Nicole & Kate Can Relate

We love books, but it’s not always easy to choose your next read. 

In this episode we share the books we’re reading right now - and what we think of them! Get ready to add one or two to your own reading list!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Nicole shares the books she’s reading right now 
  • Free Time: Lose the Busy Work, Love Your Business (Jenny Blake)
  • 1Q84 (Haruki Murakami)
  • The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward (Daniel Pink)
  • The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform your Life (Todd Herman)

• Kate shares the books she’s reading right now
  • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters (Priya Parker)
  • Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing (Matthew Perry Memoir)
  • The Joy of Missing Out: Live More by Doing Less (Tanya Dalton)
  • The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)

Mentioned in this episode: 

• The Science of Regret: Daniel Pink interview on A Slight Change of Plans Podcast
• Diane Sawyer interview with Matthew Perry

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: What books are you reading right now?

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Do you meditate? It’s a question we’ve been asked dozens of times, and typically we’ve both been inclined to say “no”. But what if meditation didn’t have to look a certain way, or go by just one definition?

Tune in to today’s special feature with Katie Krimitsos, Founder and Host of the Women’s Meditation Network, and open your mind to a whole new world of what meditation and mindfulness can be!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• The many forms of meditation and how it doesn’t have to “look” any certain way
• How we see meditation and how we currently “practice” this in our daily lives
• The Monkey Mind - is it OK to have thoughts during meditation?
• Common misconceptions about meditation
• Real-life examples of meditation and how they can help you bring peace and patience into your home and into your relationships
• Meditation can be stepping outside and putting your feet in the grass, or it can be laying on your bed and closing your eyes and listening to your breath
• Katie walks us through what “mini moments of mindfulness” are
• Gratitude as meditation
• Not being reactive; your ability to control your time and your day
• You might already be meditating in your day-to-day already
• The difference between meditation and mindfulness

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Women’s Meditation Network
• Katie’s Instagram
• Katie’s Facebook

How to enter Katie’s giveaway for a swag bag filled with her favorite health & wellness products, worth over $300!

1. Subscribe to any one of Katie’s podcasts in the Women’s Meditation Network
2. Go to Apple Podcasts and leave an honest Rating & Review
3. Go to Instagram or Facebook, tag Women’s Meditation Network, and share your review!

Thank you so much for joining us for this special feature episode with Katie Krimitsos on meditation and mindfulness!

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Have you ever thought about the rules you live by? Yeah, we hadn’t either - until now!

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with setting aside time to consider our own rules of life, what they are, and why we highly recommend you do it, too!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• The inspiration for this episode
• We share a healthy handful of our rules of life, including personal cleanliness, spending money on experiences over things, daily movement being a must - and wine and cheese being a perfect meal substitute!

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: What are your rules of 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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

How often do you just stop to ponder some of life’s biggest questions? We’re willing to bet not that often, as we know this is the case for us.

In this episode we’ll share a discussion on a podcast episode in which a woman shares her story - a story that allowed us to do just that: ponder questions about our existence, about suffering, about mindset, and more.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Brief overview of Maya Shankar’s story
• We share a few things that stood out to us, like considering our attitude towards existence, our sensitivity to others’ sufferings, our mindset when it comes to bringing children into this world…
• We chat about compatibility and being willing to see things from a different perspective
• The idea of “connected detachment”
• The power of gratitude

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Episode on the Meditative Story podcast: The Joy of being an unwilling traveler through life
• Maya’s Podcast: A Slight Change of Plans

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we discuss and reflect on our existence.

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

When this book came up in a random conversation and we realized we had both read it, we were so excited to discuss it! 

In this episode we’ll share our biggest takeaways and standout moments from the book, How to Live: 27 conflicting answers and one weird conclusion. Don’t worry - no spoilers here!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Brief overview of the book and how it’s quite different from your traditional read
• Our favorite chapters and ideas from the book
• Some interesting connections we found with our top values
• Our overall feelings on the book

Mentioned in this episode: 

• How to Live by Derek Sivers

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we discuss the book How to Live by Derek Sivers!

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

No one wants to be blindsided by criticism and negative feedback, especially when what they’re sharing is meant to support and empower others.

Well, that’s exactly what happened when Angela Henderson published an article on a popular website in Australia called MamaMia, and today she’s joining us to share exactly how she handled that criticism and negative feedback without losing sleep - or her confidence.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• What went down - straight from Angela
• What she was most surprised about
• How she handled the criticism and negative comments 
• Mindset and our beliefs, and how big a role those play in how we see the world
• Supporting women to speak up and take ownership of their decisions - everyone has a choice
• How every situation in our life gets presented to us for a reason
• Being responsible for how you receive others’ feedback and opinions and what you do with that - how you react (or don’t react)
• Whatever you’re not changing, you’re choosing
• Trusting that what’s in front of you is working for you and not against you

Mentioned in this episode: 

• AngelaHenderson.com.au
• Angela’s Article on MamaMia: 'I outsource all my home life admin. Here's exactly how I do it, and how much it costs.'
• Angela’s Podcast Episode: The Toughest 36 Hours in Business

If this convo brings up anything for you and you need further help, support, or guidance, check out these resources:

• Lifeline on 13 11 14 (Australia)
• Beyond Blue on 1300 22 46 36 (Australia)
• Headspace on 1 800 650 890 (USA)
• BetterHelp (USA)

Asking for help shows strength.

Thank you so much for joining us for this special feature episode with Angela Henderson on handling criticism and negative feedback.

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

In our last episode on the podcast (Ep 70) we shared our initial exploration of our core values with you. 

In today’s episode we’ll continue the convo as our discovery unfolds! Turns out a deep dive into your core values goes a lot farther than we thought - in the best way possible!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Quick recap of our previous episode, Part I on Values (Ep 70)
• We revisit our 2nd value (neither of us were convinced we had it nailed!)
• We discuss some questions from Brené’s worksheet on when we are - and are NOT - living our values
• An example of when we’re living our values
• Are “systems” and “freedom” contradictory?

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Episode 70 on Values (Part I)
• Brene Brown podcast episode on values
• Via personality test

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Do you know what your core values are?

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Values are important - we all know this - but have you ever really taken the time to actually write them down… to declare them?

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with values, and how a podcast episode and PDF worksheet from Brené Brown has helped us immensely on our journey to declaring our core values!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Our serendipitous desire to dig deep into our own values  
• The anxiety we felt around choosing just 2 core values (we have at least 10-15!... or so we thought)
• Our experience going through Brené’s PDF worksheet
• We each share our top 2 values (ok… admission: neither of us are really quite sure about the 2nd - yet!)
• We decide by the end of this episode that there must be a part II! So, to be continued :)

Mentioned in today’s episode: 

Brene Brown’s podcast episode on values

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Do you know what your core values are? (Part I)

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Planning and hosting an event, a mastermind, or a retreat is a lot of work. But the experience and outcome is worth every second!

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with planning and hosting our own events, masterminds, and retreats!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Defining masterminds, events / conferences, and retreats 
• Our own experience planning and hosting our own events
• Nicole talks about WebinarNinja Live in San Diego (2015), the WebinarNinja Team Retreat they hosted in Bali (2019), and OzCon in AUS (2022)
• The importance of setting a goal, an intention, and expectations when planning any type of event
• Kate talks about Puerto Palooza (2017, 2018), and the Bonus Events they’ve hosted (2019, 2020)
• Nicole breaks down a behind-the-scenes of OzCon, including how they came up with the idea and details on the execution
• Kate breaks down the behind-the-scenes of Puerto Palooza and why hosting this mastermind at their home in Puerto Rico was so important to them
• The importance of asking for feedback post-event to learn what went well and what could be improved next time
• Our favorite parts about planning and hosting our own events, masterminds, and retreats

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Have you considered planning and hosting your own event?

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

There comes a time when the scales have to tip: you consume to learn, but then what about producing… Isn’t that where the true learnings and experience come from?

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with the different stages of consuming and producing, and how each benefits us in different ways.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Does consuming sap your creative energy, making it more difficult to produce? 
• Different types of consuming - not all content is created equally!
• Our own experiences with producing versus consuming
• Are energy levels expended at different rates based on the type of producing you’re doing?
• The many different phases and stages of consuming and producing 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Kate Toon’s Reel on Instagram

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Consuming vs. Producing: Should there be a balance?

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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.