Nicole Sponsel – Medium

Pinned

Nicole Sponsel

Hello! I am Nicole.

Welcome to my profile — November 2021

12 min readNov 6, 2021

--

11

Selfie picture of author

--

11

Pinned

Nicole Sponsel

My Eating Disorder Self Staked its Claim on My Brain

I needed to reclaim my head space not lose my mind

3 min readAug 19, 2021

--

4

Blurred image of woman holding her head in both hands with clenched face

--

4

Nicole Sponsel

What Do You Save or Collect?

Do you keep memorabilia, that to one person, looks like trash, and another holds a memory?

5 min readFeb 28, 2024

--

A display of coffee sleeves from a variety of shops, logos, designs, colors, and messages.

--

Nicole Sponsel

A Sprinkle in Time

How do memories decorate the cut-outs of your life year after year?

2 min readDec 21, 2023

--

Photo of star cookies with half-dipped chocolate sprinkles on them.

--

Nicole Sponsel

Stumbling Backwards Was the Best Way to Gain Huge Strides Forward

Have you ever thought you had a hold on your stress but so tight you tripped and fell? Seeing your path from the ground shows a more…

3 min readSep 30, 2023

--

A picture of hurdles lined up in a lane on a track.

--

Nicole Sponsel

Slumber’s Hypnotic Trance

Is sleep your escape? Do you use it to avoid or endure or simply replenish some peace? Do you notice the quality of your day or your life…

2 min readAug 21, 2023

--

Image of a woman under her bed covers with her head under a pillow and her right hand grasping her glasses.

--

Nicole Sponsel
in
The Brain is a Noodle

Are You Whittling Away to a Better Self or Carving Out the Best Of You?

When does self-improvement become a poisonous project, and you are the test subject now requiring restorative medicine to stop the…

2 min readAug 5, 2023

--

2

An image of someone holding a small knife with a sharp tip whittling off the bark of a wooden stick.

--

2

Nicole Sponsel
in
The Memoirist

My Infertility Climb

The journey of motherhood can start years or decades before a child enters the timeline

7 min readJun 23, 2023

--

A photo of a steep vertical old, outdoor, yellow staircase going up towards a bridge.

--

Nicole Sponsel
in
The Brain is a Noodle

My Unwritten Words Play Hide and Seek

Do your fleeting thoughts, spinning mind, or search for purpose participate in a game of lost and found words only to disappear again?

2 min readJun 10, 2023

--

1

A young girl holding her hands over her eyes sitting on a wood bench outside surrounded by trees and red flower bushes.

--

1

Nicole Sponsel

Shattered Reflections

Let the art speak.

2 min readApr 28, 2023

--

1

Black and white image of a woman breaking a mirror looking at her own reflection with hair covering her face.

--

1

Nicole Sponsel

Nicole Sponsel

My writing speaks to how we can all get through life’s struggles, overcome obstacles, and turn them into growth challenges to witness to others.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams