What if everything you thought you knew about success… was wrong?
I’m Yana Fry, founder of YanaTV, and in this episode I share my most personal story yet — the untold journey behind launching one of Singapore’s first independent talk shows, burning out, walking away at the height of success, spending years in monasteries and mountains, becoming a mother, and finally relaunching YanaTV with a new mission: to redefine success for our world today.
Because here’s the truth:✨ Fame can feel empty.✨ Money doesn’t always mean happiness.✨ Even CEOs, founders, and spiritual masters admit they feel pressured, lonely, and “not enough.”
💔 Success has a hidden cost — and it’s time we talk about it.
At YanaTV, we reveal the human side of leaders — their struggles, resilience, and the untold stories of what it takes to rise after pain, doubt, and failure. It’s about what makes us deeply, imperfectly, authentically human.
✨ WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS
In this new season of YanaTV, we open the door to raw, real, unapologetically human conversations. Voices from Singapore, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond — women first, and the men walking beside them — will share what success has really meant in their lives.
This is not just the media. It’s a mirror of the human spirit. A global archive of human truth.
IN THIS EPISODE
(00:00) The truth behind the woman you think you know
(04:57) Life’s plot twist I never saw coming
(07:51) Why success left me feeling empty
(09:11) The hidden cost no one talks about
(11:15) What the West doesn’t want you to hear
(12:53) The one question that could change your life
ABOUT YANA FRY
Yana Fry is a globally recognized speaker, top-ranked podcast host, and founder of The Living Temple™ — a pioneering ecosystem for conscious leadership, feminine embodiment, and soul-based success. Known as a “soul interviewer,” Yana has a rare gift for creating intelligent, emotionally safe spaces where people reveal truths they’ve never spoken publicly before. Her emotionally intelligent conversations have featured leaders, visionaries, and change-makers across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the U.S., making YanaTV a trusted platform for showing the human side of leaders and sharing their real stories.
YanaTV is the soulful global podcast where leaders show their human side and redefine success.Through elegant, authentic, and deeply human conversations, we reveal:
the human side of leaders
the hidden costs behind external achievements
the resilience it takes to heal, love, and keep going
The real life stories that will make you laugh, cry and reflect
Because success is not just about what you achieve — it’s about how deeply you live, love, and show up as yourself.
LET’S CONNECT
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Bookings → connect@yanafry.com
YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@yanatvsg
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And tell me in the comments: What does success mean to you - today, in this season of your life?
“Your story matters. Because when we share our truths, we don’t just redefine success — we remember who we really are.”