Becoming

Nicole Toudouze
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Each episode features intimate conversations with people shaped by unexpected seasons of change and the courage it took to move through them. These are stories of resilience, reinvention, and inner growth. Nicole Toudouze goes beneath the surface, exploring what it takes to build a meaningful life from the inside out. Becoming is a space for honest reflection, shared humanity, and the reminder that transformation is always the call for becoming who you are meant to be.

Episodes

  1. 5d ago

    When a Mother's Worst Fear Becomes Her Doorway to Belief: Laura Maly's Story

    She built a thriving business, navigated motherhood, and faced unimaginable challenges, but life had more lessons in store. In this episode of Becoming with Nicole Toudoze, Laura Maly, co-founder of Wonderist Agency - Dental Marketing, shares her journey from starting an agency at a kitchen table to leading an Inc. 5000 company, all while navigating divorce, adoption, and her daughter’s life-threatening heart condition. Laura opens up about resilience, faith, and the choices that shaped who she is today. From entrepreneurial risks and personal setbacks to miracles, family, and leadership, this conversation explores what it takes to rise through life’s storms while staying true to yourself. Highlights(00:00) Introduction: Laura’s early career and agency beginnings(02:41) Escaping corporate life and discovering her entrepreneurial path(07:05) Early clients, first successes, and the kitchen table agency(12:16) Meeting Michael: love, partnership, and building Wonderist together(22:14) Motherhood and miscarriages: resilience in the face of loss(26:55) Francie’s diagnosis: confronting fear and finding hope(42:04) Community, family support, and navigating life with a cardiac child(52:59) Lessons on surrender, faith, and detachment from outcomes(01:27:02) Becoming today: refinement, gratitude, and leading with authenticity Resources Connect with Laura Maly:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-maly-094bb36/  Wonderist Agency - Dental Marketing: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wonderist-agency/  Host: Nicole Toudouze | Founder, Transcendental LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-toudouze-30074b1a/

    1h 27m

  2. Jun 17

    Eric Gallegos on Awakening, Self-Truth, and Intentional Living

    He seemed to have it all: a thriving career, accolades, financial success. But behind every achievement was a man who had been performing life for the wrong reasons. In this episode of Becoming, Eric Gallegos, VP of Growth in InsideDesk, opens up about the awakening that shifted everything. From performative living and chasing external validation to isolating himself and facing hard truths, Eric shares the journey of discovering who he really is and the life he actually wants. From family pressures and societal expectations to soul-searching through silence, reflection, and even birdwatching, this conversation explores what it takes to shed the masks, stop performing, and step into authentic, intentional living. Highlights(00:00) Introduction and Eric’s high-achieving background(01:18) The moment he realized his success felt performative(03:45) Learning to fail and stand on his own(08:19) The awakening: questioning intention and fulfillment(14:49) Isolation, unplugging, and confronting performative living(22:05) Facing ego, external validation, and the split from self(36:28) The work of truth: shedding masks and reviewing beliefs(44:35) What authenticity cost him in relationships and habits(57:23) Therapy, self-acceptance, and evolving as a man(01:03:35) Designing a life he actually wants: traveling, retiring, and pursuing passions(01:25:29) The power of intentional choices and showing up for oneself Resources Connect with Eric Gallegos: https://www.linkedin.com/in/egallegos27/  InsideDesk: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goinsidedesk/  Host: Nicole Toudouze | Founder, Transcendental LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-toudouze-30074b1a/

    1h 24m

  3. Jun 3

    My Story & My Becoming with Nicole Toudouze

    Before the guests, there was this. Episode 0 is my story, the one that made this show necessary. One of my most trusted people, Chelsea Maldonado, sits down with me to ask the questions I'd never been asked publicly. And I answer all of them. I share what my life looked like before my awakening: the performative, self-sacrificing version of me who looked like she had it together but was quietly falling apart. I talk about the divorce that turned my world upside down, and the long, painful process of falling apart before I could put myself back together. I share what ego death actually feels like in your body and why surrender isn't weakness. I talk about how I rebuilt my life from zero through meditation, journaling, and deep faith, and what it looks like to slowly, intentionally remember who you were always created to be. This episode is the answer to why Becoming exists. If you're in a season of questioning, losing, or rebuilding, start here. Highlights (00:00) When performing became survival (01:26) Chelsea takes the mic (07:48) The cost of burying yourself (08:02) What ego death actually feels like (13:50) Why the shedding never stops (15:38) Control was never about control (23:58) The moment that broke everything open (26:30) The relationship that nearly erased me (31:34) The three months I didn't leave my house (36:12) How I found my way back (41:10) The power of going inward (44:56) You are already enough (49:41) The morning routine that changed my life (53:40) Why I built this show Resources Chelsea Maldonado | Social Media Manager LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-maldonado-5819b7216/  Host: Nicole Toudouze | Founder, Transcendental LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-toudouze-30074b1a/

    1h 1m

  4. May 20

    Your Still, Small Voice Will Lead You to Your Passion and Fulfill the World's Needs

    She said yes to writing a children's book with no agent, no publisher, and no plan. Just a conversation, a calling, and a Google Doc. That book ended up in the hands of a HarperCollins publisher, and the illustrator they brought in? She's now a full-time children's book illustrator too. In this episode of Becoming, I sit down with my dear friend and neighbor, Cameron Vickrey, co-author of My Love, God is Everywhere, Director of Communications at FaithWorks, and co-founder of Reverend Mamas. We talk about what it really means to follow the still small voice, raise teenage girls with faith and courage, and discover your calling at every season of life. This one is warm, real, and full of wisdom for anyone who has ever wondered whether their still small voice is worth listening to. Highlights (00:00) Where passion and the world's deepest need collide (01:14) How Nicole and Cameron met (03:26) The origin story of My Love, God is Everywhere (06:18) The accidental literary agent (09:25) The fear of putting yourself out there as a woman (11:24) Crowdsourcing kids' questions from parents (16:12) Two new books coming in 2027 (20:49) How FaithWorks started (25:27) Writing a 40-page grant in 3 days and winning it (31:39) Parenting teenage girls through peak emotionality (33:34) What a truly supportive partner looks like (39:52) Enneagram Type 2 and learning to pour into yourself (47:03) Calling vs. passing thought, how to tell the difference (50:52) The second-grade dream she had forgotten Resources Guest: Cameron Vickrey | Co-Author, Co-Founder of Reverend Mamas, Director of Communications at FaithWorks LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameron-vickrey-b3a8182b9/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cameronvickrey/  Book: My Love, God is Everywhere https://www.joannacarillo.com/picture-books/my-love-god-is-everywhere  Website: FaithWorks https://faithworks.com/  Reverend Mamas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reverendmamas/  Host: Nicole Toudouze | Founder, Transcendental LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-toudouze-30074b1a/

    56 min

  5. May 6

    How Self-Love Became Lisa Jauregui’s Greatest BK Beauty Business Strategy

    She started filming makeup tutorials in her daughter’s nursery with no plan, no following, and no idea where it would lead.  That woman is now the founder of BK Beauty, one of TikTok’s most viral beauty brands, ranked in the top 500 of the Inc. 5000 for the third year in a row. In this episode of Becoming, I sit down with my friend Lisa Jauregui for a conversation that every woman and mother needs to hear. We go deep on the inner work behind her outer success, from people-pleasing and insecurity to finding self-love through the Hoffman Process. Lisa shares how she learned to lead with softness, and how she built a brand rooted in the message she wants her daughters to carry: that beauty is kindness, and it starts from within. This is a conversation about remembrance, resilience, and what it really means to become who you were always meant to be. Highlights (00:00) Not letting fear of judgment stop you (01:05) How Nicole and Lisa first met (03:10) The origin story of BK Beauty (05:50) Dancing with the Stars and overcoming limiting beliefs (08:26) Learning self-love in your late 30s (17:45) Following your passion (19:52) Choosing a partner who builds with you (24:31) Staying grounded as a founder (30:13) The catalyst at 19 that changed everything (40:16) Juggling motherhood and business without guilt Resources Guest: Lisa Jauregui | Founder, BK Beauty LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jauregui-3b8b056/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisajmakeup TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisajmakeup YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lisajmakeup Website: https://www.bkbeauty.com/ Host: Nicole Toudouze | Founder, Transcendental LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-toudouze-30074b1a/

    55 min

  6. Apr 27

    Becoming with Nicole Toudouze

    I spent most of my life building an identity around what everyone else expected of me.  I looked successful on the outside, but inside, I was empty. When everything crumbled, my marriage, my sense of self, every aspect of the life I had created, I stood in front of the mirror and didn't recognize the woman looking back.  Who had I become? That question broke me open.  The truth is, I had buried myself so deeply beneath a life built for everyone else that I lost her completely. The anxiety, the need to control, the shame, it all traced back to never feeling safe in my own body.  But this is the part of the story that matters most: I surrendered. I stopped running. I stopped silencing my voice. And I started becoming who I was always meant to be.  This is Becoming. This is my story.

    2 min

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Each episode features intimate conversations with people shaped by unexpected seasons of change and the courage it took to move through them. These are stories of resilience, reinvention, and inner growth. Nicole Toudouze goes beneath the surface, exploring what it takes to build a meaningful life from the inside out. Becoming is a space for honest reflection, shared humanity, and the reminder that transformation is always the call for becoming who you are meant to be.

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    Nicole Toudouze
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