What if the fear you feel isn’t a stop sign — but a compass pointing you exactly where you’re supposed to go?

In this episode of Nobody Told Me!, we’re talking with Jenny Wood — author of Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It — about how fear, ambition, self-doubt, and boldness are all tangled together on the road to creating a life you actually want.

Jenny spent 18 years rising through the ranks at Google, ultimately leading a team responsible for tens of billions in revenue, and founding Own Your Career, one of the largest career development programs in Google’s history. She knows firsthand what it means to step into bigger, braver versions of yourself — even when it feels terrifying.

Together, we dive into how to turn fear into fuel, why being “too much” is actually your greatest strength, and what it really looks like to bet on yourself when nobody else hands you permission.

If you’ve ever wrestled with impostor syndrome, second-guessed your dreams, or wondered if you’re “ready” to make a leap — this conversation will remind you that courage isn’t something you wait for. It’s something you choose.

Julie McFadden, RN, is a hospice nurse, educator, and bestselling author dedicated to changing the way we talk about death and dying. With over 15 years of experience in intensive care and hospice nursing, Julie has become a leading voice in demystifying the end-of-life process, helping people navigate it with more understanding and less fear.

Known to millions as Hospice Nurse Julie, she shares compassionate, no-nonsense insights on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram, where she breaks down the physical, emotional, and even spiritual aspects of dying. Her work has sparked a global conversation about what really happens at the end of life, tackling everything from hospice myths to deathbed visions.

Her book, ”Nothing to Fear: Demystifying Death to Live More Fully,” is a groundbreaking guide that helps people embrace death as a natural part of life—one that, when understood, can actually lead to a richer, more meaningful existence.

📍 Website: HospiceNurseJulie.com

📖 Latest Book: Nothing to Fear

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In this unforgettable episode of Nobody Told Me, we sit down with Rossana D’Antonio — engineer, truth-seeker, and author of the haunting memoir 26 Seconds: Grief and Blame in the Aftermath of Losing My Brother in a Plane Crash. Rosanna talks about the day her younger brother Cesare died in a commercial plane crash just moments before he was supposed to land safely.

But this isn’t just a story about a tragedy. It’s about what happens after the cameras leave. After the system points fingers. After your loved one is blamed for their own death.

Rossana opens up about the heartbreak of losing Cesare, the painful process of watching him be scapegoated by the airline industry, and the years she spent digging through wreckage — literal and emotional — to uncover the truth. Together, we talk about grief, rage, silence, memory, and what it means to become your loved one’s final advocate.

This conversation is raw, real, and deeply human. If you’ve ever felt powerless after a loss, or if you’ve ever had to fight to be believed, Rossana’s words will stay with you long after the episode ends.