Stop Waiting. Start Living. Why You Feel Stuck - And How to Break Free and Reinvent Your Life | Natalie MacNeil (Fan Fav)

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🗓️ 27 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Lisa Bilyeu sits down with Emmy Award–winning entrepreneur, author, and creator of She Takes on the World, Natalie MacNeil. From launching her first company at just 21 to becoming a guiding force for women ready to embrace their full selves in business, Natalie shares her candid journey of learning how to be both successful and authentically herself—especially in male-dominated spaces. Natalie opens up about the personal challenges she’s faced, from navigating expectations in her family to battling her own limiting beliefs about success and identity. She reveals the transformative advice she received from Arianna Huffington, moments of vulnerability, and the impact of choosing to reveal rather than conceal her true self. Together, Lisa and Natalie dive deep into actionable strategies for breaking down big goals into achievable steps, trusting your intuition, and making space for magic—even when fear tries to shut you down. Natalie also shares her powerful rituals for self-reflection, like writing letters to her future self, and reminds us why documenting our journeys is so essential. SHOWNOTES 00:00 "Embrace Authenticity Over Expectations" 03:27 "Embrace Authenticity for Success" 07:51 Pursuing Passion Over Parental Expectation 11:54 "Surrender and Trust the Journey" 14:01 Trusting Intuition's Whisper 17:35 "Eat Your Decisions: Visualization Method" 20:59 Facing Financial Fears through Reflection 24:11 Embrace Opportunities with Courage 27:24 Discovering Your Life Purpose 30:36 Balancing Priorities and Joy 35:10 "Immigration Journey to Belonging" 36:58 "Awareness and Life's Journey Reflection" 43:06 "Bending Time as a Superpower" 44:26 "Embracing Abundance of Time" CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to https://www.vitalproteins.com and entering promo code WOI at check out. BIOptimizers: Head to https://bioptimizers.com/impact and use code IMPACT for 10% off. OneSkin: Get 15% off with code LISA at https://oneskin.co Shopify: Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://shopify.com/lisa ********************************************************************** LISTEN TO WOMEN OF IMPACT AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS: apple.co/womenofimpact ********************************************************************** FOLLOW LISA: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisabilyeu/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisabilyeu YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/womenofimpact Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lisa_bilyeu?lang=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.0	me and I think is a catalyst for everything else you've done, which is I didn't know how I could
1:05.3	be myself and be successful in business. And I think that a lot of people find that that's where they really trip up,
1:13.5	where they have to either fake being somebody or they feel like they have to sacrifice their
1:18.9	business to then really own who they are. So talk to me about how you first realize that you
1:26.3	can be yourself and be successful and what that transition look like?
1:30.8	I think this is something I'm still working on, actually. And bringing all of me in my multiple
1:38.8	dimensions to my business has been something that I've struggled with. And I think it goes back to starting
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