Motivation N’at is hosted by Natalie Bulger and features guests from all walks of life — each bringing their own stories, experiences, and insights to the table. Together, we dive into everything from relationships and sobriety to mental health challenges and the lasting impact of growing up too soon. On Motivation N’at, we take on life’s tougher conversations and explore how the lessons we’ve learned can shape what comes next — all in the spirit of turning life’s hot mess moments into high potential.
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Motivation N’at is hosted by Natalie Bulger and features guests from all walks of life — each bringing their own stories, experiences, and insights to the table. Together, we dive into everything from relationships and sobriety to mental health challenges and the lasting impact of growing up too soon. On Motivation N’at, we take on life’s tougher conversations and explore how the lessons we’ve learned can shape what comes next — all in the spirit of turning life’s hot mess moments into high potential.
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July 26, 2026
Members of the Dead Dads Club - Reflecting on 20 Years of Grief | Guest - Caroline Degnan
<p>Grief after losing a parent doesn't follow a timeline, and it definitely doesn't come with a manual.</p><p>Caroline Degnan is a licensed professional counselor in the Pittsburgh area specializing in grief and bereavement, and she lost her own father at eighteen, the exact same age I lost mine. This conversation is a reflection on what that loss taught us both, and how Caroline turned hers into the career and calling she has today.</p><p>We get into:</p><ul><li>What it means to lose a parent at eighteen and rebuild a life around it</li><li>Why the five stages of grief aren't actually meant for the grieving</li><li>What intentional grief looks like in practice, and how to build it</li><li>Grief camps for kids who've lost a parent or sibling</li></ul><ul><li>Staying connected to someone after death through signs and memory</li></ul><p><br></p><p>If you've been carrying grief quietly because you don't know how to talk about it, this conversation might be the permission you didn't know you needed.</p><p><br></p><p><u><strong>RESOURCES </strong></u></p><p>📖 Signs: The Secret Language of the Universe by Laura Lynn Jackson</p><p>📖 The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk</p><p>📩 Connect with Caroline: <a href="mailto:caroline.iamasiam@gmail.com">caroline.iamasiam@gmail.com</a></p><p>🌐 I Am As I Am Counseling: <a href="https://www.iamasiamcounseling.com/counselors">https://www.iamasiamcounseling.com/counselors</a></p><p>🌐 Psychology Today: <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us">https://www.psychologytoday.com/us</a></p><p>🌐 Experience Camps: <a href="https://experiencecamps.org">https://experiencecamps.org</a></p><p>🌐 Hospice Nurse Julie: <a href="https://www.hospicenursejulie.com">https://www.hospicenursejulie.com</a></p><p>📲 Follow Natalie:</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sincerely__natalie" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@Sincerely__Natalie</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/motivation-nat-pod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@motivation-nat-pod</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>MOTIVATION N'AT — Hot Mess to High Potential®</strong></p><p>The podcast where real life gets talked about, hosted by Natalie Bulger. New episodes every Sunday.</p><p><br></p>
July 19, 2026
Suicide Prevention: Peer-Led Support After a Suicide Attempt | Guest - Jeremy Carter
<p>This episode contains an open conversation about suicide and self-harm. If you're currently navigating this, it's okay to pause, skip, or come back when you're ready. If you need support, call or text 988. Free, confidential support is available 24/7.</p><p>Surviving a suicide attempt is isolating. Add a stigma that keeps people silent and a system too overwhelmed to support them, and you're left with a gap that many survivors fall through.</p><p>Jeremy Carter is a social worker who fell through that exact gap after his own attempt, and built Still Here PGH, a peer-led support group for people who have attempted suicide or struggle with suicidal thoughts, because nothing like it existed yet.</p><p>Topics we cover:</p><ul><li><p>Surviving a suicide attempt and what came after</p></li><li><p>Why peer-led support for suicidal thoughts didn't exist in Allegheny County until he built it</p></li><li><p>What to say to someone suicidal, and what not to say</p></li><li><p>Recognizing numbness as a warning sign, not an absence of feeling</p></li><li><p>Why the system failed him even as a social worker who knew how it was supposed to work</p></li></ul><p>If you've ever wondered what to say to someone who's struggling or what to seek if you’re feeling this way yourself, this conversation gives you a place to start.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><strong>MOTIVATION N'AT — Hot Mess to High Potential</strong>™</p><p>The podcast where real life gets talked about, hosted by Natalie Bulger. New episodes every Sunday.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>🌐 Still Here PGH: <a href="stillherepgh.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">stillherepgh.org</a></p><p>📲 Follow Natalie:</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sincerely__natalie" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">@Sincerely__Natalie</a></p><p>YouTube: @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/motivation-nat-pod" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">motivation-nat-pod</a></p><p><br></p>
July 12, 2026
The Real Work of Enterprise Risk Management | Guest - Charles Tapp II
<p>During his time as CFO, Charles Tapp II spun up the Enterprise Risk Management program at Veterans Benefits Administration which paved the way for me to do the same in Veterans Health Administration a year or two later. The dual effort was making its way to major impact when Charles and I both decided to step away, leaving the programs in the hands of our amazingly talented staff. Now we can talk candidly about what it actually takes to embed risk management into a multi-layered and complex corporate system.</p><p>Charles walks through how his team turned risk registers into real budget decisions, including how a risk-informed approach helped VBA secure millions in PACT Act startup funding by identifying HR as a critical risk area before the legislation even passed. We also cover the difference between risk in the Department of Defense, federal civil service, and private industry; how black swan events like COVID reshaped risk appetite across government; and why it took a full year just to establish a shared risk vocabulary before any real progress could happen.</p><p>This conversation is for anyone trying to wrap their head around instituting a risk-informed culture inside an organization that's resistant to change, whether that's a federal agency, a nonprofit board, or other institution.</p><p><strong>In this episode:</strong></p><ul><li>The critical components of a starter enterprise risk management program</li><li>Turning overwhelming risk registers into risk-informed budget decisions</li><li>The PACT Act, VBA's HR pipeline, and $302 million in startup funding</li><li>Black swan risk: what COVID taught federal agencies about risk appetite</li><li>Risk management differences across DoD, federal civil service, and private industry</li><li>Why things like shared language and escalation channels have to come first</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Charles Tapp:</strong><br>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlestapp2/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlestapp2/</a></p><p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p><ul><li>Federal News Network: VBA Steps Up Veteran Outreach to Complete 300,000 Pending PACT Act Benefits Claims — <a href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2024/05/vba-steps-up-veteran-outreach-to-complete-300000-pending-pact-act-benefits-claims/">https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2024/05/vba-steps-up-veteran-outreach-to-complete-300000-pending-pact-act-benefits-claims/</a></li><li>VA News: World-Class Veterans Benefits Banking Program — <a href="https://news.va.gov/110704/world-class-veterans-benefits-banking-program/">https://news.va.gov/110704/world-class-veterans-benefits-banking-program/</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>MOTIVATION N'AT — Hot Mess to High Potential™</strong></p><p>The podcast where real life gets talked about, hosted by Natalie Bulger. New episodes every Sunday.</p><p>📲 Follow Natalie:</p><p>Instagram: instagram.com/@Sincerely__Natalie</p><p>YouTube: youtube.com/@motivation-nat-pod</p><p><br></p>
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