Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40

Courtney Andersen had a drinking problem. A BIG one. She would start drinking and black out. Waking up in strangers beds, hospitals, fights and even in Jail. But she couldn't stop. Her addiction to alcohol took precedence over living. On August 18h, 2012, she DECIDED to stop the madness. Today on Leveling Up with Courtney we are talking about what causes addiction, the cycle of it, how to talk to...

Tucker Max was the ultimate party guy… in law school. He figured out early that it was more fun to cut class, party and write about his life as the ultimate "bad boy"... He chronicled his outings and party life in emails to friends… who LOVE THEM. After being prompted to publish his chronicles, he sent them out to hundreds of publishers, ALL who said a hard NO. So, he started a blog and put it ALL...

When we are born, we are a completely blank slate. As we grow we start to absorb the things people say to us. "You're ugly", "You're not good enough", "You're fat", it's the things we then start to tell ourselves.  So, how can we rewrite the slate once it is written on? Natalie breaks that down in this weeks Fit For Your Mind Friday!

Liza Morales is the mother of Lamar Odom's children! So, w hat happens when your High School sweet heart who you have three kids with becomes a big time athlete and marries a Kardashian? How does it affect you, your kids, and everything in between?  Today on leveling up she hopes that by sharing her story she will be able to connect with other families dealing with the impact of addiction.  Liza a...

In just 18 months, Austin Netzley built a 7 figure business from nothing and has helped clients generate over $100 Million and counting. How did he do this? He found his calling. You see, like many, Austin was a workaholic. He was all work all the time, pushing over 100 hours a week, HUSTLING as a way of life. He could not sleep, he had not time for himself and he wasn't fully LIVING. He knew this...

Has anyone ever said to you "Ohhh, just live a little." when you're trying to focus on your goals? You know, when you're eating healthy and someone shoves a donut in your face and says "just live a little" You have to say NO to living a little so you can live A LOT! We have to be able to say no to temptation, to those small, short term temptations, in order to live our best life 24/7!

At age 13 Josh Snows parents were facing the recession like many were in 2007. But instead of Josh taking on scarcity, victim mentality or ignoring, he became an Entrepreneur. While maintaining straight A's and playing Sports, Josh used the Free Computer at the school library to learn how to build WEBSITES. That lead to clients and then a client tip to learn SEO and Google Ad Word to create a resi...

Pat Flynn was an A student with an architecture degree. He had the job, the, the career he had studied for, and then the recession hit. He was laid off and fell into a depression. After watching Back to the Future SIXTY times and feeling sorry for himself, he decided he had to get it together and figure things out! He figured out a way to help people. It was a simple process and an even more speci...

Others opinions don't pay your bills, they don't get you healthy, they don't keep you warm out night, they don't help us when we are down. Their opinions are just a reflection of their missed dreams and goals.  It's time for you to take back your power and realize that all that matters is you, and what you believe. Everything is possible at any time. Please be careful who you seek guidance from. 

Kara Loewentheil knows a thing or two about confidence! For years, she battled the stories she would make up about what a text, or email tone meant and how she "thought" people did not like HER! TODAY, she is a Master Certified Coach with a B.A. from Yale and J.D. from Harvard Law AND In the last three years after pivoting from a legal career, she has grown her life coaching business from 0 to 7 f...

Mike Koenigs was a serial entrepreneur, 13 time #1 best selling author and speaker and he was also a stressed out work-a-holic. Then it happened…a scary and life-threatening diagnosis: Stage 3A Cancer.  He went through a major surgery, four months of intravenous chemotherapy, 33 radiation treatments and oral chemotherapy  Cancer WOKE HIM UP but surviving cancer is not what saved him.  Mike believe...

Things that you're too busy for, aren't important to you. In this weeks Fit For Your Mind Friday, I can't sugarcoat things. I break down what it means to be "too busy" and how you can allocate your time better so you treat the people you care about with the most respect.  Choose your priorities, and make the time.

Jamie King caught my attention! Her bright PURPLE hair, her many tattoos, her totally unique expressive self… I wanted to know HOW this girl who stands out so much has so much confidence! I also wanted to know HOW she created and built a 7 figure coaching business SO FAST. Jamie teaches creatives, coaches, course creators, and online Slay-dy Bosses, Mindset + Spiritual + Strategic steps for buildi...

Jim Fortin was a name I kept hearing over and over again from people I admire. He is the coach behind some of the greatest coaches. After listening to over 50 hours of him on his platforms I HAD to know more. How does he KNOW what he KNOWS? I mean, Jim Fortin is widely considered the leader in subconscious transformation, and he's helped countless people from all around the world transform their l...

I used to feel sick when I would hear the term "choose love!". I was the person that wouldn't know how to act when people would get upset around me, or when people would get all "mushy". I ran away from it, I was truly cold hearted. People who are like this usually went through some sort of traumatic thing in life, they were hurt, they weren't loved properly. In this weeks Fit For Your Mind Friday...

Kara Goldin Was not healthy. And she THOUGHT she was doing everything right! It wasn't until she figured out that her 10-12 DIET SODA addiction was the culprit! Everything changed for her and today, Kara  is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., a healthy lifestyle brand that produces the leading, award-winning, unsweetened flavored water. Her beverage has TAKEN OFF and is in stores everywhere like T...

At age 18, Joe Polish was a drug addict. And not just any drugs, the hard stuff. Cocaine, Meth and more. He was suicidal, unhealthy and was doing anything to soothe the trauma he had lived through. He had lost his mom when he was four and He was raped and molested as a child by a man he knew who PAID him to keep quiet and he had a lot of SHAME and suicidal thoughts around it all. Now, after witnes...

Sometimes when we use the term "I am" while visualizing what we want for ourselves, our brain can't comprehend it. So, we then continue to sabotage ourselves into falling into old habits.  So, how do we break this cycle? In this weeks Fit For Your Mind Friday, Natalie breaks down a way to "trick" the brain into believing before it's true. Then the actions become easy.

When AJ Osborne was suddenly paralyzed and hospitalized with a rare autoimmune disorder his family and him did not have to worry financially at all. WHY? Because they had money flowing in with little effort on their part because of smart financial decisions they had been making for years prior to this horrible event. That financial flow? Also the result of YEARS earlier when AJ had lost everything...

About two years ago, I really got hit hard with the idea of aging. At the age of 46, I was very aware of the public opinion on aging and since I was so in tune with my health and fitness, I thought I was untouchable. Then I ruptured a disk in my lower back and it all hit me! Some of you may be able to relate with the idea of "when did I start looking like my mom?" And, of course the growing list o...

Aging is REAL. So, in this weeks Fit For Your Mind Friday I wanted to talk about this truth, and, the false assumed truths around it. Look, I understand, when we get to a certain age we start to hear about all the issues that we have to embrace. Like, hormones, how our skin changes, and all the other negatives we hear. But, what if we can age in reverse? In this episode I talk about how I've been...

Saying that Daniel Skelton had a rough childhood would be an understatement. Daniel grew up in a very abusive and violent home. He never understood how to "fix things" and was constantly being beat and verbally abused by his dad. Before Daniel was even 10 years old, him and his brother watched as his Dad stabbed his mother multiple times leaving her for dead and then took off. His mom entered one...

Cynthia Thurlow had a significant health hiccup.  As she was traveling back to her home in Washington, DC, from a romantic Hawaiian vacation with her husband something felt off. 48hrs later, she found herself in the ER with a ruptured appendix, inflamed colon and Terrified. A scare, turned into a 13 day hospital stay with further complications. Things got really serious when she couldn't leave her...

I've always considered my job helping people kill F.A.T but not the kind of fat you would think I'm talking about. I'm talking about False Assumed Truths. These are the things we are told to believe about ourselves even though they are completely untrue.  In this episode I talk about how you're able to overcome them to create the life you truly want.

Nick Symmonds is an American athlete and entrepreneur. As an athlete, Nick has found much success on the track and in the mountains.  A two-time Olympian, Nick competed for the United States in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Though he has focused on the 800 meters for the majority of his career, he also has a personal best in the mile of 3 minutes and 56 seconds. ​ When Nick isn't running or cli...