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Keren Eldad

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Coaching Masters with Brian Galke (Subtle Skills)
22/1/2026 | 43 mins.
In this Coaching Masters episode, we dive into one of my favorite intersections: teaching, mastery, and human connection, through the very specific lens of what your face is saying before you ever open your mouth.
My guest is Brian Galke, known as The Decoding Detective, founder of Subtle Skills: a company that teaches people how to read facial features and nonverbal cues so they can build instant rapport, communicate clearly, and create more powerful connections in business and in life.
If you’ve ever wished you could “read the room” faster, connect with clients more deeply, sell with integrity, or simply feel less awkward as an introvert in an extroverted world, this is your episode.
We talk about:
How Brian went from introverted help-desk tech to regional VP of sales managing a $40M portfolio — largely by decoding faces and adjusting his communication
Why many of the best teachers, speakers, and coaches are introverts or ambiverts, not “natural extroverts”
The link between facial features and how people process information (visual, auditory, kinesthetic)
How eyebrows, lids, ears and even that little line under the lip offer clues into how someone thinks, decides, and feels loved
Why reading faces is not “profiling” or manipulation — but a tool for empathy and understanding
The alarming reality that younger generations are losing basic in-person communication skills (eye contact, presence, interviews)
How to stand out as AI and automation take over “good enough” communication — and why true presence and connection will only become more valuable
The deeper psychological and spiritual need we all share: to feel seen and heard, not just processed and replied to

This is not an episode about tricks or gimmicks. It is an episode about attention as a superpower, and the kind of subtle mastery that separates the top 1–2% of teachers, leaders, and salespeople from everyone else.
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In this conversation, you’ll learn:
How Brian “accidentally” discovered face decoding over dinner and had his own personality read back to him
Why introverts often make the best observers, teachers and coaches — and how to use that to your advantage
How to use facial features to quickly adapt your communication (for clients, partners, teams, and yes, dates)
Why he calls his company Subtle Skills...
When Success Becomes a Cage: David Harris on Second Chances, Coaching & Real Ambition
15/1/2026 | 32 mins.
What happens when the very thing that built your success starts to suffocate you?
In this powerful New Year’s episode of COACHED, I sit down with David Harris, founder of one of the top personal injury law firms in the country, and one of my all-time favorite coaching clients.
By every traditional measure, David had made it: the firm, the money, the house, the reputation, the “perfect” family. But beneath the surface, he was overwhelmed, over-functioning, and quietly drowning in the very life he had built.
Six months into coaching, after I told him,
“You can stop… or life will stop you,”… and that was when life did exactly that.
David contracted a severe case of COVID, spent six months in the hospital, and came terrifyingly close to dying - more than once. His family was called in to say goodbye. And then… something shifted.
This is the story of what happens when you get a second chance - and actually use it.
It’s also the story behind GILDED: the book is dedicated to David’s rise. If you’ve ever wondered what coaching can really do in a life that looks “successful” on the outside but feels unsustainable inside, this episode is your glimpse behind the curtain.

In this episode, we explore:
The Overachiever’s Paradox in real time
How David built enormous external success while feeling increasingly hollow, pressured, and cut off from his own life.
The first “mirror moment” in coaching
What it was like for a life-long people pleaser and high achiever to finally turn the attention inward — and admit the cost.
Six months in the hospital & multiple near-death moments
What David remembers, what his family went through, and how close it really got.
The brutal and beautiful realization:

“I was gone… and the world still turned.”
How that single insight changed his relationship to work, control, and self-importance.
From gilded cage to real freedom
How the metaphor of the gilded cage landed for him, and how he began stepping out of the cage without burning his whole life down.
Ambition after a brush with death
David is still ambitious, still high-performing, still in the courtroom. But the way he moves through the world is entirely different.
Leadership, culture & trust
How his leadership style has transformed — from “I have to do it all” to delegating, trusting, and watching his team and culture rise.
The impact at home
Coached with Nayaswami Asha: On Love, Karma & Staying Steady in a Chaotic World
08/1/2026 | 45 mins.
In this luminous episode of COACHED: Coaching Masters, I sit down with one of my own great teachers, Nayaswami Asha, a senior teacher in the Ananda Sangha worldwide movement and a direct disciple of Swami Kriyananda, in the lineage of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi.
We talk about what it really means to live as a soul in human form during “strange times,” why the universe is made of energy, not matter, and how our longing for meaning, joy, and relief from suffering is not a defect, but a compass pointing us back to the truth of who we are.
From her early days as an 18-year-old “truth seeker” in California, to the fateful moment she heard Swami Kriyananda speak at Stanford in 1969, to 16 years living at Ananda Village in simple, communal, spiritually charged conditions, Asha traces how her path unfolded – not as a neat, linear ascent, but as a series of inner recognitions, breakdowns, and choices to align ever more sincerely with love, service, and higher consciousness.
We also dive into the role of the spiritual teacher and guru, the power of lineage and “magnetism” (why real transmission is much more than information), and how to stay grounded and joyful even as the world feels more polarized, fearful, and chaotic.
If you have ever wondered why you are here, why life sometimes feels like a shiny, gilded cage, and how to find a safe place inside yourself that no turbulence can touch – this conversation is for you.
In this episode, we explore:
The early life of a truth seeker
Growing up in an intelligent but non-spiritual, socially conscious family
The paradox of being “basically happy” but burning with questions about suffering and happiness
Discovering Swami Vivekananda’s writings and immediately recognizing a deeper truth
The moment the teacher appears
The “fateful day” at Stanford in 1969 when Nayaswami Asha first heard Swami Kriyananda speak
Why his presence felt like an embodied answer to a question she had carried her whole life
How she knew “he has what I want” and what it means to recognize your teacher
Ananda Village and a new way of life
Moving into a young spiritual community in the 1970s: goat milk, gardens, trailers, no electricity
Living extremely simply, yet feeling overwhelmingly rich in joy and purpose
Becoming Swami Kriyananda’s assistant and hostess, and learning by attunement, not just study
Energy, magnetism, and the real role of a teacher
Why Asha insists that the real transmission is not content, but magnetism
How a true teacher is like an “open window,” letting more of the divine light flow through
Why genuine masters never claim the power as their own and always “pass it up the line”
Self-forgetfulness vs. perfection of the ego
The difference between self-realization and personal-development perfectionism
Why our greatest moments of joy are usually the moments we forget ourselves
How trying to perfect the small self creates anxiety and “gilded cages” of external validation
Karma, reincarnation, and why this wild planet is not a mistake
A clear, grounded explanation of reincarnation as a compassionate, logical design
How our unresolved lessons live in our energy and draw us to the exact right circumstances
Why we “chose this planet” in this time: both to serve and to face our fears
Yes, it really might get worse – and that can be good news
What it means to be in a transition from an age of matter to an age of energy
The rise of super-charged ego and technological power, and the equal rise of light...
The Courage to Begin: Jasmine Star on Visibility, Discipline, and Building a Business You Actually Want
18/12/2025 | 54 mins.
If you’ve ever held a dream so big it scared you - if you’ve ever wanted to start something new, scale something meaningful, or finally become visible in a world that rewards the brave - this conversation is your blueprint.
In this Coaching Masters episode of COACHED, I sit down with Jasmine Star, CEO of Social Curator, multi–seven-figure founder, globally recognized strategist, and one of the clearest, most courageous voices in modern entrepreneurship.
Jasmine’s rise is nothing short of remarkable: a first-generation daughter of immigrants, a law-school dropout who walked away from the “right” path, a photographer who built a business from scratch, and a founder who transformed a $19 PDF into a multimillion-dollar empire. Her story is discipline, resilience, reinvention — and unshakeable self-belief.
Together, we explore what it really takes to build a life, a business, and a brand in the new era of entrepreneurship — and why visibility, consistency, and courage matter more than ever.
This is not a typical business interview. It’s a masterclass in identity, faith, grit, and execution.
In This Episode, We Explore:
Why your first step is the most important one you’ll ever take
(and how to take it without waiting to “feel ready.”)
The new laws of visibility in the age of AI
Why hiding is now the most expensive decision you can make.
How Jasmine built a multimillion-dollar empire from a $19 digital product
A real-time lesson in starting where you are with what you have.
The energetic difference between aspiration and action
How to make your behavior finally match your dreams.
The psychology of criticism, comparison, and being seen
And why the internet does not get to decide your destiny.
The role of partnership and support
The way Jasmine and her husband work together as a team — and what that means for ambition, leadership, and family.
Why iteration beats perfection 100% of the time
How Jasmine uses testing, failing, learning, and trying again as a strategy for exponential growth.
Why your brand must reflect your truest identity
And why people don’t buy “perfect” — they buy presence.
The future of business in 2026 and beyond
And the specific skills every entrepreneur, creator, consultant, and coach must develop now.

Key Ideas & Quotes
“Your actions must map your aspirations.”
“You can’t scale what you never start.”
Visibility is no longer optional - it is currency.
Discipline creates confidence; confidence creates opportunity.
AI won’t replace you — but it will expose those who refuse to evolve.

Connect with Jasmine Star:
Website: https://jasminestar.com/
Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/jasminestar/?hl=en
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jasmine-star-show/id1479619320
Connect with Coach Keren:
Website: www.KerenEldad.com
Instagram: @coachKeren
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Dr. Gay Hendricks: The Big Leap into Your Genius Zone (and Lasting Love)
11/12/2025 | 54 mins.
In this Coaching Masters episode of COACHED, I, Coach Keren Eldad (PCC), sit down with one of my true heroes: Dr. Gay Hendricks – psychologist, teacher, and author of classics like The Big Leap, Conscious Loving, Five Wishes, Conscious Luck, and his new memoir, Loving Life.
For over 50 years, Gay has helped millions of people (myself included) break free from hidden limits on their happiness and success, step into their Zone of Genius, and create relationships where honesty, responsibility, and creativity replace blame and hiding.
In this conversation, Gay takes us behind the scenes of his life: from his spectacularly dysfunctional Southern family and 300-pound, chain-smoking twenties… to the fall on the ice that dropped him into pure consciousness… to meeting Ram Dass, starting a daily meditation practice in 1972, and building a body of work that has changed how we think about success, love, and luck.
We talk about what really blocks our happiness (hello, Upper Limit Problem), what it actually takes to live in your genius zone, and how he and his wife Kathlyn have sustained 44+ years of conscious partnership.
If you’re ready to stop self-sabotaging, claim your genius, and love more fully from wherever you are – this episode is a masterclass.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Gay’s origin story & the fall that changed everything
Growing up in Leesburg, Florida, in a loud, opinionated, “perfect for a future therapist” family
His mother’s “on a dare” run for mayor, and the grandparents who barely spoke for decades
Being the only obese kid in a skinny family, diet pills in 9th grade, and toxic early relationships
The ice fall at 24 that opened a window into pure consciousness – and why he committed to finding his way back there

Meditation, happiness, and a hotel room in rotten-egg spa town
How a Ram Dass lecture and a paperback in a grocery store doorway gave him a path
Starting a daily meditation practice in 1972 (and never missing a day since)
The New Zealand flu story: being desperately ill, reeking sulfur, and discovering a layer of happiness that circumstances couldn’t touch
Why he says our “true home” is not ecstasy or achievement, but the quiet field of pure being

The Upper Limit Problem & Zone of Genius
The moment he noticed himself sabotaging weight-loss progress with a giant sundae in Harvard Square
How we unconsciously cap our happiness and success because we’re “allergic” to feeling too good
The four classic ways we upper-limit: worry, criticism, accidents/illness, and conflict
The Zone of Genius: the sweet spot where what you most love to do is what most serves the world
Moving from 10% genius time to 100% – and why Gay hasn’t done anything outside his Zone of Genius in 25 years

Conscious Loving & creating relationships where no one has to hide
Realizing the problem wasn’t “out there”: “It’s an inside job. My job is to figure out who I am and what I want in love.”
The three foundations he committed to before meeting Kathlyn: radical honesty, ownership instead of blame, and shared respect for creativity
How Conscious Loving went from living-room groups to a major book deal and an Oprah appearance
Why “nobody ever blames their way to happiness or enlightenment”

Luck, intention, and what’s next
The ninth-grade decision to “be one of the lucky ones” – and the coin-collector story that followed
Why he says if you’re still stuck, you likely haven’t made a deep enough commitment...

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Coaching mastery, personal transformation, leadership development, spiritual growth, burnout recovery, and business reinvention start here. Welcome to Season 5 of Coached: The Coaching Masters, where the world’s top teachers, coaches, spiritual guides, and conscious entrepreneurs share the real story behind transformation and leadership. Hosted by master coach Keren Eldad, this season explores the full arc of becoming a teacher and leader. Each episode explores coaching at its core, not as a polished highlight reel, but as a soul-centered journey. We go behind the scenes of coaching businesses, leadership breakthroughs, burnout recovery, and conscious entrepreneurship. You’ll discover how teachers turn personal pain into wisdom, purpose, and coaching mastery. This season features transformative conversations with master teachers, bestselling authors and podcasters such as Byron Katie, founder of The Work, revealing how to break free from suffering. Dr. Kristin Neff, global authority on self-compassion, shares the truth behind inner kindness. Jessica Zweig opens up on collapse, rebirth, and her platform: The Spiritual Hustler. Danielle LaPorte speaks on softness, strength, and heart-centered leadership. Craig Siegel shares insights on business reinvention, financial success and transformation. Kurtis Lee Thomas dives into breathwork, burnout recovery, and becoming a true vessel for change. What listeners will walk away with: personal transformation, leadership growth, spiritual insight, business breakthroughs — and all of the above. You’ll gain insight into your own journey through these role models. Reframe coaching leadership as a soulful, grounded path. Receive spiritual wisdom from teachers who embody what they teach. Discover business breakthroughs rooted in alignment, not hustle. And gain permission to evolve, unravel, and rebuild again and again. In this season of Coached: The Coaching Masters, we explore emotional resilience, energetic alignment, spiritual awakening, business reinvention, leadership development, coaching business growth, and personal transformation. These honest conversations reveal the real work behind building coaching mastery and conscious entrepreneurship with integrity. Whether you're a coach, leader, entrepreneur, or in a season of reinvention, this podcast is your guide. You’ll gain insights from role models who’ve lived it, leadership development rooted in alignment, business reinvention strategies with purpose, spiritual growth grounded in wisdom, and burnout recovery guidance for rebuilding with intention. Keren Eldad brings mastery, heart, and wisdom to each conversation, helping you evolve personally, spiritually, and professionally. If you are searching for coaching mastery, personal transformation, spiritual growth, leadership development, burnout recovery, business reinvention, coaching business growth, and conscious entrepreneurship, this season will be your essential companion. Join us for earned wisdom, deep transformation, and coaching that changes lives. Subscribe now to Coached: The Coaching Masters and begin your journey of conscious leadership, soulful business reinvention, and personal mastery. About the Host: Keren Eldad (“Coach Keren”) is a top executive coach helping Founders, Olympic athletes and Fortune 500 leaders reach success. As the bestselling author of GILDED, she empowers individuals to redefine success and unlock their full potential. Recognized as a Top Ten Executive Coach by the ICF, Real Leaders, and Goop, Keren holds advanced degrees from The London School of Economics and the University of Jerusalem. With 500,000+ TEDx views and a global presence, her insights inspire leaders worldwide. Resources Website: https://www.kereneldad.com Email: [email protected] Instagram: www.instagram.com/coachkeren Facebook: www.facebook.com/livewithenthusiasm

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