Naptime Empires with Nikki Elledge Brown: Refreshingly Honest Conversations for Entrepreneurial Moms

Our minds our infinitely more powerful than we realize.

Whether that's a good thing or a bad thing depends on our THOUGHTS.

Next time you find yourself in a funk, rut, blah zone - I want you to TRY this mindset trick.

It's super simple, free, mobile, and can shift your energy in (almost literally) no time.

Let me know how it works for you!

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Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

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You know it’s a juicy convo when the recurring theme is “if we’re just being honest.” Jill Stanton (co-founder of Screw the Nine to Five) has been a treasured member of my cabinet of friendtors for years. In this convo (recorded when she was 38+ weeks pregnant!), we cover a FULL range of #naptimeempires topics - pregnancy life, checking ourselves (+ our goals) when things feel heavy, identity crises and goal checking, the ups and downs of online businesses, and a whole lot more.

This is the stuff I love chatting with buddies about behind the scenes every week. Hope you enjoy being part of the convo with us!

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Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

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If you feel like your message is an ambiguous mystery - or your mission in life is a foggy unknown, I challenge thee to listen to this episode with an open mind.

To consider that maybe, JUST MAYBE, you've been sharing your message all along. Repeatedly. To those you love most - in biz and in life.

It's time to connect the dots and value your voice with 20/20 hindsight, my friend.

In this ep I'll show you how.

It's time to own your message. Over and over and over again.

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I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

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I've been reading some really interesting parenting books lately (will have to do full book reports in other episodes - they're REALLY good).

One of my fave takeaways from Magical Parent, Magical Child, for example, is the fact that we are MEANT to learn from the kiddos in our lives.

The childlike qualities of curiosity, wonder, playfulness, resilience... they're invaluable. But if we're not SUPER mindful of that, we tend to let those qualities atrophy as we transform into "grownups."

The inspiration for this particular ep came from my two-year-old teacher named Deacon.

He's recently started speaking in full on paragraphs, you see.

Well - pseudo paragraphs.

There aren't a ton of clear WORDS in the paragraphs yet, but they're coming.

To HIM they're clear. And he's testing the waters to see how we react.

He's learning by doing - without fear of sounding silly or nonsensical.

By using his voice, he's finding his voice.

In this ep, I share how we can do the same.

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MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

INSTA: https://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown

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In this ep I encourage you to take an honest look at your digital library --- all the online workshops, courses, programs, books, communities you've got at your fingertips.

Make a list, check it twice. Go through each resource and find at least ONE way you've gotten value from it (even and especially if you didn't "complete" the course).

Examples - got three new clients. sparked a massive mindset shift. met my biz bff. connected with a fave mentor.

There may be some you haven't even opened, and in that case - try to remember and make note of WHY you felt you "needed" it at the time - and what you know to be true about that NOW.

Maybe you'll find some resources you FORGOT you had at your fingertips.

Maybe you'll find a resource your VA could use to help you move a top priority forward this WEEK. (#maniwin!)

Above all, if you've got more courses than you want to publicly admit, my hope is that this exercise will help you 1) free yourself from any shame or guilt around that, 2) empower you with a fresh dose of self awareness, and 3) remind you that you have MORE than enough info to make meaningful progress right now.

Time to put it to good use.

Come share your ahas in the group!

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MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

INSTA: https://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown

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In this ep I'm doing my best to peer pressure you into starting (or re-starting) a regular journaling practice because IT'S FREAKING POWERFUL and easy and basically free.

Doesn't have to be fancy or formal. Doesn't have to take even 10 minutes a day. Or FIVE. (But seriously, if you're telling yourself you don't have five quiet minutes a day you're either lying or not spending enough time hiding in the bathroom. No judgment. I speak from experience. ha)

Need prompts? Write about what you want. What you're thankful for. What you're unsure about. What you're excited about.

Write it in PRESENT (or even past) tense, like it's already happening / already happened. Write about your visions for your self - body, spirit, energy. Your relationships - romantic, friendships, motherhood. Your work - your creativity, your money, your definition of success. Your home. Your lifestyle. Your legacy.

WRITE. IT. OUT.

For bonus points, after you've written it, read it out loud in a voice memo and listen to it any time you need a pick me up (it's like you're verbally hitchhiking to your future).

Ask your future self questions. What do I need to know right now? How did we overcome X? What's the next right step for me?

NOTE: At this snapshot in time I am REALLY into passing notes back and forth between my future self + my today self.

I'm gonna record an audio visualization / meditation so I can arrange the chat *exactly* as I'd like to experience it. If something like that (or more info on journaling) is of interest to you, TAG ME and let me know on FB, Instagram, or by replying to any of my emails. I could use a little peer pressure to finish and put it out there ;)

In the meantime - enjoy the ep, and for the love:

Give yourself the gift of testing out a journaling practice and see what bubbles up. I think you may surprise yourself. <3

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MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

INSTA: https://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown

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If you’re anything like …anybody… who has ever started a blog, written an article, or sent out a smoke signal to an audience of any kind, you’ve probably caught yourself thinking:

“It’s already been said. (ALL OF IT.) Why would they want to hear it from me?”

It’s so normal. Before starting my business, that “everything’s been said” factor was one of my biggest hang-ups. It almost convinced me to stop writing before I started. Almost.

My message for you today isn’t unique, but that’s kinda the point: Even if your message isn’t irresistibly unique, YOU ARE. In this episode, I share three helpful reframes to lean on when you find yourself pressing MUTE on your own voice.

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Related #tbt posts: http://nikkielledgebrown.com/why-we-need-your-voice/

http://nikkielledgebrown.com/how-to-overcome-the-everythings-been-said-factor/

Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

INSTA: https://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown

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Ever find yourself on the digi-sidelines watching (what feels like) everyone else building their dream lives / businesses, thinking "that couldn't be me"? Yeah - me too. And it sucks. In this episode I'm calling us OUT on that mess so we can jump into the game and have some of our own fun.

Because really. The only difference between you / us and "them" is a DECISION. Once upon a time, "they" were at zero. No followers, no fans, no subscribers - no videos, no idea what a livestream was. They didn't know what would happen. Who would say / think what. And they went for it anyway.

Baby step, big mama leaps of faith... it all comes back to a decision to go for it.

You are totally capable of making that decision.

Today's a perfect day for it.

(More in the episode.)

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MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

INSTA: https://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown

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One of the most valuable writing / speaking tips I can give to those who want to build GENUINE connection online is to write to ONE.

Speaking directly to ONE singular reader (or listener, like here in the podcast!) is a simple way to help the *real human* on the other end of the screen / earbud feel instantly connected to you.

Here's the kicker: Sometimes (a LOT of times), that one person you're writing for is YOU.

In this episode I share how unsubscribing from the pressure to save / inspire the world may actually lead you to the HIGHEST service possible. I'll meet you in the ep with more. <3

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MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

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If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

INSTA: https://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown

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While I'm a huge believer in trusting divine timing / enjoying what IS (see NE 031), we gotta move our feet and take ACTION to help the process along.

In this episode I share how using 25-minute sprints has allowed me to refine + redefine the way I work this year, helping to rebuild TRUST that I am totally capable of getting valuable ish done in a reasonable amount of time.

If you sometimes feel like you're rolling around in white space and can't seem to FOCUS and see one task / project through to completion, listen in on 1.5x speed and give this technique a try.

(Then let me know how it goes!)

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MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

Take a listen here or in your preferred pod player and as always – let me know your fave takeaway by taking a screenshot (or a selfie) as you listen + tagging me on Instagram @nikkielledgebrown with #naptimeempires.

I’ll meet you there!

______________________________

If you enjoyed this episode, safe to say you will LOVE The Naptime Empires Survival Guide - a free email-and-audio series I created to help get you out of overwhelm / hiding in the bathroom and back into aligned, imperfect action.  Get started here: https://naptimeempires.com/guide

INSTA: https://instagram.com/nikkielledgebrown

MUSIC: "So Far So Close" by Jahzzar is licensed under an Attribution-ShareAlike License.

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