“Imperfections are not inadequacies.  They are reminders that we are all in this together.”  One of my favorite quotes from Brene Brown. In this podcast, I share how this concept has helped strengthen my relationships with my friends, my kids, and in my business.  I was at an event in the Bahamas a few weeks ago and I taught this concept and related it to my favorite Nintendo game: Mario Kart! I share it all in this podcast, hope you love it!

I remember these days so vividly.  Trying to work from home, but still having toddlers to entertain….trying to type while bouncing them on my lap or giving them coloring books to draw on (and hopefully not draw all over the table).  This picture was four years ago, and I just knew so badly I had something inside me that was….meant for more. I just didn’t know exactly what that looked like, or how I was going to get there. Even though I loved being a mom, I still wanted something that was “my own” outside of just changing diapers and making school lunches.  Fast forward a few years later, and I was able to build a multi-million dollar online business, but it didn’t just happen overnight. In fact, I would argue that it was all the failures and experiences that happened along the way that prepared me to run the company I have now. In today’s podcast, I go over the “backstory” to where my business is at now!  How I got here, the crazy jobs I took along the way, what made me feel fulfilled and what made me feel miserable, and all the ups and downs I experienced as I was building my business. Hope you enjoy it! xo - Natalie

Part 2 of our Dating 101 podcast was released today! Part 1 was so popular! In this Part 2 episode @dustinolson21 and I go over:

-Dopamine effect of new romances

-Setting proper expectations

-Ghosting

-Guy code

-Difference between connection vs attachment

and more! We laughed a lot, I told some of my more recent painful dating experiences, and we both shared stories. I hope you guys love this episode, and like I mentioned before, comment with any of your dating questions and/or use the hashtag #DatingWithDustin - he has great insight and gives great advice!

-Natalie

So far, my most downloaded podcast (hands down) was the Sex After Divorce podcast I did with one of my closest friends @lynn_livinmybestlife. It had 5x more downloads than any of my others! So many of you responded and said you would love to hear a similar conversation from a guys point of view! So, for this episode I brought on one of my good guy friends, @dustinolson21, and in true “Pulling Back the Curtain” fashion...we get into all the dating questions most people are too shy to talk about  I had a blast recording this podcast, and we chatted for so long I broke this podcast into two parts. In Part 1, we go over Dating 101 questions like:

-red flags from a guy’s point of view 

-our worst first date experiences 

-how to figure out what you want in a partner

-dating apps and will you probably find your soul mate on one? 

Hope you guys enjoy this podcast! I think you’re going to love it :) - Natalie

PS - we started a new hashtag #datingwithdustin you can ask Dustin your dating questions with it! he gives great dating advice! I always ask him my dating questions all the time, and I seriously think he should start his own IG page for it! Until I can convince him of that, we’ll start with a hashtag :)

I have had so many moments through motherhood where I have really screwed up. We all have been there. Today, I talk about the very real "mom guilt" we all struggle with. It's so easy to not show ourselves grace and beat ourselves up over every little thing we do as mothers. But I believe that kids watch what you do more than what you say, habits are caught not taught. My hope for my kids is that they can grow up knowing that their mom wasn't afraid to try, that I chased my dreams and could admit when I screwed up and apologize for it. The more grace I can show myself, the more it teaches my kids that they can show themselves grace. We are all doing the best we can. In this podcast I talk about the amazing week I had as a working single-mom and then came home to a serious "mom guilt" moment. 

I had so much fun recording this podcast with my friend Amy Ledin, she is somebody that I have personally learned so much from and I've implemented so many of the tips that she shares into my own personal life. I wanted to introduce her to you guys because everything that she teaches about habits and discipline has seriously helped me so much.

I know you guys are going to love this podcast.

xo Natalie 

Andrew Coussens was getting ready for his 22nd deployment when he found out his wife had taken her life.  Instantly, he became a single dad to his three young kids and had to figure out his “new normal” as he coped with grief, an entirely new day-to-day life, and parenting solo.  I had him on my podcast to talk about his new book “A Failed State” which is a fiction book that parallels his own experience with the military, the dynamic of deployment and how that impacts families, and more.  

We dug deep into how to handle grief when you lose a loved one, what it’s like for military spouses, and single parenting. I had a blast on this podcast and I really think anyone who listens will relate to some or many parts of what we talked about.  

Can’t wait for you to listen to it, it truly was a joy to have Andrew as a guest!

- Natalie

With Valentine's Day right around the corner, I have brought on one of my good friends, Stacey Martino, who is a relationship expert, and we dive deep into some of the messy topics around why marriages struggle and how you can build an unshakeable love in your marriage.

I hope you guys love this podcast. I know you're going love Stacey and I can't wait to hear what you think.

Visit Stacey at RelationshipBreakthroughSecrets.com

xo Natalie 

Say YES.  Figure it out later.  Put yourself at risk of something extraordinary happening.  Don’t worry if you don't know how to do it. And if it scares you, even more reason to say yes and get after it.I put up a brand new podcast today talking about everything related to saying yes even when you feel scared, even when you think you're inadequate, even if you think you're not enough, how to work through that and some of the really awesome opportunities that can come from facing those fears and saying yes anyway…..even if you don't know how to do it.  I tell a story about how saying yes (when years ago I would have been afraid to do this), led me to help one of my business mentors Russell Brunson at an event for 35,000 people this weekend and then a trip to the Bahamas on a private yacht.

I hope you love it.  Thank you to each of you who listen to my weekly podcasts.  Recording these podcasts has become one of my new favorite things.

xo Natalie

Welcome to the Pulling Back The Curtain podcast. Today I brought on my good friend Ashley Penrod, the COO of my company. Together we share moments we've had as parents, that we aren't that proud of, but we know that whenever we share our stories with our girlfriend's they open up and share their struggles too and know they aren't alone.

I hope you like it. 

Your friend,

Natalie