Many of us face stress. Whether it be in the form of an overfull to-do list, issues at home, work, or intense workout. What we have to remember is that stress doesnt always have to be a badd thing! It's just when it becomes overwhelming that it overtakes our life, and we feel out of control, that's when the problems set in.

So in this episode, Nikki explores three ways that will help you become more resilient so that the stress in our lives doesn't feel quite as difficult or uncomfortable.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Ways to improve your tolerance to stress: 

1. Working on your habits and mindset — Will help you better manage yourself in stressful situations.
2. Nourishing your body properly — A great way to help alleviate stress.
3. Paying attention to your hormones — They affect how you feel about stress. 

Memorable Quotes:

"Life doesn't go as planned. We have to embrace the fact thats life. Plans will change. And COVID taught us that. So, this is where we want to know that if life throws us a curve ball, if our plans change, if we are going to have to face a stressor, which is gonna be inevitable, we wanna make sure that our body and our mind is able to tolerate that."

"When we actually nourish our body properly, we actually increase our stress tolerance…. So paying attention to your nutrition and realizing that it is a tool to help you thrive, to help you live your best life, and be able to handle stress."

"Stress is gonna be inevitable. Especially if you have a demanding career, especially if you have a lot on your plate, especially if you're goal-driven… But even with that, there is a lot that we can do through our daily habits, through working on our mindset and through just taking care of our body and helping it, optimizing our health in order for us to be able to handle higher stressors."

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Are you looking to stay on track with your health and fitness goals through the weekend? Tune in as Nikki shares tips to help you stay motivated and CRUSH your weekends. From getting active to eating healthy, these tips will help you maintain your healthy lifestyle. So what are you waiting for?

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Getting clear on your goals and WHY you want to achieve them
• Looking at health and fitness as a lifestyle
• Importance of keeping your health and fitness on track
• Some tips to help you maintain your momentum with health and fitness even though the weekends

Memorable Quotes:

"If you go into your healthy lifestyle, your nutrition, your weight loss journey, your health or your fitness journey, whatever goal you're going into, and you focus on making choices that physically support your body and help you feel better, it's gonna be a lot easier to crush your weekend and be more consistent in the weekend."

"If you are struggling through the weekends on a consistent basis, and that is your big downfall…my biggest recommendation is to challenge yourself. Do it. Just do it. Just challenge yourself, push through, and stay committed. Do what you know needs to be done, do what you need to do. Do what's gonna help you feel good."

"If you feel like you have been struggling regularly for over your weekends, then just challenge yourself, look for those solutions versus looking for those excuses and just really make sure to prove to yourself, give yourself those opportunities."

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Are you afraid of hard work? A lot of people are. But successful people are the ones who put in the time and effort to make their dreams a reality. If you're not afraid to work hard, you can be successful too.

Nikki tells you the difference between successful and unsuccessful people and how a strong work ethic is a key to success.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• What separates successful people from unsuccessful people
• Being self-aware about What's blocking you or distracting you from working
• A strong work ethic is the key to success
• Having the mindset and desire to challenge yourself to become better
• Looking for solutions instead of excuses when you face difficulties

Memorable Quotes:

"I feel like the biggest thing that a lot of people who are super successful in life, whether it be in terms of careers or their fitness goals or whatever it is, is their ability to work."

"So many people they don't wanna work. And then they wonder why they're not further ahead with their life."

"Some people wonder why they can't get into this next level of themselves, or grow throughout their life, or accomplish these goals that they see other people accomplishing and wish they could do that. You can do that. You can literally do whatever you want if you set your mind to it. But it's going to take effort."

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"How do you stay so MOTIVATED to EAT HEALTHY?" This is a question Nikki gets asked a lot. Listen in to hear her answer and gain a few tips to help you stay on track.

If you're struggling to stay motivated to eat healthily, try to follow her advice. With a little effort, you can find the motivation you need to make healthy eating a part of your life.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• The turning point in Nikki's life that shifted her mindset toward her lifestyle, habits, and eating healthy
• The power that foods can have on your lifestyle
• Taking the time to get to know your nutrition, as it is one of the foundations of your quality of life
• Tips to create long-lasting changes in your nutrition
• Making aligned choices regarding your nutrition and habits to live the best quality of life.

Memorable Quotes:

"A lot of us go through most of our life only thinking about the nutritional labels of food. We see that thing, and we check the calories, we check the macros, we see if it's macro friendly, but we need to understand different foods and different ingredients are able to provide our body with different nutrients."

"The reason I am so freaking obsessed with food, with nutrition, is because it is such a foundational part of our quality of life that a lot of people don't even tap into."

"It takes time to make these internal mental shifts. But if you do things consistently and you do things properly, and you do things with the focus of how you feel and of your health over time, these things will click, and it will become more effortless."

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What is your WHY? Why are you doing what you're doing? Your WHY is the reason you do what you do. It's what drives you towards success. Nikki talks about getting clear on your WHY to help you to achieve your goals and live a fulfilled life.

Believe me, once you find your WHY, everything changes!

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Importance of diving into your purpose when setting goals
• Discovering your WHY and using it to achieve your goals
• How lack of a clear purpose can really affect your motivation and consistency
• About initial a goal-setting call and why Nikki started doing it

Memorable Quotes:

"You have heard the saying that you don't always have to be motivated. You just have to be disciplined. But at the end of the day, motivation is what makes you stay disciplined when it comes to goals."

"Gaining clarity can really help us lay out the path that is actually best for us. And that is gonna help us feel our best mentally and physically in order to get to that goal."

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When it comes to achieving your goals, the most important thing you can do is create a routine. Nikki explores the importance of routine and how it can make your life more organized, productive, happy, and healthy.

Get started on implementing a routine in your life from today, and you will see how it can transform your life!

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• The importance of a routine and the benefits it can have
• Getting into a good routine, especially through summer
• Reverse engineering your habits based on your goals
• Building a routine that is going to serve you and your goals

Memorable Quotes:

"The cool part when it comes to goals, whether they be health-related or fitness related, is that in order to reach your goals, there are going to be a variety of different habits. So if we have a goal, something that we really want to achieve and work towards, there's going to be specific habits that will help lead us to that result."

"If we build a routine which is going to serve us right, which is going to be made up of those little small steps and those little small habits that are gonna help us get to our goals, we are gonna be far more successful."

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In today's world, we are constantly stressed, and this constant stress can affect weight loss and your overall wellness. Nikki discusses four ways high stress is affecting your weight loss journey and what you can do to manage your stress.

You'll learn some practical tips that will help you get more energy, feel more calm, and have a happier life!

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Four common ways high stress affects your fat loss or weight loss journey

1. Cortisol: Stress elevates cortisol levels in the body, which can cause an increase in appetite.
2. Sleep: A lack of sleep may increase cravings for carbohydrates and sugar.
3. Routine: When you have a high-stress level, your routine becomes more inconsistent, leading to overeating.
4. Eating: Stress can make you turn to food as a coping mechanism, leading to weight gain.

• Some easy strategies to reduce your stress and live a healthier, happier life.

Memorable Quotes:

"Stress Isn't a bad thing. Stress can be a very good thing; it can help us challenge our body, strengthen our body. It is something that is going to be an inevitable part of life and that we're going to have to deal with now. But there is a big difference between being stressed and being chronically stressed."

"Sometimes a lot of people will turn to food for as like a stress coping mechanism. But unfortunately that doesn't really solve the problem and whatever stressors you're dealing with tend to still be there. And now we might feel bloated, exhausted, uncomfortable, frustrated, and so forth."

"Stress isn't necessarily a bad thing, but if it is chronic, if it is extreme… it can really affect how everything is functioning, and how your adrenals are functioning. And of course it can keep you stuck at that plateau with your fat loss journey or your weight loss journey."

Links Mentioned:

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You're either fully committed, or you're not. It's time to stop half-assing your life and start making the most of it. Nikki encourages you to be the best at what you do, achieve your goals and enjoy the best of life. Tune in as she talks about making better decisions, living healthier, taking care of yourself, and much more!

Stop wasting another day of your life! Make the most of every moment and start living the life you deserve.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Our lives are worth more than settling and holding ourselves back.
• The story of Nikki's life-changing experience
• The question that prompted Nikki to compete in a bikini contest
• Setting a goal and staying committed to it until you achieve it
• Stepping out of your comfort zone helps you discover your potential and your body's capabilities

Memorable Quotes:

"Everything is in your control. And there's so much power that you have in terms of your health, in terms of your fitness, to just create changes in your lifestyle."

"Realize that you are probably doing things today and over the past week and over the past month, and maybe the past years that are holding you back. And you have so much opportunity in front of you with every single decision you make, every single goal you set, every single commitment you stick to in order to take your life to a totally different direction."

"If you feel like you're not living your life to your full potential, or you have certain goals that are on your mind, or you have certain things that you know you need to change in order to be the best version of yourself, then just do it. Commit to it. Go all in and give yourself that opportunity to be that person that you wanna be."

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Nikki shares with you her journey of healing her gut, which includes a candid look at her diet and lifestyle changes. She also shares what she has learned about the gut and her top tips for those suffering from gut issues.

Hope this episode will help you with your gut health and inspire you to take your gut health seriously.

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Nikki's struggle with gut health as a child and the impact it had on her life
• Fitness and body composition journey of Nikki
• The first time she competed in a bikini competition
• Identifying and removing the problematic foods for her gut health
• Being diagnosed with celiac disease (an immune reaction to eating gluten)
• The lessons Nikki learned during her gut health journey

Memorable Quotes:

"Oftentimes, we can see somebody where they are now, where they've got into either in terms of their health or their fitness. But it has taken me many, many years specifically with my gut health, probably my entire life, in order to get to the place where I'm at right now and also have my lifestyle become so second nature."

"Our bodies are incredible. They're incredibly resilient, and so is our gut. Our gut is so powerful. It can do so much. And it takes so much stress constantly. It is constantly taking certain foods from the outside world and literally breaking it down and absorbing it into your body so you can use it as fuel."

"We can do so much with our day-to-day habits with our nutrition, with our lifestyle, with doing the groundwork first, to reduce that overall stress off our body and get things functioning as they should. As they're meant to."

Links Mentioned:

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Weight loss is achievable when you have an understanding of what's happening to your hormones. Nikki reveals how certain hormones can lead to weight gain, no matter how healthy you eat, cut calories or exercise.

Uncover lifesaving secrets to melt pounds and make exercise an effortless pleasure!

In this podcast episode, Nikki discusses:

• Four hormonal imbalances that are creating resistance with your weight loss journey:

1. Cortisol — As stress affects us emotionally, certain hormones are released that affect our ability to lose weight.
2. Estrogen Dominance — The imbalance of estrogen and progesterone can affect your body's fat loss ability
3. Thyroid hormones — They can greatly affect your metabolism and your ability to lose weight
4. Insulin — Our body's utilization of carbohydrates, sugars and glucose is influenced by insulin, which determines whether you store fat or burn it.

Memorable Quotes:

"Hormones are going to not only influence your body composition, but they can influence so many other aspects about how you're feeling day to day."

"Cortisol is necessary… But when it stays elevated for a prolonged period of time, it can be problematic, and it can also affect not only your ability to lose weight, but it can also contribute to you actually storing more body fat."

"Working with your metabolism through the process of losing that weight is extremely important for the maintenance of that weight loss long term."

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