<?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"><channel><title><![CDATA[Nannette Brown Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[NB.COM]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/thelivingedit</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:00:29 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.nannettebrowndesign.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[WOULD YOU STILL DO IT?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The real cost of starting over—and what happens when you take the leap. There’s a strange difference, a distance almost, between wanting to do something and actually doing it. Especially when it comes to business or identity. You can read a hundred books about self-growth, entrepreneurship, founders’ stories or starting over to quiet the monsters of self-doubt, fear and rationale, and still, there’s no guarantee when these debates begin that you’re actually going to do it. I’ll tell you why....]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/would-you-still-do-it-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa449f7d83f50a13ada9dde</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:46:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_221531c6840340a893fa5a43e739f9fd~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_970,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE ESSENTIAL LIVING EDIT]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Ideas, Stories and Conversations That Shaped our First Year. A year ago, I launched an experiment and called it Life Architecture. It might very well be (it’s still underway, mind you) the biggest experiment of my life. The idea grew out of something I’d spent years doing: designing homes, products, and in many ways, myself. Designing taught me to think about how individual elements and pieces work together, how form and function interact, and how repeated refinement can turn an idea into...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/the-essential-living-edit</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a985c34106fc826b44f9d91</guid><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_2946ee7230b541069cb6a3be6ae051d8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SWEET SUMMER’S END]]></title><description><![CDATA[Enjoying What’s Left of August While Looking to September Last week I said I was going fishing and metaphorically, I did just that. I flew down to Tennessee and rested and ate (at Loveless Cafe above, celebrating my mother’s birthday) and sat, on a screened porch, no less. And talked, and walked a lot. Through the farmers markets, the fields, the mountain we own, I went. I walked and thought and got the much-needed rest I needed. But with all that space came a recurring question: how do I...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/sweet-summer-s-end</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a8f2e7f6e0678c59a4fcd6d</guid><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:26:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_84eeb8fe6f79419cabe9e317f6f2679f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_972,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRODUCTIVE ART OF F***'ING UP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Epic Failures Let me tell you why wrong has never felt so right. Because we live in a world where failure, at one point or another, is inevitable, and we’re finally arriving at a place where we can talk about it. We still wince, yes, but we’re getting there. It’s a tough topic. Failure usually involves a pretty sizable f-up, plus pain and embarrassment, but when we come out on the other side of it, there’s something more. Hopefully, a lesson. And one that sticks. I really believe failure is a...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/the-productive-art-of-f-ing-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7cbcb1f1f88bc38bde30bb</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:42:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_a2c4a672f1c645a69ecb138b07feeeca~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ARE YOU META MINDED?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Superpower of Self-AwarenessThe Superpower of Self-Awareness Our minds are extraordinary. They shape every decision we make, every story we tell ourselves, every relationship we build, every opportunity we pursue, and everything we walk away from too. Our minds are so powerful that it’s sometimes hard to wrap our heads around the idea of mastering them—or, for that matter, whether it’s even possible. But it’s especially challenging given that so much of what happens in our minds happens...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/are-you-meta-minded</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a7600d17e238b0b8addb4fb</guid><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:09:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_60fa6be81fdf4e3ab72df045eea2c6f5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_932,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[QUALITY FRIENDS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be Mine I’m a crap friend. I’m the WFF (Worst Friend Forever) to the BFF of friend hierarchy. I wish I could say I was better. I’m not. It’s not because I lack the typical qualities of a good friend—loyalty, empathy, keeping confidences or genuinely caring about people. It’s because I’m terrible at staying in touch. I’m also not particularly good at having the same conversations with the same group of social friends, no matter how long I’ve known them, over and over again. Unless you’re in my...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/quality-friends</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a6a5ced7ef449b92cf8a8d2</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 20:17:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_1e296a52b9074f51bc1b04f10ba2578a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MID SUMMER DREAM]]></title><description><![CDATA[July Summer is sensational. And I don’t mean in the wow context, I mean it in a sensations context. Of all the seasons, summer—and July in particular—is when every sensation seems to kick in. Taste, smell, touch, sound...they’re all so strikingly present this time every year. That’s what mid summer feels like to me at least. The sun on your skin, warm air, fruits and vegetables fresh from the garden, the smell of salt in the air or lake water, depending on where you are...everything feels...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/mid-summer-dream</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a63b80e59dc3f2805c6a965</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 19:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_189bf53b3da04289b6275d90f1f3fae0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[WIRED FOR BEAUTY]]></title><description><![CDATA[More than Skin Deep Beauty is one of the few ideals that can inspire admiration and criticism in the very same breath, depending on how it’s applied, the context, and whether it’s judged to be superficial—or not. I’ve always been instinctively drawn to beauty. Not simply to how something looks, but to how beauty makes us feel and the way it shapes the environments we live in. In many ways, I’ve built both my life and my career around celebrating it. Which is perhaps why it felt only fitting...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/wired-for-beauty</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a57c0eef16fbd619a4adf77</guid><category><![CDATA[THOUGHT]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 17:32:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_0b47dc29a068429a9b5ac10e5261aa5d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[SECOND ACTS &#38; REINVENTION]]></title><description><![CDATA[Your Timing Is Perfect 2006 / 2026 Unbelievably, the first half of 2026 is over. “How, you ask?” I have no idea. I’m asking too. I swear life feels like it’s moving so fast I can’t catch up. The fact that it constantly feels like it’s getting away from me is a source of distress, and one that’s amplified by what I can only describe as an internal clock, measuring stick, checklist — take your pick, I use them all — of what I’ve accomplished. Or haven’t. Have you ever felt this way? If so, this...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/second-acts-reinvention</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4e7556da4074f9d0b41eb9</guid><category><![CDATA[THOUGHT]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:18:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_8a17631340704d3eb8a1aee9db649048~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[DO YOU HAVE BAD MANNERS?]]></title><description><![CDATA[No One Thinks They do. That's the Problem. THE SOCIAL EQUATION At some point, everyone you know — including someone you actually like — has done something that felt rude or inconsiderate. Whether intentional or not, you were left feeling offended, dismissed, or just plain annoyed. But here’s the real puzzle: how does someone with genuinely poor manners go through life completely convinced they have great ones? I try to balance my assessment of why so many people seem oblivious to their own...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/do-you-have-bad-manners</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a4691c21552bc17797f984a</guid><category><![CDATA[THOUGHT]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:44:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_7f8a1b73d11644f0a674a3717dd3477b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[YOUR ORIGIN STORY]]></title><description><![CDATA[Identity Architecture Within moments of speaking with you, I have a pretty good idea of where you’re from, how you were raised, and at least some of the formative places that shaped you. And I don’t mean where you live, but more specifically, where you’re from. I’m always fascinated by the answer because it’s never simply a place. Within a few sentences, people begin telling you far more than geography. They describe a small farming town, a city known for its food scene, a beach community, or...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/your-origin-story</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a3c6ed172c7d18238caef05</guid><category><![CDATA[THOUGHT]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:01:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_b0e6e083192a4577b60e661e5c0d8f26~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_680,h_956,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[LOW KEY ENTERTAINING]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Architecture Of Easy Low-key entertaining. The phrase, the idea, the plan, is meant to give even the most novice host confidence—and it should. Entertaining doesn’t have to be difficult or complicated. Take it from me, I’ve done a lot of entertaining and, at the end of the day, the best times, the best stories, and the very best memories come from the dinners and gatherings where everyone had a good time—including the hosts. We put so much pressure on ourselves creating elaborate plans to...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/low-key-entertaining</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a286da42d2809110fe9acab</guid><category><![CDATA[THOUGHT]]></category><category><![CDATA[LIFESTYLE]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 20:06:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_01fbb55af3d54f2ab0ae89152c88970b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HELLO SUMMER]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ahhhh— Light It turns out the winter blues aren’t for nothing. They’re very real, which is no news to you if you struggle with them. While I’ve always believed they exist, I didn’t know quite how prevalent they were until I decided to write this article. Only then did I discover that one in five people experience shifts in mood, sleep, and motivation during the darker months. And get this–women are affected 3-4 times more than men. This also surprised me because the friends I know who...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/hello-summer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a186b02d715e99f6b9a5196</guid><category><![CDATA[DESIGN]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:33:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_94ba0ac7dddd44a494af8a11c01ced54~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_768,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOW TO LEAD A MENTALLY RICH LIFE]]></title><description><![CDATA[True Well-Being We spend a lot of time trying to achieve the holy grail of a well-lived life: career, family, friends, the house or perfect apartment, the wellness routine, even downtime. All feel like qualifiers in the balancing act of success. But here’s something that surprised me. Did you know that women report higher life satisfaction than men, probably the highest they’ve ever experienced, yet worse mental health at the same time? The men don’t fare much better. Research shows men...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/how-to-lead-a-mentally-rich-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0cc7279209fbd4f4efb9a7</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:41:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_561e3f41be1e4361acea63fb9967d508~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE LIFESTYLE CRUNCH]]></title><description><![CDATA[When The Math Doesn’t Add Up When did a salad become a $35 decision? When did an Uber start rivaling the cost of a cheap flight only a few years ago? And airfares—I shudder to think what these might climb to this summer. There’s a relative value to everything we buy in life. These things define our lifestyles and all the choices that go along with them. But everything feels entirely out of whack right now. And here’s the economic truth: the moment we’re experiencing has lost its relativity....]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/the-lifestyle-crunch</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0cbdafd2a72baa2ffc97c4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:14:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_0c38d38e10ef4c5d8d163a2c5ad72540~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_884,h_806,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[MOTHERS AND MENTORS]]></title><description><![CDATA[Good Women For all you mothers in the world, Happy Mother’s Day this week. And for all you female goddesses–amazing mentors, role models–happy day too! Now for my small u-turn— I appreciate Mother’s Day, I really do. So don’t hate me when I say this–but Mother’s Day feels like another Easter Sunday to me. A little too much of same, too soon. There, I said it. If you know me, this will come as a pretty big surprise, because no one loves tradition more than me. And no one loves mother figures,...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/mothers-and-mentors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69fa186fc585bc8d32904741</guid><category><![CDATA[THOUGHT]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 16:26:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_484f694e40cc45bc9c1a226145d9b88b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_970,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[YOU ARE WHAT YOU WEAR]]></title><description><![CDATA[If You Know, You Know. You can say a lot of things about fashion, but one thing is undeniable: we all engage with it on some level. Whether you love it, follow the seasons, know the major houses, watch the runways, track street style—or couldn’t name an up-and-coming designer if your life depended on it—you still wear clothes. And clothes, at their core, are driven by two things: utility and fashion. Which has always fascinated me, because it’s really not either/or. It’s more of a spectrum....]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/you-are-what-you-wear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0e9abd3f2ae6dd91495e8</guid><category><![CDATA[LIFESTYLE]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:25:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_4e75b074fc884888b35fb7db69101610~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[YOU ARE WHAT YOU LOVE]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Sum Of Our Parts I really believe love is at the heart of life’s meaning. It’s pretty much everything—including what you do, pursue, and embrace in life. Love is a relationship. And it’s not just with people. It’s a relationship with ourselves, but also, importantly, a relationship with everything we pursue and engage with, because these things, as much as anything, become us. If you want to live the fullest life—one that optimizes you to your greatest potential—nothing could be more true...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/you-are-what-you-love</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7ed81a96d49e56ec97062</guid><category><![CDATA[LIFESTYLE]]></category><category><![CDATA[THOUGHT]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:49:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_fc70d1dc2ac34f16b5610738c2a3f5c1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_721,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE COMFORT OF SPRING FOOD]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lighter Dishes With Cozy Flavors I’ve been wondering if there’s a way to embrace the freshness of spring foods without abandoning the comfort of winter ones. Every season comes with its own food stereotypes—certain things we expect to crave, expect to cook, or expect to see show up on restaurant menus. By summer, I’m ready for grilled everything, fresh corn, tomatoes. In the fall and winter, it’s roasts, casseroles, something slower, richer. There’s a rhythm to the seasons of food that feels...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/the-comfort-of-spring-food</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69de69f0698fcbe5d29f3d84</guid><category><![CDATA[LIFESTYLE]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:30:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_eca8009fd8574bf7b5ad3ae8968fb15f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_970,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ART FOR LIFE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Reframing It There are some seriously messed up connotations around art that keep way too many people from exploring it. Art can be intimidating. I get it. The artists and pieces we most often hear about are famous works—the kind that are housed in museums or break auction records. Then you pile on the distancing beliefs: that art isn’t for everyone—that it’s exclusive. Or the intimidation factor—the feeling that you need to understand it to engage with it. Or that it’s too time consuming to...]]></description><link>https://www.nannettebrown.com/post/art-for-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d804814e4fe2e3f72ae91c</guid><category><![CDATA[DESIGN]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:49:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/02dd00_4ebbd93bde6d428cac2e291c0a78c190~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nannette Brown</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>