On Divorce and Bankruptcy + How to Get Control Over Your Physical, Mental, and Financial Health: An Interview with Kyle Nichol
The Mental Health and Wealth Show
Release Date: 02/03/2023
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The Mental Health and Wealth Show
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On Divorce and Bankruptcy + How to Get Control Over Your Physical, Mental, and Financial Health: An Interview with Kyle Nichol
The Mental Health and Wealth Show
Kyle Nichol has experienced divorce, bankruptcy, severe mental illness, and depression. In this episode, Kyle talks about his stories and how he started over. He also shares tips from his new book “Mind Body and Money” on how to manage physical, mental, and financial health. “The one thing that people can really use more of is just control. Control over everything in their life; their thoughts, their emotions, their money.” - Kyle Nichol “The bankruptcy was a blessing and a curse at the same time. It was a wake-up call. It was scary but it also got me super, super focused.” -...
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On Divorce and Bankruptcy + How to Get Control Over Your Physical, Mental, and Financial Health: An Interview with Kyle Nichol
The Mental Health and Wealth Show
Kyle Nichol has experienced divorce, bankruptcy, severe mental illness, and depression. In this episode, Kyle talks about his stories and how he started over. He also shares tips from his new book “Mind Body and Money” on how to manage physical, mental, and financial health. “The one thing that people can really use more of is just control. Control over everything in their life; their thoughts, their emotions, their money.” - Kyle Nichol “The bankruptcy was a blessing and a curse at the same time. It was a wake-up call. It was scary but it also got me super, super focused.” -...
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The Mental Health and Wealth Show
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info_outlineKyle Nichol has experienced divorce, bankruptcy, severe mental illness, and depression. In this episode, Kyle talks about his stories and how he started over. He also shares tips from his new book “Mind Body and Money” on how to manage physical, mental, and financial health.
“The one thing that people can really use more of is just control. Control over everything in their life; their thoughts, their emotions, their money.” - Kyle Nichol
“The bankruptcy was a blessing and a curse at the same time. It was a wake-up call. It was scary but it also got me super, super focused.” - Kyle Nichol
What You Will Learn From This Episode
- How to work on your financial, physical, and mental health in less than 1 hour a day
- On drugs, divorce, and bankruptcy and how they affected Kyle’s financial and mental health
- Mistakes that Kyle made in his business and how he knew it was time to file for bankruptcy
- How he was able to pay off his mortgage after the bankruptcy
- How fitness/exercise relates to finances
- The importance of deep breathing as a tool in times of stress
- The first actionable step that you can do if you’re struggling with your physical, financial, and mental health
About Kyle Nichol:
Having spent more than two decades as a personal trainer, Kyle Nichol has improved the lives of hundreds of people by helping them improve their physical health. As a survivor of severe mental illness and depression, he overcame his own personal demons and suicidal impulses to reclaim control of his life and emerge emotionally stronger than ever.
As an entrepreneur and business owner during the height of the 2008 Great Recession, Kyle achieved rapid success in a highly competitive industry, then hit rock bottom financially, prompting him to completely overhaul his financial life and relationship with money.
Today, as a Performance Mindset coach and speaker, Kyle teaches others how to better manage stress, improve their relationship with money and overcome major challenges to achieve more control in their lives.
Resources:
*Affiliate link
- *Open Book by Jessica Simpson
- Mind Body and Money by Kyle Nichol
- Get Jason Vitug’s Breathwork session from the Mental Health and Wealth Summit here: https://melanielockert.gumroad.com
- Insight Timer
- Amazing Grass
Connect with Kyle:
Connect with Melanie
- mentalhealthandwealth.com
- melanielockert.com
- Support the podcast through Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/melanielockert
- Buy Melanie’s book “Dear Debt”
- Contact: [email protected]
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