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We all need a break from the hard and the cold. Come sit with me at my kitchen table for something nourishing and warm. Join me for short reflections and gentle practices to ease the burden of carrying what is too heavy to carry alone.
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May We Be Free. Free. Free. (opens the original)
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Dear Companion,If you signed-up for a subscription to my Substack, you will notice that billing has ended. I am no longer collecting money for my Substack posts. While I appreciate the support for my work, I’ve decided not to collect money on this platform. Please enjoy these writings. I hope and pray that they will help you fly free of the inherited cage. SO grateful to be waking up alone, together.NicoleThanks for reading Waking Up Alone ! Subscribe for free to receive n
The Middle Path Holds What is Painful (opens the original)
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Dear Companion,Over the past few days I have been practicing outside of my window of tolerance. The window of tolerance is a term therapists use to describe optimal arousal in the body. Ideally, we want to stay within a window of regulation rather than in a state of nervous system overload, commonly referred to as fight, flight, or freeze. But what do we do when all of our efforts, (i.e. humming, breathing, meditating, walking, praying, singing, talking to a supportive other, working with our pa
Am I a Good Mother? (opens the original)
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Dear Companion,About a month ago I read a post by a mother who was dropping her child off at rehab as other women like me were dropping our children off at college. Her despair mirrored a despair I have felt many times. The moments our children suffer, mothers face not only the terrible anguish of loving a child in pain, which in my experience is more painful than any other experience I’ve had, but we also experience the burden of an inherited oppressive narrative. Every mother knows it: The Rig
When Our Teachers Need Us to Stay Small (opens the original)
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Dear Companion,I recently had the privilege of speakingwith Ilona Ciunaite, a guide, an author, and the co-creator of the Liberation Unleashed community. She is the host of Awakening Now, a podcast that, “invites you to slow down, inquire, and notice awareness itself.” Ilona asks, “What happens when the person who taught you the most about awakening is also the one who needed you to stay small?” In this conversation we discuss awakening from our misconceptions, staying in r
9/11 (opens the original)
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Dear Companion,I am a complex trauma survivor. I am a psychologist. I have learned the art of healing trauma from the inside out. In my experience, to work with trauma we must practice the art of Love, a resting into a softness, a gentleness, a power that moves and flows like water across rocks. Like water, Love has tremendous power. It creates change without striving toward it. Change is a natural consequence. Like water changing rocks, Love shifts pain’s shape. I recently watched a documentary
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