Believe Like A Boss
Learn how to smash your goals and expand the possibility of your life through mindset management, spiritual (energetic) alignment and intentional action. Join each week as Life Coach Nandi (rhymes with Gandhi) teaches you how to create what she calls "a life of thrive" with ease and authenticity. | NandiCamille.com
Believe Like A Boss
Align, Act, Achieve: Questions to Create Success in 2025
Feeling like you're on the brink of a breakthrough can sometimes feel like madness, but what if it's just the beginning of an incredible transformation? Welcome to "Believe Like a Boss," where we open the doors to an aligned and proactive 2025. Join me on this journey as we embrace ceremonies and celebrations, setting intentions for the year with powerful tools like vision boards.
In this episode, we take a moment to redefine success on our own terms by asking three big questions.
By stepping away from society's cookie-cutter definitions, we empower ourselves to make choices that align with our true desires. Through exercises like the wheel of life, we'll evaluate areas such as relationships, career, and finances, identifying where we are thriving and where we need realignment. This isn't about right or wrong; it's about growth and learning through honest self-reflection without judgment. Together, we'll navigate our authentic paths, ensuring every choice we make in 2025 resonates with who we truly are.
But it doesn't stop at reflection; it's about action. By fostering a proactive mindset, we can align our thoughts with the feelings that propel us forward, like excitement and empowerment. It's time to believe deeply in our goals, transitioning from a place of reaction to one of intentional action. Personal anecdotes and insights will guide us in manifesting the success we envision. And remember, if you need a supportive hand on this journey, one-on-one coaching is available to help you confidently claim your aspirations for an aligned and fulfilling 2025.
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Hi, friends, and welcome to Believe Like a Boss. I'm your host Life Coach, nandi Camille. Join me as I teach you how to smash your goals and expand the possibility of your life through mindset management, spiritual alignment and authentic action. I'll teach you how to create what I like to call a life of thrive, with ease and authenticity. It's time to play with what's possible. Are you ready?
Speaker 2:Let's go time to play with what's possible. Are you ready? Let's go. Hello, hello, hello. Welcome back to another episode of Believe Like a Boss. I am your host life coach, nandi Camille. Welcome back, my friends, welcome to 2025.
Speaker 2:I'm very excited. I feel like I'm always excited, at least on the podcast. But for real, I've been going through all of the emotions, all of the emotions excitement, some depression, some joy, some anxiety, both sides of this spectrum. And what's been really comforting is that all of the coaches and the mentors that I work with are always reaffirming for me that this is where the up level happens. This is when you feel crazy. You're usually on the brink of something new, of the next thing. If you're feeling uncomfortable, those are the growing pains keep going and actually as I'm saying that out loud and reflecting on the amount of times that I've actually told that to my clients when they're like Nadia, I feel crazy. I said, well, yeah, you're doing the work, you're believing new thoughts that you've never thought before. Your brain is actively believing in what right now feels like the make-believe. When you're creating new results for yourself in your life, it does feel like make-believe, and so you do feel a little bit crazy. And so for this podcast episode.
Speaker 2:As we're diving into 2025, welcome to the new year, my friends, welcome to this clean slate, if you want to see it that way. I've been hearing so many things on the internets. Being a coach, I follow a lot of other coaches, wellness instructors. I'm seeing a lot more about vision boards this year, which has been a lot of fun. I just hosted one on the 30th of December and then I'm hosting another one. If you're in the Denver area on the 22nd, go to nandikamilcom. I am, or have, updated the events page as this is coming out live. The events page on nandikamilcom will be updated as I'm recording it, though it's in the under construction phase, so if you were to go to it right now, as you're listening to it, it's done, but as I'm recording it right now, I'm still putting up the events for 2025. And so that's one of the things I'm seeing a lot more of is vision boards and talking about who do I want to be in 2025. And I'm used to seeing those things.
Speaker 2:The other part that I'm seeing, though, is this almost resistance to the newness, this claim of like oh, but it's just another day. It's just another day. It's just another day and it is 100% Like January 1st is just another day. But what I think we miss out on in those moments is the beauty of ceremony, right by degrading January 1st and I don't think that that's the intention to degrade it, it's just for me, it removes the ceremony and I really personally my point and intention to bring this up is that I want us to celebrate a new year. I, at least, for me, love to celebrate a new chapter and I want to invite all of you that listen to do the same for yourself, my high G move and my creative entrepreneurs, my listeners that just need a good loving kick in the behind to get motivated as we go into 2025. Let's invite ceremony, let's invite celebration into 2025.
Speaker 2:And so, for this episode today, we're diving into what does it mean to have an aligned 2025? Let's just start from scratch. Yeah, let's just fresh slate. What does it mean to have an aligned 2025? I have three questions for you today, for us to unpack mindfully. Remember awareness without judgment. If you're new here, my friends, welcome to the podcast. I like to say take what sticks to you, leave the rest. If it doesn't resonate, don't worry about it. Here's your first question for today as we're unpacking what it means for you to have an aligned 2025.
Speaker 2:And here's the reason why I use the word aligned, because alignment means different things to different people. Success means different things to different people. When I use the word successful how to have a successful 2025, I think that what immediately happens is society's you know template of success. There's nothing wrong with the American societal template of success. It's making enough money to pay your bills and have a home that you enjoy, that has spaciousness. It's having relationships that you enjoy and it's being married and having 2.5 kids. Now, that doesn't align for everybody. But the reason why I'm choosing alignment is because there's no such thing as the right or wrong answer. Being married is not quote right for everybody. Having kids is not quote right for everybody. Making over $100,000 is not quote right for everybody. It's what is it most in alignment for you?
Speaker 2:Take the premise of right or wrong out of 2025 if you can. That's my offering. It's our focus on always choosing the right answer that can really drum up our anxiety sometimes. Right, I have to find the right answer, because if I don't pick the right answer, I'm afraid of being wrong. Take that out this year. There's no such thing as right or wrong. There's what's most in alignment, and every decision that you make is going to give you more information. So, if you make a decision to go with this job instead of that job, or go with that person instead of that person, and then you find out after three months of dating this person or being at this job, ah, this is not an alignment. You got some more information. It's not that you made the wrong decision, it's not that you made a bad decision. It's that you made a decision and now you have information to make a new decision. So that's why I really want to use the word alignment.
Speaker 2:So, as we're looking into having an aligned 2025, there's first question here is what parts of your life would you choose again? What parts of your life would you choose again in 2025? If you could start all over, if you could just start from scratch truly blank slate what parts of your life would you choose again? A really lovely tool to use for this question is the wheel of life. Right, the wheel of life is going. If you just Google that, break down different sections of your life, your relationships, your career the relationship could be your romantic relationships and your familiar relationships. Career, how do you feel about the work that you're putting in the world? That's different than money and finances. How do you feel about the money that you're making and how you're spending it, saving it, moving it around in the world? How do you feel about your fitness? Right, checking in on the wheel of life, what parts of your life would you choose again and what parts of your life would you not choose again? This is where I want to pause and invite mindfulness in.
Speaker 2:I think what can happen for a lot of people when we go to do this exercise is sometimes we're afraid to admit the parts of our life that we wouldn't choose again, and this is where I really want to echo and honor this. Is a sacred practice. Write this down in your journal. Do self-talk. You don't have to tell anybody these things, right, but I want you to tell yourself. Tell yourself the truth, the truth. While I might be walking around and telling my partner and my mom and my sister and my dog that I love my job because I make $175,000 and I'm an executive, the truth is that I'm overworked. I'm actually underpaid for the amount of work that I'm doing and I'm an executive. The truth is that I'm overworked. I'm actually underpaid for the amount of work that I'm doing. I'm not passionate about this work anymore. Tell yourself the truth, right?
Speaker 2:The point of telling yourself the truth is building trust with yourself when you know because you don't have to say it out loud to know the truth. That's, I think, where we try to trick ourselves. If I don't write it down, if I don't say it out loud to know the truth, that's, I think, where we try to trick ourselves. If I don't write it down, if I don't say it out loud, then it's not true, then I don't have to acknowledge it, then I don't have to do anything about it. But your body knows your body, your spirit knows, your subconscious knows the truth, right?
Speaker 2:So acknowledge what parts of my life would I choose again, what parts of my life would I not choose again? And when I acknowledge the parts of my life would I choose again, what parts of my life would I not choose again? And when I acknowledge the parts of my life that I would not choose again, I'm going to do so with love, not with shaming, not with blaming, not with shooting on ourselves, right? And when I acknowledge that I no longer am passionate about the work that I'm doing. I'm going to do so with love. Okay, cool, that's information for me From that place. I really love to give you grace in that you don't have to make a decision. If you've decided I don't like this job anymore, I'm not passionate about it anymore, that doesn't mean that all of a sudden you have to start looking for another job. The point is to acknowledge the truth and to have your own back, right? So when we have our own back now, we get to say I don't like my job right now and I'm not in the place where I'm willing to look for another job, have your own back. Or it might be I don't like my job right now and I'm going to start casually having conversations with people about other opportunities. Have your own back.
Speaker 2:What parts of your life would you like to choose again? What parts of your life would you like to not choose again? No-transcript. Be honest with yourself. I'm not willing to do anything about it right now. Right, maybe the part of your life that you wouldn't choose again is I didn't move my body a lot last year. I barely worked out. I don't want to choose that again. I want to work out and you might notice okay, the goal is to work out every single day, but as you ask yourself that realistically, you're like I'm not actually willing to do that. What do you want? What do you not want? What are you willing to do? Be honest with yourself, right, step one of having a better year is just being honest. Here's a second different question to ask yourself to help you create your most aligned 2025.
Speaker 2:What do you value? What do you value? Do you value adventure? Do you value freedom? Do you value consistency? Do you value strong relationships? Do you value honesty? What makes a relationship strong to you? Is it them showing up? Is it words of kindness? What do you value?
Speaker 2:The way that I think is a really fun way to kind of observe without looking into a list, right, the way that I love to do the values exercise is you look at a list of values, you set a timer, you pick your top five values from that list. It's adventure, it's ambition, it's freedom, it's family and it's consistency. Those are my top five values and then, from there, I really like to ask participants, clients, to break each of those down. What does adventure mean to you? What does ambition mean to you? What does learning mean to you If you value these things in your life? What does it mean to value these things? What does it mean for these things to show up in your life? What does it look like for these values to show up in your life? That is one way to go about it. I love going about it that way. Check out my events page. I likely have a values workshop coming up, and if I don't, I usually host at least one, if not two, every single year because I think it's such an important tool for our tool belt.
Speaker 2:That is one way to do it, but I think, before you even do that, another way that you can start to look at your values is, truly authentically, if you were to let's play a game play with your imagination right now, if you were an outsider, if you were an alien that came to earth and you were observing yourself. So, third person, I'm talking third person. So I'm an alien that came down to earth to observe Nandi, right? This alien is observing Nandi in her day to day. What would that alien see? As I wake up in the morning, as I move through my day, as I talk to people, as I eat, as I play, as I rest, as I work. What is this alien observing and seeing as a third party? What might this alien say? My values are based on my actions, right? So this is a really great way to do an honest check-in.
Speaker 2:You might say that you value ambition and adventure. But if this alien were to visit you and look at your life, what in your life represents ambition and adventure? Are you working hard towards something? Are you exploring new places in your city, in your state, in your country, right? Are the things that you say you value represented in your life right? Are the things that you say you value represented in your life? Right? Because values like vision boards, like resolutions, are great to name and to write down and to recognize. It's so much fun to do in that moment.
Speaker 2:But if you're not applying them, this is where we get into the cycle where I'm working with women, where they're like I know what I want. I was clear on what I want. I said that I wanted to do these things. I broke down my goal, I thought I made it doable and now I'm not doing anything. Check in what do you actually value? And if, let's say, there's a value for you that is not active in your life. So let's say that you're saying I value adventure, but if you did this exercise, you're like I'm really not, I'm barely going down the street to check out a new park. Great, you can still put this down as a value. My ask and my homework I suppose my growth work for you then, from that place, is what are you going to do to be more in alignment with that value? If, when you check in and you're like I'm not as adventurous or ambitious or authentic as I want to be, but I do value this, then what next step might you take to embody that value a little bit more? Or is it time to remove that value because you're not willing to do the work to actually show that you truly value it right? Do you actually not value it and you're saying that you do? What are your values? Get clear on them. That's your second question. Here's your third question for an aligned 2025.
Speaker 2:How do you want to feel this year? How do you want to feel this year? If you've been here a while, you know the only reason you want anything is because of how you believe you will feel in the having of it. The only reason why you want to work out is because of how you believe you will feel in the having of worked out five times a week for three weeks, right, the only reason why you want to get married in the forest and have a life partner is because you will feel. You believe you will feel complete. You believe you will feel seen, heard, valued, excited about being married and being in a relationship. The only reason you want anything is because of how we think we will feel in the having of it. So how do you want to feel? Right, when you take the trip, when you meet the person, when you make the money? How do you want to feel? Because here's the hack we practice feeling that way ahead of time, before you get the raise. You practice the feeling of excitement ahead of time because you fully anticipate that you're going to get that raise, whether it's from your current work or because you decided to leave this current work and find another job that gave you the raise that you deserve.
Speaker 2:How do you want to feel? Another way to look at this is last year you mostly felt blank. How did you feel most of the time last year? We, as human beings, feel all of our emotions. We feel excited, we feel sad, we feel tired, we feel great, we feel bad and, as a human being, all of us.
Speaker 2:In a single day you might wake up feeling tired and then you have your coffee and your really yummy breakfast and you're starting to feel energized for the day. And then you start your day and you meet your coworker and you have a really great conversation about your weekend and you're feeling motivated. And then there's a snag at one of your projects that you're working on at work and then you're feeling a little diminished and a little bit frustrated. Then you work your way through that project and you're feeling accomplished. Then you finish out your day and maybe you didn't finish out everything because of the snack You're feeling a little bit stressed. Then you get home and you have dinner. Now you're feeling a little bit more relaxed. Right, we feel all sorts of emotions as human beings on a daily basis.
Speaker 2:But if you were to zoom out and look at 2024 as a whole, what was the headline feeling that you had? What was the biggest feeling, the theme of 2024? Did you feel mostly anxious, mostly overwhelmed, mostly content, mostly excited? How did you feel mostly last year and is that the way you want to feel in 2025? Check in. If you notice, I was feeling a lot more anxious and depressed last year than I wanted to feel.
Speaker 2:How do you want to feel instead? Usually, when I'm working with women, the opposite of that is I want to feel grounded, I want to feel confident, I want to feel nourished, I want to feel sexy Great. Get clear on how you want to feel instead. Now here's where the mindset. Mindfulness comes in that combination. What do you need to think in order to feel your desired emotion? Mindfulness is awareness without judgment. Mindset is now that I'm aware of what I'm thinking without judging it, I'm going to choose how I want to think. Right, what do you need to think in order to feel your desired emotion If you want to feel excited, what do you need to think in order to feel excited For the business owner, the new business owner, the person that wants to take their business to the next level?
Speaker 2:Maybe, for you, feeling excited is as a result of signing new aligned clients Great. What do you need to think in order to feel excited about signing new aligned clients, before the clients even show up? Maybe you're thinking I'm so excited to sign my new aligned clients. Maybe you're thinking I'm so excited to roll out this new podcast episode, this new course, this new class which is going to draw in and attract these new aligned clients. Right, if you want to feel empowered maybe, maybe, the word is empowered this year what do you need to think in order to feel empowered?
Speaker 2:The first thing that came up for me was I got this. In a moment when I need to feel empowered. I say to myself and fully believe the statement I got this, and that's the part that I really got this little asterisk on there. Right, what do you need to think in order to feel your desired emotion? You have to actually believe this thought. Right? If you need to think the thought I'm so excited for my new aligned clients, do you actually believe that new aligned clients are coming in? This is the work? Right?
Speaker 2:You can get clear on what you want. You can get clear on what you need to think in order to feel the way you want to feel. But do you actually believe in yourself, in your goal, in this new thought that you're thinking on purpose, before you even have the result? What do you need to think in order to feel the desired emotion? How do you want to feel in 2025? And I would offer to ask all of these questions, not just now, at the beginning of the year, but throughout the entire year. What parts of your life would you like to choose again? What do you value? What are your top three to five values? You might have more, you might have less. That's my sweet spot. Three to five, and how do you want to feel? More, you might have less, that's my sweet spot. Three to five. And how do you want to feel? Check in, be honest with yourself. Be so honest with yourself, and here's the other thing.
Speaker 2:I want to invite in. Let it be painful, right? If you notice that you did quote sleep on yourself in 2024, if your goal was to, I want to work out five times a week and you barely worked out one to two times a week, right. And you're noticing I wouldn't choose that again. And you're noticing I'm a little bit frustrated with my behavior last year. I'm a little bit frustrated with how I showed up last year. That's okay. That is okay. You're allowed to feel frustrated. What I don't want you to do is beat yourself up, feel frustrated about it, decide what you're going to do instead and then move forward. Beating yourself up is not going to serve you. How do you want to show up in the world that is in alignment with your best self? Your best self is not beating themselves up into their goal. They're cheering themselves on into their goal. How are you going to cheer yourself on? What are your goals this year? You got this, my friends. I am so excited. Go to nannikamilcom to go and see my events, what I'm rolling out this year with new programs rolling out, new classes rolling out For me this year, when I did this reflection for myself, when I was looking at what parts of my life I would like to choose again and not choose again.
Speaker 2:And then how I wanted to feel. To be very, very honest with you all, last year I felt very reactive when I was asking this question to myself how did I feel mostly in 2024? I mostly felt reactive. Did I get stuff done? Absolutely, but it felt very reactive in 2024. So for me, for 2025, I'm planning ahead.
Speaker 2:Proactive is my word, amongst other words, but proactive is one that I'm keeping at the forefront to. For me, my little tagline that goes with proactive is three steps ahead. How can I be three steps ahead and that's not just in business, right? Yeah, I want to be three steps ahead in business and in my career, but I also want to be three steps ahead in my wellness. I want to be three steps ahead in nurturing my marriage. I want to be three steps ahead in being a good parent. I'm not a parent yet. I pray that one day I'll be a parent. Maybe I'll change my mind. I like to say that sometimes to give myself grace, to change my mind that maybe I won't be a mom, but right now, that is something that's in my spirit, that's been in my spirit, so I want to be three steps ahead for being a parent. What do I need to do now to prepare for my unborn child? That's what's coming up for me for 2025 is being proactive.
Speaker 2:So, if you want to be more proactive, if you want to be more in alignment, if you want, what do you want? I'm not going to put any more words or thoughts in your brain. What do you want? Remember you can have it. Remember that what has been placed on your heart is yours. You can trust what's been placed on your heart and that you have everything within you, where you are right now, to create success. As you see success. What does success look like to you? What does alignment look like to you? What does alignment look like to you and feel like to you in 2025?
Speaker 2:Get clear on it, claim it my friends and, as always, if you want support and help with this, you know where to find me. I'll see you next week. Hey friend, if you like this podcast, I would love it. If you give us a five-star rating, share it with your friends. If you're interested in one-on-one coaching, if this podcast resonates with you and you're ready for some one-on-one support support for you and your journey. Go ahead to nandikamilcom to learn more or head over to nandikamilasme to sign up for your free discovery call.