We were lucky to catch up with Anya Nicolodi recently and have shared our conversation below.
Alright, Anya thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. We’d love to hear about the things you feel your parents did right and how those things have impacted your career and life.
My parents really placed an emphasis on being well rounded, cultured and overall being interested in other people. My dad used to always tell me how uninteresting he found people to be that did not ask other’s about their lives, their story. I have a big personality so my mom would explain to me how imperative it was to open up the space for other people to be themselves as well. This advice didn’t really resonate with me until I became an adult. I have eternal gratitude for these lessons that they instilled in me from a young age, and they have allowed me to cultivate really beautiful connections with others. I find myself preferring to sit in silence while other people their interest and it has actually motivated me in so many ways. I like to learn and get out of my head and connecting with other people is a great way for me to do that.
Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.
I’m kind of all over the map, I have a lot of things to share and say but I focus mainly on beauty, wellness and just being a girl in her twenties, navigating life. I share a lot of tips and tricks, thoughts. I am definitely most proud of my wellness advice and am currently studying to get my nutrition license. I adore herbalism, homeopathic remedies, and a lot of what I create is focused on doing your own research, healing yourself and being yourself. I definitely hope that people that see my work resonate with it, but more importantly that they are able to implement some of the self love practices/ health tips into their own lives. My overall goal is to create a space where people can go to learn how to feel confident and good about themselves, be it through words of affirmation or learning about ingredients that will help their bodies heal. I believe the two go hand in hand. I’m still a work in progress, as is my work but it’s all a part of the journey and I love that.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
The most rewarding part of being a creative that shares a lot on social media is most definitely that moment when someone reaches out and tells me that something I said had a positive impact in their day or life. That to me is sort of the meaning of life in a way. I think there is so much being put out on the internet all at once, it can be difficult to process and it’s though we are more “connected” we are also so disconnected from eachother at the same time if that makes sense. So to hear that someone felt my words is really all I could ever ask for.
Have you ever had to pivot?
I’ve worked many jobs and have love for every stage I was in; however, I did wake up one day and realize I really do not want to be working for other people. I especially did not want to be working under someone, while doing something that doesn’t align with my morals, values or vision for my life. It took me a while to get focused on what I actually wanted, and I still am figuring a lot of that out. Once I made that pivot, accepted that I was completely competent to do so, the world around me responded.
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