In this episode, I’m joined by Melissa Cassera, a publicity strategist, screenwriter, and bestselling author who knows what it takes to make your work irresistible while still staying true to yourself.

What makes Melissa’s perspective so valuable is that she’s spent nearly two decades helping entrepreneurs, authors, and creatives cut through the noise, build real connections, and keep their marketing from feeling “icky.” She also draws on her own experience as a multi-passionate business owner in screenwriting, publishing, and beyond, offering a rare inside look at what truly works.

We talk about:

• How to make marketing feel authentic and aligned instead of forced or cringey.

• The best way to respond to haters, critics, and internet trolls (without losing your sanity).

• Why you don’t have to lock yourself into one tiny niche to be successful.

• How to redefine success on your own terms and celebrate your progress instead of waiting for a “big break.”

Melissa’s journey is proof that you can market with integrity, stand out in a crowded space, and still create a business (and life) that feels creative, fulfilling, and uniquely yours.

Connect with Melissa

• Website: https://melissacassera.com/
• Follow Melissa on Instagram: @melissa.cassera
• Melissa’s Podcast: Listen to Drip, Trickle Flow, Flood

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• Follow Nikki on Instagram @naablevyfitness
• Visit Nikki’s website: https://naablevy.com/

In this episode, I’m joined by my client Carlyn Rubin, who shares her journey navigating fitness and nutrition with symptomatic hypermobility.

What makes her story so powerful is that Carlyn came to me with a body composition and weight loss goal, but through strength training, she discovered so many unexpected benefits along the way.

We talk about:

• How EDS and spinal fusion shaped Carlyn’s relationship with her body and movement.
• What surprised her most about strength training and how she built the confidence to walk into the gym and get started.
• Her experience with low-calorie diets, weight cycling, and what changed when we increased her calories and let go of rigid food rules
• What she wishes more hypermobile people knew about strength training

Carlyn’s experience is a reminder that with the right approach, it’s not just possible to get stronger. It’s possible to feel better and more at home in your body while doing it.

Links mentioned:

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You had a plan to track your food, get your steps in, knock out two workouts. But then life happened, and you didn’t do any of it. Which would be fine except it keeps happening and you’re starting to feel stuck.

In this episode, Nikki breaks down what’s actually going on when motivation disappears and how to follow through on the things you want to do, when you’re just not feeling it.

Topics covered:

• The science of motivation.
• The different kinds of motivation and why it matters.
• 3 practical tools to generate motivation when we feel stuck or overwhelmed.

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