How to Know When It’s Time to Leave—Your Job, Your Partner, or Your Old Self with Nicole Walters

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Health & Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education, Self-improvement, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

#312: If you’ve ever felt like you’re too loud, too soft, too opinionated, too emotional, too ambitious—or just too much—this episode is for you.

Nicole Walters is back on the podcast, and in true Nicole fashion, she’s not holding anything back. After walking away from a 12-year marriage, becoming a mom again at 40, writing a bestselling memoir, and rebranding her platform, she’s learned exactly what it costs to become your truest self. And why it’s always worth it.

We talk about what happens when you stop downplaying yourself to stay likable, why clarity often comes after loss, and how to stop shrinking yourself just because it makes other people more comfortable.

If you’ve been tiptoeing around your own evolution—afraid of how it might look, or who it might upset—you need to press play on this episode.

We talk about:

The cost of shrinking to be palatable
Using your platform when your values are louder than your fear
The difference between responding and reacting
Her postpartum experience and why having a baby at 40 changed everything
Being misunderstood and doing it anyway
How to know when it’s time to leave—your job, your relationship, your old self

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:04.2	Real quick, before we get into the episode, I had to let you know that the Lucky Girl
0:08.3	Fall merch line just dropped.
0:11.0	It's cozy.
0:12.1	It's cute.
0:13.2	It's just for the Clovers.
0:14.5	We've got our Lucky Girl tea.
0:15.9	We have our Clover crew neck.
0:17.4	The perfect Lucky Girl mug for all your morning beverages in a tote that holds
0:22.9	literally everything. You can check out the collection now at shop.deermedia.com or head to the show
0:29.6	notes. If you're feeling lucky, this collection is just for you. Welcome back to She's So Lucky, the podcast all about ways we create our own luck. My name is
0:46.6	Les. I'm your host. And I am very excited to welcome back a special guest who actually had on
0:51.6	the podcast two years ago. However, I have known her,
0:55.2	followed her, loved her from afar for many years, and I'm so excited to have her back. So please
0:59.9	join me and welcoming back, Nicole Walters. Hello, Les. I'm glad to be here. I'm so happy to
1:04.6	have you back. It's been exactly two years since our last episode. No, like to the day. Almost.
1:09.0	We recorded in September, 2023 and released October
1:13.1	2023, which is what we're going to do today. Girl, my life is a whirlwind. So much has happened
1:17.4	since then. Holy canoli. So just as a quick cliff notes for people who are maybe catching up of
1:23.2	what has happened for you in the past two years, released in New York Times bestselling memoir.
1:27.4	You got remarried. I did. I was nominated for an Emmy and an OACP Award. Amazing. And the WACP Award. Had a beautiful baby girl. And a baby girl. Yep. Got divorced. Like it was finalized. Yes. You have continued running an incredible business, leaning into every pivot, meeting, every moment as needed. Yes, rebranded the podcast. Rebranded your podcast. Gave up wigs for a little while, shifted to braids, went back to wigs. Had a couple of skirmishes with my eyebrow girl, but, you know, we're back to fullness again. And people who know, eyebrows are important to you. Not just important. They are like a defining characteristic around trust for me. So like, think about this. If someone has bad eyebrows, they're not doing your taxes. They're not watching your kids. They're not doing anything. Honestly, I don't even think I let them make a sandwich for me. Like there's, it's a very serious relationship. So yeah, it's been a lot. It's been a lot. It's been a busy. A busy two years. I'm hoping the next two years are still filled with accomplishments and growth.
2:21.2	But, man, if they're a little quieter, that'd be all right.
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