Honor The Past,

Ground Into the Present

This is where you return to yourself—and, oh, so much more.

This is the moment you discover you can touch the parts of your bloodline that were once untouchable.

This is when you reclaim your voice, find sovereignty,
and live vibrantly.

It's time to look down again

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It's time to look down again 〰️

Remember when you were a kid? Remember how the sun shifted through tree branches while you played? Remember how brave it felt to fly down the big hill on your bike. Standing at the top, foot on the break, staring down, whispering a quick pep talk under your breath as you lift your foot and fly…

“I can do this.”

What would happen if we harnessed the feeling of that moment, the feeling of fear and boldness and self-belief and release?

What would it be like to harness other moments from our childhoods? The peace that blanketed us in sunlight. The sheer joy in our scream while running through a sprinkler.

I asked myself this question for years: Why did emotion feel so much more vibrant when we were children compared to now? I wrote poetry and stories from a place of nostalgia, attempting to capture and re-capture the sharpness of emotions from the past. I looked back for long enough to realize that I had to look forward to find that vibrancy again. I had to look down to where my feet stand today. I had to ground into the present moment. That’s what changed over the years for many of us—we stopped living in the present like we did as children and became stuck in the past. While the past and the people from the past matter, we can’t stay there. All we can truly do is honor what was.

Welcome to my page, whether you ride with your hands on the handle bars or not: let’s play, learn, heal, grow, and thrive together.

There’s no right, no wrong. You can’t fail this journey. You may hit a rock and slide. You may scrape your knees as you catch yourself. You will likely cry. You will also shout in delight as you fly.

“darling,
you feel heavy
because you are
too full of truth.

open your mouth more.
let the truth exist
somewhere other than
inside your body.”

― Della Hicks-Wilson

Most of us don’t need more advice.

We need to be seen.
We need somewhere safe to get a few things off our chest.

Most of us are quietly living our lives, self-preserving- doing our best as parents, spouses, employees, but hoping for something a little more riveting.

Many of us are waiting for something to come along and wake us up. But the truth is, no one is coming.

Instead, we have to start choosing a different path, a path that is more aligned with what’s inside.

This choosing often begins with being held and witnessed as the beautiful, imperfect humans that we are. No judgment. No box. No meaning making. Complete freedom and space to be taken up in.

That is why I believe that a key missing piece to most parenting and empowerment programs is connection.

I studied, researched, and practiced for years. But it wasn’t until I was held in my own coaching journey that something in me shifted. In fact, that experience became the catalyst to a riveting series of events in my own life.

Today, I am only here for what aligns with my soul.

I’ve finally learned that boundaries are not walls, but direction.
That I have the power and freedom to move towards what is meant for me and away from what is not in alignment with who I am.
And that life becomes vibrant when I follow my inner compass.

So we’ll burn it down,

time And again.

give our souls to the heat

and our flesh to the flames.

― Mara Elyse

I’m Nakita Stone—

Most days you’ll find me in the rhythm of home-school life, moving through the days with my two sons, my bull dog, and our learning pod—school books open on the table, poetry during breakfast, little hands watering plants beside me.

I enjoy a slow life. As a minimalist, I am currently living my dream of owning a tiny house while embracing the freedom and community that life in an RV brings to me and my family.

I received my Coaching Certification in January of 2025 after seven months of classes, mentorship, and application with The Jai Institute of Parenting.

One thing I value about myself is how I am gifted at thinking outside of the box and coming up with unconventional solutions to problems. All in the name of living a life that I love. I believe I inherited this ability from my entrepreneur-minded dad who has been incredibly successful because of his ability to see solutions that most people don’t.

It’s likely you’ll find me in some unconventional situation because of how I live to the beat of my own drum, tend to see in angles that others often don’t, and don’t believe that giving up is an option. I simply adjust.

In 2022, I was diagnosed with lyme disease after battling chronic illness for eight years. My husband, children, and I traveled to Tennessee so I could undergo a two week long treatment at Biologix. This was only the beginning of my healing journey, but it was riveting. I came home and found myself able to do things I never thought I’d be able to do again like ride a skateboard, go dancing, take-up ballet lessons, and more. I had been extremely active as a child and young adult. I was a runner, a dancer, and I was extremely active in my community. Lyme stole all of that from me for years. I grieved my previous life, personality, and even lost friendships. Then, accepted who I had become. I accepted that I’d never live the way I had before again.

While my body was healing, I realized how deeply my marriage needed healing after being devastated by my husband’s pornography addiction and the painful cycle that is often associated with addiction. We became caught in a horrific trauma bond. I chose to step off the roller coaster nearly two years ago when we separated. When I did, the vibrancy that I lost in heartbreak returned to me.

I lost my vibrancy for life in so many areas as I came into adulthood. Yet that vibrancy has been restored physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. And I continue to explore the depth and capacity I have for life every day.

The life I live today and the person I have become is quite literally the dream I had given up on. After having lost it all, I will never not live my life fully and completely. For all I know, this is the only round I get and I intend to live it in color.

“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.”

-Confucius

My Parenting Journey

My journey as a conscious parent began seven years ago when my oldest son was born. Just like every new mom’s experience, I was flooded with contradictory, and often unwanted parenting advice that mostly didn’t align with my values. Despite all the advice, I struggled to find parenting and discipline strategies that did align. I spent hours devouring parenting books and researching blogs while breastfeeding. I consistently returned to blogs written by Montessori guides because I was drawn to their belief in respecting children as human beings. When I landed upon Janet Lansbury’s blog, I found practical tools and strategies that called me to take responsibility for my own actions and to understand my child’s experience before rushing in to discipline. I purchased her book “Elevating Childcare: A Guide to Respectful Parenting” and devoured it in a week. I wanted so deeply to respect my children, but I also knew they needed discipline as well. There had to be a balance. But what did that look like?

This desire was only the beginning. It eventually lead me to not only learning how to release control of my child (and other people in general) and parent from a place of presence, but also to re-parent myself.

Eventually, I committed to a 12-week re-parenting course and was coached through it by Ashley Taylor (@ashleytaylor). This experience began to stitch together all the years of personal research, parenting strategies, and even therapy. I realized that this parenting thing wasn’t just about finding the right strategy. It was about creating secure relationships with myself and my children.

If you haven’t guessed it by now, that 12-week course was so life-transforming that I knew I needed more practice and more information to further integrate. That’s when I decided to get my coaching certification through the Jai Institute of Parenting. This was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. It has redirected the course of my life in so many ways, supporting me in finding clarity and purpose.

Today, I find deep fulfillment in giving my clients what my coaches have given me so generously: the expereince of a secure relationship, a non-judgmental space to share and practice, and deep compassion, acceptance, trust and guidance. Meeting with my clients is the highlight of my week.