Nikki: Setting Myself Free

Last Day

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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After getting engaged, Nikki Vargas was staring down a lifetime of white picket fences, suburbs, and 2.5 kids. And deep down she knew she couldn’t do it. So years into a confining relationship, and even deeper into a love affair with travel and journalism that compromised the future her fiancé imagined, Nikki had to make a life-changing choice. She talks with Stephanie about how, ultimately, that choice might just be the best one she’s ever made. This series is presented by the Marguerite Casey Foundation. MCF supports leaders who work to shift the balance of power in their communities toward working people and families, and who have the vision and capacity for building a truly representative economy. Learn more at caseygrants.org or visit on social media @caseygrants. Follow Stephanie on Instagram at @wittelstephanie. Stay up to date with us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LemonadaMedia. Have a story you want to share? Head to bit.ly/lastdaystories to fill out our confidential Google form. Joining Lemonada Premium is a great way to support our show and get bonus content. Subscribe today at bit.ly/lemonadapremium. And if you want to continue the conversation with other listeners, join the My Lemonada community at https://lemonadamedia.com/mylemonada/ For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. To follow along with a transcript, go to www.lemonadamedia.com/show/lastday shortly after the air date. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's David Dachovny.
0:03.0	Do you ever feel like a failure?
0:05.0	Trust me, I get it.
0:07.0	Hell, I've spent my whole life, almost, feeling like a failure.
0:11.0	It's appropriate, though, because on Fail Better my new
0:14.3	podcast with Lemonaut Media exploring the world of failure, how it holds its back
0:19.0	propels us forward and ultimately shapes our lives is the whole point.
0:24.8	Each week I'll chat with artists, athletes, actors, and experts about how our perceived failures
0:30.9	have actually been our biggest catalysts for growth,
0:34.4	revelation, and even healing.
0:36.7	Through these conversations, I hope we can learn how to embrace the opportunity of
0:40.2	failure and fail better together.
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0:56.0	Hi, I'm Sujian Pac.
0:57.0	And I'm Koolop Vializak.
0:59.0	We're your host and on this show we talk about the things we buy,
1:02.0	the things we buy into, and what it says about who we are.
1:05.1	That's right. Each week we're going to have some honest and maybe, you know, a little
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