Soul Searching
by Nikki Kloeppel
Be entertained, empowered and encouraged. Soul Searching showcases relatable people with extraordinary stories. If you're seeking purpose, meaningful relationships and joy at work and home, this show is for you. It's an inspiring mix of positive psychology, documentary, and professional and personal development. You'll get practical wisdom on how to thrive at work with leadership lessons, communication tips, and ideas to help you develop greater confidence. Learn ways to be happier at home with mindset and parenting strategies. You'll reflect on your own life, career, challenges and relationships so you can change your beliefs and patterns to live a life of joy. Hosted by Nikki Kloeppel, who brings 15 years as a leadership and life coach helping over 10,000 men and women from all around the world to succeed at work and find meaning in life. Many of the strategies you'll learn are crowdsourced from these inspiring leaders and the best practices they've shared. Nikki is a motivational
Episodes
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Soul Searching: What I learned from trauma and when things blow up in your face
Soul Searching: What I learned from trauma and when things blow up in your face On the 4th of July a firework exploded in my face. Here's an "explosive" story about the terrible accident that resulted in 20 stitches to my lips, lacerations and burns all over my face, chest and arms that left me...
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Soul Searching with Tionka Humphrey: Obstacles Don’t Block the Path, They Become Your Story
Soul Searching with Tionka Humphrey: Obstacles Don’t Block the Path, They Become Your Story We wrap up this pandemic season’s soul searching interviews with a big dose of inspiration to help us develop leadership and resilience. Tionka gives tools to develop confidence. Her goal to become CFO is...
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Lessons on Leadership from Human Resources, Teachers and Coaches
Lessons on Leadership from Human Resources, Teachers and Coaches We can improve success at work and home when we make a stronger connection and apply best practices from all areas of our life. Here are 3 techniques to help you get results and peak performance from colleagues, customers and...
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Soul Searching with Eric Roth: How to Win Family and Influence Kids in a Pandemic
This heartbreaking and heartwarming interview will help you face some of the challenges of leading during a pandemic. Eric shares principles he used from How to Win Friends and Influence People with his 15-year-old to overcome difficulties with remote learning, gain cooperation from teachers, and...
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Employee Engagement, Jedi Parenting, Zen Moments & Empathy
Employee Engagement, Jedi Parenting, Zen Moments & Empathy Here are 3 techniques to help you improve relationships at work and at home: 1) People support a world they help create. Brainstorming and asking questions to get others to offer solutions makes them feel empowered and they’re more likely...
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Soul Searching with Tasha Westinghouse: Creating Connections During Covid
Turning acquaintances into real friends can be hard in the best of times, much less while social distancing. Creating belonging on teams can challenge even the best of managers, much less while on boarding employees remotely. Turning small talk into meaningful connection can be hard for even the...
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Gaining Cooperation with Fun, Socrates and Venting: Lessons from Family that Apply at Work
Gaining Cooperation with Fun, Socrates and Venting: Lessons from Family that Apply at Work Here are 3 techniques to help you gain cooperation from colleagues, customers and children. Have fun. I’ve interviewed over 10,000 adults from all over the world who shared stories from their childhood.…
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Soul Searching with Theresa Francomacaro: The Science of Storytelling and Connection
Soul Searching with Theresa Francomacaro: Neuroscience and Storytelling Tips Whether you are selling a product, pitching your ideas, leading a team or interviewing, stories help you communicate clearly. Presentation coach Theresa says, “Think ‘where do I want my audience to go’ and reverse…
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How to Avoid Arguments and Build Trust at Home and Work
My clients have discovered a paradox with applying these ideas. It seems like weakness to admit mistakes to our employees and kids, but others actually perceive it as strong leadership skills and emotional intelligence that builds trust. Here are 3 quick tips to help you avoid conflict at work…
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Soul Searching with Amy McKinley: Changing our mindset from “I have to” to “I get to”
Our guest this week inspires us to cultivate gratitude, resilience, and connection. She shares techniques she’s learned to find purpose and thrive despite challenges. As a mom of a special needs child she’s discovered the power of mindset: changing “I have to” to “I get to” as a tool to reframe…
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How to get a promotion using evidence and diplomacy
Do you need to be more convincing? Do you want to negotiate effectively? Do you want to ace an interview or make a sale? Try this communication framework that builds trust: 1) Evidence: Instead of just stating your opinion with “I think” use these 7 forms of data to make a compelling case:...
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Soul Searching with Angela Harris: Change Your Mindset, Change Your Job
Our guest this week shares her journey of self-discovery of her talents, passion and insights gained from her job change. How can we overcome imposter syndrome? “You have to change your inner mentor. I saw a lot of transferable skills. Although my entire career has been on the tech side of the...
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How to inspire social change, create connection and manage up
Learn 2 of the top principles from How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. You'll create a more meaningful connection with others so they are inspired to act and think differently. You'll motivate people and teams to perform at their highest level, create a stronger culture, and...
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Soul Searching with Carol Li: Work Hard, Play Hard, Find Joy
Our guest this week takes us on an uplifting journey of how to find joy during challenging times. As she was finding a way to stay healthy during the pandemic, she remembered the delight she had in her childhood from singing and dancing. She recalls a defining moment from her childhood when she…
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Use This Approach So You Can Motivate People
People are naturally thinking “what’s in it for me?” So, when we think about the other person’s point of view and how to solve their problems, we build trust. When we position our request to show them exactly how they will benefit by doing the thing we suggest, we create a win-win. Try these…
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Soul Searching with Katy Flaherty: Loss, Grief, and Helping Others During the Pandemic
Our guest this week takes us on a heartbreaking and heartwarming journey. She opens up about the pain of her sister’s death. “Losing someone during the pandemic, grieving while social distancing, it is so hard. Hugging is part of the healing process.” She shares what she learned at the beginning…
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How to Win Family & Influence Kids: 9 Parenting Tips to Help You Have a Happier Family
One way to improve our work life balance is to apply leadership lessons from work and apply them at home. Here are 9 best practices that strengthen relationships with our loved ones, from toddlers to teenagers, and significant others and in-laws. Join my free work life connection workshop on Feb…
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Soul Searching with Matt Norman: Choosing healthy thinking, relationships, ego and operations
One shift is around our ego. He quotes Journal of Management research that found “humility in CEOS leads to increased collaboration, flexibility and developing strategies.” He also shares a source of confidence “my faith whispers that I am loved and I have potential.” Improving patterns of...
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Soul Searching with Kate Snowise: How to surrender stress and find more happiness
Our guest this week is an expert on avoiding burnout. She shares practical tips to manage stress and personal wisdom on gaining peace. “Differentiate between pressure and stress. We aren’t helpless victims.” We can interrupt the process and choose our reaction. Problem focused coping: “We need to...
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Soul Searching: Work Life Connection and The 5 Love Languages
Soul Searching: Work Life Connection and The 5 Love Languages One way to improve our work life balance and is to align all areas of our life. We can improve our leadership skills, confidence and mindset by applying life lessons from parenting, personal relationships and volunteer roles....
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Soul Searching with Elaine Chang: Embracing Work Life Integration with Grace
Our guest this week leads Conversational AI product development at Microsoft, is a D&I leader and speaker, founder of the Asian Leadership conference and chair of the Asian employee resource group and mother of 2. She offers insight from soul searching during the pandemic, “I was so exhausted. I...
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Soul Searching with Michelle Gnida: Seize the Moments
Soul Searching with Michelle Gnida: Seize the Moments Our guest this week inspires us to kick off the New Year by taking action on our dreams. For 5 years she’d been dreaming about launching a blog to share stories and insights from clients. Soul Searching over the pandemic gave her courage. “I...
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Soul Searching with Jamie Cabaccang: How to spend our time and energy on the meaningful things
Soul Searching with Jamie Cabaccang: How to spend our time and energy on the meaningful things Our guest this week is a lead at Pinterest, the founder of Techies and Wellness, and was recently published in the bestselling book “Miracles of Healing from Around the World.” A serious illness led to...
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Free Mindset Training: Get Lucky: 5 Steps to Manifest Abundance & Success
Free Mindset Training: Get Lucky: 5 Steps to Manifest Abundance & Success December 15th from 12:30p-1:30p PST My mom grew up poor: in a refugee camp and an immigrant. Unfortunately, her experience created a mindset of scarcity. Trying to protect me from feeling disappointed, she taught me that...
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Thanksgiving: A New Way of Life & How to Give Appreciation
Thanksgiving: A New Way of Life & How to Give Appreciation In honor of Thanksgiving, let’s cultivate appreciation and train our brains to look for good in others, situations and ourselves. Let’s use growth mindset and see that we can become more positive and grateful. In How to Win Friends and...
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Soul Searching with 16-year-old Andrew Kloeppel: Blessings in Disguise and Developing Optimism
Our guest in this week’s family friendly episode is my inspiring son who gives reassurance to all parents struggling during the pandemic with supporting their kids with virtual school. “It’s not as bad as it can seem. You guys have done great!” He also shares his soul searching from a very…
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Soul Searching with Ram K C: Business, Belonging, and Breath
Soul Searching with Ram K C: Business, Belonging, and Breath Who else needs a stress release? Our guest this week is a tech leader and meditation instructor. He gives a practical tool: in minute 16 he demonstrates a meditation exercise called “cappuccino breath” to give us energy. Take 3 minutes...
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Soul Searching with Corey Perlman: Tips for Maximizing Social Media and Keeping Perspective
Soul Searching with Corey Perlman: Tips for Maximizing Social Media and Keeping Perspective Our guest this week is the author of Social Media Overload He offers practical tips: Prioritize the platform your customers are using Create useful content: “what questions do you get all the time from…
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Be confident of your value: how to let go of criticism
Be confident of your value: how to let go of criticism One of my favorite analogies to remind us that we are priceless is money. If someone disrespects a $20 bill, compares it negatively to other currency, even rips it, it still is worth $20. Likewise, if someone criticizes us, compares us or…
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Soul Searching with CEO Joe Hart: Strategies for a successful business, family and mindset
Soul Searching with CEO Joe Hart: Strategies for a successful business, family and mindset Our guest this week, CEO of Dale Carnegie, shares how his mentor (Ford and Boeing CEO) Alan Mulally’s Working Together framework can transform business. “The cornerstone is live to serve. Listen…
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Soul Searching with Dee Brake: Finding yourself, a dream job and parenting success during a pandemic
Soul Searching with Dee Brake: Finding yourself, a dream job and parenting success during a pandemic Our guest this week offers insights for managers to create loyal employees who will follow them anywhere, ideas for interviewing with confidence and a framework to build inclusion and respect at...
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Soul Searching with Guillermo Vazquez: How to Cultivate Belonging and Listen to Yourself
Soul Searching with Guillermo Vazquez: How to Cultivate Belonging and Listen to Yourself Our guest this week is a Senior PM in Xbox and the Communications Director for the Microsoft Hispanic and Latinx Employee Resource Group #HOLA. In celebration of #HispanicHeritageMonth he shares why he loves...
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Overcome Fear of Public Speaking and What People Think About You
Overcome Fear of Public Speaking and What People Think About You As a speaker coach, exec coach, and life coach, I've helped 10K people to feel more confident and feel free to be themselves. Here is our insight to help you too: Do you worry what people are thinking about you? Good news: they…
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Soul Searching with Miri Rodriguez: Storytelling to build your brand
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Miri Rodriguez: Storytelling to build your brand Our guest this week Miri Rodriguez is the author of Brand Storytelling. She shares the practical 5 strategies to create a story concept: design, empathize, define, ideate, prototype and test (2:57). She...
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Soul Searching with Sara Abdelmottaleb: Perceptions, Pandemic and Parenting
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Sara Abdelmottaleb: Perceptions, Pandemic and Parenting As we strive to become more empathetic individuals and build a more inclusive culture, our guest helps us to not believe everything we think. I first interviewed Sara 4 years ago (24:36) where…
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Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Ashleigh Williams: How to Have Difficult Conversations Our guest this week Ashleigh Williams shares her insight on social justice and having difficult discussions at work (12:10). “I had to have that conversation in love and kindness.” She shares her...
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How to Deliver a Great Presentation, be Confident in Public Speaking and Improve Storytelling
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Nikki Kloeppel: 12Ps: How to Deliver a Great Presentation, be Confident in Public Speaking and Improve Storytelling Are you looking for practical ways to improve your presentations and overcome your fear of public speaking? Here are the 12 P’s I’ve...
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Soul Searching with Ani Babaian: How to See the Good
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Ani Babaian: How to See the Good Our guest this week shares a vivid story of growing up in Iran during war and revolution and how this helps her to find the good in challenging times. She has cultivated optimism and an ability to reframe problems into...
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Soul Searching with Cabrelle Abel: Developing Confidence
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Cabrelle Abel: Developing Confidence Our guest this week shares about how to develop confidence to speak up and have difficult conversations. She says, “It doesn’t come naturally for most of us. It’s a skill you develop over time by educating…
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Soul Searching with Jeffron Smalls: How to be authentic at work
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching with Jeffron Smalls: How to be authentic at work Our guest this week shares about his experience at a Historically Black College and University and the powerful impact of being surrounded by Black excellence, including meeting President Obama (minute 11)....
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Soul Searching with Fernmarie Rodriguez: How to develop intuition
Our guest today on Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching is Fernmarie Rodriguez. She tells her fascinating journey of 9 years in college, 3 degrees, 15 years in tech that honed her analytical skills and led her to study the neuroscience of change and the surprising way it connects to personal...
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The Power of Childhood Stories and Becoming Confident
Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching: The Power of Childhood Stories. The challenges of a global pandemic, adjusting to a virtual work environment, and creating social justice require us all to up level our confidence and ability to connect with others. A useful tool to help us thrive is to...
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Soul Searching with Anne Borozan: The benefits of volunteering
Our guest today on Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching is Anne Borozan. She shares insight on the joys of volunteering. She says, "there's so much to do. There's low hanging fruit. You can make a difference. It's easy to jump in. You don't have to be intimidated or wait to be an expert." She...
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Soul Searching with Harpreet Kaur: Why blend in when you were born to stand out
Our guest today on Practical Wisdom Stories: Soul Searching is Harpreet Kaur. She shares insight on finding your superpower, becoming a confident speaker and developing resilience. Her practical wisdom: Stand out. Be resilient. Be hopeful. #Whyblendinwhenyoureborntostandout My favorite part? At...
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Soul Searching with Pooja Sund: Manifesting, mentoring and motherhood
Some of the practical wisdom Pooja shares: On manifesting our goals: What you believe is what you become. Having a clear vision, taking actions to achieve that vision, and thinking about it all the time. Limitations exist in your mindset. Don’t downplay yourself. Look outside the box and you…
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Practical Wisdom Stories Season 2 Soul Searching
Thanks to everyone who has been listening to this podcast. We're kicking off season 2 with adding videos on youtube, and deep dives interviews with people who have been soul searching during quarantine. This season we'll cover topics like what perspectives and character you've gained during this...
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Lessons in Parenting from around the world: how to build character in kids
From being spanked with chopsticks in China, to escaping danger in Bangladesh, to teaching value of immigrating to America, these storytellers help you imagine their childhoods and the values their parents taught them. One dad broke culture to consult with his daughter to get her opinion, one mom...
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From Bulgaria, Taiwan, Mexico to Australia: Universal lessons in connecting to others
A theme of these personal stories of defining moments teaches us how to stay calm in crisis, go from timid to resilient, and stand up for ourselves from bullies. You'll learn to stay in the game, turn haters into friends, and see how math is a universal language. You'll laugh at how blaming his...
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Lessons in Diversity, Culture Change and Mindset
You'll be inspired as you hear the lasting character strengths that come from hardships. From the tragedy of watching a young cousin die, to discovering happiness comes from within, not necessarily from dad, to being beat up for being black. You'll hear how body language makes friends at camp…
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Defining Moments: overcoming mistakes develops character
We often feel regret for mistakes we make. This episode teaches us to reframe difficulties and see how they are the birthplace of becoming our best selves. From a girl in Puerto Rico who gets inspired by her dad to pursue a lifelong goal, to discovering it feels good to tell the truth even if we...
About this show
Be entertained, empowered and encouraged. Soul Searching showcases relatable people with extraordinary stories. If you're seeking purpose, meaningful relationships and joy at work and home, this show is for you. It's an inspiring mix of positive psychology, documentary, and professional and personal development. You'll get practical wisdom on how to thrive at work with leadership lessons, communication tips, and ideas to help you develop greater confidence. Learn ways to be happier at home with mindset and parenting strategies. You'll reflect on your own life, career, challenges and relationships so you can change your beliefs and patterns to live a life of joy. Hosted by Nikki Kloeppel, who brings 15 years as a leadership and life coach helping over 10,000 men and women from all around the world to succeed at work and find meaning in life. Many of the strategies you'll learn are crowdsourced from these inspiring leaders and the best practices they've shared. Nikki is a motivational
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