In episode 397, I chat with Anna Krjatian, who was born in the Republic of Georgia and at the age of 11 started living in Australia.  As a kid she was always full of life and hated when others were bullied.  She also struggled with creating her own boundaries as a young girl.  Listen as she talks about how growing up in an emotionally abusive household made her realize her own need to set boundaries, how she did it, how her health detoxed and then improved and how she's helping others create their boundaries too.   

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Creating Boundaries with Your Family

It's the work on me weekend episode and today Keri is talking about how we can cure anxious feelings and feelings of stress with nature and relationships. 

Healing Yourself with Nature and Relationships

In episode 395 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists, neuroscientists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of March will focus on the relationship between psychology and voice and feature voice specialized experimental psychologist Elisa Monti. This episode is about the science and fiction of voice.  She talks about what vocal psychotherapy is, why to be aware of what's click bait vs real science, the assumptions we make about people's voices based on evolution, how we can change our assumptions and educate ourselves, why one of the biggest myths is thinking we can tell when someone's lying, why science is important but also has limitations and the relationship between human voices and AI and why science must play a part in it. 

Voice Science - Myth vs Real Science

In episode 394, I chat with Joe Quattrone who first made a goal to run every day and soon found himself losing 100lbs.  On his run he started to think about what makes a brand create a following. Listen as he talks about how he got himself to run and lose the weight, how he changed his mindset to create the results he wanted, how he figured out how to get work during the recession in 2008 and his thoughts on the class of 2020 coming out during the time of Corona Virus, why seeking education and mentorship helped him grow his career, what it's like to work at VaynerMedia and The Sasha Group, the difference between what a corporation needs vs a small business needs from a brand and marketing space, what he's learned about when it comes to branding and how he gives his time to others.

Creating a Mindset for Growth

It's the work on me weekend episode and today Keri is talking about the feeling you may get when you feel like you're never doing enough.  She talks about where it comes from and how she handles it and you can too. 

When You Never Feel Like You're Doing Enough

In episode 392 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists, neuroscientists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of March will focus on the relationship between psychology and voice and feature voice specialized experimental psychologist Elisa Monti. This episode is about the relationship between our emotions and our voice.  Listen as she talks about the three things emotions do to our body, are there commonalities in people's voices with similar emotions, how to recognize vocal emotion to communicate better, how a voice actor knows how to express an emotion, how to learn how to articulate a full emotional experience, why connection with the body matters and why our voice changes with our body and how to change the tone of our voice so it's appropriate for the time. 

The Relationship Between Our Emotions and Our Voice

In episode 391, I chat with Jeremy Boudinet who started his journey in law school.  Listen as he tells stories about writing his college friends' papers, how he helped a tech startup with their marketing, how he transitioned into a marketing role he loved after being burnout and unhealthy and how he suggests making the transition into work you enjoy while still putting your health first.   

Leaving Law and Finding A Passion

It's the work on me weekend episode and today Keri is talking about how she creates a strategy and organizes things to make them happen.

How to Organize and Strategize to Make Things Happen

In episode 389 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists, neuroscientists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of March will focus on the relationship between psychology and voice and feature voice specialized experimental psychologist Elisa Monti. This episode is about the mind and voice connection.  Listen as she talks about how our voice connects our mind to the rest of the world, what's happening when we hear someone say they're fine, do we ourselves recognize our own mind voice connection, why power and the size of sound are connected, how trauma affects the voice, are there ways to detect trauma through voice, how our voice works in layers, what some research is showing on trauma and voice and how to build your confidence in your voice. 

How Trauma Affects Your Voice

In episode 388, I chat with Jon Aleman who is redefining health for himself.  At a young age he had open heart surgery but also received great positivity from his mom on life.  Listen as he talks about his journey from being in a job he hated, relationships he was unhappy in and overall feeling unhealthy to making the transition into being a health coach full time and living in gratitude, in a healthy physical and mental state and helping others to do the same. 

Redefining What Health Means

It's the work on me weekend episode and today Keri is talking about how to stand out and showcase what makes you unique. 

How to Stand Out

In episode 386 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists, neuroscientists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of March will focus on the relationship between psychology and voice and feature voice specialized experimental psychologist Elisa Monti. This episode is about why our voice matters.  You'll learn why our voice carries so much information about us, the difference between what our body language tells someone vs our voice, how our voice makes the speaker and the listener feel, speech vs sound and the brain, why singing is unique to social bonding, why voice is important on an evolutionary level and how voice creates a bond. 

What Our Voice Reveals About Ourselves

In episode 385, I chat with Neal Karski who started an events company at a young age but also noticed a problem in his hometown.  He talks about the influence his parents have had on his work ethic, how overcoming cancer encouraged him to want to help others more, why he started helping the homeless community in Chicago with his nonprofit, Street Samaritans, what he learned from doing interviews with the homeless community, why the homeless crave recognition and connection and his advice for those that want to help their community. 

Helping Chicago's Homeless Community Feel More Human

It's the work on me weekend episode and today Keri is talking about focusing on the big picture and what matters most while letting the little things go. 

Focus on the Big Picture

In episode 383 of Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things, we are back with our Wednesday segment where I chat with psychologists, therapists, neuroscientists and other experts on the science of personal growth. The month of February will focus on cognitive decline featuring neuroscientist, mathematician, former Australian triathlete and the director of Nuero Athletics in NYC, a company helping individuals perform better, think faster, and live longer, Louisa Nicola. This episode is about improving reaction time.  You'll learn what brain speed is, how to improve reaction time, why it's important to do brain training to strength the brain, how the brain connects to the muscles and how to do that faster plus, what exercises she does in her space in NYC to help with this. 

How to Improve Your Reaction Time

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