
Gut+Science explores employee engagement insights you can act on, from CEOs you can trust. Get ready for high energy interviews led by employee engagement evangelist Nikki Lewallen—ones that’ll have you rethinking what it means to build successful people-first cultures.
Your thoughts aren’t just passing through your mind. They’re shaping the life you’re creating.
Nikki and David dive into the practice of manifestation and how becoming intentional about your thoughts, words, gratitude, and actions can transform the way you experience life. David shares how his own journey with the law of attraction helped make 2024 one of his most transformational years, while Nikki explores how manifestation can align with faith, purpose, and a people-first approach to growth.
From gratitude and visualization to affirmations, meditation, inspired action, and learning to surrender the outcome, Nikki and David unpack practical ways to turn intention into a daily practice. Because betterment isn’t only about dreaming bigger. It’s about getting clear, believing deeply, and taking action toward the life you want to create.
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Key Takeaways:
- Your thoughts and words influence the life you create.
- Gratitude is a foundational practice for intentional manifestation.
- Get clear on what you truly want to create.
- Visualization becomes powerful when you connect it with emotion.
- Take inspired action, then release attachment to the outcome.
















Nikki Gregory
Gut + Science
Gut + Science is a mentoring platform for people-first leaders of all levels. We talk to exceptional leaders who prioritize culture, get fired up about employee engagement, and are excited to share ideas and tools for bettering employee experiences.
We are on a mission to improve employee engagement by inspiring and equipping leaders to help employees thrive at work. Host Nikki Gregory highlights accomplished, people-first CEOs (and executives) that share their powerful mindsets, experiences and tools that have helped them succeed. Content experts share education and inspiration on topics such as diversity and inclusion, emerging and lucid leadership, and corporate social responsibility. We named the show Gut + Science because leaders need both data and experiences to guide decision making.
Nikki is passionate about helping millions love their work, about giving back, about investing in people. In Gut + Science, these callings come to life in the form of high-energy interviews designed to help pave the way for people-first cultures, and give leaders the inside scoop on how to build winning cultures and companies. Nikki has helped countless executives make meaningful, relationship-oriented investments.