Chrysalis

Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are.”

For those who are new here… my prologue: I owned (guess I still do) a company called VivaLaLemon founded in 2016. In 2019 it blossomed into a physical studio setting but was crushed by a little tiny thing called covid. Tiny as in it’s so small it’s invisible to the human eye. However, not so tiny in its path of global destruction – the pandemic 2020.

For the months following the closure of Viva’s physical doors I felt a bit lost. Treading water is what it felt like, searching for a safe landing that felt so unattainable. I knew it would never be what it was (for many reasons). I new I needed to turn the page onto the next chapter of my journey. And although I was enthusiastic about a fresh start, I felt a weight pulling be down with the old perception of what I thought it should look like.

One of the biggest struggles for me was the name. Haha it makes me laugh now. But weeks of wracking my brain over a name that represented everything I offered in my various teachings and creations was super stressful. Nothing seemed to really align. The one name I thought was a ‘maybe’ my husband and a bunch of my close friends reactions was a definite sign it was not for me.
Finally I thought ‘well the best name that really describes me’ is …..ME.
Once I stopped thinking I needed to be anything other than myself my breath flowed a little easier. I really just needed to get out of my own damn way!
Funny, part of my motto from the beginning has been to ‘be you’. Well that rings true now as much as it ever did.. so here I am. I am Nicole Barclay. This is me.

Thanks for being along on this journey with me. And here’s to embracing ourselves just as we are ✌🏻💋