Shopping with Love and Purpose

Shopping with love

I am so excited to share more about my new favorite sweatshirt and most importantly the meaning behind the sweatshirt. The good news is the message about “LOVE” and “GIVING BACK” is spreading far and wide because of my friend, Shannon Buth‘s, passion for helping others. Here in her own words is the back story—the story behind the imperfect heart on the cutest and coziest sweatshirt that you will be proudly wearing on repeat in 2020. While you’re at it, grab one for your bestie.  

Giving back and shopping with a purpose has never felt so good. Here’s to you, @houseofshan. This is good news approved!

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All About Women

Happy International Womens Day 2019

In honor of International Women’s Day today, I thought it would be appropriate to mark this day with some inspirational women who are part of my tribe. They have all been amazing guests on “Nina’s Got Good News” Podcast, and they are making an impact in their communities every single day. They inspire me and they make me better. In my eyes, this day is all about women supporting, learning, lifting, encouraging, helping, inspiring and celebrating other women.

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Here’s To/Two Good Things in 2019

Acupuncture and Vitalibis

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your 2019 is off to a great and positive start. One observation I have made is that there’s a lot of pressure in January to get everything going and get everything on track. And that, frankly, can overwhelm me. So I think February might be the new January for me, just sayin’! 🙂 I do hope you listened to my intentions, my goals and my vision for the new year on my “Nina’s Got Good News” podcast #26. Hopefully, it helps you think about your own journey and what lies ahead for you too.

I want to share two things with you that I am doing that are making my life better in 2019. My hope in sharing them is that they might also help you.

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Giving Back Is Powerful

Giving Back

I am writing this with a full heart to say a BIG thank you for helping make our “Pouches with Purpose” initiative such a huge success.

It is because of all of you that we were able to donate 100 pouches filled with safe, clean, healthy products to the cancer patients at Norma Pfriem Breast Center in Connecticut. There is no greater gift than giving back to others. To be able to help someone else less fortunate than us is what makes this world a better place.

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Ready for a Clean Swap

switching to safer products

Are you ready to make a clean swap?

My initial thought was to update the Healthy Switches blog I wrote a year ago, but because I have learned a lot in the past year—and have started using some other clean, safe products in our house—I decided to write a whole new post about what I’ve learned. This is a journey, and I am constantly discovering as I go!

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Christmas came early…lessons from my husband

lessons from my husband

This is an emotional post. There are many reasons why I want to share this journey with you all. Mostly, I want to help others, I want to inspire others, and I want to motivate others.

I’d like to start by saying my husband is one of the most amazing people I have ever known. Lucky for me, Jeff fell in love with me, and has been by my side since 2000. (Y2K!) We had a big epiphany about three years ago that he needed to look for a new job. He worked so hard and loved what he was doing, but it was time to move on from his current situation.

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Q&A with Jeff Clarke: His Wellness Journey

wellness journey

Although summer has come to an end, I hope everyone enjoyed the beautiful, hot months with friends and family!

We had lots of beach time and lots of quality family time, but now we are ready for the school year to start (as I’m sure many of you are too).

Throughout the summer, people have been asking me and my husband how he is losing weight, and what exactly he is doing. He really does look so great, and I could not be prouder of him. That was the main reason for this blog post—to share his success, and to share what is working for him.

I hope this helps others on their own journey. Cheers!

xoxo NBC

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Give Back Giveaway!

give back giveaway

Are you ready to give back? Let’s do it together!

I was planning to do a FUN giveaway this weekend for all of you to learn more about Beautycounter’s safe products, as well as a great brand of sunnies that I am loving called DIFF.

When you support DIFF, you are helping someone in need. For every pair of sunglasses sold, DIFF donates a pair of reading glasses to rural Africa. I am LOVING all their sunglasses, and I know you will too.

Now my plans have changed due to MOTHER NATURE! In addition to being able to WIN a FREE pair of these fabulous sunnies, I am also going to be giving back some of my sales from this Beautycounter shopping event to the AMERICAN RED CROSS.

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Use This, Not That: Toothpaste

colgate toothpaste danger

Do you brush your teeth every day?  Do you know what’s in your toothpaste? Are you a Colgate toothpaste user? If you answered yes, then it’s time to make a switch, and here’s why.

In your entire lifetime, you use an average of about 20 gallons of toothpaste, and each time you spit out the paste, there are a few bits that get absorbed into your bloodstream. In fact, your mouth is one of the most absorbent places in your whole body. So as you swish and brush in your mouth, the ingredients from the toothpaste get sucked into your mouth and gums.

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Why Am I Blogging? The What, The Why and The Everything In Between

blogging

Hi! Thanks for stopping by. Life throws us a lot of curve balls—it’s how you react that matters. From a TV broadcasting career to getting married and having children, to taking a leap of faith and becoming my own boss, there’s a lot I’ve learned along the way. Not only that, but I find myself surrounded by people like you with similar experiences, individuals who are advice-seekers, individuals who are looking to connect and discuss the why, the how, and the everything in between. It was then I realized that my next mission would be to start blogging as a tool to share my knowledge, reveal my creations, help small businesses grow, bring awareness about fitness and health, and so much more. As always, I will be having fun and KEEPIN’ IT REAL! Here are my two biggest goals:

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