Nicole Marcia Therapy

09/10/2026

If you work in crisis response or care, you've probably second-guessed yourself more times than you can count.

Not because you were wrong. Because you're used to your judgment being reviewed, questioned, cross-checked—so it starts to feel unsafe to trust it on your own.

Rebuilding self-trust doesn't mean ignoring your training. It means noticing that your read on a situation—and on yourself—is data too.

09/09/2026

This week, a vigil is planned on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery — on šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square, ground the City named jointly with the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations specifically as a place for mourning and cultural gathering as part of its commitment to reconciliation.

It's being held to memorialize Charlie Kirk. It's being organized by Drea Humphrey, a Rebel News reporter whose own documentary and reporting have spent years arguing that the unmarked graves found at former residential school sites are unproven.

This week, some of you are grieving Kirk. Some of you are grieving generations of children. I don't believe those two things can share the same steps.

Holding a memorial for Kirk, organized by someone who has built a public career disputing what happened to those children, on the ground the City marked for their mourning, is a use of that space I don't support.

If this week has stirred something up for you — grief, anger, or both at once — that's welcome here.

If you feel the same, the City needs to hear it, not just see it on social media. Email Mayor Sim and Council directly and ask what the City is doing to consult the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations about this use of the site.

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09/08/2026

You've been trained to trust the protocol. The assessment. The checklist. The chain of command.

But somewhere in all that training, a lot of nurses, therapists, and first responders quietly stopped trusting themselves.

Not their skills—their instincts. The quiet "something's off" before the numbers said so. The hesitation before the debrief confirmed it.

Self-trust isn't the same as confidence in your training. It's knowing your own read on a situation still counts, even when it's not the loudest voice in the room.

09/04/2026

Save this for a day when you need the reminder.

09/03/2026

When life gets busy, where do you go?

Not physically.

I mean you.

When the demands start piling up, do you become more efficient?

More accommodating?

More productive?

More withdrawn?

Do you stop noticing what you need because there's simply too much to do?

It's surprisingly easy to lose touch with ourselves when life becomes demanding.

We move into autopilot.

We solve problems.

We take care of everyone else.

We keep going.

And because we're functioning, we assume we're okay.

But functioning isn't the same as being connected to yourself.

Sometimes the signs are subtle:

• You know what everyone else needs, but can't answer what you need.

• You keep saying "I'm fine" because you don't have time to figure out what you're actually feeling.

• You make decisions based on what is easiest, expected, or least disruptive.

• Things that normally bring you pleasure stop feeling particularly interesting.

• You finally get a quiet moment—and don't know what to do with it.

These aren't failures.

They're invitations to pause and notice.

When life gets busy, what happens to your connection with yourself?

09/01/2026

I've changed my practice name from Fine Balance Counselling & Yoga Therapy to Nicole Marcia Therapy.

After many years of practice, this name change reflects where my work has settled: clinical counselling, grounded in trauma-informed care, supporting the helping and healing professionals who hold space for others every day—nurses, social workers, therapists, first responders, and more.

The heart of my work hasn't changed.

I still draw on somatic and yoga therapy-informed tools when they're useful, alongside talk therapy—because healing often needs to reach the body, not just the mind.

But my practice has grown into something this new name reflects more clearly.

You can find me now at nicolemarciatherapy.ca.

Same practice. Same commitment to this work. Just a name that fits where I am today.

If you know someone in a helping or crisis-response profession who could use support, I'd be grateful if you'd share this with them.

Thank you for being here.

08/27/2026

Curious how this lands for you.

You don't need to know exactly where you're going.

Sometimes we think intentional living means having a five-year plan.

A clear career path.

A perfectly defined purpose.

A list of goals and a strategy for achieving them.

But sometimes living intentionally is much smaller than that.

It can look like:

Saying yes to something that matters.

Saying no to something that doesn't.

Calling the person you miss.

Taking the afternoon off.

Choosing the work that feels meaningful rather than impressive.

Making time for creativity.

Leaving a relationship or situation that consistently asks you to abandon yourself.

Going for a walk because you need space to think.

Choosing rest without needing to justify it.

You don't have to know exactly where you're going to make a choice about the direction you're moving.

So perhaps instead of asking:

"What should I do with my life?"

Try asking:

"What matters to me right now?"

Then take one small step in that direction.

08/27/2026

You don't need to know exactly where you're going.

Sometimes we think intentional living means having a five-year plan.

A clear career path.

A perfectly defined purpose.

A list of goals and a strategy for achieving them.

But sometimes living intentionally is much smaller than that.

It can look like:

Saying yes to something that matters.

Saying no to something that doesn't.

Calling the person you miss.

Taking the afternoon off.

Choosing the work that feels meaningful rather than impressive.

Making time for creativity.

Leaving a relationship or situation that consistently asks you to abandon yourself.

Going for a walk because you need space to think.

Choosing rest without needing to justify it.

You don't have to know exactly where you're going to make a choice about the direction you're moving.

So perhaps instead of asking:

"What should I do with my life?"

Try asking:

"What matters to me right now?"

Then take one small step in that direction.

08/26/2026