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(00:00):
Hello everyone.
And welcome to the premiereepisode of the, just do you
podcast.
I am your host, Eric, Nicoll.
This has been quite a journey toget this, just do you podcast up
and running and I am so excitedthat we are actually here.
I want to thank family andfriends and my mentor and friend
and fellow podcaster, Darren,for just encouraging me to sit
(00:23):
down and record this firstepisode and get it up and
running.
So here we go.
I wanted to take a couple ofminutes just to kind of
introduce myself, give you alittle bit of background as to
how I got here.
And how this podcast came to beand what to expect over the next
weekly episodes that we bringyou, in this podcast series.
So just to give you a little bitbackground.
(00:44):
I'm a San Diego native.
I moved here in 2019 after avery unexpected and painful
divorce.
From my ex-husband.
I moved here to San Diego tostart over.
I had spent the entire year of2018, just simply in survival
mode and made the decision tocome back to the coast to San
(01:06):
Diego and to start over.
And was so excited, right?
It's going to be in this newtown, lots of new opportunities.
It's a place that brings me joyand brings me happiness.
And 2020 hits and we all knowwhat happens.
I won't go into too much detailon that we don't need to relive
that.
But what I will say is theeffects of that, the chaos that
(01:28):
ensued the uncertainty of ourlives and our business if you
will, was really uncertain andincredibly chaotic and what that
did to me was sent me inaddition to dealing with all of
the emotions that came from thetrauma of that divorce sent me
down a relatively destructivepattern.
(01:50):
We were isolated here inCalifornia.
We were not able to even reallywalk on the beach at that time.
And so I spent a lot of timealone here at the house with the
dog and Netflix and my favoriteice cream from an ice cream
store down the street.
That actually delivered byPostmates.
And what happened over thecourse of that first year in
(02:11):
dealing with this kind of globalchange was I started to have a
pretty destructive monologuewith myself.
What was going to happen next?
The uncertainty of not knowingwhat's gonna happen next?
Not being able to reach out andconnect and start that life that
I wanted to start again.
And it was really.
Difficult.
And I didn't realize the effectit was going to have on me in
(02:36):
the years following.
So 20 20, 20, 21, 20 22.
I had become pretty introverted.
I had also become a little bitless social, which is very
unlike me.
I had become concerned.
I started to feel some anxietythat I had never experienced
(02:57):
before.
And what was really interestingabout that time was I wasn't
reaching out to the people in mylife that I knew could help,
that could have a conversationwith me and help me navigate
through these.
Kind of emotions and, andcircumstances, if you will.
(03:17):
About.
20 years ago, I actually did apersonal development course.
And in that course, one of thedistinctions that they mentioned
was that our worlds existthrough a network of
conversations, not internalmonologues, which end up up
here, which for me is prettydangerous at times.
But a network of conversationsthat allows those conversations
(03:39):
to exist out in the world.
And those conversations can beabout things that we're
passionate about.
They can be about things that weare setting as goals, things
that we want to achieve, butwhen we have a dialogue with one
or more people that passion orthat commitment or that goal
lives out in the world.
And I wasn't reaching out tothose people to help me
navigate.
And so I went further into myseclusion.
(04:01):
I went further into someanxiety.
That again I hadn't experiencedwith, and it wasn't until I want
to say mid 20, 22, early 20, 23.
That I realized that I wasn'tmyself.
A multitude of things hadhappened the universe is way I
say of waking me up.
I won't go into all thosedetails.
(04:23):
I'll spare you, but I uncoveredsome food and sensitivities like
gluten and sugar and the effectsthat they had on my mood and on
my overall health.
I started to uncover some prettydetrimental or I should say
destructive conversations that Iwas having about dating again.
About making friends about whatwas next for me in my career.
(04:43):
What was the possibilities?
We've been launching thispodcast.
And it wasn't until I woke upone morning and realized that it
was enough was enough and that Ihad to start having
conversations out in the world.
Again, did life start to openup?
And I've been talking aboutdoing this podcast now for over
two years and.
Much to my own doing there werealways excuses as to why not to
(05:04):
do it.
But over the last 6, 8, 10months, I have had people come
into my life that havecompletely rocked my world from
conversations that we've had.
And I realized that everybody isgoing through this thing called
life.
This journey.
And a lot of times we don't havepeople to talk to or people that
(05:26):
would be a committed listener orpeople that would just simply
listen to not necessarily needto respond.
And I started to haveconversations.
I reached out to a therapist tohelp me deal with the trauma of
my separation and my divorce.
I reached out to a friend whodid breath work and who did
energy healing.
I then came across some reallyincredible practitioners through
(05:48):
my international travels with myjob.
As a meeting and incentiveplanner.
And these were people like inCosta Rica, they were in
Thailand.
They were in other places that Iwould have never imagined.
And the conversations andexperiences that came from those
interactions were simplyindicators to me that I had to
get this podcast launched.
(06:08):
Not only for me because it'sreally not about me.
This just do you concept.
Is for everyone.
We have to be ourselves.
We have to be our authenticselves.
We have to say what's there forus.
We have to be comfortable andhave posture with.
Again, our own navigation andthe most important lesson that
I've learned over this last yearat 57.
(06:30):
Is that I needed to get betterat setting boundaries.
I didn't need to say yes toeverything.
I didn't need to be fearful.
Of letting people down which wasa big thing for me.
Right.
And so, as I'm kind of goingthrough this process this year,
Opportunities for podcastepisodes kept popping up and
popping up and popping up.
(06:51):
And then I went off to CostaRica.
And I went with a company that Iwork with when a couple of days
early.
Had a little bit of a medicalemergency.
I took a bad fall and ended upin the hospital x-rays and
stuff.
Everything was fine.
I got back to the resort.
I had to cancel all of myexcursion plans and I went to do
a.
A series of meditation, yoga andsoundbath healing.
(07:16):
And the practitioner that I metthat I had never met before that
I had never had a conversationwith.
Was probably one of the mostimpactful and powerful moments
of my entire life.
And I realized in that moment inbetween our sessions, That it
was time for me to just do me.
That it was time to haveconversations out into the world
that impacted and made adifference for people.
(07:38):
And that could potentially sheda little light on a circumstance
that they might be going throughor.
Perhaps offer them a differentway of looking at something.
And you'll meet thispractitioner in the next couple
of episodes.
I think she's an episode threeor four.
And the conversation that westarted to have was pure and
simple and direct and conciseand so from that, From meeting a
(08:05):
few other people who you willalso meet in future episodes and
my mentor and coach, like Isaid, just telling me to sit
down and record this firstepisode.
Here we are.
I love bringing people togetherin many, many years ago.
I think about a decade ago, Istarted this kind of lifestyle
architect concept.
(08:25):
Bringing the right people inconnection with practitioners or
specialists or people that Ithought that they should know.
And I love that.
That's something that brings mea lot of joy.
And so that's going to besomething that I really focus on
in this podcast as well isintroducing you to these people,
people that the world needs toknow about people that you may
never have had an opportunity torun across, but I have, and
(08:49):
we're going to bring them toyou.
We're going to have lots of fun.
We're going to talk about somesignificant things.
There's probably going to besome significant moments, but
there's also going to be a lotof joy.
And I think that's the thingthat's so important.
Especially right now.
Recently it was brought to myattention, the CDC findings
about our isolation anddepression and the drastic
effect that's having on ourhealth and what it can do for
(09:12):
increased stroke or anxiety ordepression or heart issues,
other issues that areincredibly, incredibly serious.
And so.
That isolation and thatdisconnectedness and this
constant kind of social mediatexting and the lack of
in-depth.
Intimate conversations has tocome back.
(09:33):
So yes, we're using technologyotherwise you wouldn't be
hearing the conversations thatI've been privy to, but we're
going to go through and justhave conversations.
I'm going to do my best to notedit.
I want this to be real andauthentic.
So you may see some hiccups.
You may see some imperfections.
And for me, that's reallydifficult because I have spent
my entire life.
(09:53):
Creating amazing events andmeetings and incentives so that
the person who's experiencingthose events and meetings and
incentives sees this beautifullyflawless.
And result.
Despite the fact that theinternal structure or the
foundation of that might've beenburning to the ground two days
earlier.
That for me, and kind of showingthis imperfection, and there's a
(10:16):
vulnerability in theseconversations, it's going to be
a new experience.
So that's what I'm looking toget out of that and to be as
real and authentic with you aspossible.
I know for me, one of the thingsthat I've learned this last year
is how to set boundaries.
I've also learned that I don'tneed to say yes to everything to
be liked or to be included.
And every time I do say yes tosomething that it may not be the
right time for, it's alwaysended up not working out and
(10:39):
been a little bit tumultuous.
So I have a promise to myselfand this coming year and
throughout the remaining yearsof my life is to just be me.
So this podcast is a reminder.
It's also tattooed on my wristas a daily reminder to just be
myself.
And so I'm hoping that throughthese conversations that we'll
be having with my gusts, That itsheds a little light on a
(11:03):
particular circumstance that youmight be going through or a
different way of looking at itor a particular practice that
you might be able to put inplace or what to look for and
who to look for and helping younavigate some things that may be
going on in your life orconversations or dialogues that
you may be having with yourself.
So again, Our world existsthrough a network of
conversations, and I'm going todo my best to bring you
(11:26):
conversations that will make animpact.
So we look forward to seeing youon, our second episode, my first
guest is the epitome of the,just to you concept.
And I am so excited to introduceyou to them.
And I cannot wait to see you.
Next week.
So all my best.
Happy new year to you.
We're going to make 20 24,really, really, really
(11:49):
incredible.
And I wish you the best andwe'll see you soon.
Thanks for tuning in.
Bye.
Hello everyone.
And welcome to the premiereepisode of the, just do you
podcast.
I am your host, Eric, Nicoll.
This has been quite a journey toget this, just do you podcast up
and running and I am so excitedthat we are actually here.
I want to thank family andfriends and my mentor and friend
and fellow podcaster, Darren,for just encouraging me to sit
(00:23):
down and record this firstepisode and get it up and
running.
So here we go.
I wanted to take a couple ofminutes just to kind of
introduce myself, give you alittle bit of background as to
how I got here.
And how this podcast came to beand what to expect over the next
weekly episodes that we bringyou, in this podcast series.
So just to give you a little bitbackground.
(00:44):
I'm a San Diego native.
I moved here in 2019 after avery unexpected and painful
divorce.
From my ex-husband.
I moved here to San Diego tostart over.
I had spent the entire year of2018, just simply in survival
mode and made the decision tocome back to the coast to San
(01:06):
Diego and to start over.
And was so excited, right?
It's going to be in this newtown, lots of new opportunities.
It's a place that brings me joyand brings me happiness.
And 2020 hits and we all knowwhat happens.
I won't go into too much detailon that we don't need to relive
that.
But what I will say is theeffects of that, the chaos that
(01:28):
ensued the uncertainty of ourlives and our business if you
will, was really uncertain andincredibly chaotic and what that
did to me was sent me inaddition to dealing with all of
the emotions that came from thetrauma of that divorce sent me
down a relatively destructivepattern.
(01:50):
We were isolated here inCalifornia.
We were not able to even reallywalk on the beach at that time.
And so I spent a lot of timealone here at the house with the
dog and Netflix and my favoriteice cream from an ice cream
store down the street.
That actually delivered byPostmates.
And what happened over thecourse of that first year in
(02:11):
dealing with this kind of globalchange was I started to have a
pretty destructive monologuewith myself.
What was going to happen next?
The uncertainty of not knowingwhat's gonna happen next?
Not being able to reach out andconnect and start that life that
I wanted to start again.
And it was really.
Difficult.
And I didn't realize the effectit was going to have on me in
(02:36):
the years following.
So 20 20, 20, 21, 20 22.
I had become pretty introverted.
I had also become a little bitless social, which is very
unlike me.
I had become concerned.
I started to feel some anxietythat I had never experienced
(02:57):
before.
And what was really interestingabout that time was I wasn't
reaching out to the people in mylife that I knew could help,
that could have a conversationwith me and help me navigate
through these.
Kind of emotions and, andcircumstances, if you will.
(03:17):
About.
20 years ago, I actually did apersonal development course.
And in that course, one of thedistinctions that they mentioned
was that our worlds existthrough a network of
conversations, not internalmonologues, which end up up
here, which for me is prettydangerous at times.
But a network of conversationsthat allows those conversations
(03:39):
to exist out in the world.
And those conversations can beabout things that we're
passionate about.
They can be about things that weare setting as goals, things
that we want to achieve, butwhen we have a dialogue with one
or more people that passion orthat commitment or that goal
lives out in the world.
And I wasn't reaching out tothose people to help me
navigate.
And so I went further into myseclusion.
(04:01):
I went further into someanxiety.
That again I hadn't experiencedwith, and it wasn't until I want
to say mid 20, 22, early 20, 23.
That I realized that I wasn'tmyself.
A multitude of things hadhappened the universe is way I
say of waking me up.
I won't go into all thosedetails.
(04:23):
I'll spare you, but I uncoveredsome food and sensitivities like
gluten and sugar and the effectsthat they had on my mood and on
my overall health.
I started to uncover some prettydetrimental or I should say
destructive conversations that Iwas having about dating again.
About making friends about whatwas next for me in my career.
(04:43):
What was the possibilities?
We've been launching thispodcast.
And it wasn't until I woke upone morning and realized that it
was enough was enough and that Ihad to start having
conversations out in the world.
Again, did life start to openup?
And I've been talking aboutdoing this podcast now for over
two years and.
Much to my own doing there werealways excuses as to why not to
(05:04):
do it.
But over the last 6, 8, 10months, I have had people come
into my life that havecompletely rocked my world from
conversations that we've had.
And I realized that everybody isgoing through this thing called
life.
This journey.
And a lot of times we don't havepeople to talk to or people that
(05:26):
would be a committed listener orpeople that would just simply
listen to not necessarily needto respond.
And I started to haveconversations.
I reached out to a therapist tohelp me deal with the trauma of
my separation and my divorce.
I reached out to a friend whodid breath work and who did
energy healing.
I then came across some reallyincredible practitioners through
(05:48):
my international travels with myjob.
As a meeting and incentiveplanner.
And these were people like inCosta Rica, they were in
Thailand.
They were in other places that Iwould have never imagined.
And the conversations andexperiences that came from those
interactions were simplyindicators to me that I had to
get this podcast launched.
(06:08):
Not only for me because it'sreally not about me.
This just do you concept.
Is for everyone.
We have to be ourselves.
We have to be our authenticselves.
We have to say what's there forus.
We have to be comfortable andhave posture with.
Again, our own navigation andthe most important lesson that
I've learned over this last yearat 57.
(06:30):
Is that I needed to get betterat setting boundaries.
I didn't need to say yes toeverything.
I didn't need to be fearful.
Of letting people down which wasa big thing for me.
Right.
And so, as I'm kind of goingthrough this process this year,
Opportunities for podcastepisodes kept popping up and
popping up and popping up.
(06:51):
And then I went off to CostaRica.
And I went with a company that Iwork with when a couple of days
early.
Had a little bit of a medicalemergency.
I took a bad fall and ended upin the hospital x-rays and
stuff.
Everything was fine.
I got back to the resort.
I had to cancel all of myexcursion plans and I went to do
a.
A series of meditation, yoga andsoundbath healing.
(07:16):
And the practitioner that I metthat I had never met before that
I had never had a conversationwith.
Was probably one of the mostimpactful and powerful moments
of my entire life.
And I realized in that moment inbetween our sessions, That it
was time for me to just do me.
That it was time to haveconversations out into the world
that impacted and made adifference for people.
(07:38):
And that could potentially sheda little light on a circumstance
that they might be going throughor.
Perhaps offer them a differentway of looking at something.
And you'll meet thispractitioner in the next couple
of episodes.
I think she's an episode threeor four.
And the conversation that westarted to have was pure and
simple and direct and conciseand so from that, From meeting a
(08:05):
few other people who you willalso meet in future episodes and
my mentor and coach, like Isaid, just telling me to sit
down and record this firstepisode.
Here we are.
I love bringing people togetherin many, many years ago.
I think about a decade ago, Istarted this kind of lifestyle
architect concept.
(08:25):
Bringing the right people inconnection with practitioners or
specialists or people that Ithought that they should know.
And I love that.
That's something that brings mea lot of joy.
And so that's going to besomething that I really focus on
in this podcast as well isintroducing you to these people,
people that the world needs toknow about people that you may
never have had an opportunity torun across, but I have, and
(08:49):
we're going to bring them toyou.
We're going to have lots of fun.
We're going to talk about somesignificant things.
There's probably going to besome significant moments, but
there's also going to be a lotof joy.
And I think that's the thingthat's so important.
Especially right now.
Recently it was brought to myattention, the CDC findings
about our isolation anddepression and the drastic
effect that's having on ourhealth and what it can do for
(09:12):
increased stroke or anxiety ordepression or heart issues,
other issues that areincredibly, incredibly serious.
And so.
That isolation and thatdisconnectedness and this
constant kind of social mediatexting and the lack of
in-depth.
Intimate conversations has tocome back.
(09:33):
So yes, we're using technologyotherwise you wouldn't be
hearing the conversations thatI've been privy to, but we're
going to go through and justhave conversations.
I'm going to do my best to notedit.
I want this to be real andauthentic.
So you may see some hiccups.
You may see some imperfections.
And for me, that's reallydifficult because I have spent
my entire life.
(09:53):
Creating amazing events andmeetings and incentives so that
the person who's experiencingthose events and meetings and
incentives sees this beautifullyflawless.
And result.
Despite the fact that theinternal structure or the
foundation of that might've beenburning to the ground two days
earlier.
That for me, and kind of showingthis imperfection, and there's a
(10:16):
vulnerability in theseconversations, it's going to be
a new experience.
So that's what I'm looking toget out of that and to be as
real and authentic with you aspossible.
I know for me, one of the thingsthat I've learned this last year
is how to set boundaries.
I've also learned that I don'tneed to say yes to everything to
be liked or to be included.
And every time I do say yes tosomething that it may not be the
right time for, it's alwaysended up not working out and
(10:39):
been a little bit tumultuous.
So I have a promise to myselfand this coming year and
throughout the remaining yearsof my life is to just be me.
So this podcast is a reminder.
It's also tattooed on my wristas a daily reminder to just be
myself.
And so I'm hoping that throughthese conversations that we'll
be having with my gusts, That itsheds a little light on a
(11:03):
particular circumstance that youmight be going through or a
different way of looking at itor a particular practice that
you might be able to put inplace or what to look for and
who to look for and helping younavigate some things that may be
going on in your life orconversations or dialogues that
you may be having with yourself.
So again, Our world existsthrough a network of
conversations, and I'm going todo my best to bring you
(11:26):
conversations that will make animpact.
So we look forward to seeing youon, our second episode, my first
guest is the epitome of the,just to you concept.
And I am so excited to introduceyou to them.
And I cannot wait to see you.
Next week.
So all my best.
Happy new year to you.
We're going to make 20 24,really, really, really
(11:49):
incredible.
And I wish you the best andwe'll see you soon.
Thanks for tuning in.
Bye.
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