Nobody Told Me!

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). Note: this episode originally aired in November 2019 and is part of our 'Best Of' series. ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> Care/Of: to get 50% off your first order, go to takecareof.com and enter code 'nobodytoldme50' at checkout. --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're excited to talk with our guest on this episode, novelist Alexandra Andrews, who has written the critically acclaimed new novel, 'Who is Maud Dixon?'. The Wall Street Journal Magazine calls her, "The Breakout Novelist to Know This Year". The New York Times says the book is "one of the most anticipated books this year". And Vogue magazine calls it "one of the best books to read in 2021". We're sure you'll agree with them! In this conversation, we talk to Alexandra about her path to becoming a major writer and how her own journey to find herself in her twenties inspired the book. ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> Care/Of: to get 50% off your first order, go to takecareof.com and enter code 'nobodytoldme50' at checkout. --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*When a lot of us think of plastic surgery, we think of women as being the ones more focused on their appearance and more likely to consider going under the knife to improve the way they look. In recent years, however, the number of men having cosmetic procedures has soared. And one of the top plastic surgeons performing these procedures on men is our guest on this episode, Dr. Doug Steinbrech. Forbes described him as the "go-to surgeon for men" and we wanted to find out more about what treatments and procedures men are having done these days to look their best. ***** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are times in life when unforeseen circumstances, like the death of a loved one, a sudden illness, the loss of a job or even a global pandemic, can derail our lives. So, how can we care for, and repair, ourselves when life knocks us down? Our guest on this episode, Katherine May, has written a New York Times bestselling book on that topic. It's called, Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times. ****** --> The Grey Muzzle Organization: The Grey Muzzle Organization is in pursuit of a world where every senior dog dies alone and afraid by providing funding and resources to animal shelters and rescue organizations. Learn how you can help at greymuzzle.org. --> 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

As you probably know, we're a mother-daughter duo and this episode is especially important to us because we'll be talking about the ways parents can help prepare their tweens and teens for the emotional, physical and social challenges they'll be facing. Our guest is Michelle Icard, who's a member of the Today show parenting team and NBC News Learn. She's also the author of a great new book called, Fourteen Talks By Age Fourteen: The Essential Conversations You Need to Have with Your Kids Before They Start High School. ****** 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. --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What factors determine our success? How can our paths to success be made a little easier? Our guest on this episode, Harvard Business School Professor Laura Huang, has spent a great deal of time researching that question and writing about it in the new book, Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. In this interview, she explains what to do if you don't have a good natural edge or gut feel. She says we can turn that adversity into advantage, and tells us how. This episode originally aired in March 2020 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. --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh 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! ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you suffer from anxiety? Do you have some bad habits? Did you know there's a link between your anxiety and bad habits? Our guest on this episode, neurologist and psychiatrist Dr. Judson Brewer says anxiety hides in bad habits. You may have seen Dr. Brewer on 60 Minutes or the Today Show, or you may have viewed his TED talk on A Simple Way to Break a Bad Habit, which has had more than 16 million views. Dr. Brewer's latest book is called, Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind. ****** 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. --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a universally accepted truth that being a mother is rewarding and enriching, but it's also exhausting and stressful. A lot of women are desperately trying to "give their all" in hopes of being the perfect mother. In the process, they're feeling overwhelmed and hurting themselves and their families. Our guest on this episode, Heather Chauvin, is the mother of three boys and her efforts to be "the perfect mom" were turned upside-down when she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer seven years ago. Since then, her life has changed as has her concept of motherhood. She's spoken about what happened to her in a popular Ted-X talk; she discusses it on her own podcast, called "Mom is in Control", and she's written about it in the new book, Dying to Be a Good Mother: How I Dropped the Guilt and Took Control of My Parenting and My Life. ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! --> 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. ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we talk to the awe-inspiring Michael Crossland, who defied the odds of life-threatening cancer, heart attacks, and a horrific drug trial that killed all except for him -- all by the age of 18. He is at the forefront of today's new generation of inspirational speakers and is the number one bestselling author of 'Kids Don't Get Cancer' across six different countries. We talk about the importance of perspective, how to deal with adversity, why it's best to set big goals, and why money doesn't equal happiness. You can learn more about him at http://michaelcrossland.com. Note: this episode originally aired in December 2018 and is part of our 'Best Of' series. ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> HelloFresh: go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme12 and use code nobodytoldme12 for 12 free meals, including free shipping! Find out why for yourself why HelloFresh 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! ****** Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know that in the last decade, the number of 12 to 17-year olds suffering from mental health disorders has more than doubled? By the time they turn 18, as many as 50% of teens will meet the diagnostic criteria for at least one mental health disorder. What's responsible for that increase? And what can parents do to help their teenagers who may be struggling with these issues? For the answers to those questions and more, we turn to our guest on this episode, integrative physician Dr. Kenneth Bock, the author of an insightful new book called, Brain Inflamed: Uncovering the Hidden Causes of Anxiety, Depression, and Other Mood Disorders in Adolescents and Teens. ****** Thanks to our sponsor of this episode! --> Hello Fresh: Find out for yourself why Hello Fresh is America's #1 Meal Kit! Go to hellofresh.com/nobodytoldme10 and use code 'nobodytoldme10' for 10 free meals, including free shipping. --> 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices