From my clients

Sacred medicine journeys

Nicole came into my life a year I went deeply inward. I made huge shifts in my life and the universe knew I needed someone like Nicole to hold and support me.  She held me in one of her sacred healing ceremonies, in becoming a Cacao Practitioner, and moments in-between on my journey of being called to sacred plant medicine— Mama Cacao is my new love romance—and stepping into my own expression of embodiment of life force energy.
Nicole is like a human form of Mama Cacao, making me feel sacred, loved and held in her presence, tuning into the support I need to ground and elevate, and sharing her wisdom and light— all while meeting me exactly where I am in the moment.
I am so very grateful for you Nicole and your seeds, your wisdom, your light, your energy, your gifts. There is only one Nicole, and so grateful I tuned into your unique energetic signature and said Yes!
–Sarah Raposa, VA

Teaching and space holding

I have truly enjoyed being in your class. The container you create is quite masterful, all-inclusive, and so nourishing. I felt very held by you and the energy in the class, which is such a huge gift to me. I deeply respect and appreciate your skillfulness and integrity.  –Sabrina Peterson, Intuitive Sabrina, Santa Clarita, CA

Coaching and mentoring

I feel so grateful to receive guidance and coaching from Nicole. I recently moved to the Bay Area from Brazil and meeting her has been key to my settling to this new chapter of my life.
She introduced me to the life-changing Cacao medicine and with her guidance I am opening up my heart in ways that are profoundly nurturing and empowering. 
Nicole has so much wisdom that she shares in the most loving and present way. Through her coaching and healing I feel more aligned to the desires of my soul and deeply connect to the wisdom and love that Source is always sharing with us. This is all translating in the way I manage my business and my personal relationships. 
I couldn’t recommend her enough! –– Marina Nabão, Holistic Sexuality Coach, Marin CA
Finding Nicole as a mentor, guide, coach, and friend has been a divine blessing. Her ability to hold space for healing and her level of deep awareness set the foundations for profound inner transformation.
She is gentle and nurturing, yet strong and powerful, just like the cacao spirit. The work she has done within herself shines through in her authentic embodiment of the wisdom of cacao medicine.
Coaching sessions facilitated by Mama Cacao coming through Nicole have encouraged me to tune in more deeply to my own body/inner knowing each day, overcome co-dependency issues while embracing the power of sovereignty, communicate my own needs more clearly, stand in my own power/light, not be so hard on myself, and release fears that were keeping me from taking steps forward.
I am no longer afraid to feel the pain and heartbreak as this is the space where the magic of “heart-opening” also happens. She asks questions that really make you tune in and go within to dig deeper, while making you feel safely held every step of the way.
Working with Nicole is a grounding, supportive, empowering, and spiritually healing experience. –-Courtney, Maui, HI

A grounded, insightful, and intuitive spiritual leader and personal coach, Nicole has a natural gift for encouraging others to open up and recognize their soul’s path. Her very presence is liberating — a rare individual who truly listens, intuits, and illuminates the possibilities within you. Nicole’s unique combination of personal experience, spiritual practice, and coaching expertise can bring solutions that are both practical and “real-world”, while also drawing upon ancient spiritual wisdom that is supportive of the deeper, inner journey we are all on.

What I appreciate most about Nicole is that she “gets it” — as a former corporate executive, small business owner, and now spiritual guide, she has a valuable perspective on how to take the deep inward experiences from retreat and re-integrate them into an often demanding daily life, cultivating the environment that is necessary to truly following your soul’s path.– Kelly Elizabeth Behrend, NYC

Nicole has a sacred blend of shamanic healing and grounded, practical wisdom. She’s a spiritual guide who’s incredibly gifted at helping those who are struggling to find their path and get started with their inner work.

Her gentle yet strong presence can guide you to develop a rich inner life for yourself. She does this by holding sacred space, teaching wisdom practices, cacao medicine and helping to connect with spirit animals and guides.

I’m so grateful to have found Nicole to help guide and open me up to new ways of developing my creative and inner life. – Jen Baxter, San Francisco, CA

Cacao Medicine Journeys

That was the most beautiful, powerful, remembrance journey that Mama Cacao (channeled through you, Nicole!) has led me on. Keith’s ceremonies are incredible, this we know… others have been deeply impactful & inspiring.. but this was different–full embodiment of a past life. It awoke and brought to light a passion + memory sensation deeply woven in my soul. –Cassidy Bowker, Rising Lotus Yoga, Newhall CA

It was tremendously healing to work with Nicole during my latest retreat. I haven’t let another healer bring their magic into my retreats until I met her. As a cacao medicine and shamanic practitioner, Nicole is a powerful addition to any event or retreat because she can manage a variety of experiences and is intuitive in her ability to determine the needs of a group.  She brings a depth of experience and deep work.  I highly recommend bringing her in to your body of work….it is a powerful gift to your participants. – Lisa Pepper-Satkin, Executive Therapeutic Coach, Novato, CA

Nicole has a special gift of holding space for people. She has a calm energy and inner wisdom that helps people get in touch with deeper parts of themselves. She led both a drum journey and cacao ceremony in a safe and loving environment. Her attention to beauty and details created an experience that was beautiful in every way. She is committed to helping others find their inner glow and inner truth. I highly recommend taking a journey with Nicole to find or strengthen your inner light! – Laura Reoch, San Rafael, CA

Cacao’s gentle and fierce medicine allowed blockages I had to be cleared and the infusion of light to come in.  She showed me visions, animal helpers and clarity.  It was in the presence of cacao and Nicole’s gentle, clear compassionate being that my heart and body found ease and strength.

Each part of ceremony has its place and purpose.  From the room, lighting, warmth, altar, words that are shared and the people that participate.  From the beginning to the end of ceremony Nicole brings her soul’s gifts.  I have felt wrapped in her kindness and touched by her knowledge.

My life has been enhanced and divinely clarified by cacao and Nicole’s presence in it.  It is one thing to offer medicine and ceremony to people and it is another thing to have the medicine work through you in ceremony as Nicole does each time I have been with her.  – Alysha, Mendocino County

Retreats

Traveling with Nicole to Guatemala was one of the best weeks of my life. I went on the retreat with intentions that were met and came home with a better understanding of myself and my journey in life. Nicole is a true healer; her groundedness and spiritual energy creates a safe space to release, open up, and heal. These ceremonies combined with cacao creates a magical and transformative experience. – Morgan Slauson, Mill Valley CA

Nicole’s cacao retreat in Guatemala was so much more than a retreat and so much more than cacao. I have been to retreats that have been great in getting me to disconnect and relax and come back home relaxed. This retreat did all that and gave me tools that I began to use during the retreat and still use today. The beauty of the numerous ceremonies during the retreat (which varied between cacao, drums, fire, sweat and being in nature) are designed to get you out of head space and into your heart and soul so that you can integrate these experiences into your entire being in a way that is so profound….

The group sharing was especially important for me to express myself. As a man, there aren’t many opportunities to share this way and it is so very healing. I definitely would like to see more men participate in future retreats. – Christian Steiner, NYC