Chai Tea with Nina D.

The Mindset Behind Success and an Elevated Life. Chai Tea with Nina D. features timeless, elevated conversations that unpack the beliefs and behaviors powering elite performance. Alongside personal stories, Nina welcomes experts across money, health, leadership and creativity to deepen the discussion. Through candid stories and expert insights, she translates experience into concrete tools, mindset shifts, and proven frameworks to build success and an elevated life with intention. 🗓 New episodes drop every Wednesday 💻Watch on YouTube 📱Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts

The Unplanned Move to Miami That Changed My Life Forever 08/13/2026

The Life Coach to The Stars: How to Start Over When Your Past Disqualifies You 08/06/2026

The Hidden Cost of Neglecting Your Health 07/30/2026

Your Frequency Is Your Real Wealth. Here's How to Raise It. 07/23/2026

Your Frequency Is Your Real Wealth. Here's How to Raise It. Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad "How in control of your mood are you, actually?" J Johnson asked me that in the middle of this conversation and I have not stopped thinking about it. The summer before college, insomnia put him in a hospital and he walked out with an ADHD diagnosis. The medication helped his mind and hurt his body, so over a year he traded it for meditation and sound frequencies. Then the meditation turned physical: energy rising from his feet to his crown, and one night the feeling of leaving his body entirely. He came back from that realizing school had taught him everything except how to master his own mind. So before he built anything else, he stopped and studied reality itself. We get into the downloads he receives in meditation, the scarcity programming most of us were raised on, why balance can create abundance, the Ring My Bell abundance frequency trend, and the one mindset he says to install before something breaks. At the end he put the wearable on me, on camera. Queen of trying every gadget over here, and I had never felt my state shift like that. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 3:45 What Makes a 14-Year-Old Chase Money? 8:28 Do We Really Have to Choose Between Ambition and Rest? 11:16 The Cure for FOMO: Planning in Decades 15:19 The .9 GPA Class Clown Nobody Saw Coming 18:57 Trusting the Inner Voice Over the Outside Noise 22:51 Building an Audience Before the Creator Economy Existed 26:35 "Are You Selling Drugs?" When Parents Don't Get It 30:00 Why Am I So Driven? The Question He Finally Asked 33:45 The Summer His Body Shut Everything Down 38:15 The 1% of Reality We Can Actually Perceive 41:42 Why He Believes We Choose Our Timing 45:35 Losing the Scholarship Right Before COVID 49:23 The Leap of Faith: Walking Away From D1 Track 53:23 "I Got Terminated. I'm Free." Starting HFH With His Last Check 56:18 How the Frequency Headphones Actually Work 1:01:59 Six Figures a Month: Where HFH Is Today 1:03:47 Why Your Frequency Is the Future of Value 1:08:09 Inside the Olympic Flag Football Trials 1:11:21 How He Spots Burnout Before It Hits 1:16:03 Mastering Your Own Energy (and Why It Ripples) 1:18:45 Nina Tries the Headphones Follow J Johnson https://www.tiktok.com/@jjohnsonjr?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/jstayclutch?igsh=NXFvNG8zeHZ4cXUx 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/42200080

3 Years of Peptides: I Had the Muscle Mass of an 80-Year-Old Woman. 07/16/2026

3 Years of Peptides: I Had the Muscle Mass of an 80-Year-Old Woman. 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 Informed, not influenced. Say it before you put anything new into your body. You guys have been asking me to talk about peptides for months, and I'll be honest, I didn't want to. I'm not a doctor, I'm not an expert, and I've been trying to get the godfather of peptides on this show forever (we keep missing each other). But I did peptides for three years, starting back in 2022, before influencers were pushing them on us on Instagram. Doctor-led, through a compounding pharmacy, when I was so sick I had the muscle mass of an 80-year-old woman. So this is my experience. No highlight reel. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ✅ Exactly which peptides I took and why: BPC 157, KPV, and larazotide, TB500 and TA1, plus CJC-1295 and Ipamorelin ✅ What cycling actually means and why you can't stay on peptides forever ✅ The first cycle where I felt better than I ever have in my life, and what my doctor said that brought me back to earth ✅ The moment in Singapore my body told me I was done ✅ Why where you source your peptides matters more than which ones you take: a real doctor and a compounding pharmacy, never influencer codes or research-only websites ✅ Why you need blood work and a real doctor, not a self-diagnosis Because here's the real takeaway: peptides were training wheels. They got me from point A to B, but getting from B to E, that was on me. My mindset and my belief that I'd outgrow them is what made them work. A good tool brings you back to yourself and then gets out of the way. One thing I need you to hear: everything I took was prescribed for me by my doctor and compounded for my body. This is my story, not a protocol to copy. I'm not a doctor and this is not medical advice. Get informed, get your blood work, find the right professional, and make the call for your own body. An informed yes and an informed no are both wins. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/42123130

Women's Psychology Expert: The Dating Advice Every Woman Gets Backwards 07/10/2026

Women's Psychology Expert: The Dating Advice Every Woman Gets Backwards Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad Lower your standards. Don’t be too much. Keep the peace. Every woman knows the rules. Nobody remembers agreeing to them. This week, Nina sits down with Dr. Amanda Hanson, the Midlife Muse: 30 years of clinical psychology, international bestselling author of Muse: Magnetism Of Women Who Stop Abandoning Themselves, and a voice that has reached over 500 million women worldwide. She walked away from a system that kept telling women they were the problem, and in this conversation she says the things most women are taught to keep quiet, out loud. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN - Why you should never lower your expectations, and what actually attracts a good man - The first-date curiosity test that reveals a man’s character fast - Circular dating: the rules that weed out the wrong men in weeks, not years - Why women get misdiagnosed and overmedicated, and what coming back alive looks like (an honest conversation, not medical advice) - What Botox and beauty standards have to do with your anger, your relationships, and feeling safe - The truth about cheating: who does it, why it happens, and the one test for staying or leaving - Witnessing instead of fixing: what everyone actually wants from a partner - How to stop mothering everyone but yourself and become the main character of your own life Follow Dr. Amanda Hanson - Midlife Muse https://www.instagram.com/midlife.muse/ ABOUT DR. AMANDA HANSON Dr. Amanda Hanson is one of the leading voices in modern psychology and women’s development. International bestselling author of Muse: Magnetism Of Women Who Stop Abandoning Themselves, she has spoken on stages like Mindvalley and Tony Robbins and has been featured in Vogue, The New York Post, and Insider. She is also the host of “Midlife Muse: Things Your Mother Never Told You,” a podcast with over 250,000 downloads, featuring conversations with guests like Gary Vaynerchuk and Dr. Shefali Tsabary. At the heart of her work is one powerful belief: women are not here to be fixed. They are here to return to themselves. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/42038350

Why High-Achieving Women Settle for Less in Love (And How to Stop) 07/02/2026

Top Seller on TikTok Shop: How Tony Haydar Built America's #1 Olive Oil with $0 in Marketing 06/26/2026

Top Seller on TikTok Shop: How Tony Haydar Built America's #1 Olive Oil with $0 in Marketing Follow Nina Dixon & CTND for BTS + daily takeaways: https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad With just a camera, a phone, and a few bottles of olive oil shipped from his family's village in Lebanon, Tony Haydar built Levantine Goods with no investors and no industry experience into the #1 olive oil on TikTok Shop, on $0 of traditional marketing. In this episode, Nina sits down with Tony for an honest conversation about faith, going viral, and building something real from nothing. Tony opens up about: How flunking pre-med led him to God and to olive oil Building the #1 olive oil on TikTok Shop with $0 in marketing Why most "extra virgin" olive oil isn't what you think The truth behind the viral "daddy's money" comment Why he turned down selling a million bottles Follow Tony Haydar & LevantineGoods: https://www.tiktok.com/@levantine.goods?lang=en https://www.tiktok.com/@tonyhaydar.arabia?lang=en Timestamps: 0:00 Intro. 1:32 Meet Tony Haydar, the "olive oil guy" 3:18 How he sells on TikTok Shop 5:55 Hitting #1 without sacrificing quality 7:13 Stone pressed vs. cold pressed olive oil 8:16 Why olive oil means home 9:41 Growing up Lebanese in rural Canada 12:40 Moving back to Lebanon at 16 16:28 Walking away from pre-med 18:35 Fitness, faith, and the first TikTok money 20:35 The Houston moment that started Levantine Goods 22:45 Building the brand in Lebanon 24:14 The first TikTok Shop sale 25:59 The pressure of owning the whole supply chain 28:51 "Daddy's money" and the real family foundation 30:48 How Levantine sources its olive oil 33:00 What's wrong with olive oil in America 37:57 How to read an olive oil label 40:24 How to use olive oil and keep the benefits 41:40 The Mediterranean diet is a lifestyle 45:24 Faith, stress, and the founder mindset 49:21 What's next for Tony 50:03 Lebanon, resilience, and the Phoenician story 52:07 Build around what comes naturally 53:49 Find the gap and be the gap 55:54 Live olive oil taste test 58:10 Cloudy vs. clear olive oil 59:34 The olive oil shot trend 1:00:40 Where to find Levantine Goods and new products 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/41815485

Why Women Are ACTUALLY Mad at Alex Cooper's Pregnancy 06/18/2026

How Sweet Lorens Went From a Cute Business Idea to a $120M Brand 06/11/2026

How Sweet Lorens Went From a Cute Business Idea to a $120M Brand What if getting cancer at 22 ended up changing your entire life – and was the catalyst building a $120M company? Loren Castle was fresh out of college when she was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkin’s lymphoma. During treatment, she became obsessed with nutrition and realized something was missing from grocery shelves: cookie dough made with clean ingredients that still tasted amazing. With just $25,000, a toaster oven, and a suitcase full of samples, she started Sweet Loren's from her tiny New York City apartment. With passion, grit, intuition, and a mission to make clean, simple ingredients accessible to everyone, Loren persevered and built a brand that, in many ways, is just getting started Today, Sweet Loren’s is the #1 natural refrigerated cookie dough brand in America, generating over $120 million annually and sold in more than 35,000 stores including Whole Foods Market, Target, Kroger, and Publix. In this episode, Nina sits down with Loren for an honest conversation about surviving cancer, handling grief, building without investors, staying profitable, balancing motherhood, and proving everyone wrong. Loren opens up about: How cancer led to the idea for Sweet Loren’s Starting a food company from a studio apartment Landing Whole Foods with no experience Why she turned down Shark Tank Losing her mom while launching the business Building a profitable company without raising money The rejection that fueled her success Balancing entrepreneurship, motherhood, and pregnancy If you’re interested in entrepreneurship, business stories, startups, food brands, women founders, mindset, or building a company from scratch, this episode is packed with insights and motivation. Follow Sweet Lorens: Instagram: TikTok: Follow Nina: Instagram: / TikTok: / Threads: / /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/41617220

High-Performer Mindset: Fix Your Attention Span. Fix your Life. 06/04/2026

Why You Feel Sick When Every Test Says You're Healthy | Dr. Chan on Traditional Chinese Medicine 05/29/2026

Why You Feel Sick When Every Test Says You're Healthy | Dr. Chan on Traditional Chinese Medicine Follow Nina Dixon & CTND on Instagram for BTS + Daily Takeaways https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/ She grew up in Hong Kong, studied neuroscience in the West, and had every door open in front of her. Then she walked away from all of it to practice medicine that's 3,000 years old. Dr. Felice Chan is a licensed Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and acupuncturist based in Los Angeles. She trained for five years post-grad, spent years inside Western hospital systems doing clinical research, and had her medical school applications ready to go. What she saw in those hospitals, and what happened to her own body, changed everything. In this episode, Dr. Chan breaks down what Western medicine is missing, why your labs can come back "normal" while your body is screaming otherwise, and what 3,000 years of healing wisdom understands about the female body that modern medicine is only beginning to prove. This is not a woo-woo wellness episode. This is a doctor who studied both worlds and chose the one that actually answers the question: why. Follow Dr. Felice Chan: https://www.instagram.com/drfelicechan/ https://www.instagram.com/feliceacupuncture/ https://www.instagram.com/moonbow_skin/ 💡 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ✅ Why your anger, grief, and anxiety aren't just emotions; they're physical events happening inside specific organs right now ✅ What a healthy cycle is actually supposed to feel like, and the signs yours is telling you something deeper is off ✅ Why so many women are bloated, exhausted, and hormonally wrecked, and the three things to change first ✅ How acupuncture actually affects your hormones (the mechanism, explained simply) ✅ What TCM understands about fertility and postpartum that Western medicine never tells you ✅ The one thing she'd tell every woman to do tomorrow to start regulating her nervous system This episode was filmed at a private residence in the hills in Los Angeles, hosted by The Maimon Group. Learn more at themaimongroup.com. 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/41461175

Stop Postponing Happiness. Train Your Brain to Feel Joy Today. 05/21/2026

How She Got Into Erewhon and Goop's Gift Guide With $0 in Marketing 05/14/2026

How She Got Into Erewhon and Goop's Gift Guide With $0 in Marketing Follow Nina Dixon & CTND on Instagram for BTS + Daily Takeaways https://www.instagram.com/ninapaldixon/ https://www.instagram.com/chaiteawithninad/ She started with 70 dates in her freezer and Amazon craft boxes with a sticker slapped on top. One year later, Gabriella Labi's company Gato Dates is on Goop's gift guide, stocked at Erewhon, and in hundreds of stores across the country. Kristin Cavallari is obsessed. Nina is obsessed. And Gabi is still answering every single DM herself. But this isn't just a brand story. It's the story of a woman who spent a decade bouncing through entertainment, real estate, Paris, and Pilates — not lost, but quietly building the foundation for something she couldn't name yet. Until her body broke down and a doctor asked the right questions. Until she started making dates in her kitchen just to have a dessert she could actually eat. Until her best friend said: this should be a business. One month later, they were at a farmer's market with no plan and no packaging. They sold out in three hours and made $1,500. They didn't know they were building a company. Now they can't keep Gato Dates on the shelves. This is the honest, unglamorous, deeply personal founder story you rarely get to hear — before the profile piece, before the acquisition, before the world catches up. 💡 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ✅ Why launching before you're ready is the only way to actually get ready ✅ How a "scattered" career path can be the ultimate training ground ✅ The zero-dollar marketing strategy that got Gato Dates into Erewhon and onto Goop's gift guide ✅ What building a wellness brand actually does to your own wellness ✅ How to celebrate the wins so the lows don't swallow you whole Follow Gato Dates on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/gato_dates/ This episode was filmed at a private residence in the hills in Los Angeles, hosted by The Maimon Group. Learn more at themaimongroup.com. 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/41299765

Million Dollar Listing’s Tracy Tutor: Why Trusting Yourself Is Your Greatest Advantage 05/07/2026

Million Dollar Listing’s Tracy Tutor: Why Trusting Yourself Is Your Greatest Advantage Tracy Tutor opens up about her divorce, gaslighting, trusting your intuition, and life after "Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles" in this raw and unfiltered conversation. From being gaslit by her ex-husband on camera to filing for divorce during her first season on the show, Tracy shares what it really takes to trust yourself when everything is on the line. She breaks down her path from USC theater student to one of the top luxury real estate agents in the country, why she walked away from a $500M listing, and the exact moment she knew her marriage was over. Tracy also speaks candidly about coming forward after being drugged and assaulted, and how that experience shaped her voice today. This episode dives into dating after divorce, the "trad wife" debate, raising daughters in LA, and the power of intuition in high-stakes decisions. Tracy opens up about: - Why trusting your intuition is a woman's greatest advantage in business and relationships - Knowing when to walk away from success that isn't aligned - The real impact of gaslighting, and what it's like to watch it happen on TV - Why self-trust is the ultimate competitive edge - How to stay authentic in high-pressure, high-visibility environments - The long-term cost of overriding yourself in relationships and business - Why women don't need to shrink their voice to be accepted - The power of speaking up, even when it's uncomfortable Chapters: 1:33 Welcome Tracy Tutor 1:59 A Day in the Life of Tracy Tutor 3:13 Fitness Routine & Staying Fit at 50 4:25 Her Facelift Journey & Making a Comeback 7:37 Trusting Intuition in Luxury Real Estate 8:31 What People Get Wrong About Intuition 10:36 Walking Away From a Toxic $500M Client 13:02 Why Women Need to Speak Up 15:41 Growing Up in Hidden Hills With a CEO Dad 17:36 "No One's Going to Do It Better Than You" 19:29 Tracy's Mom & Family Dynamic 22:26 Raising Two Daughters in LA 23:55 From Theater Major to Real Estate 26:27 Early Career Mistakes & Humble Beginnings 28:08 Finding Creativity in Real Estate 29:25 Women in a Male-Dominated Industry 33:37 Dealing With Millionaires vs Billionaires 35:03 Authenticity vs Knowing Your Audience 36:42 How She Landed Million Dollar Listing 38:14 Being a Human Behind the TV Persona 40:50 Helicopter Parenting vs Letting Them Fly 42:14 Trusting Her Gut to Get Divorced 44:42 Your Partner Can't Be Everything 46:30 The Maimon Group 47:05 Million Dollar Listing: The Full Story 47:57 Her Husband's Affair 50:07 The Gaslighting Scene That Changed Everything 53:41 Women & Gaslighting in Relationships 56:07 The Trad Wife Trend 59:22 Dating at 50 1:01:01 Trusting Intuition in Love vs Business 1:04:01 The Moment She Knew Her Marriage Was Over 1:07:14 Letting Go of "I Can Fix It" 1:08:31 Expanding to Texas & Career Milestones 1:10:04 Top 3 Non-Negotiables in Business & Life 1:11:25 California's Real Estate Crisis & Politics 1:14:42 Using AI in Real Estate 1:15:17 The Unglamorous Side of Real Estate 1:17:39 There's Power in Failure 1:18:15 How Motherhood Changed Her Self-Trust 1:20:18 Coming Forward About Assault 1:24:47 What She's Looking For in a Partner 1:27:29 What She Hopes Her Daughters Learn 1:29:22 Advice for Women Whose Intuition Is Speaking 1:30:12 Is She Fulfilled Today? 1:31:01 Go for a Drive & Blast Your Bangers Playlist 1:33:08 When She Stopped Abandoning Herself 1:34:23 What's Next for Tracy Tutor Follow Tracy Tutor on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tracytutor/ This episode was filmed at a private residence in the hills in Los Angeles, hosted by The Maimon Group. Learn more at themaimongroup.com. 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for BTS + daily takeaways /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/41212525

How Your Money Mindset Is Blocking Your Wealth (And How To Fix It) 05/03/2026

How Your Money Mindset Is Blocking Your Wealth (And How To Fix It) You're the faucet. Money is the flow. This was one of the first solo episodes I ever did on Chai Tea with Nina D, and a year later, it's still one of the most watched. So as part of our anniversary celebration, we're re-releasing it with a fresh edit. If you've ever felt like money is something happening TO you instead of something flowing through you, this is the one to sit with twice. In this solo I get into the childhood beliefs running your bank account on autopilot, why "money is neutral" actually means something, my mom vs my dad's money mindset and why I absorbed one and not the other, the energy of money and why it responds to your nervous system before your effort, what wealthy people do differently in vision mode vs survival mode, the 25% financial literacy gap between men and women and what we as women have to stop doing about it, and the tangible shifts you can actually start tomorrow. 💡 What You'll Learn: ✅ How childhood experiences shape your unconscious money beliefs ✅ Why wealthy people see opportunities where others see problems ✅ How women can break financial communication barriers ✅ The difference between fear-based and vision-based financial decisions ✅ Why generosity and circulation actually attract more abundance ✅ How to align your passion with your finances for sustainable success 00:00 Your Money Is a Reflection of Your Life 0:40 The Beliefs You Picked Up as a Kid 1:30 Why Most People Stay Stuck Financially 2:20 How to Actually Change Your Money Story 3:02 Why Money Stress Controls Your Life 3:40 The Real Reason People Avoid Talking About Money 4:25 Money Is Neutral (And Why That Matters) 5:42 The Money Mindset I Chose to Keep 7:03 Why You Shouldn’t Tie Your Worth to Money 8:03 The Energy That Controls Your Finances 10:26 Scarcity vs Flow (Most People Get This Wrong) 12:03 Why You’re Responsible for Your Financial Reality 13:20 Why the Rich Actually Get Richer 15:24 The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything 17:49 Stop Making Decisions From Fear 19:05 Money Creates Freedom (Not Status) 21:09 Why Women Need to Talk About Money More 23:12 How to Take Control of Your Finances 25:22 Start Asking for More (And Mean It) 27:13 Rewrite Your Money Story 29:15 The Truth About Abundance and Flow This isn't financial advice. It's mindset work. And in my opinion, mindset is where 90% of your money story gets decided. If this episode ruffles your feathers…good. That was the point. 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations: https://www.youtube.com/@ChaiTeawithNinaD 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for BTS + daily takeaways /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/41149040

1 year of podcasting changed my entire life (honest truth) 04/25/2026

1 year of podcasting changed my entire life (honest truth) It’s been one year… and I’m not holding back! In this solo anniversary episode, I open up about the real journey behind building a media company - the fear, failures, unexpected breakthroughs, and the moments I still can’t fully explain. I’m also answering your most-asked questions, including: - How I left law to build a media company from scratch - My real morning routine - The wild story of how I knew my husband was “the one” - My lowest point: two years of full-body neuropathy – and how I got through it - The biggest mistake women make when starting a business - How I landed major guests by sending cold DMs - Conquering self doubt and fear - Discipline vs. motivation - How I protect my peace and stopped caring what people think If you’re thinking about starting something – a business, a show, a creative project – this episode will give you the clarity, inspiration (and push) you need. 0:00 The Anniversary That Made Me Reflect 0:46 Realizing It’s Been One Year 1:11 How Scared I Was to Start 2:01 From “Who Will Watch?” to Real Growth 2:33 The First Lesson: Walk the Path 3:07 If You Don’t Ask, It’s Always No 3:37 Balancing Business and Creativity 4:42 What I Didn’t Expect About This Journey 5:46 Is This Still Worth It? 7:08 What This Show Has Given Me 8:01 Why Feeling Seen Matters So Much 9:37 What Makes This Show Different 11:28 From Law to Building a Media Company 15:15 The Questions I Get All the Time 17:49 My Lowest Point and How I Got Through It 19:20 How We Keep Our Marriage Strong 20:28 Why You Keep Choosing the Wrong People 21:07 How I Handle Self-Doubt Now 22:05 My Real Approach to Manifestation 23:29 Discipline Over Motivation 24:11 Building a Business From Scratch 25:27 The Biggest Mistakes Women Make in Business 26:52 What Luxury Actually Means to Me 29:16 How I Protect My Peace If this conversation resonated with you, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT with your biggest takeaway. 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 📱 Watch on Spotify Follow @NinaPalDixon and @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for more conversations about relationships, emotional intelligence, and personal growth. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/41148895

World's First Chief AI Officer: The Skill That Will Make You Irreplaceable | Sol Rashidi on CTND 04/15/2026

World's First Chief AI Officer: The Skill That Will Make You Irreplaceable | Sol Rashidi on CTND She helped build the AI systems shaping your world. Now she's warning you about what's coming and what it's already costing you. Sol Rashidi is the world's first Chief AI Officer for Enterprise. She's worked inside IBM, Watson, Royal Caribbean, Sony Music, Merck, Estée Lauder, and Amazon. She holds 11 patents, has delivered 3 TED Talks, and has been named a Forbes AI Maverick of the 21st Century. And when her kids are asked what mom does for work? "Mommy's trying to stop robots from taking over the world." They're not wrong. In this episode, Sol pulls back the curtain on what's actually happening inside the world's most powerful AI companies, the consequences that never make the headlines, the tech billionaires opting out of having children until Neuralink chips exist, and the quiet alarm being sounded by the researchers who built these systems. She also opens up about the personal cost of holding the line inside institutions that hired her for who she was, then asked her to be less of it. This is not a doom-and-gloom AI episode. Sol is the ally we've been waiting for: someone who has been inside the machine and is fighting for the humans inside it. If you've been tuning out AI content because it feels like it has nothing to do with your life — this is the episode that changes that. 💡 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN ✅ The one AI boundary everyone needs to set right now ✅ What "Intellectual Atrophy" actually means, why Sol coined the term, and why it might already be happening to you ✅ What the world's most powerful AI insiders are saying privately and why 90% of it never goes public ✅ Why she left one of the most powerful companies in the world in under a year and what that decision required of her ✅ How to use AI to create space in your life, not just speed. And the specific tools Sol uses herself ✅ The real cost of being told to "play smaller so others can feel bigger" and what it finally took to stop paying it ✅ Why progress that costs our humanity isn't progress at all 💬 What's one thing you refuse to outsource to AI no matter how convenient it gets? Drop it in the comments. We want to know where you're holding the line. 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday & Sunday. Honest conversations on mindset, identity, purpose, and the stories that shape us. 🔔 Subscribe for more elevated conversations 💻 Watch on YouTube 📱 Watch on Spotify 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for BTS + daily takeaways /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/40893130

The Power of the Pause: Breaking Free from Your Ego's Reactions | Chai Tea with Nina D. 04/08/2026

3,500 Women Founders: How this Community is Changing The Game | Courtney Spritzer on CTND 04/01/2026

3,500 Women Founders: How this Community is Changing The Game | Courtney Spritzer on CTND What does it really take to build something that lasts… without a roadmap, a safety net, or anyone who's done it before you? In this episode, entrepreneur, angel investor, author, and community builder Courtney Spritzer joins Nina to share the real story behind building multiple businesses from the ground up. From losing her father at ten to quitting corporate America with three months of savings and a dream, Courtney's path is a masterclass in resilience, calculated risk, and the kind of self-trust that only gets built through doing hard things. She opens up about co-founding SocialFly in the early days of social media, when no one was using it for marketing yet, and how she and her business partner Stephanie turned a corner table in someone else's office into a thriving agency. But this isn't just a success story. It's an honest look at burnout, partnership challenges, the year everything nearly fell apart, and the deep inner work that followed. Courtney also shares what she's building now with The Entrepenista League, a community designed to give female founders the resources, confidence, and support system that she had to piece together herself. Because entrepreneurship can be lonely… but it doesn't have to be. From transcendental meditation to Landmark to the Hoffman Process, Courtney reflects on the institutions and practices that helped her stop dwelling and start choosing. Choosing how she responded. Choosing what she built next. Choosing herself. Her message is grounded and clear: you don't need certainty to move forward. You need resilience, the right people, and the willingness to keep making decisions today for the life you want three years from now. What You'll Learn: ✅ Why a little naivety might be exactly what you need to start a business ✅ How to take a calculated leap when the timing is never perfect ✅ What a business partnership and a marriage actually have in common ✅ Why delegating early and hiring well is how you actually scale ✅ How female founders can turn their unique challenges into a competitive edge ✅ What "business magic" happens when women genuinely support each other ✅ How to stop taking things personally… even when you really want to ✅ Why a business that can run without you is the real mark of success If this conversation challenged or inspired you, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT with your biggest takeaway. 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 📱 Watch on Spotify Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for behind-the-scenes moments and daily insights. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/40705220

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His Brain Scan Proved Saying "When" instead of "If" Rewires You | Case Kenny on Chai Tea with Nina D 03/18/2026

His Brain Scan Proved Saying "When" instead of "If" Rewires You | Case Kenny on Chai Tea with Nina D Case Kenny is a bestselling author, mindfulness coach, and New Mindset, Who Dis? podcast host best known for helping people build stronger self-worth and healthier relationships. He went from successful sales executive to teaching the language of optimism to millions (including Fortune 200 companies and the NFL!)... but the journey started with a painful realization: he had no idea who he was as a person. Case breaks down: Why your language changes EVERYTHING! The neuroscience behind word choice (he literally hooked his brain to monitors!) Why optimists speak in VERBS, not adjectives The "will I?" vs "I will" framework that unlocks intrinsic motivation How he sold 250,000 journals while working a corporate job Why "settling up" (not down) transforms relationships Competing beliefs – the hidden sabotage pattern no one talks about! Being "unrushed" and characteristics of being highly ambitious but certain of success Why patience is actually faith in yourself 0:00 The Advice That Changed How He Sees Love 1:12 Why People Stay in the Wrong Relationships 2:28 The Truth About “Potential” in Dating 3:41 When You Know It’s Not Right (But Stay Anyway) 5:03 Why Closure Doesn’t Always Come 6:17 The Habit That Keeps You Stuck on Someone 7:42 Moving On Isn’t About Time 9:08 Why You Keep Going Back 10:26 The Difference Between Love and Attachment 12:02 What Healthy Love Actually Feels Like 13:35 Stop Chasing What Isn’t Choosing You 15:10 The Mindset Shift That Changes Everything 17:22 Learning to Trust Yourself Again 19:05 You Don’t Need Another Sign 21:18 The Real Reason You Haven’t Let Go Case Kenny: https://www.instagram.com/case.kenny/ https://www.youtube.com/@CaseKenny If this conversation challenged or inspired you, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT with your biggest takeaway. 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 📱 Watch on Spotify Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for behind-the-scenes moments and daily insights. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/40625210

His & Hers on Netflix Made Me Realize Why Relationships Fall Apart |Chai Tea with Nina D. 03/11/2026

Why the “Work Harder” Mindset Is Breaking High Performers | Aleja Sanchez on Chai Tea with Nina D. 03/04/2026

Why the “Work Harder” Mindset Is Breaking High Performers | Aleja Sanchez on Chai Tea with Nina D. What does it really take to perform at the highest level… not just physically, but mentally and emotionally? In this episode, professional soccer player Aleja Sanchez shares how her unconventional path to going pro forced her to redefine what high performance actually means. Rather than chasing outcomes, Aleja learned that sustaining success requires becoming someone who can hold it. She opens up about discovering soccer at age ten and the discipline that initially drove her forward… until it led to burnout. After stepping away and into corporate life, Aleja made the radical decision to pursue the sport again on her own terms, ultimately landing a professional contract within months. Along the way, she explores the inner work that transformed her performance: nervous system regulation tools for pressure moments, identity shifts that reframed her relationship to success, and holistic practices ranging from breathwork to EFT and affirmations. She also reflects on adversity abroad, team dynamics that shaped her playing time, and her broader perspective on women’s soccer as both a business and access issue. Today, as a pro athlete and co-founder of a creative agency bridging art, music, and football culture, Aleja’s message is clear: define what joy means to you — and make decisions from there. Because true high performance isn’t just about reaching your goals. It’s about becoming someone who can live fully once you get there. What You’ll Learn: ✅ Why high performance isn’t just physical preparation… it’s emotional and nervous system capacity ✅ How burnout can signal identity misalignment, not lack of discipline ✅ Practical tools for regulating your nervous system in pressure moments ✅ Why success only feels fulfilling when your identity evolves with it ✅ How stepping off the “expected path” can actually accelerate your growth ✅ What elite performers understand about self-talk and mental safety ✅ Why joy is a strategic decision… not a luxury ✅ How to pursue ambition without disconnecting from yourself If this conversation challenged or inspired you, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT with your biggest takeaway. 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 📱 Watch on Spotify Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for behind-the-scenes moments and daily insights. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/40319470

The Personality Shift That Unlocks Real Change | Chai Tea with Nina D. 02/25/2026

The Man Behind Miami’s Most Iconic Buildings | Kobi Karp on Chai Tea with Nina D. 02/18/2026

The Man Behind Miami’s Most Iconic Buildings | Kobi Karp on Chai Tea with Nina D. What does it mean to build something that lasts… not just structurally, but emotionally? In this episode, Nina sits down with internationally renowned architect Kobi Karp to explore the mindset behind meaningful creation: how respect for people, history, and place can shape work that endures far beyond trends or transactions. From the way he treats collaborators and communities to the philosophy he brings to each design decision, Kobi shares why great building is never just about structure; it’s about stewardship, curiosity, and honoring the human experience inside the spaces we create. They dive into his most iconic projects - the restoration and redevelopment of the historic Surf Club into the Four Seasons Surf Club - as a case study in navigating pressure, preservation, and progress. Kobi walks through the tension between honoring legacy and innovating for the future, negotiating with stakeholders, and designing in a way that respects both history and modern life. Along the way, he reflects on his journey from immigrant beginnings to global architect, how his international work shaped his perspective on community and leadership, and why technology will never replace human intuition, empathy, or vision. This conversation isn’t just about architecture. It’s about what it takes to build anything meaningful: a career, a company, a life, or a legacy. Kobi Karp: https://www.instagram.com/kobikarp/ What You’ll Learn: ✅ Why the way you treat people is a core leadership skill, not a personality trait ✅ How to balance honoring the past while still building something new ✅ What navigating public pressure and competing opinions teaches you about conviction ✅ Why meaningful work requires curiosity, humility, and emotional intelligence ✅ How global perspective and historical awareness create stronger long-term decisions ✅ What emerging technology actually means for human creativity and professional relevance ✅ The mindset shift that turns success from achievement into stewardship If this conversation challenged or inspired you, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT with your biggest takeaway. 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 📱 Watch on Spotify Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for behind-the-scenes moments and daily insights. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/40220945

I Tried Dr. Arthur Brooks’ 4 Marriage Rules… Here’s What Happened | Chai Tea with Nina D 02/11/2026

She Went on Shark Tank, said NO — Then Built a $14M Brand | Megan Klein on Chai Tea with Nina D. 02/04/2026

How High Performers Get Unstuck | Chai Tea with Nina D. 01/28/2026

Kraken CLO to public company CEO after a $300M raise | Marco Santori on Chai Tea with Nina D. 01/21/2026

Kraken CLO to public company CEO after a $300M raise | Marco Santori on Chai Tea with Nina D. From the front lines of crypto regulation to the CEO seat. In this episode, Marco Santori, widely known as the Dean of Digital Currency Lawyers, shares his extraordinary journey from shaping the legal foundations of cryptocurrency to leading Solmate, a digital asset treasury company navigating the future of finance. Marco takes us inside his work advising regulators, his time at Kraken, and what it’s really like to go head-to-head with the SEC in high-stakes litigation that helped define the crypto industry as we know it today. But this conversation goes beyond law and markets. Marco opens up about leadership, decision-making under pressure, building high-performing teams, and the personal growth required to step into larger responsibility. This is a candid, grounded look at what it takes to operate at the edge of innovation – where regulation, risk, and conviction collide. Timestamps: 0:01 Marco Santori: From Crypto Lawyer to CEO 2:02 Impostor Syndrome as a CEO 4:03 What Being a CEO Really Means 7:12 Confidence vs Competence in Leadership 10:17 Why Self-Doubt Is a Strength 11:13 Immigrant Parents & Early Ambition 14:24 Raised to Become a Lawyer 22:33 Discovering Impostor Syndrome in Law 26:16 Getting Scammed Into Bitcoin (2012) 32:03 Becoming One of the First Crypto Lawyers 44:08 “They Tried to Annihilate Me Publicly” 1:03:16 Testifying Before Congress on Crypto 1:10:21 Beating the SEC in Court 1:15:01 FTX Collapse & Crisis Leadership 1:38:23 Raising $300M & Becoming a CEO What You’ll Learn: ✅ How choosing the right people (and trusting yourself) shapes long-term success ✅ Marco’s pioneering role in the legal framework behind cryptocurrency ✅ The pivotal career moves that led from crypto law to CEO leadership ✅ Why conviction and deliberate decision-making matter more than certainty ✅ How high-performing teams are built – and sustained – under pressure ✅ The origin and impact of the SAFT project and what it changed If this conversation challenged or inspired you, LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and COMMENT with your biggest takeaway. Marco Santori: https://x.com/msantoriESQ Solmate: https://solmate.com/ 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts 📱 Watch on Spotify Follow @NinaPalDixon & @ChaiTeaWithNinaD for behind-the-scenes moments and daily insights. /episode/index/show/b996388c-c4e9-4300-b210-3f2f0bb3a2fb/id/39819735

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