"When I first met Nicole, I was in a terrible place in life. Good Grades at college were diminishing quickly, mental health deteriorating faster than I could keep pace, motivation going down as well. I was a complete and total mess.

I met this woman and she took my dark world and turned on the light switch.

I was trying to let go of mistakes and self-hatred from the past, I was trying to make myself a better person, which is rather unusual in my case. It was always one hit and down and out for a while until I mustered up enough self-confidence to at least acknowledge the fact that my issues were affecting my life and mentality.

This was mainly caused by years of self-destructive tendencies and me trying to reel myself in from the damages.

After a little bit of communication and CONSTRUCTIVE honesty from her we were able to rather quickly identify the core of every issue I had, it was reigned in as past trauma and paralyzing fear of what the future could hold for me.

Something she knew a bit too well. It was weird having someone talk about similar traumatic events that she has faced in, a way that was more of a level of understanding than ANY psychologist or psychiatrist ever could.

It’s a hard thing to put into words, having to literally dedicate the fact that I am SANE right now is because of one person, so forgive my crudeness.

Although, its all a very recent thing in my life currently its almost like I have a drive to want to make it through to the next day. Instead of dreading the next sunrise I crave it because she helped me discover that I can spend that whole next day in my search for the creation of happiness.

Isn’t that one of the things life is about? Finding how to create your own happiness?

I have spent many years of my life just sitting and wallowing in the putrid and lowest levels of my self-hatred and even death didn’t seem like it would help.

Just that day in day out lifestyle. Not knowing if your next moment will be your last because you took one pill too many or took one injection too far.

Nicole confirmed a suspicion that I had developing for a while up at that point.

She confirmed that I have actually had so much time in my life just, taking each moment as it comes and not truly living. Which WASN’T a good mentality for my depressive state at the time.

I owe it to her. All of it." - T.I