Chai Tea with Nina D.

Nina Dixon

Nina Pal Dixon is known for one thing: highly selective taste in every area of life. What she eats, where she travels, how she thinks, who she learns from. The cleanest food, the best car, the trip worth taking, the idea worth keeping. Quality over quantity, taste over trends. She was never going to be average. Only the best in everything. That's a life worth living. Chai Tea is the show where she brings you the people and ideas that made the cut. Creators, experts, and high performers across health, wealth, self-awareness, and definitely the finer things, chosen because they're the top of the top at what they do. No filler. No trend-chasing. Just long-form, cinematic conversations with people who've earned the seat. Attorney turned media founder, Nina is the friend who's already done the research. Come for the guest, stay for the standard she set. 🗓 New episodes drop every Thursday 💻Watch on YouTube 📱Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

  1. 5d ago ·  Video

    Fertility Doctor's Warning: What Women Learn Too Late

    Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/   1 in 6 people will struggle with infertility. For female doctors, it's 1 in 4. And most women are never told how fertility really works until they're already trying.   This week Nina sits down with Dr. Lucky Sekhon, a double board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and fertility doctor in New York City, author of The Lucky Egg and co-host of the Call Your Doctor podcast. She froze embryos at 34 just in case, then faced secondary infertility herself. Dr. Lucky explains what every woman should know about egg freezing, IVF, age and egg quality, why there's no test for egg quality, why 50% of infertility involves the male partner, and how testosterone can act like a male birth control. Plus what IVF really costs and what she tells women whose IVF didn't work.   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:   1. Is 38 or 39 too late to have a baby? 2. Why there's no test for egg quality, and what AMH really tells you 3. The best age to freeze your eggs, and eggs vs. embryos 4. Why fertility isn't just a female problem 5. How testosterone can affect male fertility 6. What a round of IVF involves, step by step, and what it costs 7. How to choose a fertility clinic 8. Perimenopause, menopause and HRT explained   TIMESTAMPS:   0:00 – Trailer: A Fertility Doctor's Warning 1:29 – Meet Dr. Lucky Sekhon, Fertility Doctor 3:56 – A Fertility Doctor Who Became the Patient 5:02 – Why She Froze Embryos, Then Faced Secondary Infertility 6:06 – Her Failed IVF Cycle and the Shame That Followed 8:31 – Why 1 in 4 Female Doctors Face Infertility 10:23 – What Every Woman Who Wants Kids Later Should Know 11:22 – Why Human Reproduction Is Inefficient 12:22 – The Biggest Fertility Myth: It's a Female Problem 13:10 – You're Born With All the Eggs You'll Ever Have 13:26 – Men Have a Biological Clock Too 16:54 – Is 38 or 39 Too Late to Have a Baby? 18:59 – Egg Quality and Age: What Changes After 35 20:55 – Why Pregnancy at 36 Gets Labeled "Geriatric" 24:26 – "Clip Medicine": Fertility Advice on Social Media 27:58 – Why Herbal Supplements Aren't Harmless 32:45 – Red Flags: When to Get a Second Opinion 33:35 – What a Fertility Consult Tests 38:09 – Can You Test Egg Quality? 41:50 – AMH: The Number Everyone Obsesses Over 43:27 – Am I Too Old? Fertility at 37 and 38 44:28 – Using Your Own Eggs With a Surrogate 47:33 – Can You Improve Egg Quality? 50:02 – The Egg Factory Analogy 54:12 – PCOS Is Now PMOS: Insulin Resistance and Fertility 56:34 – "Ozempic Babies" and GLP-1s 58:57 – How Fertility Advice Changes at 30, 35, 38 and 42 1:01:22 – Is 40 Too Late? Pregnancy at 45 and Embryo Freezing 1:03:15 – Freezing Eggs vs. Freezing Embryos 1:05:45 – Genetic Testing of Embryos: PGT-M and PGT-P 1:09:06 – Carrier Screening Explained 1:13:04 – Egg Freezing: Buying Options or Buying Time? 1:14:52 – What Would a Fertility Doctor Do? 1:15:04 – The Best Age to Freeze Your Eggs 1:17:04 – Does IVF Harm Your Health? The Cancer Myth 1:20:09 – Freezing Eggs Before Chemotherapy 1:22:11 – How Much of a Healthy Pregnancy Depends on Sperm 1:25:15 – Testosterone: A Male Birth Control? 1:27:43 – What a Round of IVF Actually Feels Like 1:30:15 – The Egg Retrieval Procedure 1:31:32 – Recovery: Work, Exercise and Sex After Retrieval 1:34:39 – What an Embryo Transfer Feels Like 1:36:36 – The Emotional Side of IVF 1:37:32 – How Much IVF and Egg Freezing Cost 1:38:56 – Why IVF Is So Expensive 1:40:16 – How to Choose a Fertility Clinic 1:43:18 – The Total Cost of IVF in New York 1:44:54 – Does Insurance Cover IVF? 1:45:46 – A Patient Story: A Second Opinion That Changed Everything 1:48:39 – The Hardest Conversation: Almost 50 and Wanting a Baby 1:51:02 – Menopause vs. Perimenopause Explained 1:55:06 – Perimenopause: The Messy Middle 1:57:19 – HRT: Why Hormone Therapy Got a Bad Rap 1:59:54 – For Women Whose IVF Didn't Work 2:01:27 – Rapid Fire: Does Genetic Testing Throw Away Healthy Embryos? 2:02:52 – The Question She Wishes Every Patient Asked 2:03:16 – Not Your Fault: One Lucky Egg   Follow Dr. Lucky Sekhon:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucky.sekhon Website: https://theluckyegg.com/ Call Your Doctor podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/call-your-doctor/id1880915808   ABOUT DR. LUCKY SEKHON:   Dr. Lucky Sekhon is a double board-certified reproductive endocrinologist and OB/GYN in New York City. She is the author of The Lucky Egg: Understanding Your Fertility and How to Get Pregnant Now, and co-hosts the Call Your Doctor podcast with Dr. Alicia Robbins. This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about your own fertility, treatment options and any supplements or medications.   #Fertility #IVF #EggFreezing #WomensHealth

  2. Oct 22 ·  Video

    Will He Cheat After Marriage? A 30-Year Psychologist's Honest Answer

    Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/   Will he cheat after marriage? Can you tell before you commit? According to a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience, the honest answer is one most women don't want to hear.   In this clip, Nina and Dr. Amanda Hanson talk about why you can't truly know a man's character, or whether he'll step out on your marriage, until life puts your relationship under pressure. They unpack the red flags to watch for when dating, why so many wives end up mothering their husbands, what daughters learn from watching their mothers in marriage, and why trusting yourself matters more than trying to predict whether he'll cheat.   WATCH THE FULL EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlQZHxinA08   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:   1. Can you tell if a man will cheat before marriage? 2. Why his character only shows when life gets hard 3. The red flags to watch for when dating 4. Why wives lose themselves in marriage 5. Why so many women end up mothering their husbands 6. How to build self-trust so his choices don't break you   TIMESTAMPS:   0:00 – Why Women Lose Themselves in Marriage 0:29 – Becoming the Main Character of Your Own Life 0:41 – "I Don't Contribute Financially, So I Have to Do Everything" 1:36 – You'd Be a Better Wife and Mother If It Was All of You 1:53 – What Daughters Learn From Watching Their Mothers 2:51 – How Women Can Take Up Space in a Marriage 3:30 – "What Does Your Husband Think?" "I Didn't Ask Him" 3:54 – Men Want Freedom Without Responsibility 4:37 – He Wants a Wife but Doesn't Want to Be a Husband 5:12 – Why Wives End Up Mothering Their Husbands 5:39 – Marrying for the Right Reasons 6:42 – Can You Tell If He'll Cheat Before Marriage? 7:43 – How to Judge a Man's Character Without Wasting Years 8:05 – Red Flags to Watch for When Dating 8:19 – If You're Risk-Averse, Don't Date 8:50 – Why Self-Trust Matters More Than Trusting Him   ABOUT DR. AMANDA HANSON:   Dr. Amanda Hanson, the Midlife Muse, is a clinical psychologist with 30 years of experience and the international bestselling author of Muse: Magnetism of Women Who Stop Abandoning Themselves. She hosts the podcast Midlife Muse: Things Your Mother Never Told You and has spoken on stages including Mindvalley and Tony Robbins.   Follow Dr. Amanda Hanson: https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/   #Cheating #MarriageAdvice #RelationshipAdvice

  3. Oct 15 ·  Video

    Libido Chocolate Backed by Pedro Pascal? (Why Hollywood Said Yes!)

    Many mushroom supplements aren't what you think. Some are grown on sawdust. Some are bulked out with starch that makes them test as more potent than they really are.   This week Nina sits down with Charlotte Cruze, co-founder and COO of Alice Mushrooms, the functional mushroom chocolate brand backed by L Catterton, Unilever Ventures, Pedro Pascal, Kevin Hart, Zac Efron and Tiësto. Charlotte explains what most of the wellness industry won't say: where most mushroom supplements come from, how potency tests can be gamed, and what to check on the label before you buy. Then she shares the real founder story, from packing chocolate by hand to an HBO collaboration that arrived as a cold email.   Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/   WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:   - The difference between functional and psychedelic mushrooms - What lion's mane, cordyceps, reishi and tremella are used for - How sawdust and starch hide in mushroom supplements - The 3 things to check before you buy - Why Alice's best seller is the one for your sex life - How they raised money: 150 no's, SAFE notes and an $8M Series A - How to tell a good idea from a real business   TIMESTAMPS:   0:00 – Trailer: Pedro Pascal, Kevin Hart & Zac Efron Back a Mushroom Chocolate 1:18 – Meet Charlotte Cruze, Co-Founder of Alice Mushrooms 2:14 – No Caffeine, No Xanax: Why Nina Swears by Alice 3:39 – Functional vs. Psychedelic Mushrooms 5:58 – Why Alice Feels Like a Gift 8:06 – Why Is It Called Alice? 11:16 – How Pedro Pascal Became an Investor 13:00 – Brainstorm: A Caffeine Alternative to Coffee 15:38 – Why Chocolate Absorbs Better Than a Pill 16:45 – Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, Reishi & Tremella Explained 17:45 – Cordyceps: The Real Zombie Fungus From The Last of Us 20:33 – Lion's Mane and the Blood-Brain Barrier 22:04 – Reishi for Sleep and Stress 22:49 – Why Functional Mushrooms Take Months to Work 25:27 – Are Mushroom Supplements Legit? Sourcing and Testing 27:27 – Grown on Sawdust: What's Really in Your Supplements 30:22 – How Starch Fakes Supplement Potency 31:52 – Fruiting Body vs. Mycelium 34:03 – What to Check Before You Buy a Mushroom Supplement 34:30 – Is Organic Worth It? The Dirty Dozen 37:30 – Nina's Toxicology Test 38:27 – Party Trick: The Sober-Curious Chocolate 41:10 – Party Trick for Public Speaking Nerves 43:01 – Zen-X: The Chocolate for Stress and Calm 43:48 – Sex Sells: Happy Ending Is the #1 Seller 45:15 – Nightcap for Sleep 47:08 – Zen-X in the Middle of an Argument 48:37 – How Charlotte Cruze Built Alice Mushrooms 49:10 – From Selling Watches to Food Studies at NYU 51:59 – Meeting Co-Founder Lindsay Goodstein on a Text Thread 54:19 – Two Co-Founders, Two Strengths 56:22 – Packing Thousands of Chocolates by Hand 59:27 – Good Idea vs. Good Business: Advice for Female Founders 1:00:19 – Spotting a Gap in the Market 1:03:27 – Done Is Better Than Perfect 1:05:14 – Influencer Marketing With Handwritten Notes 1:06:58 – The QR Code Mistake: 16,000 Boxes, One Cell Phone 1:08:25 – How the HBO Last of Us Collaboration Happened 1:11:51 – An Ice Cream Truck Tour and Coachella 1:12:41 – How to Negotiate a Brand Licensing Deal 1:13:51 – Let's Talk Money: Their First Investor Pitch 1:16:06 – 150 Investor No's 1:16:45 – SAFE Notes Explained 1:18:36 – Celebrity Investors: Silent or Strategic? 1:20:25 – Who You Should Take Money From 1:21:41 – After the $8M Series A 1:22:44 – The Hardest Part of Running a Business 1:24:05 – "You Sell Calm. Are You Calm?" 1:24:35 – Has Her Gut Ever Been Wrong? 1:25:26 – From Risk-Averse to Entrepreneur 1:26:56 – How to Test Your Business Idea 1:30:37 – What She'd Never Hand Over to AI 1:32:09 – Would Alice Ever Make a Psychedelic Product? 1:33:57 – What the Research Says About Functional Mushrooms 1:34:58 – New: Menopause Hero With Dr. Jen Ashton 1:38:15 – Are Mushroom Supplements Safe During Pregnancy?   Follow Charlotte Cruze & Alice Mushrooms:   @alicemushrooms: https://www.instagram.com/alice.mushrooms/ Charlotte on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charcruze/ Website: https://alicemushrooms.com/   ABOUT CHARLOTTE CRUZE:   Charlotte co-founded Alice Mushrooms in 2022 with Lindsay Goodstein. She spent nearly a decade in branded content at digital publishers and holds a master's in Food Studies from NYU. Alice is sold at Erewhon and Target.   This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor before starting any supplement, especially if you are pregnant, nursing or on medication.   #FunctionalMushrooms #MushroomChocolate #PedroPascal #FemaleFounder

  4. Oct 8 ·  Video

    How I Got My Husband by Being Exactly Who I Am

    Have you ever softened your opinion, swallowed a question, or toned down your personality just to keep someone else comfortable?   Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad https://substack.com/profile/183151814-nina-pal-dixon?r=1wzhez&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page   In this solo episode , I'm getting candid about the pressure to be quieter, more agreeable, or less direct to be loved and accepted. I share the moments I've caught myself shrinking, including while interviewing powerful guests on my own show, and what helps me come back to myself. Because even with a big personality, I still have moments when I need that reminder.   Then I call my husband to ask what actually made him fall in love with me. His answer opens up a conversation about ambition, confidence, thoughtfulness, and being appreciated for who you really are.   This isn't about becoming the loudest person in the room. It's about not pretending to be someone else to earn your place in it.   🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts   Timestamps: 0:00 Squash or Be Squashed 0:51 For Women Who Think Playing Small Works 1:26 "So You Have a Dominating Personality" 3:18 East Coast Direct 3:55 Direct Is Not the Same as Mean 5:04 The Alpha Couple Rides the Waves 6:22 Shrinking Shows Up in Your Body 8:20 The Perfect Little Stepford Wife 8:55 When the Mask Falls Off 10:29 When I Shrank on My Own Show 11:26 My First Clue: Jittery Inside 13:04 "Relax, Smile, Gangster Nina" 14:22 How I Come Back: Drop Into My Heart 15:19 Quiet Is Not Weak 15:59 People Who Need You Small Are Never Happy 17:53 How Did I Get Brian? By Being Me 18:59 Calling Brian: Why Did You Fall for Me? 20:59 "She Secretly Paid the Bill" 21:56 Playing Coy to Get Him to Pay 23:13 What I Want Is Respect 24:48 Shrinking Is a Tax You Pay for Life 26:08 Stop Playing Small

  5. Oct 5 ·  Video

    Mindfulness Expert: How to Decode Your Emotions and Regain Self-Control

    #casekenny #internalfamilysystems #newmindsetwhodis   Watch my FULL conversation with Case Kenny here: https://youtu.be/4tfxZJwqTY8   Follow Nina Dixon & CTND on Instagram for BTS + Daily Takeaways https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/ Follow Case Kenny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/case.kenny/   "A part of me feels... and then you fill in the blank."   When Case said this, I had to stop and say it back to him. I say "I feel anxious" all the time. I never once thought of it as just one part of me.   Case hosts New Mindset, Who Dis? and wrote The Language of Optimism, and his whole idea is that optimism isn't a mood, it's a method. Not "everything's gonna be fine." Just believing things can change. And half of that work, he says, is naming the negative, and naming it as specifically as you can. He walks me through why "anxious" is a forest word when your brain needs a tree word, why he writes everything in red, and what Internal Family Systems teaches about the different parts of us that react, some from old hurts and some worried about the future. Then he gets honest about the thing he's still working on himself: not reacting, and giving things 24 hours.   The way you talk to yourself is something you choose every single day. It can start with one small sentence.   🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts   Timestamps: 0:00 Optimism Isn't a Mood, It's a Method 0:49 Optimism Is Believing Things Can Change 1:39 Half the Work Is Naming the Negative 2:08 Why Case Writes in Red 3:03 Mindfulness Comes Before Optimism 4:06 Forest Words vs. Tree Words 6:04 "I Am Anxious" Makes You the Emotion 6:39 IFS: The Many Parts of You 7:18 Say "A Part of Me Feels..." 8:24 Non-Negotiables: The Power of Pausing

  6. Oct 1 ·  Video

    They Monitored His Brain While He Changed His Self-Talk | Chai Tea: Mindset Moments

    #CaseKenny #Optimism #Mindset   Watch my FULL conversation with Case Kenny here: https://youtu.be/4tfxZJwqTY8   Follow Nina Dixon & CTND on Instagram for BTS + Daily Takeaways https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/ Follow Case Kenny on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/case.kenny/   "The brain literally can't find what it can't name." Case Kenny hooked his brain up to monitors at a friend's lab and ran his own prompts: "if I achieve this goal" against "when I achieve this goal," the future in the future tense against the future in the past tense. The readings were night and day. He says you can't fake them, because they pick up subconscious brainwaves.   "Remind yourself of your effort. That's the sauce."   🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts   Timestamps: 0:00 The Brain Scan That Tested "If" vs "When" 1:20 Optimists Speak in Verbs, Not Adjectives 1:59 The Prompt: "I'm the Kind of Person Who..." 2:28 Your Brain Can't Find What It Can't Name 3:18 The Fifth-Grade Praise Experiment 4:14 Why a Quality Makes a Brittle Identity 4:52 Rewrite Your Affirmations Around Effort 5:41 "Will I" Beats "I Will": The Anagram Study 7:29 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation 9:08 Nina: Why High Performers Get Tripped Up 9:30 Ambition, Playfulness, and the Sweet Spot

  7. Sep 17

    She Sold $2.5 Billion on TV. Her Rule: Stop Telling People What They Need

    Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad Forbes Riley has sold more than $2.5 billion in products on television, moved 64,000 SpinGyms in a single day, and has taught pitching to 284,000 students. They call her the Queen of Pitch. In this episode she breaks down the craft itself: the first tell that a pitch is about to fail, which she says shows the second someone opens their mouth; why "stop telling people what they need" is the rule that changes everything; the belief you have to clear before anyone will buy; what she does in the first five minutes in a room full of strangers; why desire changes what people will pay; the biggest networking mistake; how she pitches her own kids; and the night one webinar with 25 people made $25,000 after she stopped selling the product and started teaching the skill. Chapters: 0:00 Trailer 1:13 Two and a Half Billion in Product Sales 1:30 The Reality Show That Made Her Look Greedy 3:25 Betting the Mortgage on a Product Nobody Wanted 4:36 Two Minutes of Airtime to Prove Them Wrong 5:46 They Call Her the Godmother of TikTok Shop 7:29 21 Million Views, and the Mrs Beast Line 9:04 The British Agent She Invented 9:58 An Unexpected Job in 1980s Times Square 14:34 The First Tell of a Bad Pitch 16:24 The Water Bottle Demonstration, Live 17:46 Stop Telling People What They Need 18:36 The Belief You Have to Clear First 20:26 The Years Nobody Could Understand Her 22:05 Her Father's Accident and Going Hungry 23:07 Winning Miss Teenage New York 24:20 Sell Me This Pen 27:52 Special, Weird, and an Outcast 29:55 Get Your Idea Out While You Still Can 34:24 How She Pitches Her Own Kids 37:59 Desire Changes What People Will Pay 39:20 Networking Is Not a Numbers Game 40:39 Give Yourself Permission to Take Up Space 43:43 The Biggest Networking Mistake 45:27 Starting From Zero With Only a Phone 50:20 What Selling Live on TV Taught Her 53:35 You Have a Brand Whether You Like It 56:01 What We Get Wrong About Famous People 57:31 Coming Up in a Man's Industry 1:01:50 Leaving the Work Persona at the Door 1:05:13 The Losses She Could Barely Function Through 1:06:55 Pitching a Studio to Blow Up Her House 1:09:53 Why She Stopped Selling Products 1:12:17 The First Webinar: 25 People, $25,000 1:14:13 How Did You Get Good at Rejection? 1:18:45 What Her Daughter Calls Her Out On 1:22:08 AI, Pitching, and What Is Coming 1:24:37 Aging on Camera, and the Hospital Scare 1:27:18 You Wouldn't Have Liked Me at Thirty 1:30:25 The Little Girl in Long Island Follow Forbes Riley https://www.instagram.com/forbesriley https://forbesriley.com 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations:  https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD  💻 Watch on YouTube  📱 Watch on Spotify  🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

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Nina Pal Dixon is known for one thing: highly selective taste in every area of life. What she eats, where she travels, how she thinks, who she learns from. The cleanest food, the best car, the trip worth taking, the idea worth keeping. Quality over quantity, taste over trends. She was never going to be average. Only the best in everything. That's a life worth living. Chai Tea is the show where she brings you the people and ideas that made the cut. Creators, experts, and high performers across health, wealth, self-awareness, and definitely the finer things, chosen because they're the top of the top at what they do. No filler. No trend-chasing. Just long-form, cinematic conversations with people who've earned the seat. Attorney turned media founder, Nina is the friend who's already done the research. Come for the guest, stay for the standard she set. 🗓 New episodes drop every Thursday 💻Watch on YouTube 📱Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

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