Unfiltered Fit Life
Ever wish you had a fit and straightforward BFF with over 15 years of experience to help you filter through all the information regarding fitness, nutrition and life? That’s exactly what you’ll get when you listen to the Unfiltered Fit Life Podcast. Join Former Bikini Olympia Champion, mom of 2, and fitness coach Nathalia Melo each week as she shares fitness, nutrition and life tips to help busy working moms simplify their fitness journey so they can learn easy and simple strategies on how to lose weight and feel sexy AF. After helping over 5000 busy working moms, Nathalia has found the blueprint to fitness, nutrition and life success, which she will be sharing in this podcast: actionable tips that will help busy working moms be more present at work and at home. This show is for you if you realize that nothing good comes from your comfort zone and are ready to challenge yourself to achieve great things. Follow Unfiltered Fit Life wherever you are listening to join us each week for a splash of sass, humor and a whole lotta of truth.
Episodes
The perfect time to start is not coming. The kids will always be off school. Work will always get busy. There will always be a trip, a holiday, a reason to wait.
In this episode I am breaking down the three things I would stop doing immediately if I wanted to feel confident and comfortable in a bikini this summer - because summer is a lot closer than you think and the cycle of waiting has to stop somewhe...
Our members sent in their questions and we answered all of them - no filter, no polish, just the honest version.
In this Unfiltered and Unscripted Q&A episode, Coach Jen and I tackle four real questions from inside the Powerhouse Academy community covering everything from what we love and hate about coaching to why your kids are watching everything you do whether you realize it or not.
In this episode...
Jen has tried everything - Weight Watchers, macros, keto, Atkins, every fitness app on the market - for years without anything lasting. She came back from a dream vacation in Greece with almost no photos because she did not feel good enough to be in them, and that was the moment she knew something had to change.
In this episode she shares how she lost 25 lbs, booked her first ever solo cruise, started da...
Someone paid $150,000 for Picasso's paint palette. Someone paid $6 million for Kurt Cobain's guitar. Neither of them became the artist.
Sound familiar?
In this episode I am breaking down why the fitness industry profits from making you feel like the right product is standing between you and your goal - and why that belief is costing you results.
In this episode, we cover:
- why buying fitness pr...
She had done a competition. She knew what to do. She traveled constantly for work, was raising a son on her own, and every time she hit a goal she watched it fall apart within weeks.
Jen is a 38-year-old single mom in marketing who travels two to three times a month. This episode is the story of what finally changed - including the week her relationship ended the same week she started the program and why...
If you have ever hit your goal and then watched it fall apart - this episode explains exactly why and what to actually do about it.
In this episode I am sharing three opinions on health, fitness, and nutrition that come from nearly two decades of working with high-performing women. These are not hot takes for attention. They are patterns I see every single day that the fitness industry is either getting ...
She was working out five days a week, lifting heavy, eating home cooked meals. Doing everything she had always done. And gaining weight anyway.
Heather is 52, in perimenopause, the first female captain at her police department, and a Powerhouse Academy member. After gaining 15 pounds that would not budge no matter what she tried, she was starting to accept that this was just what her body looked like now...
If you have ever felt like you were too much, too complicated, or not worth the effort - this episode is for you.
Coach Jen and I break down the pattern we see over and over with the women we work with: guilt that makes women act like they are a burden in their own relationships, stop investing in themselves, and slowly disappear from their own lives.
In this episode, we cover:
- why women start acting l...
If you have ever been told you have to eat before you train, that peptides will fix your injuries, or that women need a completely different approach to fitness than men, this episode is going to change the way you think.
Dr. Allan Bacon is a doctor turned evidence-based fitness coach, and he is not holding back.
In this episode, we cover:
- why there is no research supporting a different training or nut...
She is a dentist, a swimmer, a half marathon runner, and a member of a national dental council. And she stopped feeling like she deserved to be in the room.
In this episode, I sit down with Katie, a Powerhouse Academy member, and we get into the real story behind what happens when a high achieving woman stops feeling comfortable in her body and what changed when she finally did something about it.
In this...
If you have ever been asked what you are taking or told it must be nice to have time to work out, this episode is for you.
We break down why women get judged when they start prioritizing their health, fitness, and routines and what is actually behind those comments.
In this episode, we cover:
- why women make passive aggressive comments about your body and habits
- how projection and comparison show up when...
LinkedIn data says women's path to the C-suite is narrowing. Senior leadership hires are falling. And the corporate world is giving you all the politically correct reasons why.
But there is a piece of the puzzle nobody is talking about. And I am going to say it.
In this episode, I am sharing what I see after working with over 5,000 women in leadership - the real, unpolished, behind-the-scenes reasons...
Most people think hiring a coach is as simple as finding someone who is fit and knows their stuff.
But there are three things nobody talks about and missing even one of them can make the whole experience fall flat.
In this episode, I am sharing the three non-negotiables I look for before hiring anyone and what I have learned after spending close to $250,000 on coaching across business, fitness, and person...
What happens when you have been in fitness your whole life but suddenly nothing works anymore?
In this episode, I sit down with Jessica, a longtime member who came back to Powerhouse Academy after divorce, chronic stress, and years of feeling stuck in survival mode.
At 46, traveling internationally, raising two teenagers, and navigating a new relationship, Jessica did not need another extreme plan.
She nee...
Most women think confidence comes after the results. After the weight loss. After they finally “feel ready.”
In this Unfiltered and Unscripted episode, I sit down with Coach Jen — head coach at Powerhouse Academy and licensed counselor — to unpack what confidence actually is.
We talk about:
• why confidence isn’t about motivation or vibes
• how lack of follow-through slowly erodes self-trust
...
What happens when conversations about women’s rights get complicated?
In this episode, I sit down with Yasmine Mohammed — author of Unveiled: How the West Empowers Radical Muslims — to talk about her lived experience growing up in a fundamentalist Islamic household in Canada.
She shares what it was like being forced into hijab as a child, navigating abuse, being taken to Egypt against her will, and eventu...
What does my nose job have to do with your fitness journey?
A lot more than you think.
In this episode, I talk about invisible struggles—the kind no one else sees, but you live with every single day. I share how living with a deviated septum quietly impacted my sleep, energy, confidence, motherhood, and work in ways even the people closest to me didn’t fully understand.
And why this is exactly how fit...
What happens when you’ve done everything right and nothing works?
In this raw and honest conversation, I sit down with Shayda, a physiotherapist, mom of two, and healthcare professional who spent years stuck in a cycle of trying, failing, and blaming herself.
Despite her background in healthcare, Shayda found herself overwhelmed, unhappy in her body, mentally exhausted, and constantly chasing the next sol...
January is supposed to feel like a fresh start. For many women, it feels like the breaking point.
In this unfiltered and unscripted episode, Coach Jen and I talk about why New Year’s resolutions fall apart so quickly and why trying to do more only leads to burnout, frustration, and quitting.
We break down why women come into January already exhausted, why extreme plans backfire, and why trying to live lik...
If you feel like you are doing everything right but still not seeing results, this episode is for you.
I talk about why more cardio, cutting carbs, tracking calories, or chasing the next strategy is not fixing the problem, especially for high-achieving women who are used to being competent in every area of life.
This episode dives into the real reason progress stalls. Behavior. I explain how ego, fear of ...
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