Your Unique Brilliance Podcast with Nicola Salter

This diverse episode takes you on Rochel Lawson's journey of self-healing a stress trauma diagnosis that impacted her digestive system as she worked to create the first woman-owned, minority-owned telecommunications installation company in the United States. Nicola and Rochel discuss women's superpowers that have us constantly overworking but believing we can accomplish it all. As a result ,we get reactive in pursuit of survival with the focus on success, and lose parts of ourselves in the process. Rochel shares her priorities for success without losing her essence as a woman, and still accomplishing what fulfils her. This is a super episode for women out there who are constantly seeking perfection, feel burned out and it gives new perspectives on how we can take care of ourselves to impact our younger generations, so they don't repeat the same patterns us. Nicola dives into Rochel's latest "Unstoppable Women's Manifesto" book, a standout among business books for women entrepreneurs. It is about how to harness the power of principles, perfectly curated for women of all color and specifically black women business leaders, to transform mere ideas into profitable ventures that run seamlessly, even without daily intervention. Rochel takes us on Queen Nefertiti's journey in Egypt and how to relate it to our current day experiences, and shares why African American woman don't often get to discover this information. Nicola shares her upcoming book Finding Your Queen, Living Life On Your Own Terms, Flawed, Raw and Brilliant, and how we can rediscover our Queen self and what this means. Both Nicola and Rochel met each other by chance, is there such a thing? They share their passion for empowering women for transformation over the last 30 years, both Aquarians, working on different sides of the continent, this is an interesting listen to two women driven by the same mission to help women shape their destiny. Links WEBSITE: BlissfulLiving4u.com INSTAGRAM: @rochelelawson

Are you a perfectionist? Do you feel you have to be the perfect partner, have the perfect career, the perfect lifestyle and be the perfect mother? Dr. Julie Ducharme joins Nicola today to discuss how to break free of perfectionism and the two of them underline what is really going on with our need to be perfect as women. Dr Julie discusses passive curiosity in her life and how it got her out of a toxic work environment with a perfectionist female boss, how this motivated her to support women and go up the ladder together rather than competing against each other, building trust with women leadership who have been burned, and why she feels so passionately about giving back. Even today, women are still feeling insecure and have low self worth and unable to own their power, join the discussion about what this might be and gentle nudges women could take to help them see their value and worth. Dr Julie has dedicated her career to empower and support people in their endeavors and dreams. She has become a 5x national bestselling author, recognized by INC magazine, hosts a podcast called She CEOs, Authentically You, had numerous TV appearances with CBS, ABC, and Fox about womens' empowerment and helping our veterans. Her most recent book Authentically You Empowering Your Way to Success, is changing the way women approach their lives. Links WEBSITE: DrJulieDucharme.com

Join Nicola on today's show as she gets into a powerful conversation with Terre Short about building more certainty and confidence personally and at work with the words we choose. Discover the advantages and benefits to business by creating greater engagement, sales and productivity by replacing phrases and words that have sneaked into our vocabulary which drive uncertainty and risk. Terre Short is an author, speaker, coach and creator of Thriving Leader Collaborative. She believes that truly authentic leadership is achieved when we embrace our inner wisdom to overcome business challenges. As a NeuroMindfulness Practitioner, she has spent the last decade advising high performing Fortune 500 leaders on how to explore intuitive pathways to success. Terre is the author of The Words We Choose: Your Guide to How and Why Words Matter and in today's episode Nicola breaks down their interview into 3 key parts; finding words for confidence building, how to ask more powerful questions and how to practice more self-observation with the words we choose that reflect outwardly our inner struggles and negativity. Discover how to retrain your brain with replacement vocabulary that builds self-belief and also the great example of shifting using “we have to ..” to “we get to …” and the difference this can make in team building. Plus the power of self-reflection to train yourself after meetings or interactions to look at the words you chose and whether these meet with your values and represent you in the way you want. Finally, Nicola and Terre end on how women can more fully step into their values rather than competing with men using aggressive language, stepping into using kinder (not weaker) words to achieve the same effects, and proving that vulnerability in the workplace is ok, and can be motivating. Links WEBSITE: thrivingleadercollaborative.com AMAZON: The Words We Choose: Your Guide to How and Why Words Matter LINKEDIN: /TerreShort

Join Nicola today as she introduces Emily Velasco who shares the benefits of using clean skin care and personal care products with clean ingredients that avoid harsh toxic chemicals and how she became involved in this movement. Discover why it is so important for all of us to begin shifting to non-toxic products for our health and wellbeing as well as picking one area of your life where you could begin new daily habits of choosing healthier products for yourself. Emily covers how infertility and cancer can be potentially linked to our skin care, and Nicola focuses on lip stains and gloss that we also unknowingly ingest all day, every day and how this can impact our health. She also shares the one key ingredient you can begin checking every day in your products and avoid using. Find out what ‘green washing' is and how to avoid it along with empowering yourself with natural make-up and the less is best approach, whilst healing skin care challenges rather than covering up flaws. Most of us believe that the products on our shelves are all approved and we trust the manufacturers to deliver, take a closer look at what you are using and also visit Emily's resource website below and the EWG.org website for more information on chemicals in products and the possible health challenges by using them. Links WEBSITE: BeautyCounter.com/emilyvelasco INSTAGRAM: @beautycounter_byemily RELATED: Aspire to Your Dreams: Influence the Change You Want to See — with Sheli Dodaro Hernandez

In today's episode Nicola discusses with her guest Susan Gold how as women we must find our voices despite fear to speak up against harassment and toxic situations that don't serve us. Susan Gold is the Author of Toxic Family: Transforming Childhood Trauma into Adult Freedom. With the same magic Susan created in her entertainment career, she is now leading retreats, webinars, workshops and private sessions to help others drop outdated storylines and programming in exchange for living from the heart in authentic freedom as adults. Susan shares her toxic family upbringing along with sexual harassment at work, with help from the one and only Barbara Walters who helped her speak up to her boss about his sexual addiction. Discover how Susan gets sober, creates her own consultancy and convinces modern art legend Andy Warhol to do an on-camera commercial for Pontiac, a talent deal American TV personality Donny Deutsch still claims as one of his best. How she helped launch Fox News Channel at the request of Chair, Roger Ailes; and on behalf of Disney Channel persuaded A-list celebrities including Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Taylor Swift, David Beckham and more to be interviewed by cartoon characters…Phineas & Ferb. This open, vulnerable and hear- warming episode will hopefully inspire other women to speak up, despite the #MeToo movement, where 34% of women are still experiencing sexual harassment at work. Links WEBSITE: SusanGoldConsulting.com

Join Nicola in today's episode where she introduces Ryan Dusick, now Therapist and previously the founding drummer of the world's most popular band, Maroon 5 with Adam Levine. Discover Ryan's journey of fame, loss of identity, addiction and making it back to a new life with failures, mistakes and owning his vulnerability. You will hear about Ryan's real life stories with Maroon 5, and the painful journey through depression, alcoholism and finally leaving the band he had grown with since the age of 15. This episode is exceptionally transparent and authentic as Ryan talks about his latest book Harder to Breathe, and how he wants to spread the message that recovery is possible from life's traumas, anxiety, failures and addiction. Ryan bares his soul in this episode that is nothing less than courageous as he discusses what happened to him during his fame, how he broke down with physical and mental health challenges and turned his life around after rehab at the Betty Ford Clinic. For all of us feeling the need to be in constant perfection, afraid of making mistakes, feeling that its too late to redefine ourselves and create new identities, join Nicola and Ryan as they discuss overcoming low self-esteem, the downside of pushing through life without taking the time to reset, how to stay teachable, curious and as Ryan says ‘ failing upward' and growing from our mistakes. Links WEBSITE: RyanDusick.com INSTAGRAM: @ryan_michael_dusick AMAZON: Harder to Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery

In today's episode Nicola meets Nikki Goyle, food and wellness expert for reducing inflammation in the body. She is owner of Sanitas by Nikki and introduces us to the power of our mindset to change our eating habits Nicola and Nikki discuss what your mindset is, the difference between a fixed and growth mindset can make to your success, knowing your purpose and being in your flow with something you enjoy doing and how brain fog, digestive issues, fatigue, food choices and alcohol can be linked to high inflammation in the body and what this means. Nicola also shares about her new money mindset program, Mastering Your Money Mindset and how to RESET your emotions. You can find Nikki at: WEBSITE: SanitasByNikki.com INSTAGRAM: @nikkishealthytastes Show Links: WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com COACHING: ReDefine Yourself Coaching RESET PROGRAM: Reduce anxiety, overwhelm and fear to build confidence & greater self empowerment UDEMY COURSE: The 4 Habits of Money Mindset Mastery SUBSCRIBE: Follow Your Unique Brilliance on iTunes WORK WITH NICOLA: Schedule a Consultation

Join Nicola as she interviews Laura Rhodes-Levin, LMFT and owner of the unique Missing Peace Center for Anxiety in California, as they discuss a wealth of topics including: the increase in negativity at work in the last 10 years anger and passive aggressiveness at work the financial and productivity risk stress poses to organizations as well as the mental wellbeing of their employees American business culture versus European the simplest methods to help organizations help their employees without needing to invest thousands of dollars that will build respect and retain their workforce wellness has been a ‘trend' and ‘wellbeing' is about to take over what does this mean? how can we improve mental health to improve physical health? how to build daily habits to reduce stress and retrain your brain for a growth mindset commitment to make a change in your life the 5 main areas of life we can all practice and thrive how to stay present how to create life/work balance Plus, Laura introduces her latest book soon to be published called The Missing Peace, and Nicola shares the benefits about her latest Corporate RESET program for employees to learn how to become more self-reliant and use self-care methods to increase emotional intelligence, resilience and reduce burnout and overwhelm. You can find Laura at: WEBSITE: TheMissingPeace4Anxiety.com LINKEDIN: Laura Rhodes-Levin (LMFT) INSTAGRAM: @themissingpeacecenter Show Links: WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com SUBSCRIBE: Follow Your Unique Brilliance on iTunes WORK WITH NICOLA: Schedule a Consultation

Today Sabrina Garba CEO of the Glass Ladder Group joins Nicola for an extensive yet concise discussion about moving into the age of increased cultural sensitivity at work, how she niched this market from her experiences growing up, exposure working with notable peer groups and leaders, whilst studying for her Masters, to her own burnout from being the ultimate wonder woman to redirecting her life. Discover how she made her come back in an innovative way, started her own international organization at a young age, and is now launching her Honey Hive women's leadership group that encourages a space for women to just be, connect, what it means to be a woman at work, and build upon what women are so skilled at, intuitive leadership. You will hear Nicola and Sabrina discuss the value and impact women can make in the workplace by trusting their unique abilities as women that differ from those of men, and the future of dropping their limiting sabotaging believes and raising the bar in their confidence, self-esteem, trusting their voice and knowing they work in partnership and collaboration with men. Sabrina K. Garba is an award-winning strategist, public speaker and philanthropist who is passionate about creating environments where people thrive and reach their highest potential. Sabrina is known for her proven track record in designing and implementing holistic programs that achieve organizational goals and objectives in public, non-profit and private sector organizations. Guest Links WEBSITE: GlassLadderGroup.com LINKEDIN: /skgarba INSTAGRAM: @sabrinakgarba Show Links: WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com SUBSCRIBE: Follow Your Unique Brilliance on iTunes WORK WITH NICOLA: Schedule a Consultation

Join Nicola today with Maria Banks, successful Leadership and Business Coach based in the UK about owning your power and discovering how our life experiences shape us and pop up to support us, just when we need them. Maria started from scratch after a failed marriage and not knowing what career she wanted or could even do. Discover her journey and how her belief in herself, mindset and curiosity to keep moving forward landed her in a globally and geographically diverse organization. Listen in to how she found herself presenting at the Olympic Stadium in Rome to empower women, giving her entire presentation in Italian, and then setting up her own leadership coaching organization Strada Innovation working with business leaders and business owners to create transformation and change. Maria has been highly successful in change and performance management and is now, in addition to her coaching work, empowering business women with retreats based in Cornwall, England. Guest Links WEBSITE: StradaInnovation.co.uk Show Links: WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com SUBSCRIBE: Follow Your Unique Brilliance on iTunes WORK WITH NICOLA: Schedule a Consultation

Kimberly Meredith joins Nicola today and shares her journey as an accidental healer, still coming to terms with the thousands of people she has helped worldwide and has now written her best-selling book ‘Awakening to the Fifth Dimension: Discovering the Soul's Path to Healing.” She shares her unique journey to become a world-renowned medical medium and healer following an accident resulting in two Near-Death Experiences (NDEs), and receiving miraculous healing gifts . Discover how she made her way back to full physical health after being wheel-chair bound and found her purpose They discuss her journey as a trained nurse assistant and Tech Advisor on well-known TV series to becoming researched and validated for her mediumship and healing work with numerous prestigious research institutes including the IONS Institute of Noetic Sciences who scientifically validated Kimberly's abilities. You are going to love the guidance she gives about what the 3rd dimension is and compares it to the 5th dimension of living, what this means and steps to expand your world and ready to accept the miracles that are around you every day and how to to accept them. Her nugget of wisdom: “Be fearless and accept the miracles in your life.”   Guest Links WEBSITE: TheHealingTrilogy.com INSTAGRAM: @meridith.kimberly AMAZON: Awakening to the 5th Dimension: Discovering the Soul's Path to Healing Show Links: WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com SUBSCRIBE: Follow Your Unique Brilliance on iTunes WORK WITH NICOLA: Schedule a Consultation

Join Nicola today for part two of her interview with Sonia Jackson Myles, who has a mission to bring 1 billion women and girls together to learn how to love themselves and each other and drive out the socialization of competing as women. Sonia's background is in Corporate America, and before launching the Sister Accord she spent 20 + years of experience, managing over $20 Billion in spend. She has worked for Ford Motor Company, The Gillette Company and The Procter & Gamble Company. Her last corporate role was as P&G's Director, Global Packaging Purchasing, managing $6 Billion in spend. Discover how she took a huge step out of her comfort zone, and the corporate world, to prove her heart based passion to help women recognize their inner beauty and talents with each other, and follow her mission to become the Founder, President & CEO of The Sister Accord® Foundation, which has 3 areas of focus: Educating girls and women, Enlightening girls and women of the Power of Sisterhood and Eradicating bullying and violence against girls and women. Sonia is also CEO of The Accord Group LLC, which is a leadership development, executive coaching, employee engagement, branding & diversity consultancy. She launched her Dreamwalking® Executive Coaching & Leadership Development Program in 2015 and now has hundreds of “Dreamwalkers” (Mentees) walking in purpose and Designing Their Destinies. These next two episodes will give you sound bites about leading in business as a woman, recognizing the patterns in your life that add up to your direction and mission, giving love and kindness as a true strength and the courage it takes to do this when you are not receiving it back. Dropping the socialization that women have been exposed to, to compete and gossip about each other, rather than identifying strengths that are unique to each of us, and collaborating. No longer feeling we need to be chosen based on our looks, how hard we work and perhaps need to drop this need to be recognized as equals but know we are. Discover Sonia's personal journey through the corporate world and how it impacted and trained her for where she is now, and sometimes we just don't know it, but we are being prepared for something greater, if we choose and pay attention. “I love you sister”. The Sister Accord is for all women of all nationalities, color and race. Discover what the Sister Accord does to help girls, women, young men and men across the world to unify and understand what drives them and their triggers, as Nicola and Sonia discuss triggers and underlying emotional wounds that make us react and act out. When you first hear Sonia say “I love you sister” you may think ‘that's not for me ‘ , you may think its ‘too emotional', you may deny it, but after a while, ‘I love you sister' grows on you … you will see. Even in corporate America, Sonia is now instilling this message into the corporate language which is now being seen in the products and services major corporations are creating. Guest Links WEBSITE: TheSisterAccordFoundation.org WEBSITE: DreamWalkingCourse.com AMAZON: The Sister Accord: 51 Ways to Love Your Sister INSTAGRAM: @thesisteraccord Show Links: WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com SUBSCRIBE: Follow Your Unique Brilliance on iTunes WORK WITH NICOLA: Schedule a Consultation

Join Nicola today as she Introduces the most loving, generous, kind and driven woman, Sonia Jackson Myles, who has a mission to bring 1 billion women and girls together to learn how to love themselves and each other and drive out the socialization of competing as women. Sonia's background is in Corporate America, and before launching the Sister Accord she spent 20 + years of experience, managing over $20 Billion in spend. She has worked for Ford Motor Company, The Gillette Company and The Procter & Gamble Company. Her last corporate role was as P&G's Director, Global Packaging Purchasing, managing $6 Billion in spend. Discover how she took a huge step out of her comfort zone, and the corporate world, to prove her heart based passion to help women recognize their inner beauty and talents with each other, and follow her mission to become the Founder, President & CEO of The Sister Accord® Foundation, which has 3 areas of focus: Educating girls and women, Enlightening girls and women of the Power of Sisterhood and Eradicating bullying and violence against girls and women. Sonia is also CEO of The Accord Group LLC, which is a leadership development, executive coaching, employee engagement, branding & diversity consultancy. She launched her Dreamwalking® Executive Coaching & Leadership Development Program in 2015 and now has hundreds of “Dreamwalkers” (Mentees) walking in purpose and Designing Their Destinies. These next two episodes will give you sound bites about leading in business as a woman, recognizing the patterns in your life that add up to your direction and mission, giving love and kindness as a true strength and the courage it takes to do this when you are not receiving it back. Dropping the socialization that women have been exposed to, to compete and gossip about each other, rather than identifying strengths that are unique to each of us, and collaborating. No longer feeling we need to be chosen based on our looks, how hard we work and perhaps need to drop this need to be recognized as equals but know we are. Discover Sonia's personal journey through the corporate world and how it impacted and trained her for where she is now, and sometimes we just don't know it, but we are being prepared for something greater, if we choose and pay attention. “I love you sister”. The Sister Accord is for all women of all nationalities, color and race. Discover what the Sister Accord does to help girls, women, young men and men across the world to unify and understand what drives them and their triggers, as Nicola and Sonia discuss triggers and underlying emotional wounds that make us react and act out. When you first hear Sonia say “I love you sister” you may think ‘that's not for me ‘ , you may think its ‘too emotional', you may deny it, but after a while, ‘I love you sister' grows on you … you will see. Even in corporate America, Sonia is now instilling this message into the corporate language which is now being seen in the products and services major corporations are creating. Guest Links WEBSITE: TheSisterAccordFoundation.org WEBSITE: DreamWalkingCourse.com AMAZON: The Sister Accord: 51 Ways to Love Your Sister INSTAGRAM: @thesisteraccord Show Links: WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com SUBSCRIBE: Follow Your Unique Brilliance on iTunes WORK WITH NICOLA: Schedule a Consultation

Ange Matthews is with Nicola today to discuss the power of your WOO. She is CEO of Leader Sauce a change management company that equips executives, managers, and teams to lead and succeed in our changed world of work. Ange is a results-driven business executive and leadership expert with over 25 years of experience across entrepreneurial, boutique, Big 4, and Fortune 500 organizations. Ange cut her teeth at Williams Television Time, the DRTV industry's pioneer and the fastest growing media buying agency of its day. She developed and led the corporate human resources function and effectively managed the company's rapid 6-year growth. Over the next 6 years, as a human resources director, Ange managed the explosive growth within divisions of both Ernst & Young and Pitney Bowes. Today Ange and Nicola discuss your talents, your ability for WOO, how anyone can be a leader with the right ingredients, and more importantly understanding why you should avoid the ‘don't be and do what you are not' syndrome … yes … this is about using a method that will help you reconnect and empower you to your WOO, and once and for all, knock out those less than, limiting beliefs holding you back. An insightful practical interview, great guidance to use personally and in the workplace helping you operate from an empowered, transformative place and inspire your team mates.   Links Discover more at leadersauce.com Learn more about how to redefine yourself at NicolaSalter.com

Join Nicola as she interviews Renee Hill Young of Quigley-Simpson the largest WBENC-certified, woman-owned agency in the country. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with an office in New York City, the 200+ person agency has a roster of blue-chip clients from Fortune 500 to growth companies. This one hour episode takes you inside Renee's experience of being caught up in the 2017 Las Vegas concert shooting, how she flees and focuses in on getting her client out of harm's way . Discover how Renee's life and work styles pivot after the shooting, where this took her and the opportunity to let go and focus her time and energy. Renee shares the power of taking a leap of faith in choosing to start her own advertising agency, the power of diversity at work for creativity and how she manages her avocado and horse ranch in LA with 22 animals that she personally cares for as well as running her organization. “You will never get back today” is one of her mottos and encourages all of us to let go of the small stuff. Packed with great inspirational information and a great mix of grit and glamor! Her book is coming soon, watch this space! Links WEBSITE: quigleysimpson.com YOUR UNIQUE BRILLIANCE: NicolaSalter.com/podcast YOUR UNIQUE BRILLIANCE: Follow on iTunes SCHEDULE A CONSULTATION WITH NICOLA: Learn More

Patricia Nowakowski: Business Coach, Owner, Opulent Beauty Salon. Welcome back to today's episode with Nicola about how to avoid getting off track this year with ‘shiny' projects and staying on track for success with purpose and clarity. It is so easy to start a new year with inspirations, creative projects, and goals only to find a few months in we are distracted by new fads and trends, copying what everyone else is doing and then finding half the year has disappeared and we haven't made any progress. Patricia Nowakowski, owner of Opulent Beauty Salon in Illinois and Business Coach shares her experiences of Nicola's mentoring to help her get clear, stay on track, and pick which ideas where the best for her business and discover her purpose, and her why that made her feel fulfilled and create sustainable growth. Patricia has been a trailblazer in the beauty industry for over a decade. She created a handtied extension method called Grace Hand Tied, after identifying gaps and holes in the current hair extension market. She now teaches monthly classes about this method application and has taught stylists across the country. Now, her latest goal is to help other stylists grow their businesses and connect with their leadership, by helping them define the foundational systems they need in place to create the freedom and lifestyle they want. Links WEBSITE: gracehandtiedmethod.com WEBSITE: opulentbeautyllc.com INSTAGRAM: @gracehandtiedmethod INSTAGRAM: @Patricia_opulentbeautysalon INSTAGRAM: @Opulentbeautysalon REDEFINE YOURSELF: Nicola's (re)Define Yourself Program

Join Nicola with Lindsey House today for a ‘nugget of wisdom' episode to get you motivated for your new year holistic health and fitness inspirations. Discover 5 emotional mindset pillars Lindsey shares to help you realistically stay accountable and on track, hear her discuss the need for dropping perfection and stepping into excellence and doing your best, plus making the most of those small wins on a daily basis to keep you motivated. Listen in as Lindsey coaches Nicola to help her find more space for movement and fun ways of staying accountable away from the mentoring chair to help Nicola keep fit. Lighthearted, great advice and info to help you dive in a little deeper to your fitness goals and create the change you want to see for yourself. Lindsey House is an author, dietitian/fitness expert working with a focus in accountability coaching. Lindsey is incredibly passionate about rewriting the rules to what success should feel like in the health and fitness world. She has a crazy passion for healthy lifestyles and helping individuals find their perfect journey to health and happiness. Guest Links WEBSITE: HealthAccountabilityCoach.com AMAZON: Direction Not Perfection: Accountability and Coaching from your Wine-loving Dietitian PODCAST: Release Emotional Clutter — with Lindsey House & Nicola Salter INSTAGRAM: @houselifestyles Show Links WEBSITE: NicolaSalter.com COURSE: How to Decode & Calm Your Emotions COACHING: The re(Define) Yourself Program

Today's guest is the fabulous Sheli Dodaro Hernandez owner of the Clean Beauty Boutique and Salon Franchise in New Lenox, Illoinois. She is dedicated and on a mission to empower her community of women to help them create their own businesses with with the opportunity to start their own salon franchise. Clean Beauty Boutique believes that all natural hair care and skin products is the way of the future to save our health and planet. Sheli's goal is to create an evolution of impact and change for the way we take care of our hair, nails and skin. Today she is going to share her journey of how she built her stylist career, her salon and now franchise opportunity. Both of us will be sharing tips and guidance for all of you entrepreneurs out there experiencing possible lack of connection with your business, burnout and big question marks about why you are doing the business you chose, plus influencing the change you want to see in your personal and business world. Join us for some real advice and guidance. Links WEBSITE: TheCleanBeautyBoutique.com

In today's episode Nicola casts some new perspectives on the meaning of self-value and self-esteem and welcomes Mom of 3, Super Model, Actress, Comedienne, Eugenia Kuzmina who opens up about overcoming her lack of self-worth, loneliness as a model, battling anorexia and how she finally discovered her voice and allowed her true personality show up through acting and comedy. She shares her fascinating and courageous adventure from Siberia to Hollywood, her journey of overcoming repression, manipulation, standing up to her bullies and changing the face of women being objectified. Her mission is to bring balance and equality for women through her work and projects. Eugenia's careers have taken her from walking the prestigious runways for Yves Saint Laurent, Dior, Chanel, and every designer there is alongside Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, and Carla Bruni. She launched her acting career when she was a child and then again in Los Angeles - and has starred alongside Elle Fanning, Bill Murray, Orlando Bloom and Mila Kunis. She just recently worked with Guy Ritchie in his movie The Wrath of Man where she plays an MI6 Agent. To add another layer to her work she is currently appearing in her brand new comedy show “Super Models of Comedy” in Las Vegas and is about to launch her new production company, and book “Her Story”. Links INSTAGRAM: @eugeniakuzmina TWITTER: @eugeniakuzmina1 YOUTUBE: Eugnia Kuzmina FACEBOOK: /eugeniakuzminaofficial

Three great tips from our great super foodie guest Dr. Jacqueline Kidd, Clinical Nutritionist and Herbalist extraordinaire, with over 19 years helping her community, international clients and celebrities she brings her wisdom and guidance for helping us eat properly for better health, mental clarity and anti-aging foods. Discover more about your hormones and their impact on your health, eating well during stressful times, fast easy tips for incorporating healthy foods into your diet, and more chocolate! If you love taking care of your health, living your fullest potential or may be just need a little boost to go and address a health issue that has been nagging you, listen today, great info from a great guest. LINKS: WEBSITE: calabasascenter.com WEBSITE: unitedoutreach.com INSTAGRAM:  @calabasas_center

A guided, 30-minute meditation designed to help you connect to yourself and humanity, with Nicola Salter.

In Nicola’s 50th landmark podcast episode, she celebrates with her own personal journey in war-torn Beirut and how her ‘Yes I Can’ attitude strongly evolved under intense hypervigiliance situations. Nicola is joined by her very special guest this week, her Mom Pamela, who shares her life span over decades of rapid changes from the second world war, to the sixties and running a business, to fighting blindness, losing a business to fire, and much more. What kept her going? Find out this week as she and Nicola explore with candor and humor what it takes sometimes to keep us on track despite life’s challenges. Inspiring, honest to the bone, authentic and a delightful interaction between a mom and daughter. Links EMAIL: PamelaLowe@Melton.com WEBSITE: FightingBlindness.org/diseases/retinitis-pigmentosa Essential oils from Doterra

A super eye-opening episode about the power of your inner and outer brilliance, connecting with it and balancing your feminine energy when you work in a masculine world. Join Nicola as she interviews the lovely, courageous Jose Heath who is a wildland Firefighter and Paramedic in the Grand Canyon, and hear show she balances wearing those lovely oversize masculine yellow fire suits with fire proof boots that don’t fit, as she fights fires, and flies with her team in a helicopter saving tourists in the Grand Canyon, and maintaining her inner brilliance of connection and compassion with her outer brilliance of how she creatively expresses herself in the world. You will discover how women are increasingly being sought after to join the Emergency Medical Services and why this is. Fun, entertaining and soulful. LINKS: INSTAGRAM: @JosieHeath

A super eye-opening episode about the power of your inner and outer brilliance, connecting with it and balancing your feminine energy when your work in a masculine world. Join Nicola as she interviews the lovely, courageous Josie Heath who is a Wildland Firefighter and Paramedic in the Grand Canyon, and hear show she balances wearing those lovely oversize masculine yellow fire suits and fire proof boots, as she fights fires, and flies with her team saving tourists in the Grand Canyon. Discover how she maintains her inner brilliance of connection and compassion balanced with her outer brilliance with how she creatively expresses herself in the world. You will discover how women are increasingly being sought after to join the Emergency Medical Services and why this is. Fun, entertaining and soulful.  LINKS:  WEBSITE: TheJamieJensen.com INSTAGRAM: @Jamielynnjensen TWITTER: @JensenPants FACEBOOK: /jamiejensenlive 

Join Nicola with the fabulously talented wildly acclaimed Kenny Wesley, songwriter, recording artist, musician, coach and linguist who has performed at legendary venues across the globe with his songs and music fusing elements of electronic, jazz, funk, classical, folk and gospel. Discover what he has to share with Nicola as they discuss his journey of finding his voice, his music, the difficult choices he had to make to follow his heart, his passion for French Creole and the deeply powerful connection of igniting his soul power and what this means. His views on sharing with the world powerful messages that simply and profoundly make a statement, the inspiration for his songs, an excerpt of his song Woman, and what he would like to offer to women through his music. Nicola offers 3 valuable tips on how to ignite your soul power and become the blueprint of who you came into the world to be. Links WEBSITE: KennyWesley.com INSTAGRAM: @kennywesley TWITTER: @kennywesley FACEBOOK: /soulfulnerd VIMEO: The Real Thing (Mini-Documentary) BANDCAMP: Kenny's Single, Woman (feat. Wayna) Essential oils from Doterra

What do you do when you are busy meeting your goals, leveraging business and suddenly new opportunities suddenly appears on the horizon? Will these distract you? Will you put this opportunity on the back burner for a while? But what if this opportunity could take you to a new level, and if you don’t explore it you could miss out? Find out in this week’s episode the power of recognizing a new opportunity, its value, and whether to act on it when you are knee deep in all of your purpose driven projects and questioning whether this opportunity could be a distraction. Discover how to weigh up your decision on moving forward and hear Nicola’s fabulous guest Pia Olivia Christiansen live from Denmark, share how she was given an opportunity in Los Angeles then suddenly found herself leaving to back home to Denmark, and dive into a new arena she had never thought possible, because she manifested it. Pia combines great insights along with her own personal tendencies for worrying about things that usually don’t happen, and why this is an old pattern she is breaking free from, that offers listeners a great opportunity to apply to their own lives. She shares how she took a break to reflect on her career and is now driving forward with an even stronger political mission, new determination and a brand new team to help her do this. You can find out more about Pia at Facebook.com/piaoliviachristensen

If you or someone you know is suffering with anxiety, panic attacks or depression at work, discover some ways in which you can help manage these symptoms, move away from being ashamed or embarrassed with some tips that Nicola uses with her own clients, and learn from today’s guest, the wonderfully gifted Maryna Allan who is a hugely experienced Qi Gong Instructor and Practitioner, a quick and easy 5 minute daily routine that will help you stay calm. You will hear Maryna’s own personal story of how she went from being a Dancer and Choreographer to learn through her own periods of anxiety, poor health along with becoming a single mom and starting a new job outside of her comfort zone; energy medicine, qi gong and other profoundly effective methods to get her own health back on track, manage stress and move away from the ‘label’ of anxiety. This is a profoundly honest and open interview offering practical insights into how to calm your fight or flight response, understanding your body’s energy meridians and their role in anxiety and depression. Mental health disorders are affecting people of all ages, and Nicola hopes that this episode may help to begin to remove the stigma of anxiety at work, as we all come under the bombardment of data and details, on a daily basis, affecting our mental and emotional well-being. Links WEBSITE: whitefeatherwellness.com YOUTUBE: White Feather Wellness Essential oils from Doterra

This week join Nicola and her award winning coach Sharon Dejarlais and discover how even mentors and coaches sometimes need a little push to live their truth. Find out the beautiful synchronistic journey that magically helped Sharon face what she had been avoiding, and enable her to step into her truth as she and Nicola both discuss the power of creating a foundation of deeper self-connectedness before stepping into any business, offering or product you want to create. A poignant, entertaining, honest and authentic discussion between two veteran coaches/mentors as they demonstrate the fundamental importance of connecting with self-awareness, breaking free of self-sabotage before you take any steps to build out what you want, and more importantly discover who you truly are. Discover their stories and that what you are avoiding will hunt you down until you face the truth about who you really are and what is in true alignment with the blueprint of what you are here to do.  A must listen to episode. Links WEBSITE: CraniosacralSuccess.com Essential oils from Doterra

If you are in the middle of a struggle or challenge, this episode is a definite must, as Nicola dives into reframing your struggle and making friends with it. Discover why your brain loves to learn how to define and solve a problem and the confidence and personal transformation that comes with this. If you are doubting whether struggles and challenges can be positive listen in to find out why struggle strengthens your success. Also meet Nicola’s lovely guest this week, Jenna Irvin, Coach, who shares her incredible business journey in the last three years having opened her first business at 21, a Pure Barre studio, in a town where she had only visited once. Discover how she doubled her investment and in just 10 months funded her latest current business in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Hear how she faced personal and business struggles, her resistance around money, her eating disorder challenges and whyshe has now taken all of these experiences to help others in her coaching. You will find out what she did to keep moving forward, the importance of removing our hyper-focus on money, taking a leap when necessary and the importance of pursuing personal happiness. A very wise woman at a very young age. Happy listening! Links WEBSITE: JStandingtall.com INSTAGRAM: @jennairvin Essential oils from Doterra

Nicola shares today 4 tips to help you speak up, speak out and then be prepared to take action as you connect with your courage at work and in life.  A valuable episode for those looking to make a change. Plus discover today’s powerful personal story of courage to change from Nicola’s guest Linda Finlayson, Director of Operations for the Missing Peace for Anxiety Center. Her courage to save herself and her son, whilst she was experiencing post-partum depression and alcohol addiction. Find out how with so little, and just having giving birth, with no job she knew she had to take steps to change her life, and hear what happens next as she opens up and is honest about her situation. You will hear more about postpartum depression, how it affects us, how we try to cover it up and where to go for help if you feel this is something that challenges you. This  is an open, honest, candid episode with practical guidance. Links WEBSITE: Postpartum.org WEBSITE: MissingPiece4Anxiety.com EMAIL: Linda@missingpeace4anxiety.com

With the awakening of the ‘Me Too’ movement and women around the world stepping into empowerment, how do we avoid taking assertiveness to levels of aggression after being suppressed for so long? In this week’s episode Nicola helps explore the upturn of women finding their voice and expression running into the potential of becoming more aggressive and how to balance this.  Discover steps to identify whether your passionate assertive approach may be received as aggressive and what to do about it, and why this may be happening. Join Nicola’s wonderful guest, Cindy Edelstein, LMFT as she shares her life experiences from 23 years as the Head Set Designer for over 30 television shows and movies and her transition into a therapist using art as one of her tools for deep connection and self-awareness; along with her fabulously clear and direct perspectives on how men and women now express themselves; role reversals; her insights about the ‘Me Too’ movement as the tip of the iceberg that is more intensely awakening women’s plights worldwide; and why safety is so important in a relationship and how to go about creating it. Links LINKEDIN: Cindy T.L. Edelstein PROFILE: Cindy Edelstein on Psychology Today Essential oils from Doterra

  This week discover how to calculate your best personal compass direction to enhance your career, tips on to begin to Feng Shui your space, the different types of Feng Shui and how Feng Shui personally and dramatically impacted this week’s guest, award winning Interior Designer, Nicholas Sunderland, and totally made him a believer of the power of Feng Shui. Live from London, you will hear about how Nick’s interior design work combined with Feng Shui has created incredible lifestyle changes and career promotions for his clients, and he gives tips about what Feng Shui really is and how its more than just creating increased wealth in our lives. Nick owns NS Interiors and his organization is one of the Leading Interior Design Companies in London creating luxury interiors for both residential and commercial clients for more than 20 years. Feng Shui is the foundation of his Designs using the Classical Xuan Kong, or Flying star method that helps create stunning, calm, elegant interiors which promote a growth in his clients’ personal development by balancing harmony with exquisite design. Links WEBSITE: NSInteriors.com TWITTER: @nsinteriors LINKEDIN: @nicksunderland Essential oils from Doterra

Every week Nicola chooses a topic along with a guest who can support the message she wants to share, and this week she is super excited to introduce you to Luella Wagner who is a public speaker, performer, writer and teacher. Through Luella’s own story of losing her job in California and suddenly finding herself driving to Montana to teach at a Native American Indian Reservation reveals incredible personal growth, challenges and hardships that took her completely out of her comfort zone. Discover what transpired from this unexpected curve ball and took Luella on an inner journey of releasing conflict, old beliefs to a new world of understanding the adage, bloom where you are planted to a much deeper level of understanding and helping others to do the same through their own journeys of determination and survival. Her 284 days of being in the ‘cave’ where she was taken on a journey of being disconnected from everything ‘normal’ to her, and experiencing sweat lodges, healings and deeply connected spiritual work that turned her life inside out, makes for a fascinating interview. Find out why a major change in your life makes a beautiful opportunity for growth, letting go of old patterns, and bringing you an experience that will define you and take you to a new level of adventure and experience. Links WEBSITE: LuellaWagner.com FACEBOOK: @luella.wagner YOUTUBE: Luella Wagner Essential oils from Doterra

This honest episode helps us to look at our lives in a new way when everything just seems to go wrong, or we happen to fall sick, get a serious health issue, get fired, or can’t quite get it together to create a project we want to bring out into the world. Discover how to best manage and embrace these times, with insights, mindset shifts and clues to watch out for. Nicola’s courageous guest today is Yani Brancato who is a veteran Pilates Instructor shares her pivotal moment of “Why is this happening to Me?’, when she discovered a Hodgkinson’s Lymphoma mass that literally turned her life upside down but reconnected and transformed her life to place of deeper connection, celebration and new beginnings. Plus discover more about the mind and body connection, how our bodies give us clues for a long time prior to a challenging health situation; how our choices with our emotions and we react to things can also lead us down the rabbit hole; and how best to manage the mind shift that is needed when we need to re-evaluate our lives and begin to make new choices that seem forced upon us, and why. As usual a fascinating and packed episode bringing you insights and perspectives to support change in your life and self-awareness. Links INSTAGRAM: @contrologist LINKEDIN: Yani Brancato VIDEO: Aromatherapy Apothecary: Using Essential Oils to Balance Our Emotions Essential oils from Doterra

Find out how today’s heart-driven guest Terry Canfield Schmidt as a Luxury Properties Specialist combines her passion for helping people and her passion for strategy  to not only rank her in the top 1% listing for selling agents in Los Angeles, and the thousands of homes she has sold, thousands of families she has placed, but also to donate her time for Habitat for Humanity plus the Cancer Support Community. Discover her personal journey that deepened her connection with volunteering and why she feels donating your time is so important for your personal and also business growth. Giving your time and commitment to something you love is a win all around, and Nicola shares 4 tips on the benefits for yourself as well as your team. LINKS: WEBSITE: HabitatVentura.org WEBSITE: CancerSupportVVSB.org EMAIL: TKCanfield(at)sbcglobal.net  

When the student is ready the teacher appears! Whether you are looking to improve your leadership skills or expand your knowledge because you are passionate about what you do, discover in this week’s episode the intention that goes behind making the right choice for your next level of learning. Learn the fundamental importance of self-investing in a new form of learning and its impact on your money values and success; the steps to take for a successful decision-making process on committing to your chosen field of learning to expand your perspective, skill set and feeling of fulfillment. Join Nicola today as she introduces fabulous and fascinating Suzanne Lesko, who is a combat veteran, a tri-sector leader, and now founder of a not-for-profit organization, called The Gate Project which provides learning and leadership to strong and motivated women professionals in post-conflict zones. She shares with us her passion to empower women under-graduates in post-conflict zones to learn and become leaders for greater peace and security worldwide. We learn about how she got her ‘wings’ became a female aviator, the challenges she had to face and how she turned being the ‘token’ woman in influential settings to a leader in her own right. Find out how she imbued her feminine warriorship into leadership and built relationships during her time in the Middle East and now wants to empower women to grow personally and professionally so they become influential and meaningful leaders throughout the world.   Links LinkedIn: @gate-project Facebook: @TheGateProject.org Twitter: @Gate_Project Essential oils from Doterra

Discover the importance of defining your story and sharing this to build relationships and inspire others at work and in your career. Knowing your brilliance , your purpose and stories that you have had help you not only attract the right crowd for doing business with but helps with your marketing too in terms of content and using words that are an extension of you and will build relationships with others who are attracted to your intention and energy. Join Nicola today and meet the hugely talented Jennifer Smith, who is the founder and chief strategist of Spin Literary which is a full-service agency helping purpose-minded clients find their voice and navigate their way through the publishing and media world. Jennifer has a  long standing and proven track record within the Publishing and Entertainment Industry, she has worked with numerous publishers, production companies, television networks, non-profit organizations, celebrities, politicians, comedians, reality stars, sports figures, and some of the most prolific storytellers of our time. Jennifer has been the Vice President and Director of Publicity with Simon & Schuster (USA), and her vast experience and knowledge of the industry lends her a deep understanding of the process. She has personally launched over 60+ books to the New York Times Bestsellers list and was part of a 2-time Grammy award-winning Audiobooks team. Notable authors have included: Former President Jimmy Carter, Former Vice President Al Gore, Former First Lady Laura Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Joseph Lieberman, Joan Rivers, Patrick Swayze, Stephen King, Carrie Fisher, Whether you are an author starting out in the book writing process and don't know where to begin, or are an actively engaged influencer ready to navigate your way into the publishing world, Jennifer offers some very grounded, effective and positive tips for helping you move forward. LINKS: WEBSITE: SpinLiterary.com INSTAGRAM: @coffee_loves_wine WEBSITE: CoffeeLovesWine.com 

This week’s episode humanizes our approach to money and the balance we can create with our financial self and spiritual self without sacrificing either.  Discover the deeper more connected place that Nicola’s lovely guest Susan Berkowitz comes from as an expert tax saving strategist and preparer for over 15 years, entrepreneur and truly understands the challenges some women face when it comes to saving for their futures. Nicola shares some super insights about the flow and vibration of money and how your energy and intention will allow your money to work for you just as much as you work for it. Find out what connecting to your spiritual wellness truly means by allowing your financial wellness to flourish and allowing money to become an extension of your essence. Plus 4 tips you mustn’t miss to help you balance your financial and spiritual wellness to overcome your lack mentality.   LINKS: WEBSITE: ccitaxpros.com EMAIL: susan@ccitaxpros.com

Planning to have a baby? Trying to get pregnant? When is the best time to start trying for a baby as you balance life and work? How can we improve our chances of fertility? Join Nicola as she addresses the crunch-point many women face of when to have a baby and fertility issues. Discover the intention behind creating a baby with self-care and visualization techniques as well as using the same methods for creating a new offering or service. Dr Denise Noyer-Erez, owner of the Aim Wellness Clinic, who is known throughout Los Angeles as the Fertility Godmother shares her wisdom and holistic view about how to prep your body and mindset for pregnancy along with using acupuncture combined with IVF, and addresses the contributing factors to high instances of fertility amongst women in the US. Despite the seriousness of this topic, the episode brings great insights, perspectives, fun around sex and a warmth and comfort knowing that good work is being done out there to support women getting pregnant. Links WEBSITE: aimwellnessclinic.com INSTAGRAM: @aimwellnesscenter FACEBOOK: @AIMWellnessClinic TWITTER: @DeniseNoyerErez YOUTUBE: @Ineedleu LINKEDIN: @aim-wellness-clinic Essential oils from Doterra

Meet today’s extraordinary guest Jeanine Wiest who has gone from Broadway dancer, Emmy Nominee, Clothes Designer to Cranial Sacral Therapist and she shows us how she transformed and transferred all of her rich fabric of life experiences into the work she does today, along with her new book, a revolutionary 30 day program for anyone who recognizes how crucial it is to reliably trust their gut inner wisdom and stop for good, the stories we tell ourselves. Plus she offers a bonus freebie for our listeners that you can click on the link below, a free 30 day trial for rebooting your intuition. Your added bonus today will be discovering with Nicola, the 3 tips she uses to help you come home to your truest self and begin your transformation from what you believe is ordinary into your extraordinary version of yourself and why this is will impact your life at all levels. Links Jeanine's 30-day Intuition Reboot WEBSITE: Cranialalchemy.com TWITTER: @gypsynycla Essential oils from Doterra

This week’s fascinating episode introduces the ‘true’ version of astrology called Asterian Astrology that is miles apart from astrology as we know it in the Western world. Find out what it means, how it works and why this profound system that is thousands of years old is more accurate than the usual form of astrology we currently use. You might be shocked to hear some of the truths coming out about the star signs as we know them but Jade Luna, Nicola’s special guest today, shares why its so important now than ever before to follow a form of astrology that has more depth, direction and also focuses in our health and well-being. This is a fabulously rich episode packed with history, how to’s for you and your business, wisdom and great perception. Jade brings a wealth of knowledge and practical guidance that is effective and speaks volumes about how changing our astrology system in the West would help us so much more and be more authentic and in line with how the ancients devised the original  astrological formulas and were actual star gazers.  Also on  this episode:  find out how to use Mercury Retrogrades , Symbolism and Angel Cards to connect with your inner wisdom for work and play, in a centered, grounded and practical way.   LINKS: WEBSITE: AsterianAstrology.com FACEBOOK: @JadeSolLunaOfficial

Join Nicola to learn the importance of rituals and ceremony in your life, how to create them, their impact  on our self-awareness, capacity, creativity, tolerance and patience.  When you can include rituals in your life and their power for helping us to connect to our voice and truth, life changes, in a good way. Nicola will share with you 9 options that you can easily streamline into your day that will have you feeling energized, motivated, peaceful and clear and discover the power of a vision quest and meeting your future self-expression, where you can access what it was you actually did to take the next steps for your success and create the life you desire. A great episode packed with information, guidance and Nicola’s own personal rituals she uses to create clarity and calm for herself as well as finding her next best steps.

Managing life and going through a relationship breakup can be tough, challenging and intense. Find out today what you can do to make this journey smoother, understand how the relationship has served you and the opportunity for grow from it, along with understanding your inner wounded child’s needs and your partner’s plus 4  tips to support you through this emotional process whilst you handle life, family work and the financials. Today Nicola’s fabulous guest is Gwen Dittmar who is a coach, breathwork guide and healer and shares her guidance on navigating the break-ups, owning your part of the process, being vulnerable, what completion of a relationship means and the steps she has taken in past relationships to manage the emotional rollercoaster. LINKS: WEBSITE: www.gwendittmar.com INSTAGRAM: @gwencoach PODCAST: The Beautiful Grit

Discover this week how learning to listen to our body’s wisdom, dropping the wonder woman complex and all of society’s narrative thrown at us about how we should live as women, is discussed with Jenny Lorant- Grouf who is a certified Biodynamic Craniosacral Practitioner, Perinatal Massage Therapist. Jenny shares her own personal health issues that built her confidence to learn how to partner with her health care providers, ask questions and take her health into her own hands, as well as generously sharing an extremely personal episode in her life demonstrating how she came into doing the work she does today and how we can process and resolve deep seated emotional reactions that can create chaos and health issues in the body. Jenny and Nicola offer tips and guidance about the importance of self-care and preventative medicine to build health and deeper more connected self-awareness, and how as women we can empower younger women to become the best advocates for ourselves. LINKS: WEBSITE: centerherself.com INSTAGRAM: @jennylorantgrouf

If you are finding yourself forever looking backwards when times were different or seemed better, or still holding onto some shame, guilt or embarrassment over something you did a long time ago, this episode is for you. Find out how letting go of the past can catapult you into living the life you want. Nicola’s guest this week is the fabulous Laura Rhodes Levin who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, owner and creator of the Missing Peace 4 Anxiety Center. She shares how she made her dream a reality, what she had to let go of to do so after a heart attack at the age of 37,and the 3 tips she offers us for; letting go of the past, becoming more present, and how we can heal them from the past.   LINKS: WEBSITE: themissingpeace4anxiety.com LINKEDIN

A super rich episode as we meet Jamie Wollrab, voice coach, actor, director, producer and writer who joins Nicola today to explore the power of our voices and truly expressing ourselves and impact we can make when we come from an authentic place within us. Discover how embracing our fear and using it to our advantage when we are in situations that make us nervous. Enjoy this relaxed conversation as two mentors dive into supporting women begin the process of connecting with their true voice, speaking up, and moving away from old belief patterns that may sabotage them and great new practical advice about what to say in challenging relationship situations. You will relate! You will also hear one great tip for women to learn when we are not feeling happy with our guys and how we can express ourselves without using words! Jamie shares with us books he has read during his personal journey and coaches he admires. Listen in, this a super fun  and mindful episode. LINKS: WEBSITE: https://www.jamiewollrab.com/ INSTAGRAM: @wollrab     

This week discover the xyz approach to improved communication, why blurting can hurt and what to do about it, discover how to find the courage to speak up during a heated conversation, watching body language, disrespectful tone of voice and find out what to do when your partner is just not listening. This week’s guest Bento Leal, brings some valuable information and nuggets of wisdom for improved communication at work or with your loved ones, and what is the ultimate goal all of us can make when we are hurt, feel unheard or dismissed in a conversation, that you will remind yourself to do over and over again. Fabulous information and guidance to help all of us who have a hard time expressing a hurt and  be able to identify and share it in way with the person who has hurt us without triggering resistance, defensiveness, shutting down, or putting up a wall of silence. LINKS: Website: bentoleal.com

  Discover why making a transformation or reinventing yourself could be one of the best things you ever do and find out how Bonita Inza, Stress Reduction Coach, left her corporate world behind to reinvent herself, begin a new business and make a difference. Listen in if you are curious about reinventing yourself, taking the first step for change, finding out what doing reinvention with grace is all about and how you can re-orientate your life and let go of those aspects of life that are no longer working for you and the key to shifting gears.  LINKS: WEBSITE: Living-Bonita.com       

Discover why becoming your truest self and un-labelling yourself in terms of what you do but just being who you are, bring deeps profound self- awareness and greater fulfillment in your life, with this week’s fabulous guest, Alyshia Ochse, as she shares her life challenges and perspectives on letting go of attachment, expectation and pursuing your goals gracefully without pressure on yourself.  Find out more about Alyshia’s podcast That One Audition, along with her latest book Life Letters. Nicola introduces you to flower essence you can use when you become overwhelmed and exhausted, and how dropping our need to control, and taking greater care of ourselves to build our capacity and expand ourselves into all that we love to create is a gentle reminder just to be and enjoy life without putting ourselves under pressure. LINKS: WEBSITE: alyshiaochse.com TWITTER: @alyshiaochse INSTAGRAM: @alyshiaochse FACEBOOK @thatoneaudition BOOK: Life Letters 

Join Nicola for this week’s entertaining, open, honest and vulnerable interview with Lisa Carmack, Licensed Clinical Psychologist PHD, who takes us on her journey of managing personal relationships and creating time for them, whilst balancing work and her own creative expressions. Nicola offers great tips this week about being openhearted with your partner,  listening, communicating with each other in cooperation rather than conflict, agreeing to disagree,  talking deeply, talking passionately, avoiding judgement and so much more! As Lisa would say – stay curious with your love life! LINKS: WEBSITE: lisacarmack.com INSTAGRAM: @lisacarmack  

Discover the importance of helping our guys reconnect to their divine masculine and authentic selves, and hear from today’s guest Lee Knaz, finalist on Master Chef, how he turned his life around after he became disconnected from his man-self, gave in to life’s expectations and had to step outside of the box to  regain a deeper, more fulfilled life for himself with his wife and daughter and come home to his truest self. This is a fantastic interview for those of us women wanting to support our guys and relationships make a change, without being over-exacting and demanding. Plus some great tips from Nicola’s mentoring experience with women, and 3 tips she gives them as they grow their business and career and also want to support their man.  She also dives into what is the divine masculine and what it looks like and what the divine feminine looks like.  This episode gives a unique perspective on helping your man to open up.  LINKS: Essential oils from Doterra       #divinemasculine #divinefeminine #aromatherapy #tea #ego #man #spiritualman #selfawarenessjourney #mancave #purpose #fufillment #mission #empowerment #empoweringmen #chef #cooking #masterchef #doterra#vulnerable#honor#relationships#workand relationships#essentialoils#food#cook#spiritual