How I Got Through It: Recent Episodes
Bhavna Guyadeen
Sometimes, life can be the hardest game in town. This show shares how to navigate through those difficult life moments. Each week we interview an author, spiritual leader, and celebrity on how they got through the hard parts of their life.
After battling opioid addiction and serving 14 months in federal prison for a white-collar crime, Jeff Grant rebuilt his life from the ground up. With a Master of Divinity in Social Ethics from Union Theological Seminary, he went on to serve as a minister and co-founded Progressive Prison Ministries, the world’s first ministry supporting the white-collar justice community.
With over 30 years of experience in crisis management, recovery, and leadership, Jeff helps individuals and families navigate white-collar prosecutions and rebuild meaningful lives. Known as “The Minister to Hedge Funders,” Jeff shares his journey of redemption, offering guidance to those seeking second chances and new purpose.
In a world where women and men are constantly told that simultaneously they are too much and not enough, being unabashedly and authentically ourselves is an act of revolution.
Annalie Howling is a highly qualified performance coach with over 20 years’ experience working with business and political leaders, elite athletes and members of the Armed Forces including ex-UK Special Forces. She specializes in transitional support and, through her unique approach, is able to ensure her clients overcome any self-imposed limitations to achieve their goals and move forward with confidence and a more fulfilling life.
We sit down with Annalie Howling to answer YOUR audience questions. Thank you for submitting such thoughtful questions. This one is for you.
Vex King is a multiple Sunday Times Best Selling Author in the UK. With millions of followers worldwide, Vex inspires people to reach their highest potential by facing the unpleasant parts of themselves.
In this episode Vex shares:
1) What pain has taught him about himself?
2) Stories from his childhood
3) How to go deeper within yourself
4) How to find the love you are seeking
5) What is consciousness?
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Ray Hennessey is the author of the new book Beyond Sorry and the former Editorial Director at Entrepreneur Media. Ray and Bhavna share personal stories of times when they've had to say sorry and what they've learned.
In this episode, we dig into:
1) How to say sorry when you've deeply hurt someone.
2) What does sorry actually mean?
3) When are you entitled to forgiveness?
4) Who apologizes more? Men or Women?
Hilary Phelps is an entrepreneur and mother. She is also known for standing by her brother, Olympian Michael Phelps.
In this conversation, we chat about:
-Becoming the fastest swimmer in the country
-Alcohol Addiction
-Why do we feel like we aren't enough?
-How to get back up when life keeps knocking you down
-Hilary shares the resilience practice she used to build herself back up
-How to find your purpose again
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Ariel Belgrave is a women's health advocate & the founder of @GymHooky a popular health & wellness brand featured in Forbes, Elle, Glamour, and CBS. Ariel shares a deep look at her childhood, and how she left Facebook to start her own brand. How she knew her husband was the one.
In this episode, we explore:
-Adoption
-Romantic Relationships - How do you know he is the one?
-Career Pivots
-How to walk into a room and feel comfortable when you are being judged
- How to be authentic and lean into your life
Annalie is a well-celebrated trauma specialist, elite coach, and highly sought-after speaker. With over 20 years of experience in her field, Annalie has worked with celebrity athletes, leaders in business, and members of the Armed Forces, including ex-UK Special Forces to make them the best version of themselves.
Annalie is also known to be a champion for women. She trains women to speak their truth and be their authentic selves. This episode is her life story and advice to women on how to ask for what they want.
This week we are sharing our best advice on how to take the leap and build your dream. You will hear from 3 women that have doubted themselves about changing their careers and relationships. This episode is about create the life you desire and finding the courage to take the leap.
Jason Saltzman has spent the last 2 decades building businesses. He is a member of Florida International University’s Foundation Board of Directors, a mentor for Techstars, and a Special Advisor to Entrepreneurship for the U.S. State Department. An advocate for mental health and believer in thoughtful innovation, Jason is passionate about curating progressive communities and inspiring positive change.
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Camilo Celis is the co-founder of Celis Juice Bar & Cafe and Run Club. This episode is the shot of motivation that you need. In this episode, we discuss:
The Entrepreneurship Journey
How His Family Started Celis
What Is His Daily "Why"
How He Overcomes Obstacles
Where His Motivation Comes From
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[REVISIT] This episode is all about our relationship to our body. How this impacts a woman's relationship to food, how we view our body, our emotions, and figuring out the root cause.
Dr. Preyasi Kothari is an emergency physician, personal trainer, and health coach. She is passionate about women taking control of their health and focuses on getting stronger mentally and physically.
Greg McKeown has written two New York Times bestsellers: “Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less,” and “Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most.”
McKeown is one of the most sought-after public speakers globally and has spoken to over 500 companies. His clients include Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Nike.
His work has been covered in print media, including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time, Fast Company, Fortune, Politico, Inc., and Harvard Business Review.
In this conversation, Greg shares the hardest life thing he has been through, new research he is working on and how to truly be understood during difficult times.
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Lauren Morrison is the leading executive and entrepreneur coach in Los Angeles. She is the founder of Make the Shift which helps entrepreneurs and brands hit high performance metrics by data-driven coaching. In this episode Lauren and Bhavna discuss how to stop playing small in your life. Why you should take up more space and how do we get along with our sisters? An honest chat about siblings..
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Joseph Emmett founded Vedanta Institute Houston and the Yoga For Your Intellect Podcast. He is dedicated to making Vedanta philosophy available to all those who seek it. He hosts leadership groups such as Young President’s Organization and addresses cultural addresses corporate elites, universities and schools. He has been the Vedanta faculty-in-residence at leading wellness resorts around the world such as Ananda-In the Himalayas, Amangiri (Utah) and Calamigos Guest Ranch (Malibu).
Vex King is the bestselling author of Good Vibes Good Life, which has been published in 39 languages, Healing is the New High, and Closer to Love. He is an acclaimed mind coach who rose to fame by inspiring millions of others through his Instagram.
As a major voice in the world of personal development, Vex shares deep spiritual knowledge in a way that's easy to understand, with stories from his own life, great inspirational quotes, and practical solutions.
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Ariel Belgrave is a women's health advocate & the founder of @GymHooky a popular health & wellness brand featured in Forbes, Elle, Glamour, and CBS. Ariel shares a deep look at her childhood, and how she left Facebook to start her own brand. How she knew her husband was the one.
In this episode, we explore:
-Adoption
-Romantic Relationships - How do you know he is the one?
-Career Pivots
-How to walk into a room and feel comfortable when you are being judged
- How to be authentic and lean into your life
Vex King is the bestselling author of Good Vibes Good Life, which has been published in 39 languages, Healing is the New High and Closer to Love. His first two books were No 1 Sunday Times bestsellers. He is an acclaimed mind coach who rose to fame on Instagram.
Greg McKeown has written two New York Times bestsellers: Essentialism and Effortless. McKeown is one of the most sought-after public speakers globally and has spoken to over 500 companies while traveling to more than 40 countries. His clients include Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Nike.
Annalie Howling is a highly qualified performance coach, speaker, and trauma specialist, working with elite performers from the worlds of sport, business, and the arts. From self-made billionaires, PGA tour golfers, and England & Chelsea footballers, to Hollywood actors, opera singers, and the Armed Forces, including ex-UK Special Forces.
This week we discuss trusting your intuition when you seemingly have trusted it before and things didn't work out. How can you trust it again? AND Thank you for sending in questions on Love..we answer them in this episode.
[Revisit] Viral Joshi is the Netflix reality star from Indian Matchmaking Seasons 2 & 3. Viral opens up and shares the details of her public break-up. Bhavna shares a first date story that left her buzzing and the two talk about why the focus needs to shift from 'get the guy' to 'build your own life'. This conversation is like overhearing your two big sisters have a chat about the hard truths about healthy relationships.
Right in time for Thanksgiving, we are giving you a raw conversation about adult freaking relationships. Why is there a barrier between you and that person? What is the one relationship that really matters? How to go deeper with your spouse, friend, and parents? Bhavna chats with one of her best friends about the changes that she has made this year and how she has gone deeper in her relationships. This is a very good episode.. get ready!
We've joined the singer Jewel and The Inspiring Children Foundation to provide FREE Mental Health ToolKit to our community! This conversation is with Jewel's team about our partnership and collaboration!
We are living through some heartbreaking times and through the #NotAloneChallenge we are giving our community free mental health activations, meditations, writing prompts, movement ideas, breathwork prompts etc. When life feels overwhelming you have this resource. This is for you.
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Founder and CEO of Spark Labs shares his story of training as an Olympic runner to starting Spark Labs. On that journey, he split from his business partners and rebuilt his company. In retrospect, he ultimately rebuilt himself. He also shares the emotional story of breaking off his engagement to his long-time girlfriend and starting again.
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She's BACK! You've requested relationship expert Annalie Howling to answer your relationship and dating questions and we are here with the answers! Thanks to everyone for sending in their honest questions. Annalie is a well-celebrated elite performance coach, trauma specialist and highly sought-after speaker. With over 20 years of experience in her field, Annalie has worked with elite athletes, leaders in business, and members of the Armed Forces, including ex-UK Special Forces on overcoming trauma.
This interview is shared through the lens of the ongoing events of the world, women's equality, compassion, and leadership.
Before starting in the United Nations, Susana Malcorra had almost twenty-five years in the private sector. From January 1993 she worked at Telecom, retiring in 2002 as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In 2004, she joined the World Food Programme (WFP) in Rome, as an Assistant Secretary General and Chief Operating Officer (COO). From April 2012 to December 2015, she was appointed the Chief of Staff for Peace Missions, based in New York, as Under-Secretary General of the United Nations.
We are currently in unprecedented times and to be honest it feels unbearable to witness what is happening in the world. We are sharing 4 actionable steps to help you in this mini-episode. Leave us some feedback and share this episode with a friend. Follow the Pod @howigotthroughit
Katie Horwitch is the founder of WANT: Women Against Negative Talk and just released the book, WANT YOUR SELF: Shift Your Self-Talk and Unearth The Strength In Who You Were All Along. Katie and Bhavna have a candid chat about the chatter that we are constantly faced with and how it triggers self-doubt, past rejection and how do we effectively "fix" the self talk that to move forward.
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Annalie Howling is back sharing why we react the way that we do in arguments, life-altering situations and heartbreak. Why do we have the trauma response that we do and how we can start to understand ourselves better?
Enjoy this week's mini -episode!
Annalie Howling has 20 years of experience working with elite athletes who endure career-ending injuries. She is also a trauma specialist specializing in relationships and self-imposed limitations. In this episode, we learn about Annalie's life, her advice on marriages and relationships, self-sabotage and how to be vulnerable and ask for what you want. This is a conversation between two girlfriends who share dating stories, their own limitations and mistakes made. Pull up a chair and join the convo :)
This video has subtitles because Annalie has a wonderful British accent.
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Dr. Preyasi Kothari is a physician, health coach, and fitness trainer. She opens up to Bhavna about the hardest thing she went through .. an eating disorder that led to body dysmorphia. After overcoming this, the shame that stemmed from her eating disorder days showed up again during her infertility journey. We have a candid conversation about her infertility journey and she shares the turning point for her. This is the female conversation that touches all the aspects of what it means to be a woman. Grab your popcorn and enjoy watching the show :)
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Quinnton Harris is an MIT graduate and the CEO of Retrospect. He is also the pioneer of the nationally recognized holiday Juneteenth and the President of Cannes Lions Design. Quinnton shares hearing gunshots at night as a six-year-old in his neighborhood and using that to fuel his life. In this conversation, he peels back the layers and shares his battle with panic attacks. How he met his wife, what it means to be a creative and the source of his creativity.
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This week we are taking a short summer break and re-listening to this moving episode with the CEO of Brambleberry. She shares how she built her business from scratch while balancing dating and depression simultaneously. She shares realistic daily practices you can adopt into your lifestyle and her inspiring story will motivate you and lift you up.
In this episode we take a look at the best advice we've heard over the last 20 episodes! Bhavna shares that advice with you and why each piece of advice resonated with her in hopes that it also shifts something in you.
Jason Saltzman is the founder of Alley, and co-founder of Relief featured in Forbes, Rolling Stone, and Entrepreneur. He has built over 20 startups and openly talks about failure and anxiety. In this conversation, we dive into anxiety. How does it show up for him and how is he authentic when it is triggered? This episode will not only motivate you to keep going when things get tough but also give you tools and tips to deal with anxiety.
This interview was done in March 2020. This is the first time it is being released. Best selling author Alka Joshi reimagined her life in her 40s and achieved her big dreams in her 50s. Today she is an author who wrote The Henna Artist which is being adapted for a Netflix series. This conversation is about female empowerment. Why do women sometimes make the wrong choice in their partner or job? How can we feel empowered to make the right decisions for ourselves? Alka shares personal stories and details from her own life with us to help us answer these questions. Follow the Pod @howigottthroughit
Andi Sharma is back sharing the steps that she used to rebuild her life. If you haven't heard Part 1 of this conversation go back and listen to episode 21 where Andi shares her journey from homelessness and addiction to recovery. In today's conversation, we delve into recovery and she shares universal steps that we can all use in our arsenal for those tough times!
Andi Sharma is internationally recognized for her social enterprise work. Andi Sharma is internationally recognized for her forward-thinking research into social enterprise, poverty, and world food systems. She has published books, and presented her work in several international venues across the United States and Switzerland. In her spare time, she flies planes and gives Ted Talks.Before she became a woman with an impressive resume, Andi was a drug addict and homeless. This conversation is all about how to rebuild your life when you've hit rock bottom. In this episode you will learn:-What drug use feels like for the user-How traumatic events can trigger drug use-Why mental health is more important than numbing the pain-The steps it takes to rebuild your life from any rock bottomFollow the pod @howigotthroughit
Have you ever left a conversation wishing you said more? Do you have a good life but still feel like something is off or not fixed? Then this conversation is for you. Today's guest is Ana Del Castillo, a rightness expert and certified coach. Ana has 20 years of experience working with both men and women who seemingly have everything but still wake up feeling like there is something wrong. She gets right to the source of their suffering and creates transformative experiences so they can vitality for life and right within their skin again. Surina Jindal joins us to share her personal experience with Ana's work and gives us a look into why it is important to step into your power.Follow Ana Del Castillo @ana_del_castilloFollow Surina @surinajindalFollow Pod @howigotthroughit
Viral Joshi is the Netflix reality star from Indian Matchmaking Seasons 2 & 3. Viral opens up and shares the details of her public break-up. Bhavna shares a first date story that left her buzzing and the two talk about why the focus needs to shift from 'get the guy' to 'build your own life'. This conversation is like overhearing your two big sisters have a chat about the hard truths about healthy relationships.
Surina Jindal is a producer of movies like The Giants, Hot Mess Holiday, Surina & Mel, and a confidence coach in New York City. In this raw conversation, Surina discusses going through a mental breakdown and how she used technique, friendship, and courage to get back up again. Bhavna shares an emotional moment on how she recently healed a relationship and the courage that it took to have that hard conversation. Both share practical tips and techniques for managing your mental health. For more information on the Titration Method visit @holistic.life.navigationFollow:Surina @surinajindalBhavna @bhavnaguyadeenPodcast @howigotthroughit
Founder & CEO of Spark Labs, Al Wechsler shares the story of training as an Olympic runner to starting his own company and losing it all at 29. How do you rebuild yourself when everything you've built is taken from you? How do you know when to quit? Al also shares how he got through breaking off his engagement to a long-time girlfriend and starting again. Follow Pod @howigotthroughit
SELF-CARE EPISODE - In this episode, Bhavna and Saige discuss dating without social media, Saige shares how he came out to his parents and pride month, what diversity really means and why is it so hard for Bhavna with being the most authentic version of herself in relationships.
Hema Persad is an HGTV Designer for Property Brothers and the founder of Sagrada Studio, featured in Vogue and Architectural Digest. Before she built her dream career of designing celebrities' homes, she pivoted careers multiple times. This conversation is about those pivots. How do you know what the next right move is for you? How do you trust yourself in the process? How do you deal with self-doubt along your path?Follow Hema @HemaPersadFollow Bhavna @bhavnaguyadeenFollow Pod @HowIGotThroughIt
In this episode, we dig into relationships and leadership with CEO & Founder Anne-Marie Faiola. How do you rebuild yourself after a failed relationship? Where does resilience come from? How do you lead yourself and others while battling negative self-talk? Bramble Berry Founder and CEO Anne-Marie Faiola changed her life around from being a corrections officer with a failing marriage to following her passion and starting a creative company in the 90s. She bootstrapped that business to upwards of 20 million in annual revenue. Today, she is the sole owner of Brambleberry and thrives on helping female entrepreneurs create their own businesses. Follow Bhavna @bhavnaguyadeenFollow Anne-Marie @comemakewithmeFollow Brambleberry @brambleberry
In our first self-care conversation, Bhavna and Saige share personal stories on acceptance. Bhavna shares how she is accepting the loss of her father and Saige makes a discovery during the episode on something buried deep down inside that he has never accepted.
Teresa Kaplan is a psychotherapist specializing in the end of relationships whether that it is a romantic relationship, the loss of a pet, a job, a parent, or even the loss of self. Bhavna and Teresa discuss how to navigate letting go and starting a new beginning. How can someone transition from being shattered to being joyful again? Listen to the full episode to find out!
Sheetal Sheth is an acclaimed actress, producer, activist, and author. In this episode, she shares a story about a casting producer that asked her to change her name so it was "less ethnic", how a diagnosis of cancer rocked her world and how she used that phase of pain to create a new passion for becoming an author.
This is a true story about dreams. Alka Joshi had the dream of becoming an author. At age 40, she started writing her first novel. She wrote for 10 years and kept believing in her dreams. At age 53, she was named a New York Times Best Selling Author for her first novel The Henna Artist which is being adapted into an upcoming Netflix series. Bhavna asks her how she kept her dreams alive, the role that Reese Witherspoon played to make her dreams a reality and why you should never stop believing in your dreams regardless of your age.
Jason Saltzman is a seasoned entrepreneur featured in Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Rolling Stone for his successful start-ups. While Jason has had tremendous success in the start-up world, he also endured significant failure along the way. In this conversation, Bhavna delves into the phase of his consistent failure. How do you get back up and get into the ring again after you've failed consistently? What has he learned from failure? How important is prioritizing mental health during this phase?
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Cindie and Bhavna answer YOUR friendship questions!
- What qualities do you look for when making new friends?
- How has the pandemic changed our friendships?
Every relationship starts with two people becoming friends but how do you navigate friendship in adulthood? In this episode, I invite my best friend Cindie Massiah onto the podcast to share the things that helped us build a 30-year friendship.
Valérie Del-Sol coaches high-level executives for Goldman Sachs, Facebook, Sony Music, American Express etc. She sits down with Bhavna to talk about leaders in the C-Suite. What traits make a good leader? What do leaders lack today? How do they break through existing doubts?
In this episode, we talk about those "down" days. We share what they feel like for us and how embracing the entire human experience might be the answer to getting through these not-so-great days. Share with us on Instagram @howigotthroughit how you get through the down days. We are here to listen.
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Saige Scott, Human Design Expert is back to answer these questions:
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In relationships, how do you know if what you are feeling is genuine, or is this just your same old neurological pattern?
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What does good love feel like?
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How do you trust yourself when you have trusted yourself before and it did not work out.
LOVE: When was the very first time you felt Love? Why do people that we love hurt us? How does one act according to their nature? How do we act according to our freewill in Love? Join us as we explore these complex questions about Love with Human Design Expert Saige Scott.
Ronnie Madra lives his life out loud. Being the co-founder of the world-renowned nightclub 1OAK, he found himself at a crossroads during the pandemic. Jolted into isolation he used the lockdowns to become the scientist of himself and launched into the new chapter of his life. In this raw conversation, he shares how he built himself back up, created new companies and even found the love of his life.
In this episode, Hannah Lowe Corman shares the touching story of receiving a fatal diagnosis for her six-month-old son. We discuss how to prepare for loss and how to go through grief to find your joy.
Decisions - CBS actress Melanie Chandra shares metrics she uses to make life decisions, what is confidence vs. faith, comparison hangover, and how to let go gracefully.