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It is an absolute joy to welcome our guest on this episode, Amy Purdy. Nineteen years ago, when Amy was just 19, she contracted a form of meningitis, which led to septic shock and the loss of both of her legs, her kidneys and her spleen. Amy promised herself that if she survived, she would live the best life possible, she wouldn’t limit herself and she would somehow help others as a result of her journey. Amy has done all of that and more! Among other things, she is a three-time Paralympic medalist in snowboarding, a runner-up on Dancing With The Stars, and the author of the best-selling autobiography, On My Own Two Feet: From Losing My Legs to Learning the Dance of Life. You can connect with Amy on her Instagram and Twitter accounts (@AmyPurdyGurl) or on her website at http://amypurdy.com.Note: this episode previously aired and is part of our 'Best Of' series.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> LinkedIn Jobs: When your business is ready to make a new hire, LinkedIn Jobs is ready to help! You can post a job and filter through more than a community of 722 million candidates FOR FREE by going to linkedIn.com/nobodytoldme.--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a new year and for many people, that means resolving to lose weight or become more fit. Our guest on this episode, Megan Roup, can help you with both of those goals. Megan is a former professional dancer, who’s combined her love of dance with her love of fitness to create “The Sculpt Society”, an incredibly popular fitness platform and app featuring fun and effective fitness classes you can do at home. Megan has become a respected fitness influencer whose clients include A-list celebrities and models—-people who have to look good and be fit for their jobs. EXCLUSIVE OFFER FOR OUR LISTENERS! Try The Sculpt Society free for two weeks and then get 25% off your first month.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> LinkedIn Jobs: When your business is ready to make a new hire, LinkedIn Jobs is ready to help! You can post a job and filter through more than a community of 722 million candidates FOR FREE by going to linkedIn.com/nobodytoldme.--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pandemic has dealt a terrible blow to many workers who’ve lost their jobs completely, been laid-off or had their hours and salaries cut. It’s forced millions of people to re-think their lives, jobs and careers.That’s why we’re excited to talk with our guest on this episode, Fawn Germer. Fawn is a four-time Pulitzer Prize-nominated investigative journalist and the best-selling author of several books, including the Oprah pick, Hard Won Wisdom. She’s a sought-after speaker on leadership and her latest book is called, Coming Back: How to Win the Job You Want When You’ve Lost the Job You Need.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> LinkedIn Jobs: When your business is ready to make a new hire, LinkedIn Jobs is ready to help! You can post a job and filter through more than a community of 722 million candidates FOR FREE by going to linkedIn.com/nobodytoldme.--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a joy to welcome our guest on this episode, international bestselling author, and renowned spiritual and thought leader Panache Desai, who has been a favorite guest on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday.  In times like these, his words of wisdom are needed more than ever. And, there's no better time to learn to be the best, truest versions of ourselves and reach our potential than now. His latest book is called You Are Enough: Revealing the Soul to Discover Your Power, Potential and Possibility. ******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Calm: Over 85 million people are using the Calm app to sleep better! Want access to hundreds of hours of sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes? For a limited time, get 40% off of a Calm premium subscription by going to calm.com/nobodytoldme.--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you struggle to form relationships with your competitors in business? Or in maintaining relationships with people you aren't too fond of, but have to spend time with? If you said "yes" to either or both of those questions, you'll want to listen closely to the wise words of Bob Langert in this episode. He was the former vice president of corporate social responsibility and sustainability at McDonald’s, and in that job, he found enormous rewards in doing good in a corporate setting.  Bob also discovered that sometimes a company’s strongest critics can help find solutions that are good for both business and society.  Bob presented a TED talk about that a few months ago which has had nearly a million views.  He’s also the author of the book, The Battle to Do Good:  Inside McDonald’s Sustainability Journey.****Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 Amazon or Visa gift card with a new membership!--> Hello Fresh: Go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme10 and use code 'nobodytoldme10' for 10 free meals, including free shipping. Find out for yourself why Hello Fresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are we the only ones who spend time every. single. day. wondering how our dogs are trying to communicate with us? We know there's at least one other person who's on the same page! Clive Wynne is a canine behaviorist who explores the incredible relationship between people and dogs in his new book, Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Jan and Laura talk to internationally known self-defense expert and New York Times bestselling author Tim Larkin about the ideas behind his books 'How to Survive the Most Critical 5 Seconds of Your Life' and 'When Violence is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is At Stake'. He explains how the average person can benefit from learning potentially lethal 'self-protection' moves, not just 'self-defense' moves, so they they can survive a dangerous situation. Later, Tim explains why hesitation can mean the difference between life and death, the importance of situational awareness, and how you may mindlessly be putting yourself in dangerous situations. You can learn more about him at his website, http://www.timlarkin.com.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!--> Calm: Over 85 million people are using the Calm app to sleep better! Want access to hundreds of hours of sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes? For a limited time, get 40% off of a Calm premium subscription by going to calm.com/nobodytoldme.******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series and has previously aired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thinking about the future makes a lot of us anxious.  It’s tough dealing with day to day life during the pandemic and a lot of us find it hard and worrisome to think about the future.  However, our guest on this episode thinks about the future all the time!  He’s acclaimed futurist Brian David Johnson, who’s spent the last 25 years helping governments, corporations and other organizations chart their paths forward by showing them what the future will look like. He’s written a new book to help individuals see their place in the future in a new light. The book is called, The Future You: Break Through the Fear and Build the Life You Want.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!--> Hello Fresh: Go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme10 and use code 'nobodytoldme10' for 10 free meals, including free shipping. Find out for yourself why Hello Fresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We can’t think of a better time than now to soak in the wisdom and observations of our guest on this episode, international best-selling author and master coach, Dan Millman. Dan is a former world champion athlete, university coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor whose 20-year spiritual quest led him to write his first book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives. That book became the basis for the movie, Peaceful Warrior, starring Nick Nolte. Dan is the author of 17 books, the most recent of which is called, The Hidden School: Return of the Peaceful Warrior.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole Lapin is the New York Times bestselling author of the books, Rich Bitch and Boss Bitch.  Her latest book is called, Becoming Super Woman:  A 12-step Plan to Go from Burnout to Balance. She's a longtime business and money reporter and anchor whose work you may have seen on CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, Bloomberg TV and elsewhere.  Elle Magazine said Nicole is “singularly qualified to demystify money for the millennial set . . . with a no nonsense chic style.” ******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Hello Fresh: Go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme10 and use code 'nobodytoldme10' for 10 free meals, including free shipping. Find out for yourself why Hello Fresh is America's #1 Meal Kit!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series and has previously aired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin Dreeke is the former head of the FBI's Behavior Analysis Program and a recognized expert in the field of interpersonal communication. He is also the founder and president of People Formula, an organization that offers advanced rapport building, training, and consultation. He is the author of several best-selling books, including The Code of Trust: An American Counterintelligence Expert's Five Rules to Lead and Succeed. In this interview, we talk about how to create an instant connection, why some communication styles work better than others, and why it's important to follow what he's deemed "the platinum rule": treating others as they want to be treated. ******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Hello Fresh: Go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme10 and use code 'nobodytoldme10' for 10 free meals, including free shipping. Find out for yourself why Hello Fresh is America's #1 Meal Kit!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series and has previously aired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us on this episode is best-selling author, popular Nutritional Therapy Consultant, and fitness coach Steph Gaudreau, author of the new book, The Core 4: Embrace Your Body, Own Your Power, which she emphasizes is NOT a diet book.  Rather, Steph’s book explains how food can support us and how to be active without doing exercise we hate. It features strength training workouts, meal plans, journal prompts and more, to help you feel energetic, active, confident, strong, resilient, and ready to change the world!******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Hello Fresh: Go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme10 and use code 'nobodytoldme10' for 10 free meals, including free shipping. Find out for yourself why Hello Fresh is America's #1 Meal Kit!--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 eGift Card gift card with a new membership!******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series and has previously aired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us on this episode is Humble the Poet, a Canadian school teacher and musician turned well-known philosopher, blogger and author of the book, UNLEARN: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life. Unlearn was originally crowd-funded and self-published…and became a bestseller. The book has now been re-released by HarperCollins and is loaded with wisdom about things like love, anxiety, fear, trust, happiness, success and other issues that serve as either barriers or pathways to joy and reaching our potential.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Calm: Over 85 million people are using the Calm app to sleep better! Want access to hundreds of hours of sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes? For a limited time, get 40% off of a Calm premium subscription by going to calm.com/nobodytoldme.--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody.******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series and has previously aired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if you could change an old habit by working on it for just 30 seconds a day? Our guest on this episode, BJ Fogg, says that making new habits should be fast, easy, and fun -- and the steps are the same for whether you want to floss your teeth more or lose 200 pounds! He has researched human behavior for over twenty years and is the director of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University. He's also the author of the new book, Tiny Habits: The Small Changes that Change Everything.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Calm: Over 85 million people are using the Calm app to sleep better! Want access to hundreds of hours of sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes? For a limited time, get 40% off of a Calm premium subscription by going to calm.com/nobodytoldme.--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody.******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series and has previously aired. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re thrilled to welcome comedian, actor, director and podcast host Bob Saget to the show.  You know him from Full House, Fuller House, How I Met Your Mother, America’s Funniest Home Videos and so many other shows.  In this episode, Bob shares his observation on the painful times we're going through.Bob also has a new podcast called, Bob Saget’s Here For You.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Calm: Over 85 million people are using the Calm app to sleep better! Want access to hundreds of hours of sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes? For a limited time, get 40% off of a Calm premium subscription by going to calm.com/nobodytoldme.--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody.******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series. It originally aired earlier this year. 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.Note: This episode originally aired in August 2019 and is being featured as part of our 'Best Of' series.***Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody.--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 Amazon or Visa gift card with a new membership!Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

'** Hidden Valley Road' has been had quite a year! It's been named as one of Barack Obama's Top Favorite Books of 2020, #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestseller and one of their top ten books of the year, OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK, PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S book of the year, and one of the WALL STREET JOURNAL's books of the year. ***On this episode, we’re joined by journalist Robert Kolker, author of the new book 'Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family', a #1 New York Times bestseller and Oprah's Book Club Pick. It tells the heartbreaking, and at times, terrifying, story of the Galvin family—a family with 12 children, six of whom were diagnosed with schizophrenia.The Galvins, were so unusual that they were studied by the National Institute of Mental Health in an effort to learn more about the genetic origins of schizophrenia. Their story is one of shame, denial, shock, trauma and misunderstanding as it relates to mental illness.****Note: this episode aired earlier this year, but is being reposted due to the year-end success of the book!***Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody.--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 Amazon or Visa gift card with a new membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we were celebrating the holidays in 2019, could we have ever imagined how different things would look just a year later?This year, we're spending our first Christmas without Jan's daughter and Laura's sister, Sarah, who made the tough decision not to travel home. In this episode, we have an honest conversation about how the pandemic has impacted our relationships, the lessons we have learned from spending so much time at home, the impact of an overnight transition to a digital workplace, what the holidays mean to us, and how at the end of the day, we feel more gratitude this year than we ever have before.We hope that you enjoy this very, very special conversation as much as we did!****Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> BetterHelp: get 10% off your first month of online counseling if there are issues that are interfering with your happiness or preventing you from achieving your goals by visiting betterhelp.com/nobody.--> AirMedCare: If you're ever in need of emergency medical transport, AirMedCare Network provides members with world class air transport services to the nearest appropriate hospital with no out of pocket expenses. Go to airmedcarenetwork.com/nobody and use offer code 'NOBODY' to sign up and choose up to a $50 Amazon or Visa gift card with a new membership! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joining us on this episode is the charismatic and inspiring Ty Pennington, who’s very familiar to millions of television viewers thanks to the hit shows Trading Spaces and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Now, Ty is sharing his behind-the-scenes story in his new book, Life to the Extreme: How a Chaotic Kid Became America’s Favorite Carpenter. He opens up about what it was like growing up with undiagnosed ADHD, how he turned his energy into creativity, and how important it has been to trust his instincts in every aspect of life.******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Calm: Over 85 million people are using the Calm app to sleep better! Want access to hundreds of hours of sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes? For a limited time, get 40% off of a Calm premium subscription by going to calm.com/nobodytoldme.--> Glossier: get 10% off your first order by going to glossier.com/podcast/ntm.******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series. It originally aired in May 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you're even somewhat of a country music fan, chances our you've heard of Bobby Bones, the host of the host of The Bobby Bones Show, which has an audience of more than five million people per week. He's a member of the musical comedy group, "Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots' and even mentored the top 24 on American Idol. His latest book, "Fail Until You Don't: Fight. Grind. Repeat.", is about how he and some of his famous friends made it through their failures and found their way to enormous success. You can check out his website at: https://bobbybones.iheart.comYou can buy his book at: https://www.amazon.com/Bare-Bones-Lonely-Youre-Reading/dp/0062417355******Thanks to our sponsor of this episode!--> Calm: Over 85 million people are using the Calm app to sleep better! Want access to hundreds of hours of sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes? For a limited time, get 40% off of a Calm premium subscription by going to calm.com/nobodytoldme.--> Glossier: get 10% off your first order by going to glossier.com/podcast/ntm.******Note: this show is part of our 'Best Of' series. It originally aired in June 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices