Becoming a Resilient Leader In Work and Life with Nina Sossamon-Pogue, Prior Emmy-Winning News Anchor

On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with Nina Sossamon-Pogue, motivational speaker, prior USA gymnast and Emmy award winning television anchor.  Kristel and Nina discuss keys for building resilience in your personal and professional life as well as the excellence exhaustion paradigm.  Nina shares lessons learned from ups and downs in her personal and professional life and lots more. Tune in now!

Key Takeaways From This Episode

• Tips to build resiliency as a leader
• An important thing for overachievers to watch out for
• A look into the Excellence exhaustion paradigm

About Nina:

Nina Sossamon-Pogue is a sought-after Motivational Speaker dedicated to researching and sharing how we can all become more resilient and mentally healthy in this era of constant change, being fueled by new technology, massive amounts of new data and machine learning. 

Nina was a  hyper-growth tech executive (2007-2019, Benefitfocus), Emmy-winning television news anchor (1992-2007) and USA Gymnast (1982-1984).

Nina is the author of two best-selling books:

This is Not the End: Strategies to Get You Through the Worst Chapters of Your Life. (2019 Morgan James Publishing) Offering a proven approach to get through devastating life events and empowering people to take control of their future. 

But I Want Both: The Working Mom’s Guide to Creating a Life She Loves.  (revised and updated edition to be release Fall 2023) Offering a proven approach to working and parenting for high achieving individuals.

Nina is the host of the podcast - This Seriously Sucks: The Right Podcast When Life Goes Seriously Wrong. Offering a platform for sharing strategies and coping techniques for anyone going through a tough life event. Along with her own insights, It includes the ‘overcoming’ stories of successful people who are at least 10 years past their traumatic event. 

Often asked how she managed to rebuild and reach even higher levels of success throughout her life, Nina stepped away from her corporate job to research and develop a framework to help others thrive through tough times. Today, her mash-up of storytelling, science, and stoicism, is igniting audiences as she delivers the motivation, mindset and tools that strengthen resilience, increase productivity and improve culture.

Nina brings a wealth of experience and energy to everything she does. Her passion for helping others comes through in all her work.

Along with acting as CEO of her communications company, she sits on several non-profit boards, passionately works with the Alzheimer’s Association, and was named a ‘Woman of Distinction’ by the state of South Carolina. Nina and her husband have three adult children. She lives in Charleston, SC, and travels the world empowering audiences to take control of their future and overcome anything that gets in their way.

 Connect with Nina:

Website: https://www.ninasossamonpogue.com/ 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nina_sp.eaks/?hl=en 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninasossamonpogue/ 

Order Nina's books: https://www.ninasossamonpogue.com/this-is-not-the-end 

About the Host of the Live Greatly podcast, Kristel Bauer:

Kristel Bauer is a corporate wellness and performance expert, keynote speaker and TEDx speaker supporting organizations and individuals on their journeys for more happiness and success. She is the author of Work-Life Tango: Finding Happiness, Harmony, and Peak Performance Wherever You Work (John Murray Business November 19, 2024). With Kristel’s healthcare background, she provides data driven actionable strategies to leverage happiness and high-power habits to drive growth mindsets, peak performance, profitability, well-being and a culture of excellence. Kristel's keynotes provide insights to “Live Greatly” while promoting leadership development and team building. Kristel is the creator and host of her global top self-improvement podcast, Live Greatly. She is a contributing writer for Entrepreneur, and she is an influencer in the business and wellness space having been recognized as a Top 10 Social Media Influencer of 2021 in Forbes. As an Integrative Medicine Fellow & Physician Assistant having practiced clinically in Integrative Psychiatry, Kristel has a unique perspective into attaining a mindset for more happiness and success. Kristel has presented to groups from the American Gas Association, Bank of America, bp, Commercial Metals Company, General Mills, Northwestern University, Santander Bank and many more. Kristel has been featured in Forbes, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Authority Magazine & Podcast Magazine and she has appeared on ABC 7 Chicago, WGN Daytime Chicago, Fox 4’s WDAF-TV’s Great Day KC, and Ticker News. Kristel lives in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area and she can be booked for speaking engagements worldwide.

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