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Remember, we have completion and purpose and big changes coming and it's the year transformation. This is the Nikki and Bri Show. What up, everyone? Welcome back to another episode of the Nikki and Bri Show. Or should I say today's going to be the. The Nikki Show. So there's a lot of pressure. Well, there's not. No, I am putting pressure on myself is what I should say right now, because Bri crushed her solo era. I'm just so proud of her. She did such an incredible job, which, don't worry, it's not the end of Bri solos. But I was a little bit like, wow, I feel like there's pressure on me today to, like, deliver Brimo style. But I just wanted to come on here and get you all fired up for the new year. As you know, today is New Year's Eve Eve, right? So tomorrow we have New Year's Eve and then New Year's Day, and we actually have an incredible episode for you on New Year's Day. This Wednesday, I am bringing back Carrie Rose. So as you all know, if you've been an avid listener and if not, you can go back and look, we did a series with Carrie Rose on here, and Carrie is Brina's life coach and she's so many amazing things. So I'm really excited to bring her on this Wednesday because a lot of questions that you all have been asking, calling in for DMing. Carrie can just give you advice or coach you on them. So amazingly, just like what she's done for me the past few years. So we're going to really focus on co parenting on Wednesday because there's been so many questions about co parenting. So that's going to be our main talk as well as just divorce heartbreak. So whether you're going through divorce or not even a divorce, just a breakup or maybe just struggling on co parenting, you're definitely going to want to tune into this Wednesday. There's a lot of magic in that episode, a lot of great advice, and even if you're not going through it, you're going to love it because starting a new year, Carrie just gives a lot of great advice that I know you all can take into 2025. So make sure to tune in this Wednesday. Subscribe right now. If you haven't subscribed, like, share with others. But let's get into this solo Nikki episode. It's crazy because when we do these solo episodes, it's like, what am I going to talk about? Because believe it or not, it's kind of just hard to talk for a period of time with no interaction with someone else or someone asking you questions or going off of something you have said. Laughing with. So I kind of, like, sat down and I'm like, well, what. What do I talk about? And it me, New Year's Eve Eve, I feel like I just kind of have to talk about. About that. Right? Especially with, you know, what I love representing and what I'm all about. Don't worry, I'm not going to, like, go through a whole vision board right now, but I just thought, you know, we could talk about that. And one thing, and I know Bri and I touched on this on the last episode, but one thing that I'm really going to take away from 2024 is just how strong I am. I think I learned that a lot about myself, and I'm also going to take it into 2025. And it's weird because sometimes I feel like when we compliment ourselves or we say something nice about ourselves, it's so uncomfortable, right? I'm like, oh, my gosh. I feel like I'm being conceited or I'm being this. But in fact, that's an affirmation, right? I am strong. And this past year, I learned how strong I really am. And I also learned that, wow, Nicole, the work you've been doing really hard for the past six to eight years, it's really showing now. It's really come to life. It. It's actually has pro. Proven to me in a tangible, tangible way that it's working, that it's worked. So I know I've talked about it for so long, I feel like since day one of us having the podcast about doing the work, and we're always bringing it up, but I fully put the work that I've done to work this past year, and I realized strength that I never had even, you know, as of late. Like, I've had a lot of women come up to me and be like, you're so strong. Like, how you do this and how you handle that and just all these different things. And I just started to sit back and, like, take that in, like, well, I guess I am really strong. I would always be like, well, you know, I've been through a lot in my life, and I know how to just keep. Keep moving forward. But it's also because of all the work that I've done to keep me strong. My foundation and my root is strong. And I think that's something really important to focus on and to think about as we enter a new year. This Wednesday is, what is your foundation represent? What's your roots? You know, for me, I always come with love. And I love having my foundation be about love. But I have to say that my foundation not only is about love, it's truly about strength. And I think that's just such a great way to have a foundation for yourself and for roots, because you take that strength and every part of your life. So ask yourself the next few days, like, okay, what did I learn this past year? But also, like, what is my foundation? And is my foundation what I want it to be? And how can I help change that this coming year? Or how can I help make that stronger if it's something that I love this coming year? It's funny because I will kind of touch on this. Well, not really, but just a tad bit this Wednesday with Carrie. But it's crazy because I think we've heard this a lot, especially 2024. I feel like this past year we've heard these words a lot. And even the past few years, but especially this past year. But the divine feminine and all about that. I mean, I constantly see TikTok videos about it. People getting tattoos of the symbol, people just talking about the rise of female, the strength of women, the empowerment, how women are really stepping into their boys, which also I realized men can have divine feminine. And I've just been going on a deep dive on this. Like, I always felt like I. I knew a lot about it. And then the past few months, I've really wanted to do more research on it. And then for this episode, which just is what really hit me on, like, what I kind of want to touch on. And it's crazy because I didn't realize that people kind of say, well, how do I know that I'm there, that I am divine feminine? And what does that mean? And it's crazy because as I was reading all of the things that make you there, the traits of it, I started to check all the boxes, like, wait, Kindness, check. Empathy, check. Love, check. Humility, check. Patience. Intuition, check. Vulnerability, check. Wisdom. I feel like I'm. I have quite a bit of wisdom now for, you know, my six to eight years of really doing the work. And, you know, I've had off and on my entire life. I. I really have done the work. Started therapy at young age, but from journaling to my faith to meditation. So I was like, okay, I feel like my winds, wisdom. I could check that box. Not just because I'm 41 now, collaboration. I was like, yeah, I think of things that I do with other people to spread the word, to be in that place of the divine creativity. It's Crazy, because if anyone's tuning in that believes in horoscopes, a Scorpios, we're supposed to have a big creative year. But I definitely have felt that over the past few years, just more and more my creative side coming back out, because I felt like when I stopped wrestling and I was didn't have that creative outlet in the ring that I always had, that I kind of lost my ways in how much I'd be creative. And so I feel like that's really come back for me. But I'm excited to really bring it back in 2025. And supposedly for a Scorpios, it's coming back. Our creative side is just supposed to shine. So I'm really excited. If it's going to be in things that I've always known or if that tide's going to come out in something new that I didn't even really know that I had within me. I think that's what I'm really excited for. 2025, because they said 2024 was year of karma. And 2025 is like the year of closure, elimination, end of cycles. It's also the year of purpose, transformation, big changes, global unity. When I saw that, I was like, I feel like it is like, I feel like we're starting to get there. So, you know, 2024 not only being the year of karma and balance, but also just lessons and letting go. So I definitely feel like I. I'm getting there. I don't know if you all feel this, but so, like, there's the creativity check and then a few other traits of Divine feminine is magic, inclusiveness, adaptiveness. And I'm like, I feel like I've checked all those boxes.

Nicole (12:31)

When Brian and I travel, we have a huge checklist of the things that we love. And for the holidays, we are looking to travel with our family and extended family, a lot of cousins, let me tell you, because we aren't a one size fits all size style of a family. And that's what I love about Airbnb. I get to pick the destination, the size of the home, and all the things that we really love, which we all know. Me, Chef Bri, I need a cook for everyone. And Brian loves to feel immersed into whatever town, city we're in. He wants to be part of the community. And these are all the reasons why Brian and I love to travel. We like to see different communities, different cultures, but we want to be completely immersed in it. And we also want to be able to cook their foods and have the whole family under one roof, being able to end the night in a living room with the movie on and then having our own beds. And our biggest thing that we love about traveling, we have had some incredible hosts and hostess, and that makes the travel even better, which is exactly what I want to give to people traveling to my home. I want them to be able to cook a nice meal with their family, sleep in cozy beds, and I want to be that super host with five stars that you pick on Airbnb. So it's something to think about. When you're traveling to a new place and you're leaving your place, it makes sense to Airbnb it. If you host while you're away, it's basically like you're making money while. While you're spending money. Kind of genius if you think about it. So don't leave money on the table the next time you're out of town. When you're away, your home could be an Airbnb. Your home might be worth more than you think. Find out how much@airbnb.com host and who knows, maybe one day Brian and I will be in your kitchen.

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Bri (14:58)

And it felt really great. So it made me just sit back and think and actually take a moment of all the affirmations that I do every day or every so often that it's okay to say, like, I am really strong. I have brought all these things into my life and I have done the work enough that it has brought me here. It has given me this incredible foundation in the roots. And even though I have moments of not being any of these traits, I am human. That I. I am not perfect, far from that. We all are. And so it just felt really good because I feel at times, Brien, I would say this a lot, that we. We do the work or we'll go do these great things and have incredible achievements, but we're always on such a hustle that we never really just sit back and honor those achievements or honor how far we've come. So make sure to take a moment over before we get to 2025 this Wednesday to honor what you've accomplished this past year, whether that's personality traits and what you've done better for yourself or that's an achievement that you've actually gotten through your career, home life, whatever it may be. And so to really just sit back and be like, wow, I. I did that. I accomplished that. I achieved that. And now this is what I want to do in 2025. It could even be going to pottery class and I made a pot. Like, how amazing. I never thought I'd do anything creative in my life. So I definitely have started to think about those things the past few days and gonna take that into 2025. Like, wow, you overcame this, Nicole. Or you really did have those great achievements that Bri and I talked about in the past episode. You should be so proud of yourself. But one thing I'm going to take into 2025 that I'm most proud of is just realizing that I have an incredible foundation of strength and how I'm going to continue to carry that strength and what I'm going to do with it and where I'm going to take it to and how I could help things be stronger or help people be better. So I'm gonna take that into the new year and see where that takes me. Also, another thing that I found with the Divine Feminine that hit me really hard was this one statement, and it said things when you get there. So other things, when I was doing my research on the Divine Feminine, that really hit me hard. Just a few statements that I was like, oh, my gosh. I did just tell myself this. Like, this is the era that I want to be in. One I embody full acceptance of all meaning, no longer trying to fix, change, or improve others or myself. And that is one thing I definitely learned in 2024. We aren't here to fix other people. We just aren't. We're here to lead by example. We are here to teach our children, nurture our children, teach others, lead by example. But we are not here to fix. And it took me 41 years to realize that, and I'm definitely taking that into my 2025. And I. When I saw that, I think sometimes it's so great to hear when you have faith and you hear it from the people that, you know, matter in your heart that, yeah, I. I don't have to fix people. It doesn't make me a bad person that I'm not here to not fix you. Because we all have our own journeys, and that is something that we have to realize. So if you're someone that gets into relationships and you're the fixer, you always find people that you're fixing and your relationships don't work out, or it's family members and you feel like you don't have boundaries because you just want to fix them. It's not what you're here to do. They each have their own journey, and in that journey, God will come to them and help them get on that path. Know that you could be there for love, you can be there for support, but you aren't there to fix, especially in relationships that you have. And I feel as if you're in that kind of relationship that you are fixing, you need to find your way out, because trying to fix someone isn't going to bring love and happiness and change. You're honestly in the end gonna drain yourself and just bring sadness. And so that hit me really hard because I definitely am now in that space. And this new era of me in 2025 is no longer fixing. I will lead, I will help, I will support, I will love, but I will not fix. Relying on your gut instincts, that was another statement with the divine feminine. And I was like, yeah, I feel like more than ever. I feel like I've been good with that for many, many years, always trusting my gut instincts. Not all the time in business, which now I feel different. I've made some huge mistakes as an entrepreneur, not listening to my gut, even though my gut was screaming at me. And I still either went into certain business relationships knowing they weren't right and then they didn't work out, or just making some mistakes financially through business. But I feel now that my instincts just come so naturally that I don't even have to stop and think. I feel it and I react. And that is something that has helped me so much Now. There are moments that I still hadn't listened, whether it was this past year, but I feel walking into this new year, that is something that I will naturally trust immediately, for sure. And another big one was tuning in more to your inner voice. And I definitely feel that disconnecting from, you know, for the past few months really helped me hear my inner voice so loud. It's kind of crazy, you know, when they, you know, and this has been a saying for so long about how important it is to just sit in silence and hear yourself. And I feel like I've been doing that more than Ever just sitting there, no music, not even meditation music. Just sitting there in quiet with myself. And it's crazy just the stuff that come to you or what you hear, what you feel or what you think about. Because sometimes I feel like people expect some, something magical to appear or to hear you hear this loud voice from above and that's not it. And it took me a long time to realize that, that it's just maybe a thought that comes to you that can be some, you know, someone or something telling you something or a feeling of where you need to go. You know, it. It's your inner voice talking to you. And I feel that is so important to go into this year that brings us closure but also gives us purpose. It's so important to hear that inner voice. So to have those moments alone and those moments of disconnecting when things seem so loud. So whether it's voices online or people around you, create those boundaries for your inner voice. Cancel those people out sometimes. Those people that affect you so much, you don't need in your life. So to really think about your inner voice and think what are the steps I can do to make myself hear my inner voice louder, that has helped me so much. I don't always text back on time and I've realized, you know, that's okay.

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I will always get back to things that are urgent and eventually I get back to people. But sometimes you just need moments for yourself. And I've, you know, really, really have realized that. And disconnecting, I've realized is the key for me to do that. Like I have to be someone to disconnect because I am have a natural trait of people pleasing even though I feel like I've gotten better with that. But when you have, when you have a trait like that, it's just that natural disconnection is what you need to hear that inner voice.

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Bri (23:53)

And just making decisions. This was something else I read. Making decisions guided by intuitive wisdom and I really feel Like, I've done that, handling situations with love, with care, with kindness. I just feel like I went in and I know I put this on my IG stories a little bit ago with some of the music I've listened to. I just try to connect myself and this is what I believe in. So I know not everyone believes in this, but WWJD moment of a what would Jesus do? And I feel like I've really have started to decision making that. And these past few months just kind of led me there that anything that came my way that was a big decision or had to be a reaction or whatever it may have been, I just put myself there. And so I felt like I started to make decisions that were guided by the wisdom from above and whatever it is you believe in that I felt like I was making decisions based on God. And it felt incredible. And I get now, like when people talk about the divine feminine and when you get there in that peaceful, loving place and that lightness, it's when I started to turn to these and go, check, check. Yes, I embody this. And yes, I'm making decisions guided by God. And yes, I'm relying now more than ever on my gut instincts and I'm tuning in more into my voice. You know, I get why it takes you there. And so this, this Wednesday, as we call in a new year, new 2025. And I know Bri and I said, you know, these past few days, start to write your goals in that. But for me, I'm adding on something that I want you all to do the next few days, and that is just to think about the foundation that you want for yourself and the things that you want to check off to get to the best version of yourself, to your higher self, to yourself that truly lives in happiness and love and beams that light. I've really worked hard on this and I think, you know, for a lot of us, sometimes we have to go through something very tragic or hard or really heavy, go somewhere very dark to see the light and see what we want to become and realize how precious life is or how fast life goes by or what we really want for from it. And also I feel that when we get into that place of darkness is when the light comes to us and shows us what our purpose is. And so for me, I would love for all of you to think of that and we could take all of that into 2025. I love numerology and so does TikTok. I was looking at so many videos last night, prepping for this and I don't know if you guys are into numerology. I just think I look at outer space and I look at the solar system and the planets and the moon and there's so much out there and their energy's so strong when, you know, the moon just rotates around us and then you have the sun and all the other planets. Like, obviously there has to be all this energy, right? So that's why I love diving into horoscopes and numerology. But it was just really fun to see about 2025. And I think it's also a fun way to see what it means, the number, because I feel like it helps you get ideas of what you want from the next year. So remember it. We. We have completion and purpose and big changes coming. And it's the year transformation. So even more so, do you like the foundation of yourself? And if not, how do you want to transform in this coming year? It's a perfect time to journal and write it all down. And I hope you all next year, when we all come back, are at a foundation within yourself that you are so proud of and love so much. So, everyone, I'm going to end with that. Oh, and I'm going to end with a little inspiration, affirmation. I had all these New Year's Eve quotes because I'm like, it's New Year's Eve tomorrow and let's do New Year's Eve. But I have been reading a lot of your DMs, and I'm going to end with someone who sent me a quote and she just said it herself, and I think this was just so beautiful. And it's just a great way for some of my broken people to walk into the new year. But someone DM me and wrote, not broken, broken open. And just those four, four words hit me really, really hard. Not broken, broken open. Just absolutely beautiful. So thank you for DMing me that a lot of your DMS have meant so much to me and I've loved hearing all of your stories. So, everyone go into 2025. Know that you aren't broken. You are broken open. So go lay the foundation of what your soul desires. Get into the purpose of your purpose of what you want. Your foundation will help with that. And let's go transform ourselves into our best, most beautiful version ever. I hope you all have a very, very happy New Year's. Be safe. Don't drink and drive. Please call Uber Lyft friends, whoever it may be. But don't drink and drive. Be super safe out there. I hope you all have such a beautiful New Year's Eve. We'll see you back here New Year's Day. And we have a beautiful guest for Wednesday, Carrie Rose, so you're going to want to tune in. So we will see you all Wednesday. And everyone, happy New Year's eve. And remember January 9, the traders come into Peacock. Cannot wait for you all to see that. Okay everyone, have a beautiful day. Bye.

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