Body Love After Baby: Reclaiming Intimacy and Confidence After Motherhood
It took a long time before I could let Gavin see me in my postpartum skin, heavy with memory. I moved through the house carefully, changing clothes quickly, turning away almost without thinking. I did not recognize myself in the mirror, and I was certain he would not either. I did not feel beautiful. I felt altered — as if my body had become a place I no longer knew how to inhabit.
There were parts of me I grieved: the flatness that had once been, the confidence that came easily, the effortless feeling of being desired. I carried that grief while holding my baby, while feeding, rocking, and loving with a fullness that still continues to amaze me.
I Was Never Yours
There are people who love the idea of someone long before they are capable of loving them in full. They become a symbol before they are allowed to be a person. The comfort they provide, the stability they anchor, the admiration they mirror. They are cherished not for who they are when no one is watching, but for how well they fit into a role already written.
Infatuation: Petals on an Empty Floor
I believe there are certain people we meet — rare and fleeting — who awaken something in us we never knew was sleeping. They are not meant to stay. They arrive like sparks across the sky, pulling us just far enough to feel fully: the depth of longing, the sharpness of desire, the warmth of intimacy. These connections are temporary, yet real. They remind us of the emotions safety keeps hidden, revealing what has been missing all along. In their presence, we glimpse the edges of our own hearts — the parts we have hidden, the emotions we have tucked away, and when they leave, the cord loosens, yet the memory of that awakening lingers. A reminder that life asks more than comfort, and that the heart is capable of more than it dares to claim.
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Meet the Author
.Nicole Hinton-Franciotti is a wife of six years and a devoted mother to two boys. She began her family at a young age, a journey that placed many of her own plans and dreams on hold. During those years, she worked behind the scenes as a ghostwriter, giving voice to the words and stories of others.
She is currently earning her bachelor’s degree in theology, grounding her work in careful study and a deep respect for spiritual formation. Alongside her studies, she walks closely with women, helping them disciple identity, worth, and emotional honesty. Through this work, Nicole hopes to empower others to step into their own gifts.
Her teaching centers on the belief that true discipleship begins within — learning to name what is true, to heal what has been wounded, and to live with integrity before Jesus and others. Through conversation, guidance, and example, she invites others into a faith that is not performative but embodied.
Her journey has not been without challenges. She has known what it is to have her efforts undervalued, her work taken without acknowledgment, and the exhaustion that comes from stretching herself too thin in service to others. Yet these experiences have shaped her, teaching her how to stand fully on her own emotionally, creatively, and spiritually.
Growing up, Nicole did not have an easy childhood. She endured sexual trauma and abuse from the age of five until she was eleven — experiences that shaped her early understanding of power, silence, and survival. These early experiences instilled in her a heightened awareness of her surroundings and a deep understanding of the need for self-preservation — skills that, though born from pain, would later serve as a foundation for her strength, resilience, and ability to rise above adversity. Alongside this, she was raised within a lineage of relatives deeply immersed in divination. Nicole herself operated as a psychic and clairvoyant. She later instructed yoga practices and other sacred rituals, including the use of spiritual medicines.
It was not until she encountered Jesus personally that everything changed. In the first encounter, she saw Him standing before her — clothed in white, wearing a red satchel, His hand extended toward her. The second occurred in her bedroom, where she experienced leaving her physical body and perceived herself moving through a dark tunnel that opened upward into a radiant passage of light. As the experience reached its fullness, her life — and her understanding of spiritual authority — were irrevocably transformed.
Through her deep understanding of the spiritual realm, and through her own process of deliverance and healing, Nicole has since gone on to help others break free from divination and occult practices. Her work has placed her in direct spiritual opposition to powerful forces, including seasoned practitioners within warlock and voodoo traditions. These encounters were not physical battles, but spiritual ones, marked by discernment, prayer, and faith. What once bound her became the very knowledge God redeemed, equipping her to confront and dismantle what had harmed others.
Nicole has been called to teach about worthiness and identity — not as concepts shaped by culture, performance, or past failure. Her message centers on helping women rediscover who they are apart from labels, wounds, or expectations that have distorted their sense of self. Through her own journey of transformation, she reminds women that their value is not earned or revoked by circumstance. Instead, it is anchored in a higher authority. Nicole invites others to step out of shame, comparison, and striving, and into a confident understanding of their identity as loved, chosen, and empowered. Her calling is not merely to inspire, but to equip — guiding others to live from a place of wholeness, spiritual authority, and purpose.