1 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: Hi. I'm Laura Vanderkamp. I'm a mother of five, an author, journalist, 2 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:14,440 Speaker 1: and speaker. 3 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,560 Speaker 2: And I'm Sarah hart Hunger, a mother of three, practicing physician, 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,040 Speaker 2: writer and course creator. We are two working parents who 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: love our careers and our families. 6 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds. Here we talk about 7 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 1: how real women manage work, family, and time for fun. 8 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: From figuring out childcare to mapping out long term career goals. 9 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:39,320 Speaker 1: We want you to get the most out of life. 10 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 1: Welcome to best of both worlds. This is Laura. This 11 00:00:44,040 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: episode is airing in January of twenty twenty six. I 12 00:00:47,680 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 1: am excited to welcome Nicole Paulizzi to the show. People 13 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: may remember her she first made her name as Snooky 14 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: on the Jersey Shore, but I think there's a far 15 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:01,400 Speaker 1: more interesting story here about her career in the Spotlight. 16 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,399 Speaker 1: You know, she made her name very young and then 17 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:08,319 Speaker 1: pivoted from that to build a lifestyle brand with some 18 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: serious longevity. It's been fifteen plus years in the Spotlight 19 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 1: for her. Now she is running a business while raising 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 1: three young kids with her husband, Gianny Level. I am 21 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 1: very excited about this conversation. I know Sarah is going 22 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: to be looking forward to listening to it as well. 23 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: But in the meantime, so in cases anyone is wondering, 24 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 1: we are not going to be talking that much about 25 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: the Jersey Shore in this interview. And so because of that, 26 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: since Sarah and I are now living for me in 27 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: the greater Philadelphia region and Sarah certainly grew up here, 28 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: going to the actual New Jersey Shore was a big 29 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: part of our lives at very quart So, Sarah, which 30 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: Jersey shoretown did you go to? Yeah? 31 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 2: I also just want to note that I am not 32 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 2: starstruck by very many of our guests, but this one, 33 00:01:54,080 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 2: let me tell you this one, I'm wow. Like, I'm 34 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 2: glad I'm not doing it. 35 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: I would be nervous. 36 00:02:00,520 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: We went to Ocean City when I was a younger child, 37 00:02:04,240 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: and then I spent a couple of summers going with 38 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,399 Speaker 2: a friend to Kate May And actually those are most 39 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: of where my memories come from because I was a teen. 40 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:12,360 Speaker 2: I think I've talked about it on the show. We 41 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,520 Speaker 2: were very independent. We like went out to dinner and 42 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 2: shopping in to the beach by ourselves all day. It 43 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: was amazing free range parenting right there. And lived to 44 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 2: tell the tale and have some wonderful memories from that. 45 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,800 Speaker 2: And also on a more Jersey Shore esque note, I 46 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 2: was at a live taping of MTV's Total Request Live 47 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:31,959 Speaker 2: with Carson Dailey in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Remember that 48 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 2: day vividly. I got to have a line on the show. 49 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:36,840 Speaker 1: What was your line? 50 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 2: It was so who did Pacey get some from? 51 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: Next? 52 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: And I was asking, like the creator of Dawson's Creek. 53 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,239 Speaker 1: Okay, well that was Sarah's early clave to frame there. 54 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 1: I love it, okay, me is so beautiful. I love 55 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: that you were. So you're riding your bike around the 56 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: area there. 57 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: Yes, I love that area. Oh my gosh, so like 58 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 2: I don't know, it's probably like pinkwashed by my memories, 59 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:04,440 Speaker 2: but you guys have a different city memory of Jersey 60 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 2: Shore though. 61 00:03:05,160 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 1: Well yeah, well we go the northern part of it, 62 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: so Ocean Grove, which is this really cute Victorian town. 63 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: It is just south of Asbury Park. So you know, 64 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: given that we have a long beach coastline, the towns 65 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: are kind of running down north through south and you 66 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:24,240 Speaker 1: have obviously long bred, long long branch whatever the yes 67 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,280 Speaker 1: and anyway, so it's toward the northern part of it, 68 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: just south of Asbury Park, and it is so cute, 69 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: it is adorable. We've gone there almost every summer for 70 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 1: fifteen years at this point. We started going. The first 71 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: summer we went there was in two thousand and six, 72 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: and it was sort of patchwork here and there until 73 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 1: you know, about ten years ago when we started going 74 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: almost every year. But this is the weird thing about 75 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,640 Speaker 1: beaches in the East Coast. So the northern New Jersey 76 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: beaches are probably nine minutes from New York City, if 77 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: even that, depending on the traffic. The Hamptons are also 78 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: ninety minutes, except for traffic, which could make it be 79 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: like four hours if you're trying to get to the 80 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: Hamptons from New York City. I have no idea why 81 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:20,040 Speaker 1: the northern New Jersey beaches have not gentrified nearly as 82 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 1: much as the Hamptons. Every time I go to Ocean Grove, 83 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,839 Speaker 1: I am struck by the fact that about one and 84 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,360 Speaker 1: a half miles from the beach there is some sort 85 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: of less gentrified commerce stuff or like it would be 86 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: an auto shop, a vape shop, like some random independent grocery, 87 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: like a drug store that's not a chain, like you know, 88 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: it's it's definitely not built up in that way, whereas 89 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: if you're a mile and a half from the beach 90 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: in the Hamptons, you are in the middle of multimillion 91 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: dollar mansions. So what is with that? Like, I don't 92 00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: get it, Like it would be just as easy to 93 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: get to the northern New Jersey beaches. Is there it's 94 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:02,920 Speaker 1: a tax code or zoning answer for that. I mean, 95 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: I think the texts are probably worse in New York. 96 00:05:06,120 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: So I don't get it. I mean, I guess it's 97 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: that people have gone there, and so then it's known 98 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: as the place where you go if you want to ritzy, 99 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 1: you know, New York beach experience, and then that's becomes 100 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:20,880 Speaker 1: the place. But I don't know. 101 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 2: But it's good because otherwise your rental would cost ten 102 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:23,400 Speaker 2: times as much. 103 00:05:23,520 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, So for my frugal soul, I am happy 104 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:32,039 Speaker 1: that it hasn't become that. But on the other hand, 105 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:34,800 Speaker 1: it is just sort of one of these strange things 106 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:38,600 Speaker 1: that I don't necessarily understand. But we go for about 107 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: two weeks every summer I work remotely for a big 108 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: chunk of that. My husband does some remote work and 109 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: goes in and out and yeah, but it's a good time. 110 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: I bet there's an urban planner listening to this that's 111 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 2: like I have the answer, so let us know answer. 112 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 2: I don't know. 113 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess it's maybe that some parts of northern 114 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:58,279 Speaker 1: New Jersey had crime issues in the past, but not 115 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: usually right on the beach. So I'm not sure anyway 116 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: we can ponder that. But we're excited to hear this episode, 117 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:10,599 Speaker 1: which is all about building a lifestyle brand, career pivoting. 118 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:14,359 Speaker 1: We're excited to hear from Nicole, so let's hear what 119 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: she has to say. So Sarah and I are delighted 120 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: to welcome Nicole Palizzi to the show. So Nicole, thanks 121 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: for being here. 122 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:25,039 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me. Good morning, Good morning. 123 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:26,840 Speaker 1: So why don't you tell our listeners a little bit 124 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: about yourself? 125 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,640 Speaker 3: So you might know me from Jersey Shore. They call 126 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 3: me Snookie. But yeah I am. I'm a busy mama. Now. 127 00:06:36,279 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 3: I just turned thirty eight, so yeah, I wanted to 128 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,600 Speaker 3: get back in the gym. So I did my thing 129 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 3: of losing twenty pounds and I'm getting myself together. But yeah, 130 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:51,440 Speaker 3: I have three kids thirteen, eleven, and six, and I 131 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,719 Speaker 3: have a dog. So I have four children. I'm married. 132 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 3: My eleventh anniversary just happened, and I'm busy running the 133 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 3: snookie shops. I have my own stores. I have four locations. 134 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 3: So that's my life. 135 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 1: That's your life. Wow, the oldest is a teenager. Now 136 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: that's nice on us. Yeah, so you've had an incredibly 137 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 1: varied career, as you've mentioned, I'm curious when you weren't 138 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: growing up, what did you envision your career looking like? 139 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 3: Well, growing up, I mean, I always wanted to try reality, 140 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 3: but I didn't think that was going to be like 141 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:27,160 Speaker 3: my life or my career because growing up, I wanted 142 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:29,400 Speaker 3: to be a vet tech. And I was in school 143 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 3: going to be a vet tech. And I had one 144 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:35,080 Speaker 3: semester until I could graduate and take my license, and 145 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 3: I just wanted to save animals. I loved animals more 146 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 3: than people. I still do no offense, so I wanted 147 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 3: to save animals and just be around animals all day. 148 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 3: So that was the plan. And then yeah, I tried 149 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 3: out for Jersey Shore, went on there, and then the 150 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 3: rest is history. 151 00:07:51,440 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 1: Absolutely, the rest is history. Well, with that, you got 152 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,960 Speaker 1: famous pretty young. Was there a point in there as 153 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 1: you realized like, hey, I'm basically how old name I 154 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,040 Speaker 1: want to take this and make a longer term career 155 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,960 Speaker 1: out of it. Like, was that a thought you remember 156 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,200 Speaker 1: having at some point in there? 157 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, I feel like in the first season we literally 158 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 3: just went I well, I literally just went to like 159 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: try reality TV because I always wanted to try it 160 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 3: and I was a huge fan of it. So I 161 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 3: was thinking more like a Real World. But they didn't 162 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 3: pick me, So this was the perfect show for me. 163 00:08:25,600 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 3: So yeah, I just thought I was going to experience it, 164 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:31,760 Speaker 3: have fifteen minutes, and then go back to my life. 165 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 3: So I wasn't planning on this to be like my 166 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 3: full career. And also when the show first came out, 167 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: they were supposedly doing like a rotating cast every season, 168 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 3: so I was just like, all right, I'm going to 169 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 3: do the first season, have the best time, and enjoy 170 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 3: what comes with it, and you know, go back to 171 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 3: my life. So I had no idea that this was 172 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:52,360 Speaker 3: going to be my life. 173 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, but at some point in there, you realize, like 174 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:56,839 Speaker 1: I could make a career out of this. 175 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,559 Speaker 3: Yeah, I would think. I think probably like see in three, 176 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 3: I was like, all right, let me do something besides 177 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:08,120 Speaker 3: like the show. So then I had my tanning deal, 178 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 3: which I had my own channing lotions, I did a 179 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 3: perfume deal. I was starting to do books and everything, 180 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 3: so a lot of things were coming to me. So 181 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 3: I was like, all right, I feel like, you know, 182 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 3: I can do other things other than the show. And 183 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 3: then once everything died down, and then once everything died down, 184 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 3: one of my goals and my dream was to have 185 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 3: my own stores and do all that. So I eventually 186 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 3: open up my own line store and then did the 187 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:42,520 Speaker 3: brick and mortar thing. So yeah, there was always goals, 188 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 3: but I didn't think I could actually achieve it. 189 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, I'm curious if you would give advice to 190 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,560 Speaker 1: somebody who is trying to pivot from you know, you 191 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 1: have something that's a big breakthrough and you would like 192 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: to still be making a living fifteen twenty years Hence, like, 193 00:09:57,120 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 1: what advice would you give to someone in that situation. 194 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:03,200 Speaker 3: To save what you can save all the money, because 195 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,839 Speaker 3: obviously things cost money and it's not cheap and it's 196 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 3: not easy. So thank God for my parents because I 197 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,720 Speaker 3: was so young, twenty one years old, getting all this 198 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 3: money for doing the show, like I wanted to spend it. 199 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:18,960 Speaker 3: I wanted to travel. I wanted to buy things. I 200 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 3: wanted to go crazy, and my parents were like, Nick, 201 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,920 Speaker 3: we got to save. We got to save, Like, think 202 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:25,719 Speaker 3: of your future. You want to get married, you want 203 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:27,520 Speaker 3: to have kids, You got to think of your future. 204 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 3: So thank God for my parents that they help me save. 205 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 3: So yeah, just save and make sure it's the right time. Like, 206 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 3: you don't want to be too busy where you're not 207 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,600 Speaker 3: totally focused on it. And that's why I waited so 208 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,360 Speaker 3: long to actually do the brick and mortar because that 209 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 3: was like a dream. But I had the Snookie shop 210 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 3: online for I think like ten years before I actually 211 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 3: opened it. So you can start small, start somewhere where 212 00:10:51,840 --> 00:10:54,000 Speaker 3: you can like manage it with your time. But when 213 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 3: you really have the time, make sure you have the 214 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 3: money and you have the time to do it. 215 00:10:58,480 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, you got to build that up over time. I'm curious. 216 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: I mean, you could probably put your name on a 217 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 1: ton of things, and you've mentioned your different deals that 218 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: you did over the time and culminating in the store 219 00:11:10,520 --> 00:11:12,560 Speaker 1: that you have now and other things. But how do 220 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,760 Speaker 1: you choose what projects to pursue or what business lines 221 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: you want to be in. 222 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:20,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I've gotten crazy offers to do like a 223 00:11:20,080 --> 00:11:25,679 Speaker 3: million things throughout my career on TV, and I always 224 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:27,960 Speaker 3: picked things that were true to me and things that 225 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:30,439 Speaker 3: I would actually that actually makes sense to me and 226 00:11:30,480 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 3: I would actually use and I would actually endorse. Like 227 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 3: I'm not just going to say yes to everything just 228 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 3: to make a book, even though that would be great, because. 229 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: I always tempting. 230 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,360 Speaker 3: I'm sure definitely tempting, but I was like, this just 231 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,400 Speaker 3: doesn't make sense to me, and then you're going to 232 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 3: be watered down by like promoting all these things that 233 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 3: nobody's going to care anymore. So I always picked things 234 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 3: that were true to me, that made sense to me, 235 00:11:51,840 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 3: that I truly loved. Dude, there's a lot of things 236 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:55,880 Speaker 3: that I turned down. 237 00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:58,520 Speaker 1: But I kind of things are a flat no from you. 238 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 3: Well, there was a lot of like alcohol deals that 239 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 3: I was like no, because in my head I wanted 240 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 3: to have my own wine label eventually, which I do know, 241 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 3: messy mama. So I was like, I can't do all 242 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:14,560 Speaker 3: this cheap vodka and then down the line, I'm gonna 243 00:12:14,559 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 3: be like, oh, I have this wine. Like I wanted 244 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 3: to do alcohol just once. And there was a lot 245 00:12:19,440 --> 00:12:21,520 Speaker 3: of clothing things that I said no to because I 246 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 3: wanted to do my own clothing. So just like things 247 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 3: that I knew were gonna compete with what I wanted 248 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:28,679 Speaker 3: to do. Well. 249 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: It's interesting you talk about like managing your time toward 250 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,080 Speaker 1: doing all these things because time is limited. And with 251 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 1: with your store as well, you've sort of had this 252 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,120 Speaker 1: sustainable pace of opening, right you have like three in 253 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,080 Speaker 1: the East Coast and then slowly have moved to other places. 254 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 3: Yeah. So I mean the main goal, honestly was just 255 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 3: to open one. I was like, I just want to 256 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 3: have one store, and I want to like play house 257 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 3: and like go into the store and like play boutique 258 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 3: and be like, oh, this is my store. And I 259 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,160 Speaker 3: was just always upsessed like fashion and clothes and accessories 260 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 3: and all the things. So I just wanted to have 261 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 3: that experience. But then like once I opened my store, 262 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 3: my first door was in Madison, which is like so 263 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 3: close to me, I can go every single day. I 264 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 3: was just like, this is so much fun and we're 265 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,760 Speaker 3: doing great, We're very successful. Why not open another one? 266 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:16,959 Speaker 3: So then I open another one and I was like, 267 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 3: these are doing great, I have the time, Let's open 268 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:22,160 Speaker 3: another and I do things in four. Four is my 269 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,440 Speaker 3: lucky number. It's my angel number. I always wanted four kids. 270 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,760 Speaker 3: I kind of have four kids now my dog, So 271 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 3: four is like my thing. So I was like, if 272 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 3: I do stores, I'm going to have four stores. So yeah, 273 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 3: I now have four stores and everything's working out, thank God. 274 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 1: Excellent. We're going to take a quick ad break and 275 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: then I'll be back with more from Nicole polisy Well, 276 00:13:55,200 --> 00:13:58,079 Speaker 1: I am back talking with Nicole Policy, who has a 277 00:13:58,320 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 1: varied career, starting out in reality TV but now has 278 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: pivoted to all sorts of other ventures as well. So 279 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: you built your career in acting and then now you 280 00:14:09,400 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 1: are managing a lot of things. I'm curious how that 281 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,120 Speaker 1: pivot worked to suddenly be in charge of a lot 282 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 1: of people. 283 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 3: I just feel like this was always a goal of 284 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,040 Speaker 3: mine to open my own stores, have my own business, 285 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 3: work for myself, because I said from day one on 286 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,320 Speaker 3: the show, I was like, I don't like working like 287 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 3: I don't like working for other people. Obviously I've done 288 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 3: it like growing up and like I worked for this 289 00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 3: business and just being told what to do. I'm just 290 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 3: I'm not that person. I want to run things. I 291 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,600 Speaker 3: want to do it myself, and I want my own rules, 292 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 3: and you know, I want to lost people around, but 293 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 3: I want my own team to where I can you know, 294 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:52,560 Speaker 3: they do what I want for a business. So I 295 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:55,840 Speaker 3: was never good under somebody else, and I knew I 296 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:57,960 Speaker 3: was going to do something to where I can work 297 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 3: for myself and ma that and take care of my 298 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 3: family and that would be my career. So the ski 299 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 3: shop just made sense to you know, I had it online, 300 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 3: it was doing great, but then like I wanted to 301 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 3: take over for myself because I was working with another 302 00:15:13,560 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 3: company to help me do like the orders and everything, 303 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 3: and I was like, I want to take this over myself. 304 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 3: So that's when I did the brick and mortar in 305 00:15:21,400 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 3: twenty nineteen. And yeah, ever since then, it's just been 306 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 3: me and my team that I hired, and it's just 307 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 3: so fun. It feels amazing to be able to say 308 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: that you have your own business and it's successful and 309 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 3: you literally just did it by yourself with your team, 310 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:39,480 Speaker 3: and I don't know, I'm just very proud of myself. 311 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: Well you should be. That sounds good. Well, clearly you've 312 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: got a lot of moving parts here, and you know, 313 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: we always like to hear about how people organize their 314 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 1: lives on this show, which is our listeners are all 315 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:55,720 Speaker 1: working moms, So I'm curious what your planning process looks like, 316 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: Like how do you plan your life? 317 00:15:57,640 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 3: Honestly, I'm very spontaneous when it comes to things. I'm sad, 318 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 3: so what I want to do something drastic, I don't 319 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 3: think about it. I just do it. I'm like, I'm 320 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 3: not going to stress myself out about it. I'm not 321 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 3: going to overthink it. I'm just going to go and 322 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,160 Speaker 3: I'm going to do it. So that's what I did 323 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,560 Speaker 3: with my store. And when I got my boobs done 324 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 3: for the first time after my children, I was like, 325 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 3: I really want to get it done. I've never done 326 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 3: surgery before, so let me just go and do it. 327 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 3: So I literally booked it and I just went and 328 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 3: did it, and I was terrified, but I didn't let 329 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 3: myself get terrified. So I kind of felt the same 330 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,320 Speaker 3: way with opening my store. I was like, I'm terrified. 331 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 3: I know it's going to be a lot of work. 332 00:16:29,880 --> 00:16:33,600 Speaker 3: I never run a business before. I just didn't have 333 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 3: any experience and I literally did it all on my 334 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 3: own in the beginning. So yeah, I don't think about things, 335 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 3: and I'm like if I really want to do this, 336 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,840 Speaker 3: let's just jump in head first and then we'll deal 337 00:16:44,840 --> 00:16:47,320 Speaker 3: with it later and see what happened. So I know 338 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:49,880 Speaker 3: that doesn't work for everyone, but if I have the 339 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,240 Speaker 3: time and I have the money and I can do it, 340 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:54,320 Speaker 3: I'm just going to go and do it and see 341 00:16:54,360 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 3: what happened. So I guess I'm a risk taker. But 342 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,480 Speaker 3: so far everything has worked out. 343 00:17:00,160 --> 00:17:02,320 Speaker 1: I'm sure that does, you know, for big picture of things, 344 00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: But how about just like the daily matters of life. 345 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:08,160 Speaker 1: I mean, I doubt that you are living in complete 346 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: chaos and you oh yeah, three kids, so how many 347 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: organize day to day life? 348 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 3: Then day to day life, well, I'm very busy at 349 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 3: home with the kids, so yeah, thirteen, eleven and six 350 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,399 Speaker 3: year old. So every day it's just like getting them 351 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:25,480 Speaker 3: up for school. Obviously, they're in school till like three o'clock, 352 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 3: so I have literally all day to figure out what 353 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,640 Speaker 3: I'm going to do, which is nice. And I don't 354 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,720 Speaker 3: have a nine to five obviously, but I do run 355 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:35,399 Speaker 3: the stores every single day. So usually my day to 356 00:17:35,480 --> 00:17:38,879 Speaker 3: day is go to Starbucks, I get my macha drink, 357 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 3: get my macha drink. I'll do my errands in the 358 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,359 Speaker 3: morning because you know, the stores aren't packed then and 359 00:17:44,400 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 3: I don't like to wait in line, So if I 360 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,399 Speaker 3: have to go to Target, Trader Joe's, I'll get that done. 361 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,680 Speaker 3: And then the afternoon is spent just in my office, 362 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,960 Speaker 3: like going over my inventory, doing bills, just making sure 363 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 3: like my house is in order, laundry like all the things. 364 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 3: So yeah, I guess I do. You have a schedule 365 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 3: when it comes to my day to day. So it's 366 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 3: errands in the morning, like getting my work done, Bill's 367 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 3: house cleaning before I pick up the kids, and then 368 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:12,800 Speaker 3: pick up the kids, and then you do you know, 369 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 3: you do the sports, or you do the cooking quick, 370 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 3: you do the quick dinners, and then you go to sports, 371 00:18:18,119 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 3: running around carpool. It's a lot. 372 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:23,359 Speaker 1: It is always a lot. And the more kids there are, 373 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:26,480 Speaker 1: the more moving parts there are. I'm curious what your 374 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,639 Speaker 1: mornings look like. Then getting everyone out the door. Is 375 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:30,919 Speaker 1: it a you know, is it a well oiled machine. 376 00:18:31,680 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 3: It's not as chaotic as it used to be. I 377 00:18:35,040 --> 00:18:37,360 Speaker 3: would say when the kids were younger. It was very chaotic. 378 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 3: When my two were in middle school or I went 379 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,480 Speaker 3: to school, and then I had a little baby that 380 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 3: was freaking chaos. Ough it made me want to drink 381 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 3: wine at like tenay am. So now I feel like 382 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:54,520 Speaker 3: it's more easier because my son goes to school earlier, 383 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:56,320 Speaker 3: so I'm up with him early, and I let my 384 00:18:56,359 --> 00:18:58,439 Speaker 3: two sleep in for a little bit. And my daughter's 385 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:00,880 Speaker 3: in fifth grade and my littles and kindo, so they 386 00:19:00,880 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 3: go to school together. So it's nice to be able 387 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 3: to wake up early, chow for a little bit, get 388 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 3: my oldest to middle school, and then I come back 389 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 3: and then I get them ready. So I feel like 390 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,399 Speaker 3: it's more less chaotic. But I mean it's still not easy. 391 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, it never is. Yeah, I'm curiously has time changed 392 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: and how you spend time changed as your kids have 393 00:19:20,359 --> 00:19:23,120 Speaker 1: gotten older? Like I know when my littlest guy turned five, 394 00:19:23,280 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: it felt like time started opening up. There was more 395 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 1: space for everything. 396 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:32,120 Speaker 3: I feel like it just gets more busy because when 397 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:36,159 Speaker 3: they're little, you're staying at home and you have a 398 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:38,919 Speaker 3: routine at home. But like once they go to school 399 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 3: and you have the sports and all the things, it 400 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:41,879 Speaker 3: just gets more busier. 401 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,119 Speaker 1: I feel, yeah, well there's something to that. What sports 402 00:19:45,160 --> 00:19:45,680 Speaker 1: are they doing? 403 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 3: So my daughter is competitive cheer, so she has practiced 404 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:51,879 Speaker 3: three days a week, and I do carpool with like 405 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 3: three other moms because it's like thirty minutes away, so 406 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 3: always busy with cheer, driving there and driving back. Then 407 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 3: my son does wrestling and fo ball, so busy going 408 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 3: to his matches and games. And then my little he 409 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,159 Speaker 3: doesn't do anything yet because I feel like he'll be 410 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 3: crazy with it, so we're waiting another year. But yeah, 411 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 3: just a football, cheer and. 412 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 1: Wrestling excellent, excellent. We're going to take one more quick 413 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: ad break and then I will be back with more 414 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:33,720 Speaker 1: from Nicole Polisy. Well, I am back talking with Nicole Polisy. 415 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:37,680 Speaker 1: So busy working mom of three. I'm curious if you've 416 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:41,960 Speaker 1: had any sort of like mom victories lately, like anything 417 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: that you managed to pull off with the kids in 418 00:20:45,080 --> 00:20:46,879 Speaker 1: life that's been cool. 419 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 3: I don't know. 420 00:20:49,160 --> 00:20:51,679 Speaker 1: I mean, I was just recently celebrating that I was 421 00:20:51,760 --> 00:20:54,160 Speaker 1: managed to be on a camp sign up like right 422 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: when it opens, so my kid got the camp he wanted. 423 00:20:56,640 --> 00:21:01,040 Speaker 1: And I'm like, whoa victory, said alarm? Yes, I did 424 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: set an alarm. 425 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 3: I sat an alarm. 426 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: You know what I'm talking about. 427 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know, and this is probably so stupid. 428 00:21:07,440 --> 00:21:10,239 Speaker 3: But I'm always behind in the laundry. Like I just 429 00:21:10,280 --> 00:21:13,359 Speaker 3: feel like every day I'm just doing laundry, whether it 430 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 3: be towels or I'm washing five people in this house, 431 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 3: so every day it's just laundry. And like all my 432 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,320 Speaker 3: neighbors like they have this laundry service, but I'm like, 433 00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 3: I'm not paying all this money for laundry service to 434 00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,680 Speaker 3: come to my laundry when I could just do it myself. 435 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 3: I'm home like whatever. So I would say the other 436 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 3: day I had time, like I finally wasn't filming, I 437 00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 3: wasn't like doing anything. I just had a day to 438 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,040 Speaker 3: myself to like clean the house and do the laundry. 439 00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:40,520 Speaker 3: I did everyone's laundry and I folded it and put 440 00:21:40,560 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 3: it away in one day. I felt like a champion. 441 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 3: I was like, look at me go. So I think 442 00:21:46,320 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 3: just getting the laundry and being on top of it, 443 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,720 Speaker 3: like really, it just makes me relieved that I'm like 444 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:55,640 Speaker 3: not stressed looking at piles of laundry every single day. 445 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,640 Speaker 1: When the mountain of laundry is gone, it is a good. 446 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 3: Moment that you're like I can do anything. 447 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 1: I can do anything. I totally can. It's gonna happen. 448 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: So I'm curious, how do you see your career evolving, 449 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: like over the next ten years or so. I feel 450 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 1: like with building a personal brand, it's got to be 451 00:22:16,640 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: this constant evolution. 452 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I just feel like, obviously my number 453 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 3: one thing in my career is reality TV and doing 454 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 3: the shows and everything. So I would love to continue 455 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 3: Jersey Shore until we're like eighty because we're good at 456 00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,280 Speaker 3: it and that's what we do and I love it. 457 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,960 Speaker 3: That's like my main job. But I do see myself 458 00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:42,359 Speaker 3: doing other reality shows, Like I just I'm starting to 459 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:45,960 Speaker 3: film another reality show in Canada next month and it's 460 00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:49,480 Speaker 3: a paranormal show and I love like all the ghosties 461 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,520 Speaker 3: and aliens and I am a paranormal check. So I'm 462 00:22:52,560 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 3: excited to do something different from Jersey Shore, which is that. 463 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,000 Speaker 3: So I'm excited to do different shows that people would 464 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,280 Speaker 3: know that I would do different opportunities. But also, like 465 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 3: my second major thing is the Sookie Shop, so I 466 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 3: would love to open more locations. I would love to 467 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,760 Speaker 3: be a bigger brand. I know it takes years, but 468 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 3: I mean the one person that I looked up to 469 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,399 Speaker 3: when it comes to like branding and clothing and shoes 470 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,639 Speaker 3: and everything is Jessica Simpson. So she is like my 471 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 3: main she's my goal, she's everything. She is my queen, 472 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:31,160 Speaker 3: so I would do. I'm working really hard to try 473 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 3: to level up to her, and I know it's going 474 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 3: to take time because I'm definitely smaller than her, but 475 00:23:36,520 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 3: I mean, I would just love to be a bigger brand. 476 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,120 Speaker 1: Well, she's had a lot of staying power, which is amazing. 477 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: I mean it's a distracted world, so when people can 478 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,040 Speaker 1: keep something going for a while, it's it's pretty impressive. 479 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's very hard, honestly in the retail business 480 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:53,600 Speaker 3: to like keep your stores open. Like a lot of 481 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,680 Speaker 3: small businesses are closing and it's so sad to see. 482 00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:59,720 Speaker 3: So if you got and I know, people are like, 483 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,639 Speaker 3: you're not a small business, like you're snooky, but I'm like, no, 484 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,800 Speaker 3: I really am. Like I'm a small business. I'm literally 485 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,239 Speaker 3: with everybody else and I do everything my own, you know, 486 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,400 Speaker 3: I literally run the entire thing obviously with my team, 487 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:18,840 Speaker 3: So we consider ourselves a small business. So if you 488 00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:21,560 Speaker 3: guys are ever shopping in town you see small businesses, 489 00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,639 Speaker 3: go to them because it means the world. 490 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 1: Amen. Well, and you opened your first brick and mortar 491 00:24:27,880 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 1: right before the pandemic hit though, right, I mean, was 492 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: who you thought, like this is not going to work. 493 00:24:33,760 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, so I opened. So I opened in a smaller 494 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,679 Speaker 3: I think it was like nine hundred square feet. It 495 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:42,680 Speaker 3: wasn't that big, but that was like my first spot 496 00:24:42,720 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 3: that I opened in twenty nineteen where I was like spontaneous, 497 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,600 Speaker 3: like I literally just signed it and I was like, 498 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 3: all right, let's go. And I was trying to like 499 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 3: hire a team and I literally just went in there. 500 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,639 Speaker 3: I had my dad put up all the racks, like, 501 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 3: I had my dad working, and I was buying all 502 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,240 Speaker 3: my things and I was literally tagging everything, hanging everything, 503 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 3: like doing it all on my own, even when I 504 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,359 Speaker 3: had the staff, and my staff was like you don't 505 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,119 Speaker 3: need to do this, you hired us to do this. 506 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:10,679 Speaker 3: I'm like okay. So it was definitely like one hundred 507 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,360 Speaker 3: percent like doing everything. So now I'm just like take 508 00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 3: it away, like you know what you gotta do. But yeah, 509 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:20,000 Speaker 3: I started in a smaller space and then a bigger 510 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 3: space opened, so we moved down the block and right 511 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:25,439 Speaker 3: when we got in there ready to open, do all 512 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,159 Speaker 3: the things. Yeah, pandemic, Well you pivot. 513 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:30,560 Speaker 1: I mean when you have to. 514 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 3: Yes, yeah. So I mean obviously, like everyone still wanted 515 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:37,120 Speaker 3: to come and like shop and everything. So thank god 516 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:39,760 Speaker 3: for like online and social media and everything. Because we 517 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 3: were showing our new arrivals and I was like, Okay, 518 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 3: I know it's the pandemic and you know it's really 519 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,600 Speaker 3: hard for small businesses right now, but this is what 520 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,239 Speaker 3: we're going to do. So we ended up showing all 521 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,879 Speaker 3: the things online that they can buy, and they bought 522 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 3: it online and I was like, if you want to 523 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 3: see me and get it picked up, you can schedule 524 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,560 Speaker 3: a pickup and then you can just pull up to 525 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:01,840 Speaker 3: the store. Make sure you have your mask on. I'll 526 00:26:01,840 --> 00:26:05,280 Speaker 3: have my mask on. And I was literally delivering all 527 00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 3: their goodies to them through the car. So I mean 528 00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 3: we made it work. What I mean, Yeah, it was. 529 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 3: It was rough. 530 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,600 Speaker 1: It was rough. I am sure. Well with this episode 531 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 1: is going to air right around New Year's so I 532 00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:19,960 Speaker 1: am curious, do you have any goals for the New Year. 533 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:24,720 Speaker 3: I always have goals. I literally manifest my entire life, 534 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 3: So goals, I mean this year obviously still killing it 535 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:32,240 Speaker 3: with the Snoky Shops. I would love to open another location, 536 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,359 Speaker 3: keep going with that and like building up my followers 537 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,880 Speaker 3: and my customers. I would love to have my own 538 00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 3: pickles Pickles, Yes, I've been shopping it, so I would 539 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,920 Speaker 3: love to have my own pickle brand. I would love 540 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 3: to get my wine in stores. My wine is called 541 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,600 Speaker 3: Messy Mama. You can only get it online. We have 542 00:26:53,640 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 3: a red blend, a Rosette, and a white, so my 543 00:26:57,240 --> 00:27:00,359 Speaker 3: goal is to get it in stores eventually. I'm sure 544 00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,680 Speaker 3: there's a ton more, but like obviously doing more reality 545 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,920 Speaker 3: and being the best mom that I can and my 546 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:08,359 Speaker 3: kids thriving and yeah, all the positive things. 547 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: And it sounds like you're hitting the gym regularly already, 548 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:12,239 Speaker 1: so you don't even need to resolve to do that. 549 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:12,919 Speaker 1: Right you did that? 550 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, I'm definitely hitting the gym. So yeah, that 551 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:18,320 Speaker 3: makes me feel better about myself. 552 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:22,359 Speaker 1: Awesome, Awesome, Well, Nicole, we always end each episode with 553 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,840 Speaker 1: a love of the week, so this is something that 554 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: you're just enjoying right now. Since this it's right before 555 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 1: the holidays, I got to say, I am loving gingerbread 556 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:33,720 Speaker 1: cookies because they're like sweet but not too sweet, and 557 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 1: there's something about that that's just a perfect combination. What 558 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:38,440 Speaker 1: are you loving right now. 559 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,560 Speaker 3: Honestly, and I know this is such an alcoholic of me, 560 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 3: but I've been dying to make my own dirty martinis 561 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,199 Speaker 3: because I'm trying to stay away from like wine all 562 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:49,239 Speaker 3: the time because there's a lot of calories, and I 563 00:27:49,280 --> 00:27:52,080 Speaker 3: love dirty martini's going out, but like when you make 564 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,399 Speaker 3: it at home, it's just not the same. So I 565 00:27:54,520 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 3: ended up finding an olive brand. Is that what It's 566 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 3: called olive bran. It's like an all of juice mix. 567 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 3: It's called filthy. Literally, you pour it this so there's ingredients. 568 00:28:04,960 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 3: You pour that in with your choice of okrrigin. It 569 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,879 Speaker 3: tastes just like the restaurants and I've been trying to 570 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,840 Speaker 3: nail that for so long. So yeah, I would say 571 00:28:14,840 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 3: my dirty Marchini mix at home. 572 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: You're liking that. It could be even a goal in 573 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:20,640 Speaker 1: the new year to continue to nail that one. 574 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:21,120 Speaker 2: I guess. 575 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: Well, Nicole, thank you so much for joining us. Where 576 00:28:24,400 --> 00:28:25,239 Speaker 1: can people find you? 577 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 3: So you can follow me on Instagram and TikTok at 578 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 3: the Spookie Shop, but also my personal one is at 579 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,080 Speaker 3: Snookie and I would love for you guys to check 580 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 3: out my source thesnooki shop dot com and then Yeah, 581 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,800 Speaker 3: I have a messy mama wine. If you guys want 582 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 3: to try it for the holidays. 583 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, cheers, raise a glass to that Nicle, thanks so 584 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: much for joining us. 585 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, thank you. 586 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:48,800 Speaker 1: Well we are back. That was a great episode with 587 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 1: Nicole Polissi and all about her life, how she has 588 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 1: built her business, working, motherhood with her three kids and 589 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 1: all those good things. So, Sarah, this question comes from 590 00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: a listener who says, what do you do if one 591 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 1: kid has a day off school and the others don't. 592 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: What about situations where they have entirely different longer breaks. 593 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,719 Speaker 1: How do you handle this? So, my kids are all 594 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:16,719 Speaker 1: in the same school system, so this doesn't happen. So 595 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 1: but Sarah has a different situation. 596 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, so we are in this situation, and I don't 597 00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:25,000 Speaker 2: have one singular policy for dealing with this. I really 598 00:29:25,080 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 2: take it on a very case by case basis. But 599 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:30,040 Speaker 2: I will say things that I have done in the 600 00:29:30,080 --> 00:29:33,800 Speaker 2: past are one of three options. Number One, it can 601 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 2: be a natural mommy day. So if Genevieve doesn't have 602 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 2: school and the other two have school, then that might be. 603 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 2: If I'm looking for a day where I want to 604 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:42,200 Speaker 2: spend someone on one time with a kid could be 605 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 2: a really great day. Sometimes a week day can be 606 00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,040 Speaker 2: better than a weekend because various things are less crowded, 607 00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 2: so you can take advantage of that. The second option 608 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,960 Speaker 2: would be pulling somebody out of school. So this year, 609 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:57,719 Speaker 2: for February break, which I know is not a thing everywhere, 610 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 2: also known as Ski week in places, which I realize 611 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 2: is slightly ridiculous. Anyway, my older kids are off, Genevieve 612 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:08,520 Speaker 2: is not off. We are planning to pull her from 613 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,280 Speaker 2: school for that week. I've already discussed with her teachers. 614 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 2: Thankfully she goes to school where they're quite comfortable with that. 615 00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 2: So again, kind of controversial. Please don't come at me 616 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 2: for this one, and it wouldn't be something I would say, Oh, 617 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:21,840 Speaker 2: this is what you should always do, but on a 618 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 2: case by case basis for us this year, it made sense, 619 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:28,680 Speaker 2: so looking forward to visiting family during that week when 620 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,720 Speaker 2: my other older two kids are off. And then finally, 621 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,800 Speaker 2: the third option is that it's just like you know, 622 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:36,560 Speaker 2: any other day off of school. If I have to work, 623 00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 2: then our nanny comes and she takes care of whoever 624 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 2: is not going to school. So one of those three things, 625 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:44,520 Speaker 2: and I would not say that there's like, yeah, a 626 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 2: singular policy. It depends on the day, the time of year, 627 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 2: and other circumstances. 628 00:30:49,320 --> 00:30:51,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think we sometimes do get singular 629 00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 1: days just because of the difference of conference schedules or 630 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:58,320 Speaker 1: things like that. Or sometimes the high school will be 631 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,880 Speaker 1: open in the they've opened late some days because they 632 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 1: were doing finals or something. It happens. But the older 633 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,240 Speaker 1: kids can manage themselves. They just like sleep in and 634 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: it's kind of nice if you are working from home, 635 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: maybe have lunch together. Maybe they don't even make it 636 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:16,560 Speaker 1: up for lunch, who knows. But with younger kids, if 637 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: it works to do like a mommy day, that could 638 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:22,320 Speaker 1: be a natural opportunity. But people don't get infinite amounts 639 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: of PTO, so there probably are break camps in these circumstances, 640 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,720 Speaker 1: or hiring a sitter for the day is a good 641 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,960 Speaker 1: idea for a whole week. Yeah, And if you can't 642 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 1: pull your kid out for the whole week, which i 643 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 1: especially if they get. 644 00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:40,560 Speaker 2: Older, totally like the other way around would never work. 645 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, it would never work to take your older kids 646 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:46,120 Speaker 1: out for a week and then to match your younger 647 00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,080 Speaker 1: child's break. But you might be able to pull like 648 00:31:50,120 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: the older kids out for a day or two and 649 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:56,000 Speaker 1: a younger one out for three days if their breaks 650 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,720 Speaker 1: are next to each other or something, and then you 651 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: get kind of the middle of those two weeks to 652 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:04,840 Speaker 1: be your family vacation and sort of orient that based 653 00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 1: on who could miss more days, which again tends to 654 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,960 Speaker 1: be the older kids can't, the younger kids can. But 655 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: this may just be something that you have to build 656 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: into your life that you don't really travel during those times, 657 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 1: those breaks because they are different for your family, and 658 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 1: you may need to just seize the opportunities over the 659 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,120 Speaker 1: winter holidays in summer when they are all off, and 660 00:32:28,240 --> 00:32:31,680 Speaker 1: you know, that's just sometimes the way it works. Yep, yep. 661 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:36,160 Speaker 1: Life is not always infinitely efficient, and if you want 662 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 1: it to be, then you do need to put your 663 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: kids all in the same school district. But yeah, well 664 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: this has been best of both worlds. Talking with Nicole Polisi, 665 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,520 Speaker 1: I will be back. Sarah will be back next week 666 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,600 Speaker 1: with more on making work and life fit together. 667 00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,480 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening. You can find me Sarah at the 668 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 2: shoebox dot com or at the Underscore shoe Box on Instagram, 669 00:32:59,320 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 2: and you. 670 00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:03,760 Speaker 4: Can find me Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. This 671 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 4: has been the best of both worlds podcasts. Please join 672 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 4: us next time for more on making work and life 673 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:10,800 Speaker 4: work together.