and burnout. Exhaustion is at an all-time high. Leaders are depleted, employees are burning out at an alarming rate, and parents met their breaking point long ago. We are struggling and in desperate need of a new path forward.
In The Awesome Human Project, Nataly Kogan, emotional fitness and leadership expert and author of Happier Now, shows us the way. She makes the compelling case that while challenge in life is constant, struggle is optional. Here, she shares an accessible, super-practical, and unboring guide for reducing daily struggle and burnout-so you can live, work, and lead with more energy, joy, and meaning, even during difficult times.
Nataly wrote The Awesome Human Project in response to her own journey. A refugee who achieved tremendous success, she had come to see struggle as a way of life. But her burnout taught her a powerful lesson: you can’t give what you don’t have. She writes, “Strengthening your emotional fitness is an essential investment in your success and leadership, and an act of love to everyone you care about.”
Filled with simple, science-backed practices and Nataly’s contagious energy, The Awesome Human Project will teach you how to strengthen your emotional fitness skills, create a more supportive relationship with yourself as well as your thoughts and emotions, reduce self-doubt, and cultivate more honest and meaningful connections with others.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Episode Teaser
0:26 - The Start of the Journey to Happiness
7:11 - Looking for Happiness from buying stuff
10:00 - The Cheesecake
11:30 - What is your brain no.1 priority?
12:46 - Life is a Journey
13:50 - The definition of Happiness
16:10 - What is Emotional Fitness?
18:05 - How to Deal with Negative Thoughts?
24:25 - How to deal with anger and frustration?
36:16 - The Comfort Zone
39:14 - Why are we stopping ourselves from being happy?
40:38 - What is Self Compassion?
45:41 - The concept of you being enough
57:09 - Mission in life
57:36 - Why are we all here?
57:59 - Book and Website
58:14 - End
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[@patwatson913]

Why do you think you're old..I'm a young 75...spirit is timeless. I love you and your guests for sharing their experiences. This is good information. Thank you!

[@gillysparrowlegs]

I never knew lasting happiness till I let go of an unatainable dream, it felt like falling off a cliff, but in reality I was lifted to a higher more beautiful realm.

[@amandasimpson9669]

The mind "is a beautiful tool but a lousy master"-Ram Dass

[@barbarahamilton9139]

My mantra is "I am at peace with thoughts and my thoughts are peaceful."

[@plutooliver686]

I recall years ago asking myself intuitively what my purpose is here. I received "to love yourself." i discounted it like no what human things do i need to do to be or prove love or worth 🤣 i laugh at myself when i think back to that moment when i realized after so much looking outside for happiness and love that my intuition was correct. The mission is to love myself as i am here and now and to inspire or actually remind others to love themselves, too, which they already know is there. We just temporarily forget while here.

[@websurfer5772]

Your comment is worth gold to me. This is also what my astrological natal chart tells me is my mission this lifetime.

[@plutooliver686]

@websurfer love and blessings to you friend! 🙏 Love is the greatest gift of all.shine baby shine ✨️ 😊✨️

[@jeffmuns77]

Such helpful and amazing content! Alex you may not have "made Star Wars yet", but through your podcasts you help real people tap into the real "Force". Thank you and all your guests for the knowledge you share. ☆♡☆

[@robturner7024]

He’s far more important that any star war anything .

[@bonnielucas1941]

This reminds me of Alcoholics Anonymous which teaches self analysis thru the 12 Steps. It encourages us to define our own spirituality which is how I began to seek what was Spiritually real to me. One of the tenets of A A is acceptance. One story says "Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today." Lack of acceptance causes us to believe something in life is not what it "should be". Another helpful piece is the prayer " God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference". It has a lot of power. Just an observation. I loved this show!

[@audreywitko1445]

❤ Thank you, both, for this discussion. I literally just embraced that I AM ENOUGH after 69 years of life. May I put out here what really created the shift in me was in working with an EMDR Therapist. 🥰

[@plutooliver686]

Hugs friend 🤗 💚 you are worthy of receiving true genuine love not just from others but from yourself 💚😊💚

[@brettharrisphotography7463]

Don't forget the heart also thinks too. Start listening to your heart, in combination with the brain as one!

[@jocelynmayer7270]

Ram Dass BE HERE NOW That's one of the book which is up there in the list of best books for me.

[@websurfer5772]

I chose his calendar for this year of 2023. BE H E R E NOW ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

[@synthia9247]

Peace is also my idea of happiness

[@garybill721]

To hear someone say we are 7 year olds basically in older bodies is refreshing. It came to me a couple months ago this concept. It gives me a sense of greater compassion for others, cut others a break because everyone is kind of feeling their way in darkness often.

[@janelawrence6283]

Hey. My artwork is so mu+h like yours . Thanks &or sharing. 36:41

[@ellenhagens2210]

What Nataly is saying is really resonating with me. I thought there was just something wrong with my brain, it's just so negative in what it tells me about myself. Thank you for clearing it up, it's just a scared child. Changes everything. Thank you!

[@Mariachristinac2]

Love the phrase “ self created valley of struggle.” The treating ourself like a loving grandparent when we are about to go down negative Nancy Lane was eye opening. This past week I had an audition for a local music group I’ve been trying to get an audition with for a few years. Well the 2 days following the audition I said every mean abusive “ you suck, why do you even try anymore, you are too old, you aren’t good enough, why are you kidding yourself” kind of banter and at the tail end of my epic pity party and shock I ended up actually getting in. Regardless of the outcome I can’t believe the horror we put ourselves through. I took myself on a very unnecessary mind bending tour of the tower of terror. I think someday we are all going to realize the way we treat ourselves is one of the most important aspects of why we are here. Thanks for another thoughtful discussion. It keeps the hamster wheels turning but in a meditative way 😂

[@websurfer5772]

My real name is Nancy. 😡

[@tumbleweeduk7479]

Have a look at Brad Yates - Loving yourself. Namaste 💜🙏💜

[@heatherkeeping6773]

Alex, I love your show and your guest! The more humble and specific, the more relatable to all! Thank you, sincerely, you rock! 🇨🇦

[@bigwu100]

Spirit we're all spirit. We live forever we are engulfed in God's love. The body is temporal. Then why must we be saved. We are spirit we know God. What's the point? Death is temporary.

[@GrandmaEllen]

I'm so proud of you, Alex. You are growing. I think this old Grandma is, too. 💜

[@amanitamuscaria7500]

Lovely woman!! Delightful. And if Nataly gets fed up with this work, she do stand up.....she's a natural. I think the person who coined monkey mind was Swami Sarvapriyananda - turn your monkey mind into a monk mind, or similar. I love the paintings, btw.

[@FIG147]

Love what you "Produce/Direct now Alex, so glad you found you..!! 😎👍🏻 Such a good, true & informative conversation, it all comes down to OUR BELIEFS. Also I believe Nataly is right that the root of all the yucky-stuff... comes from FEAR..!! "We've been given a Spirit of LOVE, POWER & A SOUND MIND..!!" ~Yeshua~

[@melissad1854]

Thank you Alex and Nataly! Wonderful conversation. Life changers for me... Never...begrudge yourself Understand what learned behavior is... Look in the mirror (smile, it makes you look younger!) and learn to love yourself.

[@angelabhushan418]

Alex, you always have great guests and each one has been an inspiration for me. Thank you for this powerful , self affirming dialog with Nataly. The concept of “ you are enough” resonated with every core of my being! I got pushed out of my workplace at 58 in 2020 and have been unemployed since then. I have the necessary qualifications but despite every conceivable effort on my part, nothing has worked. So of course , I can relate to everything you and Nataly have said about the brain being a scared child or anticipating the tiger round the corner! My takeaway from this podcast is to be kind to myself and change direction, even if it is a hard decision such as opting for retirement. Thank you both and God bless for helping me get out of “ my valley of struggle”

[@pinkdaisy5934]

what beautiful, important, loving insights! thank you both!

[@ellenhagens2210]

Alex, your channel is amazing! Thank you for changing my life for the better. ❤😊

[@NextLevelSoul]

You're so welcome!

[@charleskeller4288]

35:00 reminded my of the Johnny Cash song and common saying: "Too heavenly minded to be any earthly good." - I am not sure if this is the same concept that Nataly is expressing here though....

[@specialeeffexx]

Nataly’s such a Gorgeous Goddess! Her Light is shining brightly! ❤

[@starlightsky655]

Love the cheesecake example, very relatable 😆😆

[@keng528]

She tied the early to the conclusion....wow...makes the picture in my mind come to life as a video in color with all senses activated and in transmission and receiver mode simultaneously ♥️

[@lindazama5498]

Your podcasts are so enriching . Natal Kogan is simple and yet profound. This is a rich exchange. Thank you.

[@NextLevelSoul]

Wow, thank you!

[@marijaprokic1560]

Everyday something to look forward 🤍🤍🤍 Definition of happiness is peace for me too. Capability to be at peace no matter what, who or why.

[@tawnyjean7684]

Alex I had an ah ha moment while listening to this and I wanted to tell you that although Steven Spielberg is this great film maker(I honestly had to look up exactly what he does bc I truly don’t know) I just knew something in movies! So he’s probably made great movies and I’m sure I’ve seen a few…not sure which ones to be honest! I’m sure through his work he’s helped ppl in some way and people aspire to be like him because he is talented but you are my Steven Spielberg bc of this podcast! I don’t want to be you but you have helped to change my life. So you like the blade of grass has a purpose here! I don’t know it was very profound when it hit me! You just never know when you might be the link in someone’s ah ha moment! Maybe I’ve been that link to someone along the way,I don’t know! There really is NO point in comparing ourselves to each-other! We must love ourselves for who and what we are because we truly are enough! Thank you for this podcast it is life changing and I bet in some lives it might be life saving!

[@jdakrotz]

Absolutely amazing! Listening & listening again!

[@debbieday52]

"Happiness", or what many people think will make them happy, is different for everyone. For me, I will be happy when I don't have worries about survival and security. I'm now in my 70s and I live in insecurity and anxiety every day. So the "if I only had" thought for happiness will dominate til I'm dead.

[@sidoniefoadey5941]

Thank you both for this lively conversation... There was so much vibrancy in Nataly's voice it almost felt like an energizing flow of "rainbow sparkles"!!! Amazing! I loved Osho's distinction about 'activity' and 'action'; it is a perfect reminder. It is remarkable how the variety of the guests enhances the riches and uniqueness of each invaluable contribution that weaves the tapestry of infinite co-creation. This is a beautiful way to highlight the importance of our common purpose here. Namaste!

[@adamkelly2256]

I love the knowing amusement you both showed when you said "Let's discuss our thoughts ...". Great guest, great discussion. Thank you both!

[@katherinewhittaker9182]

Thanks Alex, thanks Nataly, another awe inspiring interview. I sit frantically making notes of all those ‘ ahh’ moments 😂 Nice to know about the meditation. I find it hard despite over a year of trying so maybe I should take a leaf out of Nataly’s book and just find time to be quiet and still instead of trying to go deep into non thought. 😊

[@Deb5S5111]

I did the same making notes UNTIL I realized Alex provides a transcript. The link is above. You can copy and print it out !!!! ❤

[@bluehorse3603]

You don't have to go into non-thought during meditation. Look up active meditation & guided meditation - is not about non-thought at all. In fact, letting 'higher' thoughts come in is encouraged there

[@NextLevelSoul]

So glad!

[@ClearTheRubble7]

My mind keeps getting blown by these interviews, and I'm concerned that I'm going to end up in the hospital with a blown mind. 😳 As usual, this interview is exactly what I needed to hear on this particular day! (As an aside, I worked for a Russian Jewish family, in a kosher-style restaurant, for 18 years. And to answer Nataly's question early in the interview, they did seem happy. 🤠 In large part, I think, because they were doing what they loved.)

[@websurfer5772]

That's wonderful. Wow, a happy family! How lucky you were to get to work there for so long and still feel this way about them. I'm glad to hear this exists.

[@ClearTheRubble7]

@@websurfer5772 Yeah, they treated me and a lot of the other employees like family, so it was a pretty good experience. 🤠

[@orlywachtel]

Lovely to sit under the light of both of you 🙏

[@beinghere1494]

Thank you Alex, I simply love you and all our brother/sister selves and you and they are helping me to remember and reconnect to us I am so thankful

[@daisyguerra2780]

Alex and Natalie, thank you for this AMAZING and enlightening conversation!! Blessings to both of you!!

[@GrandmaEllen]

Gosh, Nataly speaks right to me. 💜

[@satigopie9007]

Happiness is the one thing we all thrive for and Nataly was on point how to work toward this. All kudos to both of you. This podcast was definitely awakening.

[@betsy5889]

wow ! I wrote notes on this one !!!

[@bethbartlett5692]

✨💛✨ Peace be with you always.

[@user-ix9jg1dh5n]

Robin Sharma first said that quote... I believe in the book "The Monk Who Sold His Ferari".......... "The mind is a wonderful servant but a horrible Master"

[@bridamc3493]

I love this pure down to earth conversation.. Real and genuine. Thank you x

[@AllanGildea]

What a wonderful, insightful and inspiring conversation. Thank you both very much.

[@NextLevelSoul]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AMess-os6xz]

20:43 that’s me. ❤❤

[@popkitlum8415]

I listen to many of your interviews- not sure how I missed this one. Great topic with terrific tangible things to do to work through things. 😊

[@MsScoobydoo1968]

This was such a wonderful and informative interview Alex and Nataly, thank-you both so much for this amazing conversation. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and will implement these strategies. Again thank-you ❤

[@LeonCherylKay]

That was such an awesome conversation! I loved the interaction between you two. I will listen to this several times because it was so helpful in showing me how to get in touch with my inner self. It was so uplifting and showed me that it is never too late to learn something new and have a totally different outlook which will make life so much easier. Thank you so much.

[@BrillGirl82]

Awesome 💗

[@NextLevelSoul]

Thanks 🤗

[@roberttaylor3587]

Fantastic. U helped me greatly. God bless.

[@kristindiprima7603]

Thank you both. This was an amazing interview. 💕

[@user-uh2ns7bh9d]

Can't buy me love. Everybody tells me so. Beatles were channels 😊

[@CDNBOBify]

There is SO MUCH advice and wisdom in this talk in it's mind melting, thank you.

[@deaomler7911]

They are killing me!

[@Missytar]

I totally agree with you Nataly 💯♥️🙌🙏

[@reetvahesalu5790]

Inner peace is SUCCESS 🙏❤

[@candicelisle1111]

Incredible interview! This is one of your best ever!

[@sparrowgeiller9360]

Such helpful information! Thank you and Namaste.

[@janicethomas2528]

Just another wonderful podcast - thank you. I will listen to this several times 💜💜💜

[@mudit11]

Such great talk ... just what I wanted to understand better... thank you 😊 🙏 💓

[@poppycalliope6793]

I really feel that other than thanking the two conversationalist on a very interesting topic, I would like to refer to the legend Louisa Hay who covered such teachings extensively, and in doing so helped millions of people all over the world. I credit this video and I salute the legend Louisa Hay.

[@evian.]

I don't know what is this.....I need to seat with it.

[@anaespinoza6784]

Yes!!! Acknowledge it!!!😂❤😊😊😊 Much better life!! Thank you for you helping all of us to try to understand Us.😊

[@poppycalliope6793]

What an interesting interview. This is a massive issue and I believe all people struggle with their mindset to one degree or another. Being at peace with oneself is probably the best way to physical and mental well being. Starting from this mind set, everything else seems to be easier, even challenges. Certainly a lot of suffering would have been avoided or alleviated if we were directed into this way of thinking (story of the pink shoelace). Excellent content.

[@CurtisKnuth]

Well done, nice flow to the conversation. Seek 1st to understand, then to be understood!

[@SuketaPatel]

The child and the grandmother....I see it....just like the dragon story! A few simple tools to help humanity see clearer goes a long way! Better than any Spielberg movie! 🙏🇨🇦❤️🌈🌎🦋🌺🛹🏄‍♀️

[@krissiekilpatrick6898]

Hi Nataly! Thank you for your openness about all that negative self talk! I’m an expert at it and it makes me feel like I’m not having an authentic awakening bc I’m not always light and bright. It’s definitely a struggle and a daily practice.

[@asmrloveafterdarktarot1973]

I don't think awakening is light and bright, its seeing that darkness and heaviness and saying yeah I will sit with you a minute.. hoooo let me breathe through tis.. it is tough.. it hurts!!!!!!! Let me take care of myself and my body as much as I know how. x

[@goodwayinlife111]

I love this episode, from my heart thanks

[@teresamaher9977]

Divine timing 🙏 Blessings ❤

[@ingridwardle29]

Wow...wonderful conversation and the energy is so beautiful filled with divine grace, light and peacefulness! Love to you all! 🙏❤🙏

[@smithfamily1407]

Oh expectations 😕 mother of all screw ups!!!

[@LovingLioness]

Great interview. Thank you

[@cynthiabowkett4082]

Welcome Nataly how lovely to be with you this evening, it's amazing just how natural and honest you are it's as if I had known you forever. All is well with your experience of your journey has molded you both into the amazing people you both are today. it is awesome how our life's journey is our best teacher to be more grateful for all we all have been blessed with thank you Father mother creator. love you guys thank you both GODS BLESSINGSXXXXXXXX

[@naticongored]

תודה❤❤❤

[@christyb3942]

Great conversation and reminders! Thank you both! 🙏🏻💕

[@NextLevelSoul]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@susanblack195]

Just love your wonderful podcasts ! I look forward to watching every morning .. its good to know Im not going insane and great great to hear from like minds ! You set me up for the day... totally uplifting Thank you so much Alex Ferrari XX

[@napuaoney8593]

40:45 just at the mention of it I get teary. 😢yep working on it

[@athenaheart]

wonderful conversation...what should I do now to get out of the valley of struggle - as I deal with the facts, while setting aside the shoulds/musts that my brain dictates?...😊 ' 😊

[@napuaoney8593]

42:43 I say that to people all the time but hard to take that on to me.

[@Sunshinesinthesky]

Lovely! ❤ Thank you

[@jimsmith1549]

Alex and Nataly, thank you for this conversation! I was attracted to it because I currently feel stuck and that's not a good feeling. But this video offered me the insight that it's really my thoughts deluding me that I'm just that frightened little kid who's afraid to leave the house [fyi, I actually suffered from that when I was around 4. There were times she would have to stand at our front door looking out so that I would play in our front yard. I gradually got out of that awful state due to my mom's intuitive and loving actions]. So I can understand the notion of the mind as a very frightened small child who CAN be gently coaxed out of the fear through the REAL ME being its loving adult.

[@NextLevelSoul]

Thx for watching

[@stacymorgan4006]

Loved this. 🤍

[@brent8207]

OMG!!! Your cheese cake story made me laugh . it is so true. 🤣😂🤣

[@ellenhagens2210]

I laughed too. We can use the cheesecake analogy for so many things in our life. I actually yelled out a couple of them in the car while listening to this podcast today. 😁

[@magisimon4873]

By the way, I find her quite noisy. Happy to see that she is on the path. Emotions belong to the green wave, thoughts yellow, talk orange, actions the red wave in the human energy spectrum. So being in the Blue, purple and violet bands are very different. It is not stillness. Because we are the observer and stillness is just an illusion. We have to start living beyond our thoughts and emotions and find out true self.

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Didn't Buzz Aldrin face depression after coming back on Apollo 11?

[@malubuckmaster6380]

But it's NOT the brain guys.....iTs THE MIND, 2 different things! Get control of mind and you will be the QUEEN,KING, no longer the servant!!!

[@joeyfarrell188]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@albinaakramova9644]

❤️🙏

[@synthia9247]

Quit seeking validations/ awards for your achievements you have accomplished. Be happy with your work/ art/ and inner and outer self.

[@joycebrewer7689]

...so you were Picasso in a past life...🤔🎨👍🌟

[@ranurene2018]

💗

[@evelynlo458]

❤

[@ruffshenanigans9582]

I grew up around Eastern European immigrants early 1900s, Catholics & they had the similar attitude of doom gloom & no humor. The German & Irish & French? Very poor no education but Not like that but they had been here much longer

[@avalon_s3364]

We are all amazing been I appreciate your talks Thanks Please don't compare to anyone but never a sick human being like gates and refer him as a g o d 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@robturner7024]

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[@IoanaMisBCBA]

Can I have Janet's number? 😂

[@bluelightoracle]

Really helpful interview and also really down to earth conversation. Thank you