This is Why You'll Love Nicole Berrie

Nicole Berrie has always cared about wellness. Even when she worked for fashion magazines like Elle and Vanity Fair and wrote for publications like The Wall Street Journal and Condé Nast Traveler, she wanted to find a way to bridge wellness with a high-end editorial concept. So she decided to launch a website “that presented health and wellness as an editorial concept with beautiful photography, interesting subject, and, of course, recipes and content that introduced plant-based living in an approachable, beautiful way.” Bonberi soon evolved into both a website and a little plant-based corner store in the West Village selling grab-and-go vegan dishes, juices, as well as a curated selection of holistic, nontoxic retail. Berrie now balances raising two kids in downtown Manhattan with a thriving business. “I’ve learned the beauty of being flexible and being able to pivot when circumstances call for it. In this day and age ‘office hours’ don’t always mean being chained to a desk but sometimes being on the go means being even more productive!”

Why follow Nicole Berrie? While she may be seem like an ethereal superhero who lives on green juice, she is thorough and real when it comes to telling us about wellness—including how we’re not all perfect all the time.

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What’s the best parenting advice you ever received?

You are not in control.

What are your favorite books or movies on parenting?

Tova Klein's How Toddlers Thrive and Steve Martin's Parenthood (for a laugh).

Which famous parent would you like to have dinner with and why?

Nora Ephron. Because she had a thriving career, a son, and a sense of humor.

How did you get involved in blogging about parenting?

I definitely don't consider myself a "mommy blogger." Food and recipes always came first, but as my life evolved and I became a mother, so did my posts and it felt disjointed not to share some things about my life as a parent, too. I try to focus on helpful things, little tips and tricks we do and rely on, and then share some funny special moments like going on vacation or trick-or-treating. My rule of thumb is: 1. Is this gratuitous? 2. Will they be embarrassed by it when they're older? If the answer is yes, I don't post. Also nothing wrong with posting and deleting if it doesn't feel right!