<script data-pm-proxy="intercept"></script><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Everyday Nadia]]></title><description><![CDATA[for the girlies who want life to be RICHER and more MAGICAL | wife + mom + business owner | addicted to growth and expansion | will push you into becoming your greatest version of self]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LLcD!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fce37f0da-48cc-4780-85cd-a31f0bd2289f_1280x1280.png</url><title>Everyday Nadia</title><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 19:12:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[hello@nnkaesthetics.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[hello@nnkaesthetics.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[hello@nnkaesthetics.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[hello@nnkaesthetics.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[dragons, mushrooms, and archangel Metatron]]></title><description><![CDATA[have you guys ever microdosed mushrooms?]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/dragons-mushrooms-and-archangel-metatron</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/dragons-mushrooms-and-archangel-metatron</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:46:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!11XC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ae9777e-b6ca-4951-81bf-f8cb59968523_1456x1048.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!11XC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6ae9777e-b6ca-4951-81bf-f8cb59968523_1456x1048.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>have you guys ever microdosed mushrooms? </p><p>people swear by it. but it&#8217;s just sort of &#8216;meh&#8217; for me. </p><p>but - have you ever <em>overdosed</em> on mushrooms that are <em>meant</em> to be microdosed?! now that shit is <em><strong>wiiiiiild </strong></em>HAHAHA.</p><p>psychedelic mushrooms are now being used for everything from deep healing journeys to daily anxiety management. they&#8217;re pretty dang cool - and maybe illegal? i don&#8217;t even know honestly. it&#8217;s california, dog&#8230;it&#8217;s part of the california sober family for sure.</p><p>anyway - i&#8217;ve only had a couple of mushroom experiences but none of them as profound as the time i met archangel metatron. and if that sounds interesting to you, then lemme tell you all about it.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TauH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a6604e6-8bb8-47b1-a886-0e248409d0b9_1122x1402.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TauH!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a6604e6-8bb8-47b1-a886-0e248409d0b9_1122x1402.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TauH!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_848, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5a6604e6-8bb8-47b1-a886-0e248409d0b9_1122x1402.jpeg 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TauH!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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because he<em> <strong>for some reason</strong></em> has chosen me as one of his little projects. </p><p>now if you&#8217;re one of those people that disregards an experience if plant medicine is involved, then this article is probably not for you. i happen to believe that plant medicine helps us LIFT the veil we normally live in, so we can then observe what is actually true. </p><p>i didn&#8217;t always think this way, but i have evidence to validate my experience. (and i&#8217;m a triple earth sign. i like evidence.)</p><p>now mushrooms are not a part of my normal routine. but one night i was out of my normal sleep aid&#8230;and i figured the little mushroom gummies someone had gifted me would help me get to sleep.</p><h5>not even close. what was i thinking?</h5><p>when the mushroom high is kicking in&#8230;it makes my skin crawl. it&#8217;s like some sort of combination of paranoia and restless leg syndrome. </p><p>and like anything that you ingest through your GI system - there&#8217;s no turning back. it&#8217;s coming for you and there&#8217;s nothing you can do about it. </p><p>i remember the intense regret setting in as i was wishing i could somehow just crawl out of my damn skin. i was shaking and my legs and arms were spasming. it was so uncomfortable and i just wanted it to end.</p><p>did i look as dramatic as i FELT i looked? not sure. i think not because my husband was literally just laying in bed next to me scrolling on his damn phone&#8230;HAHA.</p><p>anyway, i thought i was going to die. </p><h5>and what a stupid way to die.</h5><p>the thought (or the suggestion?) to call on metatron popped into my head. and in that same instant my vision was flooded with flashing lights. (but my eyes were closed). it was like a paparazzi camera was flashing on repeat right behind my eyelids.</p><blockquote><p>btw i literally did not know anything about this angel. i didn&#8217;t even know he existed. never heard of him. never read about him. i was a blank slate.</p></blockquote><p>&#8220;what in the actual fuck&#8221; is all i could think. </p><p>then i see a much prettier light show start to take form. it was a bright neon light moving in a weird geometric pattern. kind of like a bunch of triangles? or maybe a star? is it a star of david?</p><p>i had no clue. but it was cool and it was fast and it was something to focus on. i vaguely remember asking my husband to google what colors represent metatron. did he? no. i honestly probably didn&#8217;t even say the words out loud now that i think about it. hahaha.</p><p>but the light show was neon pink and green and i just had no knowledge base to pull from. my brain was trying to make sense of anything that was happening. </p><p>what i know <strong>now </strong>(because i researched the hell out of him after this experience), is that metatron travels in something called a merkaba (or, metatron&#8217;s cube). it looks like this:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O6S-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Facfda508-a6aa-4a6a-bed8-7b25162f3ea5_929x910.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O6S-!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Facfda508-a6aa-4a6a-bed8-7b25162f3ea5_929x910.png 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O6S-!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Facfda508-a6aa-4a6a-bed8-7b25162f3ea5_929x910.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>and apparently some woo woo peeps also visualize a merkaba during meditation to more easily astral travel (aka: leave your body and go somewhere else).</p><p>so that cutie little light show i was seeing, was a vehicle. and i had no choice but to get inside.</p><p>where did metatron take me, you ask?</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>well we visited the trump family. that was weird. i was literally IN the oval office and my ability to hear disappeared. how frustrating. it was like some giant energetic hands were covering my ears! i could see mouths moving but heard no words.</p><p>we flew over the earth. that was cool. butttttt, a giant spaceship (like, the OG saucer kind) flew between us and the earth. and it was <strong>much larger</strong> than the earth. covered it right up. spooky as hell.</p><p>mind you, i&#8217;m just along for the ride. i&#8217;m conscious, i&#8217;m aware, i&#8217;m alert, and i&#8217;m staring at a spaceship covering the entirety of the planet. didn&#8217;t even seem weird to me while i was there.</p><p>we flew closer to the earth&#8217;s surface and i saw my first ever DRAGON! ohmygod it was so cool. it was a black dragon (kinda like toothless) but instead of breathing fire out, she was eating fire up. like fires that were running rampant all over the planet she was scooping up into her mouth to put them out. </p><p>what a nice fucking dragon.</p><p>if we traveled anywhere else, it has since been wiped from my memory.</p><p>but metatron did not drop me back off into my body to tuck me into bed. no. he had more plans for me. </p><p>what i then experienced can only be likened to having hot lava poured on my hands. it lasted FOREVER. <em>somehow</em>, i knew that i was receiving an upgrade. my vessel, my body, (this meat suit i&#8217;m currently residing in)&#8230;.was getting souped up. my ride was getting pimped.</p><p>coincidentally (or not coincidentally at all) i had just recently been reiki attuned. so i was new to using my hands as a channel for energy, and i knew metatron was helping with that in some way. maybe making me more efficacious? maybe more powerful? not entirely sure. i was happy to accept the gift but a little peeved that the gift was so painful and intense. hopefully i don&#8217;t sound ungrateful, LOL. (i have since learned that any encounter with metatron is hardcore AF, he does not do the gentle loving angel vibe).</p><p>but eventually the hand burning ended and i was left to regroup and recover. </p><p>when i came to, i did what any thirty something girlie pop would do&#8230;.google searched the hell out of everything i just experienced. </p><p>if you do a quick &#8216;archangel metatron&#8217; search, here&#8217;s what will pop up:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFm1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc824b5b6-a2c0-4f85-afb2-5dc38d5f3b4f_1320x587.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFm1!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, 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/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc824b5b6-a2c0-4f85-afb2-5dc38d5f3b4f_1320x587.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFm1!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_848, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc824b5b6-a2c0-4f85-afb2-5dc38d5f3b4f_1320x587.png 848w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFm1!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_1272, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc824b5b6-a2c0-4f85-afb2-5dc38d5f3b4f_1320x587.png 1272w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFm1!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc824b5b6-a2c0-4f85-afb2-5dc38d5f3b4f_1320x587.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#8220;ok cool, well that&#8217;s wild&#8221; i thought.</p><p>i didn&#8217;t have the energy to process any of it at the time. so i did what any thirty something girlie pop would do that wants to wind down&#8230;.opened up instagram to doom scroll. duh.</p><h5>THE FIRST THING I SEE ON MY FEED IS A POST FROM A TATTOO ARTIST OF METATRON&#8217;S CUBE</h5><p>&#8220;lol ok. so maybe i didn&#8217;t just imagine all of that?&#8221; </p><p>this wouldn&#8217;t be the first time that spirit sent me a message (or a little wink/nod) through my social media feed.</p><blockquote><p>the other most notable time was when i first met my spirit bouncer, walter. walter is an eagle. and his job is to keep any weird or dark energy bullshit away from me when i&#8217;m meditating or reading energy. i met walter in meditation - and very clearly heard the screaching cry of an eagle. </p><p>but - as with any spiritual experience, my mind quickly told me that i was a looney toon and started trying to convince me that there is no walter and why the heck would an eagle be my spiritual protector?</p></blockquote><p>here was walter&#8217;s instagram response to my spiraling doubt:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>HAHAHA - he was really staring me down. &#8220;ok! message received!&#8221;</p><p>but anywho, back to metatron. here is what i know about him now:</p><p>his energy is not like normal angels because <strong>he used to be human</strong>. you may actually recognize him from the bible. as a human, he was enoch. enoch lived for almost 400 years before he was &#8220;taken by god&#8221;. he didn&#8217;t die. he was one of only two people in the bible that never died. he was upgraded (or very highly promoted) to archangel, the right hand of god, and the keeper of the akashic records (aka the book of life).</p><p>if you&#8217;re new to woo woo world&#8230;you probably think i&#8217;m insane right now, but you also probably don&#8217;t know angel energy. angel energy is large but it is kind and warm and gentle. metatron&#8217;s energy is more similar to a drill sergeant in the military.</p><p>he whips into shape. he does not coddle. he has lived here before, he knows what it&#8217;s like to be human and he has carried that edge into his new role.</p><p>to some, that&#8217;s scary. </p><p>to me, it&#8217;s cool af. </p><p>and let&#8217;s not forget about the dragon. i have also had more experiences with her. the most validating being this:</p><p>i was traveling to montana to teach at an aesthetic conference. i&#8217;d been there before but everytime there are new faculy members that i get to meet. this particular time, i was finally meeting an instagram friend in person! which is always exciting. but before we even had any sort of normal exchange, she asked me:</p><p>&#8220;is that your black dragon sitting on top of the hotel?&#8221;</p><p>I WAS FROZEN. </p><p>i am so so grateful whenever spirit gives me validation. it&#8217;s extremely easy to discount spiritual experiences because we are sooooo programmed to believe our eyes over any other thoughts or sensations. which is silly because our eyes can only see less than 1% of everything that is actually existing around us. (like, actually. our eyes were made to capture less than 1% of the light spectrum).</p><p><em>so the next time you get goosebumps for no reason, or the hair on the back of your neck stands up, say hello because someone or something is visiting you.</em></p><p>if you&#8217;ve had the pleasure of meeting any angels or any dragons i&#8217;d love to hear about it. make me feel a little less insane for telling this story on the interwebs, i&#8217;d appreaciate it.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/dragons-mushrooms-and-archangel-metatron/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/p/dragons-mushrooms-and-archangel-metatron/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 lessons i've learned from those who died and came back again]]></title><description><![CDATA[and why near death experience stories are the cure to all woes]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/7-lessons-ive-learned-from-those</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/7-lessons-ive-learned-from-those</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:06:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xvou!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4acaf86e-4fa5-4782-aeff-8d82d7595f1a_1456x1048.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>if you&#8217;re feeling called to deepening the meaning of your life then you&#8217;re right on time. i feel like everyone around me is either romanticizing life or immersing themselves in nature. slowing down a bit and stepping away from their phones. </p><p>we can all feel this pull towards a more spiritually infused life. you and i included. </p><p>if you have no idea where to even start, then i&#8217;ve got you. let&#8217;s figure it out together.</p><p>at the beginning of my awakening&#8230;(by &#8216;awakening&#8217; i mean the time period in which i realized there was much more to reality than what i could see with my eyes)&#8230;i had an understanding that there was MORE out there. there was definitely a higher power, a cosmic intelligence, or a &#8216;God&#8217; if you will. but i assumed i had to choose between the belief systems that were already in existence. </p><p>in true capricorn fashion, i started doing my research. </p><p>i refused to pick the wrong belief system. which one was the RIGHT one?</p><p>i&#8217;m amused that i assumed i&#8217;d be able to figure out the <em><strong>one true religion</strong></em> after a few hours of youtube research. theologians ain&#8217;t got nothin on me.</p><p>anyway, i&#8217;ll save you a few days worth of research time:</p><p>there is no one true religion. lol. that&#8217;s fake news.</p><p>what i did learn is&#8230;that all religions have their truths. and that they also all have their cutesy little levers that were created to control people, to keep people small, and to keep people feeling guilty. guilt and shame and <em>a little bit more shame for the catholics</em>. </p><h5>like holy crap that entire religion is based on SIN it&#8217;s sooooo weird.</h5><p>after consuming hours of content of modern pastors debating conservative pastors i was lead to a different type of spiritual content:</p><p>near death experiences. </p><p>i can tell you that whatever anxieties you have, whatever ailments you have, and whatever fears you have&#8230;can be cured by listening to near death experiences (NDEs). </p><p>honestly this discovery kind of pissed me off. every story was filled with hope and love. literally the message of every single story was that the meaning of life and the energy running through every living thing is <strong>L O V E</strong>. </p><p>&#8220;nadia, that sounds warm and cozy, why in the heck would it piss you off?&#8221;</p><p>it&#8217;s the deceit. that&#8217;s what pisses me off. </p><p>there are literally hundreds of thousands (if not more) of stories that all have similar through lines and checkpoints, and we aren&#8217;t taught any of that? people have died and met god and angels and aliens and we aren&#8217;t taught any of that? we pre plan our entire earth experience and we aren&#8217;t taught any of that? we reincarnate over and over and over and <em><strong>WE AREN&#8217;T TAUGHT ANY OF THAT?</strong></em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>my entire life i&#8217;ve lived with an inner doubt when it came to religion. none of them sat right with me. i thought i was &#8216;too smart&#8217; to be religious anyway. that was for simple brain washed people - or so i thought. </p><p>but all doubt came to an end after listening to the personal experiences of normal regular humans who lost their lives&#8230;.saw and learned epic shit&#8230;.and came back to tell the tale.</p><h4>i&#8217;m skeptical by nature. </h4><p>i know that may seem hard to believe if you&#8217;re just meeting me now at this point in my life. but if i believe in something it&#8217;s because i truly truly believe it. not because someone convinced me to and not because i was pressured by a community that i was forced to be a part of. </p><p>call me crazy but i think two identical stories from people in different time periods and in separate parts of the earth is pretty solid evidence. now multiply that &#8216;two&#8217; by 100,000. that is what we&#8217;re dealing with here. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of identical stories of life after death. </p><p>surely this information should be weighted more heavily than books that have been edited, altered, and translated over thousands of years. </p><p>two of my favorites you can watch here in this one video: <a href="https://youtu.be/arWwD448XXE?si=jx6aaN87Db0aqQ0W">SOUL BOOM PODCAST.</a></p><p>i&#8217;d love for you to go down an NDE rabbit hole for yourself, but if that&#8217;s not your jam, i&#8217;ll share with you the most impactful lessons i&#8217;ve learned from listening to these stories.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nNhl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc1cfb7d3-8dfc-451f-b9de-ed0a148b1ef9_2500x3750.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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your environment, your privilege or lack there of. your soul picked it all. like at the beginning of a video game when you pick your avatar, your racing vehicle, and the track you&#8217;re racing on. you choose it all and then it&#8217;s off to the races.</p><p>you make these choices depending on what experiences you want to have and what lessons you want to learn.</p><p>want to experience loss and grief? maybe you don&#8217;t set yourself up with a cushy life. maybe you choose poverty or choose to grow up in the midst of violence or addiction. </p><p>as a human, it seems crazy to choose a difficult path. but when you&#8217;re a soul, and everything is butterflies and rainbows&#8230;a dumpster fire seems kinda cool. like a country grown teen wanting to experience the big city.</p><p>apparently even as souls we even want what we don&#8217;t have, haha.</p></li><li><p><strong>everything is happening for you</strong></p><p>now that you know that you picked your shit show of a life&#8230;you can start to look at everything from a lens of curiosity. </p><p>being a victim (of anything or anyone) is now off the table. you can only be a victim to yourself&#8230;because you set all of this up!</p><p>here are two examples from profound NDE stories:</p><ol><li><p>a deaf man discovered through a past life regression that his soul wanted to be deaf because in a previous life he had heard his mother&#8217;s screams after she was shot&#8230;and she eventually died. he vowed he needed an entire life void of sound to recover from that trauma.</p></li><li><p>my friend Betty (whose story I linked above) discovered that she had a soul contract with the first man to ever sexually abuse her. she also learned that she had been his abuser in a previous lifetime.</p></li></ol></li><li><p><strong>your thoughts, words, and intentions are literal magic</strong></p><p>ok this one i really struggled with at the beginning of my spiritual journey! meditation and visualization seemed fun and cool but like how does it actually work?</p><p>yes, i&#8217;m envisioning a root growing out of the base of my spine (weird, but i get it) but how do i <em><strong>actually</strong></em> ground? how do i know it&#8217;s working?</p><p>well when you are in spirit and no longer inhabiting a body, your thoughts/wishes/desires manifest instantaneously. if you think about the moon, you teleport to the moon. your thoughts about someone directly transmit into their own consciousness. everything is energetic and instant. </p><p>so, while you&#8217;re in a body&#8230;this same phenomena occurs, you just can&#8217;t see it. so whatever you envision or visualize, is happening on an energetic level. you can send love, hope, and magic to anyone. you can infuse your intentions into objects. or into water or food before you injest it.</p><p>there are endless possibilities for magic if we just have a little more faith.</p><p>in one NDE i found, during the person&#8217;s life review, they experienced every thought that they had about other people - both good and bad. so mind that brain chatter my friend. </p></li><li><p><strong>you cannot make a mistake</strong></p><p>the fear of messing up or doing something wrong kept me from creating my own magic for far too long. </p><p>i thought if i wanted to do a spell or work with the planets i needed a specific list of what to do and how to do it. well, that isn&#8217;t necessary. that&#8217;s what our intuition is for. </p><p><em>want to use your hands to send energy to others? sure.</em></p><p><em>want to whisper affirmations into your water to raise your vibe? go for it.</em></p><p>we all have extensive spiritual experience from many many lifetimes. we hold that knowing deep within our hearts. it may not be at the ready in our conscious minds but trust that if you have pure intentions, your bidding will be done.</p></li><li><p><strong>nothing is good or bad - everything is neutral</strong></p><p>most religions are based upon fear. the masses need to fear screwing up in order to stay in line. there is usually a promise of punishment in the afterlife or bad karma in your next life. </p><p>and it&#8217;s true that harming others does come back to you eventually. there is no actual rulebook and there is no actual judge. nothing is good or bad. everything just, is. and we get to decide what meanings we place onto things.</p></li><li><p><strong>your loved ones are with you, always</strong></p><p>did you know that you can call upon anyone in spirit at literally any time? time and space don&#8217;t exist in the spirit realm. your passed loved ones can be with your entire family at the same time.</p><p>same goes for different deities, gods, and angels. they are at the ready waiting for us to ask for assistance. (my personal favs are Jesus, archangel Michael, and archangel Metatron, oh and my spirit dragon).</p><p>Lorna Byrne (who was born seeing and communicating with angels) - often speaks about &#8216;unemployed angels&#8217;. armies of angels who are at the ready but have nothing to do.</p><p>free will IS a powerful law on earth. which means you <em><strong>have to ask</strong></em> for help in order for spirit to intercede. </p></li><li><p><strong>life is great, but the after life is so much greater</strong></p><p>last but not least - and surely the most comforting of them all. heaven is freakin rad. (oh ya, and spoiler alert. we all go to heaven)</p><p>one of the most shocking aspects from multiple NDE stories that i&#8217;ve listened to, is that the person&#8217;s soul almost never wants to come back to life. as a soul, they&#8217;ll look down at their body with pretty much no attachment to it. a lot of the time they don&#8217;t even register that the body they&#8217;re looking at was once theirs!</p><p>initially, the thought of never being myself again made me really sad. i definitely feel attached to this current avatar i&#8217;m existing as. </p><p>so it was comforting to know that i&#8217;ll feel even <strong>more</strong> like myself when i don&#8217;t have a body. that seems like such a weird concept - but i know that being in spirit will feel like coming home after a long drawn out journey.</p></li></ol><p>if you&#8217;ve also been down the NDE rabbit hole i&#8217;d love to hear what lessons have stuck with you. which story was your fav or had the most profound impact on you?</p><p>(like seriously, i&#8217;d love to nerd out about it)</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[your dream life and relationship are probably on the other side of burning everything to the ground - part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[a personal story - leaving 'good' in exchange for 'great']]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/your-dream-life-and-relationship</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/your-dream-life-and-relationship</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 13:03:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>is it just a phase or are you really in the wrong relationship?</p><p>the wondering and the questioning and the second guessing is the <em>actual</em> <strong>WORST </strong>because it feels like you&#8217;re just in this never ending limbo space.</p><p>you have your doubts, but you&#8217;re <em><strong>comfortable</strong></em>. </p><p>maybe you ask other peoples&#8217; opinions. some of them tell you that you&#8217;ve got a great guy, you should be grateful. some of them tell you to jump ship. you get more and more confused, and instead of doing anything about it&#8230;you do nothing.</p><p>years pass.</p><p>YEARS.</p><p>and you&#8217;re in the same spot. </p><p>the longer you stay, the more intertwined your life becomes with this person. every single year it gets harder and harder (from a logistical standpoint) to leave. </p><p>and i mean, you&#8217;ve made it this long. why make any changes? why rock the boat? why blow up your comfortable life?</p><p>all of your friends are in shit relationships too. maybe you don&#8217;t actually have it that bad.</p><h5>FULL STOP.</h5><p>girl.</p><p>i&#8217;ve been there.</p><p>i&#8217;ve been you.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>what i know to be true - is that if you are even WONDERING if you should move on, then you should.</p><p>what if there is someone else out there for you?&#8230;what if there is someone who would worship the ground you walk on?&#8230;.what if a relationship is supposed to be MORE?! </p><p>[more of what? you don&#8217;t know. but just, more.]</p><p>that little feeling, the one you feel at the base of your stomach, the one that keeps reminding you to take stock of your life and evaluate its direction. that is your intuition, your soul, your higher self trying to get you back on track.</p><p>you&#8217;re choosing to ignore it because change is scary.</p><p>you&#8217;re choosing to ignore it because you don&#8217;t want to upset anyone.</p><p>you&#8217;re choosing to ignore it because you don&#8217;t want to be the source of so much trouble.</p><p>but let me tell you this and i really want you to take this in:</p><p>it does not have to be &#8216;bad&#8217; for you to go.</p><p>it does not have to be rock bottom for you to go.</p><p>you are not responsible for the feelings of another adult.</p><p>and if you have kids - OH GIRL IF YOU HAVE KIDS - i guarantee you the damage you are doing by staying&#8230;.is <strong>infinitely</strong> worse than any damage you might do by leaving.</p><p>i don&#8217;t say that to make you feel guilty. but i hear it all the time, people staying in less than stellar relationships &#8216;for the kids&#8217;. </p><p>you aren&#8217;t doing your daughter any favors by teaching her to stay in a situation where she is undervalued. </p><p>you aren&#8217;t doing your son any favors by modeling for him the way you <em><strong>wouldn&#8217;t</strong></em> want him to treat his future partner.</p><p>kids are smart. they&#8217;re so emotionally intuitive. they know when their mom is unhappy but isn&#8217;t doing anything about it. over time, that&#8217;s what they&#8217;ll learn to be normal.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!96qv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0446b302-c91c-4dea-b1f5-2d19804383f2_1320x984.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!96qv!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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reason for staying. </p><p>but what about year four five and six? what was my reason then? </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r79m!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabff7b0d-1d74-4368-b0f9-fe3b2fe802ac_1320x1575.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r79m!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabff7b0d-1d74-4368-b0f9-fe3b2fe802ac_1320x1575.png 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r79m!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_848, 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r79m!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabff7b0d-1d74-4368-b0f9-fe3b2fe802ac_1320x1575.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>i got so used to gaslighting myself that i didn&#8217;t even need anyone else to do it for me. </p><p>i thought that because i wasn&#8217;t being <em><strong>abused</strong></em> that i was kind of being a brat for wanting to leave. that thought process is actually insane. like does a girl really have to be ABUSED to make a change in her life? what in the actual fuck? </p><h5>YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE A REASON THAT MAKES SENSE TO ANYONE.</h5><p>your internal knowing is enough!</p><p>because we aren&#8217;t really ever confused. what we feel to be confusion is actually just a disagreement between our heart and our head. <strong>but your heart is always right.</strong></p><p>i&#8217;ve never actually told this story before. but the bits and pieces i have shared have prompted others to let me know that i inspired them to leave unhealthy relationships. women that have since found incredible men. and nothing makes me happier than these two things:</p><ol><li><p>helping women make more money</p></li><li><p>helping women realize their <strong>WORTH</strong></p></li></ol><p>so let&#8217;s get into the juice shall we?</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[how to actually change, for real this time]]></title><description><![CDATA[the exact method i use (and teach) to reinvent myself]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/how-to-actually-change-for-real-this</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/how-to-actually-change-for-real-this</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:33:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WDW5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa64fcd23-d2f3-4c0e-8de3-2825f3a26f00_1456x1048.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ok i started writing this article and it was soooo fckn full of fluff so i deleted it all and we&#8217;re starting over. </p><p><strong>WE&#8217;RE TALKING ABOUT REINVENTING YOURSELF GIRLIE POPS.</strong></p><div 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8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>if you&#8217;re looking to make any change in your life&#8230;there are multiple steps&#8230;and you need to do them in the right order. there is in fact an <em>incorrect</em> way to implement lasting change. i will go over all of that in this article, don&#8217;t worry. no gatekeeping here.</p><p>i&#8217;ve used this same exact method to make BIG changes in my life and had my coaching container girls also do this exercise at the beginning of our working together. </p><p>what they&#8217;ve said about it:</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>&#8220;thank you for last nights call! i honestly woke up feeling like a new person&#8221;</p></div><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>&#8220;this meeting was like&#8230;totally perfect. my therapist has tried to get to write that letter to myself of goodbye. it is really important to do that and i know it, but i&#8217;ve held off because i felt like it served me. but it doesn&#8217;t&#8221;</p></div><p>so YES i am going to give you the exercise i gave to my girls.</p><p>but here is what nobody had ever told me about reinvention: it doesn&#8217;t <em><strong>ever</strong></em> end.</p><p>i&#8217;m sure you witness people reinvent themselves every single day. the friend that you meet up with that is completely transformed&#8230;she seems like a totally new person. maybe someone you follow online has been shifting, elevating, evolving. maybe someone in your family has gone from pothead to vegan yogi&#8230;.you know what i mean.</p><p>you watch people reinvent themselves all the time - so why does it seem so unachievable? why does it seem beyond you? why does it seem out of reach for you to do the same?</p><p>because those people <em><strong>are not</strong></em> special.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><h5>ok fine, everyone is special - but if everyone is special, then no one is, ya know? </h5><p>the only thing separating them from you is:</p><ul><li><p>how they see themselves</p></li><li><p>the decisions they make</p></li><li><p>the things they allow and don&#8217;t allow </p></li><li><p>the people they make time and space for</p></li></ul><p>but all of this boils down to one thing. the most important piece of the pie:</p><p><strong>IDENTITY.</strong></p><p>your identity shapes your entire life and reality. so&#8230;as you&#8217;re reading this, what is the natural identity you gravitate towards?</p><p>&#8220;i&#8217;m a _______________&#8221;</p><p>how do you fill in the blank? mom? teacher? wife? nurse? fckn loser? idk.</p><p>notice what actually pops up for you.</p><p>you are so much more than whatever you used to fill in the blank. trust me. and if you don&#8217;t necessarily love what words you used, then let&#8217;s change them.</p><p>i have attempted to switch identities so many times in my life - but i&#8217;m going to share with you the <em><strong>best</strong></em> way to make a new one stick.</p><h4>first, what is identity?</h4><p>identity is how you see yourself, how you show up, and how you&#8217;d describe yourself to others. </p><p>it&#8217;s really just a collection of beliefs, stories, and values that you hold about yourself. it <em><strong>isn&#8217;t</strong></em> fixed and it <em><strong>isn&#8217;t</strong></em> something you&#8217;re born with. but it <em><strong>does</strong></em> shape how you perceive the world and also how you perceive yourself. the beliefs and stories that your mind has used to shape your identity may or may not be valid, accurate, or true. <strong>TRUTH and VALIDITY have nothing to do with it</strong>.</p><h4>so where does your identity come from?</h4><p><em>good freakin question.</em></p><p>it comes from a blend of multiple inputs (almost all of which are given to us by our inner critic or other people) - lame.</p><p>maybe someone labeled you at a young age:</p><p>&#8220;shy&#8221; &#8220;loud&#8221; &#8220;overbearing&#8221; &#8220;too much&#8221;</p><p>maybe they were more positive labels. maybe you were called a &#8220;star&#8221;, or a &#8220;performer&#8221;. </p><p>or maybe it had a <em>negative</em> connotation and you were told you always want to be the center of attention. </p><p>other people tend to label us and over time we start to believe those labels. just like believing a verbally abusive freaking toxic partner in a relationship.</p><p>identity also comes from the repeated thoughts we have about ourselves. these come from the &#8220;i am&#8221; or the &#8220;i can&#8217;t&#8221; or the &#8220;i don&#8217;t&#8221; statements that we make about ourselves. both in our minds, and out loud.</p><p>some examples:</p><p>&#8220;i&#8217;m shy&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i&#8217;m lowkey&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i&#8217;m a background girl&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i&#8217;m awkward&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i&#8217;m frugal and responsible&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i can&#8217;t afford that&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i could never be an influencer&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i could never wear a crop top&#8221;</p><p>blah blah blah right? it&#8217;s all bullshit. BUT&#8230;..</p><p>your subconscious mind is <strong>SO</strong> obedient that it will work every single second to back up your beliefs. it will pick out any piece of evidence in your reality that supports what you claim about yourself. </p><h4>so why does your identity matter? </h4><p>because it is the <em><strong>foundation</strong></em> of fundamental change.</p><p>when it comes to making legitimate change in your life, there are three levels that you need to be working on, and identity is at the CORE.</p><p>we need to make foundational shifts to be able to embody and maintain lasting change.</p><p><strong>normally</strong> when people want to make a change they start with the <strong>OUTCOME. </strong>aka: the goal, or what they want to achieve.</p><p><em>example</em>: &#8220;I want to be skinny&#8221;. or &#8220;i want to lose 30 pounds&#8221;. that&#8217;s a good start&#8230;but, the second they hit an obstacle, they fall.</p><p>the people who are a little more advanced will focus on the <strong>PROCESS</strong> they need to go through to reach the goal. so if we stick with the babe who wants to lost 30lbs&#8230;</p><p><em>example</em>: part of the process may be to stop eating processed food.</p><p>but the BEST way to make TRUE change is to shift your <strong>IDENTITY.</strong>  </p><p><em>example</em>: &#8220;i am a HEALTHY PERSON&#8221; </p><p>someone who identifies as a &#8216;healthy person&#8217; just doesn&#8217;t eat processed food. it isn&#8217;t a question. it isn&#8217;t a battle that they have to win at every meal time. it just is what it is.</p><p>just feel the difference between these two:</p><p>I&#8217;M TRYING TO QUIT SMOKING.</p><p>or</p><p>I&#8217;M NOT A SMOKER.</p><p>one of these people identifies as a smoker who wants to quit.</p><p>the other identifies as someone who just doesn&#8217;t smoke.</p><p>who will have an easier time not smoking? </p><h5>THE PERSON WHO IDENTIFIES AS A NON SMOKER. BECAUSE THERE IS NO LANE IN WHICH THEY PICK UP THE CIGARETTE.</h5><p>identity is what pulls everything together for you to actually stick with what you&#8217;re working towards.</p><p>your mind, will make sure you follow through with actions that match the identity you&#8217;ve decided to claim.</p><h5>ACTION FOLLOWS IDENTITY, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND.</h5><p>read that again ^^^</p><div class="pullquote"><p>YOU DO NOT RISE TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR GOALS, YOU FALL TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR IDENTITY.</p><p>-JAMES CLEAR &#8220;ATOMIC HABITS&#8221;</p></div><h4>let&#8217;s make a shift.</h4><p>ok let&#8217;s get to how <strong>you</strong> can shift <em><strong>your</strong></em> identity and get on the road to lasting change.</p><p>go ahead and grab a notebook or a journal (and maybe some tissues) - for real, even i cried and i do <strong>not</strong> cry.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h5>step 01 : future</h5><p>ok i want you to do this at a quiet and calm part of your day. sometime that you don&#8217;t have distractions or other people pulling for your attention.</p><p>your first exercise will be to write a letter to yourself from the future. from the version of you that exists a year from now. that&#8217;s who is writing this letter.</p><p>you&#8217;re going to write it in the present tense, like a journal entry, reflecting on the past year and talking about your day.</p><p>you can start with something like:</p><p>&#8220;wow this year has been wild&#8230;.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;i can&#8217;t believe i made all my dreams come true&#8230;.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;today was magical just like every single day has been lately&#8230;.&#8221;</p><p><strong>go.</strong></p><p>ok when you&#8217;re done, ask yourself:</p><p>what do you feel when you think about becoming this future version of you that has this new life?</p><h5>step 02 : past</h5><p>now you are going to release your old identity. this is where the water works comes in. as you were reading this article you may have realized some of the ways you&#8217;ve been identifying yourself while you move through the world.</p><p>there is <strong>nothing wrong</strong> with the current version of you. but you are probably here because this version isn&#8217;t serving you anymore. so you need to release her, safely and soundly.</p><p>you&#8217;re going to write a goodbye letter to the old you (literally the you of 5 minutes ago) - doing this truly helps your nervous system feel safe to finally evolve.</p><p>you can thank her for all she&#8217;s held you through and just say goodbye, explain as much or as little feels right.</p><p><strong>go.</strong></p><p>when you&#8217;re done:</p><p>put both of your hands on your heart, and say this out loud - </p><p><em>&#8220;i love you. thank you so much for getting me to where i am today. i am now SAFE releasing you and stepping into the next version of me&#8221;</em></p><p>when i initially did this i was so emotional saying goodbye!! which is not like me at all. but it felt really sweet and loving to have gratitude before the goodbye.</p><h5>step 03 - &#8220;i am&#8221;</h5><p>ok now you are going to test out some new identities!</p><p>take 2 minutes or so to write as many &#8220;i am someone who _____________&#8221; statements as you can think of. literally just write out a list of them.</p><p><strong>go.</strong></p><p>ok now look over everything you&#8217;ve written down.</p><p>which statements make you feel the most alive and the most aligned and lit TF up? which ones feel like the <strong>TRUE</strong> you?</p><p>highlight or circle your favorites.</p><p>cherish these new identities and work toward them fiercely. this is your new north star. your new compass. this is the new you.</p><p>here&#8217;s what i came up with:</p><h6>i am someone who shares knowledge</h6><h6>i am someone who helps others evolve</h6><h6>i am someone who writes</h6><h6>i am someone who impacts the lives of others</h6><h6>i am someone who makes a fuck ton of money (lol, duh couldn&#8217;t leave that out)</h6><p></p><p>i would be so honored if you&#8217;d share one or more of your &#8220;i am&#8221; statements in the comments with me. you are so so so beyond capable of becoming whoever you want to be.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/how-to-actually-change-for-real-this/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/p/how-to-actually-change-for-real-this/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[what happens when you finally do the thing you've been avoiding]]></title><description><![CDATA[plus a message from my guides about 'fear']]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-you-finally-do</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/what-happens-when-you-finally-do</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:44:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qdNF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8af6ff46-674c-417a-bc96-ca7c7579452e_3597x2698.heic" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>here&#8217;s what happened when i finally did the thing i&#8217;ve been avoiding. and i bet you can relate.</p><p>have you noticed that we all have little quirky fears? that most likely don&#8217;t make sense to most people but that <strong>deeply</strong> resonate with others?</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>like my daughter fears lots of tiny holes. which i think is weird - but i googled it and it&#8217;s a real thing. <em>trypophobia</em>. that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s called. (<strong>do not</strong> google it if you don&#8217;t like clusters of tiny holes because the photos that automatically populate will send you to an insane asylum). </p><p>my husband fears social situations. when he has something coming up the thought of it takes up so much room in his brain. i can&#8217;t relate really at all, but social phobias are super common, i know.</p><p>many of my coaching clients have a serious fear of being seen. of putting themselves out there. again - can&#8217;t relate. i could literally give two shits how someone perceives me. but the fear is tangible and painfully real for them.</p><p>now i don&#8217;t fear a ton. at least not to the extent where i avoid getting things done. except for this one little thing&#8230;..and that thing is <em>finances</em>.</p><p>omg. i fucking hate thinking about finances!</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ha7p!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_1456, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_auto, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd70adf7-7d5d-49a7-8fe4-622e5d7a2d13_1279x865.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div><hr></div><h5>tax season is coming? literally bury me in the ground.</h5><h5>look up my credit card balance? i&#8217;d rather put my tongue in a freaking flame.</h5><h5>have a money date with my husband? HA! let&#8217;s just get divorced instead. i cannot.</h5><div><hr></div><p>it&#8217;s actually really silly because i have <em><strong>SO MANY</strong></em> capricorn placements and i love love love money. i love talking about money. working for money. dreaming up how to make heaps and heaps of money. lolllll</p><p>so where does this freaking aversion to finances come from?!</p><p>surely there is some past life or early childhood shit - that i will continue to procrastinate figuring out. but for now, i&#8217;ve got to figure out a way to get over this fear. at least enough to get really important crap done!</p><p>as of right now, that important thing is retiring my husband. bringing that cutie home for good. it&#8217;s a huge goal of mine. and i recently realized it would <em><strong>remain</strong></em> a goal as long as i never took any concrete steps in the appropriate direction. </p><p>duh.</p><p>notice how i used the word &#8216;huge&#8217;. &#8220;it&#8217;s a huge goal of mine&#8221;. i didn&#8217;t even really <em>know</em> if it was a huge goal! is it plausible? am i out of my mind? is it a freaking long shot?</p><p>maybe it would be really simple. couldn&#8217;t tell ya. </p><p>and i really couldn&#8217;t<em> <strong>ever </strong></em>tell ya if i refused to sit down and <em>look at our finances</em>.</p><p>but this past week i did just that. not out of my own inner strength. but because i told my coach i want to make it happen. i knew that bringing someone else into the scheming of things would <strong>force</strong> me to do shit i would never do on my own.</p><p>so that&#8217;s what we did on my most recent coaching call. we figured out what was going on currently, and what i would need to do or change moving forward. how much am i making / how much is he making / can i make up the difference / do i even need to make up the difference / how much is healthcare when you pay out of pocket / blah blah blah&#8230;you get the drill.</p><p>it&#8217;s all really boring stuff and it still made me uncomfortable to talk about, BUT. <em>it was easy. and it was fast.</em></p><h4>why in the actual fuck did i wait so long?</h4><p>as it turns out, my &#8220;huge goal&#8221; really isn&#8217;t that huge. it&#8217;s actually really doable. and it&#8217;s doable in a reasonably short amount of time. and most importantly, i didn&#8217;t die. lol</p><p>so here&#8217;s what i learned from this experience - and i cross checked with my spirit team <em>and</em> an oracle deck to make sure i understood the lesson.</p><p>fear belongs to your mind. your ego. your little dumb reptilian brain. fear is not truth. it is not intuitive information. it is not a form of guidance.</p><p>fear exists to keep you safe, yes. but when <em><strong>your mind</strong></em> is deciding what is and isn&#8217;t safe - this is what happens:</p><div><hr></div><h5>safe = comfort zone | what you already know | familiarity </h5><h5>unsafe = anything new | the unknown | unfamiliar territory</h5><div><hr></div><p>literally anything that is &#8216;new&#8217; registers as something scary to your brain. but, silly silly brain, that isn&#8217;t helping anyone! </p><p>new stuff can be good! and old stuff can be literally suffocating you. this is the problem with letting our brain rule our behavior. your comfort zone may be ruining your life but your mind will still guide you to choose it - over and over and over.</p><p>so i asked my guides why. why does our mind try to keep us away from things that could be <strong>epic</strong>?!</p><p>this is what they told me:</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><h5>fear comes before a transformation. </h5><h5>fear comes before an uplevel. </h5><h5>fear is a highly effective tool to keep you small. </h5><h5>if fear is rearing it&#8217;s head, continue on.</h5><h5>you&#8217;re moving in the right direction.</h5></div><p>so clever they are.</p><h6>PS - if you don&#8217;t know what i mean when i say &#8216;guides&#8217; stick around for the woo woo content.</h6><p>so then i took it to one of my favorite decks. (<a href="https://amzn.to/44WGHOU">the Kim Krans &#8220;Wild Unknown Animal Spirit&#8221;</a>) and this is what i got as validation.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qdNF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8af6ff46-674c-417a-bc96-ca7c7579452e_3597x2698.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qdNF!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8af6ff46-674c-417a-bc96-ca7c7579452e_3597x2698.heic 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qdNF!, 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not be afraid of finances like me. but there is something that you&#8217;re avoiding. something that is blocking you from (most likely) a really freaking amazing shift in your life. </p><p>all you need to do is continue on.</p><p>you&#8217;re moving in the right direction.</p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[for the ambitious girlies who want to run a thriving business + check their horoscope app in the morning]]></title><description><![CDATA[this substack is for you]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/for-the-ambitious-girlies-who-want</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/for-the-ambitious-girlies-who-want</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:48:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!luwW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa36ebc7e-0a00-41e6-b5e8-31b000b61080_1320x1160.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>how do you reduce yourself down into a single &#8216;niche&#8217;?</p><p>if you&#8217;re not familiar with content creator lingo, a niche is a narrow focus of content. what you talk about, what you create content around, and who you create content FOR. silly enough, this is a controversial topic. </p><p>some believe &#8216;niching down&#8217; (aka - becoming so incredibly narrow and specific) is the way to grow the fastest. and maybe thats true. </p><p>others believe that YOU are the niche. that the components of your life and personality that make you YOU are all important to develop trust with an audience, and to make you more relatable.</p><p>there is truth behind each belief. but holy crap i can&#8217;t shrink myself down anymore. as a girl, it&#8217;s probably what you&#8217;ve done your entire life. (i know i have) shrunk to make others more comfortable. shrunk to make yourself more palatable or tolerable. ew.</p><p><strong>SHRINK NO MORE. LET THEM CHOKE, GIRL.</strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!luwW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa36ebc7e-0a00-41e6-b5e8-31b000b61080_1320x1160.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!luwW!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa36ebc7e-0a00-41e6-b5e8-31b000b61080_1320x1160.jpeg 424w, /__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!luwW!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_848, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, 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we&#8217;re covering multiple terrains here.</p><p>i&#8217;ll be regularly writing about:</p><ol><li><p>small business ownership + growth</p></li><li><p>taking risks + entrepreneurial mindset</p></li><li><p>spirituality + intuition + trusting the universe</p></li><li><p>astrology for business</p></li></ol><p>that may seem scattered, but i promise you it isn&#8217;t. let me tell you a bit about how i can offer insight into each of these topics.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h4>SMALL BUSINESS OWNERSHIP + GROWTH</h4><p>i have been addicted to consuming business growth content for over a decade. way before i ever had a business to nurture and grow, i was learning how to nurture and grow a business. i guess i always subconsciously knew that business ownership was the destination for me&#8230;even though i took the damn long road to get there.</p><p>i&#8217;m an aesthetic nurse who worked at the bedside for about 7 years. like in a regular hospital doing regular nurse things. but now i own my own med spa, i&#8217;m working towards owning multiple salon suite locations, i&#8217;m building a digital education business, and actually have another nursing based business in the ideation phase.</p><p>i&#8217;ll bring you behind the scenes of what it&#8217;s like to hold the weight of the world (or so it feels) on your shoulders - while attempting to balance the rest of your life as well.</p><h4>TAKING RISKS + ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET</h4><p>going from bedside nursing to full on entrepreneur has been a JOURNEY. bedside nursing is stressful AF but it doesn&#8217;t even come close to the stress you discover when you decide to be the one in charge of your livelihood. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2NDV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffdada91-103c-4c91-a360-c6e621f2fe9f_1456x1048.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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on.</p><p>but holy crap i wouldn&#8217;t change any of it for the world. making the leaps and taking the risks have become such an important part of my growth as a human. life wouldn&#8217;t be nearly as fun if we didn&#8217;t take a risk sometimes. and now, my life looks completely different&#8230;in the best way possible. </p><p>i&#8217;d love to motivate you to make decisions based on possibilities instead of probabilities. <em>to consider the big WHAT IF&#8217;S and not only the little what if&#8217;s.</em></p><h4>SPIRITUALITY + INTUITION + TRUSTING THE UNIVERSE</h4><p>spirituality entered the chat for me in 2023 like the big bang. there was nothing, and then there was. from my awakening to where i am now&#8230;i&#8217;ve surely experienced multiple lifetimes of metaphysical phenomena.</p><p>i became so entranced with the spiritual world that i&#8217;ve also studied a multitude of modalities to expand my awareness and my woo woo abilities. reiki, intuition, the clair senses, medical intuition, etc. i&#8217;ve mingled with angels, guides, ghosts, and dragons. yep. dragons.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Everyday Nadia is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>i&#8217;ve realized how much more fun this life is when we are willing to observe the magical. did you know that our eyes can see less than 1% of the light spectrum?? that means over 99% of everything that exists&#8230;we cannot see with our eyes.</p><p>spooky? or cool AF!?</p><p>i say cool. and i love nothing more than teaching what i know about the spiritual world (from the lens of a used-to-be atheist). i&#8217;d love love love for you to stick around for those posts.</p><h4>ASTROLOGY FOR BUSINESS</h4><p>who doesn&#8217;t fucking love astrology?</p><p>five years ago, the answer to that question would be: me. ME! i don&#8217;t love astrology! mostly because i didn&#8217;t understand it. i thought there was a sun sign and that&#8217;s about it. HA!</p><p>because truly how could everyone born in the same 4 week period be the same? that&#8217;s absolute insanity. </p><p>don&#8217;t yell at me! i know that&#8217;s not how it works! the nuance and intricacy of the system of astrology blows my mind on the daily. and it&#8217;s completely opened my eyes to how my soul planned my life and the type of person i came to this planet to be.</p><p>but my personal favorite thing to use astrology for is&#8230;.to build my business. to understand how i operate most efficiently. to know how i sell most effectively. to uncover how i&#8217;m the most magnetic. TO KNOW WHICH DIRECTION TO TURN AT ANY GIVEN TIME. it&#8217;s honestly so insanely helpful!</p><p>i self study and am surely still a student. i&#8217;m also being mentored by Natalia Benson, and i&#8217;ve always really appreciated how grounded her approach to the cosmos is. so if you&#8217;re interested in how you can use your personal natal chart to better your life and your business, stay and subscribe!</p><p>i&#8217;ll be dropping some juicy methods to look at your chart to uncover: your north star, your destiny, your aesthetic, your voice, your social media aesthetic, you freaking name it - we will talk about it.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>i&#8217;m soooo so excited to dive into these pillars, and i hope you are too. we will learn, grow, and be in the know together girl. tell me in the comments which topic you&#8217;re most excited to learn more about!!</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/for-the-ambitious-girlies-who-want/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/p/for-the-ambitious-girlies-who-want/comments"><span>Leave a comment</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[everything in your life is difficult because....]]></title><description><![CDATA[how to become the girl that has everything she's ever wanted]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/everything-in-your-life-is-difficult</link><guid 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y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>some people seem to have it so fucking easy online. </p><p>it&#8217;s like anything they try or create is automatically successful because people just really like them. any business they start just thrives. for them it&#8217;s easy peasy lemon squeezy, and for you it&#8217;s like hauling a boulder up a mountain wearing fuckin&#8217; flip flops. not ideal.</p><p>but there has to be a reason for this. like, they aren&#8217;t <em><strong>actually</strong></em> more likable than you. they aren&#8217;t <em><strong>actually</strong></em> luckier than you. they don&#8217;t have some secret ingredient that you don&#8217;t have access to. </p><p>so <strong>WHAT THE HECK</strong> is it?!</p><p>welp - let me explain. because i think i am one of those people that people watch from the outside and assume &#8216;wow, that&#8217;s just so easy for her&#8217;. </p><p>and it is (in a way) easy. or easeful. but it can be just as easy for you too.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>the big secret - like the thing that everyone is doing that seems to be fucking killing the game of life&#8230;.is to stop trying so damn hard. the secret&#8230;.is to just BE. be yourself. get out of your head. stop acting, stop making shit up, stop getting in your own way.</p><p>i know that sounds super vague so let&#8217;s dive into it. because you can be the easeful lucky successful chick too, just stick with me.</p><p><strong>everything difficult in your life is difficult </strong><em><strong>because</strong></em><strong> you are out of alignment. </strong></p><p>literally this is the only thing you ever need to learn ever. let&#8217;s teach this in kindergarten and then just play outside and make magic potions for the other 12 years of school, haha. </p><p>ok but wtf does that mean? lolllllll - &#8216;out of alignment&#8217; sounds <em><strong>totally</strong></em> obnoxious, i know. but it boils down to this:</p><p>your soul picked the person you were going to be before you were born. your soul picked the body, the family, the personality, the big life events, and the environment that it wanted to experience in this lifetime. your soul (right at this very moment) is actively guiding you at every step and every turn.</p><p><em><mark data-color="#ead1dc" style="background-color: rgb(234, 209, 220); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">[go ahead and thank her real quick for bringing you to this post]</mark></em></p><p>&#8220;out of alignment&#8221; simply means, that you are off track. you are no longer listening or following your guidance. you aren&#8217;t operating from the blueprint that your soul laid out for you.</p><p>this happens for a number of reasons&#8230;and when we discover <em><strong>how</strong></em> we got off track, it&#8217;s much easier to hop back on.</p><p>literally from your first year of life, the people around you start telling you stories. about you, about them, about the world. and you&#8217;re a squishy little sponge. you soak it up at super speed just like your brain was designed to do. over time, those stories cement in your head. those stories become facts - whether they are factual, or not. </p><p>ok, but what kind of stories?</p><p>stories about pretty much everything. your appearance, money, your personality, the way you <em><strong>should</strong></em> act, what&#8217;s right and what&#8217;s wrong, what a family looks like, how a relationship should function, what a <em><strong>good</strong></em> career is, etc.</p><p>we all have heard and observed all of these things. </p><ul><li><p>&#8220;you&#8217;re big boned&#8221; &#8220;you always look angry&#8221; &#8220;you have messy hair&#8221;</p></li><li><p>&#8220;money doesn&#8217;t grow on trees&#8221; &#8220;you need to work hard to earn more&#8221; &#8220;don&#8217;t waste your money on stupid things&#8221;</p></li><li><p>maybe you watched your mom bite her tongue during disagreements with your dad. maybe you watched your dad sit on the couch while your mom worked tirelessly all day.</p></li><li><p>maybe you felt pressure to enter a specific career field.</p></li><li><p>maybe you were told you were &#8216;less than&#8217; if you didn&#8217;t go to a certain caliber of college.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p></li></ul><p>we all have the little voice in our head that just parrots whatever we were repeatedly told while we grew up. that voice is a fuckin&#8217; trickster man. it&#8217;s shrinking you and holding you back. but it&#8217;s familiar, and safe. you know that voice and it&#8217;s become a part of your normal. </p><p>it becomes so normal that you hold it as the truth. it becomes your compass and your north star. </p><p>if you&#8217;re reading this - i can assume that you&#8217;ve woken up to the fault of that compass. you&#8217;re starting to feel that your north star may not be guiding you north after all.</p><p>what i know to be true&#8230;is that getting back into alignment, getting back on track, is the step between where you are right now and the future that you feel is calling you forward. the epic future. the daydream. the one you thought only belonged to people you watch on big screens (and little screens). </p><p>i&#8217;ve spent the last few years studying how to find this mystical &#8216;alignment&#8217;. astrology, human design, clairvoyance, oracle cards, angels, hypnosis, past life regression&#8230;you name it - i&#8217;ve learned it, tried it, or been a test subject of it. and although i&#8217;m no expert - i am a self proclaimed guinea pig with a knack for simplifying complex subjects. </p><p>so i hope to bring you with me, to help you find your path, the way i&#8217;ve found mine. i&#8217;ll bring you the tools to help you hear your soul (your <strong>true </strong>north star). because once you&#8217;ve learned that skill - nothing can stop you. </p><p>and you&#8217;ll see that the easy peasy lemon squeezy chick was inside of you all along.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/everything-in-your-life-is-difficult/comments&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Leave a comment&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" 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one in my shoes. a blog for the ambitious girl. the girl that wants to make big shit happen in her life. the girl that likes a little magic mixed in with her to do list. the girl who has a badass SUV and a Grecian landscape on her vision board. </p><p>it&#8217;s you. i&#8217;m writing this for you (and honestly, for me too).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jQDb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff33076d9-479b-45b5-b390-c8226d775a6d.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jQDb!, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/w_424, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/c_limit, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/f_webp, /__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/q_auto:good, 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17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>so i know it&#8217;s been a while since i&#8217;ve been here.</p><p>maybe you don&#8217;t miss me because i am tirelessly creating content online (in all different forms)&#8230;but i&#8217;ve surely let my writing slip. and I want to change that! because a blog post is a much yummier way to get to know someone. it&#8217;s a much more thorough way to pass along information. and it just feels more intimate, no?</p><p>but why?? why write? why create at all?</p><p>it does seem odd - to speak into the void, lol. creating content daily is honestly exhausting. so unless it&#8217;s directly benefiting my business, why do it?</p><p>well. if i really think about it and dig deep - deep enough to get to all of the honesty underneath the bullshit stories we tell ourselves everyday - i know that my soul came here to build something big. <em><strong>that</strong></em> i know to be true. i feel it in my bones, and it&#8217;s a calling that won&#8217;t leave me TF alone. even though sometimes i wish it would just move onto the next girl, coz your girl is tired.</p><p>but let&#8217;s be real, the kajillion Capricorn placements in me love the challenge.</p><p>but what am i meant to build? and how?</p><p>the only way i know <em>how</em> to build is to do a bunch of shit that scares the hell out of me, then teach you what i learn. the good, the bad, and the definitely don&#8217;t to this.</p><p>i wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if you also feel like you&#8217;re meant to build something big. a legacy. something that will live long beyond your human body. </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>if you do feel that way, i hope you stick around for this journey. </p><p>because i want to help you find the motivation to move forward.</p><p>i want to help you learn how to listen to your own calling.</p><p>i want to help you understand the way your soul speaks to you.</p><p>i want to help you create your dream life with your dream partner.</p><p>i want to help you decode your soul blueprint, find your passion, and pursue it relentlessly. ferociously. like it&#8217;s your only option. </p><p>i think we all tend to fall into the same patterns as everyone else. we just let the days pass while going through the motions. and we forget that we came here (like, to earth) to <em><strong>CREATE</strong></em>. </p><p>once upon a time, i was also on the path most traveled. it goes something like:</p><p>school &gt; college &gt; career &gt; die.</p><p>lol, ew. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!atpa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F878a01a6-4276-4720-b3fa-88df91e5ff8e_2316x3088.heic" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="/__u/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!atpa!, 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don&#8217;t want to take away from the career of nursing at all. but for me, it was miserably soul sucking to work at the bedside.</p><p>i just knew i wasn&#8217;t meant to be there. but what to you do? bedside nurses break their fucking backs for decades until they can retire at 65. and i started at 24. so&#8230;what&#8217;s 40 years? practically a death sentence.</p><p>as i&#8217;m writing this now, i am still using my nursing degree, but in aesthetic medicine. i own my own med spa. and i&#8217;m pursuing a career in online education so i can have more freedom away from seeing clients 1:1.</p><p>I fucking did the thing! the thing that nobody does. and because i&#8217;m on the other side, it seems like a no brainer series of decisions that i made.</p><p>but that isn&#8217;t true in the slightest. every move was terrifying. every next step felt like i was gambling my livelihood at a craps table. it was scary. and no, my entire family didn&#8217;t pat me on the back and tell me i could do it. nope.</p><p>when i initially wanted to make a move, i was in a shit relationship with someone who relied on me for income. my family (at no fault of their own) were so heavily programmed by the matrix (yup, i said it - get your tin hat) - that they believed being imprisoned in a job you hate was worth it if you had &#8216;benefits and stability&#8217;. and that&#8217;s the same advice anyone would have given me that loved and cared about me, because it&#8217;s the only thing we know. </p><p>but as time passed&#8230;i started hearing my soul. what started as just a little internal nudge slowly turned into a force i couldn&#8217;t ignore anymore. i got out of my relationship, found my soul mate, and <strong>QUIT MY JOB</strong> in pursuit of something that lit me up. and guess what? i didn&#8217;t die. and i&#8217;m not homeless. thank you universe.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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intuition</p></li><li><p>how the universe (and your spirit team) is guiding you constantly</p></li><li><p>how to uncover your passions</p></li><li><p>how to leverage your online presence</p></li><li><p>how to create an epic effing life</p></li></ul><p>so if any of this resonates, consider subscribing. I can guarantee that this blog does not exist anywhere else, and this version of me does not exist anywhere else. why is it easier to be vulnerable in text?</p><p>raw, real, and really good shit only.</p><p>i plan to turn your life upside down until it&#8217;s unrecognizable - in the best possible way.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[fck the economy, how to make money in 2026 and beyond]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi baddie daddies!!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/fck-the-economy-how-to-make-money-d8a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/fck-the-economy-how-to-make-money-d8a</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516039/acf590ce44f03e392b54b1043d887f36.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi baddie daddies!!</p><p>I am so happy to be back after my dead laptop hiatus!</p><p>This week's episode we will be talking about thinking outside of the box and getting multiple streams of income into your pocket.</p><p>Making money can be FUN + EASY! Why shouldn't it be!!?</p><p>Hope you babes enjoy.</p><p><strong>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</strong></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[this natal chart placement is your KEY if you've been feeling lost]]></title><description><![CDATA[isn't it so cool that your soul left you a roadmap for your ENTIRE life?!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/this-natal-chart-placement-is-your-d73</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/this-natal-chart-placement-is-your-d73</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516040/1c4179b736e0ae6c326aed52c9bd2018.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>isn't it so cool that your soul left you a roadmap for your ENTIRE life?!</p><p>if you didn't think of it in this way before, that's what your natal chart literally is. a sneak peek of everything your soul hoped to embody and master in this life time.</p><p>in this episode we dive into the placement that acts as your North Star. when in doubt, go here. hope you enjoy!</p><p><strong>GET YOUR NATAL CHART: </strong>https://www.astro.com/free/free_chart_e.htm</p><p>Look for this &gt;&gt; (Chart Drawing, Ascendent)</p><p><em><strong>The waitlist for Soul-Led CEO is now OPEN.</strong></em></p><p>Doors to the program will open on May 14 <strong>ONLY</strong> to those on the waitlist.</p><p>Get on the waitlist here: <a href="https://soulledceo.my.canva.site/">soul- led ceo</a></p><p><strong>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</strong></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 things I'd tell you if I wasn't afraid of hurting your feelings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Consider this a loving intervention.]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/6-things-id-tell-you-if-i-wasnt-afraid-443</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/6-things-id-tell-you-if-i-wasnt-afraid-443</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516041/36efef6d5dcbd2fc79f79d4972c4929b.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Consider this a loving intervention.</p><p>In this episode, we're getting honest about the real reasons you're still stuck. If you've been talking about the same dream for years without moving, this one's for you.</p><p>We're covering six things nobody wants to say out loud:</p><ol><li><p><strong>You don't actually want it</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>You love your comfort zone more than the dream</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>You have to ditch the loser</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>You're being selfish</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>You're completely self-centered</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>You're giving yourself too much grace</strong></p></li></ol><p>This episode is not about being hard on yourself &#8212; it's about being <em>honest</em> with yourself. Because the version of you that you keep putting off is WAITING FOR YOU to become her NOW.</p><p><strong>Enjoyed this episode?</strong> Share it with a friend who needs to hear it &#8212; you already know who came to mind.</p><p><strong>Let's be friends:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">&#8288;https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr&#8288;</a><br><strong>Ready to stop playing small?</strong></p><p>The waitlist for Soul-Led CEO is now OPEN.</p><p>Get on the waitlist + find more details here: <a href="https://soulledceo.my.canva.site/">&#8288;soul- led ceo&#8288;</a></p><p>Doors to the program will open on May 14 <strong>ONLY</strong> to those on the waitlist.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[i was warned, i did it anyway. 6 pieces of bad advice that built my business.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi baddie daddies!!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/i-was-warned-i-did-it-anyway-6-pieces-a99</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/i-was-warned-i-did-it-anyway-6-pieces-a99</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516042/92b3b6ec8c5f24e8934cbc85a977c8f8.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi baddie daddies!!</p><p>Nice guys finish last and SO DO RULE FOLLOWERS. In this week&#8217;s episode, I really dissect everything I&#8217;ve done as a business owner that may go against common business advice.&nbsp;</p><p>Really, I&#8217;m giving you all the bad advice that actually really fucking worked out for me.</p><p>Plus an invitation to my new coaching space - because it&#8217;s not your BUSINESS that needs a re-vamp, it&#8217;s you boo.</p><p>The waitlist for Soul-Led CEO is now OPEN.</p><p>Doors to the program will open on May 14 <strong>ONLY</strong> to those on the waitlist.</p><p><strong>Soul-Led CEO</strong></p><p>Get on the waitlist here: <a href="https://soulledceo.my.canva.site/">soul- led ceo</a></p><p><strong>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</strong></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[your success is directly correlated to your hunger for growth]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi baddie daddies!!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/your-success-is-directly-correlated-179</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/your-success-is-directly-correlated-179</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516043/c8a8a9d48a29618eac250315f95eee91.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi baddie daddies!!</p><p>This week we are talking about growth in all ways, in all aspects of life + how your need to grow is directly correlated to the level of success you find throughout your life.</p><p>Plus a juicy invitation to my new coaching space:</p><p>The waitlist for Soul-Led CEO is now OPEN.</p><p>Doors to the program will open on May 14 <strong>ONLY</strong> to those on the waitlist.</p><p><strong>Soul-Led CEO</strong></p><p>Get on the waitlist here: <a href="https://soulledceo.my.canva.site/">soul- led ceo</a></p><p><strong>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</strong></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[creativity is collaboration - how to harness + execute when you're hit with inspiration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi lovies!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/creativity-is-collaboration-how-to-2ae</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/creativity-is-collaboration-how-to-2ae</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516044/94583171d334bcf18afd074982398118.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi lovies!</p><p>This episode is for all the creatives and content creators.</p><p>Do you ever get a hit of inspiration and then find that the idea completely leaves you or you just lose your freaking excitement for it?</p><p>We are talking about the remedy to that issue in today's episode.</p><p>Hope you enjoy, thanks for being here, and I&#8217;ll see you next week &lt;3</p><p>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p><p>MASTERCLASS:</p><p>How to Fill Your Books With Clients You Actually Like</p><p><a href="https://nadia-kruse.mykajabi.com/offers/kYMvFoFJ">https://nadia-kruse.mykajabi.com/offers/kYMvFoFJ</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[face your shadows to quantum leap | tackling your limiting beliefs to move the needle in life and business]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi lovies!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/face-your-shadows-to-quantum-leap-feb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/face-your-shadows-to-quantum-leap-feb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516045/4cdff8edebfa2aa9f1d130a67f6afe69.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi lovies!</p><p>This episode is coming to you while I&#8217;m still in Tulum, Mexico.</p><p>This week we digest the importance of doing shadow work when you&#8217;re trying to advance in both life and business.</p><p>Topics we cover:</p><ul><li><p>Mini Tulum recap</p></li><li><p>Learning from those that have died and come back</p></li><li><p>How to identify your shadows</p></li><li><p>Imposter syndrome + unworthiness</p></li></ul><p>Hope you enjoy, thanks for being here, and I&#8217;ll see you next week &lt;3</p><p>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p><p>People mentioned:</p><p>Betty Guadagno</p><p>NDE video: https://youtu.be/PH8JSAHA_L0?si=KMPs7eXqS2VTb53I</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/buddha.betty/">https://www.instagram.com/buddha.betty/</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://buddhabetty.com/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnp70nm1CjGchFfzRj2ro1HAO1a9sHo4ROVeJ7En8hJIF7ppltJbJOC-9S_a8_aem_kf2SN_f49_HFDDX0RepxvA">https://buddhabetty.com/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGnp70nm1CjGchFfzRj2ro1HAO1a9sHo4ROVeJ7En8hJIF7ppltJbJOC-9S_a8_aem_kf2SN_f49_HFDDX0RepxvA</a></p><p>Rebecca Kastl</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.kastl/">https://www.instagram.com/rebecca.kastl/</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://rebeccakastl.com/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn04OJZz6E5ULopReceFGoKNM1Ap8ve59HGMLf7eLwNsiv5lPEW6jTVrH2tN0_aem_bI-Lj1zELRMWmihdah2ieA">https://rebeccakastl.com/?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn04OJZz6E5ULopReceFGoKNM1Ap8ve59HGMLf7eLwNsiv5lPEW6jTVrH2tN0_aem_bI-Lj1zELRMWmihdah2ieA</a></p><p>David Williamson</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/davidawilliamson731/">https://www.instagram.com/davidawilliamson731/</a></p><p>NDE video: https://youtu.be/V6DKsqTs9M8?si=6xZQzeFX_9WjZtRO</p><p>MASTERCLASS:</p><p>How to Fill Your Books With Clients You Actually Like</p><p><a href="https://nadia-kruse.mykajabi.com/offers/kYMvFoFJ">https://nadia-kruse.mykajabi.com/offers/kYMvFoFJ</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Q&A: intuition, interpreting signs, and the cosmos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi lovies!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/q-and-a-intuition-interpreting-signs-7eb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/q-and-a-intuition-interpreting-signs-7eb</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516046/77edd8e7d337b5876b86331625936f74.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi lovies!</p><p>It&#8217;s our first Q&amp;A episode!</p><p>This week is for the woo woo girlies.</p><p>Questions I answer cover:</p><ul><li><p>Interpreting sings</p></li><li><p>Distigunising your intuition from anxiety</p></li><li><p>All things angel numbers</p></li><li><p>If we live in a simulation</p></li><li><p>Creating STRONGER affirmations</p></li><li><p>Etc.</p></li></ul><p>Hope you enjoy, thanks for being here, and I&#8217;ll see you next week &lt;3</p><p>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p><p>MASTERCLASS:</p><p>How to Fill Your Books With Clients You Actually Like</p><p><a href="https://nadia-kruse.mykajabi.com/offers/kYMvFoFJ">https://nadia-kruse.mykajabi.com/offers/kYMvFoFJ</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[the 3 reasons why some people succeed and others stay stuck]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been feeling STUCK, this one&#8217;s for you.]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/the-3-reasons-why-some-people-succeed-284</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/the-3-reasons-why-some-people-succeed-284</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:00:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516047/37474f2e0357fd7273c5fb741d007ff4.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve been feeling STUCK, this one&#8217;s for you.</p><p>In this episode we talk about</p><ul><li><p>Why some people are stuck while others succeed</p></li><li><p>The differences between you and the top dogs in your industry</p></li><li><p>Old school beliefs that we believe to be true that are working against us</p></li></ul><p>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[lessons I've learned + the BTS tea from all the psychic training I've completed thus far]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi BBs!]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/lessons-ive-learned-the-bts-tea-from-562</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/lessons-ive-learned-the-bts-tea-from-562</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516048/a0b9617b167a0fbd51dcabf640f3abab.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi BBs! How I&#8217;ve missed you.</p><p>In this episode we talk about</p><ul><li><p>My psychic journey</p></li><li><p>The courses and trainings I&#8217;ve completed</p></li><li><p>The BTS tea</p></li><li><p>The lessons, good + bad</p></li></ul><p>People + podcasts mentioned:&nbsp;</p><p>&#128071;&#127997;</p><p>Magic Hour with Taylor Paige:</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magic-hour-with-taylor-paige/id1738285800">Magic Hour with Taylor Paige</a></p><p>Roseville Intuition Course:</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/awaken.and.align?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==">https://www.instagram.com/awaken.and.align?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</a></p><p>Elizabeth April:</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.april?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==">https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.april?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</a></p><p>Caroline:</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/itspeaceinchaos?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==">https://www.instagram.com/itspeaceinchaos?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</a></p><p>Soul Led Living Podcast (Nikki Novo):</p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soul-led-living-podcast-with-nikki-novo/id1442111497">Soul Led Living Podcast with Nikki Novo</a></p><p>Natalia Benson:</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/natalia_benson?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==">https://www.instagram.com/natalia_benson?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==</a></p><p>let&#8217;s be friends&nbsp;</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[following the call + giving yourself permission to evolve + my origin story]]></title><description><![CDATA[Get to know me a little bit better as I break down my "origin story" AKA my: "how did I get here?"]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/following-the-call-giving-yourself-9c1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/following-the-call-giving-yourself-9c1</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:15:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516049/8852048d1522ae80ec28bc145391bcd2.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get to know me a little bit better as I break down my "origin story" AKA my: "how did I get here?"</p><p>We talk about:</p><p>- how each intuitive nudge is pushing you to the next breadcrumb</p><p>- how everything in your life is purposeful and connected</p><p>- how it's OKAY to switch gears and identities as many times as feels right</p><p>Masterclass: HOW TO FILL YOUR BOOKS WITH CLIENTS YOU ACTUALLY LIKE</p><p>register here: <a href="https://nnk.myflodesk.com/masterclass">https://nnk.myflodesk.com/masterclass</a></p><p>Let's Be Friends</p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&amp;utm_source=qr</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[start choosing execution over excuses + finally pursue your dreams]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to start something new, go all in on a dream, or felt like you were meant for more then this episode is for you.]]></description><link>https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/start-choosing-execution-over-excuses-bea</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/p/start-choosing-execution-over-excuses-bea</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadia Kruse]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:44:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204516050/3bb30ec660a80fd82bb496cdab3c16c4.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;ve ever wanted to start something new, go all in on a dream, or felt like you were meant for more then this episode is for you. In today&#8217;s episode we are cutting all the bullshit and pummeling all the excuses you&#8217;ve ever made for yourself to NOT go for it.</p><p>We discuss:</p><ul><li><p>wanting more for your life</p></li><li><p>your dreams come from the Divine</p></li><li><p>why it&#8217;s your duty to pursue your dreams</p></li><li><p>how we have self programmed our own excuses + how to get over it</p></li><li><p>common fears + debunk them</p></li><li><p>how to move the needle towards your goals</p></li></ul><p>LET&#8217;S BE FRIENDS</p><p>IG:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia/?hl=en">https://www.instagram.com/everyday.nadia/?hl=en</a></p><p>Substack:&nbsp;<a href="/__u/nadiakruse.substack.com/">https://nadiakruse.substack.com/</a></p><p>Thank you in advance for listening, subscribing, and sharing! Tag me if you share to your instagram stories and leave me a comment if you&#8217;re listening on Spotify. Love you all BBs.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>