Nicole Cleveland and Breathe Again Magazine

Tag: inspiration for women

  • Breathe Again – Why the Butterfly & Healing from Grief

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     This past year has been one of the worst years of my life and one that I’ve learned the greatest lessons.

    Healing from Grief is an individual experience.

    There were times I didn’t want to get out of bed and times I just didn’t know who I was. I would look in the mirror and see myself, but didn’t feel like myself.

    I would encourage and minister to others and have to take those same words and encourage myself.

    So many tears…..so much pain this year.

    I grieved the loss of so many things – People,Places & Things.  Things I lost and things I never had. Someone said “you can’t miss what you never had.” But that’s a lie.

    Let me explain.

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  • Stop Existing & Start Living

    It’s not enough to just exist, you must learn to live & be happy.

    Stop existing and start living.

    A cheerful heart is good medicine,but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22

    ~ Motivational Speaker, Author & Coach, Nicole Cleveland

     

     

  • Overcoming Sexual Abuse

    As I sit here and reflect on my life, I’m in awe at what God is doing at this present moment.

    We can be healed in one area of our life and totally broken in another.

    A few months ago in prayer, the holy spirit  revealed that I needed to deal with the sexual abuse that occurred  in my life some 30 + years ago.

    My attitude was, “it happened, so what, get over it Nicole.”  And that’s  how I lived for years. I built a wall of protection to cover the little girl that was  hurting. She was hidden deep on the inside because no one protected her,  she had to protect herself.

    The little girl was never fully healed. She was protected but not healed. (more…)