Brian Nathan

Grateful to be part of a beautiful workshop for International Yoga Day in Mumbai, India. 🌿
led an incredible session on yoga philosophy, breathwork, and movement — I had the honor of supporting with sound healing and sharing a short talk on mindset.
I also introduced a simple somatic tool to help lower stress and reconnect with the body.
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Small moments, big shifts. 💫

Vietnam, 2017: The Bagel That Broke My Foot (and Changed Everything)

Ever had your life completely derailed… by a bagel?

If you’ve known me over the years, maybe you know me as a mindset + business coach.
Or from my teaching days in Vietnam.
Or maybe from those three wild years in India… acting in Bollywood.
Or—

You have no idea who I am and somehow ended up on my page because the algorithm dragged you here. (Hey🙌)

Let me take you back to where it all shifted.

I was living in Hanoi.
Life was good.
I’d just hosted a TEDx event, was doing corporate trainings, and had a travel show on local TV.

One morning, I hop on my scooter to grab a bagel.
(Because I’m from Jersey — and bagels are sacred.)
I turn a corner.
Hit some sand.
Skid out.
Crash.

I break my foot.
Not doing something epic.
Not hiking a volcano.
Just… a bagel run.

And that crash?
Wasn’t my first plot twist.

👉 In NYC, doing great at Yelp — then out of nowhere, diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
👉 In Vietnam, building momentum — then boom: broken foot.
👉 In India, coaching and acting — then the pandemic hits. I get evacuated.

Every time I thought I was leveling up, life pulled the rug.

At first, I saw those moments as setbacks.
Now I see them as checkpoints.
Invitations to slow down and ask:
What’s actually in my control?
And what am I going to do about it?

That shift changed everything — for me and in my work coaching clients.

Because here’s what I’ve learned:
It’s not always rock bottom that creates change.
Sometimes it’s a quiet nudge — a feeling you’ve outgrown the current version of your life.
It doesn’t always show up as a crisis.
Sometimes it’s boredom.
Restlessness.
That low-key voice asking, “Is this it?”

That voice matters.
That voice deserves your attention.

You don’t need a breakdown to have a breakthrough.
Sometimes growth looks like choosing to pivot before you’re forced to.
And sometimes…
It takes a bagel to remind you of that.