Nicole has come along way, she thought why does she need to pick one passion, why not have two, or three. For years it has always been a passion of hers to create music as well as natural healing. A lot of people go through their life never really doing or knowing what they truly love. It has taken Nicole through a narrow path in life of lack of self confidence and being ashamed to admit it. Through a lot of soul searching it had became clear that this is where she was meant to be.
Born and raised in Halifax, Nicole, was always a bit of a homebody, never really having a huge desire to leave the area, not much of a traveler- or not really one to take risks, she took a huge one after high School when finding out she was pregnant with a little boy.” I was told quite a bit of how much talent I had, but without lot of self awareness, resources or knowledge, my skills where all pushed to the side.
The goal at this point was to work for a couple years and support my child, 2 years turned into 5 years, 5 years turned into 10 and than 10 years turned into 15. Going through a lot of struggles, and not having a lot of supportive people in your life for someone who already lacked self confidence doesn’t blend well. You can say that rock bottom was hit, being the lowest she has ever felt before, even though things were looking up, something still didn’t feel right.
“After being diagnosed with depression, I felt like no matter how much support I had from my friends and family didn’t help. I had to take time off work because I couldn’t function, all the things I used to enjoy or the things I used to do before needed to change after I moved to my own place again after 10 years. I needed to develop new skills , take time for me and figure out who I was.
I decided to get help, I went to therapy, counselling, I even went on medication. I felt awful on the meds, I went to get acupuncture for the first time and I was wonderful, I took some herbs and I went back several times, It gave me hope and energy to keep going.
