Rested, Recovered, & Ready to Bloom

Summary

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The Nikki & Brie Show

Episode: "Rested, Recovered, & Ready to Bloom"

Date: February 23, 2026
Hosted by: Nikki & Brie Garcia (SiriusXM)

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Episode Overview

In this cozy, catch-up episode, Nikki and Brie re-connect after a whirlwind few weeks of travel, family events, and career commitments. They candidly discuss the physical and emotional realities of juggling their personal and professional lives as moms, entrepreneurs, and wrestling personalities. The sisters open up about recovery, evolving priorities, parenting stories, the shifting meaning of holidays, and embracing new phases of life, ending with an inspirational quote about intentionally choosing environments that help you "bloom." If you need a relatable conversation about real-life exhaustion, new traditions, and wholesome family vibes, this episode delivers.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Post-Super Bowl Recovery and "Entrepreneur Hangover"

• Recap of Super Bowl and Recent Travels:
  Nikki & Brie recount their jam-packed schedules—traveling between Saudi Arabia, Toronto, Philly, New York, and San Francisco—all leading up to Super Bowl week.

  • Nikki: "You and I went hard...that's life of entrepreneurs, right? We're doing bitty during the day, parties at night." [03:17]
  • Brie: "It took me about a week to recover from the madness." [01:36]

• Physical Toll and Self-Care:
  Both reveal the toll this lifestyle takes as they get older, including getting “forced to rest” by their bodies and Nikki’s bout of food poisoning after pushing through.

  • Brie: "At our age, our bodies just tap out when they know it’s been too much." [02:21]

2. Celebrating Valentine's Day: Old Traditions, New Priorities

• Brie’s Minimalist Approach:
  Brie and her husband Bryan no longer go big for Valentine’s Day, focusing instead on thoughtful cards and celebrating with their kids.

  • Brie: "We've been together 14, 15 years. I guess it’s just different...for us, a card means a lot." [06:24, 07:21]

• Nikki’s Perspective:
  Nikki wants continued romance and would still love flowers and gestures, even in long-term relationships.

  • Nikki: "If I was married that long, I wouldn’t want it to ever be different. I’d still want gifts." [06:43]

• Kids Get Center Stage:
  Both sisters highlight how Valentine’s becomes more about their children’s joy and memories than big romantic gestures.

  • Brie: “We take them to dinner... Birdie really wanted to do a cute Valentine’s lunch with girlfriends.” [05:09]

3. Mommy-and-Me Adventures & Parenting Stories

• Nikki & Mateo’s Monterey Trip:
  Nikki shares the story of her new mommy-son Valentine’s tradition—a trip to Monterey packed with whale-watching, learning about sea otters, and cute moments of curiosity.

  • Nikki: “He kept telling everyone, like, 'My mom's my Valentine.' He has so much love to give. It's so cute.” [20:07]

• Cute Kid Moments:
  Both share vignettes of their sons being sweet (and competitive), like Buddy sharing his umbrella and Mateo’s obsession with airplanes and being a pilot.

  • Brie: "Buddy...he runs up and he holds [the umbrella] for them. And then he's drenched, but that's a gentleman." [20:34]
  • Nikki: "He’s obsessed right now with Cafe Pacific Airlines...is that, like, a place you eat? 'No, mom, it’s an airline!'" [18:28]

• Sibling Differences (Boys vs. Girls):
  Lively observations about how boys and girls play, compete, and react differently, demonstrated in hilarious museum anecdotes.

4. Adapting to Quiet, Evolving Phases of Life ("The Quiet Era")

• A Viral Quote on Women's Evolution:
  Nikki shares a quote about entering a life phase valuing peace, boundaries, and growth over social noise, sparking discussion on how their needs have changed.

  • Quote: “Peace becomes addictive. You choose early nights, clear boundaries, smaller circles, bigger goals. Energy shifts...” (attributed by Nikki at [25:51])
  • Brie: "I love it. I think that's beautifully written." [27:02]

• Super Bowl on Valentine’s Next Year:
  The sisters riff on the drama of these two events coinciding in 2027, finding it funny that people see it as catastrophic.

  • Nikki: “Everyone acted like all these—it’s gonna, like, end relationships.” [22:55]
  • Brie: “Just do it on another night!” [23:13]

5. Navigating Modern Mom-Life

• Pop Culture, Kid’s Music, & Generational Shifts:
  The sisters bond over the weird things their kids are picking up—Crazy Frog, “What Does the Fox Say,” viral moments like "6-7," and screen culture.

  • Nikki: “Mateo’s obsessed with six—what’s that from? Oh, it’s a song!” [34:04]

• Learning & Language at Home:
  They reflect on learning new things alongside their kids, like why aquariums say “fishes” (it’s for multiple species!) and embracing the never-ending questions of parenthood.

  • Nikki: “With Mateo, I’m relearning everything...he just can’t get over the fact how I say ‘egg’ wrong.” [33:31]

• Faith & Lent Traditions:
  The sisters discuss giving up things for Lent, with Birdie choosing to listen only to Christian music and whole-family devotionals coming into play.

  • Brie: “Brian and I are doing devotion together too. It makes the relationship stronger.” [39:52]

6. On Growth, Boundaries, and Where to Invest Your Energy

• Affirmation & Reflection:

  • Hazel Satia Quote (Brie):
    “You will bloom effortlessly when you plant yourself in environments which water you instead of run you dry.” [43:21]
  • The sisters reflect on environments—work, friends, events—that either deplete or nourish them and how they’re learning to choose more intentionally as they age.

• Body Wisdom & Listening to Yourself:
  Candid talk about workouts, travel, jetlag, and respecting limits.

  • Nikki: “If you’re hitting insane amounts of time zones in a week and a half, that might just not be for you...my body told me.” [46:00]

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Memorable Quotes & Highlights With Timestamps

• On growing older and forced rest:
  "At our age, our bodies tap out when they know it's been too much."
  — Brie [02:21]

• On Valentine’s Day, relationships, and expectations:
  "If I was married that long, I wouldn't want it to ever be different. I'd still want gifts."
  — Nikki [06:43]

• On special mom-son moments:
  "He kept telling everyone, 'My mom's my Valentine.'"
  — Nikki [20:07]

• On entering a quiet era in life:
  "Every woman hits a phase where she doesn’t want parties, people, or noise. Just peace and her purpose...”
  — Nikki reading a viral quote [25:51]

• On the Super Bowl falling on Valentine’s Day:
  "Everyone acted like...it's gonna end relationships. Just do it on another night!"
  — Nikki & Brie [22:55, 23:13]

• Affirmation about growth:
  "You will bloom effortlessly when you plant yourself in environments which water you instead of run you dry."
  — Brie quoting Hazel Satia [43:21]

• On learning new things with kids:
  "With Mateo, I’m relearning everything..."
  — Nikki [33:31]

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Important Timestamps

• 00:53 – 03:39: Catch-up post-Super Bowl, intense travel schedule, body fatigue, and food poisoning.
• 04:16 – 08:56: Valentine’s Day debrief, old traditions vs. new (cards > grand gestures), relationship longevity.
• 09:15 – 19:43: Nikki’s Monterey trip with Mateo, whale watching, traffic, kid quotes, family reflections.
• 20:07 – 27:22: Adorable parenting moments; children’s empathy; musical obsessions; reflecting on evolving needs.
• 25:51 – 30:28: Viral “quiet era” quote, shifting social needs, and embracing peace over noise.
• 38:06 – 41:21: Lent and spiritual routines with kids.
• 43:21 – 44:45: Closing affirmation about environments that help you “bloom.”

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Episode Takeaways

• The transition from hustle and hype to rest and meaningful quiet is natural, necessary, and empowering.
• Valentine’s Day and other holidays evolve with family life—smaller gestures, more meaning.
• Parenting is an endless source of humor, life lessons, and new perspectives.
• It’s important to honor your own rhythms, boundaries, and environments that “water you instead of run you dry.”
• Leaning into new chapters with self-awareness, humor, and intention can be both inspiring and relatable.

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Listen for: Honest sisterly banter, real talk about burnout, hilarious tales of mom life, the wisdom of rest, and motivational mantras to help you reframe what it means to “bloom” in midlife.

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Transcript

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[Nikki]

What up, everyone? Welcome back to the Nikki and Bri Show. Hey, Brie.

[Bri]

What up, Nikki?

[Nikki]

So we actually, we haven't been on here and really talked since radio row. I know, I mean, that's me. But like we haven't sat.

[Bri]

We haven't had just us too.

[Nikki]

Just us two. I mean, and we really didn't have that.

[Bri]

Yeah. Chaos. I agree. It's been a minute.

[Nikki]

It's been a minute kind of since actually our Monday night Raw debut.

[Bri]

I know. I actually feel like people haven't really heard. Well, we talked a little bit. Actually, I don't think we did. Maybe a little bit during super. So much was going on during super bowl week. I don't even remember. I actually feel like it was last year. So to think it was not even two weeks ago.

[Nikki]

Not even two weeks is bizarre. That's crazy.

[Bri]

But it took me about a week to recover.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

From the madness.

[Nikki]

Oh, my goodness. I, you know, we're lucky enough that we got two to go home right after super bowl since it was pretty much in our backyards. And that Monday, you know, I played hooky with Mateo because, you know, I was like, okay, Mommy's been gone. We Mommy's been in and out for a while. So we went to one of his favorite spots and I was so tired, but I'm like, no, we're gonna do it. And then I get food poisoning that night. Is food poisoning not just the worst.

[Bri]

It's the worst.

[Nikki]

Those deep throbs through your body. So I was already just so jet lagged, so exhausted, toughing it out and then. And it was probably a big part of my body. Just like, I'm done.

[Bri]

I think at our age, unfortunately, I feel like our bodies tap out when they know it's been too much.

[Nikki]

And we feel like we Forced you to rest.

[Bri]

Yeah. Like, we feel like we can go at it like our young 20s. We used to now. Yeah, we can't.

[Nikki]

No. For sure.

[Bri]

I can't even. Like I told Brian, I was like, do I have mono? Because I am.

[Nikki]

Every day.

[Bri]

I was tired, weird.

[Nikki]

That's how I felt. And then, like, not kick out being sick, too. And I was eating healthy.

[Bri]

I was hydrated. Oh, I still was tired. Well, we.

[Nikki]

I mean, we were. I had a flight of Toronto catch the charter to Saudi. We were in Saudi. And my body just could not sleep in Saudi for some reason. Then we go straight from there to Philly, Philly to New York, New York to San Francisco. Then we do super bowl week and moments. You and I had like four hours, we drove to see the kids, just pick them up from school and hang with them. Going back to San Francisco, I mean, when you think of it, you and I went hard.

[Bri]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

And you know, but that's life of entrepreneurs, right?

[Bri]

That is. It's true. Life of entrepreneurs.

[Nikki]

Right. You know what I mean? We're doing bitty during the day, parties at night. It's like business, for sure.

[Bri]

And a lot of people were asking, was Brian excited, the Seahawks one? He was very excited. So he watched the game with the

[Nikki]

kids and can I just say, I called it.

[Bri]

I think we all called it. We all knew the Seahawks were going to win.

[Nikki]

But you, everyone, when they go, oh, a blowout. And I'm like, no, I think it's going to be a blowout. And no one thought it was going to be a blowout. I just was like, no, it's going to be a blowout. And I was so happy to see that. I was.

[Bri]

I think people were hoping for a good game. I think that's. They were throwing out that energy. That'd be a good game.

[Nikki]

Okay, but if you called it, Be like I called it. I said.

[Bri]

I said. Because I been watching the Seahawks closely this past season. I knew if they were going to show up, every player was going to play. No one can beat him. No one in the NFL. I mean, they deserve that super bowl win for sure.

[Nikki]

Yeah, they do. So, okay, so you feel like you have mono all week, you know, and then we go straight into Valentine's Day weekend. Would you, you know, anything fun, Brian?

[Bri]

I don't celebrate Valentine's Day.

[Nikki]

That's so wild.

[Bri]

I know, because not really to us.

[Nikki]

You guys, like, are great gift givers to each other. And write cards. I don't know, you just seem like gifts. We wrote cards but meaning, like, thoughtfulness.

[Bri]

I mean, I gave him a really cute card. He gave me a really cute card. And that's it. That's all we need. This is my thing.

[Nikki]

I know it's all you need, but, like, you make it about the kids having stuff.

[Bri]

Like, we'll make it about the kids. Like, we take them to dinner. Lunch. Now, Brian, the day before, he and I are like, oh, let's go have a nice workout and go grab some lunch. And that was really fun. And then Birdie, she really wanted to have her girlfriends over and do a cute little Valentine's Day lunch. So I think I had more fun helping her decorate.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And get into that. And Brian took a buddy out for the day so he wouldn't terrorize the girls. But I don't know, it's. You know, we were laughing because on social media, you'll see, like, people when they're. And this was Brian and I. Yeah. Those first couple Valentine's you have with someone. I mean, you go over and beyond.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

I mean, I did even, like, our first Valentine's Day, I did, like, a strip dance for him.

[Nikki]

You remember that?

[Bri]

Do you remember? I was, like, super nervous. I think I chugged, like, a glass of red wine.

[Nikki]

Girl, you get in debris mode and you still do that stripper dance.

[Bri]

I mean, but this. I wasn't drunk. Yeah, but Brian won't have sex with me if I'm drunk, so I couldn't be drunk and do it so I'd have courage.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And think we're still.

[Nikki]

Honestly, it. It probably looked better because I wasn't drunk. Yeah.

[Bri]

But anyways, I'll never forget that. Hearing him coming up the stairs because we were at a hotel and we were at. What's the one in Mission Bay that we love. Oh, my gosh. How'd we just forget it?

[Nikki]

Totally forgot it. But I know what you're talking about, Nicole.

[Bri]

How'd we just forget?

[Nikki]

I don't know. It'll come to us. Just keep going.

[Bri]

But anyways, so I had the rose petals all over the bed and on the floor, did my thing, so I get it. And I'm not string. No.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

Who knows? I probably threw them around, landed on me. But this is my thing, so. So I get going over the top in the beginning, but I don't know. Brian and I have been together, I guess, 15 years, married 11. It's. No, maybe we've been together 14. I don't know. Whatever. It's been a minute, so I guess it's just different. And like, also, I don't.

[Nikki]

If I was married that long, I wouldn't want it to ever be different. I'd still want gifts.

[Bri]

Like what? Don't even tell me diamonds. No.

[Nikki]

Well, I mean, they don't have to be.

[Bri]

Christmas was just here.

[Nikki]

Okay, well, you don't have to get me diamonds, but I want flowers. I want effort. I want something.

[Bri]

I feel like, though, when you're with someone so long, you'll feel different about it.

[Nikki]

Well, I still want to be thought of.

[Bri]

He wrote me a beautiful card.

[Nikki]

Yeah, I mean, and I.

[Bri]

Do you know what I mean? And I wrote him a really cute one. I found like this one and it was like two. It's like it was a drawing, but like two people on a swing.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And it was like. I don't know. What did it say? Something like, I saw you then, like, and knew it was forever. And I don't know, something like an always. Something was super cute. And I wrote a really nice message inside. And. And for us, he and I. Like, that means a lot. And we always will set him out the night before. Yeah. And so. But you know, with the kids, it's like really cute because they're nosy about the cards. So we always have to write it like kid friendly because they have to

[Nikki]

read the cards we write. Oh, no.

[Bri]

Even I swear.

[Nikki]

Why don't you guys give it to each other when the kids aren't around?

[Bri]

Well, we had the day before.

[Nikki]

I would want a naughty card

[Bri]

girl,

[Nikki]

because I've been married for 11 years. You wouldn't want a naughty card like,

[Bri]

what, him right in there and go say what? What would you like to be written

[Nikki]

like your ass cheeks still look like they do from 10 years ago. And I want he still will walk

[Bri]

that by and pinch him and lets me know. Like, he's still.

[Nikki]

I know, but I want. I would want like, Like, I would want my person to write me like a love letter.

[Bri]

I mean, we had our time the day before on February.

[Nikki]

Okay, good. I'm happy you guys had sex on

[Bri]

the 13th, but we went to the gym, we steamed, we saunaed.

[Nikki]

We had a great dinner calendar book. They made sure to pencil it in at 1:30pm I mean, sometimes you got to. But meaning I would just. I would love a sexy, like, love letter on Valentine's Day Day. Yeah, that's me. But I don't know.

[Bri]

I don't know. I. It's just, it's. It's different. But I. I will say this. To me, it felt like a really Great weekend.

[Nikki]

See, that's. That's good.

[Bri]

It was be like. It was like that nice, good weather where it wasn't, like, you still could have your fireplace on. But we got lucky with the weather. It was just, like, a good weekend and the kids and everything. So I can't complain. I finally kicked out of mono.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

So I'm feeling good. But you had a special one with Tay Tang.

[Nikki]

Yeah. It's cute because, like, Teo and I started this last year where it's kind of just become tradition that you guys

[Bri]

pick a little trip.

[Nikki]

Pick a little trip for Valentine's Day weekend. And so this year, we went to Monterey. He's been learning about Wales in school, and, I mean, at first he asked me if we could go to New York, and I was like, no, babe, I'm sorry. And then he's like, how about Orlando? And because of Disney World, by the way, he wants to go to Disney World so bad because his one favorite YouTuber, Ryan, did all the top, I think five hotels in Orlando for Disney World and now and Mateo. Watch that episode on YouTube.

[Bri]

Oh, geez.

[Nikki]

Oh, yeah. So now he wants to go experience all of them. But. But I was like, babe, they're just long flights. And he goes, I'm okay with a long flight. And I'm like, well, mommy literally has pretty much traveled the world in two weeks.

[Bri]

Yeah.

[Nikki]

And mommy just can't do a long flight right now. But I will drive you anywhere.

[Bri]

You.

[Nikki]

You take the day, go to school, get opinions.

[Bri]

He's like, okay, we'll drive to New York.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

Seriously, anywhere.

[Nikki]

Oh, well, wait till I tell you last night where he wants me to

[Bri]

take him this weekend, Buddy. Over breakfast was like. So I was thinking this weekend we'd go to Philadelphia. Like, what? No.

[Nikki]

Like, you got football, so we do Monterey. Like, he's been to the aquarium before with his dad, and it's been a bit. So I knew he would love the aquarium. And then I was like, oh, we could do well watching. This is perfect. And even though blue whales are his favorite, but I'm like, the grow. The grow. The great wells are there now, so that would be really cool to see them before they leave and for sure. So.

[Bri]

And there's orcas.

[Nikki]

Yeah. But it's crazy because I'm driving in and I'm like, why is there so

[Bri]

much traffic when you kept calling me and saying your time just kept going up and up and up? I was like, well, I guess it is, you know, because it's President's Day.

[Nikki]

Was attached well, then that's what I assume.

[Bri]

So I think everyone made a big weekend of it. All kids, at least in our. I felt Northern California had Friday off for some reason.

[Nikki]

Everyone had Friday.

[Bri]

Why did everyone get Friday off?

[Nikki]

I don't know. I feel like this happened last year, though, too. But it's cute because we were learning about. He was also learning about George Washington all week, but he kept telling me, no, the first president was Martin Luther King Jr. And because he had recently learned about Martin Luther King Jr. He was getting mixed up. But it was cute because the whole way then he only wanted to watch videos about Martin Luther King Jr. And then was really cute because he told me. He goes, I can't believe that they were not allowed to use the same restrooms. Like, he was so upset. I go, I know, baby. Wasn't that so sad? And it's so good that times have changed. But we had a whole. I mean, that could be a whole other episode of, like, our whole conversations all the way up about Martin Luther King Jr. And then George Washington and then like, well, why does George Washington get to be on the dollar bill and on the quarter? I think it's the quarter and the dollar bill. He learned.

[Bri]

And how did they pick who went on?

[Nikki]

Well, he was the first president, so that's why.

[Bri]

Oh, the dollar bill.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

Okay.

[Nikki]

You know, he was the first.

[Bri]

Benjamin Franklin got that one Hundy. Why do you get the hundred dollar bill?

[Nikki]

No, maybe that came along he way after Made America. I learned so much history, like, in the past week and a half, I'm

[Bri]

like, gosh, I feel you.

[Nikki]

We end up picking Monterey, and then, you know, we're talking about Wells, and then we see the Goodyear blimp. I mean, there's so much going on, but I just couldn't believe the traffic. But I was like, this is so magical. The ocean, the drive. The Goodyear blimp happened to be in town, Mateo's favorite, and he spotted it miles and miles away. And I go, babe, I don't know. That is a blimp way over there. But I don't know if it's Goodyear blimp. The next day, we got closer to it, and I'm like, oh, my gosh, it's good. Dear Blimp. How did he see that? But so I find out it's the Pro Am when we get into our time, like, AT T's everywhere, all the check in, you know, when you're coming in. No, it's the Pro Am. And then we're of course, at the hotel we're doing stain. Yeah. And you have Travis Kelsey as a headline. You have Rory as a headline.

[Bri]

Like, is it a celebrity?

[Nikki]

Well, Pro Am is like top golfers and some celebrities, but like celebrities that know how to golf.

[Bri]

Right?

[Nikki]

So they're like, oh yeah, this is. They play at Pebble Beach. They're like, you know. Yeah, pebble beach is like right here. Everyone stays here. And I'm like, so they. That's why.

[Bri]

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[Bri]

I knew you would. I told you. I'm like, you see the weather, right? I knew it was going to be choppy out.

[Nikki]

By the way those wa. Waves out there. I mean, Mateo at one point yelled out, tsunami in everyone's face. But the wave was really big. That was like, coming.

[Bri]

Yeah, but tsunami's like, obviously.

[Nikki]

But in his. In his eyes, seeing a wave like that in real life, he's like, tsunami.

[Bri]

And then you guys were on or medium.

[Nikki]

I mean, it was big, but the waves started to get really big that when we were going up, you know how it goes. Like this water was coming on the. The. Or the. The nose. So they made people go in the back. And that's when I started praying so hard to God, like, do not. I wasn't gonna go. And then I went, don't let this be a mistake. But we saw six gray whales. They were gorgeous, Their tails in person. A few came really close to the boat. And then we saw a sea otter on our way in. But I was shocked how far the sea otter was out. And then also realized, you know, when we were at the aquarium, we went two days straight, and the importance of sea otters for the ocean and just what we need them in our ecosystem of life. And so it was crazy to, like, learn all about that. And Mateo and I became so obsessed with sea otters after that. But then it felt even more magical, the fact that when we were coming in, they're like, you guys look. And he's just kicking it, holding on some seaweed so far out. And they're like, yeah, they. They are out here like this. No idea about that. The sea otters. So what it is, is they eat sea urchins. They eat a lot of stuff. What's crazy is they don't eat fish. They go. They love oysters. They love, like, a lot of shelled stuff and how they slam them on rocks and how they eat. They love shrimp and then the sea urchins. But why it's important is because sea urchins love to eat. I'm gonna forget the name.

[Bri]

That's okay.

[Nikki]

What we need that's underground in the water to breathe. That's getting, like, ruined by climate change.

[Bri]

Not the.

[Nikki]

Pretty much, but a type of reef or whatever. So the sea otters. If these sea urchins weren't.

[Bri]

Wow.

[Nikki]

To be controlled.

[Bri]

Professor Nikki, right now. Oh, girl.

[Nikki]

And when I tell you.

[Bri]

So, you guys had fun?

[Nikki]

We had a great time.

[Bri]

A good time.

[Nikki]

Mateo didn't want to go last night when I was FaceTiming with him, he's like, mom, can we go to Hong Kong this weekend? And I was like, no. And he would not let it go. And he is on a mission to get on Cafe Pacific to get on that airplane and go to Hong Kong. And he's like, please. And he goes, at least in a few months. And I'm like, I don't know if we could go to Hong Kong in

[Bri]

a few months, tell him that'll be his golden birthday.

[Nikki]

I mean, Hong Kong, even Artem was like, mateo, that's really foreign. He goes, that's okay. I wanna. He's obsessed right now with Cafe Pacific Airlines. And I felt bad because he kept bringing it up over the weekend. And I'm like, is that, like a place you eat? And he goes, mom, no. An airline. And then he's sounding it out for me. And so I Google.

[Bri]

Well, it's Kathy, right?

[Nikki]

Well, it looks that way, but it's. He's actually right on the pronunciation.

[Bri]

Yeah, I can't remember. I remember, like, seeing it always. Isn't it, like, C, A, T, A,

[Nikki]

H, A, Y. Oh, A, Y. So that's the one that mainly flies to Hong Kong and back. That's their airline.

[Bri]

I say to SFO all the time,

[Nikki]

I had no idea. And he's looking at that first class, like, that's what I want to fly, girl.

[Bri]

Work. So we can go, you know? Well, that's good. So Valentine's was great.

[Nikki]

It was so fun. I just love my little moments with him. He and I just have, like, the older especially he's getting. We just have so much fun together. And I've real. I've realized, like, I love date nights with him. When we go to dinner and our conversations and how we hang out and our drives and now all the questions he asked me. And, like, I'm always, like, just googling, like, yeah, babe, hold down.

[Bri]

Let me see.

[Nikki]

And just our moments together. He makes me feel so loved and so happy and that. He kept telling everyone, like, my mom's My Valentine. And, and he's just everyone that came in room service wise or brought our bags up or sat us at the table, he'd give them all big hugs and by the way, to see everyone's face. And he goes, oh, can I just give you another hug?

[Bri]

So cute.

[Nikki]

And all their faces. Cuz you know, people come in serious, they'd all couldn't help but smile so big. And he's like, okay, bye, have a nice day. And he just always wanted to give all those people hugs. And it made my heart just so warm. He was just so happy that like, oh, you're bringing me pancakes. Oh, can I give you a hug or anything? Like the boy just has so much love to give. It's so cute.

[Bri]

I love that it's been cute because, you know, obviously it's been raining here.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And Buddy with his umbrella, when we walk into school, if he sees any of the little girls with no umbrella, he runs up and he holds it for them. And then he's getting drenched in the rain, but I'm like, that's cute, gentleman. And he'll just stare at him with like his smile. And they're like looking back at him like smiling like, thank you, Ben. And then he just doesn't keep staring at them as he's watched. You can tell they're like, I love, you know, little kids are really good at like staring contests. They can just stare at each other for minutes. I mean as adults we can't do that. It's kind of staring like we were in.

[Nikki]

I was laughing because I, I wanted to just film it for you and send it to you like Bri, it's such boys. But we went to one of the other museums. It's called the. My museum, but it's similar to one we go to in Santa Rosa. That's all the touching, like, you know, all everything's like the explorer, the exploring type of museum, right. And so they have this thing that's a big thing. Like you know, when you put your hand into something, the needles come out like. Oh yeah. So they had a big one.

[Bri]

Oh gosh.

[Nikki]

So Mateo is doing it and this boy's doing it. And they both like your hands. And then like the boy like hit his hand away from the other side of the Mateo. So then, then they both are pushing each other's hands so hard, right? Like I see it on both sides. And they both are getting so angry. Then they both start doing their chest. It becomes a chess contest. And then as one, this one voice in the Chest. He's trying to hit Mateo on the other side. So then Mateo comes around and then starts to hit him. I'm like, tay. But. And I go, boys. It's crazy because how he was playing with the girls before.

[Bri]

And no matter what, even this morning, like, Buddy wasn't listening to me. So I go with my hand.

[Nikki]

Spider Man.

[Bri]

No, like, just power to make him, like, listen. And how I was doing it and the noises I was making, and he was like. And he's like, like, almost getting emotional because he thinks I'm gonna control him with my hand and becomes this competitive thing, and he's doing it back to me. And I was just like, where? If I did it to Birdie, she would just, like, look back down at her.

[Nikki]

Yeah. Oh, that would be me, too.

[Bri]

You know what I mean?

[Nikki]

But not looked at me. No to the power. Yeah.

[Bri]

Come like, as if he needs to block me. And that's becomes a whole. I'm just like. The difference between girls and boys at times is mind blowing. But something. That's funny, talking about Valentine's Day that we kept getting asked at super bowl, which I had no idea. Is that. What do you think about super bowl being on Valentine's Day next year? I'm like, is that, like, a big deal to people? Because I guess I don't care.

[Nikki]

We love sports, so I think for us, it's not like. But everyone acted like all these. It's gonna, like, end relationships. I'm like, this is so weird. Like, what? Actually, to me, it feels like when there's Valentine's Day during the week and people save their dinners sometimes for the weekend, like, isn't that, like, the same thing? Just do it on another night.

[Bri]

Do it the day before.

[Nikki]

Yeah, no, I. I was tripping. I was tripping. But I think it's because. And we've seen it with some.

[Bri]

It's actually gonna be cool. They're gonna make it cute, I think, by intertwining both. You're gonna see.

[Nikki]

I think. I don't think they'll care. Maybe.

[Bri]

So we're just.

[Nikki]

What. What they're gonna do is they're gonna highlight players that are gonna probably give, like, roses to, like, their wife on the sidelines. They're gonna highlight, like, the pre.

[Bri]

So who's gonna care is the people who sell things or the restaurants or all the things, because, oh, they'll care because they're like, oh, this a day where we can capitalize right on the holiday.

[Nikki]

Yeah. Like, is there going to be a proposal? Maybe? Who Knows. I don't know.

[Bri]

Oh, for sure they're going to showcase that. Oh, does football ever do kiss cam?

[Nikki]

No, but maybe.

[Bri]

Super. We'll do a kiss cam. You know, we'll definitely, I bet, see a proposal or something.

[Nikki]

We'll see something. Yeah. So they'll do something like that, I'm sure. But other than that, I think it'll be normal. I don't know. You and I are just tomboys. So when they we kept getting asked.

[Bri]

Myself a tomboy, I just don't think.

[Nikki]

Well, like I feel like you're a girly tomboy like me. I kind of feel like us girls who like are kind can tend to be more casual. But like.

[Bri]

And we like sports.

[Nikki]

We love sports. And how we can do things. I feel like tend to be a little more tomboyish.

[Bri]

For sure. Right?

[Nikki]

You know,

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[Bri]

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[Nikki]

Okay, so there was this thing, by the way, I DM'd you. And I also put it my stories. And it was cute. All the responses I got from my girlfriends. Yeah, well, you missed out on this one. And cousins. But I had seen this and it like stopped me in my tracks. So imagine Lana Del Rey's song Young and Beautiful playing.

[Bri]

Okay, you know that song?

[Nikki]

Okay, I love that song. So it says every woman hits a phase where she doesn't want parties, people or noise. Just peace and her purpose. It's not depression. It's not antisocial behavior. It's not being boring. It's evolution. At some point, attention feels loud, drama feels heavy. Crowds feel draining. And silence starts to feel powerful. You stop craving validation. You stop needing to be seen. You stop explaining yourself. Peace becomes addictive. You choose early nights, clear boundaries. Smaller circles, bigger goals. Energy shifts. It's the phase where growth gets quiet, where focus replaces noise, where discipline replaces distraction. You're not isolating, you're aligning. Tag the woman who's in her quiet era and leave a 100 if you can resonate well. 100. But then I sent it to you, and I was like, oh, she's really in her quiet era. Because she didn't even.

[Bri]

I didn't see. See, I've been barely on social media,

[Nikki]

but by the way, and with the song, like, playing, like, even Kristen, like, we were, like, writing about it. There was a few.

[Bri]

I love it. I mean, I think that's beautifully written. Who wrote it?

[Nikki]

And then think of that song plane. So it's on women. Womentain it. Yeah. I can't even say that.

[Bri]

Well, it's crazy because when I was at raw, someone backstage was like, oh, my gosh, Bri, it's so good to see you. You've been out of it for so long, like, in just your quiet era.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And I was thinking, like, really? I feel like I could get even quieter. Yeah. It felt. It's. The last couple years still felt very busy, but definitely quieter than ever, I guess. Yes. But.

[Nikki]

Well, it's a different quiet. Like, it was weird because I guess that hit me in ways of. And I put it in your text if you need to look at it. But it was weird because it just kind of hit me in ways where. When I feel certain things, like, is this not being lazy, but am I just exhausted or am I just these things of why I feel to be these ways. Like, it can't just be age. But I like how, you know, it's like. I think what hit me, it's. We always know it's about evolution. But you're like, yeah, like this. I guess super bowl week, like, showed me. We've been doing super bowl weeks for years and years and years. And it was so weird how different this one felt. Like, very.

[Bri]

Yeah. Exhausting. I was like, oh, this was too much.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

I did too much.

[Nikki]

Yes.

[Bri]

For sure. I mean, I definitely am someone who listens to my body. So if I feel like I have mono for a week, it's because I'm doing too much. Like, my body, mentally and physically can't keep up. So I have to look at everything, go, what can I cut out? What?

[Nikki]

You know?

[Bri]

And that's what I do well.

[Nikki]

And I think the part of, like, having your evolution, because I think you and I feel this a lot at times with crowds and it. And people be like, but this is this person's about to perform, and we're like, well, we don't care. Like, good. We could go watch it on tv. I don't know. Like, but it's. It's just weird how life just changes, right? It's like, oh, I'd rather just go cuddle my kid and be in bed with him for 10 hours or.

[Bri]

Yeah, I think that's. Beauty of life is all the different phases we go through beyond.

[Nikki]

Because I saw someone write, like, how amazing that we have those moments to, like, relive in our minds. Like, we have those moments, like, those fun moments when we think in our 20s and 30s of, like, wow, we did it. Jade actually had said that because she. We were also writing about it, and she had. I mean, when we were in Saudi, she and I connected so much. And, you know, we all connected on the podcast. And I love everything she has to say. She has, like, such a great mind and the way she lives life and her perspective of life and how she is as a mom and then does the WWE thing and then entrepreneur and wife and then. But how she does look at, like, it was neat to hear, like, on times, yeah, we have to feel this way, but then we also have to remember that girl that has to go live and, oh, for sure. Be other ways.

[Bri]

And so I know that's, I think, why I wanted to make this comeback, because I like my quiet time. I like, you know, my days that are about checking out my fruit trees and my garden beds, being with my chickens and my kids and my husband. But I was, like, craving something a little more.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And so it's why I'm excited to get back in this division when we get back in it, you know, like, I can't wait to be on that consistent.

[Nikki]

Wait for the perfect moment.

[Bri]

The perfect moment. We're waiting for it. And so. But to be back in that consistent, like, for me, at least fun, like, in ring, working hard. I love all that.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

Just, you know, the training we've been doing, there's, like, always this part of me that, you know, when I'm doing it, it's like my body feels alive and I'm having fun. Is there things that hurts? Absolutely. Like, you know, when Brian was making me do these certain bumps, and I'm like, like, you know, your body just sometimes is like, no, your poor nose. But. Oh, do you think it's. When you bumped your nose yesterday, you bumped your nose really hard. Maybe that's what it was. I just all of a sudden thought, like, you whacked your nose really hard yesterday. Yeah.

[Nikki]

Because it came out of nowhere.

[Bri]

You remember?

[Nikki]

Sorry.

[Bri]

We're talking about her stuffy, runny, crazy nose.

[Nikki]

Because I keep feeling like I'm about to sneeze.

[Bri]

So weird. But anyways, so I. I get. You know, it's interesting. You're gonna feel times when you need something to kind of challenge yourself and wake yourself up. And then there's other times where it's like, nope, I'm gonna say no to a ton of things this year, because I am ready to chill. You know what I mean? Not me. Oh.

[Nikki]

I was like other people so completely.

[Bri]

Like, when I had a mom friend be like, this is my year of no. I'm saying no to everything thing.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And that was her year. I think it was last year or the year before. I can't remember. And she loved it. And then it made her want to, like, jump back into it.

[Nikki]

Well, it is kind of crazy how you're feeling, and I'm feeling the same way. And it being the year, the horse, I feel like we have that, like, horsepower.

[Bri]

We've always been drawn to horses. Like, if you go in my office, I have all pictures of horses. Like, I've always been drawn to horses.

[Nikki]

And I just imagine how that them riding in the wind and, like, hear

[Bri]

the hoofs on the, like, dirt.

[Nikki]

Yeah, Hooves.

[Bri]

Hooves. I said a hoof. I guess that's one. But hooves with a V. Yeah, whatever. My kids correct me now when I speak.

[Nikki]

Okay, you know what I also realized when I was at the aquarium?

[Bri]

What?

[Nikki]

They say fishes, and they even write it that way. Here. I corrected Mateo, and then he's like, look at my nose. And then he was like, fish.

[Bri]

Look at all those fish.

[Nikki]

It's supposed to be fish. But the aquarium was saying fishes and wrote it out as fishes. I was about to take a photo of it.

[Bri]

Is it.

[Nikki]

I don't know, because kept saying fishes. And I corrected him. Like, well, baby, it's actually like, a school of fish. We still say fish. And then all of a sudden, we're doing the sea otter presentation, and they're saying fishes, and they have it written down as fishes.

[Bri]

I mean, they're legit people. So that's what I said.

[Nikki]

So I'm like, did somehow we miss this? And did they end up saying, like, hey, guys, I know we've been confusing for centuries, but now we're doing fishes. Did I miss that, or did.

[Bri]

Is it just you and I?

[Nikki]

No, but I feel like we've been corrected in the past when we've said Fishes. And it's fish. Yeah.

[Bri]

You know, I just give up. This is what I like to say. I know. Whether you say tomato, tomato. I know what you're saying.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

Tell me a big, squishy, juicy, yummy thing that Italians love to cook with. I know what you're saying.

[Nikki]

So what? Fish, Fishes. We get it. I get a bunch of them.

[Bri]

You're talking about cool. A whole lot school of them.

[Nikki]

Yeah. I mean, I was just, like, sitting there. Like, I feel like with Mateo, I'm relearning everything, and he just. He can't get over the fact how I say egg wrong. I feel like, think about it. He says, I always say with an A.

[Bri]

And that's what I'm saying. Tomato, tomato. Who cares? When you say egg, we get it.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

I mean, Buddy's, like, doing, like, asking me, like, with 56 plus 56.

[Nikki]

Oh, that's Mateo all the time.

[Bri]

And especially at night. And I go, mommy's brain's down. Like, shh. Go to sleep. Go to sleep.

[Nikki]

1.

[Bri]

Or like, the times tables. Oh.

[Nikki]

And then when I hit the six, seven, does he do six, seven? Six seven? No. Oh, Mateo's obsessed with six. What's that from? Okay, so Mato kept doing that. I go, do you mean 67? And he goes, what? He goes, no, six, seven. And I don't tripping. Then I. I asked someone, and they go, you don't know about 6 7? So it comes from a song.

[Bri]

Oh.

[Nikki]

And then even it's so big with the kids. Huge. That even one of the hockey teams did a six, seven night. Kids night. And they all wore six, seven on their jerseys.

[Bri]

I've never heard of this.

[Nikki]

Oh, my gosh. They go, six, seven. I gotta show you. You have to see Mateo doing.

[Bri]

I'm very happy.

[Nikki]

He does. Well, mine does. And I love it. It's cute. And so now, anytime, like, it's. I see a six and a seven, I, like, try to beat him two out. And I'm like, well, it was like when my kids.

[Bri]

Someone played them that crazy frog song. And they're like, the minute I hit play, like, Brian. I look at each other, I go, you guys, we can listen this one time. And I can't ever again.

[Nikki]

And when you sent it to me, the Mateo just on the first few things is, oh, that's crazy frog. And I'm like, oh, boy, it is awful. Damn near.

[Bri]

Whenever it does, I can't remember. It's like. But there's, like, a couple, like, 80. I swear, like, aerobic tunes in There, right? I'm kind of like, wait. But it's awful. And I'm like, can we just listen to something?

[Nikki]

Mateo, all of a sudden, out of nowhere, was like, wanted, keeps asking me to play. What does the fox say?

[Bri]

That's so weird. That's from so long ago. Right? I know.

[Nikki]

They're all talking about it, and it's like, how can I play it in the car?

[Bri]

Viral.

[Nikki]

I mean, but I feel like adults

[Bri]

would listen to it, no?

[Nikki]

Well, yeah. I mean, the guy had to be

[Bri]

like, he was high. Yeah, right.

[Nikki]

And then remember how it goes? Like, so.

[Bri]

Gosh.

[Nikki]

But do you remember how it starts. Is like the cat goes, meow.

[Bri]

No, whatever.

[Nikki]

He goes through animals. And then the elephant goes, no, like. And then he goes.

[Bri]

But what does the say?

[Nikki]

Well, I just remember it came out. What were you in high school or college?

[Bri]

And that's people on drugs. Has to be.

[Nikki]

Well, that's what I was thought. But now the kids love it and.

[Bri]

Which is always kind of why kids like it.

[Nikki]

Oh, for sure. He laughs so hard when the guy's doing all the things.

[Bri]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Nikki]

But in my head, I'm like, oh, boy. I mean, on the way to Monterey, I had to listen to that, like, 10 times. Then once you sent me the frog one, I had to keep listening to that one, which is the other one that the kids.

[Bri]

Someone played for them that they loved. I had to listen to it one time.

[Nikki]

I can't remember. He's into the witch.

[Bri]

Oh, Gucci, Gucci goo. Oh, oh, yeah, baby. Whatever that song was. I'm like, well.

[Nikki]

And then he likes some of the old school Gaga songs. You know, when she goes, yeah, like those different ones. And so I get why he likes those things. Yeah. And a bad romance he likes, too, but it's one of those. And then, you know, he loves that one Republic song, the Shooting Star. Because of the airplanes. Anything with airplanes. I mean, he told me, he's like, I will be a pilot because I want to go so high in the sky and fly.

[Bri]

Wow.

[Nikki]

Yeah. He talks about a pilot.

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[Bri]

See terms. Lent. Obviously. Nicole and I raised in the Catholic religion and we're Christians, so we will, like, do land. And it's really. I'm just doing devotions every day.

[Nikki]

Okay.

[Bri]

I thought more, what should I gain out of these next 40 days? But birdie was the one who, like, really was on us all.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And so she goes, I want to give up regular music and just do Christian music.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

And Buddy goes like, we can't listen to our music to school anymore. And I'm like, I guess if Birdie's in the car. And so.

[Nikki]

That's so cute.

[Bri]

I know. So he goes, I give up Christian music and you can only listen to my music. I'm like, you can't do that. But yeah.

[Nikki]

It wasn't that cute.

[Bri]

A bird.

[Nikki]

So cute.

[Bri]

And I'm like, are you sure? No Taylor Swift? Because that girl's been Elizabeth Taylor and Fate of Ophelia or whatever. I mean, that's like on repeat, right?

[Nikki]

So that was another song Mateo asked me to play. Jesus loves little children.

[Bri]

Oh, that's cute.

[Nikki]

Yeah. He really wanted that one.

[Bri]

I love that.

[Nikki]

But she's on her swifty break. Hey, that's actually kind of impressive for.

[Bri]

For Bird. And I got him these cute little Easter devotion books that they can do together. And I help out, and it's actually really cute. And Birdie helps Buddy with it.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

Reading some of the scripture. And. And even though Buddy, you know, we just, like, tested his reading, his element, his level of reading is unreal.

[Nikki]

I need a. Mateo wants to read more and I need to not. I need to put in more effort.

[Bri]

Yeah. I mean, you know, Brian comes so good. And you both are.

[Nikki]

Sorry, I was getting. You both are so.

[Bri]

But. Yeah. And so. But it's really cute how Birdie is.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

When she loves to help. Like, she's so good like that. And just with the reading and the writing, it's really cute. But it's been really fun. And Brian and I are doing, like, devotion together too. And that's nice. I don't know. Yeah. I felt like it was needed Couple. Yeah.

[Nikki]

It's good for.

[Bri]

Needed. But during these times, I felt like I needed something.

[Nikki]

Why not? I feel like it makes the relationship stronger. Your faith together stronger. So, real quick, so fish, plural. So the same kind of fish. Yes, fishes for multiple species.

[Bri]

Oh.

[Nikki]

So that's probably why they had fishes. Which makes sense.

[Bri]

Makes sense for an aquarium.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

That's so interesting.

[Nikki]

So interesting.

[Bri]

I never knew that.

[Nikki]

Like, trying to teach a kid that. I mean, that's a lot.

[Bri]

But a kid gets it.

[Nikki]

No, they do.

[Bri]

That's what's crazy, cuz.

[Nikki]

What did we get it so quickly? There was something that goes. Wait, so that means. What was it? Not like sun, but in a way, like their son. And then your son. There was another word that was like that, that Mateo's like, oh. And then it also means this. And I'm like, yeah. And it's different spelling. I can't remember what. Which one it was. But, yeah. Very interesting. Yeah. I need to get on the reading train.

[Bri]

Well, maybe that's your thing for Lent, actually.

[Nikki]

I mean, we. I do already read him. Like, we have a lot of Jesus and God books that we read. And I know it could be any type, but, like, I feel like. Because that's teaching him, since he doesn't do, like, Sunday school or anything like that.

[Bri]

Well, that's the thing. My kids go to Montessori, so that's. So they, you know, they have the atrium and they learn a lot. I mean, it's cute because they come back and they tell me, like, they'll ask me about certain people and I'm like, mommy doesn't know saints. Well, not even saints, but different. Like, you know, especially this time, whether it's disciples or people who came in the path of Jesus, like, they'll ask me these different things, and I'm like, so cute. Yeah. I'm like, you know, I used to know it, but it's crazy.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

You know, for some reason, I forget a lot of things. I feel like I don't know.

[Nikki]

Oh, I'm. That's me. It's. I mean, I guess that's the beauty in having kids is they kind of like, help you sharpen up your brain because, like, you're forced to, like, Google or research it on being like, oh, shoot. What is it?

[Bri]

Thank goodness we gave up Bella brains. Because, man.

[Nikki]

Oh, if we were doing that was getting kids, they would be kicking our ass. Right?

[Bri]

Honestly.

[Nikki]

Well, Brie is there, you know, as we wrap up. And it's been fun to just catch up. Catch up. I mean, geez.

[Bri]

And you we're off to work out which her and I are like, oh, I know, because we're so into it.

[Nikki]

Well, it was just so weird this time around with all the travels, and I think it was because I was in way too many different time zones in such a short amount of time. When I would go to the gym, my body just hurts so bad. So it was the most that I've ever done, like, sauna and cold plunge, because I was like, at least I needed to do something. But even when I'd get on the cardio machine, my body was just too tired.

[Bri]

Right.

[Nikki]

So hitting that first workout this week in three weeks, I felt like brand new. I'm like, damn, my muscles.

[Bri]

Oh, my gosh. I bet.

[Nikki]

So today, going into today, I'm like. Just like, oh, man. Because. Are you sore? Are you sore from our last workout?

[Bri]

Beyond.

[Nikki]

Yeah, me too.

[Bri]

Beyond, Beyond.

[Nikki]

But so a lot of, though, exciting things coming up, and so I'm excited. We'll start to dive into that next week on, you know, some of our future episodes. But before we leave, can you hit us with some inspiration, affirmation? Yeah.

[Bri]

This was actually something I. Because of, like, where I'm at in my life right now and, like, getting into, I always will download quotes to help motivate me, keep me on my path and on track. And I saw this one, I was like, oh, this is a good one to remind me of my environment and, you know, help keep me motivated. But it's Hazel Satia, which I feel like I've used quotes from this person before. But you will bloom effortlessly when you plant yourself in environments which water you instead of run you dry. And I think it just goes off, you know, when Nicole and I come off, like, these crazy weeks of work and we have a week of recovery, sometimes I'm like, what ran me dry and what helped water me and make me grow and bloom more. So I think it's always good to take a step back in situations that you feel, like, completely mentally and physically drained you or mentally and physically, you know, strengthen you. So I thought, that's such a great quote. Do you need to see it? Because I know sometimes you got to read.

[Nikki]

Yeah, yeah. No, it. It's. It's so true, right? You bloom where you're meant to be at, and that's what you realize. I meant to be here and here. I tried it, but it's not for me.

[Bri]

And granted, sometimes workouts run me dry, but I do know it's watering me seriously.

[Nikki]

Well, the thing, though, that's different from a workout is you always feel like you're blooming after for sure.

[Bri]

I mean, it takes me 10 minutes to get into it and then I'm like, I'm so happy I'm here.

[Nikki]

And when you think about it, never once when you do a workout do you ever feel negative after ever. You always are on a high.

[Bri]

Right.

[Nikki]

It's just that beginning part. It's like.

[Bri]

Well, it's been a lot of training and all of that lately.

[Nikki]

So, you know, it's. Your body's just going through it and then through it. It's. It was a hard few weeks mentally and physically on our bodies, so. And then going into that and it's a whole thing.

[Bri]

But I feel good now. But that your nose.

[Nikki]

My nose is really.

[Bri]

Nose is running. I know. I see it.

[Nikki]

Dripping is covet still thing. Just kidding, guys. Gosh, no. It's. Ever since we got those IVs the other night and I think every night

[Bri]

is just getting out.

[Nikki]

Everything's just getting out of me. It. I will say those two weeks were really effing hard on me.

[Bri]

Well, they're in the past.

[Nikki]

Yeah, they're in the past. But my body's still trying to recover, which is crazy. That's like a thing that I realized. Hey, girl, what you're gonna have to be careful with in the future is like if you're hitting insane amount of time zones in a week and a half, that might just not be for you. Yeah, that.

[Bri]

I think your body told you that because you're looking.

[Nikki]

That's what I'm saying. No, but when you. Well meaning because you hit me with

[Bri]

the quote about dried out, brand new, dry. Yeah, we get it.

[Nikki]

We get it.

[Bri]

All right, everyone. Well, enjoy the last week of February. What? What happened? Happened? How is this the last week of February?

[Nikki]

Honestly, I feel like we're gonna be prepping for summer.

[Bri]

Oh, my God. Well, don't forget about spring.

[Nikki]

I was joking because that really came fast.

[Bri]

Yeah, Spring is one of my favorite seasons when it comes to gardening.

[Nikki]

Everything.

[Bri]

If you have fruit trees, start to feed him a little bit because it is just around the corner that they are going to start.

[Nikki]

You need to come do my garden beds.

[Bri]

But yes. So you guys enjoyed the last week of February. You can see videos of today's episode on all our social media platforms. So Instagram, Facebook, Tick tock. I said Facebook. We're on it. And then YouTube as well. And you can get. Catch us on SiriusXM Stars109 and call our hotline 833 Garcia See you too.

[Nikki]

Yeah.

[Bri]

All right, we're out of here. Bye everyone.

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