The Narrative Podcast

Dr. Jud is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”. Dr. Jud is the director of research and innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, where he also serves as an associate professor in Behavioral and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health and Psychiatry at the School of Medicine at Brown University. His work has been featured on 60 Minutes, TED, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, TIME, The Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, BBC, and more.In today’s episode we talk about habit change, mindfulness and treating addictions. Follow Karina: Karina Barton (@karinabarton_) • Instagram photos and videosFollow Dr Jud: Dr. Jud Brewer, MD PhD (@dr.jud) • Instagram photos and videos

Moshe Gersht is a spiritual teacher and a bestselling author of the books It’s All The Same To Me and The Three Conditions. Moshe grew up in Los Angeles and was in the entertainment industry until he had his first “Aha” moment, a spiritual awakening, and realized he had never given any deep thought about life beyond the stage. This is when his spiritual journey began. In this episode, we go deep into the concept of life, why we are here, and how we can awaken to the higher consciousness.Follow Karina: InstagramFollow Moshe: Moshe Gersht

I’ve been always fascinated by the topic of consciousness, and today we’re diving deep. Anil Seth is a Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex and a Co-Director of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Program on Brain, Mind, and Consciousness.His book Being You: A New Science of Consciousness was a Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller and was named as a book of the year by Economist, Guardian, Bloomberg, and Financial Times.  In this episode, we also discuss the notion of reality, how we perceive and interact with it, and what we can do to change our experience if we choose so. Enjoy my conversation with Anil Seth.Follow Karina: Karina Barton (@karinabarton_) • Instagram photos and videosFollow Anil: Anil Seth – Neuroscientist

Our guest today is Mori Taheripour, a globally recognized negotiation expert, an award-winning faculty member at the Wharton School, a speaker, and the author of Bring Yourself: How to Harness the Power of Connection to Negotiate Fearlessly. With over 20 years of experience in negotiations, DE&I and sports business, Mori's impressive roster of clients includes Fortune 100 companies, major sports leagues, leading charitable institutions, and government agencies. Her current and past clients include Goldman Sachs Foundation, Google, Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), NFL, The Timberland Company, UPS, US Agency for International Development (USAID), Wells Fargo, and the White House Fellows Program.  Mori's work has been featured in top business publications such as ESPN, Forbes, INC., Marketplace, Money, NPR, and the Next Chapter by American Express.IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN:• How to negotiate fearlessly to get what you want while harnessing the power of connection • Best negotiation techniques: what you should and should not do • Psychology behind negotiation and when to walk away Enjoy!Follow Karina: InstagramFollow Mori: MoriTaheripour.comMori's latest book: Bring Yourself: How to Negotiate Fearlessly: Taheripour, Mori: 9780593542057: Amazon.com: Books

Today we’re joined by Sara Kuburic also known as Millennial Therapist on Instagram. Sara is an existential psychotherapist, speaker, and author of “It’s On Me”. Let me tell you I finished her book in two days, and I’m not just saying it, it’s that good. You know sometimes you ready these types of books, and yes, I’ve read this before, and this one, nothing new. Well, this book is not one of them. Truly recommend it to anyone who wants to go deeper into understanding yourself and have practical tools on how to rebuild your life. In this episode, we discuss the topic of self-loss, how it manifests in our life, what to do next if you found yourself in a place of darkness, and how to answer one of the most important questions: “who am I?” and “why am I here?”Enjoy my conversation with Sara Kuburic.To connect with Karina and follow the podcast click HERETo watch on YouTube click HERETo connect with Sara click HERE and HERETo get Sara's book click HERE

Today we’re joined by Annalie Howling, a speaker, trauma specialist, and performance coach. Through her work, Annalie empowers her clients to overcome any self-imposed limitations to achieve their goals and move forward with confidence and a more fulfilling life. Who doesn’t want that, right? Sign me in! In this episode, we share personal stories on how to recreate your life, move through resistance, address trauma or any limiting beliefs that prevent us from becoming the best and most aligned version of ourselves. Enjoy my conversation with Annalie Howling.To connect with Karina and follow the podcast click HERETo watch on YouTube click HERETo connect with Annalie click HERE and HERE

Today’s guest is Krystal Hauserman, who is a Global Chief Marketing Officer and Visionary Brand Strategist. Krystal focuses on brands rooted in pop culture, purpose and cutting-edge innovation and helps them unlock their power to build community and drive commercial success. She was named to Forbes Top 50 Most Entrepreneurial CMO 2023, Business Insider CMO to Watch 2022, Brand Innovators "Industry Innovator" 2022 and is also a 2x Cannes Lions Award shortlist and Clio Sports Sliver winner.  Krystal has built and scaled global marketing teams for hyper-growth startups (Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media, Fullscreen and Evil Geniuses) and multi-billion dollar Fortune 500 companies like Warner Bros. Discovery. She’s also crafted award-winning campaigns for the world's best consumer brands (the NBA, HBO, Hilton, Taco Bell, Klarna, Uber, Lyft, Nike, L'Oreal, NBC, Red Bull and more). Krystal has been featured in many top-tier industry publications, such as Vogue Business, Vanity Fair, Politico, AdWeek, and The Hollywood Reporter, among many others.  Enjoy my conversation with Krystal. To connect with Karina and follow the podcast click HERETo watch on YouTube click HERE

Welcome back. Today we’re joined by Barry Schwartz, an American psychologist, the author of the books The Paradox of Choice, Practical Wisdom: The Right Way To Do The Right Thing, and the TED book, Why We Work.Professor Schwartz studies the link between economics and psychology, offering startling insights into modern life. His talks at TED have been watched by more than 30 million people.In today’s episode, we discuss why infinite choice can lead to paralysis and exhaustion, setting unreasonably high expectations, questioning our choices before we even make them and blaming our failures entirely on ourselves. We also speak about how to make the best choice if it even exists and how to make a decision which will lead to the highest satisfaction and peace of mind. Enjoy my conversation with Barry Schwartz.To connect with Karina and follow the podcast click HERE To watch Barry Schwartz's TED talks click HERETo watch this episode on YouTube click HERE

Today we’re joined by Dana Block, who is the founder of Buzzer, a communication and consultancy agency serving clients at the intersection of innovation and entertainment. With nearly 20 years of experience, Dana works with a variety of companies changing the way we consume, create and distribute entertainment.From launching some of YouTube’s first Original Channels and now, artist and celebrity NFTs, to introducing Hulu Live to audiences, Ninja to Hollywood and Justin Bieber to the metaverse, Dana continues to work with innovators at the forefront of the evolving and exciting entertainment industry. Current clients include Josh Flagg's Estate Media; Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media with agency partner MPRM; Doing Things and its portfolio of some of the Internet's most popular brands (Recess Therapy, Overheard, Middle Class Fancy); global gaming firm Loaded and its roster of popular gamers and brand partners; and Telly TV with agency partner Headstand.  Enjoy my conversation with Dana Block.To connect with Karina and follow the podcast click HERE 

Welcome back. I hope everybody had a great New Year celebration, and if not, that’s ok, don’t feel that you missed out on something, at the end, it’s just a day. January, resolutions, new year new me, race for perfection, which doesn’t exist, as the reference point is always moving. So overwhelming.With all these resolutions, most of them being unsustainable, unless you find that thing that brings more value than the energy you spend. One approach to create a real transformative change is to do an inventory. The action that you included into your New Year's resolution, is one column, the next one is benefits, the third is how it’ll make you feel in a long run when you actually do that thing, and the fourth is your effort, energy you spend. Grade them based on the highest return value and focus on those. Be creative in your flexibility. For instance, if you don’t like jogging but you said on January 1st, I’ll be jogging every day, which on a deeper level means you committed to exercising, try other workouts and activities, there are many ways you can go to achieve the same underlying goal. We all feel very ambitious at the beginning of the year, we’re inspired, almost unstoppable at least in our mind, which is what counts, right? So today we’ll go deeper into the topic of aspiration and are joined by Agnes Callard, an American philosopher and an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago. Agnes is a winner of 2020 Lebowitz Prize, awarded in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of philosophy, and an author of a book, Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming. People change. They come to value new things and in doing so they become new people. I know many will state the opposite, but I happen to know that people do change, and I’m grateful to see it every day. It’s a process, it’s messy, but it’s always worth it. Enjoy my conversation with Agnes Callard.Full Episode on YouTube click HERETo connect with Agnes Callard click HERE To connect with Karina Barton click HERETo purchase Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming click HERE

Today we’re joined by Amber Lyon, who you may know as a creator behind an Instagram account, Modern Mind. Amber is a writer, her book “You are a magnet” will be available next year, more to come, and a mindfulness and magnetism coach helping people show up in alignment with more joy, ease, and opportunity. Her iconic visual meditations have been shared by millions of people and continue to guide her growing community of light seekers. Amber recently launched a podcast, Light Work, which is all about celebrating the light within each of us that we may have diminished or forgotten about in our day to day lives. In this episode, we discuss how to live in alignment, create new life if the one you have now doesn’t bring you a sense of fulfillment, how to follow your own path of creation and of course how to be magnetic and manifest the life beyond your dreams. It may look different for everybody, the important part is to know that you’re powerful, you’re a creator, and you can always change the narrative of your life and rewrite the story. To connect with Amber:  InstagramWebsiteTo connect with Karina and follow the podcast:  Instagram

Today we have a special guest, Jennifer Lahmers. For those who don’t know, Jenn is an award-winning journalist and television personality, and an anchor on Good Day LA on Fox 11. She was a correspondent on Extra, a syndicated television newsmagazine reporting entertainment news from 2019 to 2023. Before joining Extra, Jenn co-anchored Good Day Wake Up on Fox 5 in New York City and was a reporter and weekend anchor at several local television stations.Jenn is an Ohio native, grew up always wanting to work in news and television thanks to her love of creative writing.In this episode we talk all about how the entertainment industry really works, and what you don't know (now you do!), how to become comfortable with who you are (authenticity!) and have your own voice. Jenn also shares her story on never giving up and always betting on yourself (I'm with her on this!). I know you guys will get so much out of this episode. Enjoy. To connect with Jenn Lahmers click HERETo connect with Karina Barton click HEREFull Episode on YouTube 

Eleanor McManus is a co-founder and partner of the communications firm Trident DMG and of the law firm Galper & Goldberg. A former award-winning journalist at CNN for over 10 years, Eleanor has over two decades of experience providing clients with strategic counsel for internal and external communications, media relations, reputation and crisis management, issue mitigation, and litigation communications.Eleanor has been named to Lawdragon’s Global 100 Leaders in Legal Strategy and Consulting for crisis communications from 2019-2023, as an “Industry Innovator” by PR News’s “Top Women in PR Awards” in 2021. Business Insider named Eleanor to its list of Top Public Relations Expert CEOs to Hire in a Crisis in 2021 and its listof Best Public-Relations People in the Tech Industry in 2017.Eleanor has counseled a wide variety of clients, including high-profile individuals, celebrities and athletes, Fortune 500 companies, among many others. She has also counseled many women during the #MeToo movement helping them bravely tell their stories.Eleanor has a proven track record of defining and driving communications strategies and regularly works with premier national and international outlets, such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Hill, ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and Fox Business, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC, the AssociatedPress, Reuters, Bloomberg, Forbes, Fortune, Vanity Fair, and many others.Eleanor began her career in 1999 as a booker at CNN, where she worked for over a decade at the cable news channel’s then-highest-rated program, Larry King Live. She rose to become a senior producer and was responsible for planning, booking, and producing exclusive interviews with iconic newsmakers and well-known politicalfigures, including Presidents Obama, Clinton, and Ford, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, every presidential candidate in both 2004 and 2008, and foreign leaders such as Russian Presidents Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladimir Putin, among many others. She also helped to cover historic events, including the September 11th attacks, Hurricane Katrina, the passing of Presidents Ford and Reagan, President Obama’s inauguration, and the earthquake in Haiti.Eleanor received Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Awards for September 11th coverage and a 2005 DuPont award for coverage of the tsunami disaster in South Asia, among many others.Eleanor co-founded Press Forward, an independent group that works to create a safe work environment and elevate the stature of women in the newsroom.Follow the podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karinabarton_/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Itsnarrativepodcast/podcasts

Jon Haber is a Professor at Harvard University, where he teaches a graduate course on crisis communications. He has also taught at Georgetown University and lectured extensively throughout the world on politics, public policy and strategic communications.Jon is a president of Cascade Strategy, a strategic communications consultancy he founded in Washington, DC. He works with a variety of nonprofits, government entities, companies, foundations, and elected officials on strategic storytelling, crisis communications and organizational management.Previously Jon was a CEO of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), one of the nation’s most powerful professional associations. Prior to AAJ, Jon was a senior partner at FleishmanHillard.Jon worked in the United States Senate for Senators Patrick Leahy, Dianne Feinstein, and Edward Kennedy, and for the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. He was special counsel to the president at the Overseas Private Investment Corp, a U.S. government financial institution which supports private sector investment in emerging markets.In this episode you'll learn what strategic communications is and is not, how to create compelling messaging that resonates with the audience, and how to improve communications skills. We also discuss Elon Musk's biography by Walter Isaacson, and what it means for his legacy.Follow the podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karinabarton_/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Itsnarrativepodcast/podcasts

Richard Shell is the Thomas Gerrity Professor of Legal Studies, Business Ethics and Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.Professor Shell is a creator of Wharton’s popular “Success Course”, and an author of four award-winning books on the art of negotiation, persuasion, and success, including the book Springboard: Launching Your Personal Search for Success, we discuss in today’s episode. His books were translated into over 17 languages.As a consultant, Professor Shell has advised over 100 business firms, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations, including Google, Johnson & Johnson, the Crisis Negotiation Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as well as major universities, unions, hospitals, and foundations.As a scholar, Professor Shell publishes regularly on the subjects of success, negotiation, dispute resolution, and strategy in leading journals, such as Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.In this episode you'll learn: (1) how to find your own metaphor for success; (2) how to make a change and align to your purpose; (3) inspiring stories to take action and take a leap of faith to live a fulfilling life.Follow the podcast on:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karinabarton_/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Itsnarrativepodcast/podcastsProfessor Shell's six lives exercise: https://grichardshell.com/book-extras/six-lives-exercise/Books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/G.-Richard-Shell/author/B001H6KG6E?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true