I’ve spent most of my life worried about my health instead of being grateful for it because I didn’t “look the part” of the healthy, fit woman. So, when we do an episode about health and wellness, I want us all to focus on the being and the feeling of health, and set aside the external stereotype of what health looks like. I want us to think holistically because the mental, emotional, social and physical are all connected. And mostly, I hope you take a nugget away with something you can do to FE...
Feb 28, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Over the last few months, we’ve focused on the topic of confidence by releasing chapters of my book, Validation Is For Parking ( you can still get the confidence workbook for free by visiting https://nicolekalil.com/ ). Last week I read the final few pages, but we’re going to stick with that topic, because there’s not much I care more about than YOU connecting to your confidence. In the book I share the 5 confidence derailers that are impacting women at the highest level… these are the things th...
Feb 26, 2024•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we cover a topic that I've been historically bad at. Asking for help. How do we learn to ask for help? Well, we ask for help. So I’ve invited an expert. Dr. Cynthia Bentzen-Mercer is the co-founder of Zeal of the Heel, a business executive, human capital strategist, author, and executive coach. Cynthia, along with Kimberly Rath, worked together to co-author their book “Now, Near, Next”, an essential guidebook for women to promote their skills to accelerate their careers. I’m sur...
Feb 21, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to get your FREE Confidence Building Workbook or visit nicolekalil.com - this workbook will be available for FREE only thru the end of February ‘24. Each Monday I’ve been bringing a chapter of Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ) to life. This week we cover the last few pages, the Final Thoughts, and I share what you can expect for our future Monday episodes. If you’ve been listening to all our VI4P episodes you just finished a book. Congratulations! I ho...
Feb 19, 2024•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast I’m hijacking Valentine’s Day to celebrate our soulmates, specifically the ones that come in the form of friends. The older I get, the more I value friendship. I mean, these are the great love stories we should be talking about, right? And that’s what we’re going to do. I’ve invited three of my soulmates to join me on the show so we can talk about this great love – its value, what works and what doesn’t, and why we all need it. Here’s what I know with absolute certainty, your FRIENDSHIPS matter ...
Feb 14, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to get your FREE Confidence Building Workbook or visit nicolekalil.com Every Monday I’m bringing a chapter of Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ) to life! This week we cover the final chapter, Chapter 10, which is all about the confidence con of Seeking Confidence Externally (pages 26 & 27 in the workbook), and all the ways we can begin to Build it Internally (page 36 in the workbook). Here’s what you can expect: The confidence con gets exposed for t...
Feb 12, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast I’m releasing this solo episode for two reasons – first, I have some BIG news to share with you! Second, because I think my reaction and response to this big news will be relevant for many of you. If you’re part of my community you already know some of this – because my community always gets the good stuff, the free stuff, the funny stuff, and the important stuff FIRST. Side note, if you want to be in the know and aren’t part of my community yet, you can go to www.nicolekalil.com and download an...
Feb 07, 2024•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to get your FREE Confidence Building Workbook or visit http://eepurl.com/h_moXr Every Monday I’m bringing a chapter of Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ) to life! This week we go through Chapter 9 on Comparison & Judgment (pages 21-23 in the workbook) and Choosing Confidence (pages 33-34 in the workbook). Here’s what you can expect: I acknowledge how easy it is to fall into the comparison trap and how judgment is its trusty sidekick Using social med...
Feb 05, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we discuss what I believe to be the common denominator of success. The thing that all the people who make it big have in common. What do you think that is? Hard work? Talent? Passion or great connections? I believe it’s this: They are RESILIENT. Which, for most of us, is a skill we get to build. Here to help us do just that is Erika Rothenberger . She uses her degree in Civil Engineering and Masters in Business Administration in her full-time career as Director of Performance Sys...
Jan 31, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to get your FREE Confidence Building Workbook or visit http://eepurl.com/h_moXr Every Monday I’m bringing a chapter of Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ) to life! This week we go through Chapter 8 and focus on Overthinking (pages 24 & 25 in the workbook) and Action (pages 29 & 30 in the workbook). Here’s what you can expect: Discover why overthinking is an epic waste of time Here some examples of the ways women overthink (just in case you don’t ...
Jan 29, 2024•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast “Owners act and think differently than employees.” While that statement certainly applies to career and business, I want to go on record in saying that it applies to life and relationships too. An ownership mindset has advantages, creates success, and transforms your life – in every aspect of it. Kerry Siggins , CEO of StoneAge, Inc . a fast-growing manufacturing and technology company, joins me to talk about ownership mindset and personal responsibility. Under Kerry’s leadership, StoneAge has e...
Jan 24, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here to get your FREE Confidence Building Workbook . On this episode, I go through Chapter 7 of Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ), which focuses on Head Trash (which is what I call my negative thoughts) and giving yourself grace. You can dig deeper into Head Trash on pages 17-20, and Giving Yourself Grace on page 35 of our workbook! Here’s what you can expect: What we can all learn about our Head Trash from our actual trash Giving yourself grace - how to ta...
Jan 22, 2024•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re a few weeks into the new year, so how are your resolutions going? If the answer is anything but GREAT, this episode is for you. Because there’s a huge segment of people I want to acknowledge – those who make the resolutions and then don’t follow through, for whatever reason. And my concern is less about follow through, and more about the beat up, guilt, and shame that often comes along with it. My theory as to why many of us DON’T follow through is that whatever intention/goal/or resolutio...
Jan 19, 2024•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast I don’t think I’ve interacted with a single woman who isn’t experiencing stress at an uncomfortable and unhealthy level. I’ve become so used to being stressed that I’m not sure I even recognize it anymore. I need my Oura Ring to point it out for me, and I have taken HeyFreya’s stress test to get more insight into how my body is managing, or not managing my stress. I don’t think you or I were meant to live with this much stress! I’m joined by Dr. Rebecca Heiss , a stress physiologist who is dedic...
Jan 17, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Click here for your FREE Confidence Building workbook . You will be added to our weekly communication for even more confidence building tips! You can unsubscribe at any time… but we hope you’ll stay with us for the confidence building journey. Every Monday I bring a chapter of my book, Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ) to life! This week we work our way through Chapter 6 and talk about Perfectionism and Failure. Here’s what you can expect: We define what a “confi...
Jan 15, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Did you know that menopause happens in ONE DAY? Well, if you didn’t (like me) you need to listen to this episode. It’s about preparing yourself in your 30s and 40s for this inevitable transition, and because I’m not a doctor I’ve invited Dr. Thara Vayali to join me. Thara is hey freya’s resident doctor of naturopathic medicine, a nutritionist, herbalist and supplement formulation expert with over ten years of clinical expertise and over five years of experience in digital health. She practiced a...
Jan 11, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast To get your FREE Confidence Building workbook , click here . In today’s episode, we’re covering topics related to pages 9-12 for those of you doing the work to build YOUR confidence! Every Monday for the next several weeks (as long as it takes to get through Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ), I’m going to bring a chapter of the book to life! This week we work our way through Chapter 5 (pages 9-12 of the workbook) and discuss the opportunity of Owning Who You’re N...
Jan 08, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast We’re going to kick off the year with a first on this show – we’re going to talk about the AMAZING, EXTRAORDINARY value of men. Joining me to make sure this conversation is grounded in research and celebration, is Alison Armstrong, a sought-after speaker and thought leader whose exploration of human behavior began in 1991, with her decision to study men. Her success in understanding men naturally led to studying women’s behavior and making vital connections between the two. Through her seminars,...
Jan 03, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast To get your FREE Confidence Building workbook , click here . In this episode, we’re covering topics related to pages 6 - 8 for those of you doing the work to build YOUR confidence! Every Monday for the next several weeks (as long as it takes to get through Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ), I’m going to bring a chapter of the book to life! This week we work our way through Chapter 4 (and pages 6 - 8 of the workbook) where we explore the opportunity to Know Yourse...
Jan 01, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Every once in a while we release a mini-episode of This Is Woman’s Work so I can share something I’ve learned, comment on something that feels particularly relevant and timely, or vent about something I need to get off my chest before my head explodes. Basically, these mini-episodes are the podcast equivalent of an appetizer – not quite filling enough to be a main course (unless you eat a million of them, which is frankly MY go-to move because I’d rather eat a meal of appetizers anyway), they’re...
Dec 29, 2023•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast I’m more than a little excited to bring you THE BEST, most listened-to episodes of This Is Woman’s Work in 2023!! This might be my favorite episode of each year, as it allows me to reflect and celebrate ALL the amazing content, guests, and learnings that happened throughout the year. I also love this episode for YOU because it’s a great way to highlight the episodes that resonated the most and if you’re new to our show, serves as a really good starting point. As we close out one year and walk in...
Dec 27, 2023•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast To get your FREE Confidence Building workbook , click here . You will be added to our weekly communication for even more confidence building tips! You can unsubscribe at any time… but we hope you’ll stay with us for the confidence building journey. Every Monday for the next several weeks (as long as it takes to get through Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ), I’m going to bring a chapter of the book to life! This week we work our way through Chapter 3 where we talk...
Dec 25, 2023•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast On today’s episode of TIWW, we’re going to explore some of the generational differences that impact our work – as women, but mostly as humans of different generations who are living and working together. And I couldn’t possibly cover this topic without bringing in THE expert, Kim Lear . Kim is a writer, researcher, and the founder of Inlay Insights. Recently named “one of today's best speakers,” by Meetings and Conventions Magazine, Kim is known for skillfully weaving eye-opening statistics,...
Dec 20, 2023•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast To get your FREE Confidence Building workbook , click here . You will be added to our weekly communication for even more confidence building tips! You can unsubscribe at any time… but we hope you’ll stay with us for the confidence building journey. Every Monday for the next several weeks (as long as it takes to get through Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ), I’m going to bring a chapter of the book to life! This week we work our way through Chapter 2 and talk abou...
Dec 18, 2023•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast (To take advantage of the FREE opportunity to give and get support on social media thru 12/31 click here: https://nicolekalil.com/apply and make sure to choose the “Likes Only” option) What do we do with all of our awkward parts and our not-so-epic moments? I know we’ve been taught to avoid and ignore them, but what would happen if we accepted them? Even better, what if we embraced them? WHAT IF awkwardness is our secret weapon for risk-taking, especially at work, as our guest today suggests? We...
Dec 13, 2023•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast To get your FREE Confidence Building workbook , click here . You will be added to our weekly communication for even more confidence building tips! You can unsubscribe at any time… but we hope you’ll stay with us for the confidence building journey. Every Monday for the next several weeks (as long as it takes to get through Validation Is For Parking: How Women Can Beat The Confidence Con ), I’m going to bring a chapter of the book to life! This week we work our way through Chapter 1 and talk abou...
Dec 11, 2023•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode of TIWW we talk about how to recognize the busyness trap for what it is, so we don’t get lured or accidentally fall into it, AND about getting ourselves out of it once we’ve fallen in. I’m doing this episode for YOU, but I’m also doing it for me so I can listen to it those couple times a year when I forget everything I know and revert back to those “busyness”, “do more” tendencies of mine. I’ve invited Teresa Vozza , leadership expert, certified executive coach, former HR Executi...
Dec 06, 2023•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast If you subscribe to TIWW (and I really hope you do), you’ve gotten used to a Wednesday release of our new episodes, and let me be upfront that nothing is changing about that…you’re in for another exceptional episode with another incredible guest on Wednesday of this week. The reason I’m showing up on a Monday is because I’m going to read to you! More specifically, I’m going to read chapters and sections of my book, Validation is For Parking ! Each Monday (as long as it takes to get through the b...
Dec 04, 2023•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Is productivity just about getting as much done as possible, or is it about getting the right things done in the best way? HOW do you KNOW when you’re being productive? Maybe a better question is how do you differentiate from being productive vs. just being busy? I’m excited to have Amber De La Garza on the show to help us answer these questions! Amber has more than a decade of experience helping small business owners maximize profits, reduce stress, and make time for what matters most by elevat...
Nov 29, 2023•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast (To take advantage of the FREE opportunity to give and get support on social media thru 12/31 click here: https://nicolekalil.com/apply and make sure to choose the “Likes Only” option) It took me a long time to not only understand my introversion but to appreciate it. To stop trying to be like the extroverts around me and recognize that being an introvert not only was part of who I am, but it’s actually one of my superpowers. And because somewhere around 40-50% of the population identify as intr...
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