More Exemplary
More Exemplary
Nick Bognar, MFT
More Exemplary is an ongoing quest: to determine the ways we can live our lives better and more completely. The path to contentment includes looking deep within as well as connecting with the world around you. I’m connecting with some of my favorite people from different walks of life in order to learn how they find happiness for themselves and enhance the world for others. I’m also drawing on my experience as a licensed therapist to help people figure out how to create nourishing and sustaining relationships. Step by step, discovery by discovery, join me to lead a life more exemplary.
S2E10 - All The Answers Are Correct (with Rebecca Doppelt)
Rebecca Doppelt is a clinician practicing in Los Angeles, who has really cool and interesting ways of conceptualizing and working with betrayal. She was kind enough to share with me her own original treatment method, which blends trauma and grief therapy, and how she uses it to ease people's pain and teach them how to re-parent themselves. 
Mar 6, 2021
32 min
S2E9 - I Am the Net (with Marissa Esquibel)
S2E9: I Am the Net (with Marissa Esquibel)Marissa Esquibel is a thriving therapist in Claremont, CA, and the host of the Codependummy Podcast. Marissa shares with me the harrowing tale of starting a business right at the beginning of the pandemic, and how she helped herself overcome the setbacks and fear so that she can help others. 
Mar 1, 2021
25 min
S2E8: Fairy Tale Syndrome (with Erline Maingot)
As we launch into a new presidency, a new year, and hopefully a new era in how we treat one another, I took the opportunity to discuss Peace and Contentment with podcaster and friend Erline Maingot. Erline's viewpoints are always interesting to me, and she's not afraid of hard questions. Enjoy!
Jan 25, 2021
33 min
S2E7: Obsessing Over OCD (with Jackie Shapin)
My friend and colleague Jackie Shapin has been getting a lot of training in the area of OCD recently, and was sharing with me some of the amazing things she's learned about how this disorder affects people, the unexpected ways it shows up, and most importantly, how it's treated. This conversation was a learning experience for me, and I hope it will be for you, too.
Jan 25, 2021
28 min
S2E6 - Perfect Daughter Tells the Truth (With Michelle Lange)
Alcoholic families are shaped differently than families without an addict. Nick interviews Michelle Lange to learn some of the issues and obstacles faced by people who grow up with an alcoholic parent.
Jan 7, 2021
27 min
S2E4: Love is a Choice, Love is a Verb (with Mandie Carroll)
In the season where are all perennially torn between eating delicious things and meeting others' expectations for how we should look, how do we make our choices? How do we love ourselves when we're told so often that we're not enough? Nick speaks with personal trainer Mandie Carroll, the owner of rockthebodyyourein.com, to discuss the right ways to build a healthy relationship with yourself and your body.
Nov 17, 2020
28 min
S2E3: Living with a Narcissist (with Amoret Kaufman)
Tune in to this episode to hear Amoret's story and as we discuss all things related to narcissism.  
Oct 20, 2020
30 min
S2E2: Like a Tarantula Molting Out of Its Skin (with Tiffany McLain)
An amazing podcast with my friend and colleague, Tiffany McLain discussing how to kick some ass in business and in life.  
Oct 20, 2020
26 min
S2E1: Turning Toward the Wound (with Ariel Hirsch)
This week, Nick speaks with LA-based therapist and master embroiderer Ariel Hirsch, MFT on the subject of healing. I always enjoy picking Ariel's brain about broad topics, because I am always rewarded with wisdom. Enjoy!
Sep 30, 2020
28 min
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