In this live kickoff, Val Nichols, an ADHD‑friendly business coach for heart‑centered, purpose‑driven entrepreneurs, welcomes both returning participants and newcomers to the 15 Days of May event. She outlines who the program is for—creatives, coaches, consultants, authors, speakers, and multi‑passionate or ADHD‑identified individuals—and emphasizes her core philosophy of designing a business around the lifestyle one desires. Val stresses the importance of avoiding burnout and ADHD shutdown by building structures, systems, and routines that align with personal energy patterns. She introduces her “fail‑fast, get to market quickly” mindset, warning against analysis paralysis, perfectionism, and endless planning, and shares her personal narrative of a breakdown in 2011 that led to a breakthrough and subsequent cycles of rapid progress. The event will run Monday‑through‑Friday over 15 days in May, delivering bite‑sized, actionable trainings via a private group hub, live streams, and a Substack archive. Val invites participants to share the event, engage in the community, and promises ongoing support, including future deep‑dives into brain‑hacking for completion energy. The overall aim is to equip attendees with clear roadmaps, templates, and strategies to build sustainable, joy‑filled businesses while leveraging ADHD strengths.
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Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the 15 Days of May business extravaganza. Have you been a part of one of my events before? Have you been a part of the 15 Days of May? If so, let me know. If you have been a part of it, know that I love you. I can't wait to connect with you again. If you are brand new to this space, or maybe this is your first time, I just want to say hi. I can't wait to meet you. My name is Val Nichols. I am a business coach. for heart-centered, purpose-driven entrepreneurs just like you. I focus on ADHD-friendly solutions as well as those for the multi-passionate. And also I have a very unique way of doing business that has really helped to calm nervous systems, get you the structure, the strategy. But enough about me. I want to know about you guys. Let me know, what is your business and where are you at in the process? Or maybe you're just in like the ideation Where you have an idea of a million ideas, you're just not sure where to start. Maybe you are in the pre-launch where you have a plan, have the structure strategy. Maybe you've created a business plan, but you just need to know, how do I work all these pieces together? And then how do I do the things that I know I need to do? Right? Such a common thing that people come to me for. They say like, I know what to do. I'm just not doing it. So just not doing it. I want to make sure that you are in the right place if you are here. So you are either a heart-centered, purpose-driven entrepreneur. Maybe you're a creative, a visionary, a coach, a consultant, an author, a speaker, or if you are aspiring to be any one of those things, then you're in the right place. If you are looking for a roadmap, clear steps, templates, structures, and systems to help you not just thrive in business, but to create a business, a brand, and a lifestyle that are sustainable and are going to skyrocket you into the life and the lifestyle that you truly desire. Because in my coaching method, we always want to design our business around the lifestyle we desire. I'm going to repeat that again for those of you in the back who did not hear it. You want to design your business around the lifestyle you desire. If you are the type of person who loves sitting at a desk all day, great. Let's design it. If you're on the other side where you are ADHD, multi-passionate, easily distracted, and maybe you're like, sitting at a desk all day doing the same task over and over sounds so freaking boring, and I need to create healthy change in your life where you're not just doing the same thing over and over and over. Because for those of us that have ADHD, we can get into ADHD burnout and ADHD shutdown, and that is never a good place to be. I've been there and I've so intentionally designed not only my life and my lifestyle, but my business, how I do my business, and even the things that I sprinkle into my business and into my life that fulfill me, bring me joy, and ultimately are going to be the sustainable thing that keeps me here in business for decades to come. Because I don't want to like build this huge structure, build this huge thing, just to burn out, burn it all down, and then go start over somewhere else. Because I've definitely been there. If you have too, let me know. I'm so excited to see you guys. Hi. Hello. Hello, everyone hopping on. Oh my goodness. Thank you so much, you guys. Yes, we're so excited. This is our kickoff celebration. Feel free to share this live at any moment and share this out. Or you can also invite people into this group who you know will align with this Extravaganza. We don't want to be spamming people. I don't want to be sending it to every single person that you know. But if you know there's someone, maybe you're listening to this training or future trainings, you're like, I know someone that needs this, then send it to them, invite them in the group, because it is way more fun when we have our friends join in on our growth. Have you ever been in that place where maybe you feel like you are outgrowing people? I want to give you permission that that's okay. Because if you've heard me speak before, you know, I often talk about how there are those of us who are called to something so big. It's like we're called to this mountaintop. We're called to this journey that has no end. And no matter what, we're not going to be comfortable or satisfied or content to just stop and hang out and like Set up camp and like, just be there. Like, I used to fight that part of me. So if you're fighting that part of you, maybe you're thinking like, people just are like, you have so many things going on. You're all over the place. You're doing this, you're doing that. Great. Let's get clear on your messaging. Let's get clear on your offers. And then you're going to skyrocket and don't change. Don't change that. There's so many ways that you can fulfill that need and that desire for more, that need and that desire for change without completely burning down the structure of your business, getting shiny thing syndrome, and starting all over at step 1. So if you're here for it, let me know, because I want to move forward with some intentions, with some clear expectations, so we can all be on the same page. May is This is such an incredible season for me, for you, and for us. Not only is it Small Business Month, we had Small Business Week last week, it's Mental Health Month, which is another passion of me and my community here. May has been a season of breakthrough. We are coming out of the cold months. We are journeying with our face toward the sun, toward the beautiful summery months that are ahead. We are journeying toward the halfway mark of the year. We are journeying toward the last 6 months of 2026. May is a season of breakthrough. And I want to share with you guys, if you've been there, you know that the breakthrough comes after the breakdown. So if you're in a breakdown season right now, just know that breakthrough is coming. Breakthrough is ahead because the breakthrough comes after the breakdown. That's why if you're one of my clients, you will totally relate. Let me know if you guys are one of my clients. Give me a heart symbol. Oh, you guys. Oh, hey, past client, past client, Dina. Oh my goodness. Hi. Yes. So you know that I will tell you to fail faster, to get into market quicker. And what I mean by that is so many of us will sit and spin with a million ideas in our head wondering what is the right decision. And then what ends up happening is you then make a decision by default by doing nothing, going years and years and years, Spinning, thinking, hoping, wanting, desiring, planning, hoping to, planning to plan. Then we just we freeze. And I've seen so many brilliant, incredible, capable human beings who have gotten stuck in analysis paralysis, perfectionism, fear, overwhelm, indecision. And so what happens is I encourage you to get to market quicker, make your decisions faster. Money loves speed. The quicker you can fail, the quicker you can get to your breakdown, the quicker you're going to get to your breakthrough. Are you resonating with that? If you are, let me know. Just like I just said, that the breakthrough comes after the breakdown. 15 years ago, I was in the breakdown. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I was living in my car at one point, just completely lost and unsure, like, what I was going to do with my life. I had hit this point in my life where I was like, I don't know what to do. And the breakdown comes before the breakthrough. And luckily, 15 years ago, on May 18th, 2011, I had my breakthrough. Since then, there's been breakthrough after breakthrough after breakthrough. The breakdowns still happen, but they're a much lesser scale. This is what happens when we start having breakthroughs and we start to notice we get in that energy, we get in the celebration energy, we get into our full capacity, we get into this full potential that we know we have inside. Do you ever feel that? Do you ever feel like, I know I was made for greatness, I know I was made for more, I know I have this huge potential in my life, I'm just not reaching it. So when we flex that muscle of potentiality, when we're able to really jump into and embody this realm of possibility, we end up flexing that muscle just like if you were going to a gym, like you flex that muscle and you are able to then create breakthrough after breakthrough after breakthrough. Your breakdowns are lesser. It's a lesser impact. You have a bigger comeback. And you're able to experience these breakthroughs quicker and quicker and quicker. Let me tell you guys, my turnaround time today compared to when I first started my business, so different. I can make decisions quicker, which means I get to market faster, which means I make money quicker, which means I pull in more cash, which means I execute a new idea, which means that I get to have joy and purpose. And let me tell you, there is nothing more motivating than making money. There's nothing more motivating than making cash. And I don't mean that in a way that like, I've never been motivated by money. My brain is addicted to dopamine because I have ADHD. I am such a box checker. I used to measure my success and excitement on accomplishments. Now what I do is I measure my success. I reward myself based on execution. I'm going to go deeper into this in another day. So don't worry if you want me to go deeper, just know I'm giving you guys some samples here and you're going to be able to just consume all of this and implement it into your business and your life right away. So when you are basing your success, your satisfaction, your purpose, your contentment, not on accomplishment and goals and the next thing, the next thing, the next thing, and it's never going to be good enough. You guys who've been around a long time, you know I love talking about completion energy and how I've trained my brain. I have literally hacked my brain to complete the things I start. If you guys want to know how, let me know in the comments. I will do a specific training on that. If you have signed up for this celebration for the 15 days of May, you will be in the know. You will know where I'm going to go live. It's going to be different times. It's going to be different places because this is going to be so. Easy to consume. It's going to be so freaking convenient for you and for me. And so this is going to be so easy to consume. This is going to be bite-sized, easily actionable items and trainings that I'm going to give you guys. I'm going to— pulling back the curtains and showing you the things that I implement and teach my clients. So if you're ready for that, let me know. The hub will be in the group where you guys, when you signed up for this event, and if you haven't signed up for this event yet, go to valnickels.com. I'll put it here somewhere, slash event on my website. When you're in the group, you will have a hub there where you will see the lives. Because like I said, it's going to be a little bit sporadic over the next 15 days, Monday through Friday. It is going to be such an exciting, high vibe, and highly valuable event. That you will not want to miss a single day, a single training. So if you were not able to catch the live, do not worry because you will get a link to that group when you sign up and everything will be reposted in there. We are also going to be backing everything up onto a Substack account that I just started. So if you're on Substack, go check it out there. That way you guys will have a really easy, simple, convenient way to find the trainings that you have not seen and to catch up and then to pick and choose later on which trainings you want to go back to so that you can fully implement the processes that I'm going to be teaching you guys. Let's check in for a moment. How excited are you? Like, breathe for a moment and just feel it in your body. How excited are you for the next 15 days? On a scale of one to ten, where do you feel that in your body? What are you hoping that is possible? What are you believing that is possible? We are going to be talking about how to get so connected with that big, bold, beautiful vision that your mind is going to go from sabotage, overwhelm, overthinking, not being able to implement, knowing what to do and not doing it, to having wild. Crazy success. Imagine what that is going to feel like at the end of these 15 days together. My intention is that you get so freaking much from these trainings that you can go out there and you can just start to implement. Of course, my intention would be for those of you who are in it for the long run, you're in it to commit. I would love for you to come on and join me in whatever capacity that is. And work with me. But if that's not where you're at right now, or if that's not where you're at in the next 15 days, that's okay. No worries. And what I want to make very clear in this 15 days is going to be easily consumable, easy to understand, and easy to implement. You guys have questions, do let me know. If I happen to not see them before this live is over, I will come back and make sure that I'm answering those questions. So make sure that you sign up. This is going to be such a wild celebration. This is going to be so much fun. It's going to be so high vibe. If you've ever been a part of any of my events ever, you know to expect the unexpected and that so many great things are ahead for us. We are going to create over the next 15 days. Again, I'm going to be going live Monday through Friday until the end of the month. So make sure that you are watching this space. You are watching the Substack space. I'll put the link in the group in case if you guys want to like go there and find an easy to implement place. This is going to be such an amazing, incredible event. Feel free to share this out. I'm going to be doing drawings. So if you share this, tag me in it so that I know you shared it at It's Val Nichols. Or you can also invite people into the group and I will see that you invited them. Make sure they're aligned with this, that they are going to get a ton of value out of this. And I can't wait to see what you create. Bye!
