Nancy and Nicole: Real Life, Real Talk

In this episode, Nancy and Nicole pull back the curtain on  how they really  approach business planning — and why traditional “binder-based” planning has never worked for them. If thick planners, spreadsheets, and color-coded tabs make you want to change careers, you’re in good company. And if you're NOT an entrepreneur or in real estate, there are some gold nuggets of insight for you, too! Th...

Nancy and Nicole get real about the holidays—expectations, blended families, grief, boundaries, “experiences vs. stuff,” and what it means to move through a tender season with more honesty and compassion. They talk about mismatched holiday traditions, grown kids and shifting plans, decorating disappointments, what happens when you bulldoze your vision onto everyone else, and how to show up with mo...

Like so many, Nicole’s life has been a beautiful winding path that she never could have anticipated. Each experience has added to her story - whether living in Europe while her Dad was in the military, earning a nutrition degree, building a thriving real estate practice or speaking about the power of our own energy and mindset to create amazing businesses that feel aligned (meaning we can make gre...

In this episode, Nicole turns the mic on Nancy for a deep-dive into how she actually ended up doing this work. It’s a zigzag path—think Family Circus, but make it midlife. Nancy shares the twists of her “mosaic career,” why real estate wasn’t the sellout move people assumed, and how facilitating life transitions became the through-line from social work to sales. She also opens up about the early y...

In our very first episode, we talk about why we’re doing this podcast in the first place. We get real about what it actually takes to live a full, beautiful, messy, meaningful life. This is the beginning of something we’ve both been craving — real life, real talk. Follow along: • Nancy on Instagram: @nancy.chapin.seattle • Nicole on Instagram: @nicole_mangina Let us know if you want to join our jo...