Failing Forward With Nikou Lohse Podcast
29 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsFailing forward is about the successes we find after enduring failure.
Each episode is an opportunity to hear interviews and stories from professional athletes, entrepreneurs, executives, doctors, and loved ones who have fallen down, struggled, and transformed.
They’ll be sharing how they got to where they are today, and the lessons they learned along the way. We’ll be covering topics in entrepreneurship, careers, relationships, holistic wellness, mindfulness, gut health, and finding your competitive edge.
With raw human moments and empowering information, this podcast is here to inspire you, remind you of your greatness, and give you the knowledge to uplevel in every area of your life.
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Episodes
Interview With The Pure Living Family
May 26, 2022 23:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBIn this episode, Nikou talks to power couple Angela and Shawn Blymiller who create content sharing their health journey as well as the challenges of raising an autistic child. To view Gut-Brain axis video go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcRZxd1WJ_A KEY TAKEAWAYS We were always on the go and fell into the routine of eating convenience foods, but when our son was diagnosed with autism Angela did a lot of research and said we need to go gluten free and dairy free. I fought it for...
Interview With Dr Wendie Trubow
May 12, 2022 23:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBIn this episode, Nikou talks to Dr Wendie Trubow who has been through a healing journey physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and in business. They discuss how she's got to where she is today – personally and professionally – as well as the incredible things she's had to go through to get here. KEY TAKEAWAYS I got into the field of functional medicine, prevention and toxins because I am the poster child for terrible genetics piling it on, ruining my health and being sick as a ...
Interview With Reggie Walker And David Carter: Athletes Are Humans Too
April 28, 2022 23:00 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBIn this episode, Nikou introduces season 3 of the podcast by talking to former NFL players Reggie Walker and David Carter about failing forward and how to find your best self through trials, tribulations and adversity. KEY TAKEAWAYS Mental health is something everyone needs to maintain and suffers from from time to time. You become very aware that football carries a 100% injury rate, they tell you in the NFL that it's not an ‘if' thing, it's a ‘when' thing. As soon as you're thinking a...
Harrison Meagher Simulcast
April 19, 2022 11:37 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MBIn this episode, Nikou shares her show with The Cosmic Love Antenna podcast, hosted by Harrison Maegher. Their conversation about love and energy reflects the mission statements of both podcasts, hence the simulcast. KEY TAKEAWAYS A big part of The Cosmic Love Antenna podcast is about love in everything that we do. This is where we first connected, in seeing love in everything. You reflect the idea of building a powerful community. From the age of 0 to 7 is where the subconscious mind...
Credit Ninja Interview on Financial Literacy and Digestive Enzymes
April 08, 2022 10:22 - 57 minutes - 52.8 MBIn this episode, Nikou broadcasts from Clubhouse and talks to Credit Ninja, who works with celebrities, high-level executives and professional athletes on repairing and unleashing the power of their credit. KEY TAKEAWAYS In 2008 I ran a tech company and it was going under because of lack of funding and low risk appetite in the market and I had to leave my CEO position. People were losing their homes. My bank account got frozen so I started living off credit cards to get through the ...
Interview with Dr Janie Lacy – Healing Trauma For Better Relationships
March 31, 2022 23:00 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Dr Janie Lacy, a master in her field of working with women with adolescents, marriages and families overcome trauma, anger, conflict resolution and helping them find joy and a place of unity. They talk about her journey to where she is today as well as giving tips on how you can have better quality relationships, better communication and how to manage toxic emotions like anger. KEY TAKEAWAYS A lot of us weren't taught to feel. My Dad was an alcoholic and...
'Be Happy' Interview With David Meltzer
March 18, 2022 00:00 - 22 minutes - 20.5 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to one of her life mentors, David Meltzer, whose sports agency (Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment) inspired the film Jerry Maguire. He is now co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing which tried to recruit Nikou when she was doing B2B and B2C marketing a few years ago. The pair talk about David's goal to empower one billion people to encourage each other to be happy. KEY TAKEAWAYS The three key ingredients to the pragmatic world of happiness are: make a lot of...
Interview with Bobby Del Rio – Navigating Uncertainty
March 04, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBIn this episode Nikou speaks to Bobby Del Rio who works in the TV and film industry. He became super famous in his native Canada recently when he secured a deal with a Hollywood producer through Clubhouse. The conversation starts off about Bobby's career but he soon turns the tables on Nikou and proposes an opportunity for her. KEY TAKEAWAYS I originally went to school for economics before acting school, I was going to go into finance. I was a Math guy, I'm a really big dork. The most ...
Interview with Melani Ismail – Who is Melani?
February 18, 2022 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Melani Ismail who – like Nikou – is the wife of an athlete, so shares some of the same experiences of being associated with her husband first in most people's minds. Nikou invites Melani on to the show to tell us who she is, how she lived before meeting her husband, while her husband was playing and now he's retired, how she has come into herself. KEY TAKEAWAYS I was a very good barber in LA, which got me into the entertainment world, especially the musi...
Interview with Melani Ismail – Who is Melani_
February 18, 2022 00:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Melani Ismail who – like Nikou – is the wife of an athlete, so shares some of the same experiences of being associated with her husband first in most people’s minds. Nikou invites Melani on to the show to tell us who she is, how she lived before meeting her husband, while her husband was playing and now he’s retired, how she has come into herself. KEY TAKEAWAYS I was a very good barber in LA, which got me into the entertainment world, especially the music...
Interview with Joy Farley – Authenticity Is A Superpower
February 04, 2022 00:00 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBIn this episode Nikou speaks to Joy Farley, a real estate broker who specialised in new construction out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Joy and Nikou met on Clubhouse a year ago and this podcast is a chance for them to get to know each other a little better. KEY TAKEAWAYS I am the ‘friend collector', I meet someone and can connect with them right off the bat. When I hear your voice, I know your spirit. Despite being an entrepreneur, I grew up under the poverty line, me and my six bother an...
Interview with Jodie Ellenor - Healing Anxiety
January 21, 2022 00:00 - 54 minutes - 49.5 MBIn this episode Nikou speaks to Jodie Ellenor, an expert in holistically helping heal anxiety and is here to answer questions some of us have about anxiety and how to deal with it, including having a hard time during the pandemic, the end of the year and the holidays. KEY TAKEAWAYS I lived in Tanzania for a year and a half a long time ago and picked up a gut issue that I couldn't resolve. When I came back to Canada, I thought I'd be able to have it treated, but that's not what happened ...
Interview with Eric Artell – The Secrets of Improv
January 07, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to actor, comedian, host and voice-over artist Eric Artell who shares his empowering story of failing forward to get where he is in life today. KEY TAKEAWAYS Actors have experienced more failure than anyone else you've ever met. Imagine if 99% of the times you've tried to do something you've been told “no”. That's what being an actor is like. I have friends that are massive stars who appear on busses and billboards, and they are not satisfied. You would t...
Interview with Teri Tkachuk – Stellargirl
January 04, 2022 09:16 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Teri Tkachuk, a serial entrepreneur with many previous careers who was born and raised in Canada but has lived in nine cities across North America, she's travelled all around the globe – you name it, she's been there and done all the things while not losing her shine and burning out. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you walk into a room and you feel judgemental eyes and women aren't being kind to each other, maybe those women have done that to others. If you smile you m...
Interview with Marcus Black – Together We Can
December 11, 2021 09:58 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Marcus Black, a fellow Breakfast of Champion, a man with a heart of gold and an inspiring soul who's on a mission to impact millions of lives globally. If you've listened to previous podcasts and you love the content and conversations and they've changed your lives for the good, go and share this podcast with at least two friends. People need to hear Marcus' voice, especially as we're all juggling lots of things in preparation for the holidays. KEY TAKEAW...
Interview with Michelle McLain – ‘Overcoming the Insurmountable’
November 26, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Michelle McLain who has an incredible story to share about how she's failed forward in so many aspects of her life – through mental health, weight loss (130lbs in 9 months), being down at the bottom and pulling herself up to become a badass in business. KEY TAKEAWAYS Every day I wake up and my goal in life is to change, inspire or save just one life. When you go through what I went through your whole life changes. On November 16th 2016 every single thing...
Uplift Your Energy
November 12, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 5.63 MBIn this episode, Nikou explains some tips she's used in the past to deal with feeling down, including suffering from depression that can help to lift your mood and get you out of the ‘down' state of mind. KEY TAKEAWAYS When your energy is really low, you're low flowing and its slower to do your normal morning routine, if you're doing that properly at all. Perhaps do a 10-minute HIIT workout or prayer meditation Are you doing so many things for everyone else? You need to tune into yourself...
Interview with Dave Gibson – ‘A Better Night’s Sleep’
October 14, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to sleep specialist Dave Gibson who has over 20 years' experience in healthcare, providing advice and supportive intervention across a wide range of conditions to promote good sleep patterns and quality sleep. His background is in all things wellness; having worked as a hypnotherapist, a naturopath, an osteopath and has multiple degrees in osteopathy and food science, and he's on the [podcast to talk all things sleep with Nikou. KEY TAKEAWAYS A lot of my cl...
Interview with Ben Azadi – ‘Successful Dieting and Bio-Hacking’
September 30, 2021 23:00 - 58 minutes - 54 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Ben Azadi, founder of The Keto Camp and one of the main people in the industry that's getting into bio-hacking and teaching people how to be successful in the ketogenic diet, how to do intermittent fasting correctly and helping you find the root cause of your problems not just treating the symptoms that – as Ben says – is true healthcare, not just sickcare. KEY TAKEAWAYS I was following a stupid American diet being unhealthy growing up which made me obes...
Interview with Michael Huey – ‘Life The Perfect Bill of God’
September 09, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 65.9 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Michael Huey about gut health, sleep, nutrigenomics and bio-hacking. All of this makes Michael the perfect guest for the Failing Forward Podcast. However, they get onto their relationships with God, spirituality, fitness and mindfulness meaning that there will have to be a part 2 in the near future. KEY TAKEAWAYS 70% of how we function is through what we put in our mouths, I just missed qualifying for the Olympic finals in 1996 and three of my team-mates...
Interview with Josh Aryeh – ‘I Am Batman’
August 26, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Josh Aryeh, the founder and CEO of Lion's View Development, he also has a charitable organisation called Smiles Through Cars where he dresses up as Batman and drives beautiful, exotic cars, taking children who are battling illness, disease or cancer and takes them on rides to raise smiles on their faces. KEY TAKEAWAYS People see the cars, the private jets and the money, if you're a successful entrepreneur. What they don't see is the stress and the strugg...
How To Be A Successful Momtrepreneur?! – with Lauren Lavender
August 12, 2021 23:00 - 53 minutes - 48.6 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Lauren Lavender, a recovering burned out stay at home mom turned a successful ‘momtrepreneur' helping burned out women find the strength they need to accomplish their goals through motivation, education and empowerment without letting fear, anxiety and doubt get in their way. KEY TAKEAWAYS My son is almost 2, he was planned, my husband and I were looking forward to having him and I had a successful and beautiful pregnancy but a terrible labour and delive...
Interview with Lesley Rubinoff – Holistic Health, Detoxing and CBD
July 29, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Lesley Rubinoff who is a dynamic holistic practitioner who focusses on foundational and root cause healing specialising in digestive disorders and female hormone fertility. Her main goal is to educate, inspire and motivate others to live a clean life by promoting healthy and clean-living choices. Lesley is also a pioneer in the fast-evolving cannabis industry, having her own line of hemp-based products. Alongside this she educates the masses on cannabis and ...
The Curator of the Good Life - Interview with Barbara Majeski
July 15, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Barbara Majeski who is an internationally recognised lifestyle coach and TV personality. She shares her story. How she Fell Forward and found, balance, happiness, and success in all areas of her life. They talk extensively about entrepreneurship, and also discuss cancer, losing a child in pregnancy, and how she coped with the end of her marriage. Barbara talks about how our thoughts and the words we use control who we become. She explains the benefits of rec...
Part 2 with the incredible Dr John Sottery!
July 01, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBThis is the second part of an interview with Dr John Sottery! In the first part Nikou and Dr John really focused on gut health, including omega 3, PPD and mental health disorders and why you want to remove vegetable and seed oils from your life! In this second part, they delve deep into a couple of Dr John's specialities, anti-aging, biohacking, skin care and the importance of sleep. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you want to try and improve your life instantly, removing sugar and corn from your diet...
Tap into the Power of Your Brain to Change Your Life with Dr. Conor Hogan
June 18, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Dr. Conor Hogan Ph.D. who is the world´s leading high-performance Neuro Social Psychologist. He integrates neuro socio data and experiences by studying the mind and mental processes of individuals and organisations to facilitate higher performance. Dr. Hogan explains the connection between posture, structure, brain, and nervous system. He and Nikou discuss mental health in-depth. Including, the impact the CoVid crisis has had and how to deal with some of ...
Interview with Dr. John Sottery Ph.D
June 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Dr. John Sottery Ph.D. of Bionic Vitality. He is a scientist who has dedicated himself to understanding and optimizing human health at the molecular level. He and Nikou discuss how he guides people through the process of reducing their biological age. The science and advice he shares are easy to understand. They cover topics like boosting your cell´s garbage disposal processes. As well as the benefits of quite a few different, supplements and minerals. Th...
Dr. Phil Carson Part 1 – Natural Ways to Cure Disease and Fix Your Gut-Brain Connection with Dr. Phil Carson
June 04, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks to Dr. Phil Carson about why many people´s health issues turn out to be related to nutritional deficiencies. He explains how he discovered a natural way to fix his gut health issues, which inspired him to re-educate himself and change the way he practices medicine. Dr. Phil shares actual examples of how he has helped others to recover from their health issues. Including some extremely serious conditions. They talk in-depth about the brain-gut connection incl...
Samantha Ruberto - Living Your Life BY DESIGN
June 04, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBIn this episode, Nikou speaks with Samantha Ruberto who hosts the popular Hello BeYoutiful podcast. She teaches women how to break away from the mould and step into full power. To tap into their intuition and create authentic confidence. Samantha explains how she realised she was not living the right life for her and made some drastic changes. She shares several of the techniques she used to successfully transform her life. Something you can also do. During the podcast, she takes the aud...