Do you want big things for your life? Do you yearn to make a major pivot...with your career, your marriage, your friendships, your economic status?  Whatever it is, know that it's essentially like a rebirth. You must go through some really tough stuff first. It might get uncomfortable. It might get messy. But the beautiful life on the other end is so worth it! Erin Hatzikostas and Nicole Licata Grant catch up this week on so many things (well, as usual). They first reminisce about the time Nicole went to Mardi Gras and all she thought about that, and remembers, was her well-planned potty break plan. Erin also talks about her plans for their upcoming cruise (which ends up being right in the middle of the Coronavirus craziness. Good news: she and her family are doing a-ok.) Erin asks Nicole about her recent trip to Hampshire, where Nicole helps to create a donor base for a community-based project focusing on system change and organic growth. Nicole discusses her Friday troubles - getting asked big questions and being given more work late on a Friday, and the good and the bad ways to deal with that. They talk about her challenges at work and the fact that life gets really frickin' touch (like a birth through the old vagina canal) before it gets beautiful. Nicole talks about a dinner she had with some of New York's most interesting and eccentric Designers. As she becomes "Nickole" Carraway watching Gatsby having one of his infamous parties. But this time there's...Sperm Ornaments?  Erin talks about meeting a coaching client, but she's sabotaged between a parking mete and a food delivery truck. So after (somehow) finding a second space she decides to walk, but this parking garage is actually a labyrinth, and Erin forgot to bring her ball of yarn. (Oh, and her glorious coaching input on someone giving up swearing for lent...) So what are you giving up for Lent? Nicole has some ideas on how to approach it and why, and how it's changed over the course of history. Then Erin and Nicole both discuss what they might give up, or change, for lent, and they both have some interesting ideas for this year.  We end with finding your 1%, a conversation on how to surround yourself with the right kind of people to bring out the best in both of you.  If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration! Here are some options... Check out the b BRILLIANT career coaching program @   b Cause Podcast Facebook group @ We share even more crazy stuff here (you probably thought that was impossible).  Take our simple, fun and insightful "What Kind of Dog Are You At Work?" by going to  We have so much fun stuff going on...we wouldn't want you to miss out - join the authenticity movement and our community by adding your email just about anywhere @  Check out our blog for more of our no-BS career advice @ We have fun and inspiring t-shirts @ DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsuitable for younger audiences.  Tweetable Comments: "I remember thinking, I have to find someplace to pee." "You're gonna own coronavirus. You'll have a Corona with limes, and she'll contain the virus. It's perfect." "Community groups know what they need in their own community." "Usually when you just pump money into a community without any kind of game plan it doesn't work out." "Did you authentic so hard while you were there?" "The universe is definitely backhanding me lately." "We're in Mercury retrograde, prepare for things to go wrong." "It's not bad luck. It's the universe telling you to wake the frick up." "If you're pushing more than one big thing to a person on a Friday after 12pm, you're an asshole." "On a scale of one to ten, what are the chances that within this environment you can have success?" "The company can keep using my talents, but I don't want my spirit to be destroyed." "You have a fucking conehead right now." "I don't call my friends by episode numbers like you do." "There's a lot of fun in failure." "It's really hard to be fabulous and industrious." "He said 'I don't spend a lot of time with straight women, but you're pretty fun." "Some of their decisions are predictable. When you put outrageous onto the average, there's not a lot of places for it to go." "Thank God my insecurities did not stop me from showing up." "Every year my dad gives up Catholicism for Lent." "What are you going to give up for lent? Your job?" "I need to reflect on the fact that you have two college degrees but have a hard time navigating a parking garage." "Find your 1%"