Nicole Green

07/12/2023

It is well, it is well with my soul

18/08/2023

01/07/2023

Yesterday we hiked an old mining road. We were reflecting on how life would have been when this mine was in use, which led to a conversation about “the good old days”.

It’s easy to remember days past as being better in some ways. To demonize modern life with its abundance of distractions. But the thought came to me that 40 years ago I didn’t have the option of being distracted by a phone. My reality then was limited by what was available to me.

Yet now so much is available to me INCLUDING what was available to me then. I can still find wonder in a walk in the woods. I can enjoy the company of friends. I can still be totally present with the people I am with. I can cook food from scratch and crochet and read books.

Modernization didn’t change my ability to live a slow and present life.

The years that I chose to give my attention to things that did not feed my soul were just a chapter in the book of my life and thankfully I woke up and decided to choose differently. It’s made all the difference.

Now I know that THESE are the “good days”. Every day that I wake up and tune in to gratitude is an incredibly good day.

Nostalgia is a fun feeling but nothing beats the power of presence and the connection to God, myself, and the people I am blessed to spend this life with in the HERE and NOW!

15/06/2023

He bought me this hammock for Mother’s Day.

I hung it for Father’s Day 😂😂😂

13/06/2023

I developed some negative thoughts about myself as a result of circumstances that I couldn’t really control over the last few years.

These have especially affected my relationship with Mike. What we believe to be true we will manifest.

A few were that I’m needy, exhausting, a lot, dramatic, moody. All just stories in my head that I fed and they became my reality and part of my identity.

I’ve been working on redefining my identity and being really intentional about believing the things that are in service to me being the very best version of myself and showing up well in all of my relationships so I traded them in…

Needy/ Capable (especially of asking for what I want and need)
Exhausting/ Energizing
A lot/ No change, I love being a lot so I just shift perspective, the people that need me to be less can find less elsewhere
Dramatic/ Expressive
Moody/ Embodied

We choose how we show up in the world and we do so either consciously or unconsciously. I’ve DECIDED to let go of all the negative beliefs about myself and when the self-judger in me rears her head I will love her but I will no longer believe her.

31/05/2023

When Corbin was 8 we were sitting on the porch and he asked me the same question he would ask so many times through the summer, “what are we gonna do today?”.

I said “let’s let the day come to us”

That became a mantra

It’s taken me this long to truly live it

14/05/2023

Mama is my favorite name❤️

28/04/2023

puppies, long walks, morning light…. A few of my favorite things

06/02/2023

My days lately are really simple. I work a day or two a week max. I read, meditate, journal, walk, crochet, am trying to learn watercolor painting, and drink more than my share of coffee with my friends and kids.

My goal is to live slowly with presence and intention.

And occasionally I put on a wig and crazy clothes and dance the night away with the most amazing man I’ve ever met who I get to call my husband.❤️🥰

I love all of this and am so thankful for my simple, slow, adventurous, wild, beautiful life.

All of it belongs.