Soul Searching

Nikki Kloeppel
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Soul Searching

Be entertained, empowered and encouraged. Soul Searching showcases relatable people with extraordinary stories. If you're seeking purpose, meaningful relationships and joy at work and home, this show is for you. It's an inspiring mix of positive psychology, documentary, and professional and personal development. You'll get practical wisdom on how to thrive at work with leadership lessons, communication tips, and ideas to help you develop greater confidence. Learn ways to be happier at home with mindset and parenting strategies. You'll reflect on your own life, career, challenges and relationships so you can change your beliefs and patterns to live a life of joy. Hosted by Nikki Kloeppel, who brings 15 years as a leadership and life coach helping over 10,000 men and women from all around the world to succeed at work and find meaning in life. Many of the strategies you'll learn are crowdsourced from these inspiring leaders and the best practices they've shared. Nikki is a motivational speaker and educator with Dale Carnegie Training, sharing tips from "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" and an Educator with The Gottman Institute "7 Principles for Making Marriage Work" and she and her husband have been leading couple's retreats for 15 years. https://linktr.ee/nikkikloeppel Instagram @nikkikloeppel and watch new videos every Friday @nikkikloeppel on YouTube and LinkedIn Season 1 Practical Wisdom Stories: Here are stories from when we were little, have won and lost competitions, been bullied and stood up to authorities. Tales of building character at camp, overcoming injuries and studying abroad. Narratives of job interviews gone wrong, mentoring gone right, leadership wins and parenting fails. Why? These life lessons offer Practical Wisdom: insight to help us be resilient, successful and happy. They teach us how to change our mindset, overcome imposter syndrome and trust ourselves so we can lead and inspire. These are authentic and raw. People are vulnerable as they share what they discovered about human nature and themselves. Please trade perfect sound and script for imperfect human experience.

  1. Soul Searching: What I learned from trauma and when things blow up in your face

    08/27/2021

    Soul Searching: What I learned from trauma and when things blow up in your face

    Soul Searching: What I learned from trauma and when things blow up in your face On the 4th of July a firework exploded in my face. Here's an "explosive" story about the terrible accident that resulted in 20 stitches to my lips, lacerations and burns all over my face, chest and arms that left me terrified and temporarily unable to eat, speak or smile. This video is part Public Service Announcement to beware of fireworks. It's part deeply personal sharing about how faith and gratitude got me through pain. It's part call to action for us all to be open and let people help us through our difficulties and foster meaningful human connection. It's a reminder that things usually end up better then we think and blessings, insight and love can come from suffering.

    3 min
  2. Soul Searching with Tionka Humphrey: Obstacles Don’t Block the Path, They Become Your Story

    06/11/2021

    Soul Searching with Tionka Humphrey: Obstacles Don’t Block the Path, They Become Your Story

    We wrap up this pandemic season’s soul searching interviews with a big dose of inspiration to help us develop leadership and resilience. Tionka gives tools to develop confidence, change our mindset, overcome fear of public speaking, and apply lessons from parenting to leadership at work.

    17 min
  3. Lessons on Leadership from Human Resources, Teachers and Coaches

    06/04/2021

    Lessons on Leadership from Human Resources, Teachers and Coaches

    We can improve success at work and home when we make a stronger connection and apply best practices from all areas of our life. Here are 3 techniques to help you get results and peak performance from colleagues, customers and children.

    2 min
  4. Soul Searching with Eric Roth: How to Win Family and Influence Kids in a Pandemic

    05/21/2021

    Soul Searching with Eric Roth: How to Win Family and Influence Kids in a Pandemic

    This heartbreaking and heartwarming interview will help you face some of the challenges of leading during a pandemic. Eric shares principles he used from How to Win Friends and Influence People with his 15-year-old to overcome difficulties with remote learning, gain cooperation from teachers, and create peace at home with his spouse. 1) Try a new approach. It’s easy to fall into old patterns especially when we’re feeling pandemic fatigue ourselves. 2) Avoid the argument by using a calm voice. “Hmm, looks like there are missing assignments.” 3) Don’t say you’re wrong. “Maybe there’s a sync issue?” 4) Give a fine reputation to live up to. “I see you’ve been working hard.” Praise helps people feel less overwhelmed. 5) Ask questions. “Can you reach out to your teacher to see what the misunderstanding is?” 6) Dramatize the idea. “Can you include a screenshot of your completed homework?” 7) Empathize. “Sometimes there’s a stigma about mental health. Pay attention to warning signs like weight loss and kids not playing Xbox with their friends. Take advantage of resources like counseling.” Free resources to find joy at work and life https://linktr.ee/nikkikloeppel.

    9 min
  5. Employee Engagement, Jedi Parenting, Zen Moments & Empathy

    05/14/2021

    Employee Engagement, Jedi Parenting, Zen Moments & Empathy

    Employee Engagement with Jedi Parenting, Zen Moments & Empathy Here are 3 techniques to help you improve relationships at work and at home: 1) People support a world they help create. Brainstorming and asking questions to get others to offer solutions makes them feel empowered and they’re more likely to think it’s a good idea if they come up with it. This is a great antidote to apathy and the complaint, “Don’t tell me what to do!” 2) Are you analytical? “Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view” is the principle for you! It challenges us to gather additional data to evaluate. By examining the facts of a person or situation, we can use logic to reframe how we interpret it. It helps us understand human nature, gain insight to other people's thinking and behavior, and neutralize our frustration. 3) There’s power in saying “me too, I know how you feel.” The story my client shares in this video shows when we’re sympathetic, we transform our relationships and increase happiness. Let’s foster empathy and inclusion by considering what it’s like to be a kid, an intern, a new employee, and a minority. Let’s remember the challenges of reorgs, exec presentations, and pandemic fatigue. What’s your favorite? More resources: https://linktr.ee/nikkikloeppel

    3 min
  6. Soul Searching with Tasha Westinghouse: Creating Connections During Covid

    05/07/2021

    Soul Searching with Tasha Westinghouse: Creating Connections During Covid

    Turning acquaintances into real friends can be hard in the best of times, much less while social distancing. Creating belonging on teams can challenge even the best of managers, much less while on boarding employees remotely. Turning small talk into meaningful connection can be hard for even the best of conversationalists, much less during this season of isolation. Tasha shares some tips on how she’s been able to thaw the Seattle freeze and help “make friends so when the worlds opens up again we can meet people in a different way.” 1) Change our mindset: don’t assume people don’t want to talk to you. “I thought people who were higher up then me in the organization didn’t need to hear from me. I’ve learned people appreciate you connecting with them.” Reach out and invite people to come over or go out. 2) Share yourself: “Being comfortable sharing your struggle. We don’t need to show up perfect. Social media can make us think lives need to be filtered and perfected. 3) “Making friends is about making time for other people.” 4) Remember people’s names. 5) “Listen to their story.” 6) Find inspiration you can share with others. Tasha shares how the Navy Seals have inspired her: “when you think you’re done you still have 40% more.” Free resources to find joy at work and life https://linktr.ee/nikkikloeppel.

    10 min
  7. Gaining Cooperation with Fun, Socrates and Venting: Lessons from Family that Apply at Work

    04/30/2021

    Gaining Cooperation with Fun, Socrates and Venting: Lessons from Family that Apply at Work

    Here are 3 techniques to help you gain cooperation from colleagues, customers and children. 1) Have fun. I’ve interviewed over 10,000 adults from all over the world who shared stories from their childhood. This research revealed memories of joy and play. Let’s apply this best practice to our leadership at work and engage employees with celebrations, gifts, and games. 2) Socrates taught by asking questions to encourage problem solving. Dale Carnegie said, “get others to say yes to win people to your way of thinking.” My clients sometimes ask if this principle might be perceived as manipulative. I share in the video I loved being on the receiving end of this diplomatic principle when my 10-year-old got me to agree to let him quit piano lessons. 3) Let them vent. I’m an educator for The Gottman Institute 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work and encourage clients to leverage his 40 years of research in romantic partnerships at work: understanding must precede advice. Let’s first understand our colleague and customer pain points before we problem solve. We interfere with implementing solutions if we haven’t fully listened and understood their feelings and problems.

    3 min
  8. Soul Searching with Theresa Francomacaro: The Science of Storytelling and Connection

    04/23/2021

    Soul Searching with Theresa Francomacaro: The Science of Storytelling and Connection

    Here is a framework to craft your story based on how you want to impact your audience based on the 5 neurological responses that stories create in the brain and body: If your audience feels fear, tell a story on finding clarity to release cortisol so they focus. Isolation causing loneliness? A happy tale releases dopamine so they feel love. If they feel longing, instill peace with examples of hope to release serotonin. Generate empathy with a story on human connection to release oxytocin. Create action in your audience describing a brave character to produce adrenaline.

    20 min
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Ratings & Reviews

4.8
out of 5
19 Ratings

About

Be entertained, empowered and encouraged. Soul Searching showcases relatable people with extraordinary stories. If you're seeking purpose, meaningful relationships and joy at work and home, this show is for you. It's an inspiring mix of positive psychology, documentary, and professional and personal development. You'll get practical wisdom on how to thrive at work with leadership lessons, communication tips, and ideas to help you develop greater confidence. Learn ways to be happier at home with mindset and parenting strategies. You'll reflect on your own life, career, challenges and relationships so you can change your beliefs and patterns to live a life of joy. Hosted by Nikki Kloeppel, who brings 15 years as a leadership and life coach helping over 10,000 men and women from all around the world to succeed at work and find meaning in life. Many of the strategies you'll learn are crowdsourced from these inspiring leaders and the best practices they've shared. Nikki is a motivational speaker and educator with Dale Carnegie Training, sharing tips from "How to Win Friends and Influence People" and "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" and an Educator with The Gottman Institute "7 Principles for Making Marriage Work" and she and her husband have been leading couple's retreats for 15 years. https://linktr.ee/nikkikloeppel Instagram @nikkikloeppel and watch new videos every Friday @nikkikloeppel on YouTube and LinkedIn Season 1 Practical Wisdom Stories: Here are stories from when we were little, have won and lost competitions, been bullied and stood up to authorities. Tales of building character at camp, overcoming injuries and studying abroad. Narratives of job interviews gone wrong, mentoring gone right, leadership wins and parenting fails. Why? These life lessons offer Practical Wisdom: insight to help us be resilient, successful and happy. They teach us how to change our mindset, overcome imposter syndrome and trust ourselves so we can lead and inspire. These are authentic and raw. People are vulnerable as they share what they discovered about human nature and themselves. Please trade perfect sound and script for imperfect human experience.

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  • Creator
    Nikki Kloeppel
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2021
  • Episodes
    74
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2018 Nikki Kloeppel
  • Show Website
    Soul Searching

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