a little easier, in real life.

You already know what you want to do to feel better. Let’s make it easier to actually do it.

Making your life 1% better shouldn’t make it 100% more complicated.

Start with my free card, 24 Small Ways to Feel Better. Small things for you. Not the kids, not the house, not the group chat. You.

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SOUND FAMILIAR?

You don't need another plan that only works when life is calm.

You decide you’re going to eat better, move more, or finally make time for that thing you keep putting off. You mean it.

Then Monday gets busy. Somebody needs a ride. Dinner isn’t figured out. Your schedule changes, and the plan you made for yourself suddenly doesn’t look very realistic.

So you tell yourself you’ll start again next week.

I’ve been guilty of it.

We keep making plans for a version of ourselves who has unlimited time and nothing unexpected going on. What if we made plans that fit the life we actually have?

how I do it

How I make things 1% better

01

Figure out what actually matters.

Not everything needs to be a priority. Pick the one change that would make the biggest difference right now.

02

Make it easier to do.

Small routines and tools that cut down the time and thinking it takes to get started.

03

Make room for real life.

Plans get interrupted. The goal isn’t a perfect week. It’s knowing how to adjust and keep going.

Nikki Cheak in her kitchen

why I do this

Hey, I'm Nikki.

I’m a certified health and nutrition coach and a mom of three boys. I spent 20+ years in corporate helping people learn new systems and change the way they work, and I studied psychology because I’ve always wanted to know why people do what they do.

If all of that taught me one thing, it’s this: knowing what to do and actually doing it are two very different things.

So I’m spending this year getting good at making progress on what matters, and sharing what actually works.

Nikki

More about me

the podcast

1% Better in Midlife

Real conversations about making life a little better after 40. Some weeks it’s food or finding time to move. Other weeks it’s mental load, motivation, or figuring out what you actually want right now.

No perfect routines required.

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One Less Thing personalized meal planning system

MY MEAL PLANNER

Your family isn't generic. Your meal plan shouldn't be either.

Between picky eaters, busy nights, and everyone asking what’s for dinner, planning meals turns into a job of its own.

One Less Thing is the meal planner I built for my own house. Answer the questions once, and it plans breakfast, lunch and dinner around your family, so you stop starting from scratch every Sunday.

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FREE FOR YOU

24 Small Ways to Feel Better

Feel better, not busier. A free bingo card of small things just for you, and you can tap them off right on your phone.

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