IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR!

Time to look back on, and reflect on the past year we’ve had… but we’re doing things a bit differently.

I believe in making year end reviews actionable, exciting and not at all overwhelming! So today, I’m taking you through the 5 things I learned from my New Year Vision exercise.

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This week we are off to rest up and enjoy the holiday season! So we compiled a list of helpful episodes to listen to this week instead!

1. If you haven’t, listen to last week's episode on 4 Ways to Make Resting Easier during the holidays - there are lots of tactical exercises in there for your holiday time off
2. If you’re last minute shopping check out this episode on gift giving and using the 5 love languages to make them more personal: Gift Giving Overwhelm
3. If you want more on resting and how to do so without feeling guilty, check out How to Rest Without the Guilt
4. If you’re an Empath and this time of year can feel difficult due to enhanced emotions and difficulty putting up barriers, listen to 5 Ways to Make Being an Empath Your Superpower
5. If you’re in the mood for something fun and lighthearted, check out one of our top episodes, Nicole’s Favorite Things
6. Lastly, if you’re experiencing more anxiety during this time of year, check out our interview with Justine Carino, therapist and mental health expert around anxiety and perfectionism.

Happy Holidays!

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Forbes and Entrepreneur recently released a study saying that America is the second worst country for taking time off. There are many reasons behind this but during the holiday season this topic becomes very multifaceted.

That’s why it was TIME we did an episode fully devoted to resting during the holiday season. In this episode we talk about:

• Planning ahead for rest days
• Managing your to-do list during the holiday season
• Being careful on social media
• And how exactly to challenge the guilt and fear around rest

My goal is that you end this episode feeling like you can go into this holiday season and ENJOY IT!... not feel like you need a vacation after it.

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Today on the podcast I am sitting down with casting director, COO and author Julia Bianco Schoeffling. Julia is an absolute TITAN in the voice acting for video games industry and has written the first ever industry guide for video game acting: The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games.

We cover a WIDE range of topics on this episode, such as:

• How she wrote the book (even as a mom, and full time teacher/casting director and COO)
• How she and her partner started The Halp Network and the mission behind their incredible company and the impact they are making in the video game world
• What the future of interactive storytelling looks
• Perfectionism in the voice acting world
• And, my favorite part, she opens up about her own experience with perfectionism.

You do not need to be a gamer or a voice actor to get an INSANE amount out of this episode. All the tools, exercises and topics we talk about are universal and everyone can get something out of it!

More on Julia:

Julia Bianco Schoeffling is the author of The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games, the industry's first such guide. As the COO and Casting Director at The Halp Network, she specializes in voice and performance capture casting for future technology including video games, AR/VR, new media, location-based entertainment, and beyond. Casting credits include Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time, The Outerworlds, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond VR and Tell Me Why featuring the first playable transgender character in a video game. She is a Co-Chair of the Dialogue and Performance Track of GameSoundCon, the world's largest conference on audio for video games and interactive media, a member of BAFTA and has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Backstage, and Wired Magazine.

Links for Juila:

Instagram @juliabscasting

The Halp Network

Get her Book

Chani (meditation app)

Wylde Flowers Game

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Ahhh Affirmations.. These little puppies are interesting because they are posted all over social media … And yet SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DOING THEM WRONG

So today we are going to talk about the 5 reasons why your affirmations aren't working and, of course, talk about what you can do instead to make them stick!!

My goal is for you to leave this episode knowing the step by step exercises for you to create a personalized affirmation practice and the science behind how to actually create affirmations that work. These are incredibly powerful… if you do them right!!

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Did you know visualization is used by most of the world’s most successful people? There's a reason! In this visualization practice & journal prompt workbook, you'll learn the importance of visualization, be walked through Nicole's signature visualization practice and gain journal prompts that will help you manifest your wildest dreams! Pssst this is the visualization practice Nicole uses with all of her private clients!

Get the visualization by clicking the link below: https://nicolebaker.podia.com/nicole-s-signature-visualization-with-journal-prompts

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The holidays are here! And with holiday cheer can come lots of perfectionism.. And a 40% increase of anxiety. In today's episode we are diving into what are some ways you can ease that perfectionism during the holiday season.

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One of my favorite questions I get as a podcaster is “Nicole, I’m dealing with X, Y and Z… What should I read to help me with this?”

Well today is the answer to that question!!

We dive into ALL of my favorite personal development books in the categories of mindset, productivity, relationships/sex, money and more!

Get the FULL book recommendation list HERE or by going to https://www.lifecoachbaker.com/books

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Today on the show I am sitting down with behavior change specialist and a self-confidence coach, Paul Levitin. What absolutely fascinates me about Paul is not only is he an incredibly motivated person (inspiring me just through listening back to our conversation) but his framework around quitting.

Especially as we enter the end of the year, quitting is a huge topic with a lot of shame around it. Paul not only explains how to distinguish healthy quitting (yes it exists!) but also how to know when it is causing self sabotage!

How to Quit Quitting Masterclass: https://paullevitin.ac-page.com/quitting-masterclass

Follow Paul:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paullevitin/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-levitin-a7b56018b/

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Health and wellness can feel incredibly overwhelming! That’s why I am thrilled to welcome Abbie Stasior to the podcast! Abbie is all about making health not only something that is sustainable but also married with the wellness of the mind - and on this episode she gives you all SO many options for both!

Abbie Stasior (pronounced stay-see-ur) is a bubbly & passionate Registered Dietitian to Be! She just graduated from Columbia University's grad school with her Masters in Nutrition & Exercise Physiology, is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and is the Founder of health and life coaching company, Be About Being Better, which she started 4 years ago! She works with clients internationally on creating a diet-free, sustainable healthy lifestyle. She wants you to live a better, more vibrant life and helps you maintain that lifestyle, over the long term!

Follow Abbie:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abbie.stasior/

Podcast: https://pod.link/1644433437

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The Empowered Entrepreneur full day virtual summit is happening THIS FRIDAY!!!

Click here to join this incredible event!!  https://amberalexis.mykajabi.com/theempoweredentrepreneur

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Rest and guilt… Unfortunately these are two things that have gone hand in hand. We hKnow we should be resting… but then we feel guilty for not being productive, tackling our to-do list, or the 1000 other things that are constantly on our minds…

No more I say!

In this episode I give you 5 ways that you can start to get the guilt out of your rest time, we work on reframing your mindset around rest, and we tap into some exercises you can start using now to create more peaceful rest in your life!

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