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Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill

Welcome to Midlife Conversations. On this podcast Natalie Jill does what she does best - taking complicated information that is relevant to us (women entering Midlife) NOW, and breaking it down simply with actionable steps you can implement to level up your life in your BEST YEARS to come. I also regularly interview some of the most inspiring people living their best Midlife years. On this show, I cover topics about our shifting hormones, weight struggles, our mood and focus changes, raising teenagers, our relationships, career changes, beauty and more. If you are new here, Natalie Jill encourage's you to go back and listen from episode one, when this podcast was previously called “Listen UP” for the full transformative experience!
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Episodes

229: NFL Dream to Social Media Entrepreneur with Brock Johnson

What happens when your IDENTITY comes from a family of successful Quarter backs and you decide to forgo a scholarship of pursuit of entrepreneurship? Today, meet Brock Johnson is a 23-year-old former college-athlete with a passion for helping others grow their brands using social media. His specialty NOW? Short-form video on Instagram and online storytelling! After less than two years in business, Brock reached a 6 figure income as a college student! TODAY Brock is the Co-host of the Build Your ...

Dec 28, 202047 min

228: How Equinox was Born with Lavinia Errico

How does a MEGA successful Health Club Chain like Equinox start? Not the way you may think! Lavinia Errico, the visionary founder behind Equinox Fitness Clubs joins us to share how this mega gym was born from the ground up! As a kid, Lavinia was super active and fit and ahead of the times with the healthy way of eating her mom taught her. It was not until college, when she started to gain a little bit of weight, that she realized her gift for fitness and empowering others. She started a fun danc...

Dec 21, 20201 hr 19 min

227: Candid Conversation about Stress, Hypnotherapy and Today’s World Events with Kiné Corder

Kiné Corder is a National Certified Counselor, international speaker, and the world’s #1 clinical hypnotherapist specializing in financial therapy and stress management. Kiné created a financial therapy program that combines hypnosis, talk therapy, and money counseling. She created this program because studies have shown that money is the number one cause of stress, whether you have it or not, and stress is the cause of many major illnesses. As a former Morgan Stanley financial advisor, Kiné rea...

Dec 14, 20201 hr

226: Overcoming Abuse, Depression, and Poverty to Become the Most Influential Hispanic in Wellness Today with Ingrid Macher

Ingrid was raised by a mom who was abusive physically and emotionally (Ingrid has forgiven her mom, afterall her mom herself was raped at age 3! ) Ingrid's youth was far from easy. Abusive upbringing, raped at age 14, And then depressed and suicidal even trying to take her own life! At 19 she had an a opportunity to immigrate to America and she saw this as her ticket to escape! Holding three jobs (cleaning, washing details and working in retail), going to college and raising a daughter as a sing...

Dec 07, 20201 hr 13 min

225: How to Build an Enviable Booty and the Brilliant Mind Behind GLUTE LAB with Bret Contreras

Bret Contreras is widely considered the BOOTY building GLUTE expert by many. He builds BOOTIES… and he is the Founder of the ever successful GLUTE LAB chain! He found his niche in booty building and his knowledge coupled with his direct marketing and messaging know how works. . And his timing was PERFECT. In the era of JLO, Shakira, and the Kardashians, everyone seems to be fascinated with the back side. But how did a guy get so dialed in with this niche? Bret was ALWAYS inventing and growing up...

Nov 30, 202052 min

224: Pivot & Go: How to Redefine Your Success with David Nurse

Growing up, David wanted to play BASKETBALL. It was his vision, his calling and all he wanted… to play in the NBA. When he finally made it (at 6’2 BTW when most NBA players are 6’7”) it became his identity. He had MADE IT. But when he was cut, he was lost and depressed. He had NO CLUE what else to do with himself. His mom told him that one one door closes, a bigger and better one would open and when he FINALLY listened, everything changed. David decided to become the best NBA coach in the busine...

Nov 23, 202034 min

223: Using Your Gifts to Overcome Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse with Maxx Nies

In 2018, I Maxx Nies picked up a pen and began writing songs to heal from the sexual, emotional, and verbal abuse she had suffered. Her first single “No Good At Love”, from her album titled “Daddy’s Issues”, is about how she never felt clean enough to love herself or others. Maxx used to take many showers a day trying to wash off the feeling of being dirty which was brought on by guilt and shame. At age 20 now Maxx, Through writing this title track, I was able to heal quickly. As she began to wr...

Nov 16, 202040 min

222: Forgiving the Unforgivable with Ashley Hann

Bullied in school for being the “ugly duckling”, Ashley Hann was led into severe anxiety and the need for perfection. After diving into the deep internal work, she learned that the need for external validation was not the way she wanted to live. After breaking through that, she then faced the ultimate betrayal. She learned her best friend was now dating the man she had just ended a relationship with. Knowing that the only way out of the pain she had experienced was to go through it, she committe...

Nov 09, 202046 min

221: The Birth of a Snack Food Brand... the Story of PeaTos with Nick Desai

Did you know that there are 92,000 Cheetos eaten a SECOND and that Cheetos is a 1.7 BILLION dollar business? AND that 48% of Americans have eaten one in the last year! And that Frito Lay is a 4.5 billion dollar business and that it takes up 60% of the snacking market share? Well, Nick Desai , Chairman and CEO, Snack it Forward has a vision for Junk Food without the Junk and he is creating a massive and impactful disruption to the junk food industry. Nick believes that there should be a bridge op...

Nov 02, 202042 min

220: What Happens When Pre-Teens Get Their Hands on Social Media with Penelope Gonzalez

What happens when pre-teens get their hands on smart phones and social media? Insecurity, Anxiety, Comparison, depression, addiction and even lying can start to spin out of their control. This may be one of the hardest interviews I have ever done. In this episode, I have my favorite human… my own daughter. When her personality started to drastically change as she approached age 13, I soon realized it was not the normal hormonal and “junior high” pressure. Here is what I discovered, how I am resp...

Oct 26, 202031 min

219: Fit For You Friday: It Is Not Too Late For Your Goals

It's not too late. It's not too late for you to reach any and all of your goals. In this weeks Fit For You Friday, Natalie Jill discusses why it's not too late, why you may feel it's too late, and most importantly, how you can take action and realize your dreams and achieve your goals.

Oct 16, 20203 min

218: Overcoming Dyslexia to Become the Go To Copywriter for Entrepreneurs with Jennifer Hudye

Growing up with entrepreneur parents, Jennifer loved to perform and loved playing with cash registers. She knew she wanted to be an entrepreneur and make a lot of money helping people but she had a LOT of limiting beliefs. She was dyslexic, HATED to write, was insecure around school and viewed herself as a terrible student After launching an online fitness business as a side hustle that was not initially working, she connected the dots that she needed to learn how to Enter Conversations going in...

Oct 12, 202051 min

217: Fit For You Friday: Forget Massive Action

Sometimes when we think about massive action, it's terrifying! But, what if we focus on small steps daily that will get us to our goal. On this weeks Fit For You Friday, Natalie Jill discusses this exact thing and how you can implement it into your life NOW, so you're able to realize your dreams SOON!

Oct 09, 20203 min

216: Next Big Star Stripped Away for Being Gay with Jonathan George

Jonathan George Builds Rock Star Brands! He is known as “The Human Hitmaker” because of his ability to see people’s untapped potential, his methods to pull that potential to the surface, and his ability to cultivate it into greatness. But who he is TODAY is not who he always was! Growing up as a gay male, in texas, he never felt good enough. Bullied, picked on, and teased for his creative side confused him. With a father who was a pastor, he was taught to fit in a box and hide who he really was....

Oct 05, 202045 min

215: The Power of the Alter Ego with Todd Herman

Todd Herman builds Alter egos and secret identities for olympians, athletes and public figures around the world! It is TRUE. After an unfathomable event happened to him at the age of 12, Todd formed an “alter ego” to protect him and help him thrive in life. As an adult, Todd has been working with the highest achievers in sports and business for over two decades helping them create alter egos to expand their results to the highest levels possibile. Todd is the author of the bestselling book, ‘The...

Sep 28, 202059 min

214: How GYMGUYZ Became the Top Mobile Personal Training Company Nationwide with Josh York

Josh York did not have it easy growing up. An ill mom, a dad not around, he learned from the school of hard knocks. And then 12 years ago, during the economic crash, Josh had a vision- and clarity around a goal on how to SCALE his hourly personal training business and help so many more.He had no one that believed in him. All friends and mentors told him his plan had too many holes and would not work. TODAY- Josh York's vision of GYMGUYZ – A Mobile In-Home Fitness Training Provider today boasting...

Sep 21, 202036 min

213: Healing Migraines, Pain, Functional Neurology and the BRAIN with Dr. Stephanie Barbakoff from Oculus Brain Center

I had never heard of functional neurology until my hand and wrist stopped working well after my Distal Bicep Tear Repair. When I met Dr. Barbakoff and learned of Oculus Brain Center I was blown away by their approach to chronic pain, brain fog, migraines and athletic performance. It all sounded so far out there to me until I started working with them directly on my own recovery.They opened my eyes to a whole new approach to treatments and the idea of Neuroplasticity. You see, functional neurolog...

Sep 14, 202034 min

212: Improving Your Teens Mental Health with Jamie Kromm

Jamie Kromm spent years of teaching in the public school system that left her disheartened, discouraged, and certain there was a better way to support kids and parents with the challenges that made it hard for kids to show up and learn. Her love for teaching and learning blossomed in the world of personal development when she dove into understanding the power of mindset and how thoughts and beliefs (95% of which are subconscious!) shape reality. On the last day of school in 2017, she quit teachi...

Sep 07, 202042 min

211: Dropped: 13 Days Before Navy SEAL Graduation - The Lessons That Took Two Decades To Get with Brooks Hollan

This week no Leveling Up, Natalie Jill sits down with her favorite person, who husband, Brooks Hollan. Brooks Hollan is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, an entrepreneur, and high performance coach. Through his business, Service2Purpose ( www.service2purpose.com ), he works with high achievers that deep down still feel not-good-enough and unworthy, as well as helping leaders, entrepreneurs and executives experience joy, fulfillment, and freedom through living their purpose and not just ‘doin...

Aug 31, 202048 min

210: Addiction Relapse and Full Recovery with Vasavi Kumar

An Indian immigrant born and raised in NYC, Vasavi Kumar grew up being bullied. She smoked her first cigarette at age 12, had her first drink at age 14 and when her dad didn’t like what she was up to he pulled her from all she knew and put her in private school. This did not help. Vasavi felt too indian for schools and friends and too american for her parents. She did not know who she was. Looking for a way to feel connection and like she fit in. She turned to drugs and alcohol. She connected wi...

Aug 24, 202056 min

209: Homeschooling vs. Distance Learning: Where Do We Start and Should We with Serena Ryan

There is a lot of information out there about Homeschooling and Distance Learning. So much so, that it has become overwhelming! We knew we had to have a conversation about this exact topic. Natalie Jill took to her personal Facebook page to ask who was out there and she was pointed toward Serena Ryan - The Confident Home Schooler. Serena Ryan is the founder of "The Confident Homeschooler". After an overwhelming and turbulent start homeschooling her own children, she became passionate about helpi...

Aug 17, 202044 min

207: Are You Living in Fear or Possibility

HOLY MOLY just calculated that If you watch the news or scroll social media 3 hours a day (which is average) that is 84 hours a month in a 28 day month. You are training your brain subconsciously. You need to ask yourself if you're training your brain for fear or possibility. In this weeks Fit For Your Mind Friday, Natalie Jill breaks down how you can program peace, love, and normalcy.

Aug 07, 20204 min

206: Navigating Anxiety and Depression with Dr. Leah Katz

Anxiety and Depression is a big deal in normal times. But, during quarantine, shut downs, changes and the fear or the virus and economy it is running rampant. How this affects adults and teens is eye opening. Today, I have Dr. Leah Katz, Ph.D., She is a clinical psychologist practicing in Portland, Oregon. Originally from New York, she completed her doctorate training at Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. While living in New York, Dr. Katz worked at a community clinic where she led several g...

Aug 06, 202044 min

205: How to Utilize Strategic Problem Solving with the Founder of MoxieLash Val

Val is the founder of MoxieLash- the magnetic eyelash company that has taken OFF. You may have seen me talking about them on social media or you may have seen some of their ads. I wanted to know HOW did this company start and WHY is is such a HUGE success. I met VAL the founder and was so intrigued. Val Played video games as a kid, became a professional poker for 13 years and then realized he missed engaging and collaborating. He decided he wanted to start an actual Business. The problem? He had...

Aug 03, 202033 min

204: Radical Self Responsibility with JP Sears

At a young age, JP Sears learned that humor was a way to deal with anger and pain. He would feel like he MATTERED if he could get people to laugh. Humor was his crutch, his way to cope, and it was at the age of 27 when a mentor said to him in a loving interruption: “Do you know how passive aggressive you get with your humor?” that JP realized he had a bigger purpose. TODAY, JP Sears is a conscious comedian, emotional healing coach, author, YouTuber, world traveler, and curious student of life. H...

Jul 27, 202051 min

203: Heart Centered Success with Trifecta Nutrition Founder Greg Connolly

Not too long ago, Greg Connolly was 750,000 in debt and pivoting from his 5th business! TODAY he is the founder of the largest and most successful meal delivery service in USA… TRIFECTA with over 9 figures in ARR and major global partnerships like The UFC, The PGA Tour, The Mr. Olympia, and Team USA. This company has personally blown me and my husband Brooks away with their quality healthy and organic ingredients, their not frozen shipping method and their taste. But HOW did he do it? How did he...

Jul 20, 202037 min

202: Creating A Legendary Relationship with Lance & Brandy Salazar

5 years ago, Lance and Brandy Salazar were nearly divorced. Having kids abruptly deprioritized their marriage, and they lacked deep intimacy and connection. They were disconnected, frustrated, unhappy, and they knew they weren’t modeling the marriage they wanted for their girls. At the point of calling it quits, they made one last effort to save their relationship. This time, they tried something new. Their results were so effective that they applied the same method and principles to their famil...

Jul 13, 20201 hr

201: Your Past Does Not Determine Who You Are with Carolyn Colleen

Where you come from does not have to determine where you are going! Today I cant wait for you to meet Caroly Colleen. Who she is TODAY, a proud mom of 3, an international speaker, a successful coach and non profit leader is NOT who she was as a child. Imagine being : Molested as a 4 year old child by your neighbor, being raised mom with a mental illness, Being ADOPTED as a black child by WHITE parents and having your mom telling you that you “cost $10,000 and need to earn your worth” and then tu...

Jul 06, 202048 min

200: You Are Not Your Current Circumstances

You are not your current circumstance. You are not your bank account, you are not your past. In fact, who you are, is wherever you're putting your focus and attention. Natalie Jill sits down for a Fit For Your Mind Friday to discuss this exact thing so you can shift your life.

Jul 03, 20203 min

199: Turning Sexual Abuse into Purpose with Aimee Cabo Nikolov

How does someone who walks through YEARS of unimaginable sexual and verbal abuse as a child come out on the other side MORE than ok? Today, meet Aimee Cabo Nikolov. Aimee is a Cuban American who After many years of healing, finding love, raising a family and evolving her relationship with God, allowed her true grit and courage to shine through leading to an honest, thought-provoking memoir. Join in TODAY and learn EXACTLY how Aimee Cabo Nikolov Leveled up and created EVERYTHING from NOTHING In t...

Jun 29, 202021 min
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