The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
She Protected Lives—Now She’s Changing Them with Business: Special Interview w/ Nadia Clark
Sat, 05 Apr 2025
From the Streets of Oakland to Serial Entrepreneur: The Raw Journey of Nadia ClarkIn this gripping episode of The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex, we sit down with Nadia Clark—a U.S. Army veteran, former Oakland Police sergeant, and now a serial entrepreneur and published author. 🎙️Nadia shares her incredible transformation: from surviving shootouts and witnessing the dark underbelly of human trafficking to rediscovering her identity, healing from trauma, and building her own business empire. 💥💡 Key Takeaways:Life lessons from law enforcement and military serviceCoping with PTSD and healing through self-awarenessHow Nadia turned pain into purpose through entrepreneurshipReal talk on human trafficking, mental health, and resilienceWhy mindset is everything when starting a businessThis episode is raw, real, and transformational. Don’t miss it.📕 Grab Nadia’s book "Things I Think About and Other Works" — a deeply personal look into her life experiences.NADIA: https://www.instagram.com/nadiaramelle/👇 Leave a 5⭐ review & share this with someone who needs to hear it.
Chapter 1: What life-threatening experiences did Nadia face in law enforcement?
I was almost murdered on duty in 2016. A young man came on my passenger side of my vehicle, holding a Glock, with an extended mag, and started firing at me while I'm stuck in my vehicle. My seatbelt had locked in place during the collision, so I couldn't even feel it. I just know I got hit. I couldn't move. Now there's a gun at my only escape.
And there's this man standing there, and we're staring at each other. We're not that far from how we're sitting right now. And I could see his eyes, and it wasn't as if he was angry. Happy? Sad? It was like just void. Like something just wasn't there.
Hey guys, and welcome back to the Level Up Podcast. My name is Paul Alex, and I'm here with another guest, guys. Now, you know these interviews have been crazy, guys. Thank you, first off, for making us the top 10 business podcast in the United States currently. Guys, we are trying to get to the number one spot, okay?
So if you want somebody to motivate you, if you want somebody to keep you accountable every day of what you gotta do in life to make it happen, guys, live life by design, Guys, this is the show you need to promote, okay? So share it with a friend. Share it with someone you like. All right, so for our guest today, she goes by the name of Nadia Clark. She is straight out of California, guys.
She is a... Military veteran, former police sergeant, man, has done incredible, incredible things in law enforcement, guys. And now she's a serial entrepreneur going into merchant services, a.k.a. the credit card machine business. Nadia, how are you doing today? I'm doing all right, Paul. Thank you for having me. No, absolutely. And Nadia, I forgot to mention, she is amazing.
the author to this book, Things I Think About and Other Works. This is your very first book, Nadia? That is my very first book. I love it. I love it. And just to give them the cliff notes about this, anybody that's hearing, listening, watching right now, what is your book about?
So as Paul said, I spent a lot of time in law enforcement, military, and just living life out here as a black woman in America. And so going through some difficult times in my life, I needed to express myself. And one of my outlets, one of my things that brought peace and joy into my life was writing. And what came together from my writing was this book.
And it's a series of stories that have happened to me that I've witnessed and just parts of my life that I wanted to share with the world that I pray and hope bring impact to whoever reads it.
I love that. I love that. And that's the whole point of this podcast. You know, I tell people, yeah, I... Raising her career, law enforcement, you know, ton of different experiences. But at the end of the day, it all comes down to self-help. You got to motivate people. You got to get the right mindset, right? In order to go ahead and kill it in business, you have to get your mind right.
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Chapter 2: Who is Nadia Clark and what is her background?
I grew up, again, my parents are black and southern, so I had that plan.
that going for me they were both marines and i was with the oakland police department so i was already structured and ready to go so for me it wasn't as difficult as i was witnessing some of the 17 18 19 year olds i remember my first our first day of boot because there's zero days what they call it it's when you get off the bus and you start going into your actual boot camp and they they do something called smoking so they smoke you whether they they bring you into whatever area or unit you're a part of
carrying your duffel bag full of your crap, your shoes, all your gear, and they have you put it over your head and start exercising with it. So you're running a place with this big duffel bag over your head. And we're just going between that and dropping down, doing push-ups, doing sit-ups, doing all kind of calisthenics.
I remember there was a 17-year-old kid, I think he was on the verge of turning 18, or he just turned eight, something like that. And he starts breaking down crying. And I'm just like, oh. Yeah.
they're not ready for this right you know and it it dawned on me like i'm like i'm gonna be all right yeah i've i've cried my tears over this kind of harsh hardship yeah you know this is it's nothing new it's nothing new nothing new under the sun i'm here to just do a job and get the skill set that i plan to get from the military yeah
So that makes sense why you transitioned into entrepreneurship because I think for most people that do great in entrepreneurship are typically people that have that level of discipline and you have to be proactive and you have to be a self-starter, right? And you also have to take in perfect action. You can't be a perfectionist with this. You know this. 100%.
And I think it's the same thing being that we both have experience in law enforcement. I mean, in law enforcement, you go to a critical incident, you go to any type of situation, and you got to think on your feet.
Facts. You know?
Police Academy, yeah. Oakland, they train you on some of the most severe and common, you know, penal codes and crimes that happens in the city of Oakland, right? Like robbery and burglary and, you know, all that stuff. Homicide. And shootings and all that stuff, right? Which is common in Oakland. Yeah, but but at the end of the day you still run into something.
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