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The Visionary Mom is for moms who dare to dream big and create a life of purpose, balance, and joy. Hosted by Nicole Vasco—this podcast is your guide to align your faith, family, and ambitions while navigating the beautiful (and sometimes messy) journey of motherhood. Whether you’re a mom CEO, a mompreneur, or a mom building a business from scratch, The Visionary Mom inspires and equips you to step into your God-given potential. Ready to create a life you love? Visit www.nicolevasco.com for show notes, exclusive discount codes from our sponsors, and additional resources to grow your business. 🖥️ Work with me: https://nicolevasco.com/services/ 👉 Download your FREEBIE here: 🌐 Visit my website: www.nicolevasco.com 💌 Email me anytime: nicole@nicolevasco.com

  1. 5 days ago

    She Was Denied Maternity Leave. Then She Automated Her Way Out with Ashley Gross

    Ashley Gross walked into her office five months pregnant with a laminated maternity leave plan, and walked out being told she did not qualify. Instead of quitting quietly, she built a business she now runs in about 15 hours a week using AI and better systems. In this conversation we get into boundaries, the time audit that changed everything, homeschooling, and the one permission slip every overwhelmed mompreneur needs to hear. If a job has ever made you feel boxed in as a mom, this one is for you. In This Episode You Will Hear ●       The morning Ashley found out she would not get maternity leave, and how she turned the shock into a plan ●       Why working 80-hour weeks to prove herself did not protect her ●       The time audit she called a slap in the face, and what it revealed ●       How she designed her week around her actual productivity instead of willpower ●       The task she was terrified to hand off to AI, and how well it worked ●       Where to start with AI if the whole thing makes you want to close your laptop ●       How she talks to her five-year-old about work, money, and boundaries ●       Her permission slip: just because you are good at something does not mean you have to do it About Ashley Gross Ashley Gross is a Wiley published author and AI strategist who helps mid-market and enterprise leaders turn AI into a real business advantage. She built a $115 million pipeline before AI was a buzzword, and now she teaches executives how to lead, build, and think with it. Her book, The AI Workweek, is available now for pre-order.   Connect With Ashley Website: https://www.aiworkforcealliance.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theashleygross/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-workforce-alliance Book: The AI Work Week, available for pre-order now and on shelves this September. A Verse For This Episode In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9 Next Steps With Nicole ●       Grab the free CEO Day Guide and protect your strategic time: nicolekvasco.com ●       Ready to build your systems in one focused week? DM the word VIP WEEK to start the conversation about a VIP Intensive Week or click here: https://nicolevasco.squarespace.com/ ●       Come say hi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolekvasco/   If any part of this hits home, sit with it for a minute before you go back to your day. You do not need permission to build something that actually fits your life. Build it.

  2. 3 Aug

    Raising the Remnant: Why Discipleship Belongs to You, with Kat Martin

    Last week I told you about the day we decided to homeschool our girls, and the vision God placed in me for who they'd become. What I didn't say out loud is that homeschooling was never really about academics for me. It was about who gets to shape my daughters' hearts. Today's guest has spent almost twenty years thinking about exactly that question, and her book releases today, August 4th! Kat Martin is the co-founder of Raising the Remnant, a ministry devoted to equipping parents to disciple their children at home. She spent almost a decade as a classroom teacher, years in children's ministry and church planting, and she's a writer, instructional designer, and curriculum developer. She holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature, a master's degree in education and instructional design, and is certificated in theology. She lives in Colorado with her husband Rob and their three kids.   In this episode - The moment Kat knew she had to write this book, and the year and a half she spent running from it - Why Kat believes discipleship belongs to parents first, not the church or the Christian school, and the math behind why - What discipleship actually looked like in Kat's home this week, no calendar, no curriculum, just a scared five-year-old and a bedtime moment - What to do if you're new to faith and don't have a Bible verse ready when your kid needs one - What the word remnant means, where it comes from in Scripture, and why Kat believes it's the battle of the next generation - The one thing to change this week if you want to bring more discipleship into your home   Quote to remember "You are just stewarding their childhood while they're here on Earth."   Get the book Raising the Remnant: Stories and Tools to Share Jesus at Home, by Rob and Kat Martin, released today. Available on Amazon and everywhere books are sold. Connect with Kat Visit Raisingtheremnant.org, with free tools including conversation guides and prayer guides for families Find her on Instagram and Facebook Your next step Grab Kat's book, and if today's conversation stirred something in you about your family's vision, grab my free CEO Day Guide too.

  3. 28 Jul

    Why We're Homeschooling: The Logic, the Miracle, and the Word That Changed Everything

    This episode is not meant to make any mom feel bad about her choice, whether that's private school, public school, or something else entirely. This is our story, our family, our lifestyle. If you've been sitting with your own version of a big decision and wondering if it's really from God or just from exhaustion, this one's for you. For months, people have asked me in DMs why we chose to homeschool. I always said, do you want the long answer or the short answer. This episode is the long one. There's a moment I keep coming back to. My daughter, six years old at the time, came home from school and told me something about herself that no six-year-old should ever believe. I won't share her exact words, but it broke something open in me, and it ended a decision I had circled for years. In this episode The years I wanted to homeschool and talked myself out of it, every single re-enrollment seasonThe practical case I built in my head months before anything supernatural happened: tuition, anxious mornings, homework after a full school day, one PE class a week, twenty minutes of recessThe number that changed everything: fifteen hours a week with our family, forty hours a week with someone elseA stranger at church, a message I still can't fully explain, and the moment I knew it was realWhy I still didn't obey right away, and what that year of waiting taught meThe moment I knew we were completely doneThe vision we're actually building toward, and what we're willing to sacrifice for it Quote to remember "Fifteen hours a week with our family. Forty hours a week with someone else. I hated that number." Your next step If this episode stirred something in you, grab my free CEO Day Guide. DM me the word DREAM on Instagram, @nicolekvasco, and I'll send it your way.

  4. 20 Jul

    What Do You Actually Want? Permission to Dream for the Overwhelmed Mompreneur

    This season is about vision. Yours and mine. And the systems that make it possible to actually live it, not just talk about it. Today's episode is your permission slip to say the dream out loud. In this episode The dream I've buried for years, and why a quiet week in Punta Cana finally let it surfaceThe three scripts that kill most of our dreams, and why they're not all the same kind of lieWhat made this dream feel possible this time: representation, a specific order of trust, and a business that no longer needs me every minuteWhy seeing other moms of color living this kind of life gave me permission I didn't know I was waiting forThe difference between an objection that's fear and an objection that's real, and what to do with each oneThe line I want you to remember: don't kill the dream over the objection, build the dream around itYour one assignment for this week, and why it matters more than any five-year plan Scripture referenced Habakkuk 2:2, write the vision and make it plain. Mentioned in this episode My conversation with travel journalist Natalie Preddie on how travel shapes kids' understanding of the world, especially for brown kidsComing August 18: How I'm Homeschooling, Working Full Time, and Running a Business Without Losing It, the full systems breakdown behind this episodeComing next week: Why We're Homeschooling, our family's vision for our daughters Quote to remember "Don't kill the dream over the objection. Build the dream around it." Your next step If this episode stirred something loose, start with my free CEO Day Guide. It walks you through 90 minutes of sitting with your vision and your business on purpose. Think of it as the first 90 minutes of taking your dream seriously.  DM me the word DREAM on Instagram, @nicolekvasco, and I will send it straight to you. Connect InstagramWebsiteVIP Week ApplicationFree CEO Day Guide

  5. 29 Jun

    The CEO Day: How to Carve Out and Maximize Your Strategic Thinking Time

    If you are running your business in stolen moments, reacting to everything, never quite leading anything, this episode is for you. I walk through exactly what a CEO Day is, why execution without strategy is just busyness, and the six-step framework I use every single week to lead my business on purpose. This is the episode that IS the CEO Day Guide in audio form. Listen before you grab the freebie below. What You Will Learn in This Episode Why being busy is not the same as making progressThe difference between running your business and leading itThe five CEO questions that anchor every planning sessionHow to protect strategic thinking time when you have a full-time job and kids who need everythingWhy your physical environment matters more than you thinkWhat happens to your home life when your business finally has direction Key Takeaways Execution without strategy is just busyness. It moves you through the day without moving you forward.The CEO Day is not a luxury. It is the thing that gets you where you are going.Your business needs you to stop executing long enough to lead.Three CEO priorities per week. Only three. Everything else is maintenance.Proverbs 31:27 says she watches over the affairs of her household. Watching over your business means leading it on purpose. Resources Mentioned Free CEO Day Planning GuideThe Visionary Mom Podcast on Instagram: @nicolekvascoVIP Intensive Week Scripture Reference Proverbs 31:27 — She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Connect and Take the Next Step Loved this episode? Here is what to do next: Grab the free CEO Day Planning Guide in the link aboveDM me the word CEO on Instagram and I will send it directly to youShare this episode with a mompreneur friend who is stuck in execution modeLeave a review so more moms can find the show

  6. 15 Jun

    Building a Legacy Your Kids Will Be Proud Of

    Legacy is not something you build someday. It is what you are building right now, in your daily rhythms, your presence, and the habits your kids are absorbing whether you realize it or not. In this deeply personal episode, I share the 5 rhythms she is building into my family's summer, how business systems connect directly to the legacy you leave your children, and the practical tools they use in my home to make it all work.   This one is going to sit with you. RESOURCES AND AFFILIATE LINKS Affiliate Links (Amazon): Dragon Touch Digital Family Calendar: https://amzn.to/4e6lwhC Kids Chore Chart With Star Reward System   Nicole's Resources: Download the free CEO Day Planning Guide Learn more about the VIP Intensive Week Connect with Nicole on Instagram: @nicolekvasco ACTION STEP FROM THIS EPISODE Pick one rhythm from today's episode and start it this week. One. A family devotional at breakfast. A morning routine chart for your kids. A hard stop on work at a specific time. One rhythm, practiced consistently, plants seeds that grow into legacy. LOVED THIS EPISODE? Take a screenshot and share it to your Instagram stories. Tag me at @nicolekvasco and tell her which rhythm you are starting this week. It helps more mompreneurs find this message and hearing from you fills her cup.   Subscribe so you never miss an episode. A new one drops every week. 🙏🏽

  7. 2 Jun

    Automate the Mundane: 5 Things You Should Never Do Manually Again

    Tomorrow is the last day of school. Summer is one day away. And if you are a mompreneur with kids about to be home full time, this episode is your pre-summer game plan.   I share the 5 things I have automated in my own business and home life that have given me back real, present time with my daughters every summer. From email sequences to Asana team workflows to a family calendar in the kitchen that stops the never-ending "what are we doing today" questions, this episode is practical, personal, and exactly what you need before June hits.   Freedom is one of my core values. This episode is about what it actually takes to live it. IN THIS EPISODE Why summer hits different as a working mompreneur and how to prepare before it arrives The difference between busy work and real CEO work, and why automation is the bridge Automation #1: Your Kit email welcome sequence and why it is passive relationship building Automation #2: Building Asana team workflows so your VA never has to ask the same question twice Automation #3: Batching and scheduling content so you can go to the park without guilt Automation #4: Home systems including the Dragon Touch family calendar and Sunday prep routines Automation #5: Client onboarding workflows that run while you are at the pool Why automation is not just a time strategy but a presence strategy RESOURCES AND LINKS Affiliate Links: Kit (email marketing):  — The email tool I use for my welcome sequences and newsletters Dragon Touch Family Calendar: — The digital family calendar I use to keep my girls informed on the daily schedule. Resources: Download the free CEO Day Planning Guide Learn more about the VIP Intensive Week Connect with me on Instagram ACTION STEP FROM THIS EPISODE Pick one automation from today's episode and set it up before summer is in full swing. Just one. Your email welcome sequence in Kit. Your Asana workflow for your VA. Your content scheduler. Your client onboarding. Or start at home with Sunday snack prep and the Dragon Touch calendar.   One system built this week will change the entire feel of your summer. LOVED THIS EPISODE? Take a screenshot and share it to your Instagram stories. Tag me at @nicolekvasco and tell me which automation you are building first. It helps more mompreneurs find this message and hearing from you fills my cup.   Subscribe so you never miss an episode. A new one drops every week.

  8. 19 May

    The Brain Dump Method: The First Step to a Fully Systemized Business

    If you have ever sat down to work, had a real window of time, and spent the first 20 minutes just staring at your screen trying to figure out where to start, this episode is for you.   That frozen feeling is not a discipline problem. It is what happens when you are trying to run a business out of your head. Every task, every idea, every worry swirling around up there takes up space. And when your brain is at capacity, it cannot choose. It cannot focus. It cannot create. It just freezes.   The Brain Dump Method is the first tool I reach for when that happens. It is also the foundation of everything I help mompreneurs build when we work together. In this episode I walk you through exactly how it works, why it changes everything, and how to start using it this week.   IN THIS EPISODE Why your brain was never designed to hold your to-do list and what to do instead The psychology behind why the brain dump works, including why it is especially powerful for ADHD brains The 5-step brain dump process that takes 15 minutes and changes how your whole week feels The two times to use it: as a weekly reset ritual and as an emergency tool when you hit the wall How consistent brain dumping reveals the patterns in your business and points you directly to where you need systems What changed in my own business and family life once this became a non-negotiable weekly habit SCRIPTURE MENTIONED "Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans." — Proverbs 16:3 RESOURCES AND LINKS Download the free CEO Day Planning Guide. Learn more about the VIP Intensive Week. Read the full blog post: The Brain Dump Method: What to Do When Your Business Has You Completely Frozen Connect with Nicole on Instagram: @nicolekvasco LOVED THIS EPISODE? Take a screenshot and share it to your Instagram stories. Tag me at @nicolekvasco and tell me what came out of your brain dump. It helps more mompreneurs find this message and hearing from you genuinely fills my cup.   Subscribe so you never miss an episode!

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The Visionary Mom is for moms who dare to dream big and create a life of purpose, balance, and joy. Hosted by Nicole Vasco—this podcast is your guide to align your faith, family, and ambitions while navigating the beautiful (and sometimes messy) journey of motherhood. Whether you’re a mom CEO, a mompreneur, or a mom building a business from scratch, The Visionary Mom inspires and equips you to step into your God-given potential. Ready to create a life you love? Visit www.nicolevasco.com for show notes, exclusive discount codes from our sponsors, and additional resources to grow your business. 🖥️ Work with me: https://nicolevasco.com/services/ 👉 Download your FREEBIE here: 🌐 Visit my website: www.nicolevasco.com 💌 Email me anytime: nicole@nicolevasco.com

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