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A Functional Medicine Approach for the Best Menstrual Cycles You've Ever Had with Nicole Robinson, PharmD Today's episode dives into something that's frankly underestimated and not talked about enough: women's health. Not only are women underrepresented in clinical studies, but they're frequently told that their suffering is either “normal” or “all in their head.” Or they're prescribed a bunch of pharmaceuticals that haven't been extensively studied in their bodies, especially for long-term effects. My guest today believes that when women's health is optimized, they can GIVE 100% to their daily tasks and FIND MORE JOY in life. It's that simple. And women's health is intimately connected to their hormones, emotions, and their menstrual cycles. So let's stop making menstrual health a taboo subject, and make it a priority instead. Dr. Robinson always felt a calling to help others in the area of health and wellness. At the age of 9, she was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease that was put into remission using conventional medicine. She never forgot the kindness shown by her doctors and wanted to ‘pay it forward'. This passion for health took her to the medical field. She graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2011 and began working for the U.S. Army as a pharmacist. Upon completing her time in the service, she began working for CVS pharmacy in 2017. In 2020, Dr. Robinson was introduced to the world of Functional Medicine. Within a few months, she achieved certification as a practitioner through Functional Medicine University, quit her job at CVS and branched out on her own. All this time, she recognized there were still some unresolved issues in her health. Using a holistic approach, she started doing the work, seeing results and helping others do the same. She currently owns a 1-on-1 practice where she inspires, educates and coaches women to the healthiest version of themselves. Connect with Nicole via: Email: drrobinson@wentzvillesynergyfm.com Website:Lucerna Functional Medicine FB:Lucerna Functional Medicine IG:@drrfunctionalmed Linked In: Nicole (Mennemeier) Robinson Link to my "No More Period Pain" guide- https://www.canva.com/design/DAGb0yGxWiE/K4Pv-SGOo-rHHDs_koyyEw/view?utm_content=DAGb0yGxWiE&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=h3d0149e26b Visit https://marinabuksov.com for more holistic content. Music from https://www.purple-planet.com. Disclaimer: Statements herein have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products listed are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.

Are you the kind of traveler who believes that true luxury is found not in golden bathtubs but in untouched beaches and close encounters with wildlife? Do you seek travel experiences that allow you to contribute positively to the destinations you visit? In the latest episode of our podcast, we had a fascinating discussion with Nicole Robinson, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer of andBeyond, about how travelers can leave a positive impact on the planet.In this episode, we explore the ethos of andBeyond, a company that has been a leader in sustainable travel for 30 years. Nicole shared insights into how true, sustainable, and impactful travel can be achieved in some of the world's wildest places, such as Africa, Asia, South America, and Antarctica. With a commitment to making the world a better place, And Beyond offers travelers a chance to make remarkable contributions to conservation efforts while experiencing luxury travel.Travelers often view luxury and eco-friendliness as incompatible, but andBeyond challenges this narrative. By offering sophisticated accommodations in remote and stunning locations, the company demonstrates how luxurious experiences can coexist with responsible tourism. From personalized lodges to expedition yachts, And Beyond curates experiences that connect travelers with the world's natural beauty.As travelers, the choices we make can have a huge impact on the places we visit. And Beyond exemplifies how the tourism industry can operate responsibly and sustainably. By choosing to travel with partners who value the planet's wellbeing, we contribute to the preservation of the world's magnificent cultural and natural heritage.In our fast-paced world, taking the time to understand the impact of our travel choices is crucial. andBeyond provides an enlightening way to achieve this balance, offering both luxury and sustainability in equal measure, and inviting us all to explore and safeguard our planet's precious resources.We talk about:00:00 Introduction02:51 Nicole's Journey: From Accountant to Sustainability Advocate07:29 The Origins and Ethos of &Beyond14:01 Balancing Luxury and Sustainability19:50 Community and Conservation Initiatives29:34 Guest Loyalty and Return Rates30:33 Expanding Beyond Africa: New Destinations32:01 The Importance of Design and Sense of Place33:32 Antarctica and Chile: A Personal Adventure34:23 Conservation Efforts with Chris Tompkins40:02 Bhutan: A Unique Destination44:02 Upcoming Lodges and Experiences47:31 Sustainable Travel Tips49:08 Rapid Fire QuestionsConnect with Nicole & andBeyondNicole's Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-robinson-za/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq8oWxMYECKiPWAtvr9u1eg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andbeyondtravel/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andBeyondTravel https://www.andbeyond.com/ Connect with KellyFollow the Podcast on IG: http://www.instagram.com/transformwithtravel Follow Kelly Tolliday on IG:

In the latest episode of Talks With Tyler ISD, we sit down with Nicole Robinson, the new principal of Jones Elementary. Nicole shares her inspiring journey with Tyler ISD, which began when she was a Pre-K student in the district. Now, as a leader in her hometown, she reflects on how the community's support has shaped her path and expresses her excitement to give back and the opportunities the district gave her to grow in her career. Nicole also discusses her goals for the new school year, the V.I.B.E theme on campus, and what it means to truly earn her "jaguar spots." Don't miss this insightful conversation!Support the Show.FOOTER: If you want to hear more news about the district, download our app in the app store or sign up for our district newsletter at get.TylerISD.news.

Hop into the flaming dumpster with the hosts as we discuss the differences and nuisances of proposal management in the nation of India an emerging market by economic standards.  We welcomed Shruti Khanna a proposal professional to join us to share her experience delivering proposals in this market.     Hosts Ryn Bennett  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynbennettwrites   Nora Foux  https://www.linkedin.com/in/norafoux   Nicole Robinson  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletherfpqueenrobinson   Guest Shruti Khanna  https://www.linkedin.com/in/shrutikhanna16          

Nicole Robinson never imagined she would be a dance educator - she didn't commit to dance until she was in college. But now she provides a vital creative outlet for her students of color that brings joy to them and her. Nicole shares with Jeanne (her cousin!) why the work she does matters; how teaching found her; why she's calm when facing adversity; how she realized she was asking the wrong question about doors being open or closed to new opportunities; how she handles imposter syndrome; and why she wants to build her legacy through mentorship.  Nicole Robinson is a dancer, teacher, choreographer and dance education advocate from Riverside, CA.  She is a graduate from California State University, San Bernardino with a degree in Kinesiology.  She holds a Master of Arts in Dance Education from California State University, Long Beach. Nicole is a strong advocate for providing dance education opportunities to underserved populations. Nicole began the A. B. Miller Dance Program in 1995 and established the A. B. Miller Conservatory of Dance in 2011.  She is the dance specialist for the Fontana Unified School district leading professional development projects and workshops for teachers grades K-6 and is the lead teacher for the FUSD Dance Collaborative which provides dance education for students in grades PK-8. In 2015, she was named California League of Teachers'; Teacher of the Year for Region 10 and named the 2017 Carlston Family Foundation Teacher of the Year.    https://www.abmillerdance.orgLinkedIn: Nicole Robinson X: @adancingirl FB: Nicole Atlas Robinson Email: iamnicolesrobinson@gmail.com

The episode "A Slow, Mississippi Burning" provides a comprehensive historical perspective on the state of Mississippi, delving into the deep-seated social, political, and racial challenges it has faced. The discussion sheds light on the enduring impact of events such as "The Blood Bowl" in Natchez, Mississippi, "Bloody Lowndes," and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, highlighting the negative connotations associated with the state's history. The episode also focuses on the racialized encounters and pushback against black activists and freedom fighters, featuring insights into the work of Malcolm X, Ella Baker, and the NAACP in the Mississippi Delta, as well as the role of the Freedom Fighters in Jackson, MS. Additionally, the episode explores the rich history of electing black individuals, including women, to public office in Mississippi, with a specific focus on Alderwoman Nicole Robinson and her contributions. The discussion aims to provide valuable insights into the state's history and the ongoing efforts to address its negative connotations, offering a powerful exploration of Mississippi's complex and tumultuous past. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theafrocentricpodcast/message

On this episode of the No, Really Everything's fine, podcast. Join us in the dumpster with our returning guest Ceri Mescall. As we discuss the benefits and considerations proposal, managers need to make when considering making the jump from corporate to consultant.  This episode has some audio issuess. Please increase your volume or rewind.  Hosts Ryn Bennett  https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathrynbennettwrites   Nora Foux  https://www.linkedin.com/in/norafoux   Nicole Robinson  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoletherfpqueenrobinson   Guest https://www.linkedin.com/in/cerimescall    

Misconception: a Gaia Family podcast is your go-to podcast for all things family building. From the early stages of understanding your fertility, to the hurdles of trying to conceive, Misconception opens the doors to what it really means to build a family. This week we're talking to Nicole Robinson, aka GoodLuckNic about her fertility journey. From finding out she had blocked fallopian tubes and needing to lose weight for IVF, to lockdown clinic closures and trying to conceive a sibling, there's a lot to discuss! You can follow Nic on Instagram @goodlucknic and @fitilityuk.Request your free, personalized quote at gaiafamily.com.Follow us on Instagram and TikTok!Join our fertility community Facebook group, IVF Unfiltered: the truth behind treatment here.Request your free, personalized quote at gaiafamily.com.Follow us on Instagram and TikTok!Join our fertility community Facebook group, IVF Unfiltered: the truth behind treatment here.

This episode is for you if you're someone who identifies as a people pleaser and you've been asking yourself questions like... How can I be more assertive or unapologetic? Why does it feel uncomfortable setting boundaries? How can I say NO more? How can I learn to use my voice more confidently? Why do I care so much about what others think of me? How can I take up more space? If that's you, this episode is a must listen. I'm joined by Nicole Robinson, a Somatic Healer & Coach who teaches and guides women entrepreneurs in embodying freedom, ease, & flow in their businesses & lives. We explore why taking up space and using your voice confidently is not simply a mindset concept, it is a somatic experience. If you struggle to say no, people please at work or in your relationships, experience anxiety or shutdown, or spend a lot of time worrying what people think about you... this episode helps you understand WHY this happens and how your nervous system plays a key role in these experiences, as well as healing these patterns. We discuss in detail, the "fawn response" of the nervous system, why/how it originates in childhood for many women and is reinforced culturally and in our education systems. This pattern may be shaping your current ability to set boundaries, express your needs, desires, thoughts, opinions and regulate your emotions through stressful or challenging situations. Nicole and I want to give women permission for this process of taking up more space to be messy, beautiful and empowered . CONNECT WITH NICOLE...

TW: Please note Nicole is currently pregnant with her second child. This was a natural pregnancy after having her first via IVF and being diagnosed with 'absolute infertility'. Please skip this episode if you need to protect yourself. Join Amber & Annabel as they speak to Nicole Robinson, known as GoodLuckNic, about her surprise natural pregnancy after IVF. Nic gave birth to her first baby, Jax, after IVF and being diagnosed with blocked fallopian tubes and consequently 'absolute infertility'.  As such a big name and loud voice within the infertility community, Amber and Annabel talk to Nic about becoming 'that girl'. Amber and Nic also talk about their relationship and the mutual feelings involved with her pregnancy, as Amber made the decision to have her fallopian tubes removed after being told that Nic's story was impossible. A candid, open discussion that you don't want to miss.Please note, next week we are on a break. We will be back on Friday 30th June!You can follow Nic at: @goodlucknicYou can get in touch at: aioapodcast@gmail.com.FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @amber.izzo | @annabelgurnett | @amiovaryactingFollow us at: @amber.izzo | @annabelgurnettFollow us at: @amber.izzo | @annabelgurnett

With only a few weeks left until finals, the wondergirl Nicole Robinson and I talk about our first year of college. Here's a sneak peek into our little Suffolk/Boston world. Playlist to follow!

In this episode, Nicole Robinson joins me to talk about her recovery journey as someone who was impacted by addiction, chronic pain, and journey.  Nicole is a Somatic Healer & Coach, a CranioSacral Therapist, and a Women's Circle Facilitator in Frederick, MD. She loves diving into all things Body. She was brought to her work as a healer through her own journey healing from chronic illness and trauma. She did this by tapping into her inner wisdom through her body, which guided her toward health, purpose, and love. As a Coach, she specializes in working with women entrepreneurs, using somatic healing to regulate the nervous system, generate embodied self-trust, plug in to that inner wisdom/intuition, and increase capacity for a thriving, joyful, prosperous life as an entrepreneur.   Nicole loves nature, gardening, food, art, music, writing, & being in community. You can get in touch with Nicole on her websites: www.themind-bodyway.com www.nicolerobinsonlmt.com Or on Instagram   Please reach out to her to share your thanks for her sharing her story.   

Grab your coffee, tea, or water and settle in for a very special guest episode with my friend Nicole Robinson, Somatic Healer & Coach talking all about the body's perspective of being an entrepreneur. We swap stories and experiences about what brought us to the work we do today, and Nicole also shares her expertise on the nervous system, the difference between anxiety and intuition, and ends with a beautiful heart opening somatic practice that you won't want to miss.  Visit Nicole Online Here: https://www.instagram.com/nicolerobinsonsomatics/ nicole@themind-bodyway.com www.themind-bodyway.com Visit Beth Online Here: https://www.instagram.com/bethsmeeton/ https://www.tiktok.com/@beth_smeeton?lang=en www.bethsmeetoncoaching.com 1:1 Private Coaching Discovery Call: https://BethSmeeton.as.me/DiscoverySession Master Your Eating Habits (self-study): https://beth-smeeton-coaching.teachable.com/p/master-your-eating-habits If you loved this episode, and feel called to do so, please leave a review and/or share it on IG! Make sure to tag me @bethsmeeton so I can see your main takeaways and insights! Lots of love, Beth

Today, Dr. Nicole Robinson, owner of Functional Medicine at Synergy Chiropractic, joins me on the podcast to share about her journey into health, but also God's call on her life to begin functional medicine. She is so encouraging and up lifting about the importance and difference functional medicine makes in the lives of her patients. Dr. Nicole explains a specific technique called Mercier therapy, which works o increased your internal organ mobilty. This becomes important after any events such as c-section, abdominal injury, endometriosis, and so much more. Please like and share this conversation to all your friends. There is hope and healing out there , you just need to know where to begin. Dr. Nicole is the perfect provider to come along side of you and support you right where you are currently. Please continue to spread the word and help Embrace. Live. Thrive. grow. Video on Mercier: (5) Watch | FacebookWays to Contact Dr. Nicole: FB: (5) Functional Medicine at Synergy Chiropractic Center | Wentzville MO | FacebookEmail: drrobinson@wentzvillesynergyfm.comPhone #: 636-639-9660Ways to Find Embrace. Live. Thrive.:Website: Embrace, Live, Thrive! (embracelivethrive.com)Facebook: Embrace, Live, Thrive | O'Fallon MO | FacebookInstagram: Sarah Meyer (@embracelivethrive) • Instagram photos and videosRegistration Link For 2023 Women's Health Conference: Embrace, Live, Thrive! (embracelivethrive.com)Dr. Nicole Bio: Hello friends! I'm Dr. Nicole Robinson. I graduated with my Doctor of Pharmacy degree from St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2011. My background includes 6 years as a U.S. Army pharmacist as well as experience in community pharmacy. After 10 years in practice, I wanted to pursue a more natural approach to health for myself and those I served in the community. I completed further training in 2020 through Functional Medicine University, and am now a certified Functional Medicine Practitioner.Over the past few years, my thirst for knowledge in the area of holistic health has grown exponentially. I literally saturate my life with Functional Medicine! I am passionate about helping women get to optimal health. I believe it is crucial to treat the body, mind and spirit as a whole, interconnected system. When we support it; it can heal! If this is the approach you're looking for, consider working with me.

In this episode of The Healers Café, Manon Bolliger (facilitator and retired naturopath with 30+ years of practice) speaks to Dr Nicole Robinson about Functional Medicine For the transcript and full story go to: https://www.drmanonbolliger.com/dr-nicole-robinson   Highlights from today's episode include: Dr Nicole Robinson  09:24 I mean, and I feel like to with medications, a lot of times, you know, I would see people get started with one, and then they end up adding more to counteract the side effects of the first one, and it just, it doesn't make logical sense, you know. Start with the body and support it so that it can heal. That makes sense. Dr Nicole Robinson  there are a lot, there's a lot of research and studies around reproductive health to that for women that have very heavy, painful periods or irregular cycles, a lot of that can be traced back to poor gut health as well. Poor, you know, bladder function can be connected to the gut, then, you know, thyroid issues, too, there's a lot to say that there are parasites and bacterial infections that can affect the thyroid. So, I do try to tell them that, you know, even if you're not having symptoms in your digestive area, per se, it still could be causing problems elsewhere in the body. Dr Nicole Robinson  I would just tell them that if they are frustrated, and this is their last resort, to not lose hope, and to keep an open mind, especially about holistic healing in how we start from supporting the body so that it can heal itself.   ABOUT DR NICOLE ROBINSON: Dr. Nicole Robinson is a licensed pharmacist, Functional Medicine Practitioner and certified Mercier Therapist. She began her career in 2011 as an Army Pharmacist, working in several hospitals and clinics around the United States. After 6 years of service, she transitioned back into civilian life and continued her pharmacy career at a community CVS pharmacy. She enjoyed being a pharmacist, but wondered if there was a more holistic approach to health she could incorporate to better serve people. This curiosity led her to achieve certification as a Functional Medicine Practitioner in 2020 and go on to partner with a chiropractor to bring Functional Medicine to her local community. Her focus has been Women's Health at all stages, specifically preparation for conception using Mercier Therapy but also hormone imbalances and menopausal support. Core purpose/passion: My mission is to inspire, educate and coach women to the healthiest version of themselves using Functional Medicine. I want to give women the knowledge and tools to maintain health and pass this on to future generations. I am most passionate about helping women going through infertility. Experiencing infertility personally was what fueled me to want to get healthy using a natural approach. I believe that personal experience has helped me better understand what these women are going through and will allow me to care for them from a truly genuine, authentic place. –  Website  | Facebook  | Instagram | LinkedIn  | YouTube |   ABOUT MANON BOLLIGER As a recently De-Registered board-certified naturopathic physician & in practice since 1992, I've seen an average of 150 patients per week and have helped people ranging from rural farmers in Nova Scotia to stressed out CEOs in Toronto to tri-athletes here in Vancouver. My resolve to educate, empower and engage people to take charge of their own health is evident in my best-selling books:  'What Patients Don't Say if Doctors Don't Ask: The Mindful Patient-Doctor Relationship' and 'A Healer in Every Household: Simple Solutions for Stress'.  I also teach BowenFirst™ Therapy through Bowen College and hold transformational workshops to achieve these goals. So, when I share with you that LISTENING to Your body is a game changer in the healing process, I am speaking from expertise and direct experience". Mission: A Healer in Every Household! For more great information to go to her weekly blog:  http://bowencollege.com/blog.  For tips on health & healing go to: https://www.drmanonbolliger.com/tips   ABOUT THE HEALERS CAFÉ: Manon's show is the #1 show for medical practitioners and holistic healers to have heart to heart conversations about their day to day lives. Follow on Social – Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Twitter | Linktr.ee | Rumble   * De-Registered, revoked & retired naturopathic physician after 30 years of practice in healthcare. Now resourceful & resolved to share with you all the tools to take care of your health & vitality!   Remember to subscribe if you like our videos. Click the bell if you want to be one of the first people notified of a new release.

Nicole Robinson shared about her struggle with infertility and her early pregnancy loss. She talked about the physical pain being terrible and that the emotional pain she wouldn't wish on anybody. Nicole's husband took her to the ER and they confirmed her loss. They were told there was no product of conception and on the paper work it said a spontaneous abortion. Nicole said I felt like an abortion is a choice and this was not the choice I made. We wanted this baby and the medical language was very harsh. Nicole said I closed the bottle on the loss and didn't really deal with it for a while. She said all I thought was I can have another baby and that is what will make it better. She talked about in a couple months I was back to charting and watching for ovulation signs and becoming upset and depressed with every negative test or menstrual cycle that started for over a year. Listen to how Nicole went on to be totally surprised with the news of her other pregnancies. Nicole's words of encouragement for you: Work hard on not getting tunnel vision. Be aware of yourself and when you are getting to only caring about a positive pregnancy test. You can miss beautiful things that are happening in your life. I think for so long maybe because of being from a big family, I thought that my main purpose was to have a bunch of kids. God has different plans for everyone. They are unique and beautiful and wherever you are, you were born for this. There is a purpose for you whether children or not. There are so many things in life so don't let stress drag you down and you miss the beauty around you. Connect with Teresa: EMAIL: teresa.livingaftergrief.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/.livingaftergrief/. Instagram: @livingaftergrief Website: www.livingaftergrief.com click and schedule a free complementary time to talk: https://calendly.com/teresa-reiniger/podcast-discovery-call

On this episode, Misha speaks with Middle East expert Nicole Robinson who expounds on how MENA countries have responded to Russia's War in Ukraine and the reasons why. Ms. Robinson sheds some light on the future of the region as the conflict evolves and Russia's capacity to arm and feed its regional allies dwindles. Furthermore, she suggests that Russia's declining influence may allow for other actors to increase their influence in the Middle East region -- actors such as China, for example, which is one of the biggest recipients of oil and natural gas from the Persian Gulf. Ms. Robinson says it's unwise for the US to take a step back in the Middle East when it is geographically and strategically the region that is situated in between giants. This war is not only shifting great power competition, but also changing "how each of these countries think about their bilateral relationships." For more on Russia's War in Syria, listen to Ret. Col. Robert E. Hamilton's episode here: https://www.slavxradio.com/hamilton ABOUT THE GUEST https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaNutVpZT13oUm_Eu8AovNN5d727uuySIXzA&usqp=CAU Nicole Robinson is a senior research associate in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation, focusing on Middle East Policy. She researches and writes on economic, security, and political challenges facing the Middle East and North Africa, with a particular focus on the Levant region. Among other topics, she has written on women's empowerment and domestic developments in Iran, Lebanon, and Yemen. Before joining Heritage, Nicole lived in Jordan for a year and half, studying at the University of Jordan and working at the Stabilisation Network and Near East Foundation.She is fluent in Arabic and is continuing to expand her knowledge about the Middle East. Nicole received her Master's Degree in Arab Studies from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Middle East Studies from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. She was born and raised in Woodbury, Minnesota, and currently resides in Alexandria, Virginia. PRODUCER'S NOTE: This episode was recorded on October 21st, 2022 via Zoom. If you have questions, comments, or would like to be a guest on the show, please email slavxradio@utexas.edu and we will be in touch! CREDITS Assistant Producer/Host: Misha Simanovskyy (@MSimanovskyy) Associate Producer: Lera Toropin (@earlportion) Associate Producer: Cullan Bendig (@cullanwithana) Assistant Producer: Sergio Glajar Assistant Producer: Taylor Ham Social Media Manager: Eliza Fisher Supervising Producer: Katherine Birch Recording, Editing, and Sound Design: Michelle Daniel Music Producer: Charlie Harper (@charlieharpermusic) www.charlieharpermusic.com (Main Theme by Charlie Harper and additional background music by Broke For Free, Shaolin Dub, "Karma" by Kazka) Executive Producer & Creator: Michelle Daniel (@MSDaniel) www.msdaniel.com DISCLAIMER: Texas Podcast Network is brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts, not of The University of Texas at Austin. https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/9/9a59b135-7876-4254-b600-3839b3aa3ab1/P1EKcswq.png Special Guest: Nicole Robinson.

Tasked with creating new roles for her organization, Nicole Robinson shifted from being an individual contributor in her firm to a people manager. Is it an easy transition? Today we are talking about making that transition. Nicole gives us tips on creating the role, looking at the details, and measuring the team's metrics.  Listen in as I talk to Nicole about what you need to consider before hiring a team if you have never hired a team before.  In addition to forming a new team, training, organizing, and building relationships are also part of this process.  However, before all of that, you need to determine exactly what role this individual will play within the company.  Nicole offers advice on how she handled the transition from individual contributor to people manager.Here are some highlights:Nicole's career path: 3:27Nicole's experiences: 8:43Duplicate yourself: 10:27What to think about when creating a role: 12:403 things to create a team: 15:02Team benchmarks: 16:38Writing To Win language: 19:09Look at the details: 21:39Metrics for your team: 23:57Nicole's #1 piece of advice for new marketers: 31:09Resources & Links:Nicole Robinson, Podcast Co-Host of “The No Really Everything's Fine!”LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-a-robinson-6223b35a/ Proposal Manager Planner – email: PMPlanner@RFPQueen.CaThe No Really Everything's Fine Podcast: https://pod.link/1620171601  Rate, Review & Subscribe on Apple Podcasts“I love Lindsay and Marketers Take Flight.”

SME's are integral to the RFP response process, but they have their own perspective, this episode helps to shed light on that subject. Join hosts Kathryn Bennet, Nora Foux, Chris LaFountain, and Nicole Robinson as they discuss the ins and outs of the SME relationship with special guest Andrew Pelloso. 

Today, I’m so delighted to share my wonderful conversation with artist Ronni Nicole Robinson. Ronni creates works in plaster and paper and all of her pieces are botanically-inspired, utilizing flowers, branches and stems she clips from surrounding gardens and nature to incorporate into her embossed surfaces. When planning the 2022 Slow Flowers Summit, “Flowers as […] The post Episode 559: Flowers as Artist’s Muse: Meet Ronni Nicole Robinson (Slow Flowers Summit 2022 speaker preview) appeared first on Slow Flowers Podcast with Debra Prinzing.

Communication and earth observation satellites play an essential but too-little-known role in managing the world's supply chains.  The solutions call on spacecraft in every orbit, carrying every payload and operating in every commercial frequency band. They also call on the ingenuity and determination of experts in engineering, manufacturing, operations and analytics to provide the crucial data and communications that help their customers keep the world supplied.  In this podcast, based on the May 12 Webinar: Satellite Solutions for Supply Chain Woes, SSPI's Robert Bell is joined by Matt Desch, CEO, Iridium Communications, Inc.; Nicole Robinson, President, Ursa Space Systems; and Jean-Michel Rouylou, Head of Enterprise and Broadband, ST Engineering iDirect to discuss satellite's vital role in world trade and the global opportunities the industry's unique technologies are able to tap.

Our inaugural episode tackles a common proposal concern - overcapacity. While working on many proposals at once is not that unusual, it can lead to lower work quality and higher employee turnover. Tune in as hosts; Kathryn Bennett, Nora Foux, Chris LaFountain, and Nicole Robinson address how they've dealt with this issue and hear some ideas on you can handle this within your organization.  

Nicole Robinson joins Dan Runde on this episode of Building the Future to discuss her recent publication “Women, Peace, and Security Initiative: Advancing U.S. Interests Through Women's Empowerment.” Nicole is a research associate at the Heritage Foundation who specializes in political, economic, and security challenges in the Middle East and North Africa. In this episode, Nicole shares her insights on how women are disproportionately affected by conflict and play a strategic role in peace-building.

Stories of Survival - Book Series Part 2 Book Title: The Evolution of Me: From Trial to Triumph Through Breast Cancer Author: Anastasia Stevenson | Visit her online at www.evolutionofmellc.com In this episode, Dr. Nicole Robinson and her cohost, Trauma Therapist Simmone Kilgore, speak with Author & Breast Cancer Survivor, Anastasia Stevenson about breast cancer and what led to writing her book: The Evolution of Me. She speaks of being a thriver versus being a survivor and continuing to push through the adversities of breast cancer. She shares how her book was formed through her journal entries but was God-ordained. She talks of the insanity of breast cancer and being diagnosed at 34 years of age and shares her perspective as a wife and mother. The trauma of hearing “you have breast cancer” but talks of the support received from her husband. Sharing intimate details that put her marriage to the test. Survivor trauma bonds and a diagnosis that led her son to also write a book “Mommy has cancer.” Her heartfelt inspirational story touches the heart and soul. In her parting words, she shares that evolution is about overcoming any obstacle."

Stories of Survival - Book Series Part 1 Book Title: Overcomer, Stronger than the Storm Author: Denise Sneed Williams In this episode, Dr. Nicole Robinson and her cohost, Trauma Therapist Simmone Kilgore, speak with Author & Breast Cancer overcomer, Denise Sneed William about cancer journey and book: Overcomer. The candid conversation about her journey and how she came to write her book. She speaks of mentally balancing the news of hearing those fatal words “you have breast cancer” and conveying her past and present shock of receiving the diagnosis. Denise shares the pain after receiving 30 rounds of radiation treatment; and reflects on both the mental and physical effects of her battle. Having the right medical team of doctors and being the leader of that team. The impacts of trauma and where we hold pain and those lived experiences, expressing the darkness of trauma. She is led by her passion and leaves the audience with parting words of “Live Now! Connect with Denise Sneed Williams Website Connect with Simmone Kilgore LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Dr. Nicole Robinson Website LinkedIn

KC Armstrong Interviews Nicole Robinson Reiki Master Practitioner, Teacher, Guide and Mentor -- thegroundedspirit.co

KC Armstrong Interviews Nicole Robinson Reiki Master Practitioner, Teacher, Guide and Mentor -- thegroundedspirit.co

Special guest: Saffiyah Poole, Health Professional | Are there inequities in public health? In this episode, Dr. Nicole Robinson and her cohost, trauma therapist Simmone Kilgore, introduces us to Saffiyah Poole. She is a public health professional who has a degree in Cultural Anthropology from Howard University. She has a Master's Degree in Public Health from St. Louis University and a Master's Degree in Health Care Administration from Webster University. Her main focus is to create an equitable health outcome for those at the margins. Today, they all talk about the crisis facing people of color. One of the topics they talk about is Health Equity which is an important topic especially for those who are not getting the best health outcomes. They share their personal experiences with various topics relating to fairness and equality and how it affects people of color nowadays. It's important to understand what each of us is facing in our lives. Episode Highlights 06:26 When you hear “health equity”, it is the need of everyone. Giving everyone exactly what they need in order to have the best health outcomes. 10:03 When you have that one size fits all approach, it is the reason why our society is where it is today. 11:06 People are tired of hearing about racism and things of that nature but racism is real. 23:48 It is perceived that we, black women, handle a diagnosis of stage four breast cancer twice very differently than all other women. 26:48 You can advocate until you're blue in the face with a provider that does not look like you, but you're still receiving inadequate care and you still walk away feeling unsafe. 27:34 It's really important to be armored with knowledge and information, to be aware of what you're up against as an individual. Contact information and other resources Connect with Simmone Kilgore LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Dr. Nicole Robinson Website LinkedIn YouTube

In this episode, Dr. Nicole Robinson and her cohost, trauma therapist Simmone Kilgore, talk about the battles you go through when battling breast cancer. You need strong support when battling such illness and they talk about what the realities are facing this battle. They share their experience with the illness, may it be personal or through someone close to them. We cope differently with the different negative instances in our lives but it's important to always remember that there is hope and we are strong. Episode Highlights 02:24 When we talk about inequities in education or healthcare, the social determinants of health, let us understand that black and brown people suffer from all illnesses or diseases far worse than all other races and nationalities of people. 05:44 So with the audience, please, early detection is key. You have to recognize when things are happening in your body. 09:44 But every time I have to think about and relieve that conversation of stage four, it's a mental health trip. It's like my reminder, my trigger, that I'm still going through this thing. 14:28 You are not Cancer. You are not Breast Cancer. You are not stage four. It is not you. 15:12 You want to recognize it for yourself. The work that you do to encourage other people, you have to recognize the toll it takes on you. Contact information and other resources Connect with Simmone Kilgore LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Dr. Nicole Robinson Website LinkedIn YouTube

&Beyond CMO Nicole Robinson and Dale Forbes, Head of Strategic Business Development at SWAROVSKI OPTIK, talk about the shared values that brought together the African-based luxury travel brand and the Austrian manufacturer of quality binoculars. Find out how the two worked to develop the recently launched limited edition birding itineraries, which span destinations as diverse as Bhutan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Botswana, and Ecuador. Discover how specialist guides help to combine some of the world's best-known birding destinations with exceptional travel experiences that will appeal not only to birding fanatics, but to their travel enthusiast partners too.   Get an overview of our limited edition birding itineraries.

In this episode, Jolie speaks with Nicole Robinson, keynote speaker at the 2021 Black Issues Conference, and Ana Brown, the Director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs at BGSU. They discuss how to ensure equity and accessibility for marginalized groups through their work in digital marketing and academic administration respectively. Announcer:From Bowling Green State University and the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society, this is BG Ideas.Musical Intro:I'm going to show you this with a wonderful experiment.Jolie:You're listening to the Big Ideas podcast, a collaboration between the Institute for the Study of Culture and Society and the School of Media and Communication at Bowling Green State University. I'm Jolie Sheffer, associate professor of English and American Culture Studies and the director of ICS. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we are not recording in the studio but remotely, via phone and computer. Our sound quality may differ as a result. As always, the opinions expressed on this podcast are those of the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of BGSU or its employees. Bowling Green State University and its campuses are situated in the Great Black Swamp and the lower Great Lakes region. This land is the homeland of the Wyandotte, Kickapoo, Miami, Pottawatomie, Ottawa and multiple other Indigenous tribal nations, present and past, who were forcibly removed to and from the area. We recognize these historical and contemporary ties in our efforts toward decolonizing history.Jolie:And we thank the Indigenous individuals and communities who've been living and working on this land from time immemorial. Today, I'm joined by two guests, Nicole Robinson and Ana Brown. Nicole gave the keynote address at BGSU's 2021 Black Issues Conference. Nicole is a marketing and media strategist and has advocated internationally for accessibility and human rights. She specializes in integrated marketing strategy, web design, script and copywriting and she serves as an accessibility consultant to individuals and businesses. Ana Brown serves as the Director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs at BGSU, where she oversees diversity education, cultural programming, retention initiatives and belonging spaces for faculty, staff, and students. Her responsibilities include designing educational sessions, facilitating trainings and moderating panels on campus and in the community. Ana is also a member of the ICS executive board. Thank you both for joining me today, I'm really happy to have this conversation with you. Before we jump into discussing, sort of, the individual projects and initiatives you're working on, around diversity, equity and inclusion, I'd like to start with a question about terms. What does accessibility mean to you? So, Nicole, will you go first?Nicole:Accessibility, to me, means meeting people where they are. So, it really is as simple as, the more people can access your work, the more people can see it, hear it, feel it, however they need to sense it, the more people you can reach. So, I know some time it's looked at as a task or as a chore but it really is an asset to be able to touch people or reach people, speak to them, however they're able to receive it. So, it really is as simple as, just meeting people where they are.Jolie:And what about for you Ana?Ana: I tend to think of physical space but as we do more and more virtually and more and more online, I think that accessibility has become a broader term, not only about being able to read or hear or see the content but to actually access it. So, in terms of having a reliable internet connection, in terms of having the tools necessary to get to that internet connection, I think that those things, as we're broadening the scope of what accessibility means, I think that those things need to be included and discussed as well.Jolie:And as a follow-up to that, how do we address issues of some of the invisible disabilities into that definition of accessibility? Because we've talked about, sort of, the physical barriers, we think, on campuses, about wheelchair ramps and curb cuts. You and Nicole have talked about the importance of closed captioning and, sort of, making sure that the information is accessible. But how is the, kind of, evolving language around cognitive and neurological differences, kind of, broadening that definition and the work that you're doing?Ana:Absolutely. I think that understanding what these cognitive disabilities are is critical because a lot of folks are just now beginning to understand that these are disabilities, that it's not just a personal quirk or a personal failing, in some cases, is the way that it's been described as a lot of time. Well, you just need to do this better or you just need to work a little bit harder. It's like, no, it's actually an actual disability and so, as such, it's part of being a protected class. And so, we have to do better at making sure that we are addressing those needs and knowing it is part of our responsibility to find those communities and be aware and understand and grab resources that they're out there providing for everybody. They're like, look, we do this, we provide this, just read, just learn, just listen and you'll gain, kind of, some of the knowledge that you need to do better by us. And I think that that's one of the key pieces.Nicole:Back when I used to work for the state hospice association, I did media relations and web development and we developed a whole website that was based on being able to help Floridians locate hospice, end of life care or palliative care services. So, I was part of making the map. So, if you click in a city or county, it will direct you to the hospices in the service area. But we realized pretty early on in development that, there were some people who couldn't access the site, whether it was, there's a lot of people who might be looking for a hospice facility for themselves or for a loved one who might have sight issues or they can't see the text on the website, it's not large enough. I don't want to put it on them, it's on us to make it so that it's accessible.Nicole:So, that was when I started to really think about it and be like, especially because if we intend to use the internet as much as we are now, well, we're not always going to have the same level of site, we're not always going to have the same cognitive abilities but we should still have a good quality of life. So, if we don't develop these websites to have accessibility, millennials, gen Z, we'll all essentially develop ourselves out of use of the internet. That's what it really got me thinking about but also in that period, the immediate issue of making that website as accessible as possible. That's what it really... my wheels really started turning. And the folks there at the hospice association were really supportive and gung ho about developing those skills. And I ultimately went and got certified by the international association for that the IAAP for accessibility, for web accessibility, to accommodate those issues. Jolie:As a follow-up to this question, I'd love to hear each of you talk about the ways that you think about diversity and accessibility as being connected. What is the relationship between those concepts and how does your work touch on both concepts? Ana, you want to go first with that one?Ana:It's part of, for me, looking at the whole person and looking at the intersectionalities that we all have. I think that if we're going to say Black Lives Matter, then we have to look at all Black lives mattering. So, we can't just say that this certain set of Black lives matter, we have to look at disabled Black lives, we have to look at incarcerated Black lives, we have to look at all the other intersections of identity. And so, it's a critical piece, if you're going to talk about inclusion and belonging spaces, you have to look at not just one identity. And I think that that's one of the things that we have to be more aware of is that, whose story is being told, whose story isn't being told, who has access to tell their stories. And I think that that's also part of the issue is, if we're looking at accessibility as an issue of diversity and inclusion, it's like, we need to make sure that the people actually have the access to tell their stories, in a way that works for them.Nicole:Well, that campaign I was talking about, part of that website development, launching a hospice locator system on the website, was part of trying to reach minority communities who are underserved. Accessibility and race and diversity definitely intersect. We already have standing issues, for example, in medical care access and we have issues with food deserts. So, when you're rolling out the COVID vaccine or COVID testing and you only put COVID testing, like in Florida, is great that we're having people have more testing sites and everything like that. But if you're prioritizing grocery stores and you have a standing issue with food deserts, then you run into the same issue. Now you're compiling on it on a standing issue of not having access to fresh foods and foods that are good for your health, not just processed stuff but now you're limiting the access that people with that standing issue, due to red lining and all kinds of discrimination, have accessing relief to COVID.Nicole:And there's already a disparity in who is dying and living from that same disease. So, I would say, in the sense that accessing the vaccine, it must consider standing issues of just accessibility to food and grocery stores. The same thing in turn is applied to accessibility with cognitive disabilities, when you look at the education system, you see a great disparity in who is accommodated and how for cognitive disabilities and what is qualified as bad behavior and what is qualified as something that needs to be addressed with psychiatrists and psychologists. So, it intersects and we must be mindful of those things so we don't make issues worse, instead of seeing a path forward and making them better.Jolie:Ana, you're working in a different setting than Nicole but you are also thinking about meeting people where they are and increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and access. Could you talk a little bit about some of the key programs or initiatives that you're involved with on our own campus?Ana:Oh yeah. We do so much with the Division of Diversity and Belonging, which is where the Office of Multicultural Affairs is housed. And everything from looking at how to best reach students where they are and looking, again, across identities because we need to provide open and safe and welcoming spaces for our marginalized students. But also, we need to provide education and support for our students who have privileged identities so that they can understand what it means to be a marginalized person in these settings. So, providing educational opportunities for those students and the community as well, we do a lot of work partnering with Not In Our Town, with Welcome BG, other entities in the community. We've done a lot, especially after the activism of this past summer, we did a couple of common reads, moderated quite a few panels, created some days of dialogue, so ways to reach out to different communities within our community.Ana:So that we're expanding the definition of what inclusion actually means to these folks and helping them see that they're a part of that and part of that process. In terms of access, we are working on the diversity and belonging council for the AURGs, which are resource groups based upon different identities. And so, looking at the disabilities resource group, looking at the racial ethnic marginalized resource group, looking at the LGBTQ+ resource group and understanding that folks are going to be part of maybe more than one of these and the allies and advocates are going to be part of these as well, so it's not just for the folks who identify within those identity groups but also for folks who want to come and support and learn with them and grow with them.Jolie:We're going to take a quick break. Thanks for listening to the Big Ideas podcast.Announcer:If you are passionate about big ideas, consider sponsoring this program. To have your name or organization mentioned here, please contact us at ics@bgsu.edu.Jolie:And we're back with the Big Ideas podcast. Nicole, you are obviously working a lot in social media, among other media spaces. There's wide spread concern, especially of late, about social media's harmful effects on society. And we've seen the spread of hate speech, conspiracy theories, misinformation and disinformation but we've also seen how social media has been crucial in building social movements, creating awareness and spreading more inclusive messages. We think about both QAnon and Black Lives Matter, are the products of social media networks. So, how do you see social and digital media being used as a force for good? Or how would you like to see it used as a force for good? And what steps can we take to make sure the benefits of these platforms are greater than their harms?Nicole:Well, I'll say, first, social media activism with Black Lives Matter, some people don't know, Black Lives Matter did not start last year during the summer, it's been around. So, I was actually around during the Trayvon Martin protest here in this lower state Capitol, we were in a sit-in at the Capitol, to protest the verdict in that case but it started a while back but that was using the internet. And I worked in communications with those folks, that sent me all the ways to the United Nations for the human rights council to talk about human rights issues, as it concerns stand your ground laws. It was an honor of my life and I'm still in contact with them and I can't wait to go back to continue doing those fights. But without that, without social media, that was a ladder to be able to have such an honor and be able to have the honor of standing up for human rights internationally as well. Nicole:So, that was a way that we use hashtags, we use Black Lives Matter, we use Stand Your Ground and all of that, to reach a wider audience. But I talked about this in my talk for the telling our stories, that when you are, from a creative marketing standpoint, when you're telling your story authentically and you're being authentic to yourself, it's better to be authentic to yourself and use it for good because though it might be a longer path, it will ultimately lead you to a better place. And I guarantee you, I never thought that protesting in Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, would lead me all the way to Geneva, Switzerland, on the floor of the United Nations. But I really implore people to stay authentic to themselves on digital platforms because you might not get recognized but some people are not looking for the biggest platform, they're looking for authenticity.Jolie:Ana, I think there's a corollary in a lot of ways, that the same way that social media can be an equalizer, it can also be a force for creating these media bubbles, for reproducing a set of beliefs without challenge. We also see some of those conversations around higher education, is higher education a site of conservatism and elitism, where we are reproducing white supremacy and other forms of inclusion or is it this social leveler? What do you see as the challenges of working within a structure like the university? Which wasn't built for inclusion and accessibility, in the way that we're thinking of it today. What progress do you see being made, either here at BGSU or more broadly, across the nation?Ana:Well, I think that a lot of progress has been made. I think that the fact that an office like mine exists because progress has been made. But also I think that we, as people, have a tendency to get complacent and so, it's like, okay, well, we hit this level, we're good. We don't need to do anymore, we're good. But one of the beauties of working with students is that, they hold you accountable to their expectations, their hopes and their dreams. They said, you told me that I could come here and be anything I want to do. Well, this is a barrier to it and how are you going to help eradicate that barrier? Hmm, that's a good point, that's something that we weren't thinking about, so thank you for bringing it to our attention. And sometimes they do it in those individual conversation ways. And sometimes it's a protest and is like, no, we will be heard, you will hear us, you will see us and you will acknowledge the damage that has been done to us.Ana:And so, one of the things I always tell the students that I work with is that, it takes a lot of different avenues, it takes the outside protests but it also takes the people who are laying the groundwork on the inside. And so, folks like me who are like, okay, I'm listening to what you're saying, let me do some prep work so that when you bring these concerns up, people are a little bit more prepared to deal with them. And so, when we're looking at the institution as a whole, in higher education, I think that we have a long way to go, in terms of reaching true equity, in terms of reaching true inclusion.Ana:There are a lot of built in challenges that we want to pretend are not challenges, in the sense of economic disparity, in terms of opportunity gaps that are disproportionately impacting lower socioeconomic, racially ethnically marginalized students, students who are immigrants, in many cases. And, again, our students with disabilities who are oftentimes not even... their voice is even at the table, when we're talking about how they need to be served. So, I think that higher education, in some ways, has done a really great job of moving forward and in some ways, we're kind of dragging our feet. I'm grateful for the students who hold us accountable to that.Jolie:Bringing the conversation back to technology and the digital sphere. With the pandemic, we've seen more and more people are using technology to conduct their daily lives than ever before. Whether we're talking about remote learning in K-12 environments, working from home, Zoom social hours, all of these things have reached a degree of saturation in our daily lives, that probably seemed almost impossible a little over a year ago. So, I'd be curious for each of you to answer, what are some of the ways you've seen technology manifest in this time period, in particular, as both a solution and an obstacle? Or examples of each, for increasing accessibility and racial equity or where you've seen kind of issues compound because of our reliance on technology. Nicole, will you go first?Nicole:Well, I think the best of it is really being able to even the platform, to give people a voice. Especially, I spoke about Black Lives Matter, everyone talks about the seat at the table but it also a matter of who's speaking, it's not enough. I'm not content with just having a seat at the table and being a black face at the table so everybody feels better about it or being a woman at the table so they're like, look, somebody wearing a dress, that's great. And they get to high five one another and they don't listen to what I have to say. So, I think technology has, kind of, even that playing field a lot, so that I don't have to be filtered through somebody who doesn't know my experience, as a purpled hair, black woman navigating the world.Nicole:And people can access that directly. I can put my means out there, I can put my writing out there and it can go direct to the source, nobody has to filter it. There's thousands of women out there who are expressing themselves every day and it's a beautiful thing and technology has allowed that platform and I think it's beautiful. But right before the pandemic, we were told that, it is impossible, it's too much of a chore, it is too much of an ordeal, to work from home. And I had several of my friends who were affected by that, were women who were pregnant. I had several close friends who were admonished for wanting to take off of work, while their male counterparts had a headache they could take off. But if you're passing out from growing a child, a human being, that's not an excuse to be able to work from home.Nicole:But it's thousands, millions of people who, with invisible disabilities and visible disabilities, were told that, no, you cannot work from home. So, imagine you have chronic pain, you have to just tough it out, that's not equitable, that's not fair. But in a matter of weeks, in a month turn around this time last year, the whole United States was working from home. We're talking on Zoom, which is a result of being able to do that. So, where it's such an asset and I hope that it continues over time. I think even major social media, I know Twitter, they announced that they're never going to go back to full office capacity because, I mean, I think there's a calculation in that they don't have to pay as much for office space. But as long as it results in more accessibility from the workplace, some people aren't going to be working from home in perpetuity, which is great.Nicole: But in that same vein, it also causes certain obstacles for people who were being overzealous in how they are upholding how people can work from home. So, the requirement of cameras being on the whole time. You might have people from different socioeconomic backgrounds who don't have a Martha Stewart background. Not everybody has it, some people have kids that are running around and they don't want you to see all of that. And that cannot be used against people, especially as you're asking them to work from home. And also, you have to consider who can afford. When we're working in the offices, all that is paid for, all that is covered. Wi-Fi, high-speed and everything like that, you have to consider that maybe not everybody has the capacity to pay for that type of bandwidth, that type high-speed internet at their home, so that needs to be accommodated and covered by employers who send people to work from home.Nicole:I even saw an article saying that, we're spending more on office supplies. That presents an issue for people of different socioeconomic backgrounds. That can be a compiled issue for people who are not astute on diversity and inclusion, to make certain comments about traditional, whatever artwork or whatever in the background of someone's home, it can be a detriment as well, as you force people to keep on the cameras. But I genuinely hope that we really don't make excuses for avoiding accessibility because we're too lazy to and uphold the accessibility that we really broken through to. So, I truly hope that this remains, which, I mean, it provides so much opportunity and prosperity to people who wouldn't otherwise have access to it, when we were accommodating. And we must do that and must continue to do that.Ana:And I really want to go back to one of the points that Nicole made, about how we were told that all of the remote working was impossible. We have people with disabilities who would thrive in a work from home environment, who were told, no, we can't make this accommodation for you. And then, literally the pandemic hit and suddenly now, oh, well, yeah, of course, we can Zoom in, of course, we can Skype in, of course, we can do all of these things. We can provide VPN access for everybody so that you can have the server access that you need. One of the great things about social media, that I will go kind of get back to that as well, is that I'm able to access the conversations that are being had within communities, without having to insert myself into the conversation.Ana:So, as I follow different people and I follow different communities, I'm learning more about the struggles that they're dealing with and then, being able to go research for myself. So, I intentionally follow a diversity of people on Twitter. And so, listening to the frustration of the disabled community saying, we've been asking for this for years and now all of a sudden, magically, we're able to do this because ableds need us to do it. And the frustration that goes along with that. So, that inequity and that chasm that was there and it's still there now, because now the ableds can work from home, the disabled community is, again, being left out of the conversation and being left out of the opportunity. So, it's really interesting to see how some of the gaps have closed and how some of the gaps have been widened.Jolie:As a final question. I'd like to ask about moving from those, sort of, big picture, long-term changes, the things that feel like they're the domain of large technology companies to change their practices around captioning or corporations with thousands of employees, do you have suggestions to our listeners for small changes they can make in their day-to-day lives to ensure greater access, accessibility and equity for the communities they are a part of or contribute to?Nicole:That's a really good question. And I would actually say that, a large group of people making small changes is what can really move the tide, in terms of moving into more accessibility. Because if social media companies realize that, you're on Twitter and you have a photo, you can add alt texts, it really takes just a few seconds. And at first it may seem like, oh, I'm adding a picture, I'm doing all this but when you think about it, once you get into your routine, okay, I'm going to take a picture, I'm going to crop it, add a couple of alt texts then post it, it's like second hand. But social media platforms, they actually, though they set certain tones, they do follow the users. So, they're little things like adding alt texts, adding captions to your Tik Toks, which I'm learning right now, is really going to help make things accessible for people and make it such that well, all the people I follow on Twitter are adding alt texts.Nicole:All the people I follow on Tik Tok are adding subtitles, why can't you Twitter? Why can't you? I've definitely seen an uptick of people actually investigating into accessibility technologies. And, again, I'd like to say, start small. Even with me, in the higher level, I started small, I started with doing alt texts, I started with making images accessible on websites. Then I started captioning, then it expanded. But every day you can learn something that's going to help somebody meet you where you are and help you meet others where they are. It only helps you and it only helps businesses, it is not a chore. It is an essential task and it's a beautiful thing to be able to reach more peopleAna:And the normalization of it all. And not doing it in a way that is shaming other folks who join in with you. But, for example, when I introduced myself, almost always now, I just use my pronouns at the end, just to normalize the fact that, yeah, this is how I identify and I recognize that, so that if there are those who are non-binary that they feel comfortable saying, oh yes, thank you, my pronouns are this, without having to say, please use my pronouns and recognize me as a whole person. And so, the same is true with access. Alt text is something that is really not that hard to do and yet, so few people do it. And, again, the normalizing of it. It's hard at first but if we do it little by little, individual by individual, group by group, it becomes a thing where the bigger companies, like Nicole said, will follow suit because it's the thing that everybody does just out of hand.Jolie:Thank you both so much for talking with me today. If you're interested in learning more about what Nicole is up to, you can visit her website, nicolemichelle.com and follow her on social media. For information about ICS happenings, you can follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, @icsbgsu. You can listen to Big Ideas wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Please subscribe and rate us on your preferred platform. Our producers are Chris Cavera and Marco Mendoza, with sound editing by Ryan Cummings andMarco Mendoza. Research assistance for this episode was provided by Stevie Scheurich.

In this episode, Dr. Nicole Robinson and her cohost, trauma therapist Simone Kilgore, talk about some safe coping when you're suffering in silence. You got to figure out how you get through the suffering. Most people cope. But not all coping is safe. We have to change our mindset about how we cope. Coping plays an important role in a time of crisis. It is temporary. We cope to quiet the emotions that are rising. But pretty soon we have to address them. We have to deal with them, process them, and develop a self-care plan to take care of ourselves. Episode highlights 02:16 – There is a specific difference between self-care and safe coping. 05:00 – Coping allows us to deal with difficulties in the short term, while self-care is something that we maintain over a long term, or life span when we integrate new behaviors, new habits, things that help us to feel better. 12:45 – To avoid unhealthy coping practices develop a self-care plan – now. You do not have to wait till you have a diagnosis or a traumatic event. Build a reserve, now. 14:16 – It is very important that you value yourself. You cannot value yourself and not take care of yourself. 17:15 - Create positive addictions. Be positively addicted to taking care of yourself. Because you are worthy. Contact information and other resources Connect with Simmone Kilgore LinkedIn Facebook Connect with Dr. Nicole Robinson Website LinkedIn YouTube

In this episode, Dr. Nicole Robinson and her cohost, trauma therapist Simone Kilgore, talk about self-care. They talk about what self-care is and how it would benefit us. They talk about coping, about taking care of ourselves by developing some habits and making healthier choices. They talk about what we need to do when it comes to self-care, how can other people or our family members help us in this area, and they share some tips about self-care practices we need to incorporate in our daily life. Self-care is a choice. It provides a balance. It encourages. Do not be bitter and resentful towards others because you did not integrate self-care into your life. Be encouraged and set a self-care plan – today! Episode highlights 03:34 – We need self-care because it provides a balance. It also teaches your loved ones that you are worthy and they also know how to treat you. 06:31 – You have to figure out how it would benefit you, and you do that by understanding what you value. It is important to gift yourself. 10:53 – Self-care is important because it puts us in a position where we build up our reserve. 11:45 – Put together that self-care plan, and remember to keep putting yourself first. 12:15 – Journaling is a self-care technique as a way to release emotions and reduce stress and anxiety. Contact information and other resources Our cohost today was Simmone Kilgore. Simmone is an experienced Crisis Counselor and Crisis Intervention Screener and now Trauma Therapist; a licensed Professional Counselor, focusing mainly on the Neurobiology of Trauma, Trauma-Informed Care, Trauma Specific-Interventions, Community Trauma, Culturally Specific Outreach, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Self-Care. She understands how trauma impacts a survivor's neurobiology, which dictates how survivors process information and mediates behavior. She currently consults and contracts with Children's Hospital, Milwaukee Public Schools, Sojourner Family Peace Center, Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention, local churches, and youth group homes sharing information relating to trauma, trauma reactions, emotion-regulation, healthy relationships, and safety planning. Connect with Simmone Kilgore LinkedIn Facebook

On this premiere episode of Sisters Saving Sisters Podcast, your host Dr. Nicole Robinson welcomes Simmone Kilgore, Trauma Therapist at Advocate Aurora Health Care. Nicole and Simmone share from their personal experience about trauma, suffering and struggles we all have when we go through difficult times in our lives. They talk about how to deal with tragedies (like divorce, death, or illness), how to recognize trauma, how to break barriers and open up. According to Simmone, trauma has a way of blinding a person. You cannot see anything but the trauma, and how it relates to you. You have to unpack it first for yourself. When you choose not to be silent about your pain, or your confusion about the pain, share it with your loved ones. And hope is always available. As long as you are breathing, there is hope. Contact information and other resources Our guest today was Simmone Kilgore. Simmone is an experienced Crisis Counselor and Crisis Intervention Screener and now Trauma Therapist; a licensed Professional Counselor, focusing mainly on the Neurobiology of Trauma, Trauma-Informed Care, Trauma Specific-Interventions, Community Trauma, Culturally Specific Outreach, Mindfulness, Self-Compassion, and Self-Care. She understands how trauma impacts a survivor's neurobiology, which dictates how survivors process information and mediates behavior. She currently consults and contracts with Children's Hospital, Milwaukee Public Schools, Sojourner Family Peace Center, Milwaukee Office of Violence Prevention, local churches, and youth group homes sharing information relating to trauma, trauma reactions, emotion-regulation, healthy relationships, and safety planning. Connect with Simmone Kilgore LinkedIn Facebook Podcast Host: Dr. Nicole Robinson Nicole is a Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer patient and advocate. She is also the founder of Hatz 4 Hearts Foundation, which she started after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. Her organization provides supportive services to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, breast health awareness, and education. Nicole believes that the simple gesture of giving provides HOPE to patients battling cancer. Her passion for impacting change and advocacy efforts are a part of sharing her journey which she credits finding purpose through her cancer diagnosis. Connect with Dr. Nicole Robinson Website LinkedIn YouTube

In this episode, we focus on the importance of sharing power and building equitable partnerships to end hunger. To discuss, host Ami McReynods sits down with Nicole Robinson, the chief partnership and programs officer at Greater Chicago Food Depository, and Melvin Thompson, the executive director of community development organization located in Chicago's south side.

Today we speak to Nicole Robinson from @goodlucknic over on Instagram to speak about her IVF journey over the years. https://www.instagram.com/goodlucknic/ https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodLuckNic/videos

Guest: Dr. Nicole Robinson - teacher, entrepreneur, and equity advocateScott Edgar, hostMusic IS social. Music IS emotional. Musical Social Emotional Learning (MSEL) capitalizes on the power of music education to help our students build the competencies of SELF (self-awareness & self-management), OTHERS (social-awareness & relationship management), and DECISIONS (responsible decision-making). First and foremost, MSEL must be intentionally embedded into musical instruction. It should never feel like “one more thing” or a box to check; it should simply feel like great music teaching meeting our students' needs. Social Emotional Learning is front and center in education; Music for All and Dr. Scott Edgar are here to help make this important work relevant and MUSICAL for both you and your students!Watch the full video webinar version of the Teaching Social Emotional Learning Through Music series at education.musicforall.org/selBrought to you by Music for All, a 501(c) educational organization and presenter of programs for music teachers and students throughout the United States. Bands of America, Orchestra America, The National Choir Festival, and Advocacy in Action are programs of Music for All.Visit musicforall.org to learn more.Special thanks to Yamaha Corporation of America, National Presenting Sponsor.

Nicole Robinson, Research Assistant, Middle East, The Allison Center for Foreign Policy at the Heritage Institute, joins us to talk about Irans ties with Al-Qaeda.

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In this episode, Sim chats to Nicole Robinson-Edwards. She’s the founder of Her Path to Purpose, an organisation that empowers young women to lead purposeful lives. They chat about the journey to ‘finding’ purpose, bust some purpose myths and how to explore your options outside the ‘normal’ path we’re taught to follow. Follow Her Path to Purpose on Instagram  Check out the Her Path to Purpose website  Follow Sim on Instagram Sign up to The DMC (deep + meaningful conversation): the weekly newsletter drops into your inbox every Friday. Check out Sim’s website There are 3 ways you can work with Sim: Purposeful Everyday Membership: feminism, community and coaching to let go of shoulds and live your way Purposeful: the millennial feminists guide to living on purpose: an online course with 10 weeks’ unlimited email support from Sim personally 1:1 coaching

So much has changed since the last time I saw Nicole, when we were on the Basketball court during the Christmas Holiday season. In this pod, we discuss with Nicole how life has been turned upside down because of COVID-19, not being on the court to officiate basketball, how she lost loved ones and her job, to make something out of nothing with her new apparel line, But Make it Fashion. All that and more, my conversation with Nicole, now.

Being a tall Black child, Nicole Robinson would always get asked if she was going to play basketball. In protest of the questions and assumptions, Robinson started drawing. In her words, all she wanted to do was draw and learn Japanese. As her skills developed so did another interest: comics. While working at a daycare, Robinson discovered that comics were a pretty big deal among 4 year olds who wanted to dress up on any given day to portray super heroes. On one of these days during recess, a little black girl asked to join in the group ( made of 4 year old white boys). She was promptly shut down. Although Robinson tried to come to the girl’s aid by name dropping black women and girl superheroes to convince the group that the girl could play a superhero too, it did little to convince them that she had something worthy to contribute. From then on, Robinson knew that she had to make comics and stories, not just for herself but for that little girl and everyone who needed to see themselves as a superhero and for others to know that they could be. This led Robinson to also create a meetup group in Portland for creatives of color to learn how to draw, make and distribute their own comic books. Currently working for ABA teaching adolescents and teens with mental disabilities, Robinson is creating a comic that helps people learn how to navigate relationships, sexuality, anxiety and illness. Check out Robinson's story here. Learn more at our blog, podcast, and video playlist. Learn more about our partners: Iltopia Studios, Flossin Media, and Soul District Business Association. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/iltopia Follow us on Social Media @PDXBlackRose Twitter - https://twitter.com/pdxblackrose Instagram - https://instagram.com/pdxblackrose Medium - https://medium.com/pdxblackrose Online Store - https://gumroad.com/blackrosepdx Leave a review and stars on Apple Podcast, Spotify, and Google Podcast, or any other places you listen to podcasts. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pdxblackrose/support

The girls are still stuck in separate parts of the country - but this week they've spoken to Nicole Robinson, whose IVF cycle was cancelled because of the Coronavirus outbreak, while the Foxes run through their options. Professor Tim Child, medical director of Oxford Fertility, tackles cold blood - can feeling chilly really hinder conception?Swears throughout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of "Dope With Lime," we are speaking with Nicole Robinson, the Narrative Medicine Coordinator at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio. Previously, she worked as the Assistant Director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University. She has an MFA from Ashland University a BA in English from Kent State University. Recently, she was an artist resident at the Lillian E. Smith Center. Today, we are going to talk about her work as the narrative medicine coordinator and her stay at the LES Center.

The guys sit down and have a little chit chat with Alec's younger sister Nicole. All things Iron and Ink check out https://ironandinkfitness.com Instagram- @ironandinkfitness Jeff- @jeffbaustert Alec- @alecrobinson_

Live From: House of Sports returns with volume 4 featuring Nicole Robinson. Thanks for listening to the audio experience for basketball officials. In this episode, Nicole explains how growing up the daughter of a referee helped spark her officiating career. Plus, we discuss signal preferences and some situations from our 3 games together. This was the first time Nicole and I had ever worked together. We hope you enjoy the episode. Here are 18 ways to help you run and #servethegame https://link.medium.com/zjN1C5AuZ2 click here to watch Crown Refs: All: Access episode #2 https://youtu.be/isqEGDrBa6k --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/crown-refs/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/crown-refs/support

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month I brought in breast cancer survivor, Dr. Nicole Robinson, who says she found purpose in her diagnosis. We had girl talk about how she stayed so positive during her treatment, how she found purpose after the first day of chemotherapy, and how she gives other women hope through her organization, Hatz 4 Hearts.

It was evident when speaking to Nicole that there was a humble-yet-aggressive demeanor in her style. In this pod she discusses her love of Basketball, how her father has crystallized Officiating as an avenue to stay in the game, and what her future holds. All that and more, my conversation with Nicole, now.

It was evident when speaking to Nicole that there was a humble-yet-aggressive demeanor in her style. In this pod she discusses her love of Basketball, how her father has crystallized Officiating as an avenue to stay in the game, and what her future holds. All that and more, my conversation with Nicole, now.

It was evident when speaking to Nicole that there was a humble-yet-aggressive demeanor in her style. In this pod she discusses her love of Basketball, how her father has crystallized Officiating as an avenue to stay in the game, and what her future holds. All that and more, my conversation with Nicole, now.

Today on ITC we hang with an old high school friend and catch up on her and her husband's adventures.   Instagram: @alphachallenge_her  Facebook: Nicole Robinson and Charles Francis Jr.  

Ready to Positioning Your Business to Profit? Go to-->>> http://positioningtoprofit.com/Patty: Melody Miller thank you so much for being on Her Legacy Podcast. It is an honor and a joy and I just love how our roads continue to cross.Melody: Yes they do. I don't know Patty for some odd reason when we first met. Right. Years ago at Kraft Foods.Patty: Yeah.Melody: For some reason I just kind of figured you know what this might actually be one of those life time relationships.Patty: I think so. And it started when I will never forget. I was watching OK so here's to paint a picture of when we both came from corporate. We have the scars to prove it.Melody: Yes we do.Patty: Back in our Fortune 50 days and one of the, So Ms. Melody Miller she my stakeholders she was my internal customer. And so it was my first time meeting her. She is head of global tech design technology.Really really fancy title and the home line I was like OK who's this Melody. Miller so naturally I went on Linked In and it was scoping you out and trying to figure out your background. And it's funny because I've found that the latter part of my career in corporate the more it let any potential guard down. And I was just being authentic.The better the relationships I was able to forge and so when I saw the first thing that popped in my head is oh my god you have the best eyebrows ever. Do you remember that?Melody: I remember that it's like. Can I just say something? Your eyebrows are like perfect.Patty: I know. And My boss was like OK that's an opener and She even recall them with miss in and I am I am who I am and so are you Melody.Thank you so much for being on the show and I want to get a little braggy like I always start my shows and I want to ask you to get braggy to what is your superpower.Melody: So my superpower and I was actually just just talking about this with with one of my clients literally 30 minutes ago. Is my confidence. My. And that's one reason I named my company the confidence trifecta right. That is my superpower.My confidence. I actually did a poll as you know when I was trying to figure out what the name my company on what my next step was. I sent out a survey to all of my friends and family former colleagues you know former business partners everybody and I said OK if Melody had a superpower what would it be.I'm telling you ninety nine point nine percent of the responders said hey your competence precedes you into a room. You know you are the most confident person I have ever met. So that's my superpower.Patty: I agree. I agree. And it's really interesting because the genesis of the confidence trifecta. I was there when when we were doing the whole super thing and it was at that retreat. And I just said it was so amazing because it was so natural. And we were talking about how when you ask your tribe you asked your folks because we're so innate we don't see the strengths in ourselves.You do. But I think that really cemented it for you that that was something to really leverage is the confidence trifecta because beyond the things that people do underlying they just want to get permission or receive permission to step into their power and confidence is such a big part of that. And you have that you always have had that.And this just comes. It comes from a place of joy. Is the way I see you you all have a very joyful spirit about you. And it's really natural. And it's really fun and it's really authentic. So....Melody: Well Thanks Patty. And speaking authenticity you know that was one reason as you know that I had to emancipate myself from America. I pray that.Patty: Tell us about the background because I will never forget. There was a holy emancipation year after Melody Miller quit her big corporate job and it was a very very big title very high accolade in the whole line. So take us through that trajectory because here's the thing.This conversation is going to not only be about your emancipation but how you have turned your philanthropy your love of giving. It's giving you a bigger version of yourself that you're stepping into. I want to get to that point but I want the background so people can see just how we've come to this point.Melody: Yes so. So yeah I I tell people you know I am a recovering corporate executive. I spent almost 30 years in corporate America working for Fortune 50 companies and as you as you alluded to my last position was pretty big. I was the director of design operations for the company that owns Oreo cookies. Trident Gum. Ritz crackers Cadbury chocolate.I was actually the person responsible for the printing the graphics and the printing and all of their packaging globally worldwide. So that was my last corporate position. But the thing is I've found out. Close close to turning 50 that I was not going to be able to survive it. I was not going to be able to retire. In corporate America because literally although I loved my job what I did. I found that I could not be my authentic self. I spent years.Trying to. Fit that corporate mold talk like them dressed like them you know do my hair like them you know "them". And I literally was too Melody. I was the corporate Melody. And then I was the at home around my friends when everybody else Melody. And I realized I could live like that but more importantly I realized I didn't have to live like that. So. I developed a plan and. And I've always been frugal with my money. So I developed a plan of emancipation as I as I coined it. So first I had emancipated my daughter. I have a daughter Marisa.So I knew once I could I emancipated her meaning after her college years then I could exit corporate America. So I put a plan in place. It took me about. Four and a half years to work that plan. And literally. Three months after my daughter graduated from college. I exited corporate America. And. Then decided to be still literally for six months I did nothing. And trying to figure out what's my next step. But I this is what I do know and is important for your listeners to know this. You. Really have a purpose.We all have a purpose. And that purpose. The reason we're here on this earth. It really is tied into who you are. Your story. What brings you joy. And if you really figure that thing out. Then you really can come to a realization of why you're here. And then you can. Plan a life around that. So so that's what I did. And yet I founded a lifestyle strategy company which I call the confidence trifecta. Which is mindfulness money management? And manifesting your magnificence. But basically I get up every day. Oh happy to help people. I help people turn their ifs into what is and to Patty's point. I I've always been a giver. And always have felt that if I am of service you know every day. Patty my main objective. Is to be of service.And. It's not really to make money. Yeah don't get me wrong I'm a I'm an entrepreneur. I want to make money. I do. I got bills to pay too. I got a mortgage. I've got to eat. But that's not my main objective. My main objective is to serve. In the capacity that I was put here to do and I know I know for sure that the money is going to find me. I'm a money magnet.Patty: Right. And the cool thing is I mean we've talked back in the day when we were in corporate about how you know how you manifest things you manifested your Jaguar and you've always been so physically responsible and just to everything that you do it's very calculated.So the one thing that I was not surprised of is when you left corporate you were taking it easy for six months you know enjoying and just being being in the emancipation campaign that you had going.Melody: Oh yes I remember.Patty: And then after that you really settled in and thought about. Now you're an author you're a coach you're a philanthropist. You've always been a philanthropist.Tell me what are you excited about because we were talking when the mike was off and I love what you're doing and it's just so brilliant how you have married both your career and your philanthropy together.Melody: Yeah it's really exciting and I'm so glad they were able to talk about it on so while I'm while I'm out here serving and you know getting clients and helping people live their best lives. Me and some friends. Well namely Nicole Robinson she's currently the vice president of community involvement for the Chicago Food Depository.She was on the board of the Chicago Foundation for Women. And they have what they call these circles these giving circles. And Nicole approached me one day and said you know. They they don't have a circle for the South Side of Chicago. And do you. There are so many grassroots organizations and nonprofits that are affecting the lives of black women and girls. But they need funding. And the foundation does not have of a circle for this outside. What do you think? Not you know what? Let's do this thing and that's a good thing. So we started out by having meetings at our different homes and inviting women like minded women like us.That they wanted to help that affect the lives of black women and girls on the South Side of Chicago. And we were very particular about who we fund. So when we fund nonprofits and grassroots organizations around three main focus issues. Economic security. Freedom from violence and access to health services and information. So as you've said I've always been a giver. Always. Given. But what's what's really exciting and important for me in the south side given circle.We've named ourselves the queen makers. And I can tell you about that too. But what's exciting about this is that I am hands on. We are hands on with these organizations when we fund these organizations we could see the impact. Of where exactly where our money is going how it's affecting these black women and girls and that is just so satisfying for me to see exactly how a little bit. Can go a long way. So and that is part of who I am. So to be able to marry that with my career and my coaching. And mentoring. Consulting it's just it's just makes me even more of of who I am. Being Melody.Patty: Yeah that's so great. Tell us where you've married everything and It sounds like there's opportunities that are coming as a result of this work that you're doing and the exposure they are getting in the media that you're getting in so what's there to happen is that you're really honoring what motivates you.What inspired you being in service being in contribution and really making a difference. And the cool thing about it is that all these other opportunities are happening for you right.Melody: Yeah absolutely. So right. I'm so I'm like LA LA LA LA. I'm part of this or that it is just a great feeling internally and everywhere and everything but to your point it's like the more PR that we get the more events that we have are the opportunities are just coming out of the woodwork. You know I'm I'm talking to people that want to sign contracts with me or my company. For coaching or mentoring of in their organizations.I've written a book to your point on. Getting back to wonderful. Wisdom and inspiration for the peaks and valleys and Melody M. Miller you can find that on Amazon but from the philanthropy work then you know I have people that are asking me about my book.They want me to come and do book signings. And so that all came out of the philanthropy part of my work. So yeah it's been awesome. It's been a pleasant. Surprise was surprise because that's how the universe works.Patty: Right. And then it's so cool because. Can you say OK so let's go back to the point of when you first quit your job? Six months. You were just taking it easy. You know catching up on some R and R. Did you feel any fear or worry or was it an easy transition to do.What kind of hurdles did you get to? Because it's not like you had the entire plan laid out. So you're just one step at a time. What was your approach defining where you are right now.Melody: I did not know I did not have the plan. And that was part of those six months of of of stillness. I just knew I had to exit corporate America that I knew.The other thing I knew for sure was whatever it was that I had that was going to be my next step. It had to allow me to be my authentic self. First be of service to others. Second and third make a living.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Right. So that's what I knew for sure. But other than that. I didn't know what I was going to be doing. I didn't know what that would look like as far as they vocation and that was part of that six months of being still and really trying to tap into the universe really getting to know myself. Right.Who are who I am and more importantly who do I want to be who do I want to be in the second half of my life. So it was those questions that I was seeking answers to in those in those six months and then I looked out for the signs because you're the person who's going to give you signs. So.Patty: Can you tell more and more about the signs so say for example there's a listener out there that is in the shoes that we were once upon a time like to listen. If I have to hear. One more year of these corporate meetings where I have to do my year in review and get my 2 percent. I would literally went to jump up that window.Melody: Right.Patty: And that person is thinking of leaving. What would you say like I mean we all go through our own version of it? I know for me I thought I had it all together and then I quit I was like well I just do you know me like it was crazy.Melody: And we do know this is what we know and this is what I want to talk to your listeners about. We were both there. Right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: I was Terrified. When I first thought about leaving are you kidding? I was terrified. I thought I can't you even talk to me a few times... Ella by you has the talent to go. You don't need this place like no I need this place because I let the fear paralyze me. Right. Out. So this is this was the thing. This is what's important. And I talk about this in my book as well. FEAR is false evidence appearing rear wheel real.Don't let the fear stop you. It's not real. You. You can do it. Listen I'm now convinced I can do anything. The fear was designed to stop us. So what do you do? You take it along with you. You know some people try to wait for the fear to subside. You know I'm going to be able to do this when I'm not so scared. Well guess what. Fears never going to go away. You got to take it with you. You. Literally put it on your backpack.Patty: Exactly and it's like that. Anyway.Melody: You got to do it anyway.Patty: Yes.Melody: You got to put the put their own like a backpack. So that's going to be heavier than others. But keep moving do it anyway. Get your plan. You know as you know I'm a planner so I'm not telling anybody quit your job tomorrow. You don't stop on the fear. Quit your job tomorrow and just figure it out. No no no. No that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying.Take the fear with you. Put a plan in place. Anything is possible because the only thing you have to do. Is keep living I tell people everything is possible. Only thing you have to do is keep living. Put your plan in place and work the plan you. And you know and we're laughing because it's so simple.Patty: It really is.Melody: It is. But is this the fear that stops people. Yeah. Because the other thing I know for sure I've found in my practice Patty. Is that people having difficulties? Difficulty imagining and fantasizing about all the good that's going to come. From them making this decision to walk to the fear because we are conditioned and designed to only think about the negative and the bad parts. Oh my god I'm not going to feed my child.Oh my God I'm going to I no going to be independent mortgage. I'm not going to be able to get a car payment because you know you do know is usually about money. I know it was about money with me. And I had money and I was still fearful about leaving corporate America. The people have to understand put the plan in place worked the plan. Anything. Is. Possible. I need you to actually visualize and imagine. All good things though it will come from you doing that thing that you were afraid to do it might not be leaving you're the job that you hate it might be something else that you're just really afraid to do.Figure out what that great thing looks like after you've done it. Then make the leap. Don't think about all of the bad things that could happen because I'll tell you this Patty in my life term. What I've found. Is that life rewards change. That's that's why people say depending on who you ask. I'm just the opposite of being risk averse. I might take any risk. Because I convinced myself that life rewards strange and a bigger risk that I'm going to walk through that fear and do. The bigger the reward. The bigger the reward. So I move over that thing.Patty: Yeah well and then it becomes an adventure. You you're leaning into it and then so I just have a couple of thoughts that came to mind when we were talking about that. I mean you know one of my mentors for me helped me to understand the reframe is you are where your attention is so if you're worried about can't pay my bills, can't pay my mortgage, can't pay my this can't pay my that and that the head games that we play it's all within our own control.That's the thing the inner world we're always reflect your outer world. So if you have the stress and anxiety and the uncertainty is because that's what you're focused on and that's the simplicity of it. But at the end of the day it's so complicated because we humans make it complicated. And what you're saying is just trust that things unfold the way that they're supposed to like you. You know first leaving your job and then you're like OK now what do I want to do for my encore career. Because you had been in the game for 30 years and that's a long time and so we become ingrained with our habits and the things that we do in the day in the day out but you.And it's very scary for those people that are here I me it's for some people it's very scary but that's scary don't allow it to extend to a year in two years and keep your frozen and miserable. It's like feel let walk through it. I almost envision like a wall of fire just walk through it and then literally things will unfold and you'll look back and be like I was just my comfort zone that was trying to extend right because we are within our boxes and that's what happens.Melody: Absolutely. Absolutely. And I tell people to and I know a lot of your readers are going to be able to relate to this because oftentimes we wonder why are people willing to stay. In places that are. That is difficult. Why are people willing to stay in spaces that are too small for them?Why are people willing to continue to do things that they're not happy with that don't make them bring them joy. The reason why partially. Is because that's what they're familiar with. So hey I'm familiar with this even though it's causing me stress and I hate it and this could be abusive. But I'm familiar with it's the idea of going through something unfamiliar and unknown. That takes getting used to.Melody: Right.Melody: So were comfortable to that. Yes. That's why people are willing as you just said. go Another year another year and then another year because of course OK. Because I'm used to being as I'm used to taking this abuse. At least I know what I'm going to get to put up with. As opposed to. You know what. Let me create. A new reality.Patty: Yes. Yeah.Melody: It takes for me-too Move with some actions to my new reality right that I've created. So that's true. And that's what I helped my clients do. It's like you got to create the new reality first than most to jump off a cliff into darkness and not know where where you're going to land. And isn't that a thrill.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Sure we. Sure we. And let me let me back up a little bit. We both jumped off a cliff. Right. We did. We we jumped into an abyss. Sure we did. But we but we had an idea of where that soft landing was going to be right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Because we created it.Patty: Right in its trial. It's trial and error and here's the other side of it it's like. I at this point because I've gone through the ebbs and flows I left. I worked one day in January of 2013 to get my bonus. Oh it is now. I mean it's been six years and I Literally.Melody: I'm so proud of you.Patty: Thank you. And it's really interesting because there are times when it's the ebbs and flows. You know what I mean like things get you know like OK by me. Let me get refocused let me breathe through it. I'm really big on the breath work like just calm myself and ground my energy and just create what I want to create because I just have to create my reality right. So.Melody: Right.Patty: I could never and this has come up more than one occasion where my mom will say to me why don't you just find a good job. I said Mom I can't. I literally can't I mean my core values say it all my primary core value is freedom. I just want to do what I want where I want whenever I want.How I want. I just could never go back because I know too much now and I'm intellectually know too much less at it is I know too much of what it's like to live on the other side in freedom that the thought of somebody telling me where are you been I'm like or can I go on vacation are you kidding me. I can't even comprehend that anymore.So that's why I'm not willing to sacrifice my freedom my freedom is my core value and my other my other ones are contribution and prosperity. I know just like you. When I'm of service when I give first and then it just is going to common prosperity is because it's our birthright. But is not about the money. It's about the prosperity that's our birthright that we all deserve.Melody: Right.Patty: Because God didn't put us on here to struggle.Melody: That's exactly right. And that prosperity for all of us that you talk about it's already ours.Patty: Yes. Yes.Melody: You just have to claim it.Patty: We just negated what we are with our head garbage.Melody: Absolutely. OK let's face it Patty condition. C'mon where condition to go to School get a degree and get a good job and work until 65. Oh and by the way put off though.Put off your your joy your happiness your freedom OK because freedom is the first First is you go get a week vacation. Day and two weeks. And then eventually after so many years maybe you might get 4 weeks of vacation. You're only supposed to really live during the week the vacation for the people that actually take one.Patty: Right.Melody: C'mon Now. That's how we live and how long it took us to figure it out.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Make it better anniversaries. I'm coming up on my 3rd for my 3 year anniversary.Patty: OK.Melody: on the 26th of this month is my 3 year anniversary of emancipation.Patty: Phenomenal.Melody: And like you I will never go back.Patty: I can't.Melody: You know what I tell people first of all I have a job because I've been told the same thing. You know few of my low points I've been asked you taken my big cup you look for a job you know what my response that has always been I have a job. How dare you. I have a job.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Home asks me if I need to make some adjustments or come up with some new streams of income. But don't dare ever say to me I need to go look for a job. I have a job.Patty: Yeah. Yeah. It's my Purpose.Melody: Yes. Purpose because they have that mentality right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: I'll tell people I've got too much stuff I could sail. For I go back to corporate America.Patty: Yeah.Melody: You know my lifestyle.Patty: Yeah.Melody: I got way too step back and I can sail.Patty: Yes.Melody: That will get me over any kind of rough financial patch which I'm not expecting. Who knows? Girl I've sell this stuff so quick. That's what it is. Stuff...Patty: You're so funny, well here's the thing. And it is very true. It's just a different mindset and I'm literally two years ago .because it is it's like you realize how much you don't need because my peace and my happiness. Is worth more than anything else. Trust me I like to believe a ton's Chill.I want a Prada purse. Let me see I've seen your shoes. Right because you diploma you're given a lot for peace of mind and happiness and the simplicity of it it's like to me the joy that I get to work with the clients that I get to work with because they're making their impact their leaving their legacy that is so soul fulfilling to me.Fulfilling that I'm not willing to trade that for anything. So we're both on the same page as we're talking about how our contribution and the significance that we that we get out of it not from our own accolades but just how meaningful the work is.Melody: Yes.Patty: That's something that brings you joy. That's the happiness that's the peace. And when you talk to the money like you you're going to create them only because you know you can't. And you have such a strong mindset about manifesting whatever you want.Melody: Yes. And would talk and talk about manifesting it. And that was something else. We talked I talked about what my client earlier today. The moment that I realized and this was this was years ago years ago when I knew manifesting works. The moment.That I realized. Deep down into the marrow my bones. And in the very deep part of my being. When I realized. That I can have. Anything I want... Literally. People you listen to a woman that feels like she can have. Anything she wants. Anything. Right.Patty: Yeah.Melody: Guess what. All of a sudden I don't want so damn much.Patty: Exactly that's my point you really realize how much you really do. Oh my god that's so key.Melody: Yep it's like hell I bucking' have anything. Well guess what. I don't even want that much. Because that's back when we talked about a prosperity mentality right.Patty: Yes.Melody: So that's part of that's part of prosperity thinking that you already know everything that you ever want are yours. So then you really don't want. Much a problem mentality says that. None of what I ever want is going to be mine. So now I'm going to script and scraping. No barely pay a bill but I going to buy Louis. Because of that. Look you know because of that projection of who I want to be. Yeah probably right profiling right.Because that that's probably mentality says just the opposite. I'm never going to have. What I Want. So. In that case I'm a spend every dime you know getting these things that I think I want. Right. So in essence quickly and I know we kind our diagraph. A prosperity Mindset is just the opposite. You just imagine imagine think through that thing that you actually are already have any and everything. You ever wanted or have access to get it. So then think about then what is it that you really want that all of. That will make your Joy persist because you know what. That's my life purpose. Yeah your life persists.Patty: I love that and it's so true and it's just really. This is really fascinating because the more I can remember I saw this video on YouTube and if I remember I'll post it on the show note but it was about these two speakers were in front of a big crowd and they're like OK what humans want. And they're like oh they want big car but why, oh I want to live a town because why are I wanted this. I want to travel. Why. The root.Of why you want to do that is because you want to be happy. So what will it look like if at the core of what you do as a career as your calling is being in service and bringing yourself to all the happiness that you want? You realize how all that other shit that you felt you needed is was going to make you happy.That doesn't make you happy that maybe gives you that that serotonin hit because you bought that bad ass pair of shoes or something like that and that was cool. But it does. It's not a joy that persists like you're talking about. And the joy that persist is best is because of what you're doing right now in your career. And then you realize that everything else that's in the external doesn't even matter because you already have all the joy.Melody: That's right.Patty: Isn't that right.Melody: That's right. Patty you articulated. It's so WOWPatty: Yeah I like this because I've come to that realization I've been hearing other people and it's just like why do you want that well because I want Well why do you want that car because it's cool. But why do you want it. I don't know because I look good well why so to make me happy. That's why. Right. That's how.I've been really really just exploring the the deeper meanings behind why people do what they do. And at the core whether you are living in Kuwait Sri Lanka you know Oklahoma whether it's like we just all want to be happy.Melody: We all just want to be happy.Patty: So it's her job. So I love the happiness and the the joy that persists in your life with these with your service and the contribution that you are focused on. So tell me what is your definition of success. You've kind of answered it as we're wrapping up.Melody: OK. My definition of success. Is. To. Be able to live. Each day. In service to others. And. ensuring that my joy persists.Patty: I love that. It's as simple as that.Melody: Simple as that.Patty: I love it. OK. And then the last question after all is said and done. What do you want your legacy to be?Melody: I'd like my legacy to be one where. I left. I left a trail. Of I left a trail of. Accomplishment. I'd like my legacy to be that I left a trail of accomplishment. That allow. Others. To. Live their best lives. That's my legacy to be.Patty: That's Beautiful and they have that with Melody Miller So Melody how people get a hold of you. All of that's given assurance but tell people how they can get in touch with you.Melody: So you can get in touch with me via my Web site which is. melodymmiller.com. Literally my name a melodymmiller.com My website and you'll see when you go on the site that you can contact me and all different types of ways you can click on the link to send me an email you can click on a link to actually schedule some time with me.So that's the best way to contact me but I'm also on social media. I am positively Melody on Instagram. Wonder why.Patty: Exactly.Melody: Now I'm on Instagram I'm positively Melody on Facebook. I have a group. Your. Virtual life coach.Patty: So your virtual life coach melodymmiller.com People can. It will also connect your book which is called getting back to wonderful wisdom and inspiration for the peaks and valleys which is available on paperback in Kindle. All that information on how to get a hold of melody will be included in the show notes for this episode.Thank you Melody for being on the show. As always I absolutely adore you. It is such fun to always catch up with you and hear what's cooking. So thank you for being on her legacy podcast.Melody: Thank you Patty.Here's the link were you can get hold of Ms. Melody Miller:Melody M. Miller (millermelody3@gmail.com),Website: www.melodymmiller.com,Book signing & Vision Board Workshop 3/2/2019 - N.C.,Social Media Handles: Melody M. Miller, CPCCAuthor, Life Strategist, SpeakerCEO | The Confidence Trifecta, LLCwww.theconfidencetrifecta.com | theconfidencetrifecta@gmail.comLinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/millermelody3/Instagram: positivelymelody - https://www.instagram.com/positivelymelody/Facebook: Your Virtual Life Coach - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1955325278127566/My book:"Getting Back to Wonderful, Wisdom and Inspiration For the Peaks and Valleys" - available on Amazon,

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