Natalia Kholodenko is a psychologist, mother of two children, Ph.D. in Philosophy, and personal growth coach, has long been known in professional circles, but she gained wide public popularity after participating in the dance project “Dances with the Stars”, where Natalia became famous as a “dancing psychologist”.
Natalia Kholodenko is a practicing psychologist, personal growth coach, VIP expert of Novy Kanal and STB TV channels, a candidate in philosophical sciences. She is the leading psychologist of the CIS. Hundreds of her clients are located in more than 30 countries of the world, and Ukrainian viewers have probably seen her more than once in the role of an expert psychologist on popular TV shows.
Recently, the name of Natalia has been heard again, because the 36-year-old celebrity has become a mother again!
Basic information
Date of birth: January 16, 1983
Education:
- Cherkasy National University. B. Khmelnitsky, specialty: psychologist, specialization: medical psychologist
- Symbol drama course (Kharkov, Ukraine)
- Basic coaching course, Erickson University International (Canada);
- Individual Counseling Course, International Positive Therapy Association (Germany)
- Psychodrawing, group psycho correction, Author’s school of Academician T.S.Yatsenko (Yalta, Ukraine)
- Focus Therapy, Dr. Buchholz (Germany)
- Ph.D. in Philosophy since 2011
Occupation: Psychologist, Ph.D. in Philosophy and Personal Growth Coach
Marital status: not married
Children: son, daughter
Biography of Natalia Kholodenko
Natalia Kholodenko was born in Cherkasy, in the family of an engineer and a professional athlete (Natalia’s mother was engaged in rowing).
Due to numerous injuries in her sports career, the star’s mother made the sport almost taboo in the family. But, as Natalya recalls, her relatives always loved to eat – naturally, there was no body-shaming in the family, and everyone adored the plump girl Natasha.
However, problems due to weight began at school. “My surname is Kholodenko, that’s why they called me “Kholodets”, “Refrigerator” … And then my nickname changed to “Holyfield” – this is a famous boxer. Because I physically explained to several guys that they were wrong, ”recalls Natalia.
Despite the difficulties, Natalia managed to win both the love and respect of her peers – an active, always humorous, and full of energy girl became a real star of the school, because not a single concert or competition was complete without her participation.
An interesting fact: Natalia attended a music school, where she learned to play the bandura.
At the university, the girl had a hard time for another reason – the family urgently needed money, and from the first year, Kholodenko was forced to study and work in parallel. Constant lack of sleep and stress, according to Natalia, did not add to her health at all – but they definitely tempered her will.
But at work, Natalya met her future husband – the guy who proposed to her and put forward only one condition – never lose weight.
“I don’t like soup sets,” said the future spouse.
Natalia said “Yes!” Soon the couple had a son, and Kholodenko’s career improved in parallel – together with her husband they created a business, Natalya consulted as a psychologist and spoke at a lot of seminars, lectures, training.
Adult life and career
Natalia Kholodenko is the author of many effective pieces of training and master classes in the psychology of relationships and the psychology of achievement, and also runs her own unique School of Psychology to train real expert psychologists. She is a candidate of philosophical sciences, but at the same time, she remains true to practice, not theory. Her practical experience, by the way, totals more than 12 years.
Kholodenko was one of the first in Ukraine to start using online psychological counseling. In addition to consultations, Natalia conducts traditional (face-to-face) and online training for clients from more than 40 countries.
Natalia masters all the main methods and areas of psychology: thematic psycho drawing, psychodrama, symbol drama, Gestalt psychology, body therapy, psychoanalysis, positive psychotherapy, art therapy, coaching, etc.
In her professional activities, she uses many forms of work: individual counseling (including online counseling) and group work (including online training), master classes, seminars.
Natalia adheres to “honest” psychology: in her work, according to her, she strives to give results already at the first consultations, does not pour water, and does not “plant” for many months of meetings. That is why individual work with Natalia, at first glance, is not cheap. Especially for those who cannot afford an individual consultation, Natalia conducts affordable training for a wide audience with elements of individual work, and Natalia’s website contains a lot of useful and unique materials.
In her interview with Katya Osadchaya, Natalia frankly said how much her private consultations cost:
“At the moment, 1 hour of my psychological assistance costs 250 euros,” the psychologist shared.
Personal life of Natalia Kholodenko
Natalia does not talk too much about her personal life. Until 2019, the public only knew that she was married and was raising her son Larion, to whom she devotes all her free time.
However, in 2019 everything changed – it turned out that Natalya Kholodenko divorced her husband, moved with her son to a new home, found a new lover, and gave birth to a child from him!
“Children give us a second chance to be childish. They are great creatives, talented whiners, and the greatest teachers on Earth. My son suffered the most from my way of life. He didn’t see me for weeks or saw me for a minute in the morning and 20 minutes before bed. Much is irretrievably lost and will never be repeated.
I am grateful to him for the fact that he still loves me despite my mistakes. Parents are not saints. Everyone did not give something, will not give it, and will listen to their reproaches in the future. I suggest not idealizing these relationships. We and our children will definitely offend each other, upset, angry. We can have anything in a relationship, but the main thing is not to build them under duress and out of a desire to look beautiful. Let them be clumsy but honest! This is important, because if you lie to them, then why are we given to each other.
Admit mistakes and confess your love. The fact that you are blood relatives does not guarantee anything. Everything is natural, which means it will be different!” — Kholodenko shares his thoughts about children.
Natalia spoke about her ex-husband in an interview with Katya Osadchaya, saying that it was he who did not want her to lose weight:
“We had a condition with my husband before the wedding that I would not lose weight. This has become a major problem in our relationship. My husband always told me that a thin woman is not sexy for him, ”Natalia said, adding that she had lost 23 kilograms thanks to dancing.
Kholodenko also shared that her husband was jealous of her dance partner Vitaly Zagoruiko, with whom she flew to Barcelona to study Spanish dances:
“My participation in the project does not bring us together as a husband. And who would like it when a wife spends all her free time with another, very handsome, man. I even ran away from rehearsals. Now I am a psychologist who also needs a psychologist, ”admitted Kholodenko.
Natalia added that after participating in the dance project, some relatives stopped communicating with her, disapproving that she began to live more for herself:
“Today, 90% of my relatives do not communicate with me. And I’m fine as ever. They don’t like that I’ve become more headstrong.
This is due to the fact that I have more free time since the transition from one channel to another project cost me dearly in the truest sense of the word. I refused many projects, I paid a fine. Now, instead of holding consultations, I go to the beautician for half a day, to the skating rink, and to dancing, ”said Kholodenko.
beautician for half a day, to the skating rink and to dancing, ”said Kholodenko.
Natalya Kholodenko: new pregnancy and new lif
In February, fans of Natalia Kholodenko suddenly realized that they didn’t know anything about their favorite at all!
It turned out that the star psychologist is pregnant, divorced, and happy in a new relationship. According to the star, it was her publicity and new hobbies that became the basis for divorce.
Up to 9 months, Natalia managed to masterfully hide her growing tummy. Well, tears because of the divorce could not be noticed, because a new man appeared in her life … Who is he, this mysterious admirer, Kholodenko is not yet recognized. And the couple has not yet had a common public outing. However, the celebrity says that her lover has already pleased her with an original gift – a brand new apartment in Kyiv, where repairs are now in full swing.
On March 6, 2019, it became known that Natalya Kholodenko became the mother of a charming daughter for the second time. The birth took place in a Kyiv private maternity hospital, which is preferred by most stars. The baby was born naturally, and now both she and her mother are doing well.
Natalya Kholodenko decided to call her daughter an unusual name – Vivien. Who is the father of the girl, the star psychologist has not yet disclosed? But, by the way, she mentioned that the happy father was present at the partnership birth.
“So far I have made the decision that I will not advertise who the father of my child is. Let’s get over the fact that he’s not my first husband, and I think that when I feel ready to reveal this relationship, then we’ll talk about it. It is important for me,” says Natalia.
At the same time, Kholodenko, of course, lives together with her new lover – but she is not yet ready to enter into a new marriage. In an interview, the star admitted why:
“We have been in a relationship for over a year. The marriage proposal was perhaps not as romantic as I would like, but for me the issue of registering a relationship is open. I don’t see the motivation for myself yet, I know for sure that divorce is not easy, and from the legal side, given all my integrity, I don’t know, I’m honestly not in the mood to register a relationship yet.
The general public only knows that Natalya’s new common-law spouse was also previously married and has a child from his first marriage. And also – that after the birth of baby Vivien, he gave Kholodenko a chic gift – a two-room apartment in the suburbs of Kyiv, which the star psychologist showed to one of the Ukrainian TV channels.
TALA! – how Natalya Kholodenko sang
No one expected that a dancing psychologist could also become a singing psychologist. But here it is! Taking the creative pseudonym TALA!, Kholodenko presented her first musical work, as well as the first video, at the beginning of 2019. What does the unique artist have to do with everything, and here she turned everything upside down: she first recorded a video, and only then came up with an audio series for it.
“I really want this song to inspire everyone who lacks the feeling of flying,” says Natalia.
Natalia Kholodenko’s “Dance of my wings”
Participation in the show “Dancing with the Stars”
Natalia Kholodenko took part in the legendary updated project “Dances with Stars”, which took place in the fall of 2017.
Kholodenko admitted that she lost 11 kg specifically to participate in the show. On the first broadcast, Kholodenko, together with his parquet partner, dancer Vitaly Zagoruiko, danced the cha-cha-cha. According to the script, Kholodenko appeared as a psychologist and, with the help of a pendulum, put her partner into a state of hypnosis. At the end of the number, she tried to “hypnotize” the choreographer Vlad Yama and asked him for personal choreographic training. He replied that he would think.
The couple left the project after the third broadcast. On the floor, Natalia and Vitaly performed a paso doble. After the end of the release, Kholodenko expressed gratitude on her Instagram page to all those who supported her.
“Regardless of the results, I thank you all for your support,” Kholodenko wrote on her social network.
How Natalya Kholodenko lost weight
Just a few years ago, Natalya Kholodenko weighed over 100 kg. How did the star psychologist manage to transform?
According to Natalia, losing weight as an end in itself is impossible! Losing weight should be just a by-product of moving towards some kind of life goal, the psychologist is sure. If, due to being overweight, you cannot achieve something, get something you want, then it’s time to act.
For Kholodenko herself, the Dancing with the Stars project became such a starting point in life – thanks to it, the first results appeared. A calorie-restricted diet and, most importantly, a huge amount of physical activity did their job.
For 2 years, Natalia lost about 30 kg and never regretted her decision.
“I dared to want more. And I completely touched the emotional bottom, only I decided not to run away from it, but to go lower. Sometimes you have to break into pieces. Pain is a powerful resource that always gives strength for radical change. I felt pain for myself as a girl who never had fitted dresses and anything to do with outright attractiveness. And if someone tells me that psychology is nonsense, training is for fools, and individual consultations are too expensive. I will answer: is it really not at all scary not to try to become better. Do not hide behind your completely normal life, do not be content with the fact that you are following the program of the right girl, but take a deep breath, close your eyes, and fall like a stone into your wildest desires. Psychology is my home, temple, way, this is the best, that I could choose and recommend to everyone. Life can and should be enchanting, maximum, and you need to reach for this with all your might! Kholodenko says.
In addition to the goal, Natalya considers the ability to listen to herself the second most important moment. We live in a too-fast rhythm and constantly betray our body, Kholodenko believes – we are constantly so busy that we forget to listen to the elementary – do we want to go to the toilet, do we want to drink, eat, sleep, do we have an even back. It is worth starting to live more consciously – and losing weight will begin by itself.
And finally, the third nuance that Kholodenko urges us to remember is stability. It’s hard to lose weight, but it’s even harder to keep it off! Every time you need to set yourself a new goal, even a small one, and for the sake of it, restrain yourself from breakdowns, including food. Kholodenko’s technique does not involve a stick, but rather a lot of little gingerbread – for example, a psychologist chose the following goals for herself: to learn how to do complex yoga exercises, to wear more beautiful “girl” dresses and accessories.
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