I Don't Want That Life: Moving from Corporate Retail to Spiritual Coaching with Nicole Beaudin, pt 1

What happens when you're succeeding on paper but falling apart on the inside? In Part 1 of this RTDB conversation, Christy sits down with Nicole Beaudin — alignment leadership coach, Reiki-trained facilitator, and author of the This Way to Lightness Substack — to talk about the corporate career that looked impressive from the outside and felt hollow from within.Nicole shares her path from Williams-Sonoma and West Elm to Tory Burch, and the moment a psychic in Wisconsin handed her a piece of black tourmaline and changed everything. She opens up about discovering she's an empath, learning Reiki as an act of self-preservation, and what it felt like to look up at the women ahead of her in corporate and think: I don't want that life.In this episode of RTDB, you'll hear:How Nicole's reference to an archaelogical dig reminded Christy of a transformative bookWhy high-achieving people pleasers are often the most disconnected from their own needsWhat empaths are (and the neuroscience behind why they experience the world differently)How Reiki became Nicole's entry point into intuitive healingThe moment Nicole knew corporate retail wasn't her final chapter — and how she leaned into spiritual practice instead of pushing throughLearn more and work with Nicole at nicolebeaudin.comFollow her Substack here: https://substack.com/@nicolebeaudinOrder your copy of Something More by Sarah Ban Breathnach from Thrift Books