Nikki Reed Gives a Rare Look at Her - Ian Somerhalder’s Private Life Together -Exclusive- E- News
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00:00 - We just have a lot of, I think, shared goals
00:03 and this desire to hopefully create a life
00:07 and also businesses that make a better life.
00:10 - So nice to be with you, Nikki Reed,
00:12 the actress, the wife, the mother of two.
00:14 (Nikki laughs)
00:15 I'd like to say congratulations
00:16 on this partnership with Baby Gannix.
00:19 Why was this partnership with Baby Gannix
00:21 for its Oops, I Forgot It Again summer campaign
00:24 the perfect thing for you?
00:26 - You know what?
00:28 This campaign is all about getting your kids outdoors,
00:31 being outdoors as a family,
00:32 but also celebrating the sort of
00:35 perfectly imperfect moments, if you will,
00:37 which is something that I speak about quite often.
00:40 I think we live in a time and an age where,
00:43 you know, people are often projecting their lives
00:45 in this social media space and it can feel very perfect,
00:48 you know, when you're looking at it from the outside.
00:51 And so I think it's just really important
00:52 for all of us to talk about, you know,
00:55 the everyday and the grind.
00:57 And it's amazing and it's beautiful and it's chaotic
01:00 and it's messy and it's all those things.
01:02 And that's all part of being a parent.
01:04 And so I love that.
01:05 And so many other aspects of this campaign as well,
01:08 just, you know, the sort of mentality
01:13 that it takes a village and that this kind of
01:15 global community of parents that we're, you know,
01:18 all a part of are here to support each other
01:21 and, you know, lean on one another.
01:22 And that is kind of, you know,
01:24 the all-encompassing message behind this.
01:27 - What's your advice for parents who may be hard
01:30 on themselves for forgetting to do
01:32 or bring something for the kids?
01:34 - Oh, that I get it.
01:36 I wish I could give advice.
01:37 I mean, I guess I would say that I get it, right?
01:40 You know, it's, I used to pride myself, pre-kids,
01:43 I used to pride myself in being that girl
01:45 that could pack for like a two-week trip
01:47 in a carry-on bag.
01:48 'Cause I love to like reuse and repurpose everything.
01:52 And so I'm going, okay, here we go.
01:54 Multipurpose everything.
01:56 So I would say that I try my best to adopt that mentality
02:00 as a parent, the less is more mentality,
02:02 which is why I love that earlier you referenced parents
02:05 using the sunscreen as well, because I am so that parent.
02:08 That's like, okay, let's bring one thing
02:11 for the whole family.
02:13 I guess I'm not one to give advice
02:15 because I really feel like I'm a student in this life,
02:17 but that would be my advice is just less is more.
02:21 Don't beat yourself up if you forget things.
02:23 There's always somebody else there
02:24 that's gonna have something,
02:25 whether you're on a hike or at the beach,
02:27 don't be afraid to ask.
02:28 That's one of the amazing things, by the way,
02:29 about the stands that are going up this weekend
02:32 is that there are products there
02:34 that if you have forgotten something,
02:36 grab something off the stand,
02:38 donate something if you have extra.
02:40 It's again, that whole like village mentality,
02:43 but I love that.
02:44 So I would just say less is more and you've got this.
02:48 - I also like how you keep your lifestyle simple as well.
02:51 I know that, I believe I read that your family lives
02:53 on a farm, am I correct with that or a ranch?
02:55 - Yes, yeah, well, yeah, farm/ranch, but mini.
03:00 - It reminds me of Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani
03:06 when they left Hollywood.
03:08 You remember what I'm talking about?
03:09 They left the Hollywood circuit with their three boys.
03:11 Well, what's your reason and has living on a farm
03:13 helped you create a sense of Zen and balance?
03:16 - Ooh, what a great question.
03:19 Well, I moved out of like the city, the big city.
03:24 Gosh, over 10 years ago now or longer.
03:28 You know, as a child, I was sort of a bit of a nomad
03:31 because I was working all over, you know,
03:33 all over the place, flying around the world,
03:35 different, you know, setting up homes in different states
03:38 or countries or whatever it may be.
03:39 And so I think I just, at a certain point,
03:42 wanted to commit to more of a connection with nature.
03:47 I grew up around a lot of animals.
03:50 My grandmother had horses.
03:51 I knew that I felt the most at peace in nature,
03:56 but I just can't, for me personally,
03:59 envision a life without that connection to plants and soil.
04:04 And I think in this day and age
04:07 where we're getting closer and closer
04:10 to kind of falling into full tech world
04:14 and our children are surrounded by that,
04:16 no matter how hard, you know,
04:17 we all try to shelter our kids from that.
04:21 We are growing up in the age of tech,
04:22 and I think the only way to really combat that
04:25 is through nature and that balance.
04:28 - I know that your husband, Ian,
04:29 he's one of your business partners
04:30 and one of your many businesses.
04:33 What have you learned from his stance
04:35 on making sure the whole family is happy and healthy,
04:38 much like you are for your family?
04:41 - You know, he and I have a lot of shared passion,
04:46 I will say.
04:48 Passion for health and wellness,
04:50 passion for the outdoors.
04:52 You know, I look at like, if there were a Venn diagram,
04:55 the overlap in the center is pretty major
04:57 because we just have a lot of, you know,
05:02 I think shared goals and this desire
05:05 to hopefully create a life and also businesses
05:08 that make a better life, which was, you know,
05:12 we launched the absorption company a few months ago,
05:14 which was all, you know, centered around that.
05:18 A supplement company that's all about, you know,
05:20 making people feel better
05:23 in a world where people deserve that, you know?
05:25 So I'll just say that he and I have a lot of common interests
05:29 and so it's good that we're on the same page about all this.
05:32 - I was gonna ask you that final question about that,
05:34 working together.
05:35 I've only heard, well, I can hear like good and bad things
05:38 about working with a partner,
05:39 but I'm guessing yours is only good things, right?
05:41 What's that dynamic?
05:43 - You know, I think that we are,
05:46 we're really good business partners, actually.
05:51 I have to say, we're very much the yin and the yang,
05:54 even though we have that center, that Venn diagram,
05:57 and there's a lot of shared passion,
05:59 but we're very much the yin and the yang in how we operate.
06:01 He's a super creative and a visionary,
06:04 and I am all about like the nuts and bolts and logistics
06:07 and running day to day and kind of, I would say,
06:14 realizing all of the kind of dreams
06:17 that he can conjure up and envision.
06:22 So, you know, hopefully we balance each other out
06:24 in that way.
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