It's Both

About It's Both

It's Both is a podcast for the messy middle — the space between who you were and who you're becoming, full of life transitions, anxiety, and uncertainty. Maybe nothing major happened, but you don't recognize yourself anymore. Or maybe you're navigating divorce, a diagnosis, faith change, grief, a parenting season that's changed everything, or an identity shift you didn't choose. Every hard human experience asks you to let go of who you were before you know who you're becoming — and that gap is where transition anxiety shows up, where you feel lost during a transition you can't fully name. Both are normal. And you don't have to go through it alone. I'm Nikki P., a therapist turned storyteller. I built this show because I needed it myself — and realized other people did too. Every week, I have honest conversations with people living in the messy middle — holding joy and grief, gratitude and struggle, certainty and uncertainty — all at the same time, without pretending any of it isn't real. No toxic positivity. No fix-it mentalities. Just real language for the feelings you couldn't name, and permission to be exactly where you are. If you've been craving emotional support during transitions, or just a podcast that makes you feel a little less alone — this is for you. Life isn't either/or. It's both. And you're allowed to hold all of it. New episodes weekly. Find me @itsbothpodcast.

Publisher

Nikki P

Category

education · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Apr 2025

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

36 of 67 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Waiting for Permission to Start Over

   Host [Host Name] interviews Jess Lattif, founder of Not Working in Tech, about navigating career transitions and overcoming burnout by recognizing systemic issues.

2. 

   1 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Starting Over Certain, Not at Peace

   Host explores Amber Lewis Stewart's profound identity shift and courageous decision to leave her country, revealing the certainty found in difficult transitions.

3. 

   18 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Living In It: A Solo Update on Starting Over

   Nikki Boyer shares a raw, solo update on navigating the anxieties and uncertainties of starting over during a cross-country move and job loss.

Inside a recent episode

Waiting for Permission to Start Over

Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] In other countries, they have policies and laws that support workers having a life so that Whether you are a caregiver outside of work or you could spend 16 hours a day working, you're all on a level playing field of you start at this time, you end at this time. No one is expected to answer emails on the weekend. No one is expected to come to work when you're ill or your child is ill, for example. Right. These are things that are policy level problems in the U.S., But we treat them as individual problems. And so it's not just tech. And my broader goal is over time to explore this in other industries because work isn't really working in America. […]

Who has been a guest on It's Both

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jess Lattif
• Amber Lewis Stewart
• Amy Lenius
• Dr Debi Silber
• Nicole Pensak

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,482

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

34 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

81

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51