Mostly Together

After spending 15+ years in TV news, I'm discovering that the habits that made me comfortable telling other people's stories can make sharing my own surprisingly uncomfortable.

In this episode, I'm talking about:

• Returning to a TV studio and learning to "un-news" myself

• Navigating the difference between being confident on camera and being genuinely vulnerable

• Why sharing our experiences can help us find common ground with people we might never expect

• Unpacking the career baggage we carry with us into different chapters of our lives

So, what's in your baggage? Maybe it's time to start unpacking, too!

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

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Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

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For more than a decade, Nicole Nalepa and Scot Haney spent their mornings together on live television — laughing, singing, improvising, and somehow keeping it together before most of Connecticut had poured its first cup of coffee.

Now, Scot becomes the first guest to join Nicole in the Mostly Together in-home studio for a conversation that goes beyond the version viewers have come to know on television.

But this isn't simply a reunion. What follows is part nostalgia, part reflection — with plenty of the chemistry longtime viewers will remember.

Scot opens up about the person behind the personality audiences have known for decades, the people who have carried him through difficult seasons, and the quieter realities of life when the cameras are off.

Together, they look back on what made those years working side-by-side so special and talk about identity, change, what it means to keep showing up, and learning to recognize the magic while you're still living in it.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

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Connect with Scot:

🌐 @scothaney

When did we start feeling like every free moment needs to be filled?

Between packed schedules, endless notifications, social media, and the constant pull to do just one more thing, there's never been more competing for our attention.

In this episode of Mostly Together, Nicole reflects on our relationship with time, the expectations of an always-connected world, and why she's becoming more selective about what deserves her time and attention.

It's not about doing less or stepping away from the things we love. It's about being more intentional with the moments in between.

Because sometimes, the most meaningful thing we can do is simply be present.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mostly-together/id1871317737

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David Begnaud has spent more than two decades telling some of the biggest stories in America. As a former lead national correspondent for CBS News, he reported from the center of major breaking news events, earned the trust of viewers across the country, and now hosts The Person Who Believed in Me — where his first guest was Oprah Winfrey.

But what shaped the storyteller himself?

In this episode of Mostly Together, Nicole turns the questions back on David for a candid conversation about the experiences that made him who he is, the complicated relationship between our work and our identity, and what he's learning in this next chapter of his life.

Along the way, two longtime journalists get into what actually makes someone open up, why listening may matter more than asking the perfect question, and why sometimes the most powerful follow-up is no question at all.

It's a conversation about being seen, evolving, and figuring out who you are when the story starts to change.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

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Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

📲 Podcast IG & FB: @mostlytogetherpod

Connect with David:

🌐 https://www.thedogoodcrew.com/

📲 Instagram: @davidbegnaud

Nicole talks soap operas, doomscrolling, and why relaxing somehow became another thing we're supposed to be good at.

In a world where we have more entertainment, more content, and more ways to "relax" than ever — why does it still feel so hard to actually unwind? We're always scrolling, checking, tracking, and optimizing — but for what? Maybe what you actually need is to chill out for a second. No goals. No self-improvement. No pressure to make the moment useful. So: What is your nothing?

The conversation was sparked by a reel from Hannah Young, @uhhuhhannah, whose original post about our moms having soap operas got Nicole thinking about what we've lost in the way we rest.

Sometimes the healthiest thing we can do is stop treating ourselves like a project. You don't have to be together all the time. Around here, mostly together is more than enough.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mostly-together/id1871317737

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Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

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What if the very things we're praised for — working hard, taking care of everyone, pushing through, holding it all together — are also the things quietly pulling us away from ourselves?

Carrie Lupoli is a nutritionist, award-winning behavior specialist, international speaker and author of From Corset to Crown. But this conversation goes far beyond food.

Carrie and Nicole talk about the invisible "corsets" women learn to wear: perfectionism, people-pleasing, achievement, comparison, sacrifice and the belief that we have to change ourselves in order to have value.

They explore why pressure isn't proof of purpose, how women can lose themselves while still appearing incredibly capable, why changing a behavior requires understanding what's underneath it, and what happens when the patterns that helped make us successful begin to cost us something.

Plus, Carrie opens up about motherhood, the complicated relationship so many women have with food and their bodies, the pushback that can come when we start making different choices for ourselves — and why becoming the healthiest version of yourself is ultimately a journey of self-discovery.

Because maybe the goal isn't becoming someone better.

Maybe it's remembering you were already worthy.

-- Episode presented by Ellafi Federal Credit Union: https://www.ellafifcu.org/ --

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mostly-together/id1871317737

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Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

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Connect with Carrie:

🌐 www.carrielupoli.com

📲 Instagram: @carrie_lupoli

Jeff Hamilton never imagined he would one day lead Mohegan Sun. His path to the president's office took turns he couldn't have predicted—and not long after he arrived, he was tested in ways no leader could have anticipated. In this episode, Jeff joins Nicole to talk about unexpected turns, high-stakes leadership, family and why he never wants a title to become his identity. As Mohegan Sun marks its 30th anniversary, he also reflects on legacy, responsibility and what it means to guide an institution so deeply connected to his community and the Mohegan Tribe. It's a conversation about the person behind the position—and remembering who you are when the job is only one part of your story.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

🌐 https://www.mostlytogetherpod.com/

📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mostly-together/id1871317737

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Q2TPERHFNgnapvuOQJqSx

Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

📲 Podcast IG & FB: @mostlytogetherpod

earn more about Jeff Hamilton: 🌐 https://newsroom.mohegansun.com/corporate-management/

Where were you one year ago — and what would that version of you think if they could see you now?

In this episode of Mostly Together, Nicole reflects on the one-year mark since her final week at Channel 3, the uncertainty of suddenly asking "what now?" and the realization that moving forward didn't mean starting over. It's a conversation about career, identity, grief, growth, trusting what you already carry with you — and why it can be almost impossible to see how much you're changing while you're still in the middle of it.

Because where you are today isn't necessarily where you'll be a year from now. And maybe that's not something to be afraid of. Maybe that's the exciting part.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mostly-together/id1871317737

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Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

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Carol Lin spent years at the center of some of the biggest breaking news stories of her generation.

The former CNN and ABC News anchor became the first national television anchor to report the September 11th attacks — a moment that would forever become part of her story. But the life behind the headlines was far more complicated than what viewers ever saw on camera.

In this episode of Mostly Together, Carol opens up about the drive that shaped her career, the choices that eventually changed it, and the deeply personal experiences that forced her to rethink what success, love, motherhood and resilience really mean.

Her new memoir, When News Breaks: A Memoir of Love and War, tells the story she never told on television — and our conversation goes there, too.

This is about what happens when the person who is used to covering the breaking news suddenly has to navigate her own.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mostly-together/id1871317737

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Q2TPERHFNgnapvuOQJqSx

Connect with Nicole:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @nicolenalepatv

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Connect with Carol Lin:

📲 Instagram & Facebook: @carollinnow

🌐 Website: https://www.carollinnow.com

What makes you feel most like yourself—and when did you decide it had to wait?

In this episode of Mostly Together, Nicole Nalepa reflects on a weekend at Bethel Woods, watching Sheryl Crow and Willie Nelson perform, and opens up about an unexpected connection to one of the most meaningful chapters of her own career.

It's a personal conversation about making room for what brings us joy, reconnecting with the parts of ourselves we may have left behind, and taking one honest step toward what makes us feel alive. Because choosing what we love doesn't always require a dramatic life change. Sometimes, it simply begins with deciding that what matters to us deserves some of our time, too.

Explore Mostly Together — new episodes every week:

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📺 Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@mostlytogetherpod

🎧 Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mostly-together/id1871317737

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3Q2TPERHFNgnapvuOQJqSx

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