The Visionary Mom Podcast | Christian Mompreneur, Homeschool Mom, Working Mom, Faith and Business

Nicole Vasco
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A podcast for Christian moms building a business while homeschooling, working, and raising a family. I’m Nicole Vasco, a working, homeschooling mom of two, and I don’t believe you have to pick between a business that grows and a family that thrives. Every episode gives you real stories, mindset shifts, and the exact strategies and tools I use to protect my time, my marriage, and my peace while I build. 🖥️ Work with me here. 👉 Download your FREEBIE here. 🌐 Visit mywebsite here. 💌 Join my email list here.

  1. Sep 29

    The Multiplier Effect

    I sat on a decision for two years. Hiring a social media manager felt out of reach, both financially and emotionally, and if I'm honest, it also felt like giving up control of something I wasn't sure I was ready to hand off. In this episode I walk through what actually stopped me for those two years, what finally wore me down enough to say yes, and what multiplied on the other side of that decision. Time back, better quality, real growth, and my energy. I also talk about what I say to clients who tell me they can't afford to invest right now, the parallel my husband and I lived out at home when we hired help around the house, and the parable in Matthew 25 that's been sitting with me through all of it. In this episode: The three fears that kept me stuck for two yearsWhat finally shifted, and why it wasn't about the moneyWhat actually multiplied once I invested in helpWhat I tell a client who says she can't afford VIP WeekThe Matthew 25 parable of the talents, and where I saw myself in itWhy this isn't a doors-closing invitationTools I Actually Use: A few of the tools that have genuinely given me time back in my own business. I only recommend what I personally use. HoneyBook: this is the CRM that runs my client contracts and bookings behind the scenes.  The Contract Shop: my contract templates come from here, done for me, not built from scratch under pressure. ConvertKit (Kit): this is the platform sending you the email you're reading right now.  This contains affiliate links. If you buy something through one of them, I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. I only recommend things I actually use or would use in my own home. Connect: Instagram: @nicolekvasco Website: nicolevasco.com Work With Me: VIP Intensive Week is open, no deadline, just three spots a month. One focused week to build the systems your business actually needs. Apply whenever you're ready.

  2. Sep 15

    Homeschooling, Working Full Time, and Running a Business Without Losing It

    How does one homeschool, work a full time job, and run a business, without going crazy? In this episode I give the honest answer to how I’m doing all three. My actual weekly plan, and why it doesn't run perfectly every week. The grace I had to learn to give myself, and what changed after my ADHD diagnosis. The trial and error behind my morning routine. Why I trimmed my team. What I actually say to my girls when I can't be available. And the moments, usually around 8pm or 5am, where I wonder if any of this is sustainable. This is also where my VIP week framework stops being something I teach and becomes something I'm actually living, in real time, in the middle of my own mess. In this episode: The honest answer to "how do you do it all" (I don't)My real weekly rhythm: gym, homeschool lessons, work mode, microschool daysWhat changed after my ADHD diagnosis, and the grief that came with itWhy waking up early and working late in the same week burned me outThe team decision I made and whyWhat I actually tell my girls when I can't be availableThe moment it feels heaviest, and what I lean on when it doesLiving the ALIGN Framework inside my own messy seasonConnect: Instagram: @nicolekvasco Website: nicolevasco.com Work With Me: VIP Intensive Week: 3 spots available a month. One focused week to build the systems your business actually needs. Apply here to start the conversation.

  3. Aug 31

    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.

  4. Aug 3

    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.

  5. Jul 28

    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.

  6. Jul 20

    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

  7. Jun 29

    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

  8. Jun 15

    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. 🙏🏽

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A podcast for Christian moms building a business while homeschooling, working, and raising a family. I’m Nicole Vasco, a working, homeschooling mom of two, and I don’t believe you have to pick between a business that grows and a family that thrives. Every episode gives you real stories, mindset shifts, and the exact strategies and tools I use to protect my time, my marriage, and my peace while I build. 🖥️ Work with me here. 👉 Download your FREEBIE here. 🌐 Visit mywebsite here. 💌 Join my email list here.

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