What happens when a woman, already stretched thin by life's demands, gets sick? Too often, she's left to navigate a maze of doctors, insurance companies, and well-meaning advice, alone. But as women's wellness advocate Rebecca Bloom reminds us, we shouldn't have to. In this powerful conversation, Rebecca shares her journey from corporate law to women's health advocacy, inspired by her mother's breast cancer diagnosis. For nearly 30 years, she has guided women through the overwhelming realities of the healthcare system, offering them clarity, strategy, and most importantly, support.

Together, Nicola and Rebecca dive into the practical and emotional tools every woman should know when facing a health challenge:

• Why appointing a personal "Chief of Staff" can be a game-changer for managing care.
• The importance of reaching out to HR, case managers, and providers before problems arise.
• How to choose insurance the smart way — starting with your doctors, not the price tag.
• Why you should never "panic pay" medical bills (and how to catch common errors).
• How to set boundaries with others and protect your energy during recovery.
• Finding balance between evidence-based medicine and complementary holistic care.

Rebecca's legal expertise and advocacy work shine through as she gives women the confidence to ask for help, take control of their healthcare decisions, and reject the outdated idea that illness must be endured in silence. If you or someone you love is navigating illness, this episode is a must-listen. You'll walk away with tools to advocate for yourself, protect your energy, and build a strong support system around you — because healing should never be a solo journey.

• WEBSITE: WhenWomenGetSick.com

This diverse episode takes you on Rochel Lawson's journey of self-healing a stress trauma diagnosis that impacted her digestive system as she worked to create the first woman-owned, minority-owned telecommunications installation company in the United States.

Nicola and Rochel discuss women's superpowers that have us constantly overworking but believing we can accomplish it all. As a result ,we get reactive in pursuit of survival with the focus on success, and lose parts of ourselves in the process. Rochel shares her priorities for success without losing her essence as a woman, and still accomplishing what fulfils her.

This is a super episode for women out there who are constantly seeking perfection, feel burned out and it gives new perspectives on how we can take care of ourselves to impact our younger generations, so they don't repeat the same patterns us.

Nicola dives into Rochel's latest "Unstoppable Women's Manifesto" book, a standout among business books for women entrepreneurs. It is about how to harness the power of principles, perfectly curated for women of all color and specifically black women business leaders, to transform mere ideas into profitable ventures that run seamlessly, even without daily intervention. Rochel takes us on Queen Nefertiti's journey in Egypt and how to relate it to our current day experiences, and shares why African American woman don't often get to discover this information.

Nicola shares her upcoming book Finding Your Queen, Living Life On Your Own Terms, Flawed, Raw and Brilliant, and how we can rediscover our Queen self and what this means.

Both Nicola and Rochel met each other by chance, is there such a thing? They share their passion for empowering women for transformation over the last 30 years, both Aquarians, working on different sides of the continent, this is an interesting listen to two women driven by the same mission to help women shape their destiny.

• WEBSITE: BlissfulLiving4u.com
• INSTAGRAM: @rochelelawson

Are you a perfectionist? Do you feel you have to be the perfect partner, have the perfect career, the perfect lifestyle and be the perfect mother?

Dr. Julie Ducharme joins Nicola today to discuss how to break free of perfectionism and the two of them underline what is really going on with our need to be perfect as women.

Dr Julie discusses passive curiosity in her life and how it got her out of a toxic work environment with a perfectionist female boss, how this motivated her to support women and go up the ladder together rather than competing against each other, building trust with women leadership who have been burned, and why she feels so passionately about giving back.

Even today, women are still feeling insecure and have low self worth and unable to own their power, join the discussion about what this might be and gentle nudges women could take to help them see their value and worth.

Dr Julie has dedicated her career to empower and support people in their endeavors and dreams. She has become a 5x national bestselling author, recognized by INC magazine, hosts a podcast called She CEOs, Authentically You, had numerous TV appearances with CBS, ABC, and Fox about womens' empowerment and helping our veterans. Her most recent book Authentically You Empowering Your Way to Success, is changing the way women approach their lives.

• WEBSITE: DrJulieDucharme.com