Open To Happiness
This podcast is guiding trauma survivors through their journey of self-discovery, healing and personal growth. Its host Nicoleta is a Romanian-British Psychologist, Therapist and Trauma Specialist and a survivor of childhood trauma and TNBC herself. Nicoleta is interested in authentic human connection, healing and personal development and loves to help people grow conscious awareness, heal their past, develop relationship attunement, and finally open to happiness.
Episodes
In this episode Nicoleta talks about spirituality and happiness with Karen Docherty, Psychic and Medium from Scotland
Parental divorce and sibling separation at 13
When you feel like living by yourself
The connection with the spirit
What is a medium and psychic
The psychic link and connection with the Self
Reading mediumship books at 10
When you embrace what life brings you
The deep feeling of the awakened one
Scholarship at the College of...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about nutrition and happiness with Lea Dombrowski, Holistic Health Coach and Nutritionist from California, USA
Insight into trauma and chronic illness
Young and struggling with gut health
Diagnosed with autoimmune disease
Why conventional medicine cannot help sometimes
How functional medicine works holistically
The root cause of our symptoms
Why listen to your body and its illness
How to create a sustainabl...
In this episode Nicoleta explores trauma and happiness with Alsu Kashapova, holistic transformational coach from Barcelona
Trauma as the suppression of own self
Impact of growing up with addictive parents
From tech to the healing world
Touched by self-awareness, meditation and yoga
The return back to wholeness
Between personality and the true self
Consciousness vs unconsciousness
Ordinary and non-ordinary states of consciousness
The inner i...
In this episode Nicoleta explores the link between inter-racial struggles and happiness with Urmi Hossain, finance professional, blogger and author from Montreal, Canada.
Happiness in the peace within you
The impermanent nature of happiness
Finding joy in the little actions
Happiness in high school and university
Identity trapped in between cultures
When you belong to two different nationalities
Displacement through migration and struggli...
In this episode Nicoleta explores trauma and happiness with Matt O’Neil, Happiness Coach and Best-Selling Author from South Carolina, USA.
Growing up with a tyrant father
The impact of parental abandonment
In therapy at 6 year old
Life in poverty and struggle
Finding joy in family connection
Between success and addiction
Resilience that follows trauma
Why hardship happen for us
The eternal soul as the essence of happiness
You choose how mu...
In this episode Nicoleta explores trauma and happiness with Wendy Alexander, mid-life career coach, author and entrepreneur from Melbourne, Australia.
Life as a mixed race in the segregated South Africa
Trapped in protests and social unrest
Laughter and connection in the family home
The experience of migration to Australia
Domestic abuse throughout pregnancy
Losing the house after divorce
Embraced by the multicultural Melbourne
Growing r...
In this episode Nicoleta explores yoga and happiness with Chloe Markham, award winning yoga teacher, writer and joyful living coach from York, England.
When life challenges wire our brain
Feeling life is short in childhood
When the parent goes through stroke rehabilitation
The joy following loss and trauma
From practicing to teaching yoga
Living more joyfully through you yoga
About the toll and magic of yoga
Yoga as the reminder of our...
In this episode Nicoleta is talking about trauma and happiness with Akilah Riley-Richardson, clinical trauma therapist from Trinidad and Tobaggo.
Happiness in living aligned with own values
Trauma and the relationship with happiness
Understanding own value in the world
How to erect proper psychological boundaries
Moving through rough patches in life
From true pain to authenticity
Receiving validation for our internal experiences
The relat...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about healing and happiness with Marie Young, Stress Management Coach from Texas, USA.
From childhood neglect to depression
The impact of the absent parents
Coming from divorced families
Lacking role modelling and support
Between the compare and despair modes
About the hardening of the heart
Starting healing in the 20s
The emergence of the post-traumatic growth
Takings from the corporate world
Happiness in h...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about PTSD and happiness with Garret Biss, retired marine pilot, addiction recovery coach, and TEDx Speaker from North Carolina, USA.
Happiness as the peace in your heart
Joining the Marines in search for connection
Travelling around the world and learning about the human condition
In touch with the pain and suffering of people
Between hedonic happiness and eudaimonic happiness
The profile of a Marines pil...
In this episode Nicoleta explores emotions and happiness with Andy Brown, author and leadership coach from England.
Happiness in balance and equity
Jumping with joy growing up in Brighton
Curiosity is key to create happiness
Attending the inner child
Feeling chosen as an adopted child
Living with a strong desire to serve
About the emotional overdraft
Investing in work at the cost of your mental health
The factors that create emotional ove...
In this episode Nicoleta explores healing and happiness with Holly Copeland, scientist, coach and healing practitioner from California, USA
The youth and the false idea of happiness
Missing the feeling of wholeness within
Happiness as the inside out job
Aligning with the love within
When you naturally connect with the joy in life
Life near a sibling with mental health struggles
From conservation work to Buddhist teachings
Finding purpose...
In this episode Nicoleta explores health and happiness with Mark L Fox, entrepreneur, scientist, and former Space Shuttle Chief Engineer, from Coco Beach, USA.
Looking forward to waking up in the morning
Happiness in helping others
When you see the half full glass
From love of chemistry to rocket science
Why NASA is not progressive in its production
16 years in the space shuttle industry
What inspired the interest in energy work
How ever...
In this episode Nicoleta explores relationships and happiness with Corey Lyon Folsom, relationship coach from Venice Beach, USA.
Happiness in improving the self
Joyfulness in helping others
Childhood contentment exploring forest and wildlife
Joy in the connection with the self
Three divorces revealed the need for personal development
Increasing awareness for relational attunement
Sibling relational trauma
Coaching women and couples
Slow...
In this episode Nicoleta explores relationships and happiness with Jessica Fern, psychotherapist from North Carolina, USA.
How we grow up with the unconscious expectations of fun, pleasure and excitement
When the happiness is more the byproduct than the goal itself
Presence, contentment and gratitude as the source of happiness
The neglect surrounding an “easy child” perceived as not-needy
Understanding transgenerational trauma
Why our n...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about wellness and happiness with Heather Heynen, counsellor and weight loss coach from South Dakota, USA.
Love for rock climbing and psychology
The impact of divorce on teenagers
Insight into binge eating and exercise addiction
Sitting with emotions and self-regulating
Inspired to heal by our own children
The power of mindfulness in healing
Integrating therapeutic tools and interventions
Spirituality and t...
In this episode Nicoleta explores culture and happiness with Philosopher and Professor Jason Lee from Leicester, UK
Is it good to define happiness?
Is happiness the opposite of unhappiness?
Seeing happiness as a mental illness
Drawing joy and happiness from creativity and relationships
Going into teaching to share knowledge and help others
How is culture promoting both madness and wellbeing
Group collective madness and modern social tren...
In this episode Nicoleta is talking about gender and happiness with Ann Pellegrini, psychoanalysts, author and Professor at New York University.
How happiness is shaped by the social and cultural norms
Personal questioning around struggle and flourishing
When early life experiences drive our career choices
Happiness despite sexism, misogyny and homophobia
How a tomboy learns to live in gender
Why all gender arises out of a relationshi...
In this episode Nicoleta explores dating and happiness with Mat Boggs, dating expert, speaker, best-selling author, from California USA
Happiness as the differential between your expectation and reality
Joy in what is happening in the present moment
Peacefulness when you give up the resistance to what is
Living in an infinite field of goodness
Challenge as the seed of an equal and greater opportunity
Helping thousands of women manifest ...
In this episode Nicoleta talks about mindset and happiness with Juan Campoo, mindset & behavior expert, author, TEDx speaker from Argentina, living in Netherlands.
Happiness, as contentment and wellbeing
When health struggles lead to coaching training
Doctors prescribing yoga for life
Using intuition to work with people for people
Happiness has nothing to do with circumstances
The impact of epigenetics in happiness
Trauma coming t...
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