Feb 8, 2022Finding JoyI’m finding that joy is a bit difficult for me to hold down, so I asked for help in locating her. Cause she is harder to locate than finding fuckin Nemo at this point…. I opened my eyes and found myself looking at a vast ocean. Waves gently lapping as…Joy7 min readJoy7 min read
Sep 14, 2021What Music Taught Me About Eating My Teeth: Working With Anger Part 2When you eat your teeth, you end up tearing your own insides up. See how music is helping me work with my anger in very healing ways. The song changed in my headphone as I was heading back home from a long walk. She’s praying to a God that…Anger7 min readAnger7 min read
Jun 15, 2021You Are More Than Your Degrees: A Love Letter To My Former StudentsAs I end the semester and a chapter in my life, I write this letter to the students I have worked with over the years. You all have blessed me in ways words cannot fully capture. I try my best below. To My Former Students, First — how ya’ll doin?! …Love Letters5 min readLove Letters5 min read
Apr 16, 2021The Healing Spirit of AngerPart of my academic recovery is learning how to feel and work with my emotions. Anger, I am finding, is becoming one of my best teachers… “You cannot go to bed angry or wake up someone while you are angry, as you can kill them. …Academic Recovery8 min readAcademic Recovery8 min read
Nov 19, 2020Finding Peace in a World of BusynessMake your own commitment to the life you want, but be prepared to let go of the hold that busyness has on that life. Peace : freedom from disturbance I like living in or near the countryside. The long dirt roads, vast open fields, wild grass blowing in the breeze…Higher Education5 min readHigher Education5 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Oct 6, 2020Facing Reality in Times of DelusionMaturity comes through facing the illusions of the past and present. When I faced my own reality, I discovered that I was running from a surprising truth. Whispers “What do you really want?” The question popped into my head one day on a walk; it took form in that slight…Academia6 min readAcademia6 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Sep 2, 2020Member-onlyGrieving to HealA crucial step in my own academic recovery was learning how to grieve as a way to heal. To do this, I started using a personal altar to safely dig deep into my pain and come out the other side. Find out how you can, too. Are you sure, sweetheart…Grief9 min readGrief9 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Aug 11, 2020Surrender and AbundanceJust when I thought I had fully surrendered to Spirit, I quickly realized I had even more to release. You will encounter the same. If we really understood just how much abundance there is in life, surrender and acceptance would become loving acts that allow us to grow. On Surrender…and…Abundance6 min readAbundance6 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Jul 28, 2020Member-onlyPrayer As RecoveryPrayer brought me back to my soul. Discover how prayer can help you with a 30 day challenge below. — I thought I could pray with the best of them… I grew up Catholic on the far Southside of Chicago, and attended Catholic School from Grades 1–12. No one was more about the cross than Young Nicole: from weekly mass every Tuesday, to weekends spent at Church functions, to taking…Prayer6 min readPrayer6 min read
Jul 15, 2020My Awakening#BlackInTheIvory Last month on Twitter there was a (still) trending hashtag called #BlackInTheIvory that is giving the space to tell our stories of what it means to be Black in the academy. For me, it is bittersweet as this is not the first, nor will it be the last time…Academic Recovery4 min readAcademic Recovery4 min read
