Women of Willow, where becoming is honored, not rushed.

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I’m a mom of three, including a son with autism. My story carries addiction, trauma, and foster care. I’ve held others for so long, and I’m learning how to be held too… even if I don’t quite know how yet.

Being a women who identified in recovery it was difficult to find a place where I was loved and COMFORTABLE. The women of Willow Circle will wrap their arms around you in a beautiful way and setting

  My name is Nichole. My journey hasn’t always been easy I’ve experienced childhood trauma that still shows up in my life in different ways. I’ve also faced judgment, both as a mother and as a person, and I know how heavy that can feel.

But through all of that, I’ve been learning, growing, and stepping into the woman I want to be. That’s why Willow Circle means so much to me. I want to be part of a space where women feel safe, supported, and not alone where we can grow without fear of judgment and just be real with each other.

  I am spirit lead and a firm believer in Christ. I have been bound by the world in many different ways and God has been my only source of strength and delivered me from the things that held be bound. I interceded for those He’s called me to and I have the gift of seeing others through His eyes and not the eyes of man it comes at a price but so does our salvation. I love like He loves! I am a mother and He’s called me to be a mother to many. I look forward to using my past failures, pain, trauma and suffering to help others and turn it into testimonies of the God that I serve and know.  

 Rooted beyond this world, still part of this circle. 

 You can be seen without being known 

 For much of my life, I lived through trauma, isolation, and the painful feeling of not knowing who I was beneath everything I had survived. When I entered recovery and the numbing stopped, everything broke open. I was no longer only trying to survive. I had to learn how to feel, how to live, and how to begin rebuilding my life from the pieces.

I found support through the people, programs, and recovery resources within our community. Those connections helped me put my life back together, but even as I grew, I could feel that something was still missing. I longed for a place where people could arrive exactly as they were, without judgment, expectations, or the pressure to have everything figured out. I wanted a place where no one had to earn their right to belong.

Willow Circle grew from that longing and the realization that I was most vulnerable to relapse when I was alone.

I created Willow Circle as a place of connection, creativity, healing, and belonging. It is rooted in the belief that every person deserves to be seen, heard, and welcomed. Willow Circle’s women centered spaces welcome all women and those who identify as women, across different backgrounds, experiences, identities, and stages of recovery.

I am still learning what it means to come home to myself. Through Willow Circle, I hope to create room for others to do the same, gently, imperfectly, and together.

"Life is hard, you can overcome this Never Give Up Never Give In."  

Life always gets harder; you have to push through and keep on Living! 

Like many in recovery, I too

suffered trauma as the only

child of a poor, single, alcoholic

parent.

I Started drinking alcohol at

13. Almost died from pancreatitis

at 30. That was my wakeup

call from the great spirit.

Seventeen years later I

am still sober.

As a family caregiver of 18

years I have not had much

time to focus on myself.

As a women of the Willow Circle

community I strive to share my

Experience, Strength, and Hope with others as I'm also learning to come home to myself.