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Legit Or Not Legit? That is the Question: FAQs of a Life Coach
In the midst of life’s transitions, I want to be someone who is in your corner. MAY 21, 2020NICOLE CLIFTON Hey all! As I’m almost 5 months into this whole life coach gig with Restoration Counseling, I’m realizing that lots of people have some questions about what a...
This Is Me: 12 True Statements About This 30-Year-Old
I’m a wounded healer, a hope carrier, a love warrior…I’m the best kind of dangerous. MAY 20, 2020 NICOLE CLIFTON Hey all, it’s been awhile. Listen 2020 has been a ridiculous year so far, on so many levels. I’ve needed to go quiet again to deal with some of what’s in...
Restoration Counseling is here for you, and so am I!
In the midst of these chaotic times, it is easy to feel alone and isolated. I wanted to offer you a resource for people as they are coping with the abrupt changes of this unprecedented time. I am a life coach with Restoration Counseling, and I am hosting free webinars...
Principal’s Corner – February 13, 2020
Principal’s Corner – February 13, 2020 February 12, 2020 | Family Engagement Newsletter, Uncategorized With presentation week quickly approaching, you may have a student who questions the value and relevance of the third quarter presentation beyond the high school...
Where we’ve been hurt the most or experienced the most pain is where it’s hardest for us to take risks
I was in a meeting earlier this month and we were talking about how we are often our own worst enemies. That is certainly true for me. I am harder on myself than most people in my life probably are on me, and I’m certainly harder on myself than I am on most people I...
LGBTQ+ people have been hurt a LOT by Christians
LGBTQ+ people have been hurt a LOT by Christians. A lot. If we can’t acknowledge that without trying to justify it, we will never re-build the burnt bridges between Christians and LGBTQ+ people. I was recently in Austin, Texas attending a conference and visiting some...
Celebrating My Summer Body
I want to be able to celebrate my summer body, which is the body that I happen to have right now, no modifications. (Spoiler alert: It’s your right-now body.) Friends, there are so many good things about summer: vacations, spending time with family, ice cream. For...
It’s Time to Name It
This obscure and relatively rare thing has shaped and molded so much of my the last 8 years. My most intense pain, my deepest loneliness, my deepest grief, and my sharpest shame have all been wrapped up in this. Well, this is probably the most vulnerable thing I’ve...
Claiming My Tumultuous 20s
There are so many things that are a part of life, part of having a human body, part of my story that I could spend the decades to come fighting against it and becoming consumed with resentment, or I can learn to be gentle with myself. So I can give my strength and...
Legacy, Lament, & Learning: Honoring Dr. King
The Christian church wasn’t infallible to grave injustice back then, and it certainly isn’t now. We cannot whitewash Dr. King’s legacy. We as Christians cannot quote him today and then turn our backs & plug our ears against injustice against people of...