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Nicole Henley - Soul Alchemist

Somatics 💫 Soulwork 💫 Ceremony
Guiding transformation through through nervous system work, sacred esoteric practice, ritual & plant wisdom

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12/18/2025

When everyone tries to tell me I'm hard to shop for.... but my friend literally got me a box of bones and dead things (which she had no idea what was inside of it because it was a blind box) and I am PUMPED.

It's really that easy. Dead stuff, bones, plants, books.... I'm a simple woman.

12/17/2025

Today I stepped out of my comfort zone and sat in the guest seat on a podcast.

I’ve done podcasts before. Talked about my work. Energy. Somatics. Spirituality. This one was different.

I shared a piece of my origin story… why I was adopted… and the harm that came before that moment... the trauma and the abuse... all which happened before I was even 2 years old. Parts of my life I’ve never spoken about publicly.

It pushed into territory that felt exposed, tender, and profoundly honest. And I’m deeply grateful I went there.

On the drive home, I reflected on this past year…how many times I've allowed myself to step out of my comfort zone... and there were many. So many moments that asked me to do the thing I wouldn't normally do. The tests, the lessons.... the crossroads where I had to choose stay or grow.

And every time… something opened.

I’m grateful to myself and for the opportunities that showed up, asking to me actively, consciously and intentionally choose growth.

So this is your reminder… Do the hard things. Step beyond the edges of your comfort zone.

You might surprise yourself. I always still do.

12/16/2025

This is the goal for 2026. No resolutions, no new year new me... Just full weird.

12/15/2025

A little

My guitar playing is mediocre at best.... and my guitar is old and buzzy.... but I love this song so much. I used to play it all the time and decided to revisit. We tend to associate songs with people or memories and so for me.... I revisit those songs when I'm deep in some feelings and want to process things. Sometimes just through listening, but when I really need to love those feelings... I play and sing them.

On a spiritual and somatic level, music bypasses the thinking mind and goes straight into the body. Sound vibrates through tissue, fascia, breath, and bone. When I sing, I’m not just expressing emotion… I’m moving it. Old grief, love, longing, and unspoken truths live in the body far longer than they live in the mind. Melody gives them somewhere to go.

Playing and singing creates a rhythmic container for feelings that don’t want to be analyzed. The breath lengthens. The nervous system softens. The voice becomes a bridge between what was held and what’s ready to be released. Sometimes the hands know what the heart hasn’t named yet. Sometimes the song carries what I can’t.

Music lets emotion metabolize instead of stagnate. It allows memory to move instead of calcify. And when I sing the same song I once sang in another season of my life, I’m not reopening a wound… I’m integrating it. Letting the body finish what it didn’t get to finish back then.

That’s why I play. That’s why I sing. Because a somatic experience isn't about being perfect... it's not about what it looks like. It's about how it feels. It's about being present.

12/14/2025

This week’s energy forecast is live.

I spent a lot of time sitting with this one because it lands right in the middle of the holidays, the solstice, and that familiar pressure to do more, give more, spend more, stretch further than we actually can.

The Four of Pentacles showed up, and honestly… it makes sense. This week isn’t about closing your heart. It’s about noticing where you’re holding yourself steady, where you’re protecting what matters, and where generosity has quietly turned into obligation.

The solstice marks the longest night of the year. Historically, this was a time to pause, tend the hearth, and let the dark be instructive. Not a time for urgency. Not a time for overextension.

If you’ve been feeling the pull to slow down, to simplify, to choose sustainability over performance, you’re not imagining it.

I wrote about all of this in this week’s forecast… the astrology, the tarot, the solstice, and how to move through this season without abandoning yourself in the process.

It’s up now.

And if this work has been supporting you, there’s also a way to support it back while I continue building Substack in a way that feels right for me.

Thank you for being here.

12/11/2025

I could smooth my edges, shrink my truth, mimic the movement everybody else is making.
It would probably take me further… faster. But every time I've tried.... something in me refuses. My body knows better. My spirit knows better.

So here’s the reminder… for me, for you, for anyone who needs it... It’s your life. Your art.
Your voice. Your becoming.

And you can do whatever the f**k you want… as long as it’s you.

12/10/2025

Another vulnerable share because it you don't knkw by now... that's what I do.

It's Christmas time and as a parent, that just within itself stresses me out. And this year, it has brought up a level of honesty I can’t bypass.

The truth is... my business is struggling.
More than it ever has.

People praise my work constantly. They tell me I’m inspiring. They tell me their sessions with me gave them something their therapists never could, and many have actually left their therapists for me because our work provides lasting tangible results and tools that help them move forward. My tarot readings are revered. My clients get real results that last. I know I’m good at what I do. I know the work is potent.

And still... it has never been this slow.

The landscape has shifted. People aren’t spending on wellness and spirituality in the same way. Out of pocket services feel heavier in this economy, and because I’m not a traditional therapist, insurance can’t bridge that gap. Even my long term clients are holding their finances differently.

I have new followers. So much support. So much love. But new clients... very few.
Every promo I’ve put out lands softly or not at all. And it has left me in a strange place of being deeply valued, but not fully booked.

To be clear, we are okay. I can support my kids. I can pay our bills. I can take care of their needs and activities. But there isn’t extra. There isn’t overflow. We don't take vacations and Christmas will be tight. There’s just enough, and I’m grateful for that... but I would be lying if I said it wasn’t heavy at times.... but living in a fear space does nothing good for anyone.

So I’m naming this season honestly.

And here is the part I want to bring forward...

This is not a post written from fear. This is recalibration. This is me widening the ways I allow myself to be supported.

I’m beginning to consider looking for freelance content writing work. Blog writing. Social media copy. Ghostwriting. Wellness and spirituality focused writing. Writing has always been one of the truest extensions of my voice and my work, and I’m wondering if I can actually let it stand as its own offering.

I’m not giving up on my business. Not even close. I love the work I do too much. But I need more. My children and I deserve more. To be supported in more than one way. To honor the season I’m in without shame.

If you feel called to share my work, book a session, collaborate, or connect about writing opportunities, I welcome it. If you have opinions on whether it's a good idea.... I welcome them. It you have leads or advice or know people looking for writers.... I welcome it.

And if you’re also navigating a strange in-between season... where everything still feels aligned but nothing is landing quite how it used to... you are not alone.

We adapt.
We stay honest.
We keep going.

12/09/2025

First picture is today... second one was in September. Twenty pounds and four months apart.

This past summer I shrank without meaning to… 20lbs down in a VERY short period of time without even realizing it. But I didn’t just lose weight… I lost muscle, strength, steadiness. Stress stripped me down and I kept pushing until friends pulled me aside in August and stepping on a scale was the first time I really saw how far I’d slipped. I’d never been underweight in my life… and THAT was a new kind of wake-up call.

So I did something I’ve never done... I chose myself. It took four months of actually caring for myself… eating consistently… slowing down… and letting my body rebuild.

I’m sharing this because I need people to remember that I’m human, too. That even as a practitioner… even as someone who holds space for others every day… I still have my own edges, my own unraveling, my own places I have to come back from.

And through all of it, I never lost the ability to care for my family, my friends, or my clients… I just stopped caring for myself. That’s the part that woke me up the most.

It’s vulnerable to show this side, especially in my line of work. But if I ask the people I serve to meet themselves with truth and tenderness… then I have to be willing to do the same.

So this is how I’m closing out the year… by continuing to come back to myself piece by piece. By continuing to choose nourishment. By continuing to build strength. By reminding myself that caring for everyone else means nothing if I abandon the body I live in.

And what I’m moving into is a different kind of devotion… one that doesn’t require me to vanish to be valuable. I’m moving into a year where my body is not the cost of my compassion. Where I don’t wait for breaking points to listen.
Where rest is a requirement.

I’m moving into nourishment as a practice. Into strength that’s earned slow. Into boundaries that don’t apologize for existing. Into letting the people who love me show up without me shrinking to make space for them. Into a version of myself who doesn’t just survive stress… she refuses to sacrifice herself to it. A woman held… witnessed… and choosing herself... fully.

12/08/2025

This week is bringing a particular kind of clarity. That quiet pressure that makes you pay attention to what is actually aligned and what isn’t.

With astrology moving through the 29 degree points, and Justice as our card, I’m really noticing where life is asking for simple honesty. Not big declarations. Not heavy breakthroughs. Just… truth. The kind that shows up in small choices and how they feel in my body.

I can feel where I lean toward old patterns without even thinking.... but I can also feel how quickly things shift when I pause, breathe, and choose what’s actually right for me now.

That’s the energy of this week. A recalibration toward what feels clean, fair, and aligned.

If you’re feeling that too, you’re not alone.
Justice is subtle like that. It moves slowly, but it always lands true.

Full forecast is up on Substack if you want to dive deeper.

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