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YDGM Ep 005: Nicole Cowley

You're Doing Great Mom

Release Date: 04/10/2017

YDGM Ep 32: Chantal Challenger, life as a mum and an expat. show art YDGM Ep 32: Chantal Challenger, life as a mum and an expat.

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Chantal Challenger lives a different life from many of us, traveling around the world with her husband and two kids. She and her husband work in the hospitality/hotel industry, and have chosen a life as expats currently living in Jakarta. She shares about how they chose to move from their home in Australia, and how they’ve adapted to raising their family in a different culture.

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My husband Julian Wiseman and me chat about his new book. If you are a wine lover and you also enjoy port, this episode is so interesting with so much information about wine and Vintage Port. And you will see how much of a port geek he is. 

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YDGM Ep 30: Keith Wassung show art YDGM Ep 30: Keith Wassung

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Keith Wassung knows more about chiropractic than most chiropractors. He's been spreading information about chiropractic for over 30 years through his educational material, photos, slides, and website to help people learn more about chiropractic. He's a father of six, so that makes him an expert in fatherhood! Listen to this awesome episode as Keith talks about his life and love for chiropractic. It was great to learn so much about him!

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Chatting with chiropractor extraordinaire Thomas Waller DC about fatherhood, chiropractic, and his mission in life. Tom’s the kinda guy that you can hang out with, have a beer with, and chat about anything. His energy fuels you each and every minute. He’s also the guy you could call up and ask his advice and he’d stop and give you his 100% with a solid answer. And he’s also the guy you’d see on a stage in front of thousands of people. He’s unstoppable.

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YDGM Ep 28: Craig Peterson, an American living in Rome show art YDGM Ep 28: Craig Peterson, an American living in Rome

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Craig Peterson is American who lives in Rome Italy. He’s 35 years old and he’s a Network Spinal Chiropractor. He is not a father, and he’s in a relationship with a woman who doesn’t want children. He’s thought about having kids, and it was his current girlfriend who gave him the deeper thought of why he wants kids, and why not live life without having kids.

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YDGM Ep 27: Brendan Waddington on Fatherhood show art YDGM Ep 27: Brendan Waddington on Fatherhood

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Brendan is a naturopath, soft-tissue therapist, personal trainer, and he also helps miners by coaching them on their health. When I asked him to be on my podcast, he didn't think I'd be interested because he's not a father. Naturally, it's what people would think, but I was very keen on having men who are not fathers to talk about their views on the subject. Brendan mentions that he definitely wants kids eventually, and it was interesting to hear how he thinks and feels about fatherhood. 

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My husband and I talk about a lot of things sort of relating to fatherhood.

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Lillian Lartey is a personal trainer, massage therapist, and I consider her a life coach for women because she is so grounded in her values and commitment to having an extraordinary life. As a life coach, she has helped women, many of them mothers, to focus on themselves and to achieve happiness, building back their health, self-esteem, and love for life.

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YDGM Ep 024: Drea Clark show art YDGM Ep 024: Drea Clark

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Drea Clark lives in LA and works in film. She's my sister's best friend from highschool and we've known each other for a really long time. I asked her to be on my podcast for this current series of conversations with women who are not mothers, and she was totally enthusiastic to participate. I knew it would be a fantastic conversation, a fun one too, because Drea is just so articulate in just about anything. You ask her about anything, and she'll have something to say about it.

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Angie is a successful therapist, working with individuals as well as companies, big and small. This episode was awesome, with so many interesting and thought-provoking nuggets of wisdom, ideas, and stories about motherhood and how we can shift our perspectives about it in the context of applying it to roles of leadership and life in general.

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I was diagnosed with ITP, an autoimmune disease, the weekend before my husband and I got married. Literally, I spent the weekend before our wedding in the hospital.

Nicole lives in Indiana with her teacher husband and her two-and-a-half-year-old toddler son. I had no idea what her story was, and when she shared her story, I was so impressed with her determination, her positive energy, and drive to create such a fulfilling life for herself and her family.

She talks about her diagnosis and how she also had to have a planned c-section due to a placenta previa.

“… it was a whole difference experience. It was scheduled, we went into it, I climbed onto a table, and they put me out. That was never ever how I picture how I would have my child.”

Now she runs her own social-media and coaching business centered around helping chiropractors market their practices. She’s able to work from home, set her own schedule while taking care of her family, and having a full-on life.

“I knew I didn’t want to go back to that, but I really had no career plan. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, I knew I didn’t want to work nights and weekends anymore, and I knew I wanted more for my son.”

With a background in technology and sales, she asked her aunt, who is a chiropractor, if she could help promote their practice. After searching and brainstorming, she found her calling in marketing and social media for the chiropractic industry. After meeting the CEO of Vitalogics, she hit the ground running and took her business by storm.

Then, last year, after finding herself doing too much and overwhelmed, she was diagnosed with Lupus, another autoimmune disease.

“The hours that he was at daycare, is where I was like, I have to get the most out of this. I need to make sure it’s worth my time. But it turned out to be a negative. I was to the point where I really wasn’t even stopping to make lunch.”

Through this diagnosis, and finding her balance, listening to her body, she is now thriving and her priorities are much clearer for herself, her husband, and her son.

She talks about how she knew she wanted to create something bigger for herself, being empowered, with freedom and control of herself and her life.

“My grandpa was an entrepreneur, my aunt was an entrepreneur, I wanted to be in control. Being a wife and a mom, I knew I needed to be in control. I’m the type of person who goes 200 miles an hour straight forward until I plow into a wall. And then I take a step back and put the pieces back together and I realize the best map and the best route I need to go.”

Tune in to listen to Nicole’s impressive story being challenged by her health, and putting her passion and drive into achieving what she wants.

And she says she’s only at the beginning.

Enjoy!