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Taylor Nolan

Podcast Host
Mental Health Counselor & Advocate
Animal Lover & Rescuer
Plant & Farm Nerd

"The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it"

-Cheryl Strayed

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He’s a drinker and I’m a #SoberSally. ⁣⁣
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But this doesn’t mean we can’t still share experiences together. As supportive, secure, and understanding partners we create space for each other to enjoy all of these experiences regardless of our differences. ⁣
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While he enjoys wine tasting, I enjoy some bubbly water, beautiful views of the vineyards...and discussing our cultural differences of being a white male Canadian and biracial female American 🙃⁣
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I so appreciate how he embraces my lifestyle of discussing hard uncomfortable topics, like people asking me “what are you”. We had great conversations about this today as we enjoyed touring the beautiful vineyards of Willamette Valley 💛⁣⁣

Pretty sure we both went on @bachelorabc to find each other 👭⁣
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Thank you @dailyhivevancouver for giving us the best recommendations and the coolest day being tourists in Vancouver! 💛

I didn’t know that I’d make it here. •
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I didn’t feel confident. I didn’t believe in myself. I didn’t trust myself. I didn’t think I was good enough, smart enough, or pretty enough. I felt like a stranger in my own skin. •
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I wasn’t doing what I wanted, and while I told myself I’m just going with the flow... I wasn’t actually flowing with life, I was aimlessly being taken down the river. I didn’t take direction and I didn’t trust myself to make any kind of decision. I didn’t believe I could have the life I once pictured for myself.
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As the seasons change I usually find myself in a new stage of life, reflecting on all the things. I have no clue what’s to come, but when I think about where I’ve been and where I’m at now...I almost struggle to find the words to express how grateful I am. •
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I live in the city I love, in an apartment that is my sanctuary. I host the Let’s Talk About It podcast, that lets me use my platform to reduce stigma around mental health. I am a practicing therapist, where I get to do super meaningful work that also teaches me so much about life. I invest in my relationships, my support system, everyday. I am an overly enthusiastic plant mom and an unapologetic crazy cat lady. I’m all of these things and more. We beat ourselves up ALL THE TIME, and life is stressful and weird at times but like holy shit! When we zoom out we see we really are doing amazing things and we really can be whatever we damn well want to be. And lately, it’s felt really good to just be me...feeling at home again in my skin. •
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Do you ever just take a moment to be like “damn girl, didn’t think or know we’d end up here but you’re a freaking QUEEN boo! 👑”??? If you don’t...DO IT NOW! And please share your moment by leaving a comment cause I want to read 😊

#wcw I miss you and I miss Bali...FaceTimes aren’t cutting it!!! 😭
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tag a bff you’d wanna go to Bali with! ☀️

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Consensual forced sex fantasies are the second most common fantasy people reported having in the largest survey of sexual fantasies in America. I learned this and so much more from my chat with researcher @justinjlehmiller. We discussed the conflicting feelings around forced sex fantasies in the #MeToo era and being considered “rape fantasies”. HIGHLY recommend listening to this episode to unpack this. We also answered a ton of your questions around sexual fantasies and how to have better sex, the link is in my bio, ENJOY FRIENDS! 💛 #letstalkaboutit #sexualhealth •
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Recorded at @wework, you can use code “TAYLOR” for a discount at We.co/Taylor

I’ve been away for almost a month and I gotta say YA GIRL IS TIRED but damn what a beautiful day to come home to...now YA GIRL IS HAPPY ☀️🥰 #Seattle #SeattleSummer

If I’m being honest, things have been tough lately. Life has hit us both hard, in different ways both positive and negative, and it takes a toll. We’ve been exhausted and zombie like, which makes it really hard to connect. Been so focused on everything else in our lives and trying to support each other the best way we can. This weekend we made some time for each other, ate our way through Toronto, did some sight seeing, danced, saw friends, slept in, and allowed space to just be with each other. Most importantly, we took time to really soak in each moment. I snapped this Sunday afternoon to remember our quality time. Being long distance, you’re together one minute and gone the next so you have to be present with each other. I find so much peace, connection, and feel grounded in these moments. I guess I just want you guys to know that even tho it’s cute photos and happy captions on Instagram that real life shit happens too and sometimes it’s reallyyy not happy. I will say that through all the shit, I wouldn’t be doing it if it wasn’t with this man. Shit or no shit, I’m in it, and we’re in it together.

3 years ago I graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I thought in the next 2-3 years after graduation I would be fully licensed as a mental health counselor in Washington State at 25 yrs old and start my life long career as a therapist. As many of you know, I took a wild chance at life and went a completely different path shortly after graduation. I allowed myself an opportunity to experience life to the fullest, in ways I would’ve never imagined, and stepped outside of my box. This is the first year since I graduated that I don’t feel shameful, regretful, or disappointing that I haven’t completed my hours. The last two years, I let strangers on the internet tell me I wasn’t good enough, I wasn’t old enough, I wasn’t smart enough and this week has been one where I would beat myself up, sob, and tell myself I wasn’t enough. But this year, I feel incredibly empowered and confident as I’ve gone back to doing what I love and working torwards my goals. Helping people help themselves, creating a safe space for people to experience and heal from their pain, and providing people a judgment free zone to step outside of the boxes that both they themselves and other people have put them in. Now I celebrate that I graduated 3 years ago and feel excited about the future. It might not look how I think it will and I might not end up where I think I want to, but isn’t that always the beauty of life? We start off on a road and we never know for certain if it’s actually going to take us where we thought, so we just have to enjoy the ride. It’s definitely cheesy, but its very true. To those of you graduating, remember you are strong, you are smart, you are resilient, you are valuable, you are worthy, and you are likely now poor (welcome to #StudentDebt 👎🏽) If there’s anything I’d go back and tell myself these last 3 hrs is don’t let others tell you what your worth is, and don’t let them take your voice away. YOU know your worth, YOU know your skills, and YOU know your strength. Thank you guys for supporting me through these wild last 3 years & for reading this long ass caption💙#MentalHealth #GraduateSchool #Tbt

couldn’t decide which one i liked best...so you pick 1, 2, or 3? 😜