Elevate + Align with Nikki

In this previously recorded 11/11 meditation from 2024, we focus on manifesting your dreams through daily aligned action. You’ll learn how to ground yourself, release scarcity blocks, and step into abundance using powerful affirmations and visualization techniques. We’ll also explore a mantra from A Course in Miracles to help guide you in aligning with your higher purpose.Key Points: • Grounding yourself to be fully present. • Taking small, consistent actions toward your dreams. • Releasing scarcity mindsets and energetic blocks. • Using the A Course in Miracles mantra for guidance. • Visualizing your future self living your dream life.This meditation will help you embrace your power to manifest not just on 11/11, but every day.Follow Nikki online:Instagram: @elevate_and_align_Substack: https://nikkilanigan.substack.com/

In this episode of Elevate and Align with Nikki, we're breaking down what's in, what's out, and what's coming in the fitness world for 2027. From the American College of Sports Medicine's annual fitness trends report to the rise of group fitness, wearable tech, recovery studios, and competitive fitness events — we're covering it all. I'm sharing why I think women don't need to choose just one style of training, why the shift from appearance-based goals to capability-based goals is so exciting, and my thoughts on the wearable tech boom (spoiler: I'm not a fan). Plus, my predictions for where fitness and wellness are heading, and a reminder that no matter what trends come and go, the fundamentals never change.Follow and Subscribe on Substack. https://nikkilanigan.substack.com/Book your free 1:1 Discovery Call to see if working together on health and mindset coaching is a right fit. https://calendly.com/nikkiyogaandwellness/chat-to-get-organized-for-r-b-program

Welcome back to Elevate and Align! In this episode, I guide you through a soothing root chakra grounding meditation designed to help you reconnect with the present moment, feel supported, and find stability — no matter where you are or what's on your plate.We explore the root chakra (Muladhara), located at the base of the spine and associated with the color red, through visualization, affirmations, and the healing tones of a crystal singing bowl tuned to the musical note of C. Whether you're lying down, seated, walking, or even driving, this meditation meets you where you are. If you enjoyed this meditation, please leave a five-star rating and review — it helps others find the podcast and lets me know what content you'd like more of.Socials:Instagram - @elevate_and_align_Substack - https://nikkilanigan.substack.com/

In today's episode I share a recording of a live workshop I co-hosted with Rachael Pachuta the other week. Rachael Pachuta is an Emotional Endurance Coach for high-achieving women navigating life and career transitions. She helps women caught in overthinking and second-guessing get clear on what matters now, trust their decisions, and take a practical next step without waiting for certainty or a perfect plan. Through her Emotional Endurance Method, she helps women build the capacity to face change and create a way forward that fits the life they want. Rachael also writes The Space Between with Rachael on Substack, sharing honest reflections and practical support for women figuring out what comes next.Nikki Lanigan, a yoga/fitness instructor and health and mindset coach who also works in radio and media, and Rachel , an emotional endurance coach and full-time nurse, discuss why it’s difficult for women—especially high achievers balancing work, business, and older kids—to slow down and rest. They explore how productivity can become an identity, how busyness can mask discomfort, and how avoiding feelings can keep people stuck during transitions. Rachel compares emotional endurance to marathon training and shares coaching tools such as taking one small step, waiting 48 hours before decisions, and separating objective truth from self-doubt stories. Nikki discusses meditation misconceptions and offers physical regulation practices including breathwork, EFT tapping, journaling styles, activation meditations while doing tasks, and her CALM method (Check in, Assess, Lower intensity, Move). They share where to find their Substack programs and platforms.00:00 Meet Nikki and Raechel01:32 Why Women Stay Busy02:54 Rest Guilt and Identity06:03 Sitting With Discomfort07:31 Emotional Endurance Mindset08:57 Meditation Myths and Practice12:22 Small Steps Coaching Tools17:01 Breathwork and CALM Method22:24 Where to Find Them25:14 Closing Thoughts and GoodbyeFind Rachael Pachuta: rachaelpachutacoaching.com and on Instagram at @thespacebetweenwithrachael.Substack - The Space Between with Rachael Find Nikki Lanigan:Instagram: @elevate_and_align_Substack: Elevate + Align with Nikki

On today's episode I am joined by my friend Danielle Lowery, registered nurse, wife and mom of three.October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Danielle discovered a lump near her armpit after a normal mammogram, pushed for immediate imaging and biopsy, and was diagnosed August 2025 with triple-negative breast cancer. She describes an aggressive regimen. Danielle discusses parenting through treatment, advocating for care, helpful vs harmful support language, frustrations with “pinkwashing,” redefining wellness and joy, a book recommendation (The Measure), and urges self-exams, timely mammograms, and earlier screening based on family history.Find Danielle on Instagram @danielle.lowery09Find Nikki on Instagram @elevate_and_align_podcast

In this episode of Elevate + Align, host Nikki welcomes back Ryanne Saucier — second-generation broadcaster, entertainment and media attorney, and creator/host of the podcast "How Do I Do This? with Ryanne." Ryanne shares the deeply personal story of how losing her mother unexpectedly in November 2024 led to the creation of her podcast, born from a moment of prayer and a message she believes came from her mom: "Why don't you create it?" They discuss how the creative process has been healing through grief, how friendship dynamics shift when you're in pain, what wellness actually looks like day to day, and how joy and sadness can coexist. Find Ryanne:Instagram - www.instagram.com/howdoidothispodListen to her podcast on all major platforms - How Do I do This Pod with RyanneFind Nikki on Substack - https://nikkilanigan.substack.com/

The last Wednesday of the month a bonus podcast episode will drop. A meditation or a breathing practice.

In this episode of Elevate and Align with Nikki, we're digging into why everything feels like an emergency in midlife — from the mental load of work, kids, aging parents, and notifications, to the habit stacking and multitasking that keeps our nervous systems stuck in overdrive. Nikki introduces the CALM method, a simple four-step framework — Check in, Assess the load, Lower the intensity, and Move or be still — to help you pause, breathe, and create space between the feeling of urgency and your reaction. Plus, a guided breathing exercise you can try right now, and a reminder that not everything and not everyone deserves immediate access to you. Links to Nikki's Substack and the free CALM Method guide are in the show notes.Free Calm Method Guide - https://stan.store/nikklanigan/p/get-my-free-calm-method-Substack - https://substack.com/@nikkilanigan?r=usp93&utm_medium=ios

In this episode, Nikki sits down with Chelsea Piazza Willsey author of Finding Chelsea: How Cancer Ripped Me Open and Brought Me Home. Chelsea shares her raw, honest journey from a breast cancer diagnosis at 37 — with two small children at home — to the unexpected reckoning that came after treatment ended. They dive into the impossible standards women hold for themselves, the identity loss that comes with being a patient, and how feng shui became the unexpected tool that helped Chelsea rediscover who she really is.In this episode:Chelsea's cancer diagnosis at 37 while balancing motherhood and an HR executive careerWhy life after cancer is oddly harder than treatmentThe impossible standards women set for themselves in today's societyHow donating a kidney to her brother was part of a pattern of over-serving othersThe awakening: "What's the point of life? What do I want to be remembered for?"How feng shui helped Chelsea reclaim control and reinvent her space — and herselfMind, body, spirit: why you can't ignore one and favor the othersThe mom guilt of not knowing how to talk to your kids about cancerRapid-fire round: Buffy, Practical Magic, mantras, and what wellness means nowGuest Links:Book: Finding Chelsea: How Cancer Ripped Me Open and Brought Me Home — available October 1 on Amazon and Barnes & NobleWebsite/business: https://sunbloomawakening.comInstagram (business): @sunbloom_awakeningInstagram (decorating/feng shui): @decoratingw.purpose

This episode on financial literacy, money psychology, and how spirituality and manifestation can coexist with practical money management. She clarifies she is not a financial advisor and critiques “woo” financial advice that encourages people to spend money they don’t have on challenges or expensive coaching by maxing out credit cards. Nikki advocates for building a savings cushion, understanding cash flow, debt and interest rates, and learning about retirement options like 401(k)s (including employer matches), IRAs, and 529 college savings plans. She frames financial stability as supporting nervous system regulation and wellness. She discusses Tara Swart’s The Source and summarizes key ideas from Morgan Housel’s The Psychology of Money, emphasizing spending less than you make, saving consistently, investing long term, compounding, and defining “enough."Time Stamp:00:00 Welcome to the Podcast00:30 Money Meets Manifestation02:12 Why We Need Both Worlds04:08 Gabby Bernstein Manifestation Challenge07:18 Calling Out Costly Coaching10:43 Practical Money Basics15:01 The Woo Woo Side17:46 Books and Money Lessons22:46 Your Next Money Steps24:04 Be Both Spiritual and PracticalFind Nikki online:Substack - https://nikkilanigan.substack.com/Instagram - www.instagram.com/elevate_and_align_podcast