Nicole & Kate Can Relate

Decision making isn’t always easy, and sometimes you wish someone else could just tell you exactly what to do next. 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with decision making, and how we’ve each approached massive decisions in our lives.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• We each talk about our relationship with decision making
• Nicole shares how she approached her decision to go through with a massive surgery
• Kate shares how she approached her decision to try and have children
• We share the steps we typically take when faced with a decision

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

• Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization Framework
• Top 5 Regrets of the Dying
• There Are no Right or Wrong Answers When it Comes to Decision Making 
• James Clear: https://jamesclear.com/decision-making

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: How do I make more confident decisions?

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.

Traveling requires a few things: the right mindset, preparation and planning, and two little things called time and money.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with travel - starting from a young age, through grade school and college, and into our lives now as entrepreneurs with a little more freedom. But does that freedom make a difference in how we travel?... Tune in to find out!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Our favorite or ideal way to travel 
• How travel changed for us throughout the years
• The tradeoffs of traveling when you own a business

Mentioned in this episode: 

Rick Steves

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: What role does travel play in my life?

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.

Long Description (show notes):

Judgement can happen without you even realizing it, which is why it’s such a sneaky little thing. And let’s not even go there on the topic of comparing ourselves to others...

Okay fine, let’s go there! In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with judgement, how it has affected us throughout our lives, and who we think is the ONE and only person you should be comparing yourself to…

Points Discussed in this Episode

• How has judgement affected us in our lives
• Why do we compare ourselves to others?
• Has social media played a role in how often we judge and/or compare?
• And more!

Mentioned in this episode: 

The 7 Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra

Marian Keys on “The Shift” podcast: Menopause, Botox, and learning to be shameless

I Thought It Was Just Me by Brené Brown

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Judgement, Comparison -Do you do this too?

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.

Guilt is a tricky emotion. We feel it in a variety of situations. Sometimes we can talk ourselves off the ledge, and other times it feels like our guilt will consume us.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with guilt and the ways in which guilt pops up most often in our lives, like when we’re spending money, dedicating time to self-care, when we’re away from work, and more! 

Points Discussed in this Episode

• How spending money, practicing self-care, and being away from work brings up guilt
• Where our guilt comes from - past experiences, our upbringing, or other
• We talk about whether guilt and fear are alike - does everyone feel guilt the same way that everyone feels fear?
• We talk about what we do when guilt creeps up
• ...and so much more!

Mentioned in this episode 

I Thought it was Just Me by Brené Brown

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Why do I feel guilty about that?

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.

Finding your passions - probably not something you think about on a daily basis. But should it be?

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with being asked the question, “What are you passionate about?”, how we currently seek out new passions, and we’ll also share some things we’ve tried that we know we’re definitely not passionate about!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Remembering the first time we were asked, “What are you passionate about?”
• How we currently seek out new passions
• A few things we are definitely passionate about!
• ...and a few things we are definitely not passionate about :)

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: How do I find my passions?

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.

Having it all. The idea or possibility of having it all might bring up a mixed bag of emotions and thoughts for you. Us, too!

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences and thoughts on what it means to have it all, we’ll look at how the pressures of having it all might be different for men and women, and we’ll also dive into some thoughts on whether we think it’s possible.

Mentioned in this episode: 

Derek Sivers $250k giveaway

Naval on desire being a contract

The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Points Discussed in this Episode

• What does having it all really mean? 
• Are there societal or gender-based pressures to have it all?
• Is it possible to actually have it all?
• We each answer whether we personally feel that we have it all

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Can I actually have it all?

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.

Let’s be real: running a business isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with running a business, including the highs, the lows, and everything in between.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Kate shares one of her biggest challenges 
• We each share some of the biggest rewards and wins we’ve experienced
• We dive into the sacrifices we’ve made
• We answer the question: is it worth it?

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: What’s it really like running a business?

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.

Running a business isn’t for everyone, but can anyone do it? Well, turns out we have a lot to say on this topic!... by the end of this episode we decide we have to continue the convo, making this part I of a two part series.

In this episode - part I - we talk about whether we’ve always considered ourselves entrepreneurs, we each share our own personal experience with becoming business owners, what the path looked like to get here, and we’ll even share one of the biggest challenges we’ve faced since starting a business. 

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Have you always considered yourself an entrepreneur?
• What each of our paths looked like that led us to where we are today
• Whether anyone can run a business / be an entrepreneur
• One of the biggest challenges we’ve faced to date

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Can anyone run a business?

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.

Ambition. By definition, it means a strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work. So, is it OK to be unambitious? 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences when it comes to our levels of ambition, whether ambition comes with a negative connotation, and we’ll also share why on the surface, we don’t think it’s OK to be unambitious. 

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Our own levels of ambition in various areas of our lives
• How certain circumstances or situations might cause one to feel unambitious
• How we’ve navigated tough times and committed to living a life filled with ambition
• Can ambition come with a negative connotation?

Mentioned in this episode:

Tony Robbins quote: “You are not a manager of circumstances, you’re the architect of your life’s experiences.”

Another quote, unknown: “It’s not that I’m so into money; I’m just not that into poverty.”

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Is it OK to be unambitious?

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.

Good habits aren’t always easy. Creating and sticking to them, all the while trying not to pick up bad habits… what’s the best way to manage it all?

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with building good habits - that actually stick - plus how we’ve ditched bad habits and what we do to get “back on track” after a vacation or rough patch.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Our favorite “good habits” and how we started them 
• Some of our bad habits we’ve kicked - or are currently working on
• How to get back on track after “falling off” good habits
• Does it have to be “all or nothing”?

Mentioned in this episode: 

James Clear - How to stick with good habits every day by using the “paper clip strategy”

Oprah Daily - It’s time to stop saying I’m sorry

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: How can I build good habits?

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.