136: When your Freedom Lifestyle no longer feels free with Nienke Nina

Ever feel like the freedom lifestyle you chased so hard suddenly doesn’t feel freeing anymore?

Nienke Nina talks about her personal journey through an identity crisis after five years as a digital nomad, falling in love, settling down, and questioning everything she built her brand on. She dives deep into what freedom really means beyond the Instagram-perfect shots of laptops on beaches, and why creating true freedom in your life is both painful and beautiful.

If you’ve ever felt out of alignment with your business, lifestyle, or identity, this raw conversation will help you reconnect with what freedom truly means for YOU.

“I focus more on alignment. I say ‘aligned freedom business’ because I see so many people copying someone else’s freedom business because they think that’s freedom.”

Key takeaways from our freedom life & business episode:

➡️ Freedom is about Aligned Expressions: True freedom comes from creating expressions of your life (business, relationships, location) that are in alignment with who you are. When these expressions aren’t aligned, you’ll feel friction, self-doubt, and may fall out of love with things you used to enjoy.

➡️ Freedom isn’t static: Your freedom goals will evolve over time. What feels freeing now may not feel the same next year. Freedom requires constant exploration and curiosity about what works for you in each season of life.

➡️ How the Digital Nomad identity can be limiting: The stereotype of a digital nomad (constant travel with a laptop) is just one expression of freedom. There are countless ways to create freedom sensations in your life without fitting this narrow definition.

➡️ Creating freedom takes intentional ongoing work: Building a freedom lifestyle requires deep self-reflection, strategy, and implementation. It’s not a quick fix but a continuous process of alignment and realignment as you grow.

➡️ Business Alignment requires regular check-ins: When your business no longer feels enjoyable, a thorough alignment audit can help you understand what’s working, what’s not, and how to create a strategy that brings back those freedom sensations.

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