Confidence Classic: Bounce Back, Bet on Yourself, and Write Your Own Story with Nina Sossamon-Pogue

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

What if your worst moment isn’t the end, but the beginning of your COMEBACK story? In this episode, I sit down with former elite gymnast, Emmy-winning broadcaster, and bestselling author Nina Sossamon-Pogue to talk about how to RISE when life hits HARD. We dive into resilience, emotional recovery, and the tools you need to move from hopelessness to HOPE. Nina opens up about losing everything, starting over, and what it really takes to write your next chapter with confidence. She breaks down her concept of “Chapter Six Thinking” to help you see tough moments as just ONE page in your life’s story. I also share about getting FIRED, posting online to ask for help, and the realization I had at a CEO’s mansion that made me finally BET ON MYSELF. In This Episode, You Will Learn Why your lowest moment is NOT your final chapter. The mindset that helped me ask for HELP. Tools to STOP spiraling and REWRITE your story. How to turn trauma into resilience and come back STRONGER. What made me BET ON MYSELF. Resources + Links Learn more about Nina HERE - https://www.ninasossamonpogue.com/ Get your copy of Nina’s “This Is Not ‘the End’: Strategies to Get You Through the Worst Chapters of Your Life” HERE Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/monahan Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/MONAHAN. Want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic? Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/MONAHAN. Get 10% off your first Mitopure order at timeline.com/CONFIDENCE. Get 15% off your first order when you use code CONFIDENCE15 at checkout at jennikayne.com. Call my digital clone at 201-897-2553! Visit heathermonahan.com Sign up for my mailing list: heathermonahan.com/mailing-list/ Overcome Your Villains is Available NOW! Order here: https://overcomeyourvillains.com If you haven't yet, get my first book Confidence Creator Follow Heather on Instagram & LinkedIn Nina on Instagram & LinkedIn

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0:00.0	There is nothing to be ashamed of to ask for help.
0:03.2	The day that I got fired, I had a nervous breakdown.
0:06.5	And the next thing I did was I posted about it.
0:08.6	I said, I am really hurting and I need your help.
0:11.2	If I've ever helped you in business, I really need you today.
0:14.3	And I'll tell you, putting that post up and asking for help on such a large scale
0:19.0	brought me so many opportunities, but otherwise people wouldn't
0:23.3	have known that I was even fired, much less looking for work. Or that you were hurting. Everyone is
0:28.2	hurt when you feel like you've given so much to your career and your job and stuff. And we get hurt.
0:33.4	So yes, reaching out for help. And the help is there. People want to help. And right now, in this
0:38.3	situation, there are so many people who want to help. People who are just at home and feeling like,
0:42.7	I wish I could help with something. Phone a friend. Your friend's going to want to help you in this
0:46.3	situation. There's going to be people who just need to reach out and feel like, oh, you know what I did
0:50.3	during the pandemic 2020? I helped a friend who got for a lead. Come on this journey with me. Each week when you join me, we are going to chase down our goals.
0:59.0	We'll overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.
1:03.6	I'm ready for my close-up.
1:05.4	Tell me, have you been enjoying these new bonus confidence classics episodes we've been dropping on you every week we've
1:11.9	literally hundreds of episodes for you to listen to so these bonuses are a great way to help you find
1:17.2	the ones you may have already missed i hope you love this one as much as i do i'm so excited you are
1:23.7	back here with me today. So much is happening.
1:27.9	I can't believe we're halfway through this year in a strange way.
1:32.4	For me, it seems the years going by incredibly fast.
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