COFFEE WITH NICOA: Creating A LIFE BY DESIGN.

Are you AWARE of your AWARENESS? It's a super power ya know! The state of being conscious and observing oneself is the key to creating a LIFE BY DESIGN you love. GOOD NEWS... Awareness is a learned skill that can be practiced and developed.  GRAB YOUR JOURNAL and reflect on reflecting, notice who is aware of being aware!
I wonder what you'll think about, write about, say out loud next... HAPPY DESIGNING!

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VIRGINIA SANFRATELLO is Nicoa's college BFF.  Virginia (for those who really know her she's "Ginny")  is an authentic and down to earth, literally, architect, interior designer, educator, author, daughter, mother, and amazing friend! She is the chair of the department of design at San Jose State University and has a long list of accolades in the world of 3D printing design with pieces in the Smithsonian American Art Museum and  SanFrancisco Museum of Modern Art just to name a few! Recognition for her art and design work over the past three + decades is off the charts and quite remarkable! Nicoa is so proud to introduce you all to her friend Ginny and her DESIGN LIFE LIFE BY DESIGN! Their love and enthusiasm for life is contagious in this caffeinated coffee chat.

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The TEETER TOTTER Wall Story
Two communities in Mexico and the United States, long separated by a border wall, came together to play on three oversized teeter-totters that spanned the US-Mexico border. The wall itself acted as a fulcrum for the teeter-totter installation. Echoing US-Mexico relations, movements and actions taken on one side of the border directly impacted the other, as children and adults alike enjoyed the see-saws. The installation temporarily transformed this small section of the border into a space of hope and elation, exposing the borderlands as a place where women and children live with dignity in spite of the xenophobia and violence perpetuated by the wall and its construction.

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What the what?!? Recently Nicoa had a bit of an epiphany about self talk being self gaslighting. She shares some pretty vulnerable insights into her own self talk habits. They aren't pretty. And although that's the her old way it is STILL something she sees hints of in her way of Being as she continues to heal while practicing self love with strategic self care practices she KNOWS work. It's a journey of self-awareness. Take a listen to her new knowing, her real knowing of her own worth and see if it resonates with YOU and yours  -- JOURNAL ABOUT IT --  and let Nicoa know what you think!

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Let's talk CREATIVES! Nicoa's so excited to share her conversation with Melissa Tyson, owner and designer of her own jewelry line MELISSA TYSON DESIGNS! Nicoa visits her in her home studio and delves into her LIFE BY DESIGN story which began at a very young age!  She shares a defining moment that led her to trusting and listening to her intuition and moved her from accounting to  swordsmithing  in Italy to salt and pepper diamonds on the catwalks of Paris Fashion Week!!  This amazing mother of three confidently and powerfully shares her take on a LIFE BY DESIGN on her own terms. A life that not only serves her well but serves her clients AND also very intentionally gives back.  For the past 9 years, she has ALSO been designing and consulting for Made By Survivors, a non-profit giving women a new means to make a living after being rescued from a life of Human Trafficking. Join Nicoa as she CELEBRATES Melissa!

Melissa and her designs have been highlighted in magazines like Vogue, Brides, The Knot, Style Me Pretty, Grey Likes, Inspired By This, Once Wed, Magnolia Rouge, Ruffled, Folk, Wedding Chicks and more.  See her amazing one of a kind creations at MelissaTysonDesigns.com

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Don't worry, Be Happy sounds nice, but why is that important? Yeah Nicoa... there's so much suffering in the world, how can I be happy? If you believe in "like energy attracting like energy" then perhaps your happy is the hope we need in the world! Every action, every reaction, every ineteraction is either LOVE or a call for LOVE. Can you give yourself permission to be happy? Even when others are not? JOURNALING PROMPT: What is between you and feeling happy? LIFE BY DESIGN.

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Nicoa and the amazing Island Girl Riselle Celestina dive deep into Riselle's personal LIFE BY DESIGN journey including the ups and downs of a broken marriage, renewing her hope and rediscovering herself along the way. She's found HER True North in her own home of St Maartin in the Caribbean! Take a listen to the raw story she shares to remind us all that we are human and emotions are normal and worthy of experiencing. What is also so lovely is the clear energetic knowing that she has passionately incorporated into her travel business, too. Follow @thetravelingislandgirl for tips on trips to her corner of the Caribbean! Follow her personal journey via Instagram, too on her account @IslandGirlAwakening Nicoa and Riselle make a connection in this caffeinated coffee chat that will be long lasting.

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Nicoa is as authentic as they come! Join her in this episode sharing a very vulnerable confession today reminding you she is just like you and we're all just here holding each other's hands on this journey we call life. "LIFE BY DESIGN. I LOVE MINE." is her six-word story and just because she loves her life doesn't always mean it's perfect, it mean's she loves her life experiences - all of them -  and hopes by her sharing her journey it will help you keep your life journey all in perspective and love yours, too!

Have you purchased Nicoa's recently published book "Your Life By Design Journal: A Self-Care Coaching Journal" now available on Amazon here! 

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What a beautiful, wise conversation amid the sounds of a cafe sitting along a marina's edge in Ibiza, Spain between Nicoa and the beautiful @ibiza.with.justine Justine Huyghebaert - a 25 year old mermaid, sailor, traveler and a concierge trip designer! After Nicoa and Justine made an online connection in the Spring of 2023, amazingly it turned into a wonderful face to face a year later when they both were in the same spot during Nicoa's sailing yoga vacation to Spain! Of course that happened! So much is said and left unsaid in this conversation reflecting on life at different stages, and how to find yourself again after domestic abuse and redesign your happiness when life doesn't go as you wish. Nicoa holds space for this young soul and hopes the energy from the interaction finds its place in your heart and your own reflection as you kick off your new year and continue your LIFE BY DESIGN.

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Hello Darlin'   ~~  I think it's time to write yourself a letter just like Nicoa did in 2023. Would you be willing to write yourself a letter like this, too? Remind yourself of your wholeness. How are you? Time to put it in writing.  Don't forget to sign it with your personal signature, just like Nicoa has for hers ....Happy Designing,  XOXO, Your Coach Nicoa.

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When Nicoa invested in a Yoga Sailing Vacation to the Belearic Islands of Spain with Donna Dowson @JourneyWithDonna she got way more than she bargained for. The amount of love, reflection and rejuvenation came not from the amazing yoga, but from the profound connection. And not only connection with Donna but also with the amazing boat captain Pablo Reyes! The energy they brought to her experience is felt here as they reflect on their lives by design together for Coffee With Nicoa! The profound experience they curated changed her way of Being for the better and she thinks this interview shares some grounded knowing by both of these amazing life designers that will likely spark your own knowing of what matters most to you in YOUR LIFE BY DESIGN!

JOIN Nicoa and Donna SPRING of 2024 for an ISLAND GATHERING on the luxurious Bald Head Island, North Carolina April 11-14th! It's time to give yourself the gift of self-care, love, and support you deserve to expand your way of Being, just like Nicoa experienced in Spaine!            (this is women only retreat)
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