This year tried to break me. But the valley isn’t where you’re buried; it’s where you’re built.
🧡 Rise Anyway
This year has been heavy. Losing my brother. Probate dragging on. A deceptive attorney when we were already on our knees. My mom’s health diagnosis. Company changes. A new system. Wave after wave.
There were mornings I woke up and the weight of it all felt impossible. But in the middle of the valley, my Papa met me there. He reminded me, it’s not my strength I stand on, it’s His.
Every day we get to choose: let the weight of it all overwhelm us, or rise anyway. Because winning isn’t in the ease, it’s in the decision to rise anyway.
There is no denying it, 2025 stripped away every illusion of control and reminded me that impact isn’t built in comfort, it’s built in the valley. And it’s in those valleys that God forges leaders, not the loud, polished kind, but the ones who keep showing up when everything else says stop.
People look at me as strong. I’m not strong because I never break. I’m strong because I rise when it would be so much easier not to. I forgot that more than a few times this year. Then I remembered...I am a f’n champion. 🔥 And so are you!
We all need rooms that remind us who we are, people who see our pain and call out our power. Who won’t let us quit when it gets hard, because they know who we’re becoming.
If you’re walking through it right now, remember this: your valley isn’t punishment. It’s preparation.
So rise anyway.
xo,
Nicole
🧡 Rise Anyway
This year has been heavy. Losing my brother. Probate dragging on. A deceptive attorney when we were already on our knees. My mom’s health diagnosis. Company changes. A new system. Wave after wave.
There were mornings I woke up and the weight of it all felt impossible. But in the middle of the valley, my Papa met me there. He reminded me, it’s not my strength I stand on, it’s His.
Every day we get to choose: let the weight of it all overwhelm us, or rise anyway. Because winning isn’t in the ease, it’s in the decision to rise anyway.
There is no denying it, 2025 stripped away every illusion of control and reminded me that impact isn’t built in comfort, it’s built in the valley. And it’s in those valleys that God forges leaders, not the loud, polished kind, but the ones who keep showing up when everything else says stop.
People look at me as strong. I’m not strong because I never break. I’m strong because I rise when it would be so much easier not to. I forgot that more than a few times this year. Then I remembered...I am a f’n champion. 🔥 And so are you!
We all need rooms that remind us who we are, people who see our pain and call out our power. Who won’t let us quit when it gets hard, because they know who we’re becoming.
If you’re walking through it right now, remember this: your valley isn’t punishment. It’s preparation.
So rise anyway.
xo,
Nicole