S23 Ep4: Nikki Trott — Author, Speaker, Strategist & Advisor — Trusting your gut: why following intuition is better than a business plan
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Warning: This podcast could change your life!
What if business wasn’t just about profit — but about purpose, joy and soulfulness too? What if trusting your instinct could lead you to achieve great things?
In this episode of Conversations of Inspiration, Holly is joined by Nikki Trott — author, speaker, strategist, and advisor — whose journey has taken her from consulting for iconic luxury brands like Mulberry and Mercedes, to writing her visionary book, Sacred Business.
Nikki shares how returning to her roots after years of nomadic living, and relying on her intuition, has shaped every step of her journey: from walking away from a successful but unfulfilling career, to reimagining entrepreneurship as a practice rooted in values and fulfilment.
Together, Holly and Nikki explore the blending of spirituality and business. They also reflect on feminine strength, navigating grief, personal growth and letting go — while offering practical wisdom for building businesses with authenticity.
This conversation is a powerful reminder that success can be redefined. Business can be both strategic and sacred, ambition can be reimagined and trusting your intuition can open doors you never expected to walk through.
If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s possible to build a business that truly reflects who you are — and do it with joy, purpose and depth — this episode will speak straight to your heart.
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| 0:00.0 | Business can be many, many things. |
| 0:01.7 | Business is not good or bad. |
| 0:03.2 | Business is a vehicle. |
| 0:04.8 | How am I going to use my agency that I have to create business that creates the ripple effects in the world that I want to leave behind when I'm gone? |
| 0:15.4 | This conversation has made me not only pause and reflect, but I feel like I cannot control how excited I am |
| 0:24.8 | about thinking about what I've just spoken about. Today, I interviewed Nikki Trott, author, |
| 0:30.8 | strategist, speaker and the woman behind the book I'm reading, Sacred Business. Nicky's words were so honest and they were so connected to her soul that I don't think I've |
| 0:47.0 | spoken to someone like it. |
| 0:48.6 | I absolutely think that Nikki's pursuit in helping us become more conscious business leaders, |
| 0:59.3 | more conscious entrepreneurs is one of the most important things that needs to be done |
| 1:05.8 | right now on this planet. I believe that business has the power to change everything and why not for good. |
| 1:13.3 | And it needs someone like Nikki and that incredible brain and soul that she has to do just that. |
| 1:21.8 | Like a breath of fresh air, Nikki reminds us that business doesn't have to be just the hustle. I mean, it can be aligned with your |
| 1:30.6 | actual consciousness and it can be incredibly deeply human just like us. Our businesses can reflect |
| 1:38.9 | who we really are at our core. So you can imagine, if you know me, how much that spoke to me and also how much |
| 1:47.6 | I know it's going to speak to you. I know that today, if you listen to this, this podcast might just |
| 1:55.6 | change your life. Enjoy. By your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going you won't need to bring |
| 2:04.9 | your frown. |
| 2:05.9 | Hi, I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to my podcast Conversations of Inspiration. |
| 2:11.9 | I've reached out to founders and those who simply inspire me to share their hard-earned wisdom with you. My hope is that |
| 2:20.5 | collectively, these remarkable realisations will help you on your own journey. I like to think of it |
| 2:27.1 | as inspiration for life. So let's begin this week's conversation of inspiration. |
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