Your Unique Brilliance: Self-Help for Entrepreneurs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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