Keeping It Complex

In Episode 13, Nicole is joined by her close friend and previous Intuitive Coach, Katie Corcoran. Katie's decade long battle with Lyme Disease was the catalyst for a life changing trip that led her to studying intuition in the African bush. All Katie desired was to live a normal life, but she was destined to awaken her intuition and help others navigate life's challenges by teaching the tools she...

In Episode 12 I am joined for a conversation on creativity, traveling intuitively, and the process of learning to lead from the body with Pat Moran. Pat is an Australian photographer, musician, and now documentarian. His personal journey has led him to travel to lesser visited parts of the world to interview artisans who have used creativity to further pursue their relationship to presence and pur...

Episode 11, The Creative Process, is a solo episode recorded in tandem with the pulse of some IRL astrology. It relates to this specific moment of time, April 2026, a very activated Aries Season lighting up Nicole's 5th house. Looking forward to the upcoming astrology with Uranus leaving Taurus and moving into Gemini for the next 7 ish years, Nicole speaks to some of the themes already coming up a...

Episode 10 is a conversation on the art of slowing down from the lens of the nervous system with somatic embodiment coach, writer, and Human Design Reflector: Courtney Zanosky. In this episode, Nicole shares her experience navigating the transition into entrepreneurship and how her body wasn’t ready to hold the type of changes, work and moves she was setting out to achieve. The intention behind th...

What happens when you get two Self-Projected Projectors on a call? They get deep. In this episode, Nicole is joined by guest, Stephanie Ramirez, to talk about all things related to finding and cultivating Freedom from within. This episode is for those, especially women, seeking a life of alignment who may be starting to navigate the discomfort and doubt that arises from choosing to make changes in...

Episode 8 is a deep dive into the realm of Human Design. The themes that are covered include: Energy Types, Authority, Profile, Environment and Deconditioning. Learning that she is a Projector changed everything for Nicole. Finally it made sense why she was experiencing burn out in her corporate careers and struggled with worthiness and feeling enough. Looking back on how she struggled with confid...

In Episode 7 Nicole goes in for a deep dive on the state of our Food System and it's connection to human health. This has been a passion of hers since learning about the intersection of Food & Sustainability during her time studying at Le Cordon Bleu in London. Nicole hopes that drawing connections to her own food intolerances to the state of the food system in the United States will create a...

In Episode 6 Nicole discloses her history and experience with anxiety and how it was rooted in her childhood experiences. Travel always stretched her mind and allowed her to gain new perspectives, by shifting out of uncomfortable and repetitive states. It was one particular trip to Myanmar that gave her the most perspective on how different life could really be. As with most trips, the biggest ref...

Episode 5 touches upon the idea of a spiritual awakening and how from the beginning of her health journey, Nicole always felt like she was going through it for a reason. Before her official awakening began, Nicole was introduced to the spiritual and occult worlds through a reading with a Medium and a virtual Vedic Astrology reading. Astrology has been the most profound tool that Nicole has turned...

Episode 4 continues with Nicole's story into what life post Tarlov Cyst Disease diagnosis looked like. Trying to fix one issue only happened to cause more until she finally had to learn the ultimate lesson. Nicole's journey led her to working with all different types of practitioners and healers, but without acknowledging her nervous system she was only making matters worse. Despite having to navi...

In Episode 3: Where It All Began Nicole shares her experience navigating a transition from working in Marketing Research in Sydney, Australia that led her to enrolling in culinary school at Le Cordon Bleu in London. While in London she suffered an injury that later led to a shocking diagnosis of a rare disease, known as a Tarlov Cyst. Tarlov Cysts are perineural cysts that in her case sits within...

In light of the recent terrorist attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Nicole shares her experience processing her emotions having just left Sydney the day before the shooting took place. This podcast was recorded after Episode 1 (An Intro) and Episode 3 (Where It All Began). They were already published in the queue before the tragic events on December 14th, 2025 took place. Occurring too close to home...

Welcome to Keeping It Complex! I'm your host, Nicole Romano. Before we get into the details of my chronic health journey, I wanted to share a little bit about myself and why I decided to create this podcast. I've been navigating complex and chronic health issues for over six years. At the start of 2025, I set out to change every area of my life. I've overcome a lot and would love to use what I've...