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Vita Nachtsheim
Jan 31, 2023
When we say goodbye
How do you say goodbye? If you had 24 hours left to live, who would you want to visit and what would you want to say? This event just...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Jan 4, 2023
We are all human after all
We are all human. What that means to me is it doesn’t matter who you are, we are all fair game to have the good, the bad and the ugly...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Dec 1, 2022
Fit in, why?
Is it a coincidence? I just saw Cher being interviewed on CNN with Christiane Amanpour. Two incredible women in their own right. This was...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Nov 1, 2022
Savour every bite
Do you remember in your childhood going to the variety store? My mother would give me 10 cents (this is 1968ish) and I would get a bag of...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Oct 3, 2022
Let’s live and not fear
As life would have it…we have lost some truly beautiful souls recently. The Queen. Not much has gone unsaid, that I would need to add. ...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Sep 1, 2022
Why now???
I was recently sitting on the beach having light, airy conversation and was asked… Why am I writing a blog? Good question. Not even sure...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Aug 1, 2022
Do we ever REALLY know someone?
Our most meaningful relationships are also our most complex. I think we are most vulnerable and tender because we are attached to the...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Jul 3, 2022
Are we old now?
Looking at Rick across a large oak table covered by architectural drawings of our dream beach house, I was forced to confront that...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Jun 1, 2022
When is enough enough?
I think this expression has been around so long because it holds the truth. What matters is who we are. Remembering you are enough, despite
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Vita Nachtsheim
May 2, 2022
Identity Crisis
What we do is not who we are. I was looking at Instagram recently and came across a post on Linda Evangelista. A popular super model from...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Apr 1, 2022
Self Love
I was listening to a podcast with Glennon Doyle and something she said clicked with me. How we often feel guilt in pursuing joy. We feel...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Mar 1, 2022
More Than A Number
Did you know that actresses on the ‘Golden Girls’ were younger in age than the women in the ‘Sex and The City’ reboot, ‘And Just Like...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Feb 1, 2022
We Are Not Invisible
We are not invisible - we make that choice. The reaction I get from getting on the elevator first thing in the morning going out for my...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Jan 4, 2022
Is 120 The New 90?
There are those moments in ones life, when in a heartbeat, everything changes. A few months ago, I had a brush with one of those moments,...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Dec 1, 2021
The best gifts given. Reflection, gratitude and humanity.
I have had some really deep heartfelt conversations with people close to me recently. Some stopped me in my tracks. More on this in a...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Nov 1, 2021
Nothing happens until YOU decide
Nothing happens until YOU decide. Repeat. I am just re-reading something I wrote years ago. Perhaps you have also read “The Secret.” It...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Oct 4, 2021
We are all role models
I had the most incredible honour in July. I had an opportunity to speak with an inspiration of mine, Ann Rohmer. A television...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Sep 3, 2021
Anti-aging stops here. Words are powerful.
I need your help and it has to do with the power of words. We need to use and choose them wisely. I am creating a culture shift in our...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Aug 3, 2021
Age-appropriate boundaries? No thanks.
I remember this moment in 1994 like it was yesterday. I am in my favourite clothing store where I’d been shopping since I was 16. I...
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Vita Nachtsheim
Jul 2, 2021
Letting go of the need for approval
I was at a virtual funeral recently. I did not know the woman who passed, but I am close to her daughter. COVID meant that even the...
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