Rewire
outdated
patterns.
Remember
the gifts of
being human.
There is so much available in the experience of being human.
Curiosity. Creativity. Connection. Expression. Beauty. Grief. Anger. Courage. Play. Aliveness.
And there are the patterns shaped by our history, conditioning, trauma, and the ways we learned to survive that can limit what we’re able to experience.
My work is an invitation to explore all of it.
To get curious about the many layers at play, rewire the outdated patterns that keep us living within what’s familiar, and discover what’s truly possible through this human experience.
THERE'S OFTEN MORE THAN ONE REALITY AT PLAY.
You can know you’re safe and still feel your body brace.
You can want to speak and find yourself going quiet.
You can deeply love someone and also experience rage.
You can want to be seen and feel yourself wanting to disappear the moment someone really sees you.
You can be excited about an opportunity and terrified of what might happen if you actually take it.
None of these experiences have to cancel out the others.
We are layered beings, experiencing our present-day reality and our histories at the same time.
Our physiology. Our emotions. Our beliefs. Our protective patterns. Our impulses. Our conditioning. Our wisdom.
Different parts of our experience can know different things at the same time.
Rather than deciding which one is right, which one is more evolved, or which one needs to change, we can become curious about all of them.
And from that curiosity, we can begin to discover what’s still stuck in survival and what might be ready to transform.
KNOWING IS PART OF THE EXPERIENCE. NOT THE WHOLE OF IT.
You may already know a lot about yourself.
You’ve reflected on your history. You recognize your patterns. You may understand your attachment style, have done parts work, know about your trauma, understand the nervous system, and have a list of somatic practices you use to support yourself.
That knowledge matters.
And there is another kind of knowing that becomes available when we slow things down enough to experience what’s actually happening at a physiological level.
What happens in your body when you:
- move toward the thing you want?
- say no?
- take up space?
- disappoint someone?
- feel angry, joyful, powerful, uncertain, or visible?
And what if some of your patterns are organized around an anticipated consequence?
If I speak up, they might not agree with me and I won’t belong anymore.
If I say no, I’ll be punished.
If I take the lead and make a mistake, I’ll be outcast.
These aren’t simply beliefs you need to think your way out of. They are patterns that were wired through past experiences and the ways you learned to survive.
This is where we get curious.
"I moved from feeling disconnected and longing, to feeling deeply alive, self-trusting, and aligned with my inner truth."
Emma, USA
"I had so many ah ha moments and found a deeper connection to myself that cannot be found through conventional talk therapy."
Leanne, Canada
A DIFFERENT WAY OF EXPLORING
I’ve spent more than fifteen years exploring how our experiences shape us and how change actually happens.
What has emerged is an experiential way of exploring ourselves, the patterns we carry, the many layers that shape our experience, and the intelligence already within us.
This exploration is held within The Five Gateways to Rewiring and Remembering.
The Five Gateways are a practice. They aren’t steps to follow or another system to master, but places we can return to again and again as we explore what it means to meet ourselves more fully.
They’re places we can return to again and again as we explore what it means to meet ourselves more fully.Â
• Noticing what you’re experiencing
Deepen your awareness and understanding of yourself by noticing, getting curious, and supporting what’s happening experientially. Let this guide you.
• Exploring the layers at play
Become clearer on what’s influencing your experience by discovering and untangling why your patterns exist and how they unfold. This is where old patterning begins to rewire, and new possibilities emerge.
• Acknowledging agenda-based patterns
Notice and acknowledge the agendas that shape how you meet your experience. From trying to fix, change, control, or get rid of what’s happening, to the frustration, exhaustion, curiosity, or even compassion that can carry an agenda for something to change. Discover how these patterns can keep you in conflict with yourself.
• Becoming the empathic witness
Meet the layers at play with empathy and grace, while remembering the wholeness that is already here. Support what’s fragmented and stuck to transform in a more intuitive way. Remember your gifts and your essence.
• Transforming what’s incomplete
Support what’s incomplete by reorganizing stuck survival energy. Rewire the way your nervous system has been programmed, and experience more capacity for all that life brings.
As we practice becoming our own empathic witness, we create more capacity to hold the many realities that can exist within us without making any of them wrong.
From here, what was once incomplete has the opportunity to complete. Stuck survival energy can reorganize. The anticipated consequences that have shaped what feels possible begin to change.
And more becomes available!
More freedom to express yourself and take up space, even if it involves making mistakes.
More capacity to experience connection, creativity, grief, anger, joy, uncertainty, and everything else that comes with being human.
And more trust in your ability to meet whatever you discover along the way!
Learn more about The Five Gateways!HI,
I'M NICOLE.
I’m an educator, guide, somatic practitioner, and someone who remains endlessly curious about the human experience.
I’m fascinated by the patterns we find ourselves in, the many layers that shape our experience, and what becomes possible when we explore them experientially.
My work has been shaped by Somatic Experiencing®, the Feldenkrais Method®, Somatic Practice with Kathy Kain, IFS-informed work, and years of spiritual practice, training, and personal exploration. I’ve also been working with clients in group and 1:1 settings for over 15 years, and I’m grateful for how much I’ve learned through our explorations together.
And the longer I do this work, the less interested I am in reducing the complexity of being human to any single framework!
I continue to explore what helps us rewire what’s outdated, remember the gifts that exist within us, and experience more of what it means to be human.
That’s what keeps me curious and excited about this work!
Learn more about me!Let's explore together!
An 8 week journey filled with teachings, experiential practices, and community engagement.
Worldwide, in-person retreats and gatherings exploring the 5 Gateways in real-life experience.Â
“I moved from survival mode to feeling more connected, clear, and able to pause and notice what I need.”
Amy, USA
“I’ve come to fully believe I was never broken, but always whole.”
Katie, USA
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