Building A Career Without Losing Yourself with Nicolle Galyon

About this episode

Nicolle Galyon discusses her journey of self-discovery and the importance of building a life around what truly matters.

Nicolle mentions her time at Onsite's Living Centered Group Intensive in this conversation and the transformation thathappened for her during that program. If you want to know more about that experience, visit experienceonsite.com or give our team a call at 1(800)341-7432. Have you ever built a life that looks like everything you wanted and realized you left the most important version of yourself behind? What if going home and getting quiet enough to hear yourself was actually the bravest thing you could do? Nicolle Galyon is one of country music's most decorated songwriters — BMI Songwriter of the Year, ACM Song of the Year winner, and the writer behind hits for Dan + Shay, Lee Brice, Kenny Chesney, Miranda Lambert, Keith Urban, andcountless others. But beyond the number ones, Nicolle has done something harder: she stopped, looked inward, and rebuilt her life around what matters most. In this conversation, you'll learn: How to Recognize When Achievement Has Become Your Medicator How to Find the Childhood Script Running Your Life Without Permission How to Trade the Pressure of Outcomes for the Freedom of Loving the Process How Stillness Unlocks the Creativity That Noise Has Been…

People in this episode

Host: Miles Adcox

Guest: Nicolle Galyon

Topics covered

• self-discovery
• creativity
• personal growth
• achievement
• community
• parenting

Keywords

• self-improvement
• songwriting
• life transformation
• achievement
• creativity
• community
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onsite, BMI, ACM

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