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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if the life you have been picturing for yourself is still completely available to you? Trust me, I know what it feels like to look at someone doing the exact thing you always said you would do, and feel behind. That complicated, almost ashamed feeling you can't quite name. This is the episode I had to make. Because I have been on both sides of this, the woman who had the career and missed the life, and the woman impatient for the next chapter to begin. What I know now is that the timelin...]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if everything I know, health protocols, nutrition frameworks, NLP methods, all my integrative health knowledge was all available to you at 9pm on a Tuesday when you actually need it? I spent over six months building EXACTLY THAT! I kept watching women leave coaching sessions completely fired up and fall off within a week because there was nothing holding them up in between. So I built something that could. Next Level AI knows you deeply, works around your cycle, calculates your exact mac...]]></itunes:summary>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What if everything I know, health protocols, nutrition frameworks, NLP methods, all my integrative health knowledge was all available to you at 9pm on a Tuesday when you actually need it?</p><p><em>I spent over six months building EXACTLY THAT!</em></p><p>I kept watching women leave coaching sessions completely fired up and fall off within a week because there was nothing holding them up in between. So I built something that could.</p><p><a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/nothing-but-next-level'><b>Next Level AI </b></a>knows you deeply, works around your cycle, calculates your exact macros for your specific goal, builds your meal plans, creates your shopping list, translates your blood results into plain English, and yes, you can take a photo of your fridge and it will tell you exactly what to make matched to all of that.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why I built it and the gap it was designed to close</li><li>How the prompt library works and why it&apos;s different to anything else</li><li>The features that are going to genuinely blow your mind</li><li>Who this is for and exactly how to get started</li></ul><p><b>$27 USD. Lifetime access.</b><a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/nothing-but-next-level'><b> CLICK HERE for ACCESS</b></a></p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I'm guessing you have tried to quit things, break habits, told yourself you need more willpower and then as if on auto pilot, found yourself right back where you started?! That is not a you problem, that is a STRATEGY problem. Willpower is not a system, and breaking habits is not how change actually works. This is the episode I share the framework that changed everything about how I approach habits, how I coach my clients, and how I actually made the changes in my own life stick. I call it Th...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>I&apos;m guessing you have tried to quit things, break habits, told yourself you need more willpower and then as if on auto pilot, found yourself right back where you started?!</p><p>That is not a you problem, that is a STRATEGY problem.</p><p>Willpower is not a system, and breaking habits is not how change actually works.</p><p>This is the episode I share the framework that changed everything about how I approach habits, how I coach my clients, and how I actually made the changes in my own life stick.</p><p>I call it <b>The Trade Up</b>. Once you hear it, I promise, you will never think about habits the same way again.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why trying to break bad habits is setting you up to fail every single time</li><li>What willpower actually is and why relying on it is keeping you stuck</li><li><b>The Trade Up framework</b> and exactly how to use it in your real life</li><li>Why this works when everything else hasn&apos;t</li><li>How to apply it this week to the one habit you keep failing at</li></ul><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&apos;m guessing you have tried to quit things, break habits, told yourself you need more willpower and then as if on auto pilot, found yourself right back where you started?!</p><p>That is not a you problem, that is a STRATEGY problem.</p><p>Willpower is not a system, and breaking habits is not how change actually works.</p><p>This is the episode I share the framework that changed everything about how I approach habits, how I coach my clients, and how I actually made the changes in my own life stick.</p><p>I call it <b>The Trade Up</b>. Once you hear it, I promise, you will never think about habits the same way again.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why trying to break bad habits is setting you up to fail every single time</li><li>What willpower actually is and why relying on it is keeping you stuck</li><li><b>The Trade Up framework</b> and exactly how to use it in your real life</li><li>Why this works when everything else hasn&apos;t</li><li>How to apply it this week to the one habit you keep failing at</li></ul><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You've set the goal, made the plan and you have got the motivation... for about four days. THEN it's just gone, and once again, you find yourself back to square one, wondering what is wrong with you. Nothing is wrong with you. Motivation is NEVER going to save you, Its not meant to. Motivation is a feeling, and feelings come and go.  What you actually need, is an IDENTITY SHIFT. Because here is the thing, you will never consistently act in ways that contradict who you believe you are, ne...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>You&apos;ve set the goal, made the plan and you have got the motivation... for about four days. THEN it&apos;s just gone, and once again, you find yourself back to square one, wondering what is wrong with you. <b>Nothing is wrong with you.</b></p><p>Motivation is NEVER going to save you, Its not meant to. Motivation is a feeling, and feelings come and go. </p><p>What you actually need, is an IDENTITY SHIFT.</p><p>Because here is the thing, you will never consistently act in ways that contradict who you believe you are, never. Your subconscious is always watching, always pulling you back to what it knows. </p><p>Until you change the identity, nothing sticks. Not the habits, not the goals, not the new version of yourself you are desperately trying to become.</p><p>This episode changed the way I see everything. I genuinely believe it will do the same for you.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why motivation is the most overrated thing in personal development</li><li>What identity actually means, and why most women have never been taught this</li><li>The exact reason you keep self sabotaging even when you really want to change</li><li>How I shifted my own identity, and what that made possible</li><li>The one thing you can do this week to start BECOMING her</li></ul><p>She is not out of reach my friend, you just haven&apos;t introduced yourself yet.</p><p>The Momentum SHIFT: <a href=' https://www.nicoleabbott.co/encore-page-1714377471_1_ '> https://www.nicoleabbott.co/encore-page-1714377471_1_ </a></p><p><br/></p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&apos;ve set the goal, made the plan and you have got the motivation... for about four days. THEN it&apos;s just gone, and once again, you find yourself back to square one, wondering what is wrong with you. <b>Nothing is wrong with you.</b></p><p>Motivation is NEVER going to save you, Its not meant to. Motivation is a feeling, and feelings come and go. </p><p>What you actually need, is an IDENTITY SHIFT.</p><p>Because here is the thing, you will never consistently act in ways that contradict who you believe you are, never. Your subconscious is always watching, always pulling you back to what it knows. </p><p>Until you change the identity, nothing sticks. Not the habits, not the goals, not the new version of yourself you are desperately trying to become.</p><p>This episode changed the way I see everything. I genuinely believe it will do the same for you.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why motivation is the most overrated thing in personal development</li><li>What identity actually means, and why most women have never been taught this</li><li>The exact reason you keep self sabotaging even when you really want to change</li><li>How I shifted my own identity, and what that made possible</li><li>The one thing you can do this week to start BECOMING her</li></ul><p>She is not out of reach my friend, you just haven&apos;t introduced yourself yet.</p><p>The Momentum SHIFT: <a href=' https://www.nicoleabbott.co/encore-page-1714377471_1_ '> https://www.nicoleabbott.co/encore-page-1714377471_1_ </a></p><p><br/></p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ok,. does this sound familiar? You got your eight hours. sleep, you did everything right, AND you woke up this morning feeling absolutely wrecked?!? Here is what most experts don't tell you, exhaustion is not always a sleep problem. Sometimes (most of the time) it is a nervous system problem, and no amount of melatonin or early nights are going to fix a nervous system that is completely fried. I lived in this fried state for years without even realising it (until my body gave no choice but to...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>Ok,. does this sound familiar? <b>You got your eight hours. sleep, you did everything right, AND you woke up this morning feeling absolutely wrecked?!?</b></p><p>Here is what most experts don&apos;t tell you, exhaustion is not always a sleep problem. Sometimes (most of the time) it is a nervous system problem, and no amount of melatonin or early nights are going to fix a nervous system that is completely fried.</p><p>I lived in this fried state for years without even realising it (until my body gave no choice but to wake up to it!) Wired &amp; exhausted at the same time. Running on adrenaline, cortisol, three coffees and telling myself that was just....life.</p><p>It was not life. My body was screaming at me, and I had no idea how to listen.</p><p><b><em>This episode is the one that changes how you understand your own body.</em></b></p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why you can sleep eight hours and still wake up depleted</li><li>What a dysregulated nervous system actually feels like &amp; why so many women don&apos;t recognise it in themselves</li><li>The habits and patterns that are keeping your body stuck in survival mode</li><li>What I did to actually fix it, and what finally worked</li></ul><p>Your body has been trying to tell you something, It&apos;s time to listen.</p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok,. does this sound familiar? <b>You got your eight hours. sleep, you did everything right, AND you woke up this morning feeling absolutely wrecked?!?</b></p><p>Here is what most experts don&apos;t tell you, exhaustion is not always a sleep problem. Sometimes (most of the time) it is a nervous system problem, and no amount of melatonin or early nights are going to fix a nervous system that is completely fried.</p><p>I lived in this fried state for years without even realising it (until my body gave no choice but to wake up to it!) Wired &amp; exhausted at the same time. Running on adrenaline, cortisol, three coffees and telling myself that was just....life.</p><p>It was not life. My body was screaming at me, and I had no idea how to listen.</p><p><b><em>This episode is the one that changes how you understand your own body.</em></b></p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why you can sleep eight hours and still wake up depleted</li><li>What a dysregulated nervous system actually feels like &amp; why so many women don&apos;t recognise it in themselves</li><li>The habits and patterns that are keeping your body stuck in survival mode</li><li>What I did to actually fix it, and what finally worked</li></ul><p>Your body has been trying to tell you something, It&apos;s time to listen.</p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:title>BONUS Ep: The Wellness TRAP | When Healthy Goes Too Far</itunes:title>
    <title>BONUS Ep: The Wellness TRAP | When Healthy Goes Too Far</title>
    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What if the healthiest thing you could do right now is stop obsessing over being healthy? I know. Coming from me, that is a big statement. I keep seeing it, in clients, in friends, (sometimes, in myself,) and I can not stay quiet about it anymore. This bonus episode is the one I had to make. The version of wellness that has gone so far the other way it has quietly become the thing making you unwell. The obsession dressed up as discipline. The restriction that gets hashtagged and celebrated. T...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p><b>What if the healthiest thing you could do right now is stop obsessing over being healthy?</b></p><p><em>I know. Coming from me, that is a big statement.</em></p><p>I keep seeing it, in clients, in friends, (sometimes, in myself,) and I can not stay quiet about it anymore.</p><p>This bonus episode is the one I had to make. The version of wellness that has gone so far the other way it has quietly become the thing making you unwell. The obsession dressed up as discipline. The restriction that gets hashtagged and celebrated. The mental load that no clean eating protocol is ever going to fix.</p><p><b>What we cover:</b></p><ul><li>The difference between disordered eating and an eating disorder (this will surprise you)</li><li>How social media is hijacking your relationship with food without you even realising</li><li>The science behind what food anxiety is actually doing to your body</li><li>What balance actually looks like, the real version, not the Instagram version</li><li>The one honest question to ask yourself this week</li></ul><p>This is not an anti-wellness episode. It is a pro-you episode.</p><p>If you have ever missed a special moment, a date night, a birthday, a holiday, because your brain was too busy negotiating with your own food rules?</p><p>This one is for you.</p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p><b>NEXT LEVEL AI:</b> <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/nothing-but-next-level'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/nothing-but-next-level</a></p><p><b>Find me on Instagram </b><a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p><b>Ready for more? </b><a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>What if the healthiest thing you could do right now is stop obsessing over being healthy?</b></p><p><em>I know. Coming from me, that is a big statement.</em></p><p>I keep seeing it, in clients, in friends, (sometimes, in myself,) and I can not stay quiet about it anymore.</p><p>This bonus episode is the one I had to make. The version of wellness that has gone so far the other way it has quietly become the thing making you unwell. The obsession dressed up as discipline. The restriction that gets hashtagged and celebrated. The mental load that no clean eating protocol is ever going to fix.</p><p><b>What we cover:</b></p><ul><li>The difference between disordered eating and an eating disorder (this will surprise you)</li><li>How social media is hijacking your relationship with food without you even realising</li><li>The science behind what food anxiety is actually doing to your body</li><li>What balance actually looks like, the real version, not the Instagram version</li><li>The one honest question to ask yourself this week</li></ul><p>This is not an anti-wellness episode. It is a pro-you episode.</p><p>If you have ever missed a special moment, a date night, a birthday, a holiday, because your brain was too busy negotiating with your own food rules?</p><p>This one is for you.</p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p><b>NEXT LEVEL AI:</b> <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/nothing-but-next-level'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/nothing-but-next-level</a></p><p><b>Find me on Instagram </b><a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p><b>Ready for more? </b><a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:title>Why Your Morning Scroll Is Making You LESS MONEY!</itunes:title>
    <title>Why Your Morning Scroll Is Making You LESS MONEY!</title>
    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[What is the first thing you do when you wake up? If the answer is reach for your phone, this episode is for you my friend! Because that one habit, that one automatic, unconscious habit is costing you way more than you realise. Your Energy, Focus, Output... YOUR MONEY! I spent years starting my days completely on someone else's terms. Emails before my feet hit the floor. Everyone else's agenda before I'd even decided what kind of day I was going to have. THEN I'd wonder why I felt frazzled by ...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p><b>What is the first thing you do when you wake up?</b><br/>If the answer is reach for your phone, this episode is for you my friend!<br/>Because that one habit, that one automatic, unconscious habit is costing you way more than you realise. Your Energy, Focus, Output... YOUR MONEY!<br/>I spent years starting my days completely on someone else&apos;s terms. Emails before my feet hit the floor. Everyone else&apos;s agenda before I&apos;d even decided what kind of day I was going to have. THEN I&apos;d wonder why I felt frazzled by 9am.<br/>Your morning doesn&apos;t just set the tone for your day. It sets the tone for EVERYTHING.<br/>This episode is a full breakdown of what actually makes a morning routine work &amp; why the version most women are running is quietly keeping them stuck.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b><br/>* Why picking up your phone first thing is one of the most expensive habits you have<br/>* What happens to your nervous system in the first 30 minutes of waking and why it matters<br/>* What my actual morning looks like and why I protect it like it&apos;s non-negotiable<br/>* How to build a routine that works for YOUR life</p><p><b><em>Own the Morning, OWN the day!</em></b></p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>What is the first thing you do when you wake up?</b><br/>If the answer is reach for your phone, this episode is for you my friend!<br/>Because that one habit, that one automatic, unconscious habit is costing you way more than you realise. Your Energy, Focus, Output... YOUR MONEY!<br/>I spent years starting my days completely on someone else&apos;s terms. Emails before my feet hit the floor. Everyone else&apos;s agenda before I&apos;d even decided what kind of day I was going to have. THEN I&apos;d wonder why I felt frazzled by 9am.<br/>Your morning doesn&apos;t just set the tone for your day. It sets the tone for EVERYTHING.<br/>This episode is a full breakdown of what actually makes a morning routine work &amp; why the version most women are running is quietly keeping them stuck.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b><br/>* Why picking up your phone first thing is one of the most expensive habits you have<br/>* What happens to your nervous system in the first 30 minutes of waking and why it matters<br/>* What my actual morning looks like and why I protect it like it&apos;s non-negotiable<br/>* How to build a routine that works for YOUR life</p><p><b><em>Own the Morning, OWN the day!</em></b></p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:title>You&#39;re Killing It Professionally.... &amp; Destroying Yourself Personally. Let&#39;s Fix That.</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[You are killing it. In your business, family, the juggle BUT you are absolutely terrible at looking after yourself! I know, trust me, I KNOW, because I was you. Running a seven figure business on 50 grams of protein a day, No morning routine, no evening routine, saying yes to everything, sleeping like rubbish and genuinely wondering why I was falling apart. This episode is the one I wish someone had handed me ten years ago. 10 habits. The non-negotiable ones I now run my entire life on, the o...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p><b>You are killing it. In your business, family, the juggle BUT you are absolutely terrible at looking after yourself</b>!</p><p>I know, trust me, I KNOW, because I was you. Running a seven figure business on 50 grams of protein a day, No morning routine, no evening routine, saying yes to everything, sleeping like rubbish and genuinely wondering why I was falling apart.</p><p>This episode is the one I wish someone had handed me ten years ago.</p><p>10 habits. The non-negotiable ones I now run my entire life on, the ones most women are skipping without even realising it.</p><p>No fluff. No generic wellness advice. Just the real stuff that actually moves the needle.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>The one thing I changed that fixed my 3pm crashes for good</li><li>Why willpower has nothing to do with it</li><li>The habit that takes five minutes and completely changes how your brain functions</li><li>What I was doing during burnout that was quietly destroying me</li><li>And the sleep truth that nobody wants to hear</li></ul><p>BONUS! Grab my free Next Level Sleep Stack:</p><p><a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/TheNextLevelSleepStack'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/TheNextLevelSleepStack</a></p><p>OR head to Instagram <b>@_nicoleabbott</b> and comment <b>SLEEP</b> &amp; I&apos;ll send it straight to your DMs.</p><p>Because you cannot out-supplement bad sleep. Full stop.</p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></description>
    <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><b>You are killing it. In your business, family, the juggle BUT you are absolutely terrible at looking after yourself</b>!</p><p>I know, trust me, I KNOW, because I was you. Running a seven figure business on 50 grams of protein a day, No morning routine, no evening routine, saying yes to everything, sleeping like rubbish and genuinely wondering why I was falling apart.</p><p>This episode is the one I wish someone had handed me ten years ago.</p><p>10 habits. The non-negotiable ones I now run my entire life on, the ones most women are skipping without even realising it.</p><p>No fluff. No generic wellness advice. Just the real stuff that actually moves the needle.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>The one thing I changed that fixed my 3pm crashes for good</li><li>Why willpower has nothing to do with it</li><li>The habit that takes five minutes and completely changes how your brain functions</li><li>What I was doing during burnout that was quietly destroying me</li><li>And the sleep truth that nobody wants to hear</li></ul><p>BONUS! Grab my free Next Level Sleep Stack:</p><p><a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/TheNextLevelSleepStack'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/TheNextLevelSleepStack</a></p><p>OR head to Instagram <b>@_nicoleabbott</b> and comment <b>SLEEP</b> &amp; I&apos;ll send it straight to your DMs.</p><p>Because you cannot out-supplement bad sleep. Full stop.</p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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    <itunes:title>Success almost BROKE Me. My Story &amp; WHY I started this Podcast</itunes:title>
    <title>Success almost BROKE Me. My Story &amp; WHY I started this Podcast</title>
    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[I have always wanted more. Not more stuff, just more.... life. More experience, more of the feeling that I was actually living it on my own terms. From a young age I KNEW my life was going to look different,I did everything young, everything on my own timeline. Backpacked the world with the man who is now my husband. Built everything we have from nothing. No safety net, no head start, just hard work and a deep desire,. And then somewhere between building a seven figure business, raising three...]]></itunes:summary>
    <description><![CDATA[<p>I have always wanted more. Not more stuff, just more.... life. More experience, more of the feeling that I was actually living it on my own terms.</p><p>From a young age I KNEW my life was going to look different,I did everything young, everything on my own timeline. Backpacked the world with the man who is now my husband. Built everything we have from nothing. No safety net, no head start, just hard work and a deep desire,.</p><p>And then somewhere between building a seven figure business, raising three girls and saying yes to absolutely everything, I lost her. The woman who wanted all of that, I completely lost her.</p><p>This is episode one, My story.</p><p>The one I didn&apos;t post on Instagram while it was happening.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><ul><li>Why I walked away from a seven figure business at the top of my game</li><li>The funeral that cracked something open in me that I could no longer avoid</li><li>The identity work that changed my life and why I have realised it is the piece most women are missing</li><li>Why 40 is absolutely the beginning.</li></ul><p>We get one precious life. One. This podcast exists because I refuse to watch women spend it settling.</p><p>Welcome to Next Level, with Nic.</p><p>Loved this episode? Share it with a woman who needs to hear it right now</p><p>Find me on Instagram <a href='https://www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/'>//www.instagram.com/_nicoleabbott/</a> </p><p>Ready for more? <a href='https://www.nicoleabbott.co/'>https://www.nicoleabbott.co/</a></p><p><br/></p><p>🎙️ A review on Apple Podcasts takes 60 seconds and helps more women find this show. I&apos;d genuinely love you for it.</p>]]></description>
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