The Wellthy Healthy Life Podcast

Female friendships after 40 hit different. My friend Brooke showed up for my 30th birthday....that's when we became real friends. Fifteen-plus years later, eleven of us flew to Charleston to celebrate her 50th.

In this solo episode, I'm sharing the real story behind the trip videos you saw on Instagram: why investing in female friendships is one of the best investments you'll ever make, why there's no expiration date on women in their 40s and 50s, and what a girls' trip feels like when nobody has to perform...stay out late, go home early, nobody cares.

Plus: eleven women, three and a half bathrooms, getting ready like it's college again, and (sadly) zero Southern Charm sightings.

This week's challenge: think about who in your life you don't have to perform for...and send them this episode.

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Ever wonder what you'd say if you could sit down with your 22-year-old self? In this solo episode, I'm sharing the hard-won lessons on dating (spoiler: it's a him problem, not a you problem), body image, career failure, and why your friendships matter more than you think. If you're a midlife woman still unlearning people-pleasing and perfectionism, this one's for you.

In this episode:
• Why "it's a him problem, not a you problem" changes how you date
• The body image lesson I wish I'd learned 20 years earlier
• What Steve Jobs' failures taught me about my own career fears
• Why investing in friendships matters more than finding "the one"

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Ever eat "clean" and still feel bloated by 3pm? This week I'm talking with Ryann Morris, Ayurvedic chef, founder of Food Brilliance, and creator of the documentary Food Is Everything. We chat about why the problem usually isn't what you're eating, it's how well you're digesting it.

Ryann opens up about a seven-year health crisis that started with a MRSA infection and months of IV antibiotics, and how it completely rewired her relationship with food and her gut. We get into:

• The difference between eating "healthy" and actually digesting well
• Why she swears by whole spices (starting with coriander) for bloating and inflammation
• A simple gut check-in you can start using after every meal
• Local vs. organic: which actually matters more
• Why reheated leftovers lose more nutrients than you'd think

If you've ever felt betrayed by your own "healthy" choices, this one's for you.

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You're not imagining it. You're not "just stressed." And you're not alone in feeling like your doctor doesn't have answers.

Surveys show that 93% of OB-GYNs don't feel comfortable treating perimenopause — and only 1 in 5 medical schools even include training on this stage of a woman's life. So when you leave an appointment feeling dismissed, that's not a you problem. It's a system problem.

Dana Culp is a physician and founder of Thrive Midlife Medical who learned this firsthand — not just as a specialist, but as a patient. Despite her medical background, she spent over a year unable to get proper care for her own perimenopause symptoms, dismissed by provider after provider. That experience completely redirected her career.

In this conversation we get into:

• The one flawed study from 2001 that dropped hormone therapy use from 40% to 4% — and why that fear is still shaping care today
• Why perimenopause can hit hard while you're still getting your period, and why high-achieving women often feel it most
• What estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone each do and how a good provider figures out where to start

• The lifestyle shifts (sleep, protein, movement) that can genuinely move the needle without a prescription

• What it looks like to work with a provider who actually specializes in this space

Take Dana's free perimenopause quiz at thrivemidlifemed.com

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This week Nicole sits down with keynote speaker, life coach, and bestselling author Ginny Priem to unpack the "Unsubscribe" framework — a four-part tool (Block, Mute, Swap, Manage) for letting go of what's not serving you without blowing up your whole life to do it.

Ginny opens up about the breaking point that changed everything: discovering her partner was living a double life, on the heels of stress-related health scares her body had been signaling for months. She walks through how that moment led her to leave a successful corporate career in medical aesthetics and build a business as an author, podcaster, and speaker and why she doesn't see her old career and her new one as an either/or.

This conversation covers boundaries, sunk-cost thinking in relationships and jobs, the pressure women feel to hold everything together, and why "just start small" is often the most honest advice for actually changing your life.

What we cover:

• The four pillars of the Unsubscribe framework — and how to apply them to relationships, jobs, and habits
• Why doing everything "right" doesn't protect you in a relationship or a career
• How to know the difference between a toxic relationship and one you've simply outgrown
• Leaving corporate without treating it like a betrayal of your old life
• Why having a coach (even when you are one) is a sign of strength, not weakness
• Small, low-stakes first steps to start reclaiming your time and energy today

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In this episode of The Wellthy Healthy Life, Nicole sits down with Kelsey Aida—bestselling author, energy alignment coach, podcast host, and manifestation expert, for a conversation all about self-worth, alignment, and becoming the version of yourself who can fully receive the life you say you want.

Kelsey shares her personal journey from professional ballerina to healer, teacher, and author after navigating a season of depression, identity loss, and deep transformation. Together, Nicole and Kelsey unpack what energy alignment really means, why manifestation is about so much more than vision boards and affirmations, and how your beliefs, thoughts, and emotions may be either supporting your goals or quietly holding you back.

They also dive into why so many women struggle with worthiness, how self-abandonment shows up in everyday life, and what it actually looks like to build a real self-love practice that helps you receive more love, abundance, peace, and opportunity.

If you’ve ever felt stuck between wanting more and fully believing you’re worthy of it, this conversation will leave you thinking bigger, reflecting deeper, and taking a more aligned approach to your next era.

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In this episode of The Wellthy Healthy Life, Nicole sits down with Claire Martinsen, CEO and co-founder of BioBloom, to explore one of the fastest-growing conversations in wellness right now: peptides and NAD.

From social media trends to longevity clinics, peptides are suddenly everywhere — promising benefits related to energy, recovery, inflammation, brain health, and even aging. But what are they, how do they actually work, and what should people understand before trying them?

Nicole and Claire break down the science and the conversation around peptides, including the difference between NAD and NADH, how these molecules support cellular energy and mitochondrial function, and why NAD levels naturally decline as we age.

They also discuss:

• what peptides actually are and why they’re trending

• the role NAD plays in energy, inflammation, and longevity

• how peptides are being used for recovery, brain health, and cellular repair

• the difference between injectable, patch, and oral forms

• why sourcing and safety matter when purchasing peptides

• what people should understand before jumping into this growing wellness trend

Whether you’ve been hearing about NAD and peptides online or are simply curious about the future of longevity and biohacking, this conversation offers a thoughtful introduction to the topic.

Check out BioBloom HERE

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In this solo episode, Nicole gets honest about something she's been sitting with for months: after two and a half years of building The Wellthy Healthy Life alongside a demanding corporate career, she's not sure whether to keep going, scale back, or walk away. This isn't a "how I found my passion" episode, it's a real-time, unresolved conversation about burnout, sunk cost, and the version of "having it all" nobody's honest about.

A Note From Nicole

"I don't wanna walk away from this space, but I am just trying to figure out what the future looks like." This episode doesn't resolve that, it's an honest snapshot of where she's at right now.

Let's Connect:

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• Have a similar experience? Send a DM. Nicole wants to hear it.

Some conversations stop you in your tracks — this is one of them. My guest Nerissa Balland was five months pregnant via IVF when she was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma. What she did next and who she became because of it is the kind of story that reminds you what's actually important.

In this episode, we're talking about what happens when life forces you to reevaluate everything. Nerissa Balland is a two-time cancer survivor, artist, author of Canvas of Courage, and arts and health practitioner who helps people process adversity through creativity. After nearly two decades in marketing and advertising for brands like Amex and Pepsi, a cancer diagnosis while pregnant changed everything and eventually led her to a completely different life.

We talk about:

• Being diagnosed with metastatic melanoma five months into an IVF pregnancy and being told to terminate
• Why adversity doesn't have to be cancer to force a reckoning with yourself
• How creativity (not just therapy) can help us process what words can't reach
• The difference between choosing a safe path out of wisdom vs. choosing it out of fear
• What 100 interviews with young mothers facing cancer taught Nerissa about resilience
• Her arts and health workshops and why "broken crayons still color"
• Reinventing yourself at 40 when your identity was tied to your career

Whether cancer has touched your life or not, this conversation is for any woman in midlife who's wondering who am I now — and what's actually worth holding onto.

• Book: Canvas of Courage by Nerissa Balland
• Website and Free Guide HERE
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Real talk — when's the last time you put on a pair of jeans and actually loved them? If you're petite, probably not recently. In this episode I'm getting honest about why the fashion industry fails short women, what I've learned after years of denim frustration as a 5'1" woman, and the tips that have actually helped me. From rise height to inseam length to the cropped jean trick nobody talks about — this is the episode I wish existed when I started figuring this out. Plus, a little preview of what I'm up to in New York this week.

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