Nicole & Kate Can Relate

From complete lifestyle freedom and full-time entrepreneurial bliss to all the messy, beautiful experiences of motherhood. Now that’s a transition that comes with a whole lot of changes!

In this episode we dive into those changes with our special guest, Natalie Sisson. We hope you enjoy it!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• How Natalie and Josh’s handshake over dinner one night changed their lives
• The transition from lifestyle entrepreneurship and full freedom to becoming a mom
• The emotions that come with raising a child, mom guilt, finding support, and digging deep for patience
• Are dogs, cats, or … even your business good introductions to becoming a parent? 
• Incorporating a child into your lifestyle versus changing your lifestyle because of a child
• What attitude and mindset Natalie and Josh have developed to create the experiences they want to have as parents
• Teaming up with your partner for support, sleep, and space!... and being intentional about both parents being involved and sharing house - and parenting - duties
• Are dads more likely to be straight up about whether they’d “do it all over again”?
• Struggling with a swift shift in identities 

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Natalie’s books, The Suitcase Entrepreneur and Suck It Up Princess
• Connect with Natalie on Instagram
• NatalieSisson.com

Thank you so much for joining us for this Special Feature episode: From Suitcase Entrepreneur to Mama w/ Natalie Sisson!

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.

We get it: it’s not easy planning a trip - let alone a trip where you actually get to relax and feel refreshed upon your return.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with planning time away from our homes (and our businesses) to recharge. ‘Cause if there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s how critical that time really is.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• The importance of planning your trips with intention
• Vacays pre-entrepreneurship (and how it’s different now)
• The creativity and experiences that true R&R vacays allow
• Burnout: what’s at stake if you’re not prioritizing R&R?

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: When’s the last time you had a true R&R vacay?

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.

Social media is something that, these days, is hard to ignore. Whether you’re on it to share pictures, engage with your audience, or for that dopamine hit when you get a “ding!”, we’ve all experienced what it’s like to get a little lost in the rabbit hole.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with social media and how we think it has changed us - for better or worse.

Mentioned in this episode: 

• The Social Dilemma

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Why do we post on social media? 
• Is there a certain psychology behind it?
• We grew up without it, but the new generation doesn’t know a world without social media
• How we’ve managed to balance our use of social media while staying present and experiencing life in real-time
• Phone calls are soooo 1999!... why?

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: The cons of social media - are we worse for it?

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.

Stress. It comes in many forms and varying intensities. But one thing is for sure: we all experience it.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with managing stress, how it shows up, and some of our own coping mechanisms we use often.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Identifying triggers, people, and situations that cause you stress 
• Situations where tonality or how you start a sentence could cause unnecessary stress
• How our view and feelings around stress have changed as we’ve gotten older
• Different ways of managing or coping with stress

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Does stress keep you up at night, 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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Delegating isn’t easy, and partnerships can either be incredibly rewarding, or not at all what you expected. So how do you know when to do it and when not to?

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with delegating and partnerships, and how we’ve learned to gauge whether an offer is a great opportunity, or a hard pass.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• How do you know what and when to delegate? 
• What are the benefits of delegation and/or entering into a partnership?
• Challenges we’ve faced in partnerships 
• The difference between building relationships and entering into partnerships

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Delegating and partnerships - what’s a ‘yes’ and what’s a ‘no’? 

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.

Sometimes we find ourselves in a new role that isn’t so familiar, and getting used to showing up in a different way isn’t always easy. This is especially the case as our parents age and the relationship dynamics shift.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with changing roles and identities as we get older - in all areas of our lives.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Challenges with switching our focus… going from a domestic focus, to a business focus, to a family focus 
• The unfamiliar feeling of changing roles with aging parents
• Reminders around patience and presence
• The power of conversations when experiencing unchartered territory

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Are your parents getting older, 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.

Hey friends! Today we’re mixing things up a bit and sharing an interview we did on our girlfriend Allison’s podcast called Food Heals.

In this episode we dive into the topic of mindset with Allison. We hope you enjoy it!

Points Discussed in this Episode

• We share a bit about how Nicole & Kate Can Relate came to be! 
• We chat with Allison about our own mindset experiences
• Tune in to hear how mindset has changed for us over the years

Thank you so much for joining us for this Special Feature episode On Mindset w/ Allison Melody of Food Heals!

We’d love to hear from you! Send us a note at [email protected] or shoot us a DM on Instagram @nicole.and.kate.can.relate and let us know what you thought of today’s episode!

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.

Starting again can mean a lot of different things. Sometimes it’s expected - a choice we make. And other times it’s not at all expected, and it can feel abrupt - maybe even devastating.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with starting again and the major shifts we’ve had in our own lives on our journey to finding what’s next.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Major moves and decisions we’ve made early on in life in order to start again
• Scenarios where a restart might be helpful
• Can you “take back” a new start?
• Lessons learned on our journey to finding what’s next 

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Have you considered a “restart”?

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.

Saying yes to too many things inevitably leads to feeling overextended, and frankly, exhausted. 

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with overextending ourselves, and what we’ve learned along the way after saying “yes” to too many things.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• Our desire to help others and be able to “do it all”
• Feeling obligated, obliged, or pressured to say yes
• How important your own time is, and how saying “no” can be empowering

Mentioned in this episode: 

• Essentialism by Greg McKeown
• Atomic Habits by James Clear

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Why did I say yes to 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 judgment, speak without hesitation, and learn from each other - even when we don’t agree.

Our journey to starting our own businesses began over 10 years ago, and there have certainly been a lot of unexpected experiences and lessons learned throughout.

In this episode we’ll share our own personal experiences with starting our own business - the up’s, the down’s, and everything in between.

Points Discussed in this Episode

• We each set the scene of where we were and what prompted our decision to start our own business 
• What has your experience been like starting, and now running, your own business? 
• It’s about the journey - not the destination, which can be a difficult idea to embrace at times!
• Are we officially “unemployable” at this point?

Thank you so much for joining us for this episode where we share our own experiences answering the question: Starting your own business: What’s that 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.