Nobody Told Me!

Joining us on this episode is Lisa Taddeo, the New York Times best-selling author of the book, Three Women, which is a nearly decade-long investigation into the sex lives and desires of three American women.  Three Women is one of the most talked-about books this year and we were thrilled to talk about it with Lisa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We promise you're going to fall in love with our guest on this episode, Andrew Samuel, author of the new book, OUR AMERICAN DREAM: Cultivating a Life of Success, Joy, and Purpose.  Andrew has been a successful banker for many years.  But, his early life gave no clue that he’d one day be building successful banks and taking companies public.  In this episode, he tells the story of how he went from being a poor, skinny little kid in India to ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a great honor to talk to Retired United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills, author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Tough as They Come.  In April 2012, Travis was critically injured by an improvised explosive device on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan.  Travis lost portions of both legs and arms and is one of only five quadruple amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries.  And while you might think such injuries would break a person, both physically and emotionally, that's not the case with Travis.  He continues to amaze his friends and family alike with his progress and amazing spirit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we welcome back Andrew Tarvin, who calls himself the world’s first humor engineer teaching people how to get better results while having more fun.  He’s worked with more than 250 organizations from around the world, helping them to use humor to achieve happiness and success in the workplace.  Andrew is the author of several books on humor, including his latest, Humor That Works:  The Missing Skill for Success and Happiness at Work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We were thrilled to talk to longtime award-winning Stanford University drama and improvisation educator Patricia Madson, author of the wildy popular book, Improv Wisdom:  Don’t Prepare, Just Show Up.  In this interview, she explains how to take the basic lessons of improv and apply them to all aspects of our everyday lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Mooney was once labeled "severely learning disabled", but beat the odds to become a Brown University graduate, a best-selling author, and highly sought after public speaker.  On this episode, he talks about how he has overcome challenges related to dyslexia, ADD, depression, and anxiety and what needs to be done within our education system to help children who have different learning needs.  His latest book is called Normal Sucks: How to Live, Learn, and Thrive Outside the Lines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we're joined by Sarah Owens (Jan's daughter/Laura's sister) as we talk about millennials in the workplace with Adam "Smiley" Poswolsky, a millennial workplace expert, international keynote speaker, and bestselling author of the book, The Quarter-Life Breakthrough: Invent Your Own Path, Find Meaningful Work and Build a Life that Matters.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happiness is one of the topics we've explored a lot on 'Nobody Told Me!' and on this episode, we'd like to share with you some of the most intriguing and useful information about happiness that our guests have given us.  We talk to Dr. Rick Hanson ('Hardwiring Happiness') who explains how to tap into the hidden power of everyday experiences to change your brain and your life for the better.  Next, we talk to best-selling author Shawn Achor ('The Happiness Advantage'), who says there's a difference between what people think they need to be happy and what they really do need.  Finally, we talk to technology expert Ellen Petry Leanse ('The Happiness Hack') about how to program more happiness into our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re very honored to have New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews with us on this episode.   You may know Andy from his many books like The Noticer and The Traveler’s Gift:  Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success.  You may not know that Andy was homeless for two years following the deaths of both of his parents when he was 19.  He is inspirational, motivational, and very much in-demand as a speaker and as a consultant to many of the world’s top corporations.  He’s known for his ability to detect the little things that are the difference between winning and losing.  His latest book is called, The Bottom of the Pool:  Thinking Beyond Your Boundaries to Achieve Extraordinary Results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you often get angry?  Do you think people in general are more angry these days than they used to be?  How can we best cope with our own anger and that of those around us?   To help answer those questions, we turn to our guest on this episode, anger expert Ryan Martin, who is a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.  Among other things, he researches and writes on healthy and unhealthy expressions of anger. He blogs about anger for Psychology Today and he just did a TED talk on why we get mad and why it’s healthy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can asking the right questions change our lives? Hal Gregersen is the author of the new book, Questions Are the Answer:  A Breakthrough Approach to Your Most Vexing Problems at Work and in Life, which is based on interviews with leaders like Pixar founder Ed Catmull and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.  Hal is well-known as an innovation and leadership guru who is the Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Center and Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we take a look at the challenges you face if you’re single and dating.  We’re joined by certified sex educator and relationship expert Shan Boodram, who’s been called one of the most trusted voices in the sex, love and dating space for the past ten years.  Shan’s new book is called, THE GAME OF DESIRE: 5 Surprising Secrets to Dating with Dominance—and Getting What You Want.  The book promises to teach you the self-and social-awareness to make dating your favorite new hobby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us on this episode is Jim Morris, who’s an athlete, author, teacher, top motivational speaker, and inspiration for the movie, The Rookie, which was based on Jim’s book, The Oldest Rookie:  Big League Dreams from a Small Town Guy.  Jim’s journey has been called,  “a testimony to the power of dreams and their ability to inspire and transform human life.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Death is not an easy subject to talk about, but it’s a fact of life. We will all die someday, and between now and then, we’ll have family and friends who will die. So, how can we help those close to us who are facing death and how can we best prepare for our own lives to end? We’ll explore those questions on this episode with Dr. BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger, who are the co-authors of the book, A Beginner’s Guide to the End: Practical Advice for Living Life and Facing Death. It’s described as, “The first-ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying—and living fully until you do”.  Dr. BJ Miller is the president and a counselor at his own palliative care company, Mettle Health, which you can learn about by going to https://www.mettlehealth.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that depression is the leading cause of disability in the world?  Clinical depression affects some 16 million adults in the United States, and a growing number of children and teenagers.   If you, or someone you care about, suffers from depression, you know it can be hard to treat.  That’s why there’s been a lot of excitement about the promise shown by the drug Ketamine in treating depression.  Joining us on this episode is Dr. Gerard Sanacora, who is an internationally recognized expert in the use of Ketamine in psychiatry.  He is a professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine and the director of the Yale Depression Research Program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The man known as "The Wolf of Wall Street", Jordan Belfort, has had extreme highs and lows in his life.  At one time, he made over $50 million a year, but ended up serving 22 months in prison for securities fraud and money laundering.  These days, he's working to help others avoid the traps he fell into.  As Jordan sees it, "Success, in the absence of ethics, is failure." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us once again is best-selling author Sam Horn, founder and CEO of the Intrigue Agency, whose mission is to help people create a quality life-work ratio that adds value for all involved.  She works with high-performing executives and innovative entrepreneurs to bring game-changing presentations, books, and companies to life.  In this episode, she offers great advice for building brand recognition, communicating with audiences and influential people, and how to be remembered. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It takes a lot of work to make a relationship work!  For more than 30 years, our guest, psychologist Dr. Ellyn Bader has specialized in helping couples transform their relationships.  Ellyn and her husband, Dr. Peter Pearson, co-founded The Couples Institute in Silicon Valley, where they work with entrepreneurial couples including CEOs, startup founders, and small business owners, helping them better understand and overcome the unique challenges of managing a business and marriage simultaneously (and successfully). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you feel uncomfortable in some social situations?  Do you feel self-conscious and insecure and wish you could do something about that?  If so, you’ll want to hear what our guest, Dr. Ellen Hendriksen has to say.  Ellen is a clinical psychologist who has helped millions of people overcome social anxiety.  She’s the author of book, How To Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode, we’re taking a look at the Great American Family Road Trip with our guest, Richard Ratay.  He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, Don’t Make Me Pull Over:  An Informal History of the Family Road Trip.  We discuss what Richard learned from road trips and why he has incorporated them into his own family's life, the major companies that were started as a result of the interstate highway system, and how road trips are becoming popular with millennials with the addition of new technology that makes them much easier than they were in the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices