Nicole "Nikki" Ocean

Nicole “Nikki” Ocean is a peer recovery guide, retired executive, smooth jazz electronic fusion music artist, and former certified real estate instructor and coach who brings creativity, compassion, and lived experience into her work. Her mission is to help reduce stigma around mental health challenges while offering gentle recovery practices for those ready to move from surviving to truly living. Drawing from her lived experience navigating eating disorder recovery, neurodivergence, complex trauma, disability, chronic illness and cancer survivorship, Nikki shares from a place of curiosity, compassion, and hope. She believes healing is not linear, and that safety, self-trust, and a meaningful life are built gently over time. As someone who is disabled and neurodivergent, Nikki integrates mindfulness, nervous system awareness, self-inquiry, and trauma-informed practices into her work. She advocates for EMDR therapy, HAES-aligned anti-diet principles, intentional living, and compassionate approaches to recovery. Her offerings include seated yoga with breathwork, gentle stretching, Shikantaza meditation (a Zen practice of “just sitting” in awareness without striving or forcing), and reflective practices that support presence, regulation, and internal safety. Through her work, Nikki creates space for self-compassion, creativity, joy, gentle humor, and inner child play that helps people reconnect with ease, expression, and the parts of themselves they may have lost touch with.

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