My Intentions for 2023

On January 16, 2023

Happy New Year! I don’t like the idea of resolutions so much as setting intentions for the year. Intentions aren’t like goals. They don’t mean you will go to the gym 3 days a week or only eat sweets on the weekends. Setting intentions goes deeper than that and is about truly caring for your body, […]

Gratitude: ‘Tis the Season

On December 23, 2022

by Adam Baier and Nancy Dilts Adam’s internship wrapped up at the end of the Fall semester. I am so grateful for the assistance he provided me in setting up project and client management systems and writing for the blog. Here, we each give our perspectives on gratitude. Watch for one more post from Adam […]

Get Out and Vote!

On October 27, 2022

by Adam Baier It’s that time again November is approaching, and the time to vote is here. Election Day is Tuesday, November 8! As the cold air moves in, we should be moving politically to do our part in government participation. Voting is our one way of influence we have on government. It is the […]

Build Strength for Self Care

On October 14, 2022

Watch me go * on location * again for my monthly Facebook live! This month, I visited strength trainer Morgan Maley at Titanium Performance in Northeast Minneapolis. We talk about how strength training is an essential part of self care, both physically and mentally, and how Titanium Performance’s approach allows people of all ages and […]

JCrew’s New Men’s Creative Director

On October 5, 2022

by Adam Baier JCrew has a new man in town JCrew, a fashion retail company, opened its first store in downtown Manhattan in 1989, and is still going today, despite experiencing some major bumps the past few years. In an effort to enter the 20’s with a bang, they recently hired Brendon Babenzien as Mens […]

Back to School with Chef Cheryl

On September 2, 2022

Cooking with Chef Cheryl For my monthly Live video on Facebook, Chef Cheryl of Real Food Well joined me this past Tuesday. We talk about end-of-summer style and food, and she demos a few easy, healthy “Back to School/Work” lunch recipes. We had so much fun together, as the photos attest! Chef Cheryl’s recipes are […]

My Personal Style: Meet Adam

On August 14, 2022

Please welcome Adam Baier to the NDWC team! Adam is a college student majoring in Business and an intern virtual assistant at Vibrant Virtual Interns and joined NDWC in July to assist me with project management, client communication, and more. I’m so delighted to have his fresh take, good sense of humor, and knowledge of […]

Bikini Rebellion Beach Party

On August 11, 2022

Bikini Rebellion This week we had a Bikini Rebellion Beach Party at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. A #bikinirebellion is a way for women to forget about all the trash we hear and see about what kind of bodies we should have to enjoy the beach and to celebrate the amazing, fantastic, phenomenal bodies we DO have! […]

Self-love through Self-care

On February 23, 2022

Practicing self-care February is all about the romance. What if we developed a romance with ourselves? Sounds a little sideways, but think about it. Self-care is nurturing ourselves in the same way we nurture a partner. We are so good at loving on – and caring for – the people around us, be they our […]

Women in Wellness

On December 27, 2021

Wellness in the new year There will be a lot of wellness resolutions flying around in the next few weeks. Although some of them aren’t really about wellness – start a diet, work out everyday, no sweets. You get the picture. Steep ultimatums aren’t sustainable, so they don’t stick. True wellness is looking at the […]

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