The Vital Life

The Vital Life

soul-sustenance

unexpected
When I was a kid, I always knew exactly where my Christmas presents were hidden.
 • Nathalie Danielle
inconvenient tears
This piece is from the archives of my original Soul Sustenance blog, written on November 13, 2022.
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full-body 'yes'
While getting ready for a first date a couple of weeks ago, I spontaneously turned my camera on and started talking about it.
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it's all perfect
It’s all perfect. That was the message delivered directly into my soul during a breath work session, as I lay on the floor of a retreat center in Costa…
 • Nathalie Danielle
perfectionisn’t
When I look back at photos of myself as a child, one image comes to mind – an “American Girl” doll.
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about time
While performing the difficult task of sifting through my mother’s belongings shortly after her passing, I found two small VHS tapes buried in one of…
 • Nathalie Danielle
the girl with the dragonfly tattoo
I’ve never identified myself as a girl who gets a tattoo… at least not without analyzing the decision from every angle until I talk myself out of it.
 • Nathalie Danielle
the conductor
A couple of weeks ago, I watched a friend perform with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
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life is not a dress rehearsal...or a performance
In a recent coaching session, I admitted something that surprised even me.
 • Nathalie Danielle
the ogre
Once upon a time, before Pixar gave us a well-meaning and reasonably adorable green character named Shrek (who, notably, still lands a princess), the…
 • Nathalie Danielle
devoted
Napoleon Hill wrote, “The starting point of all achievement is desire.”
 • Nathalie Danielle
ashes to ashes, dust to dust
From my spot on the ground, I marveled at a massive treehouse-like structure lodged inside the belly of a wooden statuesque animal.
 • Nathalie Danielle
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