Designing Your Dream Life, Building Self-Confidence and a Fulfilling Career, and Leaning Into Your Feminine Side with Co-Founder of Methodology

About this episode

Julie Nguyen discusses her journey from struggling with health issues to founding Methodology and balancing masculine and feminine energies in career development.

#375: Julie Nguyen grew up in Orange County, California. She studied economics at Stanford University, went on to work at JPMorgan, and then was one of the earliest employees at Lumosity, helping the business grow to nearly 200 employees and 60 million members worldwide. Growing up she struggled with bouts of asthma, eczema, and weight gain. Julie theorized that perhaps her diet was the true cause of many of her illnesses. Julie spent six years researching nutrition science, testing numerous diets, and working with nutritionists and personal trainers to get a better understanding of how food affected her body. In the process, she cured all of the health problems that she had suffered from for years. The experience led Julie to found Methodology , a premium food delivery service that uses only nutrient dense, whole foods. All ingredients are sustainable, local and organic. There’s no refined sugar, gluten, dairy, canola oil, chemicals or preservatives. Years later, she also created and developed Maison Methodologie , a Parisian-style protein patisserie that uses easy-to-digest pre-industrial grains and also has 12-16g protein per cookie. What you will learn: How to balance out…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Elizabeth Duong

Guest: Julie Nguyen

Topics covered

• self-confidence
• nutrition
• business growth
• feminine energy
• career development
• health
• food delivery

Keywords

• nutrition science
• self-improvement
• business success
• health issues
• food delivery service
• confidence
• career goals

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Methodology, Lumosity, JPMorgan

Books & works: Maison Methodologie

Places: Orange County, California, Paris

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