On this episode, Nicole and Ali interview Michael Tranmer, Coach, Speaker, Engineer and Author who is based out of Vancouver, BC.  Michael opens up about his transformational story that put him on a path of self discovery and clarity.  Michael even wrote a book about his journey called, ‘Satori Ananda – Awaken to Happiness’ releasing…

On this episode, Nicole and Ali celebrate their 25th episode of Meltdown City by laughing and reflecting on this process of their podcast.  They reflect on the bloopers, behind the scenes mishaps, lost episodes, equipment failures and also they re-cap the guests they have had on the show! Nicole and Ali announce their new twitter…

On episode 24, Conversations with Melissa Bitz, Nicole and Ali talk to travel blogger, Melissa Bitz aka TravelingBitz from Banos, Ecuador to hear how things are going two weeks into her six month trip traveling the world.  Melissa blogs about traveling solo while being a working professional and she has stepped up her game to…

On today’s episode, Nicole and Ali catch up, swap #meltdownmoments and read an email from a listener!  They also go on a bit of a tangent and segue into their topic of the episode, discussing Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming.  They discuss Michelle’s inspirational and successful path, her openness to discuss her personal “swerve” moments and…

On Episode 22, Nic and Ali sit down with Nelson Lau of  @nelson_eats fame.  He is an influential food photographer, as well as the co-host of the Seattle Foodie Podcast with Monica Beach of @monybseattle.  Nelson shares how he left his very stable, yet unfulfilling job to be in alignment with his professional goals and…

On this episode, Nic and Ali continue their telling of their travel meltdowns from the road which were a bit more dangerous this go around.  They involve being stuck in a sauna in Mexico, in a bathroom England,  MacGyver, a harrowing car ride in Cambodia and a murder.  Hilarity ensues. This is by no means…

On Episode 20, we sit down to chat with Desirae Judy, the owner and principal at M.O.I Designs, a Seattle based interior design studio specializing in residential and boutique commercial interior design.  She is also the co-owner of the independent bookstore Paperboat Booksellers, a new joint venture with her husband, Eric Judy.  Nicole and Ali talk with…

On this episode, Nic and Ali discuss the topic of modern love after they digested Esther Perel’s book ‘Mating in Captivity‘, her Ted Talk on ‘Rethinking Infidelity‘ and the talk from SXSW ‘Modern Love and Relationships.‘   Esther is a world renowned couple’s psychotherapist and New York Times best selling author.   Nic and Ali wanted to…

On this episode, Nic and Ali share their #meltdownmoments as Seattle Snowmaggedon hits.  This week, they read their first listener’s #meltdownmoment from Nelson, known as @nelson_eats, one of the co-hosts from the Seattle Foodie Podcast and it did not disappoint. The meat of today’s episode is about funny travel tales from the road.  Nic discusses…

On this episode, Nicole and Ali talk with architect, Nicholas Williams.   Nick has been living an nontraditional lifestyle from his airstream trailer, adventuring on the road while creating beautiful architecture for his clients.  He built out his airstream to function off the grid and with space for him to design on the road from places…