E65: Whole Person Coaching That Redefines You From the Inside Out with Dr. Natalie Underdown

About this episode

Dr. Natalie Underdown discusses a whole-person approach to executive coaching that emphasizes self-care and emotional resilience.

What if your leadership didn't start with a strategy—but with your nervous system? This week, we're joined by Dr. Natalie Underdown, organizational psychologist, executive coach, and founder of The Nu Company, for a conversation that flips the script on what it means to lead, evolve, and truly care for ourselves in high-stakes seasons of life. Natalie brings a whole-person approach to executive coaching—one that fuses neuroscience, trauma healing, identity work, and performance psychology. After burning out in corporate and navigating a health crisis rooted in toxic mold exposure, she redefined her own path. Now, she helps other ambitious women do the same—from the inside out. Together, we get real about: Why burnout isn't a badge—and how it often masks deeper misalignment How whole-person coaching helps you unlearn performance-based identity and reconnect with who you actually are What nervous system regulation has to do with emotional resilience, leadership, and even parenting The practical magic of shaking off stress (literally) and embracing somatic tools that work in real life—not just retreats Human Design as a tool for self-understanding and why it might explain your…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jenn Cohen, Laura Demuth

Guest: Dr. Natalie Underdown

Topics covered

• whole-person coaching
• burnout
• nervous system regulation
• emotional resilience
• leadership
• self-care
• identity work

Keywords

• executive coaching
• neuroscience
• trauma healing
• performance psychology
• Human Design
• stress management
• identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Nu Company

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