Take Control With Nicole

Today I'm chatting with Kate and Gerri about such an important topic - SLEEP! We dive into:

• Helping people start healthy sleeping habits with their babies
• Tips for busy parents and kids sleep
• Creating healthy sleeping patterns
• Caring for the relationship of parents and kids
• Valuing your own needs

About The Sleep Collective Co-founder of The Sleep Collective, Gerri has over a decade of experience in education and curriculum design and development. Working in schools, Gerri knows first-hand how essential quality and restorative sleep is for the developing brain and unfortunately how sleep deprivation can impact a child’s learning and behaviour. It is her hope that through building awareness, education and a foundation of healthy sleep habits that she can create sustained improvements in the education and health outcomes of children. At the start of her own parenting journey, the shock of sleep deprivation hit hard, and Gerri struggled to accept that disrupted sleep was the status quo for parents. Conflicting advice from well-meaning family and health care professionals only made the sleep situation more difficult to navigate. It was a week-long stay in a maternal health unit at a private hospital that helped to turn things around. Gerri was supported and educated on how to guide her child’s sleep and was empowered to achieve that in a way that was not only matched to her parenting style but also built her confidence as a mother. The parenting experience became so much more enjoyable once everyone was getting the rest they needed. Through this experience, Gerri discovered a desire to use her skills in education in a whole new way. She wants to help parents learn what healthy sleep looks like and how they can promote that in their own children. Gerri has an approachable and non-judgmental nature which helps parents to feel like they can be open and honest about their worries, concerns and limitations. With a 15-year career as a Registered nurse, it is no surprise that Kate is driven by a need to help and care for others. Having a background in medicine and health, Kate co-founded The Sleep Collective with the goal of assisting families to achieve better sleep for the improvement in family harmony and the immediate and long-term health benefits of restorative sleep. Working the last decade in Intensive Care Units in Melbourne, it was Kate’s own fragmented sleep patterns from night shift, alongside raising two daughters that kindled her passion to help infants, children and adults get more sleep. Kate’s sleep journey began in early parenthood through reactive co-sleeping with her first born. Whilst enjoying the closeness that results from co-sleeping, her family was ready for more restorative and independent sleep and so began her education into the science of sleep. After researching best practice and seeking support, she was pleasantly surprised to learn how much a consistent, predictable routine could change their lives. Continuing what she had learnt about infant sleep with her second child however was not smooth sailing and medical issues had to be addressed before sleep would fall into place for her second baby. Kate’s infant sleep journeys were very different and demonstrated to her how important a holistic approach is to creating a positive sleep experience. With renewed energy and empowerment, Kate wants to be that agent of change for other struggling families and to fill the gap in pre-natal education for newborn sleep. Kate’s career in supporting, caring and educating people through life’s greatest health challenges has prepared her well to work with a range of families in need. She is driven to support families with openness, empathy, tenacity and a sense of humor to achieve well-rested and thriving family units. Jodi Mindell's Research around Bedtime Routines The Sleep Collective Packages Download the Rested App Download the Better Sleep App Connecting With Our Guest Connect with The Sleep Collective on Instagram @thesleepcollective_au The Sleep Collective's website: https://thesleepcollective.com/ Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https...

Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Hienna all about being an Online Business Manager and designing a business that makes sense for you. We dive into:

• Really understanding your clients
• Perfecting the two way relationship
• OBM vs VA
• Connecting with the RIGHT people
• Setting up your business for success

About Hienna Heinna is here to make your burning desire to be the best OBM you can be become reality. As a mentor, she becomes your biggest cheerleader, your bounciest sounding board, your ultimate pusher for you to find the best way to serve you and your client’s businesses. She gets it, as she has been there too. Having worked in corporate to starting out her business as a VA, she always knew there was more to what she can do to help others. And so... she created a space for business owners who genuinely want to flourish – alongside their clients as well, of course. As someone who has been on all sides as the business owner, OBM, client and juggler of life, she wanted to share what she has gathered and learned being in this journey to others. There is nothing more rewarding for her than seeing others succeed. Maybe it’s just the empath in her but she's seriously set on others success. She wants to join you in your journey that she has been through herself. She knows first-hand how it is to go back forth of ‘can I’, ‘should I’ or the best of the best quote she USED TO tell herself is ‘Am I good enough?’ So, developing OBM Assembly Program was a must. She knows she's not the only one who has gone through this journey and want to help others find their way. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Hienna on Instagram @obm_assembly Hienna's website: https://www.obmassembly.com Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-99/

Today my business bestie, and friend of the show, Kathy Rast joins me today to talk about something we're working on in my business together, org charts in big and small business-ing. We dive into:

• Even as a small business, why we need org charts
• Looking at roles with a critical eye
• Ranking vs roles
• Change in roles during a growth period
• Setting foundations for evolution

About Kathy Kathy Rast makes me laugh in between all the business moments I have bridged together to get where I am today....and where I'm going in my tomorrows. She won't take credit for my successes, nor will I give them to her. I will say one thing about her...she's making this business journey one filled with all the joy of the child playing with the business box it came in. You see that while Kathy Rast has a way with words that catch the mind's eye which flips, converts, and seduces a joy and beauty in un-special moment... And... While she's wildly hilarious—especially on Fridays—and beyond clever in ways, I've long since stopped trying to work out how—that's her Tuesdays—Kathy Rast is best enjoyed in the between (business-ing) moments. Those moments that are stalled, stuck or just outright suck all the air out of the room. Kathy Rast has a way to lighten, lift, and love a moment often labelled with layers of heavy hardness in the outside world. Yes, she does it through her wording ways of making the un-workable work, but there are the moments we have not spoken a word, and I have felt [insert your word here Nicole]. Kathy Rast and I have a working relationship many only talk about. Long ago we stop talking about it and started talking it into what we have today. [and yes, Kathy Rast wrote these words and laughed a crying-out-loud laugh filled with wholehearted gratitude and rolling joy of what she created with her words.] Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Kathy on Instagram @kathy.l.rast.linguistiologist Kathy's website: https://www.kathyrast.com/ Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-107/ This podcast is produced by Good Chat Media

Today I'm chatting with the fabulous Founder and CEO of Essential Shift Consulting, Laetitia who shares how she helps business owners to be blissed out, not burnt out. We dive into:

• Building structures for flow
• Creating through your uniqueness
• The balance of divine feminine and divine masculine
• Surrounding yourself with the right team

About Laetitia Laetitia Andrac is an energetics & strategy business mentor (aka a ‘business doula’ as she carved this name for her work). She is the founder and CEO of Essential Shift Consulting Pty Ltd. She helps women leaders & entrepreneurs in creating a soul aligned business, career & life without burning out. She believes that what you think (in your head/mind), what you feel and are passionate about (in your heart/soul), and what you are creating (with your hand and will) are deeply connected, hence the logo of her business Essential shift with the 3 circles, which represent these 3 elements. She is making ancient spiritual wisdom accessible for busy modern-day entrepreneurs. She has a solid grounding in mindfulness (started meditation at 5-year-old) and spirituality (lineage of healers), along with an authentic ‘say it as it is’ approach and impressive business savvy and strategic background. She incorporates her 15+ years in business and leadership to guide women to create soul & business alchemy. Her passion is to bring a sense of the sacred and intentionality to everyday life. She is a mother of two girls and lives in Cronulla Beach. She is attempting to practice what she teaches, coaches and mentors: creating a life that is aligned and sustainable. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with Laetitia on Instagram @essential.shift Laetitia's webite: http://www.essentialshift.co Learn the F.L.O.W Method: https://sales.essentialshift.co/Flowinbusinessevergreen?r_done=1 Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-88/

Today I'm chatting with AJ Davis. AJ is a Rapid Transformation Hypnotherapist that supports fabulous humans in business to break through limiting beliefs and tackle their mindset challenges. We dive into:

• Not passing on beliefs to future generations
• Limiting beliefs in business
• Taking small effective actions
• Interrupting intrusive thoughts

About AJ AJ is a Rapid Transformation Hypnotherapist with years of experience supporting high-profile entrepreneurs in the role of part-Business Manager and part-Therapist. Having moved full-time into the therapy and mindset space, she specialises in helping service-based small business owners to overcome negative, limiting beliefs and self-doubt, and create unshakeable self-belief so they are free to bring their business dreams to life! AJ strongly believes in the power of understanding how our mind works, so we can program it to work in our favour. Her work focuses on overcoming challenges like perfectionism, procrastination and fear of failure, by uncovering the reasons behind them, rather than just addressing the symptoms. With a superpower of making people feel seen and heard, AJ is known for providing a safe space for her clients to get to the root cause of their beliefs, break free of the repetitive patterns holding them back and change their life by changing their thoughts. Connecting With Our Guest Connect with AJ on Instagram @changeyourthoughts_au AJ's website: www.changeyourthoughts.com.au AJ's 7 Minute Pep Talk: https://changeyourthoughts.com.au/silence-self-doubt/ Connect with Nicole on Instagram @theartisansolutions Nicole's website: https://theartisans.com.au/ Join the Take Control with Nicole Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/810652689407180 Join The Waitlist for the Member's Lounge here: https://academy.theartisans.com.au/members-lounge For more detailed shownotes and full transcript of the episode, click here: https://theartisans.com.au/podcast/episode-89/