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My hemp spices were featured in FORBES! Look Mom, I'm in FORBES MAGAZINE! Wow, it has been an inspiring few months. In October, my life and business partner Dane Kemp, decided to apply for a Pre-Seed Business Accelerator called The Founder's Institute. This is a 5-month program that helps you take an idea or start-up … Continue reading Becoming A Female Founder
When we are faced with pain, we immediately want to escape it. We have been taught to avoid pain. "Don't touch the fire" "Take this aspirin" "Take this painkiller" What if, instead, we faced the pain, looked at it dead in the eye, and said, "Why are you here?" Pain is the "Check Engine" light … Continue reading Why Do People Avoid Reflection?
We’re All Fucked Up And That’s Okay! [Also, What is Epigenetic Programming?] We're all fucked up and that's okay. We are all a product of nature and nurture: the combination of our genetic and epigenetic disposition, mixed with our upbringing and external world. Our bio-psycho-social atmosphere determines our personal reality, which becomes our personality. We … Continue reading We’re All Fucked Up And That’s Okay! [Also, What is Epigenetic Programming?]
My name is Nicole and I'm a full time personal trainer, nutrition consultant, and love life coach. Every single day, people ask me what I eat and what they should eat. Eating is a personal journey and this is why diets don't work. You must find the nutrients that work best for you, your body, … Continue reading What A Trainer & Nutrition Coach Eats
Caffeine Not only is it a performance enhancer, but it also accelerates the rate at which fat is broken down within the body, which will help you burn a higher percentage of calories from fat during exercise. If your body draws on fat stores rather than glucose while you're working out, your glucose levels remain … Continue reading The Scientifically Best Way To Use Caffeine for Fat Burning
12/9/2015 Believing is seeing. I am healing myself from an incurable, auto-immune, inflammatory disease. I am healing myself from brain trauma and edema. It will go back to normal soon. I am healing myself with herbal medicine. I am healing myself with food. I am healing myself from years of emotional passivity. I am healing … Continue reading Believing is Seeing – A Poem And Prayer
Somewhere in the middle of 2016, I wrote this journal entry. Don't pay attention to the grammar mistakes. This was written emotionally and with emphasis on capitals/lowercase/italic/bolds. I fell November 1st, 2014. Two years later, I'm still mentally torn and it shows below. Recovery is a long process. ____________________________________________________________________ I was the girl You wanted me … Continue reading Journals From Recovery “She’s Perfect”
8/7/2015 It's easier to fix the outside than it is to fix the inside. As a personal trainer I helped people fix their bodies into more fit, healthy, and fabulous objects. I set myself apart from the crowd by being compassionate, and really getting to the root of the weight or stress issue. After befriending … Continue reading A Journal Entry From My Injury Recovery
It was 1pm and I got home from my morning shift as a teacher that started at 430am. [I currently teach Chinese students how to speak English. Since they're 13 hours ahead of us, I work in the wee hours of the night. I've always liked to work in this quiet time.] I decided to … Continue reading Generation Startup (A Netflix Review)
Raw Cannabis for Post Concussion Syndrome It started with a fall that broke my left zygomatic arch (cheek bone). I was always insecure about my abilities to be a smart, witty person. But now that I had Post Concussion Syndrome, I was nobody. I was nothing. After reading about Dr. William Courtney’s studies and … Continue reading Raw Cannabis for Post Concussion Syndrome
