Success

The best definition of success I have found yet. Rest in peace you beautiful, strong, inspiring woman.

Sometimes We All Need A Reminder

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Owning our Story

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Wonderful, Wise Words

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My Favourite Love Story

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Seven years ago today I went on a first date that changed my life. 

The rest is history.

xo

From Passion to Purpose

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Taking Care

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I have been thinking a lot about health lately. About how my body feels not just how it looks. How my head feels and how the things I think & feel affect my health. How the food I put into my body does or does not benefit me. How the few hours I sleep just aren't cutting it. I feel an incredible desire to be better, to take action and to feel alive. 

I read this post by Kelly Rae Roberts and felt inspired. 

What do you do to take care of your body, your mind & your spirit? I would love to know what inspires you to be better.

Let Go

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start over

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This inspiration needs to be tattooed on my arm so I can read it all day long . Sometimes we just need a reminder that we are not defined by what is happening around us but by how we choose to deal with those things. I have not been making very good choices in how I deal with "situations" and it is affecting me in such negative ways. I feel sick by the end of the day and guilty for all my negative energy. 

That is not me, I am not those things.

Today I will take a deep breath, ask myself how I can react differently and when that doesn't work I will walk away.  

xo

From the Inside

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You're the Best

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What is Sexy?

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Believe

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that's a pretty good record

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It Is Time

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Yes there is!

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It's okay to not have it all togehter

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It's been a bit rough around here for the past couple of weeks. My patience, head & heart are being put through the ring. I am trying to accept offered help instead of seeing it as a weakness or a lack in my ability. On top of some frustrating things we're dealing with here at chez Wachter I find I am struggling with fighting guilt for not working enough from home and guilt for not being "engaged" enough as a mom. I am trying to quiet the voices that say "so & so does all this" or "get your shit together" or "so & so can do it, why can't you".... you know those voices, I wish they came with a shut off switch that was much easier to navigate. That's where I've been, my creative / blogging self is needing a rest. My vacation is getting closer & closer and I can not wait!
Have a wonderful day friends and remember, it's okay to be broken- the cracks are how the light gets in. (taken from Leonard Cohen's song Anthem)
xoxo
Nadine

I think this is in order...

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Yes they are!

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you deserve a beautiful life

Today I am sharing four quotes that I found on Pinterest for a friend of mine (a couple in fact) that is  dealing with some hard stuff. Her heart is one of the biggest I've ever met and she is struggling with decisions she's made that have impacted others. However, her only alternative would have been unhappiness. And that my friends is not a choice any of us should ever make. 

Sometimes we have to make decisions and take action and sometimes those things upset the balance. For her and for any of you reading this thinking "I think Nadine wrote this post for me."- I want you to know that the dust will settle, it will- I promise (and I don't break promises). People will stop being angry because they will have moved on. All this struggle and the emotional demons that you're fighting will lift, like a curtain and you will find so much more than you could have ever hoped for. You will look back at this time in your life and realize it was the best thing you could have ever done. You, them and everyone in between deserve to be happy. You deserve a beautiful life sweet friend! You really do. xoxo

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