Chai Tea with Nina D.

Nina Dixon
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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

  1. 7h ago ·  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

  2. 4d ago ·  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

  3. Sep 24 ·  Video

    You're Not Bored. You're Avoiding Something

    I thought I grabbed my phone out of boredom. One unplanned Monday showed me what I was really doing.   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   My husband asked me to do yoga with him after my five-mile walk. I said yes, did 45 minutes of yin, knocked out my Zoom calls, and then picked up my phone and realized I hadn't checked it all day. One of the texts waiting was from him, saying the days he does yoga, he never checks his phone. So it's not always boredom. I reach when I'm avoiding something: my to-do list, the dog crate, the prep for my next Zoom call. Yoga isn't magic. Catching the reach is the win.   🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

  4. 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

  5. Sep 10 ·  Video

    Why You're Tired Before You Even Start

    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 Three guest rooms she could not walk into for twelve months. Fixing them took two days. This episode is about what those months cost: the laundry basket you watch until it's full, the checkup you never book, the to-do list women never forget. Her verdict: "The thinking is not the work." But the cost is the same. Where the load comes from, why you snap at him when he walks in, and three ways out: do it, ask for help, or admit you don't want to. Chapters: 0:00 Intro: Who This Episode Is For 0:15 Three Guest Rooms and How Women Think 0:52 The Laundry Basket Test 1:36 Thinking About It Instead of Doing It 3:04 Two Days, Bach, and 80% Done 3:45 "I Unlocked Something" 4:40 For the Moms: The Default Logistical Parent 6:23 The Thinking Is Not the Work 7:21 My Mom and the Multivitamins 8:31 Where's the Guest Room in Your Life? 9:50 Knock It Out When It's Top of Mind 10:41 Everyone Else's To-Do List Comes First 12:05 Oxygen Mask: Put Yourself First 13:58 A Game Between the Heart and the Mind 15:16 Learn From the Male Mind 16:23 Delegate. Nobody Is Handing Out Medals 17:49 If It's Stressing You Out, It's a Tax 18:34 Admit You Don't Want to Do It 19:25 Bottom Line: Reel It In 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

  6. Sep 4

    How to Build Relationships With the Most Powerful People in the World

    Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad   Kamal Hotchandani built Haute Media Group into an ecosystem spanning luxury media, private aviation and real estate. But his story didn't begin with access. Born in Belize to an Indian family, he was sent to boarding school in the United States at nine and learned early how to build relationships from nothing. Nina sits down with Kamal to unpack how he built credibility with Rolls-Royce and Louis XIII, built a luxury community money alone can't buy access to, and what the ultra-wealthy consider the greatest luxury of all.   Chapters: 0:00 Trailer 1:44 How Haute Living Became a Household Name in Luxury 3:33 Why He Chose Luxury 4:33 The Ultimate Luxury Is Controlling Your Time 5:55 Inside the Haute Ecosystem: Media, Real Estate, Jets, Travel, Wealth 9:04 Born in Belize to an Indian Family 10:32 The Day His Parents Left Him at Boarding School 11:34 His First Business at Nine Years Old 15:25 Senators' Sons, Scholarship Athletes, and the T-Shirt Hustle 18:34 Boston University and the Dot-Com Bet 20:28 The Hardest Decision: Leaving IT for Media 21:19 The Rolls-Royce Case Study: A $2,500 Start 25:43 The Secret Sauce: Eddie Lampert and the Seat Next to Dwyane Wade 27:48 The 100-Year Louis XIII Partnership 28:55 No Outside Capital, No Board 29:57 The Stories Haute Living Turns Down 31:17 Surviving the Dot-Com Crash, 2008, and COVID 34:46 The Mentor Who Called Him the Hip-Hop Hindu 35:53 Indian Roots, the Temple, and an Orphanage in India 37:14 Off the Clock: Why AI Has Him Fired Up 39:51 Will AI Wipe Out Publishing? 41:20 Why Human Connection Gets More Valuable 44:16 The Human Need for Luxury 45:17 Giving Back: The Chairman's Challenge and We The Best 49:27 Advice When Your Work Is Not Getting Recognized 50:14 What He Would Tell the Nine-Year-Old 50:49 What Legacy Means   Follow Kamal and Haute Living https://www.instagram.com/kamal/ https://www.instagram.com/hauteliving/ https://hauteliving.com   🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

  7. Aug 27 ·  Video

    Why We Stay Friends With People We've Outgrown

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  8. Aug 25 ·  Video

    Tracy Tutor on: Acting Career, Waiting Tables, Now Selling $50M Homes | Chai Tea - Best Moments

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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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  • Creator
    Nina Dixon
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    85
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    Chai Tea with Nina D.

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