Disrupt Now Podcast

In this episode, we discuss some facts around moments that make us go “WTF?!”  Let's face it, life smacks us in the face, people. And then we have some decisions to make.  Do we go into that fire and then choose to be taken out by it? Do we become victims and go down a dark path?  Sure, maybe at first.  Cry, scream, FEEL IT. Feel it all.  But then after that moment, we have the opportunity to DECIDE to allow ourselves to look at this "smack you in the face moment" and go mining for diamonds.  What does that mean? It means to look for the glistening opportunities and discovering the “diamonds” (aka opportunities) that are shining within the chaos. Trust us, diamonds exist in every chaotic/smack-you-in-the-face moment.  You just have to believe in that and move forward with POWER.  We'll give you some tips on HOW to do that.  ABOUT: Natalie Viglione’s organization is all about Life & Business Guidance, with a hint of self-discovery education through the Smart Start Series. Disrupt Now is all about guidance

The world of cannabis has gotten a bad rap. There seems to be way too much information running loose "out there" and it's getting harder to discern fact from fiction, whether a particular CBD-oil, for example, is healthy or not healthy, etc. There's a dark side around health products, in general, today with misinformation, misleading data around the quality of ingredients, and more. In this episode, we talk to two cannabis experts, Andrew Conrad and Jerod Martin, both a part of E5 Chem (you'll learn more about their company in the episode!) and they're changing the game around manufacturing cannabis so we'll get into:  WHY cannabis has gotten a bad rap (and what we can do about it)  That the time is NOW to start disrupting the industry as it has to be done right for the end-user (the customer)  Why there needs to be a focus on HEALTH and not “get rich quick” schemes that far too many companies are focusing on The fact that finding quality and trusting companies is imperative because regulation is coming

Join us in this episode where Hosts, Natalie Viglione and Diane McDermott have a fabulous conversation with the mystery man, Anonymous Al, about the path of least resistance, the dangers of unconsciousness, and how morality is often a missing ingredient in the world today… BUT it doesn’t have to be! (Anonymous Al has his reasons to be a mystery man…as you will hear more about in later episodes.) A life lived down the path of least resistance may seem easier or more familiar, but there’s a shadow side to it.  Have you noticed that there seems to be a lack of morality and a sacrifice of humanity for the sake of profit?  Have you noticed that “easy” is all well and good until LIFE happens then we’re shoved off a cliff into the unknown?  Have you recognized that there’s a lot of conversation around the “collective consciousness”?  When “life happens” it could be wrapped in a divorce, the death of a loved one, loss of a “secure” job, and then we have to assess where we’re at! It’s in that phase of assessment all

Trauma catches us by surprise. Rarely do we plan for the events that can cause us great pain. Being a badass can mean that you push beyond trauma without being connected to the outcome of what happens to the person (or persons) who may have caused that trauma. The power of letting go to move beyond is a courageous place to reside. In this episode, we dive into Diane McDermott's story and her ability to move into a space of power that has helped her to move beyond the trauma that she faced in March of 2019. Her story is an amazing example of the power that we hold in the ability to CHOOSE and the art of ALLOWING to feel and dive into the depths of our emotions and then move beyond to grow and evolve.   ABOUT: Natalie Viglione’s organization is all about Life & Business Guidance, with a hint of self-discovery education through the Smart Start Series. Disrupt Now is all about guidance for solopreneurs or those aspiring to become entrepreneurs. Getting men and women UNstuck and learn how to create from the ba

We are all seeking a space in our life, where we feel a deep peace and feel enlightened through joyous moments in our lives in all facets, things far beyond just the word “happy” and not really seeking what’s “comfortable" (IF we are seeking TRUE EVOLUTION that is)! Nourishment. This word alone is Sacred. We usually think about the food that we take into our bodies as what defines “nourishment” but the truth is that there are MANY other things that are necessary for growth, health, and good condition, which is about being NOURISHED.  In this episode, we talk with Ruthi Cohen-Joyner, a nutritionist, motivational speaker and transformational coach ​certified ​in ​hypnotherapy, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) and Matrix Reimprinting. We dive into TOP NOURISHING (and SACRED!) practices outside of just nutrition, like: Hypnotherapy  EFT Tapping Matrix Reimprinting Acupuncture Other alternative healing practices  And, much MUCH more!    ABOUT: Natalie Viglione’s organization is all about Life & Business

The Surprising Truth About Work-Life Balance... We TRY to find "balance”, but the truth is, that's BS!!! We try to seek out balance when we don’t know what that even means!  We add SO MUCH stress into our lives when we think we must GO&  FIND work-life balance. And, then feel like utter failures when we can’t seem to find it!  Traditional thinking up to this point in time: You’re not successful UNTIL you find it. All these OTHER PEOPLE found it, what’s wrong with you!? What this podcast episode will help you do:  Create less anxiety by stopping to add more stress, and stop thinking “What’s wrong with ME?” (A horribly negative cycle to get into!) Redefine success for YOU (not material things mind you!)- Stop the overwhelm to always try to work harder, do more, then do more & then some more!  The kicker; we must DEFINE for ourselves "What is balance in MY life? Our special guest, Courtney Elmer, is a Lifestyle Strategist, Speaker, and Stress Expert dedicated to showing high-achieving women how to St

Asking for help is STRENGTH. It is NOT a weakness. It means you are vulnerable, it is humility. Those two things a person MUST have in this life so that life is created from a non-egoic space. It's an invitation for collaboration and creativity beyond what any of us could do alone. That doesn’t mean it’s ever easy, but the brilliance and expansive potential are worth it every damn time. NEW CO-HOST ANNOUNCEMENT: Diane McDermott, you heard her on Episode #36 (go take a listen to that one here). We met for a BIG reason, not just a “we’re going to be friends” kind of reason. It’s bigger than that.  Welcome to our first CO-HOSTED podcast recording of many. In this episode you’ll hear:  Why asking for help is a brilliant step for anyone, but most especially for business owners What this allowance for help can do in your life - it brings the magic! Why the theme of ALLOWING supports evolution while SETTING BOUNDARIES leads to your ability to refine your journey so you can create it YOUR way Where the Disrupt Now P

This episode is all about getting clear and building a new path to evolve your life. This is what clarity can do for you! A lack of clarity results in the aimless wandering of the mind in the form of scattered thoughts, the physical act of wandering from job to job, to side hustle to side hustle. Without knowing the reality of what is meant for your unique soul, these aimless wanderings will continue to create dissatisfaction all throughout your life.  This episode is a deep dive into the why and how of what gaining clarity can mean in your life, and what it meant for Jessica. We talk about BUILDING DAILY HABITS and the absolute importance of this in your life. She also will share how she went from being a teacher to a side hustle that had nothing to do with her unique purpose that led to more dissatisfaction. But, when she got REALLY CLEAR and built a vision, the changes that came from that helped her get into full alignment with her soul's purpose. Now, her day to day is doing what she LOV

On this episode, special guest, Josh Doster, a Running Back on the Carolina Energy Arena Football team, explains how he overcame obstacles to get to play football again because football is his PASSION!  Why you should listen to this episode... Here's what you'll hear: How you can overcome adversity to get to where you want to go... maybe not in the EXACT way you dreamed. Why you should NEVER give up on your dreams.  How hard work always pays off in the end! Josh's BIGGEST lesson:  "You have to take responsibility for your actions… no matter what." Fast-forward to 2018's first season. He became the starting running back of the Carolina Energy Arena team and went on to lead the league in rushing yards and touchdowns in the FIRST season (until an injury that hit in the 6th game).   ABOUT DISRUPT NOW: Natalie Viglione teaches men and women how to get UNstuck and more rooted, connected, and empowered to consciously activate their unique purpose by disrUPting their professional life to GO BIG, or to finally launc

Special guest, Perry Floyd, on the Carolina Energy Arena Football team in Charlotte, NC, shares his journey and how he broke through the obstacles that kept him from his passion -- FOOTBALL! He shares his journey and his innate ability to keep pushing on! We all experience “failures” but it's how we PUSH THROUGH those times to keep at what we believe in. He believes that we can squeeze every bit of good from any situation and show others how not to make some of the same mistakes and keep going.  He used his "weaknesses" to keep on pushing through to share his gift of athletics! Listen now to hear his story and take the inspiration you need to help you uncover your passions!  2018, the first year of the team, they scored 100 + points and set a record last year-- their first year! (Where’s the mercy rule!?) Perry is a Carolina Energy power player, a Wingate University Alum, a dad, and owner of a personal performance & athletics training company called Elite Visions.    ABOUT DISRUPT NOW: Natalie Viglione te

In this short episode, I will introduce the topic of passion and am setting up the next couple of episodes upcoming. By exploring what passion means, this can allow us to stoke that fire within! Passion is a FEELING, it’s something that makes you feel SO ALIVE you get chills up and down your body and you LIGHT up… but from within.  What I’ve seen is that a lot of people don’t realize their true passions, or they do but then quickly shove them back inside of themselves because it isn’t something they “should do” (societal status quo relentlessly suppressing them), or it's something that doesn't make a profit (right now). By doing self-discovery work to understand what this desire really means, this will give your soul permission to open up that path and see what’s POSSIBLE! It’s what I help my clients do... uncovering PURPOSE! These next two episodes being released on my podcast are with two arena football players from the Carolina Energy arena football team and we dive into this topic -- PASSION! I have playe

ALLOWING: that word is a powerful word and it's a very powerful action. To ALLOW can mean things that you allow in your life which opens up your ability to explore things you've never experienced before (the magical part). But, it can also be something that you allow yourself to say NO to. We explore all facets around the act and art of allowing... This episode's featured special guest is Diane McDermott. During and beyond the intense process of becoming joyfully divorced, Diane discovered her true core values and continues to use them to align every aspect and relationship in her life.  And, yes, there is profanity included so we can express the ALLOWING of all of our expressions and emotions!  The Disrupt Now Life Guidance Program and Podcast were created by Natalie Viglione. She teaches men and women how to get UNstuck and more rooted, connected, and empowered. She helps people to consciously activate their unique purpose by disrUPting their professional life to finally GO BIG, or to launch and GROW their

The first episode of 2019! Episode #35 of the Disrupt Now Podcast is excited to feature our special guest, Stacy Cassio. Stacy is the Founder of the Pink Mentor Network, the first women's mentorship platform in Charlotte, NC. Her story is yet another example that when we get faced with a BIG push in the direction of the unknown, that shove can lead to unbelievably amazing things that previously we could have thought potentially not impossible! Oh, but the amazing is possible, and Stacy PROVES it! Her hard shove by the universe to bring Pink Mentor Network to life in a BIG way (versus just a side hustle for quite a while) is a motivational story, and what she is doing in Charlotte, NC is helping women get access to mentorship in a new way. She believes that the way we used to find and utilize mentors is not working [for women] anymore and that 'mentorship' is prime for disruption... CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO VERSION NOW ABOUT DISRUPT NOW:  Natalie Viglione teaches men and women how to get UNstuck and more

In episode 34, I get to speak with a woman that was empowered to share her divorce story that led to some great things in her life (albeit more awesome than great)! Major disruptions, like divorce, can create AMAZING opportunities for growth in life! Divorce always seems to be a "voodoo" topic and I have NEVER, EVER have agreed with that. We need to heal our traumas, emotional or otherwise, and speaking about those things are the ways to heal. We need to be empowered by other's that get OUT of bad relationships!  My special guest, Cassandra D'Alessio, never, ever, EVER thought she would own her own business. However, the disruption she went through in late 2015 changed EVERYTHING! Here are some of the things she will share with the Disrupt Now community-- a triple whammy: We'll talk about her divorce How she lost her job at the same time! Then...lost her apartment!   OUR SOCIAL LINKS Disrupt Now: Life Coaching Program & Guidance Empowering lives through entrepreneurship and career evolution! Join our p

Being authentic in the workplace is a very important detail to build success. Natalie speaks with Jim Troyer, a man with a military background turned psychologist that received his Ph.D. and is now trying to help workplaces understand the dynamic of all that work together inside of an organization. The topic is being authentic in the workplace. Do you know yourself and your emotional triggers? Do you have your set performance standards, expectations, and values in place? Being authentic OUTSIDE of the workplace is also very essential. We dive into what holds people back from being authentic and why it's important to do so. About our guest: Jim Troyer is the founder of Reputation Resources, LLC, a consulting firm that helps businesses minimize workplace conflict, and maximize the purpose, potential, and performance of employees and the organizations in which they work. Jim holds a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology. His area of research is occupational stress, self-regulation, and mindfulness me

We all hit times of darkness whether it's illness, an untimely death of someone you know/love, or some other kind of massive change. One thing is for sure, things like this are guaranteed to happen. So the question is, how do you deal with it?  In this Podcast Short, I bring to life a concept that we can instead use dark times in our lives to renew and be TRANSFORMED! We can be Born from the Chrysalis just like a butterfly. Chrysalis is another word for a cocoon, but the chrysalis only belongs to the transformation of a caterpillar that turns into a butterfly. The chrysalis is the caterpillar’s time of darkness before making a massive transformation.   I will provide you with a tool that you can use to come out of dark times that can propel you onto a higher vibrating path, a whole new life trajectory. You can be renewed and transformed and go from crawling to FLYING just like the caterpillar into a butterfly! And, you can do this many, many times in your life.    Disrupt Now is a Life Coaching & Guidance

I get to sit down with Founder & President Carla Tweddale of Lily Pad Haven, a Charlotte, NC not-for-profit, as well as Peter Carey, Founder of Fashion D'Lux. We're discussing important topics and a fundraiser coming up that all of us are bringing to life together on July 27, 2018! We explore some heavy discussions on human rights and human trafficking. In this episode, Carla gives us an up close and personal view as to how her nonprofit in Charlotte, NC helps human trafficking survivors start a new life, and how human trafficking is closer to your doorstep than you think... We also discuss my Disrupt Now agenda; that RIGHT NOW is the time that we all need to come together and put aside gender biases and other social discrimination traditions to just stop and fight for what's right! Together we're Fighting for Change! WATCH THE VIDEO VERSION OF THIS EPISODE BY CLICKING HERE! Thank you for being a subscriber! Please leave us a review on iTunes/Apple Podcasts! The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Pod

Episode #30 is LIVE, thank you for being a listener as we hit 1 full year just recently since we launched our very first episode!  In Ep. #30, Fabi Preslar, Natalie's guest for this special episode, is owner and president of SPARK Publications. SPARK is a creative firm specializing in design and content creation for magazines, catalogs, and publishing custom books for national clients wrapped around PURPOSE! She was named 2017 Women Business Owner of the Year by National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO). In the episode, we have a candid conversation and discuss Fabi's journey of being a two-time entrepreneur; her successes, failures and everything in between. We also discuss the celebration of the 20th year of her second venture, SPARK Publications (a family-owned business). We talk about the creation and development of stories that are wrapped around PURPOSE and PASSION! If you're a budding author, this would be the episode for you! Join us for a great episode with Fabi, live in-studio in Charlot

In episode 29, we focus on LOVE and we deep-dive into a few topics, but the main focus is looking at the status quo as it relates to love – love in the family way, but not the "family" in the traditional sense. Traditional is there must be man, woman, child or children. Well, let's be real here, the "family unit" is changing today and the way we look at who is considered "family" needs to change drastically to mirror what is actually happening in society. It's about time we fight that status quo on that topic!  You get the opportunity to meet two of my favorite people in Charlotte that I’m grateful for being able to get to know, Peter Anthonii Carey and his partner in life and business, Joshua (or Josh) Anglero.  WANT TO WATCH US LIVE IN THE STUDIO? CLICK HERE: https://youtu.be/6aOPvtFw46Q Thank you for being a subscriber! Please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (aka iTunes)! The podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts (iTunes), Stitcher, Soundcloud or Google Play. You can also link to the full epi

I sit down with Lora Lindquist live in-studio in Charlotte, NC for episode 28. She's a healing facilitator and a rockin' mom of 6, plus a business owner.  She's the Founder/Chief Therapist of Blue Heron Massage, and her mission is to improve the world one individual at a time through healing touch, and in this episode, we’re going to focus on disrupting how we think about the power within us! We will discuss some major issues we face - complacency and laziness is a rampant problem of humans and the way they operate in companies. And, an even larger issue, you can tell when company leaders are focused on profit ONLY, not the art of serving the people that pay for their services or products. How did we get so flipped in what's important? We each 100% hold the power to change, to heal, to do amazing things in this world, and this power does come from within! We'll explore her journey, the art of healing our bodies, being a mother and owning a business in today's world.    Thank you for being a subscriber! Please