068: Not Just Surviving but Thriving with Jennifer Gilbert
Midlife Conversations with Natalie Jill: Fat Loss, Hormones & Health for Women Over 40
Natalie Jill
4.8 • 635 Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2019
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Jennifer Gilbert was violently attacked in the worst imaginable ways when she was just 22 years old
Her PAIN turned into PURPOSE as she decided to live her life surrounded by joy and celebration instead of fear and a place of victim and blame.
What started as a passion and healing quest turned into transformative, self-sustaining company.
But Jennifer did not stop there. Jennifer revolutionized the event planning world working with clients such as Google, Oprah Winfrey, the YMCA, the American Red Cross and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
This pioneering approach earned Jennifer Ernst & Young's "Entrepreneur of the Year®" award and the opportunity to participate in MIT's three year "Birthing of Giants" fellowship program.
She delivered a TEDx Talk on the "Entrepreneurial Spirit," is a founding member of the Forbes Impact Summit, presented the keynote at BizBash and was EVEN a a fixture on a season of the Real Housewives of New York City as the event planner of choice.
Jennifer Gilbert today is the Founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Save the Date®, a New York City based hospitality and special events company celebrating 25 years in business with over $35 million in annual revenue.
Interviewing her was a gift. I did not want to stop learning from her! Jennifer is not just a SURVIVOR she is a TRUE THRIVER.
In this episode, you will learn:
- How to start thriving in your life
- How to revolutionize your expertise
- Why adversity is a gift
- Why you should surround yourself with joy and celebration
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Natalie Jill, fat loss expert turned high performance coach. |
| 0:07.2 | When odds are stacked against us, how do we shift and create everything from nothing? |
| 0:11.0 | How do we level up when we aren't feeling it yet or we've had a big setback? |
| 0:15.2 | On this podcast, I'll be talking to some of the most inspiring and courageous men and women on this planet who, at their |
| 0:20.9 | worst, learned how to achieve success greater than they ever dreamed possible, leveling up and |
| 0:26.9 | creating everything from nothing. Jennifer Gilbert was violently attacked in the worst imaginable |
| 0:36.7 | way when she was just 22 years old. Her pain |
| 0:41.1 | turned into purpose as she decided to live her life surrounded by joy and celebration instead of |
| 0:46.9 | fear and from coming from a place of victim and blame. What started as a passion and healing |
| 0:52.2 | quest turned into a transformative, self-sustaining company. |
| 0:57.4 | But Jennifer didn't stop there. |
| 0:59.2 | She revolutionized the event planning world with clients such as Google, Oprah Winfrey, |
| 1:04.7 | the YMCA, the Red Cross, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. |
| 1:09.9 | Interviewing Jennifer was a gift. |
| 1:12.3 | I did not want to stop learning from her. |
| 1:14.7 | Jennifer's not just a survivor. |
| 1:16.6 | She is a true thriver. |
| 1:19.8 | Join in today and learn exactly how Jennifer Gilbert leveled up |
| 1:23.4 | and created everything from nothing. |
| 1:26.0 | Today on leveling up, I've got Jennifer Gilbert, and I'm so |
| 1:30.0 | excited to interview her today because you may know her from her set on the Real Housewives. |
| 1:34.8 | You might know her from her fascinating book that was literally everywhere, or you might know |
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