Upgrade and Elevate

In this episode, Nadja and Ashley celebrate Upgrade and Elevate's one-year anniversary! They look back on their favorite moments since the podcast started. They also discuss their recent hiatus and Nadja opens up about how she dealt with the recent loss of her father. She discusses her path to healing in this riveting and vulnerable discussion. 

In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja sit down with Ashley's good friend Kizzy to define mindfulness and discuss mindfulness practices such as meditation and reiki. Kizzy shares how her background in researching and practicing mindfulness has impacted her life and her parenting styles as a mom to a toddler. She also shares how she developed a passion for reiki and how she connects with her clients as a reiki practitioner as well as her future goals as a therapist. In this riveting conversation, Ashley, Nadja, and Kizzy tackle mental wellness and wellbeing!

Happy Valentine's Day U&E fam! In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja celebrate Valentine's Day with advice on celebrating love whether you're in a couple or single. They also discuss their views on Valentine's Day and how that impacts how they celebrate it today. 

In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss navigating boundaries with friends. Nadja dives into steps she took to have a difficult conversation with friends over a boundary. Ashley reflects on how previous friendships impacted how she responds to her friends' actions. Are boundaries too difficult to talk about between friends? Listen in!

Happy New Year U&E fam! In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja catch up on their holiday experiences, reflect on their highs and lows of 2021 and how that impacted their goals for 2022. They also sharer their thoughts on the recent covid spike and how it impacts them moving forward.

Happy holidays Upgrade and Elevate family! In this week's episode, Nadja and Ashley discuss the stress of dinner conversations especially around the holiday season. They are joined by special guest and mental health professional, Jane. Listen in as they discuss helpful strategies on navigating uncomfortable conversations during the holidays. 

In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss the important lessons they learned over Thanksgiving and how they plan to apply it to future holidays. They also take a deep dive into making holidays feel more personal to you while keeping some family traditions. Nadja discusses how she made the holiday special for herself as well as her dad while being in another state. 

In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss the risk and rewards of living with your partner. Ashley dives into her recent experiences with moving in with her fiancé and reflects on previous conversations with her partner that helped made their move in process successful. They also discuss steps to maintaining a healthy relationship after initially moving in together. 

In this episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss ways to build confidence or at least "faking it until you make it". They dive into situations that make them least confident and why. Join in on this riveting discussion as they discuss another key to elevating ourselves.