This is Part 2 of a true coming-of-age love story — tender, cinematic, and unforgettable.

A first date at the movies.
Hands brushing in the dark.
Hope building quietly with every moment.

And then… the night everything shifted.

In this episode, I share the story of falling fast, loving deeply, sneaking out under summer skies, and the single moment that reshaped how I understood love, longing, and being chosen.

This is not a story about blame.
It’s a story about becoming.

For anyone who has ever stood close to love, felt its warmth, and wondered why it slipped just out of reach — this episode is for you.

🎧 Listen with headphones. Let the pauses land.

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Press play when you’re about to show up — even if your hands are shaking.

This is not a meditation.
This is a moment of courage.

Whether you’re walking into a job interview, confronting someone who’s crossed a line, or stepping into a room that feels intimidating, this episode is here to remind you who you are before fear gets the microphone.

You don’t need to be perfect.
You don’t need to have all the answers.
You need to remember your strength.

This is a hype talk for the moments that matter — the ones where bravery moves first and confidence follows.

🎧 Listen right before you go in.
Save it for when you need it.
Come back to it whenever you’re choosing yourself.

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Begin your day grounded, confident, and connected to yourself.

This morning meditation is designed to help you wake up gently while building inner strength, calm focus, and self-trust. Through intentional breathing, grounding imagery, and confidence-affirming guidance, this practice supports you in setting the tone for a steady, aligned day.

Listen in the morning, before work, or anytime you want to reconnect with your center and move forward with clarity and ease.

Allow this meditation to become part of your daily rhythm—a quiet reminder that you are capable, supported, and ready for what lies ahead.

🎧 Best enjoyed with headphones
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If this meditation supports your morning, follow the podcast for more grounding practices and daily reflections.

This guided meditation is an invitation to remember what has always been true: your worth is inherent, steady, and complete.

Through gentle breath, rhythmic language, and embodied affirmations, this practice supports the nervous system in settling into self-trust, openness, and ease. Designed to be spacious and unhurried, this meditation allows new patterns of self-respect, receiving, and belonging to take root—naturally and softly.

Listen when you want to feel grounded, supported, and reconnected to your inner knowing. Allow the words to move beyond thought and into the body, where true change begins.

Find a comfortable position, breathe deeply, and let this time be a return to yourself.

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Christmas is often remembered as a season of comfort and tradition.
But the first Christmas was anything but comforting.

It marked the beginning of a quiet revolution — a dismantling of the world as people understood it. An interruption of empire, hierarchy, certainty, and power as it had always been defined.

This episode explores the real meaning of Christmas as a moment of deconstruction — when love entered the world not to preserve systems, but to undo them. Not to reinforce certainty, but to invite transformation.

In this reflection, we explore:
• Why Christmas was a disruption, not reassurance
• How incarnation challenged power, control, and dominance
• Why deconstruction is not loss — but an invitation
• What it means to stand between what was and what is becoming

This episode is for anyone who feels the tension of this season — the sense that something old is falling away and something truer is trying to be born.

Christmas was never about keeping the world the same.

It was about everything changing.

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JourneyWithNicole.net

This guided meditation for self love and acceptance is a gentle invitation to release self-judgment, soften into compassion, and reconnect with yourself exactly as you are.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, critical of yourself, or disconnected from your own worth, this meditation will help you slow down, breathe, and remember that you are enough — without needing to change or fix anything.

In this episode, you’ll be guided to:
• Practice self compassion and forgiveness
• Let go of inner criticism and old stories
• Feel grounded, safe, and supported
• Reconnect with your inherent worth
• Cultivate acceptance in this present moment

This meditation is perfect for:
self love • emotional healing • anxiety relief • mindfulness • inner peace • personal growth • nervous system regulation

Find a comfortable space, press play, and allow yourself to simply be.

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Today was supposed to be a podcast and a video. I had it all planned — until the wave of emotion hit.

Brennan’s last Monday here with me stirred something deep. As I faced the reality of becoming an empty nester, I realized I didn’t want to perform. I wanted to feel.

So instead of pushing through, I chose presence. I chose to speak — but not to perform. To reflect — but not to hide.

In this episode, I talk about honoring your needs in real time, giving yourself permission to pause, and letting the plan shift when your heart needs care more than content.

If you’re in transition, this one’s for you. You’re not behind. You’re becoming.

I was just a girl.
He was just a boy stocking shelves at the grocery store.

But what started as a teenage crush turned into something much heavier —
the first heartbreak that would echo for years.

This isn’t just about J.
It’s about the ache that comes from loving someone who can’t love themselves.
About the pattern of trying to fix the broken, hoping it’ll make you whole.

It’s about what love feels like before you understand what love costs.

If you've ever fallen for potential…
If you've ever tried to carry someone through their darkness…
If you've ever lost yourself in someone else's pain…

This is your episode.

🔊 Press play. Your heart will be seen here.

— Journey With Nicole

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