Who is Nichole L. Steltzer?
Hi, I am Nichole L. Steltzer. I am a white woman living in a small suburb, Fort Allen, outside of Pittsburgh, PA. I am originally (and proudly) from Forty Fort, PA; a small suburb in northeastern PA. I’m a mom of 3 beautiful daughters. My soul’s mission is my sole purpose - Teaching the children well. Bing Videos
I didn’t always know my purpose. Even though my parents serenaded me with it on my high school graduation day (Dad on guitar and Mom holding the mic).
It wasn’t until I collapsed and shattered open that I find the light inside of me. It was then I was reminded of my purpose.
Life was Life'ing me hard and one day, soldier down.
I couldn't keep on keeping on.
I didn't know what I was supposed to even be doing.
I felt gutted.
I felt like I was on flight 828 (iykyk)
Like I woke up 1 day and my father was gone, I was divorced, I was in a new home in a new town with all new faces, a new job. I didn't recognize my life or myself anymore.
System failure. Overload. My body shut me down, because, ultimately, The Body Keeps the Score.
The Great Collapse of 2023, as I have dubbed it, has been the hardest fought battle I have faced to date. Here I am in 2025, writing about it.
Why? Because I made it. I’m a survivor. And so are you.
Let’s begin.
Once upon a time on an ordinary Saturday morning I had a thought. Then I took action.
It looked like this:
“It was at this moment that I realized I had so much inside of me that has been waiting to be expressed, that when it comes out - it looks like oversharing. I'm messy and it often doesn't make sense - to me it does, but I don't know how to verbalize the connections. So for example, what am I talking about right now? What connections?
What wants to be said that just won't come out. I’m choking, how? Everybody's joking now The clock's run out, time's up, over, blaow!
Snap back to reality.
Well, one thing is evident - What wants to come out is I'm struggling to communicate.
I am not sure of the language or rules in the new world I seem to be living in.
All of a sudden there really is freedom of speech - for years I was groomed into the professional I am today - We use correct punctuation, the correct tenses of English. We consider who our audience is, and we tailor our delivery to them removing parts of ourselves that might be offensive to others or hurt feelings.
So now that I have been chewed up spit out and booed off stage…
I want to shout from the roof tops that I AM Nichole Lee Steltzer.
But I don't know what that means yet. I've never met myself.
So those of you who have met me - can you please tell me who I was TO YOU?”
