Life, Values & Legacy: Our Chat with Nicole Santoro of North Phoenix

We recently had the chance to connect with Nicole Santoro and have shared our conversation below.

Nicole , we’re thrilled to have you with us today. Before we jump into your intro and the heart of the interview, let’s start with a bit of an ice breaker: What do the first 90 minutes of your day look like?
The first 90 minutes of my day are intentionally structured to set the tone for clarity, alignment, and energetic presence. I begin by gently waking and tuning into any dreams I may recall, recording them in my dream journal if they feel significant or vivid. This helps me stay connected to my subconscious and the messages that arise during sleep.

Next, I hydrate with water to support my body’s natural detoxification and to gently awaken my physical system.

From there, I move directly into meditation, typically for 45 to 60 minutes. This is the most sacred and grounding part of my morning. It allows me to drop into stillness, connect with source energy, and set the vibrational frequency for the day ahead. Whether I’m observing my breath, engaging in guided visualizations, or simply being in the quiet, this extended meditation anchors me into presence and helps me move through the day with deeper intention.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hi, I’m Nicole Marie Santoro — a Reiki therapeutic touch practitioner and intuitive wellness guide. My work centers on helping people reconnect with their inner clarity, release energetic blocks, and access deeper layers of self-awareness and healing. I approach each session with a balance of intuition, presence, and care, offering insight that speaks to the emotional, energetic, and spiritual layers of a person’s experience.

What makes my work unique is that it’s rooted in deep energetic attunement and real conversation — I don’t just hold space; I interpret the energy and translate it into language that’s clear, compassionate, and empowering. Every client’s experience is personal, symbolic, and anchored in their own transformation.

My own daily practice — which includes dream journaling, meditation, and deep listening — is the foundation of how I show up for others. I believe in honoring the unseen, tuning into the subtle, and walking alongside others as they navigate their healing and growth.

Right now, I’m continuing to expand my client work while creating resources that help people better understand their own energy and intuition. It’s deeply fulfilling work, and I’m grateful to be doing it.

Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What breaks the bonds between people—and what restores them?
What breaks the bonds between people?

At its core, bonds between people are built on trust, presence, and emotional safety. When those foundations are disrupted — through betrayal, dishonesty, neglect, miscommunication, or an inability to truly see and hear one another — the bond begins to fray. Unspoken resentment, unprocessed pain, or projecting wounds from the past onto the present can also quietly erode connection. Sometimes, the bond breaks not because of what’s said or done, but because of what’s withheld — affection, honesty, effort, or vulnerability.

And what restores them?

Restoration requires willingness. It starts with self-awareness — the courage to look at your own part without shame, and to name your needs, hurts, or patterns with honesty. Bonds are mended through presence, through being able to say “I see you,” and mean it. Restoration happens in consistent moments of trust rebuilt, boundaries honored, and empathy offered. It requires truth-telling — not to blame, but to repair — and the humble act of listening without defense.

At a spiritual level, restoration is a return to alignment — with self, with source, and with the shared field between souls. It’s a softening. A remembering. A conscious re-choosing of each other.

If you could say one kind thing to your younger self, what would it be?
I would tell her:

“You don’t have to earn love by being perfect. You are already enough — soft, sensitive, intuitive, and deeply feeling — exactly as you are. Everything you think makes you ‘too much’ will one day be the reason others feel safe with you. Keep listening to your inner voice. It knows the way.”

Next, maybe we can discuss some of your foundational philosophies and views? What’s a belief or project you’re committed to, no matter how long it takes?
A belief I’m deeply committed to — no matter how long it takes — is that healing is always possible. No matter how much has been buried, broken, or forgotten, I believe in the quiet, often nonlinear path of coming back to ourselves. I’ve witnessed it in others, I’ve lived it in myself, and I hold that faith even in the moments it feels far away.

Alongside that belief, I’m devoted to a lifelong project: helping people remember who they are beneath the noise, the trauma, and the conditioning. Through my Reiki therapeutic touch work and intuitive guidance, I’m committed to creating spaces where people feel seen, safe, and empowered to do that remembering. Whether it takes months, years, or lifetimes — I’m here for it.

Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: If you laid down your name, role, and possessions—what would remain?
If I laid down my name, my role, and all my possessions… what would remain is presence. The quiet, steady awareness that exists beyond identity.

What would remain is my essence — the part of me that feels everything deeply, that listens for truth in silence, that sees the sacred in ordinary things. The part that has always known how to hold space, even before I had words for it. What would remain is love — not the kind that’s given or received, but the kind that is.

Even without title, tools, or tangible proof of who I am, I trust that my energy — my way of being — would still speak. It would still soothe, reflect, and awaken something in others.

That’s the part of me I serve from. That’s what stays.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Www.thegridhealing.com
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