Today, Payal is joined by her guest Janelle Nicole. Janelle walked away after 6 years in big law as a commercial real estate associate at the largest law firm in the world to start life as a business and branding strategist. She chats with Payal about taking that huge risk and the trials that came with that big decision. Janelle opens up about breaking generational beliefs, becoming a role model for her family, and processing the guilt she felt by dropping it all to chase her dreams. She also shares her journey from being a solopreneur to becoming a CEO who was responsible for creating a safe and honest environment for herself and her team. Payal and Janelle talk about the importance of setting healthy boundaries, creating a space where employees are free to voice their opinions, and flipping the script on perfectionism without sacrificing excellence. If you’re a solopreneur, CEO, or you’re hesitant to chase the unconventional path of entrepreneurship, this episode is for you. Tune in as Payal and Janelle have an honest conversation about the pressures of entrepreneurship, setting core values, and chasing your dreams despite generational limiting beliefs.

Today on The Unapologetic Woman:

• Who is Janelle Nicole?
• How to show up for your community without putting pressure on yourself
• Why your core values will help you operate with intention
• Being aware of what serves you 
• Flipping the script on perfectionism
• Sustaining yourself as a CEO and working with a team
• Creating healthy boundaries for yourself and your team as a CEO
• Establishing the most honest space for you and your team
• Breaking generational belief and role modeling it for others
• Experiencing guilt by not feeling fully aligned with your path

Connect with Janelle Nicole:

• https://janellenicole.co/ 
• https://www.instagram.com/heyjnicole/ 



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Payal is a human behavior expert, speaker and women entrepreneurs leadership coach who empowers leaders to create a company team culture they are proud of just as much as the mission and impact their business is making in the world. She has 10+ years as a former clinical therapist and as a global leadership development consultant , having worked with fortune 500 companies, to now ensuring no woman entrepreneur feels alone in her journey as a leader and equipped with strategies, tools and the mindset to empower a high performing team and happy team.

Payal holds a masters in clinical psychology and is completing her Phd in Business Psychology (2021), researching how to lead with empathy and psychological safety (trust) to create transparency and dual accountability in the workplace. She has created her proprietary framework that she uses with her clients, compassion for self, empathy for others and accountability for both.