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Nikola Howard
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From the UK, where "Irony and Sarcasm" is a love language
Assisting women in business redefine success - without burnout, overwhelm, or sacrificing their health
"Find your Confidence Saboteur" quiz here: https://nikolahoward.uk/securitysix
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Hi Bluesky! I'm new here & so thought I'd introduce myself...

I'm Nikola, a UK polymath who loves real (meat centric, low carb) food, Acrylic Flow Art, Orchids, Formula 1, has a tech background & is an #author, award winning health #coach & #mentor for Women in Business with Chronic Conditions.

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Ever said “It’s faster if I just do it myself”?
That’s the trap keeping your socials stuck.
In my Rebellious Business Network session, I shared a simple way to hand them off without chaos.

🎥 Watch the replay: www.facebook.com/therebelliou...

#WomenInBusiness #SustainableSuccess #FLOWFormula
15 comments | You know a VA would help with socials… but training them feels like one more job on your plate. In this 30-min live micro-training, Nikola will hand you a simple Social Media SOP you ca...
You know a VA would help with socials… but training them feels like one more job on your plate. In this 30-min live micro-training, Nikola will hand you a simple Social Media SOP you can give...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Tired of planning the perfect week, only to crash halfway through?

You’re not the problem — the plan is.

Here’s how to plan with your energy, not against it.

youtu.be/CiElnTSHYeE

#WomenInBusiness #FlexiblePlanning #ChronicIllnessEntrepreneur #EnergyManagement #SustainableSuccess
How to Plan Your Week When Your Energy is Unpredictable
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October 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Tried to create my "digital twin"… and ended up with three hands, a colour-changing top, and a scarf that developed a mind of its own 😂

AI in small business? Still needs a few tweaks.

Read the hilarious story → nikolahoward.uk/business-eas...

#WomenInBusiness #DigitalTwin #SmallBusinessHumour
October 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Hustle culture says “push harder”, but for women, especially those with chronic conditions, that’s not only unhelpful, it’s toxic.

In my new video, I share why AND how to protect your energy with my Red Flag Reset.

Watch here 👉 youtu.be/7WbUk8dVfek
Why Hustle Culture is Especially Toxic for Women
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September 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
We all make mistakes... Most of the time, we aren't purposefully videoing ourselves though eh?

Today's "best blooper", ahead of this afternoon's YouTube video release!

Still - the fact that this is captured means that I'm showing up with intention in my plan! How are you showing up?
September 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Short and sweet: I launched my YouTube channel yesterday!
Check out youtu.be/jm2Ox0n7Fe0

Subscribe and join me each week for straightforward, supportive strategies to help you grow your business on your terms.

#womeninbusiness #YouTube #SustainableBusiness
Women in Business with Chronic Conditions: This Channel Is for You
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September 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Running a biz while dealing with fatigue, pain, or brain fog? Hustle culture wasn’t built for us.

💜 My new YouTube channel is for women in business with chronic conditions where success means tuning in, not burning out.

🎥 Watch the video 👉 youtu.be/jm2Ox0n7Fe0
#WomenInBusiness #SustainableSuccess
Welcome to my channel! (2025)
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September 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One of my clients said to me yesterday "I care that I can make money on days when I don't want to get out of bed"

Do you want that? The strategy & systems so you can have a midday nap?

Let's talk.
August 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Is it just me or did it suddenly get way too hot? 🥵

Heat is totally my kryptonite—my brain taps out above 25°C. Today’s all about low-effort cut & paste work.

No deep thinking happening here. What’s your low-power brain mode look like? #womeninbusiness
August 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I put The Thompson Twins on my Alexa shuffle this morning.

It's just played "Doctor Doctor", a song I've probably not heard in at least 25 years.

I was word perfect. Why is my mind a horde of song lyrics... ???
August 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Been head down building the HOPE Protocol + Your PATH to Health.
When I go into deep work mode, socials are the first to go.

But now I’m wondering — why do you pause in your business?

I made a poll about it on LinkedIn:
www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...
#womeninbusiness #powerhour
The last week? | Nikola Howard 💖
The last week? You've not seen me as I've been in total "tech geek" and "course creator" deep work mode. I’ve been very much head down, creating the journals and uploading the "HOPE Protocol" and "Yo...
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July 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
nikolahoward.uk just got a full glow-up ✨
Built with Heather at seventyeightdesigns.com (brand genius) + photos by katien.co

For women in biz with chronic conditions who are done with burnout + hustle culture.

👉 Go have a peek

#WebsiteLaunch #AntiHustle #WomenInBusiness #BusinessWithoutBurnout
July 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Go McLaren.
Yay for Lando!

And also for Hulkenburg! His first podium after 239 races!!!

🎉🎉🎉

#BritishGP #Formula1
July 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What even is a Life Alchemist? (And why I became one...)

Not your crystal-toting guru promising yachts by Tuesday.

I help smart, tired women turn life’s chaos into gold
What even is a Life Alchemist? (And why I became one…)
What’s a Life Alchemist? Not your crystal-toting guru promising yachts by Tuesday. I help smart, tired women turn life’s chaos into gold — building success that actually fits your body, your energy, your reality. That’s the real magic
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July 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Success? Love her.
But sometimes she shows up like a high-maintenance diva who wrecks your flat and calls it empowerment. 😤
Vote in the LI poll + share your take 👇
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola-howard_atomicon25-womeninbusiness-businesswithoutburnout-activity-7339297386738933760-vjLx
June 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm at #Atomicon25 ! Ferne Cotton in the house!
June 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I have such conflicted feels.

Sad that a stranger died because of an insane system & corporate greed

Relieved that this could never happen in the UK - we see the sense in making Healthcare free and the needed drugs cheap or free

Frustrated it might never change

Hoping that somehow it does...
My coworker was just talking about this. Her son’s inhaler is no longer covered under our insurance at work.
Cole Schmidtknecht, 22, had insurance but couldn’t afford to refill his asthma inhaler after the cost jumped from $70 to more than $500.

Five days after his pharmacy visit last year, Cole had a severe asthma attack and died. nbcnews.to/4mM9cGV
June 7, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One of my FLOW Formula Beta clients sent a voice note that stopped me in my tracks: “It’s a beautiful programme… it’ll help so many.” I’ve opened 2 more spots — 24 weeks, 1:1, £997.

If you’re ready to build a biz that works with your body, DM me. Let’s talk.
#FlowFormula #WomenInBusiness #Growth
June 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It's out! My episode of Goals DO Come True with Doug Bennett 🎯 - "Why Your Mind is Like a Puppy (And How to Train It for Success)" is on Apple and Spotify

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola-howard_podcast-itsgoodtotalk-womeninbusiness-activity-7335975589985599488-k7wm

#podcast #womeninbusiness
June 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My conversation with the estimable Doug Bennett 🎯on his "Goals DO come true" podcast is coming out 04/06/2025

I'm excited to share the full episode tomorrow, so here's a short preview from it about bringing the "feminine" energies into business.

#podcast #itsgoodtotalk #womeninbusiness
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When I first started my biz, I thought that I had to "be on" all the time.
Professional=Polished & Perpetually prepared

Read more: 
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#WomenInBusiness #EnergyFirst
#womeninbusiness #chronicconditionreality #authenticsuccess #energyfirst… | Nikola Howard 💖
When I first started my company, I thought that I had to "be on" all the time. Professional = Polished & Perpetually prepared. I did Amateur Dramatics in my 20's so when I started, "my business" was simply another role to play in life. The messaging I was receiving about how to "do" a business made it feel like I had to perform business and give it my all rather than live & let it sustain me. And honestly? It was exhausting, and made me very much not "me"! Under the surface, I was juggling chronic pain and fatigue that made simple tasks feel like wading through treacle, let along what I needed to do to "do" my business as well as hold down a full time day-job in IT Infrastructure, and back in those days commute 5 days a week as well! The hormone chaos and pain that didn’t care how many work meetings or after-hours coaching calls I had that day. So, I showed up with a mask on in pretty much all areas of life. It served no one, least of all me. Until I realised — I hadn’t built a business. I'd crafted a performance of a business. And it was costing me more than it was giving back. I worked with a mentor and made a big choice. To leave the performance behind So these days, I'm not at all into “performative business”, I'm into creating sustainable success. I work with my body and my energy, not against it. I choose real. I choose sustainable. I move with the rhythms of my life. And I help other women do the same — especially those of us carrying invisible loads the world doesn’t see. So I want to ask you: do you feel like you’re constantly performing just to keep up? Vote below — and if you’re feeling brave, drop a comment about what that “performance” has looked like and what is has cost you. Let’s stop should-ing all over ourselves about what running a business “should” look like, and instead create sustainability & authenticity whilst having fun and making profit! #WomenInBusiness #ChronicConditionReality #AuthenticSuccess #EnergyFirst #BusinessWithoutAMask
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May 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As a Cis Woman with PCOS, being tall, broad and called "sir" more than once in her life - the recent turn in UK trans rhetoric and court rulings have made me less safe, not more.

Let alone the making of many of my friends far far less safe to simply exist also.

Sign this petition please? 🏳️‍⚧️
To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement:
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.

Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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May 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
How's The FLOW Formula Beta program going? Really well!

Come read all about that here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/nikola...

And of course, if any of you lovely ladies wants to work with me... Drop me a DM

#FlowFormula #BusinessSuccess #WomenInBusiness #Growth #SelfLeadership
#flowformula #businesssuccess #womeninbusiness #growth #selfleadership | Nikola Howard 💖
How's The FLOW Formula Beta going Nikola?" I hear you ask...  It goes well! We've had breakthroughs galore from the women going through it. One has given herself permission to stop pl...
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May 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
#Breakfast in my garden before I start work.

Enjoy the British #sunshine whilst it is here eh?

#WomenInBusiness
May 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I'm at Tubefest2025, very much looking forward to the day!

It's going to be a great day!!
April 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM