Resilience doesn’t always come from big wins. Sometimes it’s forged in the moments where everything feels like it’s falling apart, and you show up anyway.

Natalie Jade Pinnell knows what it’s like to be at full capacity. Running a business, raising a family, and fighting a broken system that’s failing her daughter. Most people would crumble. Natalie chose a different path.

In this unfiltered conversation, James Fleming digs deep with Natalie on what it takes to show up in life and business when every part of you wants to quit. They talk about resilience, mission, the myth of the silver bullet and what happens when success starts to feel like a prison.

Natalie doesn’t just work with entrepreneurs, she helps them cut through the noise, break the rules, and build businesses that actually align with the lives they want to live. She’s done it herself, more than once. And now she’s showing others how to stop playing by someone else’s formula.

This episode will hit home for the founders burning out while chasing other people’s version of success. It’s also a must-listen for anyone feeling stuck, stretched, or silenced.

Key Moments:

✔️The “f**k the formula” philosophy and why it’s helped so many founders break free

✔️Why Natalie’s highest revenue months were also her most miserable

✔️ What really happens behind the scenes of those ‘successful’ online businesses

✔️How she helps business owners cut through the chaos and actually find clarity

✔️ The personal mission that forced her to burn down what she spent years building

✔️ The broken mental health system that left her daughter suffering and unheard

✔️What it looks like to rebuild your life, your business, and your purpose on your terms

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Follow James Fleming:

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflemingtpwtd/

Success or Excuses Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/success.or.excuses?igsh=dXdvcHVjNDloM2Zj

YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessorExcusesPodcast

Website → https://thepowerwithintraining.com/

Follow Natalie Pinnell:

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-jade/

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/nataliejadepinnell?igsh=MW15dGFic2p4ODJrMw==

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Subscribe to Success or Excuses for more real, no-bullsh*t conversations with people who’ve been through the fire and kept going.

Some people crumble under pressure. Others use it as fuel. Billy Farrell is in the latter camp.

In this straight-talking conversation, James Fleming and Billy get real about what it takes to keep moving forward when life throws its hardest punches. No sugar-coating, no empty motivation, just raw insights on resilience, mindset, and why excuses will never get you where you want to be.

Billy has seen the highs, faced the lows, and come out the other side with a mindset that refuses to break. This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt knocked down and needed a reminder that the next move is always in their hands.

Key Moments:

✔️The real difference between success and excuses

✔️Why mindset is everything when facing challenges

✔️Lessons from risk, business, and personal growth

✔️How to navigate setbacks without losing yourself

✔️The mentality shift that separates the doers from the spectators

This one is all about taking ownership, blocking out the noise, and doing what needs to be done. No fluff. No nonsense. Just the truth about what it takes to level up.

Subscribe to Success or Excuses for more real conversations with people who get it.

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Follow James Fleming:

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflemingtpwtd/

Success or Excuses Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/success.or.excuses?igsh=OW51MzlrazkwMXc%3D&utm_source=qr

YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessorExcusesPodcast

Website → https://thepowerwithintraining.com/

Follow Billy Farrell:

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/iambillyfarrell

Mayhem Marketing → https://www.instagram.com/mayhemmarketinghq?igsh=YjliNG96cjNma3B3

To kick things off, James Fleming, the man behind the Success or Excuses podcast steps into the hot seat.

If you don’t know James, you’re about to. And if you think you do? Get ready to hear the story behind the man, the mindset, and the mission.

For once, James isn’t the one leading the conversation. Instead, Ellie McKay, host of the On a Mission podcast sits down with him to flip the script. Because before he starts interviewing other people about their journeys, it’s time to talk about his own.

And trust me, it’s not your usual “rags to riches” story.

James didn’t have a golden ticket to success. There was no safety net, no lucky break, no easy route to the top. Everything he’s built has come from fighting through failure, taking the hard hits, and refusing to let excuses win.

He grew up learning how to scrap, not just in business, but in life. Arrested as a teenager, thrown into situations that could have defined him, he had to make a choice: stay on the same path or rewrite his story.

He didn’t have money. In fact, at one point, he was drowning in six figures of debt. He risked everything sometimes recklessly to build something bigger than himself.

And at multiple points, it could have all fallen apart.

But it didn’t. Because excuses don’t build empires, taking action does.

This podcast isn’t about sugar-coating things or pretending the journey is easy. It’s about cutting through the noise, exposing the real lessons, and proving that the only thing standing between you and success is the story you’re telling yourself.

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Key Moments:

✔️The real reason James launched this podcast, why Success or Excuses is different

✔️The moment everything changed, from fighting and getting arrested to making a choice

✔️The brutal lessons that shaped him, why pain is a better teacher than success

✔️Overcoming six figures of debt, how he went from struggling to scaling

✔️The mindset shift that separates those who make it from those who don’t

✔️Why most people fail and how to stop being one of them

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Follow James Fleming:

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesflemingtpwtd/

Success or Excuses Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/success.or.excuses?igsh=OW51MzlrazkwMXc%3D&utm_source=qr

YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@SuccessorExcusesPodcast

Website → https://thepowerwithintraining.com/

Follow Ellie Mckay:

Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/ellie_mckay_official?igsh=bDV3YW4wZzlhcWhq

On a Mission Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/onamissionpodcast2.0?igsh=MXBrYW1wNWl1NGMxZQ==

On a Mission Podcast → https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/on-a-mission-podcast-2-0/id1769641828

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Success isn’t about luck. It’s about resilience, mindset, and taking action when everything seems stacked against you. If you’re ready to stop making excuses and start moving forward, hit play.

Listen now. Take notes. Then go make sh*t happen.