Meet Natalie Sady

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Natalie Sady. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Natalie below.

Hi Natalie, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?
When I was younger I didn’t realise I was resilient or strong. I actually thought of myself as being quite weak.

As a child I had a hard time. I didn’t seem to fit in anywhere and my childhood felt different to the childhood I was watching my sisters live. No matter how hard I tried I just couldn’t act like them, I couldn’t think like them and I couldn’t elicit the same responses from those around me as they would. As a result of that, I just marched to the beat of my own drum, no matter how frustrating everyone around me found it. I was the black sheep.

What I didn’t know at the time, was that my childhood experience was setting me up to face some major challenges in my life ahead and ultimately show me what was/is possible. By accepting who I was and that I wasn’t like everyone else, I began to understand who I was and what it was that I wanted and needed in this life, and that my wants, needs and desires are ok. It was also teaching me that people would embrace me for who I was not, for trying to be someone else.

The biggest lesson of all came many years later though. After marrying my childhood sweetheart didn’t work out, I found myself being pursued by a man who seemed perfect. Love bombing wasn’t a term back then, but that’s what happened and I fell for it hook line and sinker. Having only had one serious boyfriend who I ultimately had married, I had never been a single adult, even though I was in my mid 20’s I was naive in many ways. This man swept me off my feet and very quickly we were living together and setting up our lives. Not too long after the whirlwind romance, the abuse began. This man who seemed so perfect was mentally, emotionally, physically and sexually abusive. Within a year I had been isolated from all of my friends and family and I believed I was worthless. My modelling work had dried up and I was barely able to leave the house as he had drained all of my finances on top of everything else.

Freeing myself from that relationship at around the 20 month mark was one of the most difficult things I had ever done, and I felt I had to do it all on my own because I was isolated and I was constantly told how unlovable and worthless I was. As I navigated each day, dealing with the trauma, the heartbreak and slowly healing people started coming back in to my life. I had told no-one the truth about my relationship until after it was all over and I was already on my healing path. It was only when these people who did love me and always had loved me, but had been pushed away started pointing out how strong and resilient I was did I start to see it.

It was that moment in my story that I realised I had not only survived a situation that no-one should have to endure, but I had gotten out reasonably quickly in the grand scheme of things. I also realised then that if I could survive that, I could not only survive anything but I could thrive. I was strong enough to do anything.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?
I am 44 and still working as a model. Fighting against what is considered the norm is what I’ve been doing my whole life, so it seems fitting that I’m still out here doing it.

In Australia I had a wonderful career and thanks to that have had so many incredible experiences. Since moving to the US I have created a wonderful working relationship with the High Vibe TV Network. As the female face of their merchandise, I have been able to merge 2 of my passions – modelling and spirituality. Every day I get to work alongside celebrity astrologer David Palmer ‘The Leo King’, along with all of the other incredible talent that are at the network. Each day with High Vibe it feels like a collaboration, so many minds coming together to create in harmony. In addition to the people I work alongside, the High Vibe community is something else. The love and support the community shares on the app is a completely different vibe to traditional social media, it’s such a lovely space to exist in.

Working with Children’s Health Defence California has also been a highlight for me. Working to help end childhood health epidemics and to eliminate harmful exposures alongside other passionate people has been so inspiring. We all want a better world for those who come after us, and I am proud of doing my part to make that a reality.

I have been fortunate to reach a point in my career where I am able to chose which brands I want to work with, and ones that align with my lifestyle, so working with activewear brands Colosseum Active and new Australian brand Canary B Active, I am able to truly represent/ahowcase my lifestyle on my social media rather than a contrived version of what life is, and I get to do it in style. I am excited about continuing those relationships in the years ahead.

On top of all of this I have branched out and have my Youtube and Rumble channels where I post long form interviews with people that I find fascinating and who have stories to tell. This is such a passion project for me. I have always loved having deep, thought provoking conversations and now I am able to share those conversations with the world.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I think the biggest quality to have in the modelling world is your networking and interpersonal skills. Your network is everything and will present you with opportunities that otherwise may not come your way. Accept the invitations to events where industry people will be. If it’s not a great event you can always leave, but you might meet some great people. To be easy to work with, not too precious on set and be able to role with the punches is another trait that will get you booked. The crew loves working with someone fun who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.
Lastly, work hard. I alway try and make whatever set I’m on, fun while still getting everything the client needs done in the time allotted.
Modelling is a career that is harder than a lot of people assume and energetically you give a lot, but it can also be the most amazing career that you rarely feel like you’re working. Thats the dream.

Any advice for folks feeling overwhelmed?
When I am feeling overwhelmed the first thing I do is figure out why I’m feeling that way and see if there is a simple solution. If there’s not, then I head out for a long walk. If I take my phone it’s only so I can have music playing, but I will not look at the screen, during my walk it’s time to get my blood pumping, breath in to my lungs and to look at the natural world around me. Generally after doing that, the world is suddenly back in perspective. If I’m still feeling overwhelmed after that, I will allow myself to just take the rest of the day and maybe eat some comfort food (salt’n’vinegar chips for me), watch a movie and switch off from the world. The next day however, it’s time to get up and keep going.
There are days where we all need to just stop and give ourselves a break, we’re just not allowed to stagnate there and get stuck. Self care is everything, however that looks for you.

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Black T-shrit & Cap – Children’s Health Defense Black T-shirt – High Vibe TV Pink Camo – Canary B Active Green Sweatshirt – Colosseum Active

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