Nataly Kogan

Nataly Kogan is a nationally recognized emotional health expert, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and keynote speaker who has helped more than one million people cultivate science-backed skills for greater happiness, resilience, and well-being. Her practical, research-driven approach transforms how organizations think about employee engagement and performance.

Author and Thought Leader
Nataly is the author of three books, Happier Now, Gratitude Daily, and The Awesome Human Project, and hosts The Awesome Human Podcast. Her work redefines happiness as a skill that anyone can learn and strengthen through daily practice. Before becoming a leading voice in emotional health, Nataly immigrated to the United States as a refugee, built a career in venture capital and technology startups, and experienced severe burnout that inspired her mission to help others prioritize well-being.

Science-Backed Keynotes for the Workplace
Nataly’s keynote presentations, including “Happier at Work” and “Happiness is a Skill,” provide immediately applicable practices for managing stress, boosting resilience, and creating people-embracing workplace cultures. Research shows that improving employee happiness dramatically increases productivity, innovation, and engagement. Her clients span Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations, and professional associations seeking to build thriving, high-performing teams. She is also a self-taught abstract artist who began painting at age 40.

Happier @ Work: Science-backed skills that transform team culture and help employees thrive.

Emotional health and happiness aren’t some touchy-feely nice to have ideas. They are your greatest unrealized assets that research has shown to dramatically improve performance and increase productivity, engagement, innovation, and resilience, while cultivating a people-embracing workplace culture that helps you be at your best.

In this practical and inspiring talk, Nataly Kogan shares science-backed skills and daily practices to help you and your team improve your emotional health, increase resilience through challenges and change, and reconnect to a sense of purpose at work — and life!

Challenge is Constant, Struggle is Optional: Avoid burnout, manage stress, and achieve long-term growth and success!

80% of Americans experience stress at work, which negatively impacts engagement, productivity, and innovation, not to mention employee well-being and job satisfaction. 95% of HR leaders said burnout is sabotaging workplace retention and in 2019, the World Health Organization identified burnout as an official diagnosis.

But it doesn’t have to be that way! In this practical and inspiring talk, Nataly Kogan shares her personal story of burnout and science-backed emotional health skills and immediately applicable practices to help you better manage stress, boost resilience during challenges and change, and make well-being a realistic priority for yourself and people you work with.

Happiness is a Skill: Strengthen your emotional health skills with science-backed practices for more joy and greater resilience!

In this vulnerable and practical talk, nationally recognized emotional health expert Nataly Kogan shares her lifelong struggle of searching for the elusive “big happy” and how she finally made the essential mindset shifts that allowed her to live with more self-compassion, joy, and meaning. Nataly redefines happiness as a skill that anyone can cultivate and shares science-backed skills and simple, yet powerful practices — used by more than one million people! — to help you experience more joy in everyday moments and greater resilience when times get tough.

You’ll learn the 5 Core Happier Skills, the strategies to reduce stress and avoid burnout, and why it’s OK to be not OK, as well as how to make gratitude a daily habit and cultivate self-compassion so you can bring your best self to every area of your life.

Elevating Women Leaders: How women can connect to their best selves, lean into fear, and unlock their true potential.

In this powerful and honest talk, Nataly encourages women to cultivate their true purpose, avoid the trap of perfection, and tap into their best self to lead from an authentic place of strength, regardless of the obstacles.

Having spent her career in male-dominated industries of venture capital, finance, and technology, Nataly offers frank personal stories with vulnerability and humor, while acknowledging the significant challenges women face in the workplace. She reveals powerful mindset shifts and practical strategies to help women cultivate a personal sense of well-being, achieve sustainable success, and unlock their full leadership potential to thrive.

The Power of Resilience: Science and skills to help you thrive during change, challenge, or disruption.

Uncertainty, change, and challenges are more common than ever in today’s workplace and they dramatically impact employees’ stress levels and their ability to do their best work. The great news is that emotional health is a skill which can be improved and cultivated with practice — and it can help you not just cope, but thrive during change and uncertainty.

Using the science-backed Happier Method™ and armed with research in neuroscience and psychology, Nataly shares the skills and highly tangible, simple practices that leaders and employees can implement right away. These practices help to reduce stress and anxiety, boost resilience, foster a greater sense of connection with their colleagues (including when working remotely) and improve their ability to make decisions and problem-solve during times of change and disruption.

Elevated Leadership: Practical skills to help you and people you lead be at their best!

The Science of Gratitude: Cultivate a human-centered culture of gratitude to boost engagement and performance.

In this practical and inspiring talk, Nataly shares techniques to help employees improve their emotional health, increase resilience, and reconnect to their sense of purpose at work. Research has shown that improving employee happiness and cultivating a culture of gratitude, kindness, and trust, has a dramatic impact on the performance of the organization as a whole.

Embracing the Bigger Why: Skills and practices to leverage purpose and meaning to help everyone flourish at work.

Unlocking Creativity: Science-backed skills that cultivate psychological safety and drive collaboration and innovation.

Emotional Health @ Work During Challenge and Uncertainty: Virtual keynote and Q&A with Nataly Kogan

Change is constant in today’s workplace, but the Coronavirus has brought about a fundamentally new level of challenge and uncertainty, causing increased stress, anxiety, and fear.

During this difficult time, it is essential that organizations prioritize the emotional health of their employees. While this should always be a priority, empowering employees with tools and practices to manage stress and increase well-being during times of crisis and uncertainty is a non-negotiable.

The great news is that emotional health and happiness are skills that can be improved and cultivated with practice — and they can help your employees not just cope, but even thrive during change and uncertainty.

This virtual keynote will support and elevate your people now!

Using the science-backed Happier Method™ and armed with research in neuroscience and psychology, Nataly shares the skills and practices to help employees reduce stress, feel uplifted and motivated, boost their resilience, and foster a greater sense of connection with their colleagues (including when working remotely).

In this 45-60-minute practical and inspiring talk, Nataly will cover:

• Research on uncertainty, happiness, and the human brain
• Proven skills and practices to reduce stress and overwhelm, and find moments of joy and ease during this challenging time
• Strategies to foster a sense of human connection and collaboration with colleagues while working remotely
• Practices and rituals to help strengthen a culture of openness, kindness, and gratitude