Nikki Sharp

Some BTS of the last month or so. It’s been wild....
There’s been so many endings and new beginnings. I said goodbye to the place I lived, people I met, and carry with me memories of Marylebone. At the same time, I welcomed a new area (officially a Chelsea gal - who would have thought!) and a place I get to call HOME. 
I brought my podcast, recording from an armchair and gosh it’s so fun. I nearly said goodbye to London after all the stress of trying to find a place - there’s a brand new episode on this, out now! 
We said our farewells to this round of UTP, one of my favorite ones so far! I’ve welcomed new people into my life while equally letting go of others. I did something totally different for NYE which was the best way to end 2025 and bring in 2026!
During the hardest moments, I’ve focused on moments of joy. Whether it was the happiness of putting on an outfit that had been in storage for 7+ months, to daily walks, making myself as sparkly as possible.
I share this all as a reminder that you can have both the good with the bad. Great times while you’re going through tough ones. We can say goodbye and hello at the same.

A little Mexico reset. I spent the last week letting my nervous system drop out of survival mode. Most people think burnout is mental. It’s not. It’s biological.

It’s what happens when your system spends too long in high-alert mode without recovery. This trip was my recovery.

👉🏼The science is wild: even looking at natural blue spaces activates the parasympathetic nervous system, lowers heart rate, and helps regulate stress hormones.

👉🏼The world is changing faster than our nervous system can handle (then add on rising prices, economic and political discord...). Because of this, your brain is activated into fight or flight more often than not.

It’s not always practical to just jump on a plane, so here are real-life, backed-by-science ways to help reset your nervous system & bring you OUT of fight or flight:

✨Start your morning with vanilla incense. The scent of vanilla has been shown to lower startle reflex, reduce anxiety, and decrease blood pressure in as little as a few minutes because scent goes straight to the limbic system, the emotional center of the brain.

✨If you feel overwhelmed, do a few rounds of inhaling for 4, holding for 4, and exhaling for 6. Extending your exhale activates the vagus nerve, which signals safety to the body and can lower cortisol and heart rate almost immediately.

✨Put a jungle or beach screensaver on your TV or laptop. Studies show that even viewing nature scenes, especially green and blue tones, reduces amygdala activity, calms the stress response, and boosts feelings of relaxation by up to 30%. Nature sounds enhance this effect by lowering sympathetic nervous system activity.

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PS - what’s your fav pic?! I can’t decide!!!

Lost in…Tokyo 🇯🇵

Saying YES to life led me on a 14-hr flight and 4 nights halfway across the world. Here are some postcard moments from my travels.

From Omakase dinners, to getting a tattoo representing all the magic that has come through uncertainty (including all the 🌈), to having some of the best martinis of my life — it was a blast.

Leave it to me to go to the Edition, FS bar, Conrad & Ritz bc they have views for days, burgers I had to try (at 3 diff hotels lol) + cocktails from the best😬

There’s so much not pictured that I kind of marvel how much I did in such a short time, while dealing with jet lag + a trip to Okinawa.

Anyways, this is your reminder to do the thing. Say yes even if it doesn’t make sense. Go live life💕

The world feels heavier than ever… Wars, shootings, chaos everywhere.

And yet, you’re expected to keep showing up, smiling, and holding it all together.

But let’s be real: pouring from an empty cup leaves you drained, anxious, and disconnected from who you really are.

That’s why I created UTP: Special Edition, not just another program, but a reset for your nervous system, your mind, and your life.

Inside, you’ll gain the tools to regulate, rebuild, and reignite your spark so you can handle the chaos without losing yourself.

Your glow-up starts from the inside out.
💬 Comment UTP below and I’ll send you the details.