Reflecting on her journey, Sharp feels she
has fully recovered from her eating disorder,
and tries to live in the present each day. “I
look at everything as learning experiences,”
she says. “I will never reach my personal and
professional goals if I let stress be the guiding
force. Instead I ask myself these questions at
the end of the day: How much did I laugh and
smile? How much did I accomplish? What’s
my service to others?”
http://www.nikkisharp.comJuly/August 2017 AsiaSpa 59Before it became trendy, Sharp came up
with an idea for a five-day detox. “I didn't
want the restriction of a diet,” she says. “A
diet doesn’t make you feel good. I wrote the
programme with recipes in just three days.”
When she posted an Instagram photo with a
note offering the five-day detox programme
to any interested followers, she was so
encouraged and excited by the response.
She sold each PDF for £5, or US$8, and in
two weeks she made US$200 by emailing
PDFs. After setting up her Wordpress site,
the money started coming in. At the peak of
e-book sales, she was earning US$50,000
a month, receiving a phone notification
with each purchase. “It looked like it was
raining money on my phone!” she says with
a laugh. Even without studying business,
Sharp created a fantastic stream of passive
income. She leveraged her e-book success
by creating an app and writing an Amazon
bestseller with Random House. Today she’s
working on her second book about meal
preparation, scheduled to come out next
summer.
Ultimately, Sharp believes that finding
happiness and fulfillment in life is all a
matter of balance and a positive mindset. “I
love working out because it makes me feel
good, instead of using it as a punishment
for eating badly,” Sharp explains. “Healthy
food makes me feel great so I choose to eat
it. Nothing is based on restriction in my life.
I also balance work, life and friends, and
now understand that health comes from
being happy first and foremost.”
Although Sharp first got started on social
media, she now has a critical eye for the
false world Instagram can portray. “I think it’s
leading to more eating disorders and people
are feeling more alone and isolated even
though we have a so-called community.”
In December, her month-long digital detox
extended into 43 days offline. “I decided
that I wanted to be a real influencer like
Oprah Winfrey instead of a social media
influencer with a million followers,” she
says. “It was the best month in my life.”