181. Rest is productive! Your invitation to the Birthworker Retreat in January
Nichole Joy Show
You’re invited to the Birthworker Retreat in Clearwater, Florida, this January! Meet your retreat hosts: Nichole Joy, Darcy Sauers, Kaitlin McGreyes and Jodi Congdon. Join us for a conversation on: The benefits of being away from your usual environment to work on your business, gain clarity, and find inspiration. The energy and motivation of gathering with other birth workers. How & why healing is so important to building the sustainable business of your dreams, that fits your life. The value of putting yourself in a room where people are doing what you aspire to do. The...
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180. The Markers of Success are Shifting- Here's Proof from a Centennial
Nichole Joy Show
Be honest - how do you assess people online, when you’re scoping them out? I had a very interesting conversation with a young man from Ireland on my plane ride back from London. He was a centennial approximately 23 years old, and we got into the topic of metaphysics and spirituality. He mentioned that he was interested to know more about these topics and so I ended up referring him to somebody I know. I gave him the Instagram account, and gave a quick disclaimer: I told him that this lady is not actively posting on Instagram but usually responds when someone DMS. And his response...
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179. I took my 70-year old dad to see Beyoncé in Wales!
Nichole Joy Show
Yes, you read that correctly. I took my 70-year old dad to the Beyonce concert in Wales, UK! In this episode, you’ll hear about our trip, including how we manifested a flight upgrade, my dad falling in love with several women in a few days, and the backstory to all of this time of our lives. And here’s the thing - this episode isn’t just about a concert. It’s about: modeling what a healthy adult child and elderly parent can look like, modeling celebrating ourselves as mothers for our children, and hopefully inspiring you to continue to expand the way that you navigate your role...
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178. Your Motherhood Default Settings are Due for an Update
Nichole Joy Show
Have you watched the Fair Play documentary on Netflix yet? Admittedly I only half watched, but that was all I needed for my takeaway: The most important piece (for me) is that society is beginning to recognize the mothers’ (sometimes) unpaid contributions to the family: the physical & mental load. For example, remembering the groceries, who has clean uniforms for tomorrow, what extras to pack for each kid, snack bags etc. And for that alone, good job “Fair Play.” Progress! What’s next? In this episode, you’ll hear where I feel that we are going next in terms of recognizing what...
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177. 6-figure MLM career turned human design / homeschooling (5) / author / spiritual coach
Nichole Joy Show
The conversation on conscious motherhood continues. In this episode, you’ll meet AmyLee Westervelt, mother of 5, author of “The Colors Inside of Me,” and MLM executive turned spiritual coach. You’ll hear AmyLee’s journey from a multiple six-figure career with an MLM company, to prioritizing her family and starting her spiritual coaching career. AmyLee shares how she applies her expertise in human design to parenting & homeschooling all five of her children, one of whom has a genetic disorder. She met her husband in 2011, who already had five children from a previous marriage....
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176. Soul Contracts with Our Babies with Guest Vivienne Gerard
Nichole Joy Show
In this episode, you’ll meet Vivienne Gerard, Mother of two, Scribe, Guide, and Energy Healer. You’ll hear Vivienne’s personal experiences that led her to learning more about reading energy, and she explains the concept of soul contracts between babies and mothers, how our souls get to choose to come into human bodies on Earth, and how we also get to choose our Mothers and Fathers for our human experience. In this episode , you’ll learn about: The concept of "soul speak" sessions for parents who want to connect with their baby before it is born How souls can...
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175. Grief, Reclamation of My Power and a Journey in Healing Yourself While Raising Children
Nichole Joy Show
As much as possible, I try to avoid sharing intimate and personal details of my kids’ experience, but I also want to share the most incredible, life changing fit that I’ve given to my children–and that gift is ME! As I stepped into the role of motherhood, I realized that the motherhood narrative on the streets didn’t resonate with me. The whole “martyr mother” and “mommy needs more wine” persona did not land with me at all. And because nothing seemed to click at that moment, I looked for more tools and resources and stumbled across energy work. And so for this...
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174. Healing Yourself While Raising Children with guest Kaitlin from Be Her Village
Nichole Joy Show
You know how those people that come into your life, where the conversation just flows and things just instantly connect? That is Kaitlin McGray for me. Kaitlin is the founder of Be Her Village where they create registries for pregnant people, to have doula services, postpartum doula, birth doulas, lactation consultants, and other services so that mothers can have all kinds of support while connecting birth professionals with mothers who are pregnant. In this episode, we dove deep into: How she’s operating in motherhood The importance of working on ourselves as we...
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173. When should you outsource content creation?
Nichole Joy Show
I get it - you want someone to create your content for you. You’re busy as F, you have A LOT of life going on, and it takes SO much of your time. I hear you, I really do. With new AI (artificial intelligence) tools, content outsourcing may now be within reach. In this episode, you’ll hear another perspective regarding the ‘right time’ to outsource your content creation. Join me for a dive deep into: My honest thoughts on Chat GPT and other AI tools to help (not substitute!) your content creation Knowing when and which part of your content...
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172. Take Two Steps Toward Being More Authentic In Your Content
Nichole Joy Show
What you appreciate the MOST about my content: it’s authentic, real, transparent, valuable, it’s YOU. First, thank you. As a digital creator and entrepreneur, that is one of the highest compliments that you can give me. You see me! And, again, you’ve inspired an episode. In this episode, you’ll learn: more about what it means to be authentic two steps toward being more authentic in your content. The difference between authentic vulnerability and forced vulnerability Boundaries while being authentic And more…Enjoy! Announcement Links : The Portal...
info_outlineQuick announcement: note that my holiday bazaar of 50% off courses AND my new audiobook is still going on. I decided to keep it going through 12/31/22 to allow you more space to decide what’s best for you. AND, all course members (of any course) are invited to a bonus strategy session this Thursday, 12/8. This is a great opportunity to ask me questions about how to apply what you’re learning in the courses to YOUR business.
And if you need guidance, get in my DMs or email me and I’m happy to help. I have a lot of curriculum at this point, so I’m here to help you find exactly what would be the most supportive of you at this point in your journey, even if that’s a specific podcast episode.
Course menu: https://nicholejoy.kartra.com/page/coursemenu
Audiobook ‘Just Start’: https://nicholejoy.kartra.com/page/juststart
Now for this week’s episode:
Sooooo many of you want to build a mostly passive business. Meaning, you create resources for people to learn from you on their own time, so that you can help your community, while living your life, taking care of your littles, and just BEing.
A few examples of passive products in my business include:
Self-paced or on-demand workshops / classes/ courses
Other digital resources: e-books, audiobook, guides, checklists
In my business: the pregnancy library (cheat sheets, birth plan), the virtual doula’s content toolkit and a collection of online business courses
Here’s the thing that I learned about passive courses (over 200 people have purchased my business courses, another 250ish have taken my online birth courses, plus another 150+ have accessed my business courses through other support containers) a lot of people may purchase a course, yet only a percentage of them actually watch it.
Now, I do believe that you don’t HAVE to watch every single minute of every single course that you purchase to get what you need out of it.
I trust you to lead yourself to exactly what YOU need, when you need it.
And still, as a heart-centered entrepreneur, I don’t want you to just buy my courses. I want you to watch at least some of the modules and more importantly, take action & apply some of what you’ve learned.
You’re not going to build a 6-figure online business by collecting digital courses. No matter how deeply discounted they are.
And that doesn’t really help anybody.
We want to HELP our people.
I want to HELP you take action. I actually feel like my job in this respect is two-fold: 1) to help you expand the way that you think about the various topics that I teach on, and 2) to help you take action.
So here’s my tip. I started this back in March of 2020 and LOVED it.
Consider adding a bonus live session for your students.
In my business, I’ve offered bonus Q&As and this week I’m offering a bonus strategy session.
I love this because it allows us to go deeper into the conversation, apply the teachings to YOU and YOUR specific business, and connect on a deeper level. This is particularly important in the online space, where meeting someone and building trust can be more nuanced.
P.S. Don’t forget to check out the holiday bazaar for 50% off my courses! When you’re IN by 12/8, you’ll get an email from me on 12/8 inviting you to a BONUS group strategy session on zoom (with the link). See you there!
https://nicholejoy.kartra.com/page/coursemenu