Hey, I’m Nicole. An artist & writer in the middle of a spicy life reboot, taking my creativity seriously for the first time.

I used to push myself into roles that looked respectable on paper but left me staring at the ceiling at night wondering why I felt like a husk of a person.

Then a toxic job made my body and brain nope out, and in my forties I got the late-breaking news that I’m AuDHD.

I’ve been calling it a “spicy life reboot,” which is just my way of saying I had to start over as the person I’ve always been instead of the one I was pretending to be.

I live in a motorhome in the Sonoran Desert that doubles as my house and studio.

You can find my work here and on my Substack, Drawn Differently, where I share the ongoing process of rebuilding a creative life in public.

It’s proof that midlife collapse is just a plot twist. 🤜🏼 🤛🏼