Today is the 2026 iHeartPodcast Awards… and Young and Profiting is nominated for BEST Business & Finance Podcast! 🏆 This moment belongs to this community. Every episode you listen to, every insight you apply, every time you share the show… it all adds up. And today we get to celebrate it together. If you want to watch the awards LIVE tonight, tune in here: 👉 Watch live on Veeps at 8PM ET: https://ihr.fm/iHeartPodcastAwards2026 👉 Or listen live in the iHeartRadio app: https://ihr.fm/ThePodcastChannel Let’s show up strong for the YAP community tonight. Drop a 🎉 in the comments if you’ll be watching! Listen. Learn. Profit!

When Hala Taha invites you to show up, you show up. Here’s a little about my path and why I do what I do. At 52 former CPA, actual Medical Office Manager in the middle of COVID, I started writing romance novels. I had zero plan. I just needed somewhere to put my creativity and it turned into five published books under my pen name Nikki Kiley. Honestly? I fell in love with telling stories about women figuring themselves out.Then I realized I was in the middle of my own. I took Alyssa Nobriga’s Coaching Mastery Certification Course (she’s also the host of Healing & Human Potential Podcast) and got certified as a life coach and kept meeting the same woman over and over. Different face, different professions, but the same feeling. Successful on paper. Quietly wondering if there was something more meant for her. I knew that woman. I had been that woman. So I started The Joy Shift podcast because that story deserved a voice.

Hey YAP Fam! I’m curious… what’s one skill you’re focusing on improving next week? Whether it’s something big like mastering AI or perfecting your time management, I want to hear about it! For me, I’m 100% focused on AI and setting up my "second brain." I'm organizing my task system where my inbox and Slack are monitored for tasks twice a day, so I stay on top of things. Plus, I can give AI voice directions to draft responses to emails, and I just tweak the drafts in my inbox. It’s massively improved my productivity. As a busy CEO, training a new Chief of Staff has been a challenge, but this AI setup has honestly been a lifesaver! Let’s all share our goals and hold each other accountable 💪 Drop yours below! 👇

BIG NEWS!!! Young and Profiting has been nominated for a 2026 iHeartPodcast Award in the Best Business & Finance category… and I’m the only female host nominated in this space. 🥹🎙️ And that’s not all… we were also just nominated for the 2026 Indie Podcast Awards in the Best Independent Business & Entrepreneurship. This feels so meaningful because this journey didn’t start with fame or followers. It started in my mom’s basement… recording episodes with no big studio, no team, no guarantees, just a mic, a laptop and a whole lot of passion!!!! Here’s how you can help us WIN 🏆 If this podcast has ever helped you: 👉 Leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts 👉 Subscribe to our YouTube channel and comment on the latest episodes 👉 Connect with me and follow along on LinkedIn and Instagram Your love, support, and continued encouragement truly mean everything... your support is what makes moments like this possible. THANK YOU!!!!