I am Nadine, a (now) happy and easy going mom of three, wife, coach and journalist. I have always being curious about life and the world. I was a high achiever in my horse-riding and journalism career and very eager to make a business success and create a good, happy life for myself. My personal rom-com started like in the movies: Fell in love, married to the most wonderful man on earth. I thought a baby and being a mother would be the most wonderful thing that could happen to us – but to tell you the truth: it wasn’t. I struggled to be a housewife, hated the dependency and felt like I totally lost myself. An intelligent, ambitious woman reduced to a mom and housewife – that described me. I longed for just having my old, independent life back, but at the same time I could not imagine living without my kids.
I threw myself back in my journalism career – mainly just to feel like my old self again for a couple of hours a day. I truly believed it was expected from me to raise three kids, push my career, be fit and beautiful and have an insta-worthy house. Anything less seemed like a failure to me… Until I hit rock bottom. I was so exhausted, stressed and burn out that most of my days ended in me screaming or crying and always feeling guilty. While all I wanted was a happy family-life with lots of love and laughter. You know what I mean, right? I desperately wanted to change – so I took a year off work to find a way out of the “momster-wheel“. I analyzed my mind, my body, my every day habits and researched how to change for the better. My experiences as a medical journalist helped a lot, plus I invested in any education on what could help me to live I threw myself back in my journalism career – mainly just to feel like my old self again for a couple of hours a day. I truly believed it was expected from me to raise three kids, push my career, be fit and beautiful and have an insta-worthy house. Anything less seemed like a failure to me… Until I hit rock bottom. I was so exhausted, stressed and burn out that most of my days ended in me screaming or crying and always feeling guilty. While all I wanted was a happy family-life with lots of love and laughter. You know what I mean, right? I desperately wanted to change – so I took a year off work to find a way out of the “momster-wheel“. I analyzed my mind, my body, my every day habits and researched how to change for the better. My experiences as a medical journalist helped a lot, plus I invested in any education on what could help me to live a truly happy family-life.
I managed to change from a life full of anxiety, exhaustion, and feeling like a failure, to feeling at peace, strong, confident and happy. I am all about simple living and seeking out the beauty and happiness in every day. I can finally be the loving, patient, easy going mom I always wanted to be. And the warm, loving, fun partner to my husband. So I have been where you might be now. I feel you. It took me quite long to turn my life around. But I can show you the short-cut. Within a couple of weeks, I can help you to feel stronger, calmer, happier, more confident. You will be able to make time for yourself and care about yourself just as you care about your kids. Your every day life and house-work will be so much easier to handle, and you will learn that little changes add up to great happiness very quickly. Together we will reduce your guilt, stress, head- and back-aches, and reducing your house-work! You will finally be the happy mom you always wanted to be.
About my life so far I live in Northern Germany with my husband Björn and our three kids Emmy, Jasper and Eva. Our beagle Beau, our cat Tundra and Eva’s four mice are also part of the family. We love our life in the countryside where we enjoy our garden and the beautiful nature around us. In my 20s I lived in beautiful South Africa and studied at the University of Stellenbosch for three years. Such happy times and I love to visit Africa as often as I can.
I am a trained journalist and was working for one of Europe’s biggest publishing-houses, travel and health are my main topics. When I became a mother, I started free-lancing for magazines. In 2019 I created the German version of Stress-less Mom and have helped many women so far with online-courses, life-events and workshops. I love the connection and being able to make a difference in some one’s life that may now be exactly like mine was only a couple of years ago.
Some fun facts about me I am also a published author – I write criminal short stories even though I never read criminal literature myself – too scary!
I used to be fluent in five languages: German, English, French, Afrikaans and Mandarin. I lost a lot of my French and nearly all of my Mandarin skills – I blame the pregnancies for that 😉
My husband and I went diving with great white sharks on our honeymoon in South Africa. I only signed up because I felt like spending a day on the ocean (and sandwiches were promised), but I enden up absolutely amazed by these beautiful animals.
I once got pranked at one of Germany’s most popular tv-shows. Even though I was wearing a hat and big sunglasses, lots of my friends spotted me.
