Nadia Bartel reveals new details about split with ex-husband and AFL star Jimmy in emotional interview: 'I was in a bad place'
The Aussie model, 40, who ended her marriage with her husband of five years in 2019, sat down with Bec Judd and Jess Roberts on their podcast Vain-ish, where she discussed her self-care regimen.
Speaking to the podcast hosts, the Henne founder revealed that she turned to meditation and breathwork to 'recentre' herself in the wake of her divorce.
'I got into that after the split from my marriage,' she told Bec and Jess.
Speaking of her breathwork journey, Nadia said that the recommendation came from a mate who 'knew I was struggling'.
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She turned to Jess and Bec, saying: 'I was in a bad place, as you guys knew.'
Nadia's friend said that her brother had recently gone through a break-up too and had turned to breathwork as a means of therapy.
'When you're going through something, you're willing to do anything,' Nadia added about the experience.
Despite saying she probably wouldn't have tried if she had Googled it beforehand, Nadia said the experience was 'incredible'.
'It was three hours of the most intense experience,' she said, adding that the instructor taught her how to get into a meditative state through breathing in and out.
'It was almost hard to do it. You're having all these intense thoughts when you're doing it,' she said.
'And then my whole body and fingers started cramping and tears were pouring...
'It was like an out-of-body' experience.'
Nadia and Jimmy, who were once considered the glamour couple of the AFL, separated in 2019 after five years of marriage.
The couple married back in 2014 and share two sons, Henley and Aston.
Nadia said at the time: 'It's been a very difficult month for me and the boys.'
'My single focus now is to continue to protect, care for, and provide for my two beautiful boys as this is a personal matter. I am so thankful for my very supportive family and friends.'
Jimmy, famous for his tenure with the Geelong Football Club, welcomed a baby girl with his now-girlfriend Amelia Shepperd on April 4, 2023.
Nadia and former footballer Peter Dugmore went public with their relationship at the 2024 Australian Open tennis and the couple are still going strong.
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