I’m Natalie MacNeil,
and I believe you’re here to lead the future.
I’m an Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, futurist, and guide to thousands of visionaries over the past 20 years.
Most heart-led leaders
Most heart-led leaders and entrepreneurs I work with are building beautiful businesses on what feels like quicksand right now.
The old playbooks aren't working. The strategies that got us here won't carry us through what's coming.
I see you trying to keep up with the pace of change while staying true to who you are. It's exhausting.
What if instead of constantly adapting to disruption, you could build from the future?
What if your business could be anchored in something so solid and so aligned with where we're heading?
That’s where I come in,
and here’s what I help you create:
Client experiences powered by AI
that feel like magic to your people and expand your revenue
Future-forward positioning
and business models that scale sustainably and give you an exponential advantage in your industry
The Early Entrepreneurial Years
I’ve always been drawn to the edge of possibility.
In 2010, my media company co-produced the world’s first full-length 360° interactive documentary; it earned an Emmy Award and confirmed what I’d felt in my bones since childhood: I was here to be a bridge between what is and what’s emerging.
I went on to create a wildly successful blog and community for women entrepreneurs called She Takes on the World, build one of the earliest virtual business incubators, author bestselling books with Penguin Random House and Chronicle, and become an investor in the most innovative companies and projects in the world.
I was recognized as Impact’s Entrepreneur of the Year, and listed by Inc. as one of “27 Women Leaders Changing the World.” I was featured in media outlets like Forbes, TIME, Elle, Glamour, and Entrepreneur.
Every chapter sharpened my gift of being able to take ideas from sparks to scale, and bring bold visions to life.
Embodying the Visionary
While I was building companies and writing books, I found myself pulled toward something I couldn't quite name. It led me to more than a hundred countries, chasing questions I didn't even know how to ask yet.
This curiosity led me to learn from a wide range of leaders and teachers, from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs to medicine women in the Amazon to meditation masters in the East. I studied breathwork, somatics, EFT, Daoist energy work, Tantra, and more. Each added a thread to the tapestry of my worldview, and my way of seeing and feeling the future.
This part of my journey also prepared me to support leaders and entrepreneurs in embodying the visionary archetype and navigating these times without losing their center.
What I See Now
We’re living through the greatest transformation in human history.
AI. Robots. Decentralization. Web 3.
These technologies will bring tectonic shifts in how we create, connect, and lead.
A new kind of leader is being called forward for this new era. If you’re reading this, you’re likely one of them.
These leaders are building from vision rather than fear. They aren’t afraid of what’s coming because they’re actively shaping it. They understand their assignment, and that the future needs their unique gifts.
Many of us haven’t felt like we fit into this world, and we’re not meant to because I believe we came here to birth a new one.
This is your invitation to become the visionary you came here to be by embodying more of who you truly are.
My
Multidimensional
Approach
I take what feels overwhelming and make it workable. What seems abstract becomes practical. What feels scattered gets woven together.
Whether I’m teaching a program, working with a client, or writing The Future Thread newsletter,The Future Thread newsletter my work integrates five streams of intelligence:
Analytical: Research across AI, emerging tech, markets, and cultural shifts
Intuitive: Visions and sensing what’s emerging
Strategic: Frameworks that turn visions into business ecosystems and step-by-step plans
Somatic: Transformation grounded in the body, not just the mind
Spiritual: Reverence for this moment as a collective initiation, and something sacred we are all moving through together
Everything I share comes from my own lab—experiments and learning in my life and businesses. I live in the future, and translate it into practical wisdom and insights for today.
Client Experiences
“Working with Natalie has been an invaluable experience and opportunity to nurture my own professional growth. Our monthly recurring revenue has doubled, and overall sales have increased by more than 50%. There has been a significant shift in my mindset and confidence, and for the first time since starting my business I stepped wholeheartedly into embodying the role of CEO."
— KARLA FISHER, CEO of Authentic Web Solutions
“For the first time in my life, I feel supported at every level from vision to strategic planning. So many of us have a vision to make the world a better place, and this is where it’s at.
— DR. ROMIE MUSHTAQ, Neurologist, Keynote Speaker, and Bestselling author of The Busy Brain Cure
“She gets it, she sees it, she breathes it into you.
If you’re looking for someone who has the gift of going 50,000 feet then 5,000 feet, 50,000 feet then 5,000 feet, and then sideways, that’s Natalie. She can’t charge enough for what she is worth."
— OLIVET JONES, Executive Leadership Consultant to Fortune 500 companies
Working with Natalie has been an intersection of business, healing, showing up for self, and showing up for the world.
— Erin Doppelt, CEO of Spiritual Intelligence
Life Beyond Work
I'm a Canadian living in the City of Angels with my Beloved, who also happens to be from the Great White North.
Adventure is my lifeblood, and travel has become a practice of getting lost in places to find new facets of myself. I'm drawn to great design in all its forms, from digital to interior to experiential.
I'm equal parts nerd and wild: someone with a degree in international political science and business who geeks out on geopolitics and history, while also following the untamed call of spontaneity, flow, and mystery.
Most days you'll find me reading for hours—research papers and studies, business and tech announcements, books, histories, futures, and sometimes a good fiction novel. I have a massive Excel sheet for tracking it all, and if you want the cliff notes, make sure you're getting my newsletter The Future Thread.
Being in nature, especially among trees, brings me home to myself. The beauty of this world never ceases to blow my mind.
I'm endlessly grateful for the community of quirky, brilliant, wholehearted humans who have helped me step into my fullest expression. I live for our soul-stirring conversations that stretch into the night.
I'm also in my aunt era now, and it feels like one of the most important roles I've ever taken on. It has shifted how I look at the future and, well, everything.
This is the world I live and create from. The work I do is an expression of a much larger devotion to life, to wonder, and to the interconnectedness of it all.
Media bio & photos
Natalie MacNeil is an Emmy Award-winning media entrepreneur, futurist, and credentialed business and leadership coach. She's also the founder of Coaching Evolved and its signature Transformational Embodiment Coaching Certification, the only ICF-accredited multi-modality certification of its kind. She has been listed on the Levo 100 as a "transformer of our generation" and featured by Inc. as one of "27 women leaders changing the world." Natalie is devoted to expanding human potential and inspiring people to live deeply meaningful lives through her books, videos, interactive films, coaching experiences, and live events. She has been featured in Elle, Glamour, People, TIME, Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, and more.
For appearance, interview, speaking, and media requests, please contact Julia Jenner at julia@nataliemacneil.com.
