58. From NICU Nurse to Viral Photographer: How Nicole Chino Built a Business Around Motherhood

Get Messy | Mindset Podcast for Ambitious Creatives · Apr 15, 2026 · 49m

Okay, this one is extra special to me — because I've known today's guest since we were five years old.

Nicole Chino is a NICU nurse of 10+ years, a mom, a wife, and the founder of Nicole Chino Photography — a booming newborn, maternity, and family photography business she built from scratch while balancing 12-hour hospital shifts and raising her babies. In just the last year, she went from 500 to 14K followers and had a reel cross 500K likes. Yeah. We're talking about all of it.

In this episode, we get into the real, messy truth of building something while you're still figuring out who you…