Nicole

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I am still defining and redefining who I am on the outside and inside. I never really considered it but suppose it is a lifelong process. If you aren’t changing and upgrading then you are stagnant and degrading. That doesn’t necessarily apply to little breaks you take along the way to catch your breath of …

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Home

This week I read a blog post by Jenny Schiltz called It’s Time to Come Home. I had no idea that it would evoke a healing response for me when I did, or even a new understanding of what home means for me. For reference, I have been seeking home most of my life, even …

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The Tummy Tuck – 2 Weeks In

I promised that I would come back and tell you about my Tummy Tuck and Lipo, so here I am. I’m one day shy of 2 weeks in today. I guess everyone is different, but the lipo was a walk in the park compared to the tummy tuck in terms of healing and pain. I …

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Can you be spiritual and have cosmetic surgery? Yes you can!

I started writing this and have started over. It’s such an involved topic. I could really write separate articles talking about self worth, body image, “new age” ideas of what is spiritual…the list really goes on and on. But my real intent is to take you on my Tummy Tuck & Lipo journey, so let’s …

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Healing the Mother

I’ve written about “The Mother” before and it has been one of my core issues this entire lifetime. My relationship with my mother touched every other relationship I have had, as well as influenced my triggers and patterns. Some girls have daddy issues – not me. Mine are all mother issues. And I’ve tried to …

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Coming Home

Take your pick. “Elizabeth, I’m coming to join you honey!” or “Mama I’m coming home.” Even with spiritual topics I have a barrage of pop culture references flowing through my mind. It connects me to this world and to that world so that I can bridge the two. We are meant to be both you …

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Thoughts about Loss and the Holidays

In the fall of the year leading to winter, it is natural to contemplate death and loss. In ancient traditions the sun was waning and they did not yet have the promise of spring showing in the sky. I started getting OneDrive reminders about pictures “on this day” awhile ago. It was unexpected but I …

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Back to “Not Bursting”

Well, sort of anyway. I’ve been quiet again. I can’t seem to motivate myself to speak up or speak out unless I’m really wound up, and then the communication doesn’t come out as planned. But I am self-sabotaging again by not speaking, so here goes. By self-sabotaging, stress has caused me this time to gain …

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Literally Bursting

Well, maybe not literally, but it feels that way. This time I haven’t had a hard time expressing, but have been holding it in. I have never been known to back down from a sensitive topic or even an argument for that matter, but I’ve changed. Since I’ve been #missingerin, I have not only changed …

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Time Marches On – My Grief Story 7 Years Later

As I contemplated writing this and really why I needed to “put it down on paper,” I realized that I am probably in the mindset of a person coming down from a high on drugs, thinking I can do fine without another “dose” but not at the stage where I am crashing yet. That is …

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