Nicole Sandland was about to move to Germany to further pursue her professional dancing career when she fell in love with a bloke from the land. She went away for three months but came home, and what happened next was a whirlwind romance. Nicole and Luke packed up their life in Adelaide and moved to Jamestown in regional South Australia, near Luke’s family farm. The pair opened the town’s first gym, and then moved onto a property out of town, and then COVID hit. But unlike a lot of people, Nic really enjoyed the forced lockdown, because she’s not very good at slowing down and not doing things, and she’ll be the first to admit it. Nic is a mum to 18-month-old Seb, a trainer at Kate Ivey Fitness, and the founder, co-director and PT at her own gym, NicFit. In this very honest episode of Motherland, Nic joins me to discuss the ‘trap’ of trying to do it all, what happens when your husband quits farming to join your business, and the realities of being a mum who wants to work, but also wants nothing more than to be with her kids. If you’re also a mum who’s wearing too many hats and who's struggling with the mental load, you need to listen to this very honest conversation. This is Nicole’s story.

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