Make Medicine Meaningful: Recent Episodes
It's Nicole the NP
Practicing medicine is hard. The documentation, back-to-back patient visits where you feel like a robot treating people on an assembly line, dealing with prior authorizations and insurance denials, the list goes on.
Many of us are burning out and feeling disillusioned about our careers.
But many of us refuse to leave. As a medical provider, you might truly believe in what you do. Perhaps you invested several years of your life and commonly a 6-figure student loan to do this. Or perhaps you genuinely can't imagine doing anything else with your life because you have a huge, noble heart and love helping people.
Each day is a chance to make medicine meaningful.
This is the podcast for medical providers who truly believe in what they do and want to create more meaning in their work.
Let's Make Medicine Meaningful.
Have you ever had one patient make you question everything you thought you knew?
One patient...
One complication...
One unexpected outcome...
...and suddenly ten years of experience feels like it disappears overnight.
If you're a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, physician, nurse—or really anyone who carries responsibility for another human being—you probably know exactly what that feels like.
We spend years learning how to prevent bad outcomes.
We learn how to recognize what's wrong.
We learn how to fix problems.
But nobody teaches us what to do after something goes wrong.
Nobody teaches us how to rebuild confidence after a patient is hospitalized.
Or how to separate one heartbreaking outcome from our identity as clinicians.
Today, I'm going to share the hardest patient case I've experienced in my ten years as a rheumatology nurse practitioner.
Because it completely changed the way I think about mistakes, confidence, and what it actually means to grow in healthcare.
Hi, my name is Nicole and I’m a rheumatology nurse practitioner.
And I help nurse practitioners find happiness in healthcare and meaningfully connect with their patients in 60 seconds or less.
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If you’re a nurse practitioner and you’ve built this amazing career of helping people, managing their health, and you’re proud of what you do… but you have this sinking sense of dread deep in your heart… that your career has become a cage?
That you’re stuck in a place that you never meant to trap yourself in.
Your don't feel as successful on the inside as you look on the outside.
If so, then this episode is for you. Today we’re talking about this exact issue and what you can do about it.
Hi, my name is Nicole and I’m a rheumatology nurse practitioner.
And I help nurse practitioners find happiness in healthcare and meaningfully connect with their patients in 60 seconds or less.
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Maybe you're a new graduate nurse practitioner. Maybe you're five years into practice. Maybe you've been doing this for twenty years.
But you've had moments where you thought: "Nobody told me it would feel like this."
Because school prepared us to pass an exam. It didn't prepare us for the emotional reality of practice.
The uncertainty.
The responsibility.
The difficult patients.
The pressure.
The constant feeling that you're simultaneously behind and expected to do more.
So in this episode, I want to talk about something bigger than productivity.
Bigger than burnout.
And even bigger than medicine.
Because I think one of the greatest mistakes healthcare professionals make is believing that once we reach the destination, the struggle is supposed to end.
But what if that's not how mastery works?
What if the struggle never disappears?
What if the goal is actually to earn better problems?
Let's talk about it.
Hi, my name is Nicole and I’m a rheumatology nurse practitioner.
And I help nurse practitioners find happiness in healthcare and meaningfully connect with their patients in 60 seconds or less.
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Have you noticed that patients seem… different lately?
More anxious.
More overwhelmed.
More skeptical.
More worried.
And somehow, despite all the advances in healthcare and technology, it feels harder than ever to actually connect with people.
As nurse practitioners, we were trained to diagnose disease, interpret labs, prescribe medications, manage complex conditions.
But nobody really taught us what to do when a patient walks into the room already emotionally overloaded from Google searches, TikTok advice, online forums, AI chatbots, fear-based headlines, and a thousand opinions before they even meet us.
And now we’re expected to somehow build trust, answer every question, document everything, stay efficient, avoid burnout, and still leave work with enough emotional energy left over for our families.
It’s a lot.
And in this episode, I want to talk about something much deeper than just “rapport strategies.”
Because the truth is:
the world is changing faster than ever…
and human behavior is changing with it.
Patients are changing.
Healthcare is changing.
Technology is changing.
Which means the way we communicate has to change too.
But here’s what fascinates me:
through every major technological revolution in human history — from steam engines to the internet to artificial intelligence — one thing has never changed:
Human beings still want to feel understood.
So in this episode, we’re going to talk about:
why patients seem more anxious,
why healthcare feels emotionally heavier than ever,
how technology quietly reshaped human behavior,
and why connection may become the single most valuable skill in modern medicine.
And I promise — by the end of this video, you’re going to look at rapport, time, communication, and even your role as a nurse practitioner completely differently.
So grab your coffee, settle in, and let’s talk about it.
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If you're a nurse practitioner and you you crash on the couch fully dressed after work, wondering how you can feel this tired and still be expected to give more tomorrow—this episode is for you.
Healthcare administrators aren’t burning you out on purpose—but there is a crucial truth they never tell nurse practitioners.
Healthcare administrators won’t say this out loud—but once you understand it, you’ll never practice the same way again. And honestly? They probably hate that I’m sharing it.
My name is Nicole and I’m a rheumatology nurse practitioner.
And I help nurse practitioners find happiness in healthcare and meaningfully connect with their patients in 60 seconds or less.
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“Have you ever walked out of a patient room thinking,
‘I explained everything perfectly… and they still didn’t listen?’
You had the right diagnosis. The right plan. The right words.
So why didn’t it land?
Here’s what NP school never taught us: Patients don’t change because of logic. They change because of emotion.
Neuroscience shows we make 95% of decisions emotionally—not rationally. So if you’re only speaking to the logical brain, you’re missing the part that actually decides.
So the real question isn’t: “Are soft skills nice to have?”
The real question is: What is it costing you to ignore them?
Because the providers who feel the most fulfilled, respected, and effective—they’re not controlling patients.
They’re moving them.
And in this episode, I’m going to show you why soft skills aren’t “soft” at all—
they’re the most powerful clinical tool you already have…
and how mastering just a few of them can make your days easier, faster, and far more meaningful.
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“If you’ve ever sat with a patient and thought, ‘Why isn’t this working? Why can’t they see I’m trying to help?’—this video is for you.
Because when your intention is pure but the connection just isn’t landing, it creates emotional friction that slowly destroys your confidence.
Today, I’m explaining every hidden reason behind that disconnect… and how to rebuild meaningful patient connection on purpose.”
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Okay, tell me if this sounds familiar — you finish another crazy shift, sit in your car, and just stare at the steering wheel for a minute. You’re too tired to even think about dinner. You gave everything to your patients, charted until your brain was mush, and somehow… you still feel like you didn’t do enough.
You tell yourself, “Just get through this week,” but then it’s the same next week, and the week after that. You’re not living your workday anymore — you’re just surviving it.
And here’s the thing — you didn’t become a nurse practitioner just to get through the day. You did it because you wanted to help people, to connect, to make a difference. But somewhere between the charting, the expectations, and the constant rush… that spark faded a little, didn’t it?
But what if it didn’t have to be this way?
What if finding happiness in healthcare isn’t about quitting your job or working fewer hours — but about something way simpler?
That’s what we’re diving into today.
Because you don’t have to just survive your workday anymore. You can enjoy it. You can reconnect with why you started this in the first place.
So let’s talk about how to stop just surviving — and what to do instead. Because you deserve more.
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As a nurse practitioner, do you ever have days where you’re so exhausted at the end of the day, you think to yourself, “How do I find balance in my life if my work takes so much from me?”
Do you ever hate how reactive your life feels?
Maybe you started off the day right. You woke up early and went for a walk or got in a short exercise routine. Then you ate a real breakfast, not just some granola bar on the rush in your drive to work. You set yourself up right with the right energy. You feel good about yourself.
But then your first patient in the clinic yelled at you. The second patient was late, and now there’s a domino effect on your entire schedule. You apologize to every patient for running an hour behind schedule. In fact, you were supposed to leave the clinic on time at the end of the day to take your child to their soccer practice and now you might be running late.
If you’ve struggled finding balance in your work as a nurse practitioner, then you’re in the right place. Today I’m going to share with you the new way to find balance in your work and life as a nurse practitioner.
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If you’re a nurse practitioner, let me ask you a question:
Do you stare at your 6-figure student loan, and think to yourself, “This will take forever to pay off!”
Do you drive to the clinic or hospital every morning and think to yourself, “Just X more years until I get this tuition debt paid off.”
When you look at your schedule for the day, do you just see names in 20 minute slots whose notes you need to write up then sign so you can get reimbursed by the insurance to pay your monthly payment?
Do you look at your life, and wonder, “Is this it? Is this my life for the next 30 years, a never-ending cycle of counting the days? In fact, I have to save and hoard 50 PTO hours just to spend the holidays with my family this year. When do I get to feel like I’m enjoying my life on my own time?”
If so, then you’re in the right place. Today I’m going to tell you the one thing I wish I knew sooner and helped me find happiness practicing in healthcare.
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If you’re a nurse practitioner, how would you like to have patients tell you, “I’d rather see you than the doctor!”?
How would you like to have patients tell you, “I never understand what my doctors are telling me. But talking to you, for the first time in my life I actually understand my health!”
If you’re a nurse practitioner, how would you like to wake up every morning in your bed, with smile on your face, and excitement in your body, because you’re not dreading to go to work, but thrilled to put on your scrubs and get to clinic because you’re freaking love your job and people tell you you’re the best?
If you said yes, then you are in the right place. Because today I’m going to share what I do as a nurse practitioner that helps me connect with my patients instantly. It’s my 3-step framework on how to get patients to actually say these things to you and your mind is about to be blown!
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If you’re a nurse practitioner, are there days that your work feels hollow and meaningless, and you even question your career choice?
Do you feel like you’re so exhausted and burned out from your work as a nurse practitioner, that even when you take time off for vacation, maybe you traveled to Hawaii to enjoy the sun, dip your toes in the warm Pacific Ocean and drink from one of those fruity drinks with the little umbrellas in them… but when you come back home and it’s the night before your first day back to work, you’re sadly putting away your swimsuit and sandals and taking out your scrubs and sneakers… you’re already feeling depressed, thinking you need another vacation?
If you feel like you never quite feel rejuvenated for work no matter how much vacation you take, then you’re in the right place. Because you’re going about burnout the wrong way.
And today, I’m going to show you exactly what you need to do to be in charge of the burnout in your career as a nurse practitioner.
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If you’re a nurse practitioner, then this video is for you.
Eight years ago, I walked into my first day as a brand-new nurse practitioner with a stethoscope around my neck and a whole lot of fear in my heart. Here’s what no one tells you when you become a nurse practitioner: the lessons that matter most aren’t in the textbooks. They’re learned the hard way - through tears, mistakes, burnout, and breakthrough moments. After 8 years, I’ve distilled it down to 8 lessons I wish I had known since day one. Let me save you some pain.
Today, I want to give those lessons to you.
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Have you ever walked into work with your coffee in hand, hoping today will be a good day, hoping that you’ll get through your day smoothly and happily. But your first patient is already waiting with a list of questions a mile long. Your medical assistant is behind. The computer’s slow and there’s been an EHR update so the layout looks different.
Pretty soon you find yourself three hours behind, drowning in charts. By 6, you feel like a ghost of yourself—and then you drive home and melt into the couch and let your brain just shut off.
You tell yourself, “I just need a break. I just need a vacation.” But deep down, you’re wondering: “Can I even do this long term? Is this what my life is going to look like forever?”
You tell yourself, “If I just had more time... if I just had more energy...” but the truth is, you don’t need more energy—you need a better way to use what you already have.
Now imagine instead, you leave work not feeling drained, but fulfilled? Imagine actually looking forward to seeing your patients again. That’s not some fairytale. And in this episode, I’m going to show you exactly how to make it happen.
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If you’re a nurse practitioner, do you ever wake up thinking, “Being a nurse practitioner is hard work. In fact, sometimes it seems like there are more days that I’m stressed out than I’m feeling happy and content with my work. And it feels like I’m wasting my time being unhappy and stressed out all the time. I spend more time on the computer and EHR, charting and documenting than I do enjoying my life, being with my family. I’m not getting any younger. I should be spending my life doing something that is less stressful, that brings me more joy.”
If this is you, then you are in the right place. Today I’m going to tell you exactly how you’re wasting your time as a nurse practitioner, and what you should do instead to be happier.
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I’ve been a nurse practitioner for over eight years. I make 6 figures a year. But I wasn’t happy. In fact, I was on the brink of feeling burned out, bitter, and broken. If you’re a nurse practitioner or a medical provider and you feel this way too, then you’re in the right place. In today’s video, I’m going to tell you what I learned, or more importantly what you shouldn’t do, and how you can make money meaningfully while practicing in healthcare.
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If you're a burned out nurse practitioner- then you’re in the right place. Today I’m going to tell you 3 habits you need to start in your life in order to be happier practicing in healthcare.
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I’ve been a nurse practitioner for over 8 years. And today I’m going to tell you what I wish someone told me before I became a nurse practitioner. This would have saved me so much headache, heartache, and helped me from thinking I made a mistake.
What that means for you is that you don’t have to wake up dreading your alarm clock. You don’t have to look at your patient schedule and feel overwhelmed and inadequate. You don’t have to reflect on your career decision and question whether you’re built for this or if you made the right decision for your life and future.
Because I felt all those things.
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Do you ever feel like there is never enough time in the day as a nurse practitioner?
The average nurse practitioner sees 24 patients in a day. But depending on your specialty or acuity, you might see more or less.
But no matter what, you always wish there were more hours in the day to do what you need to do, or even better, you wish you could duplicate yourself to do 3 times as much as you do?
So you can get home on time at a decent hour, see your family and relax?
If you ever ask yourself these questions, then this episode is for you! Find out my 3 secrets to saving time as a nurse practitioner!
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If you’re a nurse practitioner or a medical provider, are you riddled with guilt in balancing motherhood and medicine?
On a weekday morning when you have to get your toddler dressed, fed and ready to go so that you can drop him off at daycare before you head to work, and your beeper or cell phone is ringing letting you know about your upcoming patients that day, and you know it’s going to be a full day and you need to hurry and get out the door - and your 4 year old grabs ahold of your ankle, crying, and looks at your with those big puppy dog eyes and ask you, “Mommy, I don’t want to go to daycare! I want to stay with you today!”
Do you ever feel like you’re a bad parent for not being the parent your child needs you to be?
Do you ever get the feeling like you’re putting your patients before your own family?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need to listen to this episode!
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Do you wish you had more time in your day as a nurse practitioner?
Do you struggle with navigating patient visits, dealing with people’s concerns and anxieties, educating patients, persuading patients to take a life-saving medication, then ending the visit politely but firmly without seeming abrupt to the patient so that you can go back to your desk to write up your note before you forget what you talked about?
What if I told you that there was a way to save time in your day as a nurse practitioner with just your words?
Listen to this episode and learn this ultimate time-saver!
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If you’re a medical provider, is practicing medicine what you thought it would be?
Did you come into medicine or your training very green and doe-eyed and thinking you could spend a lot of time with each patient and everyone would be so grateful for your help, and you could easily prescribe a medication and there would be no paperwork or red tape from the government or insurance companies?
**Is practicing medicine harder than you thought it would be?
If you think this, then this episode is for you!**
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Happy Mother's Day to all of my listeners who are mothers, grandmothers, soon to be mom, moms who wish they were moms, moms of children in heaven, fur baby moms... all of you. I hope you enjoy this special episode about how my mom in heaven taught me to that regret makes your life better and it helps you make medicine meaningful.
I love you all!
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How many of you have more bad days than good days as a nurse practitioner or medical provider? If you said yes, this episode is a must listen for you!
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On this episode of Making Medicine Meaningful, I share the top 3 things I wish someone warned me about being a nurse practitioner!
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It can feel really scary to talk with people, whether it's at the grocery store or our own colleagues at work. We have this innate desire to avoid rejection or judgement.
If this resonates with you, then this is a must-listen! In about 16 minutes, you'll be feeling differently! Let's talk about the secrets to socializing with ease, like tying your shoes!
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What if I told you there was an easy way to go from socially awkward to socially awesome? What if I told you that it was absolutely possible for you to walk into happy hour, with excitement to converse and connect with other people?
Would you want to know more?
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Do you call yourself an introvert? Do you follow introversion content on social media or read books that empower introverts? Do you tell other people that you're an introvert and want to stay home this weekend?
But still wish you could get more friends?
Guess what? You are actually hurting and sabotaging yourself when you label yourself as an introvert! Take a listen and find out why! This episode is juicy and will set you on the path to being the best version of you that people want to be friends with!
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No one tells you this when you're a kid: life gets busy when you're an adult. You work so hard for money to pay the bills, but you don't have much time for anything else.
In fact, some of you can feel so busy with your lives that you say to yourself, "I'll try to make new friends later." And we all know that "later" means "never."
Today we're talking about thinking differently. Because the truth is, the way you think controls your reality and your life.
I'm about to rock your world and reveal a lie that you've been told your entire life! Buckle up!
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Do you feel like you're not attractive enough to get friends?
Is there some physical aspect you hate about yourself, that makes you feel depressed, lonely, and even scared to talk to people?
Maybe you're too short? Maybe your teeth are too crooked? Maybe you're body isn't in shape, you've got some extra pounds on you that you'd like to lose.
And if only that was different, then you'd be more confident! If only you could change those physical features of you, then you'd have all the confidence in the world to walk up to someone and say hi and start a conversation!
If that is that how you feel, this you NEED to listen to this episode! Here you'll discover how to change your circumstances in a way that serves you and gets you feeling excited to talk to people! And I promise, no plastic surgery required!
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What if I told you that there was a fast and simple way to stop overthinking when socializing?
What if I told you that you could easily break out of feeling trapped in your brain and your thoughts after engaging in small talk, or ATTEMPTING to engage in small talk?
What if I told you that starting today, you can feel at ease after a conversation, even if you messed up and said something stupid or embarrassing?
Would you be interested to learn how? Then listen on because I'm pulling back the curtain how you can do make conversing as comfortable as sitting at home in your pajamas!
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When someone asks you: What are you hobbies? How was your weekend? Tell me about yourself.
Do you freak out!? Do you freeze and think to yourself, "Oh gosh, what do I say? How can I sound interesting? What if they find me boring?"
It's like a test of how interesting we are in the world.
If this is you, then you NEED to listen to this podcast episode where I talk about the 2 ways to NOT sound boring in conversation!
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If you've watched me on social media or listened to a podcast episode, do you ever wonder, "How is Nicole so confident in speaking? What's her secret?"
Well, today I'm pulling back the curtain and sharing the 4 golden rules I religiously follow so that I can socialize confidently every single day in my life. Take a listen and then re-listen again when you need that little boost of inspiration or confidence when carrying your next conversation!
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How are some people so magnetic? They walk into a room and wow, all eyes are drawn to them. It's something about the way they walk, talk, hold themselves... it's like magic. When they speak, people listen. They exude this air of confidence!
Are these people born lucky? Or can we all start learning how to be magnetic? If you've always wondered these things, then this episode is for you!
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Feel socially awkward? Don't know where to start to feel more confident in speaking with others? This is the perfect episode for you! Take a listen to these three simple things that you can start doing right now!
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If you've ever wondered, "I'm in the middle of my adulthood. I feel like it's too late for me. My youth, my life, my energy is all over. I am meant to always feel socially awkward around other adults..." then this is the episode for you!
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Is small talk a struggle for you? Does it feel fake and forced? Do you wish you knew how to turn them into the deep, meaningful conversations that actually help you connect with others?
In this podcast episode, I talk about the "3 P's" that you need to ask yourself when making small talk. It's going to change how you see small talk and make you a better conversationalist! Listen away, then DM me on Instagram @itsnicolejeanne and let me know your biggest takeaway!
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Aaah, I'm so excited to be back! It's been a while since you all received a podcast episode from me! So let's start off with a bang, shall we?
Today we're talking about the mindset that exploded my people skills, and it can skyrocket yours as well! And after listening, make sure you DM me on Instagram what was you biggest takeaway!
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Making friends as an adult is HARD with a big exclamation point! It was SO MUCH EASIER to make friends when we were kids in school, right?
If this is you- then take a listen to the three reasons you might not be making progress in getting more friends as an adult... and what you NEED to do instead!
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Today is Mother's Day in the U.S. This is a very special day full of love and pain for me. It's also the very reason I am a people skills coach.
Please take a listen to my story and why it's always important to remember your why.
I truly love you all!
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Are you a boring person? Do you have a boring life? Do you ever wonder to yourself, "I don't do anything interesting in my life! What can I talk about in conversations?"
If this is you, then this is your episode! We dive deep into how you can captivate others in conversations! Get ready for some exciting strategies and tips to change your life!
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You want to make more friends. But getting rejected is a big risk! And we all know rejection is viscerally painful. It makes you feel like you're not enough, that you're not loveable.
If this resonates with you, then you need to listen to this episode for not one, but TWO tips in how you can push past the fear of rejection so you can get the friends you want.
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Receiving feedback or constructive criticism is hard! It's a real blow to your ego, right?
So that's why today I'm talking about one piece of hard feedback I received - you can benefit and learn from my mistakes... without your ego hurt! Sure sounds like a win to me!
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Many experts say the U.S economy is in a recession right now! There's been thousands of layoffs across the country and inflation is on the rise. But did you know you can easily recession-proof your life... and it has nothing to do with job hunting?
Listen on!
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Want to walk into a room of complete strangers and completely light it up to where people are PINING to be your friend? Then keep listening to the 3 secrets to being a great friend (or ATTRACT great friends) in your life for 2023!
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There are 4 big (and I mean BIG) conversation mistakes people always make. These mistakes prevent people from feeling at ease in conversations, connecting with others and making genuine friends.
Want to discover what you should do instead? Then listen on!
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Want to articulate yourself well in conversations and get more friends as an adult? Then you need to listen to this latest episode and discover the 3 things Nicole learned about people skills in 2022!
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Do you feel socially awkward? Do you go mentally blank or stumble over your words? Do you want to know HOW to get better with each conversation? In this episode, we dive deep in the secret to actually up-level your conversation skills!
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Want to get more friends? But feel really awkward in conversations? Then this episode is for you!
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It's a brand new year. Welcome to 2023!
If you want to set New Year Goals this year...
If you want to change the direction your life is headed...
If you want to get closer to that dream life you want for yourself...
Then you need to listen to this episode as I breakdown how I actually plan and accomplish your New Year Goals! You might have been doing it wrong all your life...
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Do you feel lonely during the holidays? Maybe you live far from family and can't be with them this holiday season. Or maybe the holidays remind you that you don't have very many friends. Or perhaps you never receive any invitations to holidays parties and it makes you feel like you're missing out!
The holidays can magnify what we don't have in our lives - the things we wish we had but instead create a big, gaping hole in our heart and our happiness.
If this resonates with you, then you need to hear this very special message from Nicole on Christmas Day. ❤️
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Want to go from feeling socially awkward to conversing with ease? Do you wish you could confidently strike up an engaging conversation and get more friends?
Listen to find out the one maneuver you should be doing to make socializing as easy as pie!
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Do you want to get more friends? But some days, you don't exactly feel like socializing? Do you ever get days where you just want to stay home in your sweatpants and relax with a pint of ice cream and a movie?
Then this episode is for you! Learn how you can get more friends EVEN on the days you don't feel like socializing!
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Do you feel lonely? Do you feel like you never fit in? Or do you choose to be alone because you don't enjoy socializing or have been burned in the past from toxic friends? If so, where do you even start so you can find friends who accept and support you for you who truly are?
Sit back, grab a pen and paper, and get ready to take some notes. In this episode, Nicole dives deep on how to change that all around!
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Do you struggle to genuinely connect with other people you just met? What do you talk about? How do you find commonality? It feels so awkward, right?!
Guess what? There is a secret that you don't know: we all share something in common. Yes, every single person. Listen to this episode for Nicole to spill the tea on the secret to connecting with anyone about anything!
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Are you a victim of overanalyzing every little thing you do? Do you get so caught up in the details that you get analysis paralysis?
If so, then this is the episode for you! Listen as Nicole breaks down this life-changing hack to help you stop overanalyzing and start taking action in getting more friends.
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Welcome to the episode 1, where Nicole talks about how to EASILY step outside your comfort zone when it comes to socializing with other people and getting more friends!
You even get a sneak peek at Nicole hyping herself up before hitting record on this podcast episode! See her step outside of her comfort zone in real time!
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