Nikki & Raina Show

"The best way to get results out of people is to scare the fuck out of them."

But being in business in holistic care is different - we don't want to scare our clients. Empowerment instead. Your bathroom represents your integrity. Nikki and Raina dig deeper into walking the path in improving wellness, and our 'coming out' with the newer ways we are helping clients in our practices. Filling in the gaps in beauty and nutrition, and we touch on conventional and holistic options, fashion, aging and millennials/boomers, liberated. Coming at "sales" from a place of love rather than a place of fear. Introducing our immersive purge program coming to the Okanagan where you discover your purchasing habits, how to minimalize (and use what you already have) and learn how to assess your personal purchasing patterns. Stop the search for the next quick fix and empower yourself.

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"The trigger doesn't go away, it's how you manage it when it comes up."

Nikki and Raina dig into deeper levels of our consumerist society and how we've been sold to. The triggers are going to happen (targeting our self worth to sell us more stuff) but its how we deal with it and observe our process in our head when it happens. 

Sorry this happened to you. Here's what we know now about exploitation in the beauty industry.  We all intuitively know that consumerism is undeniably rampant, but Nikki and Raina believe it's all about how we choose to see it. So how do we change that?

We question it, we question everything for ourselves.

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"You can roast anything."

Nikki and Raina with guest Chef Scott dig into the reality of eating well over the winter when we don't' have all the fresh healthy fruits and vegetables that are easily available in the summer. Bowls always, the grain that Scott is 'a sucker for,' why we don't like salad in the winter and re-thinking your lettuce before it goes bad. How to winterize smoothies? If you need some inspiration for turning anything into a delicious dippable fry, listen in on crankin' up your oven and getting warm and cozy vegetables in your belly. Hunt for cozy this winter.

"If you're gonna roast it, why not turn it into a french fry?"

"It's for YOU"

Nikki and Raina dig into tailored programs that are unique to YOU and why they should not be shared with your loved ones. We also get into supplements, Dr. Google, re-assessing protocols as your body changes and how holistic health isn't cookie cutter. The sarcasm comes through the podcast waves about our society's view on aging.

"If you leave it for medicine sake, you can fall on it when you need it, it doesn't need to be part of your everyday protocol, but your natural medicine cabinet."

"When You're Living Your passion, but you're hating it."

An honest discussion about dealing with burn out when your work and personal life are so combined. A self-awareness practice of holding space for others in their chaos. Distraction vs. turtling. Pacing in the hallways. Self-care porn. Works in progress. When you're amongst entrepreneurship drama and someone needs your help, which rude is ruder? Leaving chaos in your wake and talking about people venting on you as an entrepreneur when you're busy and stressed. The human-ness of loving the great, hot mess we created.

 "It Smells Like Tiger Tears and Shame - Pivotal moments in my career"

Nikki and Raina share a few pivotal moment stories in their careers up until now and how they changed a perspective or taught a huge lesson. Humour and talk. You'll love it. There are no answers - only stories.

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  "It doesn't need to look a certain way in order for it to be cool"

Nikki and Raina dig into the layered and complex issue of sustainability on our planet and how it all relates to our wellness. We break this down into small bite size pieces so that you don't get overwhelmed, and can slow down with it. Because little try's ARE sustainable. But be accountable - today is the day, not tomorrow. AND it doesn't need to be trendy, it just needs to BE.

We know the planet is in trouble. And we also know we can all be doing better. So how do we work on that? Little things like noticing how much plastic is everywhere and making small adjustments make a big difference. We are all in this together.

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 "Have Some of my Spiritual Oxygen" 

Nikki and Raina welcome guest Patrick, a Kelowna-based outreach nurse. We unpack addiction, judgment, harm reduction, getting present, empathy and a nurses' take on the communities' homeless and marginalized population.  Listen & learn how to be more inclusive of *everybody*, even in uncomfortable situations.

We were honoured to be gifted time with Patrick away from his busy days nursing on the streets and volunteering to speak deeply about his experiences and share wisdom. You can learn more how you can contribute to this issue by contacting the Kelowna Community Resource Society, the BRIDGE services, the Gospel Mission and the community food bank. 

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Nikki and Raina decide to take a spiritual turn and talk about what spiritualism means to them. With a healthy dose of beautiful, natural forest sounds we try to make an insanely huge topic simpler, clear and easy to swallow.

We aren't sure we did a very good job considering the huge topic but we'll keep workin' on it.  (This podcast Part 1 Spiritualism)

There's so many layers to this but we can't talk about food, personal care, hormones and exercise and not bring in the spiritual piece. It's not relevant to everybody but the vast majority of our clients that we're in contact with for wellness - it's part of the story.

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Nikki and Raina dig into the top 3 things they see in their respective industries, which aligned perfectly. Interpretive dancing to demonstrate proper fash washing, practices that replace products, supplement addiction, discipline, incorrect self-diagnosis, unrealistic expectations and expecting more or less miracles from products. Short-term fixes, revered wrinkles, looking to the next generation and embracing the privilege of aging. When it comes to beauty and our nutrition, all the answers are all inside of you if you just shut up and listen. ***Explicit***  

 Nikki & Raina talk about shifting your dialogue, rebelling in their own industries, challenging their clients' beliefs, practices over purchases, veganism, anxiety, doing the best we can, planting seeds for growth in each other, believing in yourself, triggers and holding space for others.
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Nikki & Raina welcome Tracy Steen (Move Daily Fitness) as their guest to talk about exercise from this personal trainers' standpoint. Tracy has a masters in psychology and it shows, she's known as the best personal trainer in Kelowna. We get into diets and trends, your 'why' , balance, the psychology of food and exercise, curiosity, compassion in consciousness about your choices, childhood & how your family played a part in your exercise habits, the ebb and flow of your priorities, aging and neuroplasticity.

Listen in as the girls unpackage Tracy's badass mission to inspire you to simply move daily.

Check out her incredible Youtube resource library of exercises - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6XL6NxmC-93kb8IPN23LA

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Raina spins out on her own as the host interviewing Dr. Michelle Mazur  (https://drmichellemazur.com/2018/04/3-word-rebellion.html) who is a communication rebel and just released her book The 3 Word Rebellion. How hard it is to craft your message in entrepreneurship, IDEA overwhelm, fleshing out a book writing process and how you can your hands on her powerful new book. (Amazon or link above)  When it comes to business intuition, "you can't create if you're not willing to destroy." All the creative answers you need are all inside of you if you just shut up and listen.
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 "Food Porn & Punk-ass Broccoli" 

Nikki and Raina welcome Scott as their guest to discuss getting back in the kitchen, putting love in your food, mindfulness and food porn. Nutritionists and clean beauty experts talking about chocolate bars, tater tots, grilled cheese and food porn. (Keepin' it real...)
When it comes to food intuition, all the answers are all inside of you.... if you just shut up and listen.
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Nikki & Raina discuss their stories, how they met, how their two businesses and practices intertwine and how they help people learn that the answers are all inside of them if they just shut up and listen.

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