Discover Thyme Within
About me
Healing is never linear- and sometimes, it's a full-body surrender.
My path to wellness wasn't something I chose. It chose me after a near-fatal car accident and the discovery of a brain tumor. What followed was an intense, humbling season of rehabilitating, deep inner work, and ultimately, rebirth.
I went from helping others heal with a background in nursing, providing postpartum support to learning how to breathe, move, and trust my body all over again. Surrendering in ways I never imagined cracked me open and taught me what textbooks never could: that true wellness starts within. The healing following the successful removal of the tumor reshaped my entire understanding of wellness.
Today, my work in holistic wellness is rooted in lived experience. I don't just understand the science- I've felt the ache of starting over, the fear of uncertainty, and the quiet courage it takes to keep choosing yourself. This is why I create space for others to reclaim their balance-physically, emotionally, and energetically.
Whether I'm guiding someone through childbirth, grounding postpartum recovery, or stress resilience, I meet you where you are; with compassion, honesty, and tools to help you reconnect to your own healing wisdom. Every offering is shaped by one belief: healing happens when we feel safe, seen, and supported.
When I'm not working with clients, you can find me with my family, in the garden, traveling abroad, running 5 and 10K obstacle runs, journaling with my favorite candle, or laughing with my dog who insists she's part of every meditation and dance session.
Healing is possible. And it's personal.
~ Niccole
Postpartum Wellness
Overnight Postpartum Support: Because Healing Happens in the Quiet Hours.
The nights after birth are sacred and often they’re the most demanding. While your baby is adjusting to life outside the womb, you are healing physically, emotionally, and spiritually. The value of overnight postpartum support can't be overstated.
At night, when exhaustion peaks and vulnerability sets in, having a trusted support person by your side, on your team makes all the difference. In no way does this take away from your partner, family or friends. See this as an added team member to your support system. Overnight postpartum support isn’t a luxury-it’s a lifeline. I provide hands on care to help you reclaim rest, establish breastfeeding rhythms, and gently guide your baby toward healthy sleep habits.
Why Overnight Support Matters:
Sleep Is Not Optional- It’s Vital. Evidence shows that chronic sleep deprivation can:
- Slows postpartum recovery
- Increase inflammation
- Lower milk supply
- Heighten the risk of postpartum mood disorders.
A study published in Sleep Health (2020) found that fragmented sleep in the first 6 weeks postpartum is significantly associated with depressive symptoms by 3 months postpartum. Sleep disturbances are a significant predictor of postpartum depression and anxiety. In fact, women who sleep fewer than 4 hours at a stretch during the first weeks postpartum are significantly at a higher risk for depressive symptoms. (Okun et al., 2011).
Rest isn’t indulgent, it’s therapeutic.
Breastfeeding Support Without Losing Sleep.
Whether you’re exclusively nursing, pumping, or bottle feeding, overnight support helps you establish and sustain lactation while getting the rest your body demands. I support feeding cues, offer lactation-informed guidance, burping, positioning, or bottle prep- whatever your unique journey looks like while keeping sleep disruption to a minimum.
Newborn Care, So You Can Rest Easy.
From diapering and swaddling, I'll handle nighttime newborn care with skill, compassion, and cultural humility. You'll awake to a nourished baby with a calm nervous system.
Gentle Sleep Conditioning From the Start.
The newborn phase is the ideal window to lay the foundation for healthy sleep without harsh methods. Through responsive care, soothing routines, and day/night rhythm support, I help you ease your baby into a predictable flow that respects the developmental stage.
Sleep Training Support When You’re Ready.
When it’s time (typically after 4-6 months), I offer guidance on developmentally appropriate sleep training methods whether you prefer gradual approaches, gentle fading, or more structured plans. At times, a baby can show cues for longer sleep stretches. If developmentally ready, a plan can be developed. I support you in choosing a strategy that aligns with your parenting values and your baby’s needs, without shame or pressure.
The Results Speak for Themselves:
Better sleep for parents and baby
- Improved sleep quality and physical recovery
- Lower cortisol + increased emotional resilience
- Reduced risk of postpartum anxiety and depression
- Higher breastfeeding success rates
- Long-term healthy sleep habits for your child
- Quality time to bond with baby while supported, not depleted
Let's rewrite the postpartum narrative:
Overnight care with me is more than survival. It’s about healing, thriving, and being deeply supported. Let me help you rest, recover, and rise stronger while caring for your baby with intention and love. Because when you are well rested and supported, your baby thrives too.
Inquire today about overnight postpartum care and sleep support. Support that honors your healing. Guidance that empowers your parenting.
Maternal Support for Women of Color
The journey to motherhood is sacred- but for women of color, it is too often shadowed by risk, bias, and silence. Statistically, Black, Indigenous, and women of color are more likely to face preventable complications during childbirth and postpartum. Reasons due to systemic inequities, racial bias in healthcare, and lack of culturally attuned support. A time that is delicate, memorable, treasured can feel unsafe, measured, and isolating.
- Black women in the U.S. are 3-4 times more likely to experience pregnancy related complications.
- Indigenous women are 2-3 times more likely to experience pregnancy related complications.
- Over 80% of Maternal deaths in the U.S. are preventable.
- Nearly 40% of Black birthing people are affected by maternal mental health conditions, but twice likely to remain untreated
- Up to 20% of all birthing people experience perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Whether you're preparing for your first birth, navigating hospital systems, building a postpartum support plan, seeking healing after a previous experience, this is a space where your truth is honored. Your well-being is prioritized, and your story is safe.
Let's re-imagine what support looks like. As a Maternal wellness advocate and consultant, I provide dedicated, informed, evidence based and culturally responsive support to help you feel safe, heard, and empowered.
Services may include:
- Prenatal Advocacy and Birth Planning: We co-create a birth plan that honors your voice, your vision, and your values as you prepare to navigate clinical spaces confidently and clearly.
- Provider Navigation and System Support: Know your rights, ask the hard questions. I will help you communicate effectively with providers.
- Mental Health Support and Sacred Space: Postpartum is more than recovery. It's transformation. I provide space for emotional check-ins, identity shifts, and mental wellness rooted in cultural awareness.
- Resource Connection and Holistic Referrals: Access to trauma-informed, culturally aligned professionals: therapists, Doulas/Newborn Care Specialists, lactation consultants, and more.
Belly casting
Your body is doing sacred work- growing life, expanding in love, holding rhythm of two (or more!) heartbeats. Pregnancy is fleeting, but it's impact is eternal.
A custom belly cast is more than a keepsake. It's a celebration. A sculpture of strength. A moment frozen in time to honor the life creating and transformation you've undergone.
Why Belly Casting?
- A one of a kind memento uniquely yours capturing the raw beauty of your physical pregnancy imprint.
- Whether done alone in reverence, with your partner, or with loved ones, a belly casting turns a simple afternoon into a joyful ritual of presence and celebration.
- Paint it, adorn it, leave it raw, or turn it into nursery art. From minimalist to bold, your cast becomes a canvas of creativity that reflects you.
- For many, belly casting is healing and empowering- a way to honor the journey, the changes, and the immense beauty of this journey.
Let's preserve the power, the shape, and the story of your pregnancy. All materials are provided by me to cast. The gentle, relaxing, fun (and often laughter) experience is offered in the privacy of your home.
Thyme within Wellness Retreats
Coming in 2026: Retreats You've Been Waiting For. This is not just a getaway. It's a coming home.
Our 2026 Thyme Within Wellness Retreats are being crafted with deep intention- a sacred space for all women, in all seasons of life. Whether you're in a season of growth, grief, transformation, or stillness, these experiences are created with you in mind. The retreats are not centered around pregnancy or postpartum, but around the sacred bond of sisterhood itself. You don't have to be healing from birth to be worthy of healing. You don't have to be changing roles to crave restoration.
This is a call to the wild ones, the weary ones, the awakening ones. A sisterhood sanctuary where you can exhale fully, laugh loudly, cry freely, and remember who you are beneath all the roles and noise.
No timelines. No prerequisites. Just soul-nourishing connection, nervous system care, holistic healing, and radical reset and rest.
Rooted in wellness.
Guided by intention
Held in community
What to expect:
- Guided healing practices
- Mindful movement + somatic work and therapy
- Culturally-rooted wellness
- Sacred sisterhood
- Nourishing 'tasty" meals + nature immersion
Coming 2026. Stay close- your next chapter is calling.