Welcome to Empowered By Nikola!
Empowered by Nikola is a metaphor reflecting my desire to light up and empower life as Nikola Tesla powered and lit up the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. Not literally of course, but figuratively and through the channels of love, faith, hope, logic and experience. It is the light of the eternal love of my late husband that continues to course through my veins like electricity, illuminating my heart in a powerful way.
My writing is about my own struggles through different aspects of life, including:
- Weight Loss and Wellness
- Fitness and Self-Care
- Self-Confidence
- Love and Loss
- Mindfulness and Minimalism
- Goals and Motivation
- Energy and Stress management
Life is hard and our souls are an ever-changing constitution of light and darkness. I do not pretend that I am free of darkness. I come from the light portion of my soul with the goal of illuminating the darkness with hope. When you reach for your goals, they feel as distant as the stars in the sky; but it is an illusion. They are already in the palm of your hand. Likewise, when you feel your soul is blanketed in darkness, look for the sliver of light that peaks through the cracks; when you see it, set your eyes on it and give it all your attention. Watch the light grow. The light will overcome the darkness.
I want to live fully and honestly, always prioritizing truth, joy, fun, LAUGHTER, lightheartedness, simple living, the PEACE OF QUIET, real conversations, daring adventures, never-ending curiosity, uncontrollable affection, FACE-WRINKLING SMILES, strong hugs, passionate kisses, and EYES THAT SPARKLE. These are the things I wish for us all.
Love Always,
Nikola Rosa
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Confidence
Exercise
Eating
Energy & Stress
Fast Food Freedom
The desire for fast food is an illusion. It is not cheap anymore and it is often not really fast either. As far as financial efficiency, the days of the dollar menu are long gone. In the wake of rising consumer debt (the single most heavily marketed product in the...
Alcohol Free-dom
It is zero hangovers and zero alcohol-induced poor decisions; zero alcohol-induced unwanted outcomes. It is zero damage to my body, mind, and spirit. It is zero loss of my physical, mental and emotional energy. It is zero deadening of my senses; zero numbing my...
Facebook and Friends
If we look back over the course of human existence, we’re only meant to have around 100 to 150 friends in our lives and the impact of FB is that it causes overload. The more friends we have online and the more deeply we care, the more overwhelmed we feel. In...
Feeling-Based Goals Instead of Behavior-Based Goals
Behavior-based goals can move you forward quite a lot, but they’re conditional. They’re contingent upon changed behavior. Changed behavior is not always a solid foundation given human nature. Feeling-based goals, on the other hand, can be based on a strong...
Choices, but Not Outcomes
You can make choices, but you cannot choose outcomes. Outcome-based thinking, like expectations, leads to disappointments and resentments, and sometimes traumatic heartbreak and heartache. Acceptance, though a tall order, is the answer. It is simple, but it isn’t...
Nikola Rosa is an artistic rendering of the soul that has come to exist after rising from the ashes. Her thoughts are from Nancy Gass, and yet they are in some ways, a different person entirely. We all have hearts and souls that are a deep ocean of complexity and this dichotomy is no different.