Nataly Kogan

Nataly Kogan

Keynote Speaker: Reinvention Catalyst, Best-Selling Author, Well-Being Champion & Mindset Mentor

Nataly Kogan Biography

Nataly Kogan is an emotional fitness expert, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and keynote speaker dedicated to helping people embrace their full potential and thrive in work and life. She immigrated to the U.S. as a refugee from the former Soviet Union at the age of 13, starting her American journey in the projects and on welfare. Kogan learned English by watching "Who's the Boss?" and has since climbed to significant professional heights.

She attained high levels of success at McKinsey and Microsoft, served as a Managing Director at a venture capital fund, and held founding or executive roles at five startups and tech companies. However, after a period of intense pursuit of success, Kogan experienced severe burnout, prompting her to develop new strategies for living and working. Today, she leads Happier, Inc., a global technology and learning platform focused on improving emotional health through scientifically-proven practices.

Kogan has authored best-selling books including "Happier Now," "Gratitude Daily," and "The Awesome Human Project." She also hosts the "Awesome Human Podcast," which has been described as a crucial resource for personal development. Her keynotes and workshops are revered for their practical application of neuroscience and psychology, particularly her discussions on emotional fitness, resilience, leadership, and promoting a culture of gratitude in the workplace.

Apart from her professional achievements, Kogan began painting as a self-taught abstract artist at the age of 40, embracing bright colors and creativity in her art. She is known for her vibrant personality, often described as the funniest person in her family, and frequently uses the word “awesome” to express her enthusiasm. Kogan's profound impact on personal and organizational growth is recognized internationally, making her a sought-after speaker and thought leader in the domains of well-being and emotional health.

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Nataly Kogan Speaking Topics

UNLEASH YOUR AWESOME HUMAN!

Fuel your emotional fitness, struggle less, and thrive more in work and life

Based on Nataly’s best-selling book, The Awesome Human Project, this keynote will activate you to prioritize your emotional fitness, fuel your energy, and show up as your best, thriving self in every aspect of your work and life.

With her signature mix of vulnerability, humor, and scientific research, Nataly shares her journey as a refugee who achieved immense career success, suffered a debilitating burnout, and discovered how changing her relationship with herself and strengthening her emotional fitness not only improved her well-being, but her ability to unleash her full awesome potential.

This keynote won’t just inspire you, but empower you with Nataly’s signature simple yet surprisingly powerful practices to manage your energy, edit negative thoughts, and live and work with greater joy and purpose.

Key takeaways:

  • What is emotional fitness and simple daily practices to strengthen it A fresh take on self-care as the skill of fueling your mental, emotional, and physical energy
  • Powerful mindset shifts on how improving your relationship with yourself unlocks your full potential and capacity to lead with compassion

THE POWER OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP

Creating trust and empowering your team to thrive

Leaders are constantly given advice to be authentic and vulnerable.

But for many, this feels like a contradiction to the qualities they’ve come to believe leaders should embody: confidence, strength, unwavering positivity.

With vulnerability, humor, and scientific insights, Nataly shares mistakes she made and lessons she learned during her 20-year career as a business leader wearing a “confident and positive” mask. She offers profound mindset shifts to empower leaders to lead with more compassion and authenticity, and simple but powerful practices that leaders can use to build trust and openness within their organizations.

Key takeaways:

  • An innovative concept of the Emotional Whiteboard, and how to practice it to improve trust and psychological safety within your team Practical strategies to overcome fear of vulnerability
  • How to cultivate greater authenticity and human connection within your team to fuel engagement and top performance

THE HAPPIER METHOD

5 science-backed skills to live with more joy and aliveness

Based on Nataly’s best-selling book HAPPIER NOW

We’ve all gotten stuck in the “I’ll be happy when…” trap, believing that achievements or seeking perfection will bring us happiness. In this vulnerable and practical keynote, Nataly, the founder of Happier, a company that has helped more than one million people live happier lives, and author of the best-selling book Happier Now, shares her lifelong struggle of searching for the elusive “big happy” and how she finally made the mindset shifts that enabled her to live with more selfcompassion, joy, and meaning.

Nataly redefines happiness as a skill that anyone can cultivate, and activates the audience to practice 5 core happier skills based on her science-backed Happier Method™. Audience members will be elevated, inspired, and armed with simple practices that can immediately fuel their joy.

Key takeaways:

  • Happiness is a skill you can improve
  • Learn the 5 happier skills: Acceptance, Gratitude, Self-Care, Intentional Kindness and the Bigger Why and simple yet surprisingly powerful ways to practice them in your daily life and at work

THRIVING THROUGH CHANGE

Growing through change with a mindset of purpose and possibility

We’re living in a time of constant change and uncertainty. AI is accelerating the pace of change and creating seismic shifts in the way we work and live. It’s no longer an option to resist change. We must learn how to embrace and thrive through it.

Having come to the US as a refugee when she was a teenager, Nataly had no choice but to embrace uncertainty and learn how to thrive through it. She used her refugee mindset of possibility and hopefulness to excel through constant change during her 20 year career as a serial entrepreneur and tech and finance executive.

In this perspective-shifting keynote, Nataly shares her science-backed T.H.R.I.V.E. blueprint and activates the audience members to reframe change as an opportunity to grow and share more of their unique abilities in the service of others.

Participants will be inspired to tell a more empowering and expansive story about change, connect to their sense of purpose and value learning over safety.

Key takeaways:

  • The neuroscience of change and uncertainty
  • T.H.R.I.V.E. Blueprint: 6 science-backed strategies to create a positive change mindset, fuel hopefulness, and grow and evolve though change
  • How connecting to your sense of purpose empowers you to grow through change with more courage

UNLOCKING CONFIDENCE

Craft an empowering inner narrative, bust through doubt, and create the impact only you can have

From coming to the U.S. as a refugee when she was a teenager to becoming a venture capitalist at 25, being the only woman in the room for most of her career as a tech and finance executive, starting several start-up companies, writing two bestselling books, and becoming an artist at 40, Nataly is no stranger to having to overcome self-doubt and fear.

Weaving in vulnerable and powerful lessons she has learned on her journey, Nataly shares neuroscience insights, powerful mindset shifts and highly actionable strategies that audience members can use to break through limiting beliefs, create an empowering inner narrative, and boost their courage to do what feels deeply aligned with their purpose.

Key takeaways:

  • The neuroscience of self-doubt and fear and how to shift from survival fearmode and into the calm, centered, confident version of yourself
  • A powerful science-backed technique to edit negative fear-based thoughts and limiting beliefs
  • How to use your Bigger Why to shift from fear into courageous action

Nataly Kogan Videos

Once I Did This One Thing, Life Changed Forever! | Nataly Kogan
Author Nataly Kogan Shares No. 1 Tip To Live A Happier Life
Nataly Kogan, Happiness Speaker, My Journey to Happier

How do I book Nataly Kogan to speak at my event?

Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Nataly Kogan for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Nataly Kogan, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Nataly Kogan or any other speaker of your choice.

How much does it cost to book Nataly Kogan for a speaking engagement?

Speaking fees for Nataly Kogan, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Nataly Kogan are $30,000 - $50,000 for live events and $20,000 - $30,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Nataly Kogan, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.

What topics does Nataly Kogan speak about?

Nataly Kogan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Happiness, Authors, Mental Health, Women in Business, Female Leadership, Influential Women, Executive Leadership, Inspirational, Leadership, Motivational, Business, Marketing, Change Management, Culture, Science, Resilience, Personal Growth, Technology, Psychology, Human Resources, Future of Work, Health, Venture Capital, Stress Management, Women, Women in Tech, Corporate Culture and Strategic Leadership.

Where does Nataly Kogan travel from?

Nataly Kogan generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.

Who is the agent for Nataly Kogan?

AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Nataly Kogan for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Nataly Kogan for your next private or corporate function.

What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Nataly Kogan or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.

Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.


Nataly Kogan is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Happiness, Authors and Mental Health. The estimated speaking fee range to book Nataly Kogan for live events is $30,000 - $50,000, and for virtual events $20,000 - $30,000. Nataly Kogan generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Amanda Gore, Jenn Lim and Erica Dhawan. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Nataly Kogan for an upcoming event.

Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 04/11/2024.

Nataly Kogan Speaking Topics

  • UNLEASH YOUR AWESOME HUMAN!

    Fuel your emotional fitness, struggle less, and thrive more in work and life

    Based on Nataly’s best-selling book, The Awesome Human Project, this keynote will activate you to prioritize your emotional fitness, fuel your energy, and show up as your best, thriving self in every aspect of your work and life.

    With her signature mix of vulnerability, humor, and scientific research, Nataly shares her journey as a refugee who achieved immense career success, suffered a debilitating burnout, and discovered how changing her relationship with herself and strengthening her emotional fitness not only improved her well-being, but her ability to unleash her full awesome potential.

    This keynote won’t just inspire you, but empower you with Nataly’s signature simple yet surprisingly powerful practices to manage your energy, edit negative thoughts, and live and work with greater joy and purpose.

    Key takeaways:

    • What is emotional fitness and simple daily practices to strengthen it A fresh take on self-care as the skill of fueling your mental, emotional, and physical energy
    • Powerful mindset shifts on how improving your relationship with yourself unlocks your full potential and capacity to lead with compassion

  • THE POWER OF AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP

    Creating trust and empowering your team to thrive

    Leaders are constantly given advice to be authentic and vulnerable.

    But for many, this feels like a contradiction to the qualities they’ve come to believe leaders should embody: confidence, strength, unwavering positivity.

    With vulnerability, humor, and scientific insights, Nataly shares mistakes she made and lessons she learned during her 20-year career as a business leader wearing a “confident and positive” mask. She offers profound mindset shifts to empower leaders to lead with more compassion and authenticity, and simple but powerful practices that leaders can use to build trust and openness within their organizations.

    Key takeaways:

    • An innovative concept of the Emotional Whiteboard, and how to practice it to improve trust and psychological safety within your team Practical strategies to overcome fear of vulnerability
    • How to cultivate greater authenticity and human connection within your team to fuel engagement and top performance

  • THE HAPPIER METHOD

    5 science-backed skills to live with more joy and aliveness

    Based on Nataly’s best-selling book HAPPIER NOW

    We’ve all gotten stuck in the “I’ll be happy when…” trap, believing that achievements or seeking perfection will bring us happiness. In this vulnerable and practical keynote, Nataly, the founder of Happier, a company that has helped more than one million people live happier lives, and author of the best-selling book Happier Now, shares her lifelong struggle of searching for the elusive “big happy” and how she finally made the mindset shifts that enabled her to live with more selfcompassion, joy, and meaning.

    Nataly redefines happiness as a skill that anyone can cultivate, and activates the audience to practice 5 core happier skills based on her science-backed Happier Method™. Audience members will be elevated, inspired, and armed with simple practices that can immediately fuel their joy.

    Key takeaways:

    • Happiness is a skill you can improve
    • Learn the 5 happier skills: Acceptance, Gratitude, Self-Care, Intentional Kindness and the Bigger Why and simple yet surprisingly powerful ways to practice them in your daily life and at work

  • THRIVING THROUGH CHANGE

    Growing through change with a mindset of purpose and possibility

    We’re living in a time of constant change and uncertainty. AI is accelerating the pace of change and creating seismic shifts in the way we work and live. It’s no longer an option to resist change. We must learn how to embrace and thrive through it.

    Having come to the US as a refugee when she was a teenager, Nataly had no choice but to embrace uncertainty and learn how to thrive through it. She used her refugee mindset of possibility and hopefulness to excel through constant change during her 20 year career as a serial entrepreneur and tech and finance executive.

    In this perspective-shifting keynote, Nataly shares her science-backed T.H.R.I.V.E. blueprint and activates the audience members to reframe change as an opportunity to grow and share more of their unique abilities in the service of others.

    Participants will be inspired to tell a more empowering and expansive story about change, connect to their sense of purpose and value learning over safety.

    Key takeaways:

    • The neuroscience of change and uncertainty
    • T.H.R.I.V.E. Blueprint: 6 science-backed strategies to create a positive change mindset, fuel hopefulness, and grow and evolve though change
    • How connecting to your sense of purpose empowers you to grow through change with more courage

  • UNLOCKING CONFIDENCE

    Craft an empowering inner narrative, bust through doubt, and create the impact only you can have

    From coming to the U.S. as a refugee when she was a teenager to becoming a venture capitalist at 25, being the only woman in the room for most of her career as a tech and finance executive, starting several start-up companies, writing two bestselling books, and becoming an artist at 40, Nataly is no stranger to having to overcome self-doubt and fear.

    Weaving in vulnerable and powerful lessons she has learned on her journey, Nataly shares neuroscience insights, powerful mindset shifts and highly actionable strategies that audience members can use to break through limiting beliefs, create an empowering inner narrative, and boost their courage to do what feels deeply aligned with their purpose.

    Key takeaways:

    • The neuroscience of self-doubt and fear and how to shift from survival fearmode and into the calm, centered, confident version of yourself
    • A powerful science-backed technique to edit negative fear-based thoughts and limiting beliefs
    • How to use your Bigger Why to shift from fear into courageous action

Nataly Kogan Videos

Once I Did This One Thing, Life Changed Forever! | Nataly Kogan
Author Nataly Kogan Shares No. 1 Tip To Live A Happier Life
Nataly Kogan, Happiness Speaker, My Journey to Happier
Simple Habits to Be Happier in 5 Minutes | Nataly Kogan
Sharer of Joy: Nataly Kogan at TEDxBoston
  • How do I book Nataly Kogan to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Nataly Kogan for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Nataly Kogan, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Nataly Kogan or any other speaker of your choice.
  • How much does it cost to book Nataly Kogan for a speaking engagement?

    Speaking fees for Nataly Kogan, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Nataly Kogan are $30,000 - $50,000 for live events and $20,000 - $30,000 for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Nataly Kogan, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Nataly Kogan speak about?

  • Where does Nataly Kogan travel from?

    Nataly Kogan generally travels from Boston, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
  • Who is the agent for Nataly Kogan?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Nataly Kogan for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Nataly Kogan for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Nataly Kogan or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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