Courage – ANNE VAN DE WATER

THE REASON Interview with Susan Nichols

I am SO excited to share my latest interview for THE REASON, my collection of interviews with big hearted visionaries, leaders, teachers and healers about THE REASONS why they feel how they feel, love like they love and serve how they serve.

Susan Nichols is one of my dearest friends and greatest inspirations on the planet.
I love and appreciate her with my whole heart.
She shows us all how to vision a dream and create it with inspired devotion.
If you practice Yoga then you have probably used one of her inventions.
She is the inventor and creator of the Skidless Towel, the microfibre towel with silicon nubs that you place over your Yoga mat so that you don’t slip while you practice Yoga.
Her first company was the Yoga brand Yogi Toes which she sold 2 years ago.
If it were not for her clear Vision, her crystalline Mission and Purpose and her core Values, she might have let some of life’s challenges stop her from creating her Vision.
But she stayed in alignment with her highest potential and has manifested some incredible creations that the world deeply needs.
Her new creation is called New Hippie, a living brand that is raising the consciousness of the planet and it is so exciting and uplifting to watch her gifts continuously unfold.
It was my great honor and pleasure to interview her about living in alignment with your Purpose+Values+Message+Vision.
Check out the interview HERE
Follow her @newhippieliving
My vision for you is that this interview helps you get clear about THE REASONS that motivate you in your life and that it supports you in conjuring up greater COURAGE to openly and vulnerably share THE REASONS that inspire you to live in alignment with your Purpose, Values, Message and Vision with those you love and serve.
If you like it, then like it, love it, comment on it share it with those you love and serve and take some time to ask yourself these powerful questions about THE REASON why you do what you do and feel how you feel.
REMEMBER, THE REASON REVEALS THE WAY.

THE REASON Interview with Josette Tkacik

Josette Tkacik is one of my dearest friends and greatest inspirations on the planet.

She shows us all how to stand up and shine our Souls and live a passionate life aligned with our truest, deepest and highest Self.

Every Day 200-300 people line up outside the Historic Santa Barbara Carrillo Ballroom for the Experience of Josette’s signature Zumba Fitness Class.

I adore her classes and the infectious energy that she embodies, shares and evokes out of all of her students.

Her story of how she created her current reality is nothing short of magical and miraculous.

Josette is considered a medical “miracle”.
In 2011 her doctors diagnosed her with Rheumatoid Arthritis and told her she would never dance again.
Not only is she in complete remission from RA, she now has the biggest and most well loved dance classes in the world.

It was my great honor and pleasure to interview her about living in alignment with your Purpose+Values+Message+Vision.

Check her out and her offerings out at www.josettetkacik.com

Follow her on Instagram at josettetkacik

CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW HERE

REMEMBER, THE REASON REVEALS THE WAY.

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THE REASON INTERVIEW with Samantha Paige

I am super excited and grateful today because I am sharing my second interview for my project THE REASON.

This is an interview with the extraordinary Samantha Paige Goldstone of Last Cut

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Samantha is by far one of my favorite people on the planet.

She is one of my best friends, one of my first coaching clients, a student of everything I have ever taught, one of my biggest inspirations and one of my greatest teachers.

I truly feel that meeting her in many ways was pivitol in me creating my Lifestyle Program VIBRATION TRANSFORMATION.

I am BEYOND proud of Samantha for the on-going, deeply committed, forever deep diving work that she has done on every level of her precious life to be an exemplary role model for us all.

She keeps me on my game.

She helps me to continuously be the best that I can be on all levels.

This is one of those friendships where there is no difference between the teacher and the student, where the student becomes the teacher and inspires me to continuously grow and evolve as a teacher and leader beyond where I could go without her presence, devotion, love and support.

She is by far the most courageous person I know and shows me every day and in every way how to BE BRAVE.

Sam’s courage and devotion to vulnerably share her challenges, trials, tribulations and breakthroughs, epiphanies and gifts is at the heart of why I now have the courage to do the same.

In the interview she shares about the power of living in alignment with your Purpose, Values, Message and Vision.

Sam was diagnosed with Thyroid Cancer when she was 21 and tested positive for the Breast Cancer gene 8 years ago when her daughter was only 7 months old. She decided to have a double mastectomy so that she would be healthy and well for her daughter. Then she got implants, and afterwards struggled with her health and well-being. A year ago she realized that the implants may be causing the health challenges and decided to remove them. Again, she did it so that she can be as healthy as possible to raise and be a positive role model for her daughter.

She and our other dear friend and another student, teacher and great inspiration of mine Lisa Field who is an incredible photographer decided to document Sam’s journey through a photo documentary project called LAST CUT, about the big life decisions that we all have to make to live an authentic life.

The project has evolved beyond Sam’s journey and she interviews and Lisa takes photos of other people who have had to make powerful life decisions to live in integrity with their authentic selves.

Sam was featured in Equinox Gyms campaign COMMIT TO SOMETHING.

It is perfect timing to share this interview with you during the Full Moon in Leo cycle that is happening until the New Moon on this coming Sunday.

The energy of this cycle is about:

Taking chances.
Being bold.
Trying something new.
Being unique.
Creativity.
Expanding beyond your perceived limitations.
Roaring.
Re-inventing yourself.
Letting go of needing to be perfect.
Empowering yourself.
Being confident.

CHECK OUT THE PODCAST HERE

My vision for you is that this interview helps you get clear about THE REASONS that motivate you in your life and that it supports you in conjuring up greater COURAGE to openly and vulnerably share THE REASONS that inspire you to live in alignment with your Purpose, Values, Message and Vision with those you love and serve.

If you like it, then like it, love it, comment on it share it with those you love and serve and take some time to ask yourself these powerful questions about THE REASON why you do what you do and feel how you feel.

REMEMBER, THE REASON REVEALS THE WAY.

THE REASON – Introduction – Part 1 – VIDEO

As you know, I am a Life and Lifestyle Coach and Consultant and a Heath and Wellness Teacher and Practitioner.

I have a thriving Life and Lifestyle Program for amazing high consciousness visionary leaders, teachers, healers and artists, like you, and like you I am devoted to being the best “me” I can be and truly love my life while being of the greatest service possible to you by supporting you in being the best “you” you can be while loving your life and being of great service in the world.

I have had the great pleasure of learning from master teachers from around the world and have served countless people from all walks of life and if there is one thing that I know for sure, it’s that if you do not know THE REASON why you are doing what you’re doing, you will most likely end up feeling confused, lost and very distracted by the inevitable challenges that arise in your life.

And, if you know THE REASON why you are doing what you’re doing and why you feel how you feel, then the way, the path and the plan to create the life that you vision for yourself will be revealed to you and you can face many challenges along the way and never give up and know that everything that happens to you is here to help you grow and evolve.

Over the years I have received feedback that people want me to be more vulnerable by openly sharing the many trials and tribulations that I have gone through in my life.

Most of you see the results, the solutions and the practices, but you do not know where I was before I went through some of my big transformations.

The truth is that the challenges that I have gone through motivated me to radically transform my life and inspired me to create everything that I have created and will continue to create for you.

I got the very clear command from my deepest, truest and highest Self that I was not to continue with the expansion of my offerings and service in the world until I shared these things with you.

I was on the floor sobbing and shouting out loud “This is not my life!” but now deeply love and appreciate and wholeheartedly claim my life and everything that I have been through.

I felt like I was out of alignment with my purpose, values, message and vision and now they are the core of my essence.

I weighed 200 pounds and lost 70 pounds.

I had what Western Medicine calls an “incurable” disease and cured it and totally awed my physician because she had never seen it happen before.

I was in an incredibly disharmonious relationship and now have a healthy and harmonious partnership and relationships.

I felt like I was not living in integrity with everything that I taught and now I fully embody everything that I teach.

For years I have held some of the big trials and trials and tribulations I have gone through close to my heart and shared these things with only my very closest friends because I thought I would be judged and wouldn’t be loved and accepted.

Now I am choosing to share those things with everyone including you, because

THE TRUTH SHALL SET ME + YOU FREE

Everything that I have gone through lead me to this moment when I am deeply devoted to LOVE + SERVE more than ever and to use my messy stories to show you that out of the turd comes the lotus and out of the messes come the message and the successes.

AND, it’s a lot easier for me to be VULNERABLE and share from my deepest authenticity when I am in the presence of people who truly love me and support me, so I asked some of my dearest friends to interview me about THE REASON why I do what I do and feel how I feel and everything that I have gone through in my life.

NOW MORE THAN EVER with everything that is happening in our world politically, economically and environmentally, as conscientious human beings I feel that it is incredibly important that those of us who have the consciousness to do so do our very best to be radically authentic and vulnerably share from our hearts.

Give people hope.
Inspire others.
Show everyone that challenges are major growth opportunities.
Be the living example that you can go through massive challenges and come through more loving, empowered and giving than ever.

I am digging as deeply as I can to bear my Soul and be brave and share anything that I can from my experience that might help you in your life.

To start, I will be releasing a series of podcasts and videos about THE REASON:

Why I created THE REASON
Why I feel having a Purpose+Values+Message+Vision is important
Why I feel Health+Wellness is important
Why I feel Love+Healthy Relationships are important
Why I feel Wealth+Abundance is imporant
Why I feel loving your Career+Service is important
Why I feel Creativity+Freedom is important.
Why I feel living a Soul+Spirit centered life is important.

I CRY IN EVERY ONE OF MY INTERVIEWS.

Soon, I will be interviewing other experts and masters in these fields and sharing it all with you to give you the gift of insight and inspiration from inspiring people who are on the path of true self mastery too.

I have some AMAZING interviews coming up!

My wish for you is that these interviews will help you get clear about THE REASONS that motivate you in your life and that they support you in conjuring up greater COURAGE to openly and vulnerably share THE REASONS that inspire you with those you love and serve.

Click on the photo above to access the video version of THE REASON Introduction Part 1.

I hope you enjoy this episode of THE REASON.

If you like it, then like it, love it, comment on it and share it with those you love and serve and take some time to ask yourself these powerful questions about THE REASON why you do what you do and feel how you feel.

Thank you for your love and support.

I love you and I support you.

In Truth, Love + Gratitude always,

Anne

THE REASON – INTRODUCTION Part 1 – PODCAST

I am so happy to share my latest project THE REASON with you.