Nicole & Kate Can Relate

The pandemic is something none of us could have really prepared for, but here we are. It’s been about two years since many of us went into our first lockdown, and we’re all still guessing as to when we’ll experience some sort of “new normal”.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with COVID-19 and the pandemic. 

Points Discussed in this Episode

• A look back to March 2020 and our first lockdown experiences
• How COVID and the pandemic as a whole has affected our everyday lives
• How the experience and perspective through all of this is vastly different for everyone
• Mindset reminders and embracing the pause

Mentioned in this episode: 

We’re clearly not health professionals, biologists, or scientists, so for information outside of us sharing our own experiences, check out the CDC’s most up-to-date info on COVID-19 and the pandemic.

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: How has Covid changed your life? 

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Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Perspective - how you choose to view life, the people around you, the places you visit, and your role in it all - is incredibly powerful.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with perspective shifts throughout experiences like living abroad, traveling the globe, conversations with family members, connections with those who are very different from us, and more!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Living abroad 
• How travel can shift your perspective
• Your perspective changing as you grow older
• Conversations and connections - and your ability to put yourself in someone else’s shoes

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
• Kitchen Confidential: Anthony Bourdain’s book
• Carnegie quoting Henry Ford in How to Win Friends and Influence People:

  “Here is one of the best bits of advice ever given about the fine art of human relationships. ‘If there is any one secret of success,’ says Henry Ford, ‘it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.’”
  
  

• "Travel is rich with learning opportunities, and the ultimate souvenir is a broader perspective." ~ Rick Steves
• “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” ~ Oprah

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: How has your perspective changed?

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Working with a high-performing spouse presents some challenges - especially if you view yourself as a high-performing individual as well. 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences working with our significant others, including how it all started - and some of the surprises we’ve fielded along the way!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• The importance of being clear about your role and asking for what you want
• The difference between the visionary role and the “engine” role
• Dealing with assumptions from others
• Gaining and losing confidence in the process

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: 

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Money is a charged topic. Some of us grew up respecting money - understanding what money represents and how it can help us accomplish beautiful, positive things. Others have a different understanding. 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with money, including how we thought and talked about money from a young age, in addition to how we feel about it now - and the many resources and the mindset work we’ve done to get there. 

Points Discussed in this Episode

• What we thought of money as we were growing up 
• The lack of information and preparation given to us from our education system 
• The resources we’ve used to work on our money mindset throughout the years
• Our favorite quotes - dissected! 

Mentioned in this episode:

Naval’s series “How to Get Rich” 

Naval on Twitter
Marc Andreesen’s blog 

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki 

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: What’s your money mindset?

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Mindset is one of the most powerful and impactful things in our lives, and we get to decide whether we invest our time, energy and effort into improving it. 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with mindset. We’ll discuss how it has played an integral role on our journeys, in addition to sharing specific experiences and moments where our mindset has dramatically shifted - and how that has changed the trajectory of our lives. 

Points Discussed in this Episode

• What our experience with mindset has been and how we first started getting into it
• A specific experience or instance when our mindset has shifted and what the results of that were
• How our thoughts and what we say impacts the way we act and live
• Why awareness is so critical on your journey
• Reframing in order to create a better outcome

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill 
• Jim Rohn: You have to rely on yourself. Video on what it means to be self-reliant 
• “Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny.” ~ Lao Tzu

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Does mindset matter?

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Health - it’s definitely one of our top priorities and something we could go on and on about… mainly because it emcompasses so many different things: sleep, exercise, the food we put in our bodies (just to name a few).

In this episode we’ll share our own personal views about what overall “good health” looks like, and what some of our daily routines are that help support good health in our own lives.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Has health always been important to us? 
• How our youth and families have influenced our opinions about health and wellness
• What overall good health looks like for each of us
• Why advocating for yourself and holding yourself accountable is key to living a healthy life

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: What does overall “good health” look like?

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Reflecting, looking back, recapping… whatever you want to call it, we’re jumping on the mic today to talk about why this is such an important practice for us, and how we do it!

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with recapping by way of sharing our 2021 in review! The wins, the lessons, our upcoming goals, and more :)

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Why is reflection important, and what role has it played on our journey and in our lives thus far?
• We each share our biggest win of 2021 
• We each share our biggest lesson learned of 2021
• We each share one big goal in our sights right now
• We’ll cap things off with a resource / recommendation!

Mentioned in this episode

• Chris Brogan’s “My 3 Words for 2021”
• “Life is not just the passing of time. Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity.” - Jim Rohn

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Have you recapped your 2021 yet?

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Failure: it’s not typically something one strives for; or is it? 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with failure and how our view of failure has changed over the years - especially since becoming entrepreneurs.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• What we currently believe about failure
• Nicole shares a personal experience that - to some - looked a lot like failure 
• Kate shares a failure she experienced at work - one that she has struggled to detach herself from
• How our view of failure has changed over the years - especially since becoming entrepreneurs

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Failure: Is it the way to success?

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Between the two of us, we’ve made a big move or relocated 8 times! Now that’s some experience.

In this episode we’ll share what went into making the initial decision to move - and then what happened once we arrived in our location. You know - the good, the unexpected, the lessons, and... the not-so-glamorous side of things, too!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Kate shares her experience leaving home for the first time at the age of 18 for college 
• Nicole shares her experience relocating from Sydney to Japan, from Japan to Sydney, and then from Sydney to Dubai!
• Kate talks about moving cross-country to Maine and what some of her biggest struggles - and lessons - from that move were (along with Nicole’s move from NYC to Cali)
• We share what we’ve had to give up (or sacrifice) in order to make these moves

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences with big moves in our lives!

Don’t forget to follow or subscribe to Nicole & Kate Can Relate for more episodes like this one! 

Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

It’s no secret that job security and the way we work is changing - fast. With the Great Resignation, the pandemic, and the fast-paced online world we live in today, changing careers is becoming more and more common.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with changing careers, moving internationally for jobs, and we’ll chat about the opportunities available to job seekers in today’s job market.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• What’s the impact of the Great Resignation, and is job security a thing?
• Nicole shares her experience moving from job to job (and country to country!)
• Kate shares how she gained confidence when making big career changes
• What opportunities are available for those looking to change careers right now?

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Microsoft article: The Next Great Disruption Is Hybrid Work—Are We Ready?
• ABC Radio article: Here comes the Great Resignation. Why millions of employees could quit their jobs post-pandemic
• NPR’s Consider This podcast ep: The Great Resignation: Why People Are Leaving Their Jobs In Growing Numbers
• Smart Company article: The Great Resignation is coming, but is Australia ready?
• NKCR ep on Judgement
• NKCR ep on Confidence

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Changing careers and The Great Resignation: Can you relate?

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Our mission with this podcast is to share a candid convo one time per week to help provide love, support, and space for women to share without judgement, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.