Holistic Mental Health for Women Solopreneurs

Healthy community should support the woman behind the vision not require her to abandon herself to belong. In this episode, Dr. Nic explores how boundaries, honest communication, and changing capacity shape our relationships. She reflects on how resentment can build when we expect others to know what we need without telling them, and shares a personal story about assuming friends would know she ne...

How Healthy Community Can Reveal The Extraordinary YOU Sometimes the gifts that matter most are the ones we barely notice in ourselves. In this episode, Dr. Nic shares how a friend’s thoughtful observations helped her recognize her ability to create safe spaces, connect deeply with others, and bring peace into a room. Dr. Nic explores how trustworthy community can act as a mirror—reflecting our st...

The Hidden Cost of Building Your Vision While Not Addressing the Needs of Your Body Dr. Nic explores what happens when women keep pursuing their vision while postponing their own health, needs, and well-being. Through a personal story about navigating perimenopause and finally scheduling long-overdue medical appointments, she reveals how a trusted friend’s lived experience and encouragement helped...

The Woman Behind the Vision: Why Healthy Community Matters Dr. Nic opens a new chapter of the show by widening the conversation from women solopreneurs to all visionary women. This episode explains why the woman carrying the vision matters just as much as the vision itself, and why community is essential for capacity, wholeness, and sustainable purpose. We discuss how healthy community can hold, r...

In this episode, Dr. Nic explains why consistency is not about perfection. Instead, it’s about building a sustainable rhythm that fits your real life and real capacity. You’ll learn how to stop treating one missed day like failure, why small steps still count, and how to return to your goals without shame. In this episode: Why consistency does not mean perfect The difference between rules and rhyt...

Commitment Without Constant Self-Abandonment This episode explores what real commitment looks like when life is not ideal. Dr. Nic explains why self-care becomes sustainable only when it moves from a nice idea to a clear decision, and why honoring your capacity is not the same as quitting. She uses a 30-day hot Pilates challenge to show the difference between pushing through and making grounded ch...

The 3 C’s of Self-Care for Women Solopreneurs This episode is a solo reflection from Dr. Nic on how self-care shows up in real life, especially during seasons of stress, transition, and building a business. She shares a personal story about community, then breaks down three practical anchors for sustainable well-being: commitment, consistency, and community. In this episode, Dr. Nic explains why s...

Stop Abandoning Your Dreams: Why Pursuing What Matters Is Self-Care What if self-care isn't only about how you rest—but also about refusing to keep abandoning the things that make you feel most alive? In this special International Self-Care Day conversation, Dr. Nic sits down with Ronnie for an honest conversation about self-care, pursuing your dreams, women’s wellness, community, movement, and wh...

The Power of Commitment, Consistency, and Community: Showing Up for Yourself Without Chasing Perfection What becomes possible when you stop trying to do everything perfectly and simply commit to showing up for yourself? In this special International Self-Care Day conversation, Dr. Nic is joined by Shakari Anderson to reflect on the 30-day Hot Pilates challenge that brought two complete strangers t...

What if self-care is not just about what you do for yourself, but how deeply you understand yourself? In this episode of Holistic Mental Health for Women Solopreneurs, Dr. Nic is joined by Janeica Davis for a powerful conversation in honor of International Self-Care Day. Together, they explore why self-care has to go deeper than beauty routines, bubble baths, and surface-level practices — and how...

In this episode, Dr. Nic sits down with Samantha, the Self-Care Alchemist, for a powerful conversation about moving from task-based self-care into deeper self-devotion. Together, they explore burnout, chronic stress, capacity, life transitions, faith, caregiving, Black women’s self-care, and why choosing yourself is not selfish — it is necessary for sustainable wellness, purpose, and impact. Visit...

Self-Care is about more than nails, hair, bubble baths, and massages. It's more than REST. EPISODE DESCRIPTION Did you know International Self-Care Day is observed on July 24th — 7/24 — as a reminder that self-care is not just an occasional event, but something we are invited to practice 24/7? In this episode of Holistic Mental Health for Women Solopreneurs, Dr. Nic opens her countdown to Internat...

What happens when a woman solopreneur finally slows down long enough to hear herself clearly? In this special guided episode, Dr. Nic leads listeners through a live Pause Session designed to help overwhelmed, stuck, and creatively blocked women reconnect with themselves, their ideas, and the dreams they may have quietly buried beneath pressure, burnout, and overthinking. This is not a strategy epi...

Dr. Nic shares business lessons learned from her journey through a 30-day Hot Pilates challenge, emphasizing the power of community, committed decisions, and support in building sustainable habits and businesses. Stay Connect with Dr. Nic: The Pause for Solos Newsletter - https://nicolepertillar.substack.com/subscribe Check Out the Community Dr. Nic Loves: Hot Works Little Rock on HWY 10 - https:/...

In this episode of Holistic Mental Health for Women Solopreneurs , Dr. Nic shares a vulnerable reflection on feeling stuck in her weight loss journey and navigating a frustrating plateau. This Episode Is For You If: You feel stuck in your weight loss journey or wellness routine You are navigating a plateau in your business, creativity, or consistency You are comparing your body, business, pace, or...

What if the reason you keep starting, stopping, scrolling, overthinking, or struggling to follow through is not because you lack discipline — but because your nervous system is overwhelmed? In this episode of Holistic Mental Health for Women Solopreneurs , Dr. Nic explores the powerful connection between nervous system regulation, burnout, creativity, decision-making, and sustainable business buil...

🔴 Episode Summary What happens when the woman building the dream never stops long enough to care for herself? In this deeply personal episode, Dr. Nic shares why she started pausing, what it cost her when she didn’t, and how the pause became one of the most transformational parts of her wellness and entrepreneurial journey. This is not just a conversation about rest. It’s a conversation about bur...

🔴 Episode Summary Rest sounds good…until it’s time to actually do it. Then suddenly: you feel behind you feel unproductive you feel like you should be doing something else And guilt creeps in. In this episode, I’m unpacking the internal tension so many women solopreneurs and creatives carry when it comes to rest—and why rest often feels harder than doing the work. This is not just about taking a...

How to Stay Grounded When Life Feels Out of Control 🔴 Episode Summary In this episode, I mentioned HOTWORX, my new favorite place and promised to share a LINK When life feels like it’s spiraling, the instinct is often to try to control everything. But what if the path back to peace…is actually found in focusing on just one thing? In this episode, I’m sharing how an intense caregiving season force...

What do you do when life interrupts your plans, your momentum disappears, and the business path you felt so sure about suddenly feels unclear? In this episode, I’m sharing what I learned during a forced pause and how that unexpected season gave me a deeper level of business clarity than I would have found by simply pushing harder. If you’re a solopreneur , creative entrepreneur, or purpose-driven...

Don’t Leave the Dream Buried Inside You In this conversation, I share about how facing the loss of my dear friend impacted my journey, the heartbreak of learning she was at the end of her life, and the powerful realization that came as I reflected on the dreams she once shared with me, dreams that never got the chance to fully manifest. We talk about grief, mental health, purpose, and the emotiona...

What happens when the very thing you once felt called to starts feeling too heavy to carry? In this episode, I’m talking about the quiet battle between burnout and the dream in your heart. I’m sharing part of my own story when the weight of everything I was carrying made me want to walk away from something I deeply cared about. Not because the vision no longer mattered, but because I was depleted....

I didn’t plan to pause, and I definitely didn’t plan to disappear from my own podcast! After ending 2025 full of vision, momentum, and big plans for what I called The Year of the Pause , 2026 arrived with sickness, grief, caregiving, and an abrupt shift in capacity that changed everything. In this episode, I’m sharing where I’ve been, what happened, what this unexpected season revealed about my me...

My first episode of the new year with my fabulous sister, Tiffany Young! Here are a few links we referenced in this conversation. No More Silos - Click HERE Envision 2026 - Click HERE Mosaic Mindset Newsletter- Click HERE Sweet Freedom (Sugar FREE FB Group)- Click HERE Our conversation delves into the challenges and opportunities of starting the year, the impact of illness on plans and productivit...

Are you feeling the weight of everyone else’s needs as we head into the holidays… while your own needs are sitting on the back burner? In this episode of Leading Through the Cracks , I’m joined by a very special guest—my younger sister, Tiffany Young , CEO of The Young Impact Group . We’re talking about wholeness, grief, pivots, women’s health, and why saying “no” can be one of the bravest things...