Evolve with Nicolette

This week, I finally got to meet my boo, Filipino American plus size model, Vanessa Camille! This is our second convo together but first in person She joined me at my new home One Dwn Media studios and we streamed live on the Kumu app. We talked everything from her experience at the BTS concert, masculine/feminine trends in fashion, and Vanessa's glow up since the last time we spoke. It was such a blessing to meet her in person and vibe with her, it was truly a gift. Follow Vanessa on Instagram, TikTok, & Kumu @vanessaxcamille                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

This week I talk about how busy these couple of weeks have been for every aspect of my life, for my podcast, my brand, and my personal life. Life is definitely life-ing right now, haha. But I'm built for this. I talk about how I wished for the very things that are happening in my life right now. 

This week for my new series, Healing in Community I sat down with Coach Poppers & Coach Rich from the Banning Pilots football team. Over the years I have watched my friends pour their time and dedication into the youth football programs in the city of Wilmington, California. We talked about how it was like to bring back champion mentality to the BHS football program while living through a pandemic and how community support is so important to it’s success. Thank you special local sponsors @wilmington_barberlounge @shopludic @glowing.with.goodness for supporting my podcast✨

This week, I had the super talented, 3 time Austin Music winning, Mexican American sister trio, Tiarra Girls. I got to chance to know them on personal level as they talked about their upbringing and how they came to be a band. We talked about how important it is to amplify the causes they believe in by advocating through their music and platform. They shared about what the writing process is like and how their supportive parents has made a positive influence on their lives and as a group. I got the chance to ask lead singer Tori about her coming out story and courage it took to share that with her parents and grandparents. This episode is by far at the top of my favorites and I'm so excited for you to hear our conversation!

Follow Tiarra Girls on Instagram @tiarragirlband

Visit their website https://tiarragirls.com

This week, I share what everyone goes through at one point...QUITTING. Life has been challenging lately I'm not going to lie. I talk about my recent panic attacks and the moment I really contemplated quitting EVERYTHING. But I've quit before....this time wasn't the same as before. This time I have set so many things in motion that it was so much harder to undo all the things I have in motion...like speaking engagements, sponsorships, Magical Mujer Collective...like people actually depend on me now. I share how that thought process went and how a phone call reminded me that the Universe is always working in my favor. 

This week, I share my grief story and how celebrating Dia de Los Muertos has been very healing as I mourn my family members that have passed on. I also bring to light that on my birthday day this year, my Abuelito passed away and how I feel super honored that he transitioned on my actual birthday. Even though, I didn't have a relationship with him or got to grow up with him, I always longed for him to be a part of my life and I was making an more intentional effort to practice my Spanish for the day I got to go to Mexico and visit him. Although, meeting him will never happen now, I finally get to share something with him, September 8th. Even though, my family is devastated of his passing, I feel a bit closer to him because he earned his angel wings on my day of birth. This episode was near and dear to my heart. I hope you enjoy this episode and if you are currently mourning/grieving I hope my story can bring you something to look forward to.  .  

This week, my good friend Sean Sani also known as Brown Papi aka South East Asian Papi came by the studio! We continued our conversation on dating and relating as he is navigating dating life during a pandemic and hearing his point of view from a male perspective. Sean talked about how growing up in a broken home had an affect on his first relationship and how it's helped him understand the choices he's made. We also talked about the catalyst that changed his point of view on how he approaches new relationships and how important it is to be clear about his intentions. 

This week I was super excited to meet one of my Clubhouse friends in real life, Alex Grubbs. Alex and I have been in conversations with each other in the on Clubhouse about being half Filipino and what our experiences have been like. It was so refreshing to speak with on things that I felt were so exclusively only my own experience. We talked about Alex's upbringing in a mixed family in Pittsburg and how it affected how it view himself. We had lots of laughs about the common misconceptions and stereotypes. We talked about how it was like trying into fit into Filipino spaces while only being half. It was so beautiful to talk about how we are actively healing our identity to understand that we are whole and enough as we are. 

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Instagram/TikTok/Twitter: @halffilipino

This week I get into the viral sensation of La 69 and what I have now called the Jenny 69 effect. Beauty influencer and popular Youtube influencer Jenny 69 has been making big waves with the release of her song, La 69. I wanted to talk about this week because I've come across more hate and negative comments about her. Many comments surround her lack of talent and how other singers don't get any limelight because of artist like her. I beg to differ....this type of mentality is the exact reason why those artist are not exactly where they want to be. Someone else's success doesn't dim your light at all. I want to encourage, always, that instead of thinking "why her and not me" to reframe that to "if she can do it, I can do it too". It is essential to our own path and journey that we channel jealousy of what someone else is experiencing to turn that into excitement for your own journey. Regardless if you like the song or Jenny 69, you can't deny that she has mastered the art of turning her haters in dollars and I am here for it.   

This episode is dedicated to my brother. He would've been 42 years old this year and I am definitely feeling his energy when I am in the studio.

This week I had the honor and privilege to have Keith Good News with me and speak life into all of us. He truly is a visionary and he has had quite a journey so far but he is far from being done. Keith is the Founder and CEO of The Good News Radio Network, the host of the TOP of the Morning podcast, a family man, a girl Dad, a rapper and most recently a marathon runner. We talked about how his first podcast, The Good News Radio show birthed The Good News Radio Network that is now home to 3 stations with 27 podcast shows. It was fun talking to him about what the journey has been and what the future looks like. It's an honor to know a real life visionary like him and for the Evolve with Nicolette podcast be a part of the evolving TGN story.