YanaTV - The Human Side of Leaders

Yana Fry

A global soulful podcast revealing the human side of leaders — where women, and the men beside them, redefine what it means to live, love, and lead. Hosted by Yana Fry, global speaker and soul interviewer, you will see thought leaders, influencers, role models, politicians, CEOs & founders, media & TV personalities, & also ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Rooted in Singapore, it amplifies voices from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond — because success isn’t a Western story, it’s a human story. Bookings: connect@yanafry.com.

  1. 4d ago

    #135 This Singaporean Talks to the Dead and Cleanses Haunted Homes | Eugene Tay

    💫 FREE RESOURCE: 9 Love Archetypes Quiz™ → https://bit.ly/4bZrcJ7 🌹 Group Coaching Program for High-Caliber Women → https://bit.ly/4harfnY 📩 Sponsorship and Guest Appearances Requests → connect@yanafry.com What happens when one unexplained paranormal experience completely changes the direction of your life? In this episode, I sit down with Eugene Tay, founder of Supernatural Confessions and paranormal researcher, to talk about his journey into Singapore’s supernatural world. We get into the possession experience that started everything, the haunted house where Eugene says he unknowingly spoke to a dead woman, how he claims to cleanse homes, and the extraordinary story of using a wooden doll to outwit a spirit. Eugene also shares why he keeps an entire collection of supposedly haunted objects, how Supernatural Confessions became his full-time work, his experiences visiting Singapore’s haunted locations, and one of his strangest recent encounters in Kashi, India. This is a candid conversation about ghosts, possession, haunted homes, spiritual practices, fear, the paranormal, and the mysteries Eugene believes exist beyond the physical world. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 How Supernatural Confessions Began 01:03 The Possession That Changed Eugene 05:13 The Footprints Appeared 08:11 He Spoke to a Dead Woman 13:57 The Doll That Fooled a Spirit 15:14 Paranormal or Mental Health? 17:19 How Eugene Cleanses Homes 19:13 His Collection of Haunted Items 23:32 The Voice That Changed Everything 42:47 Eugene’s Kashi Encounter 47:09 What He Wants His Son to Remember 💫 ABOUT EUGENE TAY Eugene Tay is the founder of Supernatural Confessions, a Singapore-based paranormal platform exploring supernatural experiences, haunted locations, and unexplained encounters. A paranormal researcher, writer, and mystic, he explores the intersection of personal experiences, spirituality, folklore, and the supernatural. CONNECT WITH EUGENE → https://supernaturalconfessions.com/ 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact. CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    #135 This Singaporean Talks to the Dead and Cleanses Haunted Homes | Eugene Tay
  2. Sep 23

    #134 "In Congo a 14-Year-Old Was Married Off to the Man Who Assaulted Her" | Janel Smith

    💫 FREE RESOURCE: 9 Love Archetypes Quiz™ → bit.ly/4bZrcJ7 🌹 Group Coaching Program for High-Caliber Women → bit.ly/4harfnY 📩 Sponsorship and Guest Appearances Requests → connect@yanafry.com What happens when a woman spends years trying to make a relationship work…only to realize her nervous system has been running the show? In this episode, I sit down with somatic relationship coach Janel Smith to talk about why we behave like children in relationships. We get into relationship anxiety, primal panic, codependency, nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and why your rational brain can disappear the moment you feel a partner pulling away. Janel also shares why she left New York for India after her career and relationship collapsed at the same time, what that breakdown taught her about validation, safety and love, and how she rebuilt her life around what felt right. This is a candid conversation about anxious attachment, emotional healing, healthy relationships and what it really takes to feel safe in love again—without trying to become perfectly "healed." IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 Intro 00:59 Why Does Love Make Us Lose Our Minds? 01:29 Your Body Knows Before Your Brain Does 03:23 When "He's Not Texting Back" Feels Like an Emergency 08:05 Are Any of Us Actually Secure in Love? 09:17 "I Thought Something Was Wrong With Me" 12:10 What to Do When Your Brain Goes Offline 14:19 What Working in Emergency Rooms Taught Her About Love 16:21 Are You Loving Him… or Trying to Save Him? 21:49 When "Doing the Work" Alone Isn't Enough 25:26 The 14-Year-Old Girl Janel Never Forgot 28:26 The Privilege Most of Us Don't Even Notice 32:03 Successful Career. Broken Relationship. Total Burnout. 35:53 Maybe Healing Isn't What We Think It Is 💫 ABOUT JANEL SMITH Janel Smith is a somatic relationship coach and the founder of Grounded Love™, where she helps women heal anxious attachment and grow secure relationships. A nurse practitioner with dual master's degrees, she built a successful career leading global health programs before burnout and a breakup sent her on a personal healing journey from self-improvement to self-acceptance. Today, through her signature GROW Method™ and a trauma-informed, somatic attachment approach, she guides women to feel safe in relationships, working with clients both in Bali, where she's based, and online around the world. CONNECT WITH JANEL → https://www.janelrsmith.com/ 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact. CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    #134 "In Congo a 14-Year-Old Was Married Off to the Man Who Assaulted Her" | Janel Smith
  3. Sep 16

    #133 "Couples Build 20 Years Together…Then Fight in Court to Tear It Down" | Amara Samata

    💫 Explore Yana’s work: https://love.yanafry.com 📩 Book a 1:1 with Yana: connect@yanafry.com Can a relationship stay healthy when love becomes a struggle over needs, expectations and personal agency? In this episode I sit down with Amara Samata—private advisor on love and legacy, to talk about why couples fall into crisis and what can help rebuild connection. We get into self-ownership, Relationship Squared, power-couple dynamics, modern dating, AI relationships and non-traditional relating. Amara also shares why trying to fix or control a partner often points back to unresolved needs within ourselves, and how mutual consideration can create a stronger relationship. This is a candid conversation about communication, boundaries, relationship repair and human connection. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 Podcast Trailer
 01:15 Introduction and Navigating Relationships in Crisis 04:02 Double Mutual Consideration and the Four Compartments of Care 06:50 Identifying Inner Needs Versus Trying to Control a Partner 10:59 Holding Space and Proactive Growth in Couples Advisory 15:50 Balancing Professional Success and Intimacy in Power Couples 17:53 Artificial Intimacy and the Evolutionary Purpose of Connection 22:34 Breaking Unconscious Agreements and Building the Shared We 27:08 How Daily Resentments Accumulate and Shifting Marriage Norms 33:21 Modern Dating Dynamics and the Mindset of Single Women 37:53 Setting Healthy Boundaries and Staying Open to Possibility 45:17 Navigating Non-Traditional and Open Relationship Dynamics 52:34 Personal Desires for Partnership and Closing Thoughts 💫 ABOUT AMARA SAMATA Amara Samata is a private advisor to families, founders and individuals on love and legacy. She works with couples navigating relationship crises and also discusses her work with founder CEOs and high-powered couples. Her approach explores self-ownership, communication and “Relationship Squared”—a framework centered on mutual consideration between partners. CONNECT WITH AMARA SAMATA → https://amarasamata.com/ 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact. CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    #133 "Couples Build 20 Years Together…Then Fight in Court to Tear It Down" | Amara Samata
  4. Sep 10

    #132 "Why Do We Call a Finished Relationship 'Wasted Years'?" | Kate Petersil

    💫 Free Masterclass — 9 Love Archetypes™: https://love.yanafry.com 📩 Book a 1:1 with Yana: connect@yanafry.com Kate Petersil shut down a thriving business, ended a 14-year marriage, and somehow came out of it asking a bigger question: What if falling apart is actually part of becoming more yourself? In this episode, I sit down with Kate to talk about her journey from motherhood and entrepreneurship to Mount Kailash, spiritual awakening, divorce, conscious uncoupling, and rebuilding life from a completely different place. We get into why she walked away from a successful women’s club, what difficult conversations taught her about honesty and leadership, and how she learned to stop forcing what no longer felt aligned. Kate also shares how she reframed divorce, co-parenting, love, business failure, personal growth, and the pressure women feel to “hold everything together.” This is a raw conversation about relationships, women in business, self-discovery, healing, motherhood, spirituality, and what it really takes to trust your heart when logic is telling you not to. If you’re in the middle of a life transition, questioning your relationship, career, identity, or next chapter, this conversation might hit very close to home. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 | The Woman Who Reinvented Herself 03:31 | What Happens When You Stop Fighting Life? 05:47 | The Lesson Women Learn in Their Bodies 07:40 | What If Success Isn’t the Point? 09:26 | Why Walk Away When Everything Is Working? 13:54 | Starting Over When Your Old Life No Longer Fits 18:35 | The Conversations Most People Keep Avoiding 19:53 | How Big Can One Crazy Idea Become? 21:54 | The Values That Change How You Live 26:23 | When Love Is Still There, but the Relationship Isn’t 27:19 | What You Discover When You Finally Tell the Truth 29:19 | Can You Let Go Without Becoming Bitter? 30:10 | A Different Way to Love After Separation 32:30 | What Are You Really Searching For? 35:27 | What Do Your Children Learn From Your Choices? 37:08 | What If the Relationship Didn’t Fail? 40:59 | The Advice She Wishes She Had Followed Earlier 42:55 | What If Heartbreak Is Doing the Opposite? 44:53 | The Question We Should Be Asking More Often 48:40 | One Last Moment Before the Cameras Go Off 💫 ABOUT KATE PETERSIL Kate Petersil (Ekaterina Petersil) is an international entrepreneur, mindset mentor, and host of the Dushevnoe Utro (Soulful Morning) podcast. As the co-founder of the global networking platform MeetPartners, she built a massive community alongside top self-development icons.Today, Kate channels her massive influence across Instagram and YouTube into empowering female leaders worldwide through her exclusive WM Club, global masterminds, and spiritual retreats. CONNECT WITH KATE → https://www.instagram.com/katepetersil 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact.  CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    #132 "Why Do We Call a Finished Relationship 'Wasted Years'?" | Kate Petersil
  5. Sep 3

    #131 What's Happening to Men Right Now | Angel Be

    💫 Free Masterclass — 9 Love Archetypes™: https://love.yanafry.com 📩 Book a 1:1 with Yana: connect@yanafry.com What happens when a man spends nearly 60 years doing relationships "the traditional way"… and then decides to rewrite the rules? In this episode I sit down with Angel Belove, a men's mentor, tantra teacher and relationship coach, to talk about his journey from corporate life and long-term monogamy to a radically different way of approaching love, intimacy and connection. We get into modern masculinity, men's mental health, emotional intelligence, why so many men struggle to express sadness, and what Angel calls the new "HE-Man": Healthy, Emotionally Expressed masculinity. Angel also shares what decades of marriage, fatherhood, divorce and relationship work taught him about dating, communication, polarity and building deeper emotional connection—and why, at 60, he questioned whether love and intimacy had to follow the traditional relationship model at all. This is a candid conversation about masculinity, tantra, modern dating and what it really takes to build a life where success and love don't have to compete. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 | Why So Many Men Feel Lost Right Now 01:35 | The Masculinity Rules That Aren’t Working Anymore 03:05 | What Does a Strong Man Actually Look Like Today? 03:25 | The Version of Masculinity Angel Had to Unlearn 06:10 | What “Be a Man” Quietly Does to Men 09:55 | The New Kind of Man Angel Wants to Create 10:40 | What Men’s Anger Is Really Hiding 12:20 | Why Men Need Other Men More Than They Admit 13:10 | The Communication Skill That Changes Relationships 15:25 | Have Modern Relationships Lost Their Spark? 18:00 | What If You’re Not Supposed to Stay in One Role? 19:25 | The Relationship Shift That Changes the Whole Dynamic 20:25 | What Healthy Feminine Energy Actually Feels Like 22:50 | The Secret to Keeping Attraction Alive 24:15 | Successful, Independent… So Why Is Love Still Missing? 25:00 | The Hidden Price You Pay for Success 27:25 | You Don’t Need More Time. You Need This. 30:10 | How to Know What Deserves More of Your Life 31:45 | At 60, Angel Completely Changed How He Loves 34:40 | The One Thing That Could Help You Live Longer 💫 ABOUT ANGEL BE Angel Be is a modern relationship guide and certified love coach specializing in conscious connection, intimacy, and compassionate communication. A certified Tantra Counselor, he helps individuals and couples navigate modern relationships with greater authenticity, presence, and depth. CONNECT WITH ANGEL → https://coaching-for-couples.ghost.io/about-angel/ 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact.  CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    #131 What's Happening to Men Right Now | Angel Be
  6. Aug 19

    How To Have Great Sex in Marriage… Even If You Are Together for 10+ Years

    I thought most divorces came down to “communication issues.” Turns out, the real answer may be much simpler: sex, money, or kids. In this conversation, I https://www.instagram.com/yanafry and The Forties Formula unpack the three biggest causes of divorce, why long-term couples stop talking honestly about intimacy, and how resentment quietly builds inside a marriage. We also discuss sexual shame, mismatched expectations, changing desire after children, and why your partner cannot read your mind. And when couples finally ask for help, the wrong kind of therapy can sometimes make the problem even worse. Join my 9 Love Archetypes™ Masterclass and discover how to attract and thrive in soulmate relationships → https://love.yanafry.com Watch this if you want a more honest conversation about marriage, intimacy, relationship communication, and what actually keeps couples together. Click here for the full episode on The Forties Formula Podcast, where I am being interviewed by Amanda and Jasmin => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzXRHQhsHAE 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact.  CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    How To Have Great Sex in Marriage… Even If You Are Together for 10+ Years
  7. Aug 12

    62 Years of Marriage. Her Advice Will Save Your Relationship.

    62 years of marriage, one bank account, plenty of disagreements… and somehow, divorce was never part of the conversation. I sat down with Mannie Chidambaram to understand what a long-lasting marriage actually looks like after six decades of building a life, a family, and a partnership together. Join my 9 Love Archetypes™ Masterclass and decode how finally to be happily married → https://love.yanafry.com She shares her refreshingly direct marriage advice on money, accepting your partner as they are, why today’s generation feels so restless, and what she believes makes relationships last. We also talk about women empowerment, whether having more freedom has actually made women happier, and the advice she would give young girls growing up today. This is less about the “secret to a happy marriage” and more about the life lessons you only get after actually living one for 62 years. And when I asked Mannie about the happiest moments of her life, her answer brought the whole conversation back to what mattered most. Watch full episode with Mannie Chidambaram here 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq5vrvG66Co 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact.  CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    62 Years of Marriage. Her Advice Will Save Your Relationship.
  8. Aug 5

    #130 “This Is What Makes or Breaks Multicultural Couples” | Sex Therapist Explains

    What happens when love gets lost in translation… and your partner’s culture makes every argument feel like a completely different language? In this episode, I https://www.instagram.com/yanafry sat down with psychologist, couples therapist and sex therapist Ho Shee Wai, who has spent 28 years helping relationships survive conflict, cultural differences, intimacy struggles and major life transitions. Having worked with couples from around 80 nationalities, she explains why some people want peace, others want connection, and why even the language you speak can change how your partner experiences you. Join my 9 Love Archetypes™ Masterclass and discover how to attract and thrive in soulmate relationships → https://love.yanafry.com We also talk about sexless marriages, rebuilding desire after children, financial conflict, open relationships, neurodivergence and the silent treatment. This is an honest, practical conversation about couples therapy, relationship advice and how two people can stop fighting over whose culture is right, and create a new one together. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 | Why Your Partner’s Love Can Feel Completely Wrong 02:33 | Love Languages Don’t Explain This 04:02 | The Real Reason You Feel Invisible 06:15 | Stop Expecting Your Partner to Read Your Mind 09:33 | The Fairytale That Quietly Damages Relationships 12:15 | Why Expat Marriages Face the Ultimate Stress Test 15:04 | You Become a Different Person in Another Language 18:15 | Men Want Peace. Women Want This Instead 20:26 | The Money Fight Most Couples Avoid 25:12 | The Relationship Rules You Must Create Yourself 26:09 | Why Loving Couples Still Fight So Badly 27:45 | Silent Treatment Isn’t Silence to Your Partner 30:13 | Winning the Argument Could Cost You the Relationship 31:57 | What Couples Get Wrong About Sex Therapy 36:05 | Sexual Chemistry Isn’t Something You Either Have or Don’t 37:43 | Can One Partner’s Needs Stay Unmet Forever? 39:50 | The Rule Open Relationships Cannot Survive Without 42:49 | How Desire Disappears After Children 45:22 | When Your Partner’s Brain Works Differently 48:26 | The Identity Struggle Third Culture Kids Rarely Explain 49:49 | Where Do You Belong When You’re From Everywhere? 50:40 | The One Habit That Keeps Love Alive 💫 ABOUT HO SHEE WAI Ho Shee Wai is the Director and Registered Psychologist of The Counselling Place, a Singapore-based private practice celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. With 28 years of clinical experience, she works with individuals, couples, and families from diverse cultural backgrounds, specializing in intercultural relationships, expatriate life, and cross-cultural family dynamics. Passionate about making psychology practical and accessible, Shee Wai helps people better understand how culture, identity, and life transitions shape the way we communicate, connect, and build lasting relationships. CONNECT WITH SHEE WAI: The Counselling Place → www.thecounsellingplace.com  Upcoming ADHD group for adult ADHD and their partner → https://www.thecounsellingplace.com/flourishing-with-adhd  Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/TheCounsellingPlace/ 💫 ABOUT YANA FRY Yana Adamanta Fry is an internationally recognized love and relationships coach and founder of The Academy of Love™, a pioneering platform that teaches Relational Mastery for high-achieving women, where they learn to be both wildly successful and deeply loved. With over 15 years of global experience and clients from 30+ countries, she weaves ancient wisdom with modern strategy to help high-achieving women create lives of deep purpose, soulful relationships, and lasting impact.  CONNECT WITH YANA Website → https://love.yanafry.com LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanafry Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/yanafry Bookings → connect@yanafry.com

    #130 “This Is What Makes or Breaks Multicultural Couples” | Sex Therapist Explains

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A global soulful podcast revealing the human side of leaders — where women, and the men beside them, redefine what it means to live, love, and lead. Hosted by Yana Fry, global speaker and soul interviewer, you will see thought leaders, influencers, role models, politicians, CEOs & founders, media & TV personalities, & also ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Rooted in Singapore, it amplifies voices from Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond — because success isn’t a Western story, it’s a human story. Bookings: connect@yanafry.com.