What if the biggest heartbreak wasn’t romantic — but the end of a friendship?

In this powerful episode, Kim sits down with Nicole Kelly, global leader and author of Losing a Friendship, Finding Myself: How a Friendship-Breakup Catapulted Me Into the Person I Was Meant to Be.

Together, they unpack the emotional wreckage that comes from losing someone who once knew your soul — and how that loss can actually become the most honest mirror of your healing.

⚡️This isn’t just about grief. It’s about becoming.

Nicole shares the behind-the-scenes story of writing her book while balancing motherhood, marriage, and a career that spans continents and industries. From college football friendships to trauma recovery, from building her identity to walking away from what no longer aligned — this episode is equal parts raw truth and hopeful transformation.

In this episode, we explore:

• How friendship breakups often hit harder than romantic ones

• The trauma ripple effect no one sees coming — and how it shows up later

• Why high-achieving women struggle to grieve when they’re always “on”

• Healing through reflection, therapy, and writing

• Embracing your authentic self — even when it feels like starting over

• Leadership, motherhood, and the radical act of telling your truth

Whether you’ve lost a friend, felt the ache of change, or are standing at a crossroads in your identity — this episode will meet you there, without judgment.

✨You’re not broken. You’re evolving.
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Most women are taught from birth that their worth comes from being available: say yes, be polite, serve first, smile more. Cultural, religious, and generational programming has drilled into us that a “good woman” gives until she has nothing left.

But boundaries? They disrupt that script. And that’s why they feel so damn hard.

In this episode, Kim breaks down why boundaries have nothing to do with other people and everything to do with self-respect. She shares her own story of building a business (and a life) on availability — and how Warrior Forward now operates on the exact opposite: alignment, sovereignty, and non-negotiable boundaries.

In this episode:

• Why boundaries are about you, not them.

• How cultural, religious, and generational rules wired women against boundaries.

• Why guilt isn’t truth — it’s just an echo of old conditioning.

• What boundaries actually model for your kids, partner, and team.

• A powerful reframe: boundaries as sovereignty, not selfishness.

Tangible takeaway: Identify one boundary you’ve been avoiding, write it down, and ask: “What would respecting this boundary say about how much I respect myself?”

Because in 2025, the old rules don’t apply anymore.

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Every fall, the hashtags roll out. The promise? Do more, push harder, check the boxes — and magically walk into the new year as a “better” woman.

Let’s be real: those challenges look shiny on Instagram, but most women end up crawling into January exhausted, guilty, and burned out.

In this episode, Kim unpacks why these hustle-wrapped challenges implode women instead of transforming them — and how to do Q4 differently. You’ll see why “finish strong” culture actually erodes your capacity, your joy, and your nervous system.

Kim shares her own story of facilitating such a challenge for former clients and building Warrior Forward on the exact same grind energy — then burning out and rebuilding her life and business on alignment, sovereignty, and somatic capacity instead.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why “push harder” challenges feel empowering at first but collapse into guilt, shame, and deprivation.

• How hustle-wrapped habits mess with your nervous system and feed all-or-nothing thinking.

• Why these programs especially wreck women during the holidays and create the infamous January funk.

• The deeper truth: these challenges weren’t built for your season of life, they were built to look good on a feed.

• What to do instead: somatic safety, aligned habits, permission-based growth that sticks.

RESET BEFORE THE RUSH:

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(Optional links to ground the episode — not a takedown, just context for curious listeners.)

• Habit formation is variable, not “21 days” — Scientific American, average ~66 days but ranges from 18–254 depending on the behavior.

• All-or-nothing thinking & perfectionism in CBT — Psychology Today breakdown of why it fuels shame and quitting.

• Hustle culture & burnout — Entrepreneur on why chronic stress dulls your edge instead of sharpening it.

• Sleep & cognition — Sleep Foundation on how cutting rest wrecks mood, focus, and decision-making.

• Sustainable behavior change — Ahead coaching blog on micro-habits, identity alignment, and joyful rewards.