Nicole "Nikki" Ocean

Nicole “Nikki” Ocean is a peer recovery guide, retired executive, smooth jazz electronic fusion artist, and former certified real estate instructor and coach who brings creativity, compassion, and lived experience into her work. In her long-term recovery, Nikki has navigated disordered eating, OCD, complex trauma, chronic illness, and cancer survivorship. These experiences shape her grounded and supportive approach to helping others. As someone who is disabled and neurodivergent, she integrates mindfulness, nervous system awareness, and gentle self-inquiry into her work, rooted in the belief that healing is not linear and that safety and self-trust are built over time. Her practice includes seated yoga with breathwork, gentle stretching, and Shikantaza meditation, a Zen practice of “just sitting” in awareness without striving or forcing. Together, these support presence, regulation, and internal safety. She advocates for EMDR therapy, mindfulness, trauma-informed meditation and yoga practices, intentional living, and HAES-aligned anti-diet principles, supporting people in redefining recovery in a way that feels personal and sustainable. Through her heart-led work and live sessions on Insight Timer, Nikki offers pro-recovery practices that support nervous system regulation while bringing creativity, joy, gentle humor, and inner child play into everyday recovery life, helping people reconnect with ease, expression, and enjoyment as part of healing.

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