Upgrade and Elevate

Upgrade and Elevate

By Ashley and NadjaSociety & Culture
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Upgrade and Elevate episodes

  • Vulnerability and Bringing Your Guard Down

    In this episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss the key to vulnerability and letting your guard down. They lay out the best strategies that work for them and emphasis that it's not an easy task to open yourself up to another person. They also address barriers to their lack of vulnerability in previous relationships. 

    35 min
  • Tired of Covid? So Are We

    In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja take time to have a girlfriend's chat to discuss overstimulation as a result of trying to adjust to in-person life and how tired they are of covid! Listen in as they discuss the life accommodations they had to make due to covid lately.

    37 min
  • Betting on Yourself: Embracing Challenge or Staying Comfortable

    We're back!!! After a month-long unexpected hiatus, Nadja and Ashley are back and ready to discuss their hiatus, significant career changes and what makes them stay in their positions. Ashley also discusses how the book "Bamboozled by Jesus" inspired her. Nadja dives deep into her premonitions of transitional periods and the signs to look out for.



    1 hr 2 min
  • Motherhood, Wifehood, and Career: Finding Yourself

    In this honest, raw and emotional episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss balancing parenting, marriage and career with their good friend Yolaine. Yolaine opens up about her journey to finding herself while spending time with her kids and the lessons learned along the way. Yolaine also discusses how she maintains her healthy mindset and her plans to support her kids as they continue to grow. Join Ashley, Nadja and Yolaine as they tackle taboo topics in order to grow from these conversations and bring positivity into their lives.

    56 min
  • Values, Identity, and Respect: Relationship Building with Differences

    In this episode of Upgrade and Elevate, Nadja and Ashley bring their first guests, Brandon and Melissa, into a discussion on differences in core values. In this thoughtful discussion, Brandon and Melissa bring important insight into the strategies they use to understand, engage, and build relationships with people. They also dive into how their communities growing up helped shaped how they engage in these types of conversations and relationship building. 

    44 min
  • How to Manage and Tackle Stress

    In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss their most stressful moments and how they overcame them. Nadja shares her experiences with anxiety and how she tackles stress at work. Ashley mentions how her passions turn into additional stressors when she is trying to navigate grad school deadlines. Listen in for good healthy tips on stress management!

    50 min
  • Elevated Travel: Tips and Tricks of Travel

    In this week's episode, Ashley discusses lessons learned from her recent trip to Cancun and Nadja gives advice on traveling alone as well as with friends. Listen as they look back at their past travel experiences to identify how they learned to elevate and grow in this area. 

    45 min
  • The Glows and Grows of Online Dating

    This week on 'Upgrade & Elevate', cohosts Ashley and Nadja discuss the glows and grows of online dating. Listen up to learn about creating a 'rotation' while navigating online dating as we navigate dating during a pandemic! 

    45 min
  • Navigating Workplace Friendships and Drama

    In this podcast premier episode of "Upgrade and Elevate" Nadja and Ashley discuss who they are, how they met and the friendship they formed at work. Nadja and Ashley tackle questions everyone wants to know as they navigate workplace drama and much more!

    50 min

About Upgrade and Elevate

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As two former coworkers-turned friends, Nadja and Ashley talk through their twists and turns in life that led them to where they are today. Join Nadja and Ashley as they talk about navigating career,…