Your Unique Brilliance: Self-Help for Entrepreneurs

With the awakening of the 'Me Too' movement and women around the world stepping into empowerment, how do we avoid taking assertiveness to levels of aggression after being suppressed for so long? In this week's episode Nicola helps explore the upturn of women finding their voice and expression running into the potential of becoming more aggressive and how to balance this. Discover steps to identify whether your passionate assertive approach may be received as aggressive and what to do about it, and why this may be happening. Join Nicola's wonderful guest, Cindy Edelstein, LMFT as she shares her life experiences from 23 years as the Head Set Designer for over 30 television shows and movies and her transition into a therapist using art as one of her tools for deep connection and self-awareness; along with her fabulously clear and direct perspectives on how men and women now express themselves; role reversals; her insights about the 'Me Too' movement as the tip of the iceberg that is more intensely awakening women's plights worldwide; and why safety is so important in a relationship and how to go about creating it. Links LINKEDIN: Cindy T.L. Edelstein PROFILE: Cindy Edelstein on Psychology Today Essential oils from Doterra

This week discover how to calculate your best personal compass direction to enhance your career, tips on to begin to Feng Shui your space, the different types of Feng Shui and how Feng Shui personally and dramatically impacted this week's guest, award winning Interior Designer, Nicholas Sunderland, and totally made him a believer of the power of Feng Shui. Live from London, you will hear about how Nick's interior design work combined with Feng Shui has created incredible lifestyle changes and career promotions for his clients, and he gives tips about what Feng Shui really is and how its more than just creating increased wealth in our lives. Nick owns NS Interiors and his organization is one of the Leading Interior Design Companies in London creating luxury interiors for both residential and commercial clients for more than 20 years. Feng Shui is the foundation of his Designs using the Classical Xuan Kong, or Flying star method that helps create stunning, calm, elegant interiors which promote a growth in his clients' personal development by balancing harmony with exquisite design. Links WEBSITE: NSInteriors.com TWITTER: @nsinteriors LINKEDIN: @nicksunderland Essential oils from Doterra

Every week Nicola chooses a topic along with a guest who can support the message she wants to share, and this week she is super excited to introduce you to Luella Wagner who is a public speaker, performer, writer and teacher. Through Luella's own story of losing her job in California and suddenly finding herself driving to Montana to teach at a Native American Indian Reservation reveals incredible personal growth, challenges and hardships that took her completely out of her comfort zone. Discover what transpired from this unexpected curve ball and took Luella on an inner journey of releasing conflict, old beliefs to a new world of understanding the adage, bloom where you are planted to a much deeper level of understanding and helping others to do the same through their own journeys of determination and survival. Her 284 days of being in the 'cave' where she was taken on a journey of being disconnected from everything 'normal' to her, and experiencing sweat lodges, healings and deeply connected spiritual work that turned her life inside out, makes for a fascinating interview. Find out why a major change in your life makes a beautiful opportunity for growth, letting go of old patterns, and bringing you an experience that will define you and take you to a new level of adventure and experience. Links WEBSITE: LuellaWagner.com FACEBOOK: @luella.wagner YOUTUBE: Luella Wagner Essential oils from Doterra

This honest episode helps us to look at our lives in a new way when everything just seems to go wrong, or we happen to fall sick, get a serious health issue, get fired, or can't quite get it together to create a project we want to bring out into the world. Discover how to best manage and embrace these times, with insights, mindset shifts and clues to watch out for. Nicola's courageous guest today is Yani Brancato who is a veteran Pilates Instructor shares her pivotal moment of "Why is this happening to Me?', when she discovered a Hodgkinson's Lymphoma mass that literally turned her life upside down but reconnected and transformed her life to place of deeper connection, celebration and new beginnings. Plus discover more about the mind and body connection, how our bodies give us clues for a long time prior to a challenging health situation; how our choices with our emotions and we react to things can also lead us down the rabbit hole; and how best to manage the mind shift that is needed when we need to re-evaluate our lives and begin to make new choices that seem forced upon us, and why. As usual a fascinating and packed episode bringing you insights and perspectives to support change in your life and self-awareness. Links INSTAGRAM: @contrologist LINKEDIN: Yani Brancato VIDEO: Aromatherapy Apothecary: Using Essential Oils to Balance Our Emotions Essential oils from Doterra

Find out how today's heart-driven guest Terry Canfield Schmidt as a Luxury Properties Specialist combines her passion for helping people and her passion for strategy to not only rank her in the top 1% listing for selling agents in Los Angeles, and the thousands of homes she has sold, thousands of families she has placed, but also to donate her time for Habitat for Humanity plus the Cancer Support Community. Discover her personal journey that deepened her connection with volunteering and why she feels donating your time is so important for your personal and also business growth. Giving your time and commitment to something you love is a win all around, and Nicola shares 4 tips on the benefits for yourself as well as your team. LINKS: WEBSITE: HabitatVentura.org WEBSITE: CancerSupportVVSB.org EMAIL: TKCanfield(at)sbcglobal.net

When the student is ready the teacher appears! Whether you are looking to improve your leadership skills or expand your knowledge because you are passionate about what you do, discover in this week's episode the intention that goes behind making the right choice for your next level of learning. Learn the fundamental importance of self-investing in a new form of learning and its impact on your money values and success; the steps to take for a successful decision-making process on committing to your chosen field of learning to expand your perspective, skill set and feeling of fulfillment. Join Nicola today as she introduces fabulous and fascinating Suzanne Lesko, who is a combat veteran, a tri-sector leader, and now founder of a not-for-profit organization, called The Gate Project which provides learning and leadership to strong and motivated women professionals in post-conflict zones. She shares with us her passion to empower women under-graduates in post-conflict zones to learn and become leaders for greater peace and security worldwide. We learn about how she got her 'wings' became a female aviator, the challenges she had to face and how she turned being the 'token' woman in influential settings to a leader in her own right. Find out how she imbued her feminine warriorship into leadership and built relationships during her time in the Middle East and now wants to empower women to grow personally and professionally so they become influential and meaningful leaders throughout the world. Links LinkedIn: @gate-project Facebook: @TheGateProject.org Twitter: @Gate_Project Essential oils from Doterra

Discover the importance of defining your story and sharing this to build relationships and inspire others at work and in your career. Knowing your brilliance , your purpose and stories that you have had help you not only attract the right crowd for doing business with but helps with your marketing too in terms of content and using words that are an extension of you and will build relationships with others who are attracted to your intention and energy. Join Nicola today and meet the hugely talented Jennifer Smith, who is the founder and chief strategist of Spin Literary which is a full-service agency helping purpose-minded clients find their voice and navigate their way through the publishing and media world. Jennifer has a long standing and proven track record within the Publishing and Entertainment Industry, she has worked with numerous publishers, production companies, television networks, non-profit organizations, celebrities, politicians, comedians, reality stars, sports figures, and some of the most prolific storytellers of our time. Jennifer has been the Vice President and Director of Publicity with Simon & Schuster (USA), and her vast experience and knowledge of the industry lends her a deep understanding of the process. She has personally launched over 60+ books to the New York Times Bestsellers list and was part of a 2-time Grammy award-winning Audiobooks team. Notable authors have included: Former President Jimmy Carter, Former Vice President Al Gore, Former First Lady Laura Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator Joseph Lieberman, Joan Rivers, Patrick Swayze, Stephen King, Carrie Fisher, Whether you are an author starting out in the book writing process and don't know where to begin, or are an actively engaged influencer ready to navigate your way into the publishing world, Jennifer offers some very grounded, effective and positive tips for helping you move forward. LINKS: WEBSITE: SpinLiterary.com INSTAGRAM: @coffee_loves_wine WEBSITE: CoffeeLovesWine.com

This week's episode humanizes our approach to money and the balance we can create with our financial self and spiritual self without sacrificing either. Discover the deeper more connected place that Nicola's lovely guest Susan Berkowitz comes from as an expert tax saving strategist and preparer for over 15 years, entrepreneur and truly understands the challenges some women face when it comes to saving for their futures. Nicola shares some super insights about the flow and vibration of money and how your energy and intention will allow your money to work for you just as much as you work for it. Find out what connecting to your spiritual wellness truly means by allowing your financial wellness to flourish and allowing money to become an extension of your essence. Plus 4 tips you mustn't miss to help you balance your financial and spiritual wellness to overcome your lack mentality. LINKS: WEBSITE: ccitaxpros.com EMAIL: susan@ccitaxpros.com

Planning to have a baby? Trying to get pregnant? When is the best time to start trying for a baby as you balance life and work? How can we improve our chances of fertility? Join Nicola as she addresses the crunch-point many women face of when to have a baby and fertility issues. Discover the intention behind creating a baby with self-care and visualization techniques as well as using the same methods for creating a new offering or service. Dr Denise Noyer-Erez, owner of the Aim Wellness Clinic, who is known throughout Los Angeles as the Fertility Godmother shares her wisdom and holistic view about how to prep your body and mindset for pregnancy along with using acupuncture combined with IVF, and addresses the contributing factors to high instances of fertility amongst women in the US. Despite the seriousness of this topic, the episode brings great insights, perspectives, fun around sex and a warmth and comfort knowing that good work is being done out there to support women getting pregnant. Links WEBSITE: aimwellnessclinic.com INSTAGRAM: @aimwellnesscenter FACEBOOK: @AIMWellnessClinic TWITTER: @DeniseNoyerErez YOUTUBE: @Ineedleu LINKEDIN: @aim-wellness-clinic Essential oils from Doterra

Meet today's extraordinary guest Jeanine Wiest who has gone from Broadway dancer, Emmy Nominee, Clothes Designer to Cranial Sacral Therapist and she shows us how she transformed and transferred all of her rich fabric of life experiences into the work she does today, along with her new book, a revolutionary 30 day program for anyone who recognizes how crucial it is to reliably trust their gut inner wisdom and stop for good, the stories we tell ourselves. Plus she offers a bonus freebie for our listeners that you can click on the link below, a free 30 day trial for rebooting your intuition. Your added bonus today will be discovering with Nicola, the 3 tips she uses to help you come home to your truest self and begin your transformation from what you believe is ordinary into your extraordinary version of yourself and why this is will impact your life at all levels. Links Jeanine's 30-day Intuition Reboot WEBSITE: Cranialalchemy.com TWITTER: @gypsynycla Essential oils from Doterra