Explore every episode of the podcast Fit To Love Conversations
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| Behind the Chair Dating Talk: Red Flags, Players & “Are We Dating the Same Guy? | 12 Mar 2026 | 00:25:39 | |
During this episode, Nicole and Savannah discuss: • What hairstylists really hear behind the chair about modern dating • Red flags, players, and recycled texting patterns • Online dating culture and why so many women ignore their intuition • The importance of standards and boundaries in today’s dating world • Why holding off on sex until commitment changes the dynamic • The moment Savannah recognized the same man texting multiple women Episode Listener Preview In this fun, honest, and unfiltered conversation, Nicole sits down with Savannah Brown, salon owner and longtime hairstylist, to unpack what she’s witnessed behind the chair after 17 years in the beauty industry. From dating horror stories to recycled pickup lines, Savannah shares how often the same patterns show up across different women — including recognizing identical texts sent by the same man to multiple clients. This episode dives into: • Dating culture today • Why anxiety is often a red flag • How players operate • Why women struggle to hold boundaries • The power of waiting for commitment before intimacy It’s blunt. It’s real. And it’s the kind of girl-talk truth that only happens in a salon chair. Guest Bio Savannah Brown is a Mesa, Arizona-based hairstylist and salon owner with 17 years of experience in the beauty industry. After spending 16 years working in large salons, she took the leap and opened her own studio in 2023. Savannah has studied hair internationally in Paris and London and specializes in extensions, blondes, and brunettes. As a single mom of two, she has built her business from the ground up while becoming a trusted confidante to countless women who share their dating stories behind the chair. Her firsthand insight into modern relationships brings a unique, honest perspective to today’s dating culture conversations. Salon: @the_setsalon Personal: @Miss_savannah_leigh Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Your Partner Is Not the Enemy: The Communication Shift That Saves Relationships | 05 Mar 2026 | 00:25:43 | |
During this episode, Nicole and Brian discuss:
Episode Listener Preview In this honest conversation, Brian shares how his mindset around conflict avoidance and emotional shutdown impacted his marriage. He opens up about how he believed “no fight was better than fighting,” and how that belief slowly created distance instead of peace. Through the simple but powerful “beach after work” story, we unpack how easy it is to default to our own needs without realizing we’re unintentionally dismissing our partner’s. This episode is a reminder that:
Guest Bio Brian Winingar is a 52-year-old entrepreneur and divorce coach who works primarily with men. A concrete business owner by day and mentor by night, Brian focuses on helping men look inward, process unresolved trauma, and develop the emotional tools needed for healthier relationships. Drawing from his own lived experiences, he now guides men to communicate more openly, move beyond avoidance patterns, and become more transparent and emotionally present with their partners. Where Audiences Can Connect with Brian Instagram: @brianscottwiningar Your host Nicole Allison ~
Life, love & healing - shared honestly Growing, learning, rebuilding out loud. | |||
| Loving, connected marriage in midlife and beyond with Marriage & Relationship Coach, Lisa Kneller | 01 Jan 2026 | 00:21:04 | |
In this episode, I sit down with Marriage & Relationship Coach, Lisa Kneller, to talk about what it really takes to create — and sustain — a loving, connected marriage in midlife and beyond. Lisa shares how doing the inner work of self-love and awareness becomes the foundation for emotional intimacy, meaningful communication, and long-term partnership. We explore acceptance, releasing unrealistic expectations, leading with compassion, and bringing lightness and play back into your relationship. We also reflect on the beautiful — and sometimes vulnerable — journey of rebuilding your relationship with yourself first, and how that inner healing can ripple into every connection in your life. If you’re longing for a marriage that feels more grounded, soulful, and emotionally safe — this conversation will speak to your heart. How midlife marriages can lose intimacy — and the real inner-work that helps rebuild emotional connection
Guest Bio — Lisa Kneller Lisa Kneller is a Marriage and Relationship Coach for courageous women in midlife and beyond. Through her signature approach, Midlife Marriage Mastery, Lisa helps women revive connection, deepen emotional intimacy, and lead their marriages with love and intention — starting with the inner work. She is the author of The Inner Work of Love: 10 Understandings for Lasting Relationships and host of the Midlife Marriage Mastery podcast, where she shares tools, stories, and spiritual insight to help women create marriages that feel soulful, supportive, and alive. With nearly 40 years of marriage, a background in yoga, mindfulness, and identity work, Lisa brings warmth, depth, and practical wisdom — helping women transform their relationships from the inside out. Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Fit to Love Conversations: Content Creation, Confidence, and Community | 18 Dec 2025 | 00:23:22 | |
During this episode, Nicole and Sybil discuss:
Episode Listener Preview In this episode, listeners will hear: • How entrepreneurs can show up even when they’re camera shy • Why capturing footage is the missing link for many female business owners • The mindset shift that happens when we drop perfection pressure • And how community transforms visibility into something exciting, uplifting, and sustainable Guest Bio Sybil Imel is a confidence coach who specializes in helping female business owners show up with intention online. Through her one-day, momentum-driven Content Ready Sessions, Sybil creates space for entrepreneurs to capture genuine, confidence-fueled footage — even when they’re camera shy or unsure where to start. Her belief is that content creation doesn’t have to feel forced or perfect — it just needs to feel authentic, strategic, and empowering. A big part of her work includes guiding entrepreneurs on exactly what to do with their content after it’s captured, removing the overwhelm and replacing it with clarity. Sybil also speaks passionately about community-based content creation — how collaborating, filming, and posting together feels like being part of a supportive girl group. Her clients leave not only with powerful footage, but new friendships, connections, social media support, and renewed excitement about finally stepping into their visibility. Where Audiences Can Connect with Sybil • Instagram: @contentreadysessions • Content Ready Sessions — captured and coached through Content Ready Sessions Thank you for tuning in, Nicole Allison Fit to Love Conversations Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Fit to Love Conversations: Six-Figure Vision, 100+ Women Authors, and the Nonprofit for Young Writers with Guest Mel Carr | 04 Dec 2025 | 00:23:01 | |
Podcast Conversation Highlights During this episode, Mel and Nicole discuss:
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Guest Bio Mel Carr is a high-impact entrepreneur and publishing leader. She built the movement behind Six‑Figure Chicks, a platform that has grown into an international book series spotlighting women’s success stories, with 100+ published women authors who have shared their voices through her company. Mel is also the founder and CEO of Cloversy Publishing, a boutique publishing and brand-support agency that helps women write, publish, and step into bigger opportunities through storytelling and stage-building. Most recently, she launched Her Write to Rise, a nonprofit created to provide mentorship and writing support for young women, helping them develop confidence, skill, and creative voice through authorship. Her nonprofit works alongside partners including Phoenix, Arizona, United States, where much of her community outreach for young writers has been supported. Mel’s mission work reflects her core belief: every woman and young writer has a story that deserves to be told — and can create lasting impact when given the platform and support to do so. Where Audiences Can Connect with Mel
Thank you for listening, Your host Nicole Allison - please reach out with questions or requests. Happy to connect. Instagram @Nicole Allison visit my website www.fittolovecoaching.com or email me nicoleallison@fittolovecoaching.com Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Preview Six-Figure Vision, 100+ Women Authors, and the Nonprofit for Young Writers | 02 Dec 2025 | 00:00:50 | |
Episode Trailer - Launching this week. In this episode, listeners will hear:
Where Audiences Can Connect with Mel
Your host can be found on Instagram @Nicole Allison visit my website www.fittolovecoaching.com or email me nicoleallison@fittolovecoaching.com Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| How to Use AI to Build Resilience and Regulate Your Emotions | 26 Feb 2026 | 00:25:10 | |
During this episode, Nicole and Bella discuss: Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Stop Going Back: The Truth About Inconsistent Love | 19 Feb 2026 | 00:25:47 | |
During this episode, Nicole and Mindy discuss:
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Guest Bio: Mindy Andrews shares her story as a woman who spent years returning to a connection that felt familiar, yet never truly safe or committed. In this honest conversation, she opens up about the anxiety of inconsistency, the hope that kept her returning, and how self-abandonment slowly became her normal. Mindy reflects on the moment she realized that what she was holding onto was potential, not partnership, and how choosing herself meant letting go of emotional chaos in favor of clarity and peace. Her story is a reminder that choosing yourself is not selfish—it is sacred, brave, and deeply healing. This episode is part of the Healing on the Mic series, where real women and men share how they are breaking cycles, choosing self-respect, and learning to date from a grounded, healed place. Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| How dating nearly broke Nicole and brought her to her knees emotionally | 12 Feb 2026 | 00:21:27 | |
During this episode, Nicole discusses:
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Episode Description: Imagine if women were given a “dating boot camp” before ever stepping into the dating world. A place where we were taught the red flags. The texts that sound good but mean nothing. The patterns that repeat. The behaviors that slowly erode our self-worth. In this deeply vulnerable solo episode, Nicole shares how online dating nearly broke her emotionally and spiritually. She opens up about the pain, anxiety, and stress that led her into blackout behaviors and emotional numbness, and how dating became a way of coping instead of connecting. She talks about discovering the hidden side of online dating, including women’s safety groups that expose repeated patterns of dishonesty, manipulation, and emotional unavailability. What shocked her most was realizing how many of the same men, with the same behaviors, were still showing up years later with different women. This episode is a warning, a mirror, and a call to self-respect. If you are newly out of a relationship, feeling unhealed, or looking for dating to fill an emotional void, this conversation is your invitation to pause. To protect your heart. To honor your body. And to remember that your worth does not come from being chosen. Your body is sacred. Your heart deserves safety. And love should never require you to abandon yourself. Closing Sign-Off: Thank you for tuning in to Fit to Love Conversations. Hosted by Nicole Allison Heart Healing and Dating Resilience Coach Instagram: @FitToLoveCoaching Website: www.FitToLoveCoaching.com Email: nicoleallison@fittolovecoachong.com Helping women strengthen their hearts, spirits, and minds from the inside out. Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| In this special episode Lisa Kneller interviews Nicole Allison | 05 Feb 2026 | 00:27:36 | |
During this episode, Lisa Kneller interviews Nicole Allison and they discuss:
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Guest Bio: Nicole Allison is a Heart Healing and Dating Resilience Coach, founder of Fit to Love Coaching, and host of Fit to Love Conversations. Her work is rooted in helping women heal emotional wounds and then live from that healing in their dating lives so they no longer abandon themselves for connection. In this powerful interview, Nicole shares how dating while wounded took a toll on her heart, her body, and her sense of self. She explains how adopting the belief “My body is sacred” became a turning point that transformed her boundaries, her dating choices, and her relationship with herself. Nicole introduces her SACRED framework—Self-honor, Awareness, Choice with intention, Regulation, Embodiment, and Discernment—as a way for women to reclaim reverence for their bodies and emotional safety. Her story reminds us that healing is not about becoming someone new, but about returning to the wisdom already within.
Where audience can connect with Lisa:
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| When Your Body Feels Unsafe: The Healing Power of Circadian Rhythm | 29 Jan 2026 | 00:23:50 | |
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During this episode, Nicole and Brooke discuss:
Guest Bio (refined and aligned): Brooke Erickson, MS, CN is a functional holistic nutritionist and creator of the Quantum Nourishment Framework, an approach that blends functional nutrition, circadian biology, nervous system regulation, and energetic alignment to restore deep vitality. Her work centers around the circadian rhythm method, helping women realign their bodies with their natural biological timing to regulate stress, restore energy, improve sleep, balance hormones, and rebuild emotional stability. Brooke guides women out of chaos and survival mode by teaching them how to work with light, rhythm, nourishment, and safety cues that signal the nervous system to heal. She is known for her grounded presence and her ability to translate complex science into simple, accessible practices that create lasting change and self-trust. Where Audiences Can Connect with Brooke:
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| Restore truth and confidence in your wellness journey | 22 Jan 2026 | 00:23:31 | |
During this episode, Nicole and Dr. Alexis Sams discuss:
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Guest Bio: Dr. Alexis Sams, PT is the founder of Sovara Health Systems, a wellness education company devoted to restoring truth, confidence, and clarity to people’s health decisions. Through her FoodClues™ and BodyClues™ frameworks, she teaches individuals and clinicians how to identify meaningful symptom patterns and understand what their bodies are communicating. Her work centers on empowering people to navigate their healing with discernment, self-trust, and simple, design-honoring strategies that support real transformation. Where Audiences Can Connect with Dr. Alexis: IG. @sovarahealthsystems Website - Sovarahealth.com Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Dawn Stebbing, the Voice & Visibility Strategist and Global Image Expert | 15 Jan 2026 | 00:24:44 | |
During this episode, Nicole and Dawn discuss: • Why so many professional women feel overlooked or invisible • How visibility and confidence are built from the inside out • The difference between image and authentic presence • What “The Visibility Edge™” looks like in real life • Simple shifts to increase influence, leadership presence, and self-trust • How inner healing changes how we show up externally • This episode speaks to anyone who has ever felt unseen or unheard • We explore how internal beliefs shape presence • Nicole opens up about trying to “fix the outside” while hurting inside • We talk about aligning inner and outer confidence • Listeners will walk away with encouragement and practical visibility tools Guest Bio – Dawn Stebbing:Dawn Stebbing, the Voice & Visibility Strategist and Global Image Expert, empowers women to own their presence, lead with confidence, and turn visibility into profitability. With over four decades in sales and leadership, she’s coached hundreds of entrepreneurs and executives to lead with authenticity and credibility — aligning who they are on the inside with how they show up on the outside. She has been featured in The Mesa Tribune, The Mesa Daily Independent, and The Morning Show. Connect with Dawn:Instagram: @DawnStebbing Website: dawnstebbing.com Email: dawn@dawnstebbing.com Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Helping Women Regulate Their Nervous Systems During Hard Conversations with Guest Jeanine Tripodi | 08 Jan 2026 | 00:20:28 | |
In this episode, I sit down with Emotional Reactivity Strategist and Divorce Composure Coach, Jeanine Tripodi, to talk about one of the most emotional and destabilizing experiences a woman can walk through — divorce. Your host Nicole Allison ~
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| Heartbreak, Dating & Alcohol: What I Had to Admit to myself | 19 Mar 2026 | 00:19:35 | |
During this episode, Nicole discusses: • How alcohol became a subtle escape during heartbreak and emotional pain • The difference between “liquid courage” and emotional numbing • Why drinking while heartbroken clouds discernment and intuition • How trauma combined with alcohol can blur your ability to recognize red flags • The risk of lowered boundaries, blackouts, and unsafe situations • Why sober dating — especially in the early stages — builds clarity, safety, and self-respect Episode Listener Preview In this honest solo episode, Nicole reflects on her personal experience with alcohol while navigating heartbreak and dating. She shares how she realized that drinking, even casually, was interfering with her ability to truly feel, discern, and make grounded decisions. When your heart is hurting, alcohol can temporarily soften the pain — but it can also cloud intuition, blur red flags, and disconnect you from what your body is actually telling you. Nicole explores why choosing sobriety, particularly in the early stages of dating, allows you to know whether you genuinely like someone — or whether chemistry is being amplified by liquid courage. This conversation is not about judgment. It’s about awareness, protection, and emotional clarity while healing. Closing Thoughts Nicole shares her personal commitment to sober dating moving forward — not from restriction, but from self-respect and safety. She reflects on how choosing clarity strengthens discernment, protects the heart, and prevents decisions made under emotional distress or intoxication. If you’re walking through heartbreak, divorce, or rebuilding after painful patterns, this episode offers a grounded reminder: your healing deserves a clear mind and a protected heart. Thank you for tuning in to Fit to Love Conversations. Your host Nicole Allison ~
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