Tracie Nichols, Holistic Coach
holistic life and business coaching for body-centered practitioners and highly sensitive women
We often choose a name that seems accurate for us, but that isn't big enough to contain our entire life. -- Margaret J. Wheatley I've been thinking a lot about identity these days as I talk with women about things like aging, being body wise, being highly sensitive - about planting our staffs in our …
I'm slowing down. That's a stage of life rhythm - not an indictment. - Tracie Nichols The most interesting stuff happens when I’m showering. In my head, I mean. This morning, for example, this cloud of mosquito thoughts dodging around the periphery of my brain came together finally and handed me this insight: No matter …
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“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 …
When I was in sixth grade, I started drawing an ever-expanding Halloween-themed picture. In a few weeks it went beyond a simple drawing into becoming a whole world. A story in images. Bewitched, I drew more sprawling worlds. In seventh grade, I found poetry. Words fell into and out of me creating images from language. I called them wordscapes. …
We spend every day awash in natural rhythms. Inner rhythms like our heartbeat and breathing. Crossover inner/outer rhythms like our sleep/awake cycle influenced by the planetary rhythm of day/night, and ecosystem rhythms like ocean tides and seasons. Each of us feels the effects of these rhythms uniquely. Some may be comforting, some calming, and some …
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I was paging through books I love recently, open to inspiration but not really paying attention when I read the quote below. It snapped me into mindful presence like a cold wind to the face. “... in this participative universe, nothing living lives alone. Everything comes into form because of relationship. We are constantly called …
Almost one year ago I chose to step back and reevaluate who I wanted to be professionally. I dove into this process because - despite successfully supporting my clients through empowering changes in self-perception, and in how they lived their lives - the purpose of my business felt murky, and my identity as a practitioner felt …
So many people I talk to feel as if they have a hole in their heart where a sense of belonging is meant to be. I get how they feel. I know that hole-in-heart sensation. So many of us - high sensitives (HSP's), multipotentialites (Renaissance Souls), sensory outliers, evolutionary forerunners - know this feeling. When …
I have a confession. I've felt guilty for years because I haven't found "THE THING". The one thing that was the perfect way to serve and live my purpose and be all I could be. That one true purpose everyone tells you you're supposed to find. Between the culture I live in (I'm in the …
So, when " the unknown" spoke up during my meditation I was confused and a little startled. Really? I was even more surprised to learn that the unknown can be an ally. "Unknown" is a presence. A beingness. Yes! Not surprisingly, the "Unknown" is a presence of few words, but I'll describe the images and …
