Upgrade and Elevate
As two former coworkers-turned friends, Nadja and Ashley talk through their twists and turns in life that led them to where they are today. Join Nadja and Ashley as they talk about navigating career, travel, cooking, lifestyle, and much more.
Episodes
19 episodes
Catching Up with Friends
In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja invite you into their girl's chat as they catch up on their personal lives. Join in as they dive into their career change, relationships and family.
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36:38
U & E One Year Anniversary: Loss, Therapy and Healing
In this episode, Nadja and Ashley celebrate Upgrade and Elevate's one-year anniversary! They look back on their favorite moments since the podcast started. They also discuss their recent hiatus and Nadja opens up about how she dealt with the re...
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55:23
Mindfulness, Meditation, and Reiki
In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja sit down with Ashley's good friend Kizzy to define mindfulness and discuss mindfulness practices such as meditation and reiki. Kizzy shares how her background in researching and practicing mindfulness ha...
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48:21
Loving Love: Valentine's Day Celebrations and Date Ideas
Happy Valentine's Day U&E fam! In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja celebrate Valentine's Day with advice on celebrating love whether you're in a couple or single. They also discuss their views on Valentine's Day and how that impacts ho...
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33:44
Friends and Boundaries: Nonexistent or Difficult Balance?
In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss navigating boundaries with friends. Nadja dives into steps she took to have a difficult conversation with friends over a boundary. Ashley reflects on how previous friendships impacted how she res...
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39:51
New Year, New Goals
Happy New Year U&E fam! In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja catch up on their holiday experiences, reflect on their highs and lows of 2021 and how that impacted their goals for 2022. They also sharer their thoughts on the recent covid ...
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35:38
Strategies to Navigate Holiday Dinner Conversations
Happy holidays Upgrade and Elevate family! In this week's episode, Nadja and Ashley discuss the stress of dinner conversations especially around the holiday season. They are joined by special guest and mental health professional, Jane. Listen i...
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Holiday Traditions: A Year of New and Some Old
In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss the important lessons they learned over Thanksgiving and how they plan to apply it to future holidays. They also take a deep dive into making holidays feel more personal to you while keeping some...
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40:59
Living With Your Partner and Maintaining a Healthy Relationship
In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss the risk and rewards of living with your partner. Ashley dives into her recent experiences with moving in with her fiancé and reflects on previous conversations with her partner that helped made ...
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Building Confidence
In this episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss ways to build confidence or at least "faking it until you make it". They dive into situations that make them least confident and why. Join in on this riveting discussion as they discuss another key to e...
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33:49
Vulnerability and Bringing Your Guard Down
In this episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss the key to vulnerability and letting your guard down. They lay out the best strategies that work for them and emphasis that it's not an easy task to open yourself up to another person. They also address...
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34:25
Tired of Covid? So Are We
In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja take time to have a girlfriend's chat to discuss overstimulation as a result of trying to adjust to in-person life and how tired they are of covid! Listen in as they discuss the life accommodations they ...
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36:21
Betting on Yourself: Embracing Challenge or Staying Comfortable
We're back!!! After a month-long unexpected hiatus, Nadja and Ashley are back and ready to discuss their hiatus, significant career changes and what makes them stay in their positions. Ashley also discusses how the book "Bamboozled by Jesus"...
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Motherhood, Wifehood, and Career: Finding Yourself
In this honest, raw and emotional episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss balancing parenting, marriage and career with their good friend Yolaine. Yolaine opens up about her journey to finding herself while spending time with her kids and the lessons...
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55:40
Values, Identity, and Respect: Relationship Building with Differences
In this episode of Upgrade and Elevate, Nadja and Ashley bring their first guests, Brandon and Melissa, into a discussion on differences in core values. In this thoughtful discussion, Brandon and Melissa bring important insight into the strateg...
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How to Manage and Tackle Stress
In this week's episode, Ashley and Nadja discuss their most stressful moments and how they overcame them. Nadja shares her experiences with anxiety and how she tackles stress at work. Ashley mentions how her passions turn into additional stress...
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49:39
Elevated Travel: Tips and Tricks of Travel
In this week's episode, Ashley discusses lessons learned from her recent trip to Cancun and Nadja gives advice on traveling alone as well as with friends. Listen as they look back at their past travel experiences to identify how they learned to...
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