Blog Archive | Beauty Is Difference

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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Jan 31, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Jan 4, 2023

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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Dec 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Nov 1, 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. ...

Vita Nachtsheim

Oct 3, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Sep 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Aug 1, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Jul 3, 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

Vita Nachtsheim

Jun 1, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

May 2, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Apr 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Mar 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Feb 1, 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,...

Vita Nachtsheim

Jan 4, 2022

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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Dec 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Nov 1, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Oct 4, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Sep 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Aug 3, 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...

Vita Nachtsheim

Jul 2, 2021

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