Naptime Empires with Nikki Elledge Brown: Refreshingly Honest Conversations for Entrepreneurial Moms
There’s no one RIGHT way to raise great humans, just like there’s no one RIGHT way to build a profitable business. That’s why it’s so comforting to know you’re not the only one trying to do both at the same time. Join me (Nikki Elledge Brown) and a brilliant lineup of family-focused entrepreneurs for the Naptime Empires™ podcast - refreshingly honest conversations on the realities of parenthood + entrepreneurship. Topics include motherhood, entrepreneurship (obvs), relationships, spirituality, inspiration, success, health, and fun (remember that?).
Episodes
I loved this convo so much that I had to bring it directly to you. (It started on Jadah Sellner's Lead with Love podcast, just like our last episode!)
In this one, we bottle Jadah's pre-launch feels in the weeks before her best-selling book She Builds officially launched into bookstores, homes, and earbuds. I asked all my nosy Qs so we can benefit when it's our turn to jump!
Jadah shares get nitty gritty details on what m...
In this super-special book mode episode, my Polly Pocket BFF* Jadah Sellner and I invite you behind the scenes to join us for a convo on pretty much ALL THE THINGS. (*we were born in the 80s and basically audio livestream our days to each other via the Voxer app, hence Polly Pocket)
Since I am and work with a lot of humans who care about building businesses that fit into LIFE (vs. the other way around), this concept comes up a lot in conversations with my clients, my friends, mySELF. I'm anchoring this idea here so we have it when we’re feeling a bit aimless and sneaky, avoiding the work that we KNOW will lead to the results we deeply desire.
We recently celebrated our daughter Noey’s first birthday. In this episode I’m sharing reflections from my third and final experience with the first-year baby bubble / fourth trimester… how it’s been different than my first two, what I’ve learned, and how her presence has changed so much already.
Take a listen here or in your fave pod player when you wanna and as always – let me know your fave...
Once upon a time (at the start of summer 2021) I launched season four: BOOK MODE with the intention of tracking my journey to self-publishing. Then my friends came to town and shook that ish up.
In this episode I’ll share why we’ve had a CHANGE IN PLANS over here, why it feels a bit s...
Context matters. Before I can actually UPDATE you on book progress, I gotta catch you up to speed on where we're starting from. How we got to the current moment / draft in time.
In this episode I'll share an overview of my personal writing (drafting, revising) process to date, including, but not limited to:
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Introducing Naptime Empires: BOOK MODE - aka Season 4!
You only write your first book once. (Or like, four times in slightly different ways, if you're me.)
It's time for season FOUR o' the Naptime Empires® podcast - the journey to episode 100 and the publication of the Naptime Empires book!
In this series of episodes I'll be sharing the good, the bad, the ugly of my creative and procrastinative process.
WHY? Because I work best ...
Carrie Green is an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, and mom of two. She’s the founder of the Female Entrepreneur Association (known as FEA), author of the international bestselling book She Means Business, and her TEDx talk on the p...
Parijat Deshpande is the leading high-risk pregnancy specialist, somatic trauma professional and speaker and author who guides women to improve their pregnancy complications so they can reduce their risk of preterm birth. Her unique neurobiological approach has served hundreds of women to manage pregnancy complications and reclaim a safety and trust in their bodies that they thought was eroded foreve...
Ari Hale is a business coach for service providers, marketing strategist, and tech nerd who loves to travel and eat around the world with her son, Silas.
In this convo we cover how she got started in online business as a virtual assistant, the #1 mistake she made when starting out (+ what she advises her students to do differently), how the birth of her son spar...
Gena (pronounced "jenna") is a mom to two reciprocal IVF babes, wife to her wife, and serial entrepreneur.
She was a corporate lawyer in NYC until she started her own law practice in Jan 2014. She then started a mama blog after the birth of her son Parker and 2 years ago, became a fitness + wellness coach after being a nationally competitive gymnast for 15 years...
Ticora Davis is an intellectual property advocate, attorney, author, speaker, wifey and mama to two toddlers. She founded The Creator's Law Firm in 2017 to help experts and entrepreneurs protect their brands so they can grow their businesses with peace of mind.
In this convo, we cover how being laid off after having her son sparked her to a new level of success,...
Abbey Ashley is the Founder of The Virtual Savvy. She helps aspiring virtual assistants launch and grow their own at-home business from scratch. Abbey started her own virtual assistant business as a new mom and was able to double the salary from her full-time corporate job, working only 20 hours a week... in just 30 days! She's since gone on to grow a seven-figure business and retire her husband ALL ...
Elsa Isaac is a NYC-based fashion + image stylist who believes style is really all about self-expression. She’s a seasoned pro with over 17 years’ experience, now helping successful career women + entrepreneurs revamp their wardrobes + create show-stopping ensembles that flatter their unique body shape and lifestyles.
A self-dubbed anti-fashion stylist. Elsa doe...
Holly Gillen (mom of two) helps high-performing biz owners create videos with a plan, purpose, system, and strategy. In this conversation, we cover how Holly’s business shifted after the birth of each of her sons, how to stand out by showcasing who you are through the use of video, why video is the easiest and fastest way to create connections with people (especially during when so many people are mi...
Big updates ahead!
In this episode, which is basically like one big Voxer message from me to YOU, I share the scoop on all things baby (recorded in week 36-37 of pregnancy!), book (still cookin'), and biz-nesting.
I share:
What’s worked (what hasn’t) when prepping for baby - labor and delivery and fourth trimester healing, my vision for maternity leave this roun...
Tejal V. Patel is a former divorce attorney turned mindfulness and meditation advocate for parents and kids. She’s the host of the Time-In Talks Podcast, mom of two, and the author of the brand new book Meditation for Kids: 40 Activities To Manage Emotions, Ease Anxiety and Stay Focused.
In this conversation we cover the importance of giving kids the tools to ma...
We often talk about the value in hiring help in biz and hiring help at home (with childcare, home maintenance, etc). In this episode I highlight the value of enlisting support for YOU - not as a parent, not as a biz owner, but as the one wearing all the hats. The WHOLE you.
When you're feeling stuck, unclear, not sure what your next right step may be, having (a trusted) someone for YOU can be the ul...
Adrienne Dorison has spent the past 10+ years in the field of operational efficiency, and has since created the most simplistic approach to making your business ultra-efficient. (She also recently became a mom to her little one, Kit.)
In this conversation we cover what it means (+ what it takes) to build a business that can not just run but GROW without your dir...
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