Tracie Nichols, Holistic Coach
business and career coaching for body-centered practitioners and highly sensitive women
Being body-wise is the act of believing what your body is saying. It’s a presence to life that is beautiful and vulnerable and essential to the work of creating lasting, substantive change in yourself...and in the world. It's also how we can create businesses that are disentangled from the manipulative, dismissive, objectifying messages hammered into …
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I have these groovy cards (kinda like flashcards) from Toby Lynn Herzlich of Biomimicry for Social Innovation. They talk about applying nature’s wisdom to our social change work. To restructuring leadership and organizations as living systems so they are more effective. To making organizations function as living systems based on the principles of life so …
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"Take and eat," she says as she offers us an apple, a papaya, a fig, the fruitfulness of our own souls. "It is good." Joanna Powell Colbert (from her description of The Gardener Card in the Gaian Tarot.) Cicadas are singing again, here in the edge-of-wild suburban ecosystem where I live. The thunderstorms are wild. Breezes …
“The energy now spent on self-protection can be converted into positive energy if we're willing to encounter reality and see it clearly. Facing reality is an empowering act - it can liberate our mind and heart to discern how best to use our power and influence in service for this time.” Margaret J. Wheatley Looking …
time unspools........ my attachment to this body thins dipping her softening curves and valleys into the landscape of this edge-of-wild Place immersion feels easier edges less clear separation dissipates I like it. © 2018 Tracie Nichols All rights reserved. Image credit: Me and a misty sunrise.
If you’re exhausted and emotionally on edge, you’re not alone. We are inextricably connected to each other and there is massive pain in the world today. -Brene Brown I have been feeling battered raw by the inescapable sea of emotions in which we're all swimming.Times like this test people like us who feel EVERYTHING deeply. …
I was having a quietly pleasurable researching, big-picture information-integrating kind of week... Diving into the role mirror neurons play in empathy: Did you know HSP's have more mirror neurons than average? No wonder empathy is one of our superpowers. Makes sense they're also our kryptonite... Exploring articles on aging and the impact of ageism on …
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I was sitting with a group of conscious business practitioners the other day talking about how challenging it can be to prioritize all we need to do when everything seems essential. How overwhelm is an almost constant companion in our business owner days. How, truthfully, we felt like we were spread way too thin, but LOVE what …
Hello extraordinary you... You may recall me gushing about the recently finished renovation of my website a few weeks ago. What I didn't talk about at the time was the what happened to me in the aftermath. It's been a bit of a journey. One I imagine some of you might be experiencing, but perhaps aren't sure …
Continue reading "In the borderlands among aging and body-wisdom"
So, there I was, feet sinking into cold mud, rain sliding down my neck, arms flung to the sky, joyful laughter spilling from my throat... When the self-care conversation comes up with clients, how often do you find yourself suggesting they spend time in nature? With studies supporting the benefits, time in nature as self-care has moved into …
