Welcome to Journey In, a show that aims to expand your perspective when it comes to defining your spirituality. We'll journey into conscious conversation around different spiritual modalities, health and wellness trends, and hear from spiritual thought leaders, so we can come together and learn to respect one another despite our differences. At the end of the day, a spiritual journey is a home coming to who you really are, and YOU get to define what that path looks like. We’re going to journey through it all—the good, the bad and the ugly. I'm your host, Jess Monteggia, and let's journey in.
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Welcome to Journey In, a show that aims to expand your perspective when it comes to defining your spirituality. We'll journey into conscious conversation around different spiritual modalities, health and wellness trends, and hear from spiritual thought leaders, so we can come together and learn to respect one another despite our differences. At the end of the day, a spiritual journey is a home coming to who you really are, and YOU get to define what that path looks like. We’re going to journey through it all—the good, the bad and the ugly. I'm your host, Jess Monteggia, and let's journey in.
12. Natalie Kelley on Her Coming Out Journey, Embracing Sobriety & Finding Authenticity
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1 hour 14 minutes 11 seconds
2 years ago
12. Natalie Kelley on Her Coming Out Journey, Embracing Sobriety & Finding Authenticity
In this episode Jess sits down with Natalie Kelley, mostly known as Nat. Nat is an LGBTQ+ advocate, lifestyle creator and mindset coach based in Sacramento, CA. She founded Plenty and Well in 2019 to help other folks with chronic illnesses have easier access to mindset work tailored to the chronically ill experience after her own struggles to find resources that actually helped her on her own journey. To this day, she has helped over 200+ chronically ill folks around the world find acceptance and confidence on their journeys through her 1:1 coaching and group program, Path to Empowered Acceptance. Nat also speaks openly on social media about her journeys with queerness, self-care and self-love and makes content that she hopes inspires others to be their most authentic selves and prioritize themselves daily. When Nat isn't working or creating content, you will find her doing hot yoga, going on long nature walks, looking up Airbnb’s in faraway places, reading personal development books or queer romance novels, journaling, meditating, baking gluten free goodies or exploring a new coffee shop.
Connect with Natalie:
- Chronic Illness IG: @plentyandwellwithnat
- Chronic Illness Website: plentyandwell.com
- Lifestyle IG: @itsnataliecass
- Lifestyle TikTok: @itsnataliecass
Natalie’s Offerings:
-Guided journal (physical copy): https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Flow-Journal-Chronic-Illnesses/dp/B0BPGQ5TB1/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3MZLRTSLHF2UW&keywords=rooted+in+flow&qid=1672690121&sprefix=rooted+in+flo%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-2
-Guided journal (digital copy): https://nataliekelley.podia.com/rooted-in-flow-a-guided-journal-for-folks-with-chronic-illnesses
-"Self-love is a superpower" merch and "find joy in the little things" merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/plenty--well-with-nat/
What Nat & Jess talk about in this episode:
-What Nat’s day-to-day/self-care rituals look like
-Nat’s guided daily journal that she created, Rooted in Flow
-What spirituality means to Nat
-What motivated Nat to start her own business in Chronic Illness Coaching
-Nat’s perspective on ‘quitting’ and allowing herself to pivot when things no longer feel aligned (Hey, Manifesting Generators)
-What motivated her to pivot and start her health & lifestyle brand
-Nat’s coming out journey
-The pressure she felt to dress and present as more masculine after coming out
-How she learned to authentically express herself and embrace her feminine energy after coming out
-How embracing her sexuality led to more self-acceptance and has empowered her to step into her authenticity
-How having a queer therapist has helped her step into embracing her sexuality
-How her life shifted & how her family reacted to her coming out
-Her journey with sobriety & what motivated her to go sober
-Her advice for those who are curious about going sober but are scared to step into it
-Her favorite mocktail recipe &thoughts on spiritless alcohol
-Jess shares an oracle card pull she did around the episode
Connect with Jess on Instagram: @jess.monteggia
Email the show: journeyinpod@gmail.com
Journey In
Welcome to Journey In, a show that aims to expand your perspective when it comes to defining your spirituality. We'll journey into conscious conversation around different spiritual modalities, health and wellness trends, and hear from spiritual thought leaders, so we can come together and learn to respect one another despite our differences. At the end of the day, a spiritual journey is a home coming to who you really are, and YOU get to define what that path looks like. We’re going to journey through it all—the good, the bad and the ugly. I'm your host, Jess Monteggia, and let's journey in.
